New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Celina Jaitley is pretty ecstatic these days. The actress, who bagged the international project "Love Has No Language", has now been appointed the Egypt Tourism Board's brand ambassador in India. Taking time off her hectic schedule, she made a trip to Cairo. It also happened to be her first trip to Egypt.

"I was not sure how popular our Bollywood films were. But to my surprise they seem to be big fans of our movies and Amitabh Bachchan happens to be their favourite actor. Most of them wanted to know if I had acted with him and asked me all sort of questions about him," said Celina.

Among the highlights of her trip was the visit to the Giza Pyramids and meetings with the Tourism Authority of Egypt to strengthen India-Egypt relations, especially in the field of entertainment.

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Pooja Batra gets BMW for birthday

Pooja Batra's fascination for cars led husband Sonu Ahluwalia to surprise her with a BMW M5 for her birthday.

This adds to her Lexus Hybrid SUV and BMW M3 convertible.

The actress, who is based in Los Angeles and celebrated her birthday Oct 27, said: "I love this one as its 500 horsepower! It's a mean-looking car and I love its growl plus it has a plethora of airbags and blue tooth connectivity. I'm so looking forward to going back and revving up the engine."

Now that's quite a gift!!

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Aashish Chowdhary to team up with Govinda and Lara Dutta

After impressing audiences with his comic act in Dhamaal, actor Aashish Chowdhary is apparently set to team up with Govinda and Lara Dutta in Ravi Chopra's next.

The buzz is that after a special role in the Amitabh Bachchan starrer "Bhootnath", Aashish has a full-fledged part in the new film.

He is currently shooting for another biggie, Popcorn's "EMI" along with Urmila Matondkar and Arjun Rampal.

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Another film on football

Big or small, every filmmaker tries to cash in on the latest trend. After the success of "Chak De! India", sports films are the current flavour of the season.

Vivek Agnihotri's "Goal", a film on football, is ready to hit the screens Nov 23 and another movie on the game titled "Kaanu... the Footballer" is in the making.

Starring TV actor Prabhat Bhattacharya, who acted in serials like "Kasturi", "Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii", and "Kaisa Ye Pyaar Hai", the film is about a player who is infected with the AIDS virus.

Prabhat is very enthusiastic about the role: "This is a pure commercial entertainer. It'll be shot in Jharkhand. The film raises some social issues, especially, awareness about AIDS among youngsters."

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We need to raise the standard of TV soaps: Rahul Bhatt

Rahul Bhatt, who got noticed after playing Simone Singh's unfaithful husband in the TV serial "Heena", is producing a daily soap "Meri Doli Tere Angana" for Zee TV and wants to set an example for his colleagues.

"We don't write, produce or direct shows like 'Xena' or 'Sex and the City' or 'Friends'. We are guided by the audience's demand and focus on saas-bahu stories. But we need to grow to meet international standards," said Rahul.

He shot a special song for his serial.

"The last song was terribly directed so I wanted this song to be better and shot like it's done in the films. When the whole serial is special, why not the song."