Akshay Kumar is not a new name for Hollywood. The actor has already paired with Hollywood stars like Denise Richards, Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh etc. Going a step further, Akki is supposedly all set to sing along with supermodel, actress and singer Naomi Campbell in a duet for the animated movie ‘Jumbo’.

Naomi has acted in the movie ‘Miami Rhapsody’ earlier and is set to appear in another Hollywood movie with an Indian touch- ‘Karma, Confessions and Holi’ which also features Randeep Hooda and Sushmita Sen.

Khiladi Kingg Kumar is not behind with many projects in toe. His ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ is coming up in January. Also in progress are ‘Kambakht Ishq’, ‘Blue’, ‘Eight by Ten’ and Deepa Mehta’s ‘Komagata Maru’, which tells the story of the historic voyage and challenge to Canadian immigration laws early in the 20th century.

If you were to ask the beautiful and the curvaceous Priyanka Chopra a word that “bind” Friendship, Company, Dosti, Companionship, Mitr etc…then, we are sure that she will simply rattle it out as “Dostana”, which also happens to be the name of her upcoming movie. Mis Chopra is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the movie’s promotion; so much so that even the latest issue of the fashion magazine “Verve” has got her on the cover of and has even named the same as “Dostana special”. It only becomes needless to say that Priyanka is looking more than a ‘mere’ million bucks as the cover girl of Verve magazine.

When Priyanka Chopra walked the ramp for the last time in Fashion she got a standing ovation from the audience at a theatre in Mumbai. But the one to get most emotionally moved was her dad, who broke down seeing his daughter’s performance.

Watching Priyanka play the small-town girl who leaves home to become a model in the metropolis in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion was a deeply emotional experience for Ashok Chopra on Wednesday.

“He just broke down. Watching my character Meghna inFashion, he saw his little girl from Jamshedpur going all the way to Mumbai to become Miss World.

In fact his sense of identification with that whole portion in Chandigarh where I’m this plump Punjabi girl leading a sheltered life with her parents, was very deep,” Priyanka said from Dubai where she attended the Fashion premiere on Thursday night.

“I identified deeply with those scenes where my character is trying to find her way in Mumbai. The only difference is my character Meghna knows exactly where she was going. I had no clue.

Also, my dad never stopped me from pursuing my dreams. He was concerned, yes. But never disapproving like Meghna’s father. In fact my dad moved to Mumbai to be with me when I decided to move to Mumbai,” she added.

Days after the film’s release, there’s a sense of outrage about the fashion industry being shown as a place of constant undercutting and heartbreak.

But Priyanka said: “It’s like that in any competitive field. We slogged hard on the research. Madhur and I gave our life and blood to the film. I was in discussions over the script with Madhur for five months before I said yes to Fashion.”

The Dubai premiere saw a few Bollywood members too as the cast of Do Knot Disturb were shooting in the city.

“We had David Dhawan, Lara Dutta and Riteish (Deshmukh) who were shooting in Dubai. Then we had the royalty from Dubai,” the actress said.

She added: “Earlier we had a special screening of Fashion for the modelling world in Mumbai. I had a ball catching up with the old times, screaming and shouting. The best thing is that the fashion industry supported us in such a big way.

People from the fashion industry love Fashion. We’ve definitely taken real-life incidents from the ramp. Even the wardrobe malfunction scene is so poignant. The designers, models, choreographers…they were all supportive.”

Model Carol Gracias, whose wardrobe malfunction incident has been incorporated into Fashion, saw the film and apparently liked the way it was handled.

“She loved the film. Carol thought it’s very classily done,” said Priyanka.