Mumbai, Aug 29 - A Bollywood actress has been held captive by Hurricane Irene which struck the US East Coast Sunday. Minissha Lamba, who is in New York for an India-US cultural event, is stuck on the 22nd floor of a hotel and is likely to remain there till the hurricane blows over and air services are restored.

Speaking on Sunday morning from Radisson Hotel in New York, the actress said: "It's really scary out here. For 36 hours, the entire New York will have to stay indoors. A state of emergency has been declared."

New Delhi, June 23 : Director Sagar Ballary, known for his "Bheja Fry" franchise, all set entertain movie buffs with another comedy - his next titled "Hum Tum Shabana" is slated for Sep 23 release.

Touted as a rollicking comedy, "Hum Tum Shabana" is being produced by Sunil Chainani, Sameer Chand and Subhash Dawar.

It will feature "Golmaal" jodi Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade along with Minissha Lamba and Satish Kaushik. Model and ex-VJ Pia Trivedi will make her acting debut with the film. (IANS)

Mumbai, June 3 : Though tight-lipped about the legal proceeding, actress Minissha Lamba, who was recently detained at Mumbai airport for carrying undeclared jewellery worth Rs. 50 lakh, says the jewellery is still in the possession of the customs authorities.

"It's still on. It's not over, unfortunately. Everything is still with customs. It's a legal matter, I am not supposed to speak about it," Minissha, 26, told IANS.

Mumbai, May 22 : The 16 hours of detention at the Mumbai airport for allegedly carrying undeclared jewellery were harrowing but actress Minissha Lamba says the authorities were "very, very, friendly" and the time was spent chatting about various things, including her experience at Cannes.

"We had a very lively 16-hour session," said the "Well Done Abba" actress.

"What can I say? I had the choice of either sitting and crying or trying to make the best of a bizarre situation. Guess what I chose to do? I took a chill-pill," she told IANS.

Bollywood actresses going down south to try their luck in South Indian cinema is not unheard of. From Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who started out with a Mani Ratnam south Indian flick to Katrina Kaif, every leading Bollywood actress has ventured down south. And though the growth of the Sandalwood film industry in South India has been slow, it has not prevented filmmakers and producers from investing big money which go into the making of good films. The latest addition to the list of big budget movies made in Sandalwood is `Contract', a movie which not only boasts of a whopping budget of Rs.

MINISSHA LAMBA , who is happy with the audience response to Well Done Abba, tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that though Kidnap did not do well at the box office, she has no regrets because she is keen on to be part of commercial films

How ecstatic were you when you received Shyam Benegal's offer to act in Well Done Abba?

Mumbai, March 16 - Working with Shyam Benegal is almost every serious actor's wish and when actress Minissha Lamba got a chance to do so, she says, she could be "nothing but perfect". She terms their film "Well Done Abba" an "educative trip".

"Much before beginning to shoot for the film, I was sure about one thing that I couldn't let Shyam sir down. Here I was working with a man who has been directing for 35 years now so I had to be nothing but perfect with my performance," Minissha told IANS.

New Delhi, March 12 - Actress Minissha Lamba admits her ultra-glamorous look in "Kidnap" opened a whole new range of opportunities for her. But the young actress, who will be seen in Shyam Benegal's new film, feels that at the end of it talent plays an important role.

New Delhi, Oct 27 : After sashaying down the ramp in beach wear for designer duo Hemant-Nandita at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW), Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba yearns for a beach vacation.

"I'm dying to go on a vacation - some place where I can dive into the blue ocean water and sunbathe. I have had a lot of commitments lately so it was hard to take out time for a holiday," Minissha told IANS.    

For Sammir Dattani and Minissha Lamba, there are reasons to celebrate. Their film WELL DONE ABBA, which is directed by Shyam Benegal, has been the chosen one for the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival. The film would be screened throughout the weekend and has been selected for the ‘World Greats’ section in the Film Festival.

Says Sammir, “It’s an honor to have the film showcased at a festival as prestigious as Montreal World Film Festival.”

Minissha Lamba has just returned from a gruelling one month outdoor schedule of WELL DONE ABBA. Though she is chilling out at the moment and catching up with friends and family, she looks back quite fondly on working with director Shyam Benegal.

"Much before beginning to shoot for the film, I was sure about one thing that I couldn't let Shyam sir down", says Minissha with respect in her voice for the veteran film maker, "Here I was working with a man who has been directing for 35 years now so I had to be nothing but perfect with my performance."

Bollywood's latest chocolate boy Anant Narayan is inundated with film offers. But producers put only one condition - they want Anant to be paired opposite "alleged" girlfriend actress Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba (born on January 18, 1985 in New Delhi, India to a Punjabi-speaking Sikh family) is an Indian actress.

When Lamba was growing up, her father was in the hospitality business and this gave Lamba the opportunity to travel around the country and meet many people.

She speaks Hindi, Punjabi, and English fluently.

Lamba's long term ambition was to become a journalist.

While studying for a degree in Delhi, Lamba pursued modelling as a hobby and soon became a well-placed model in the Indian modelling industry.

Q. How would you define beauty? A. There's exactly no definition for beauty. I believe in internal beauty which always comes out externally through one's expressions.

Q. Do our like summer? A. I love every season of the year because I love life.

Q. How do you take care of your complexion in summer? A. I go for lots of water and I prefer to eat green vegetables during summers

Q. What kind of liquids do you prefer to keep away from dehydration? A. Water comes first off course. Then I like to keep afresh with lime juice and coconut water.

‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ has hit the cinema halls, and is busy collecting the box office earning as well the reactions of the audiences. The much talked about movie has lived up to its expectations. The enormous star cast is well known, but we think many of us still are not well acquainted with the fresh tulip beauty, Manissha Lamba.

The girl who started with an off-beat role in ‘Yahan’, to doing a second lead role in Bhandrakar’s Corporate, Lamba has come a long way.