Riya's Masala Site

Is Jiah Khan your real name?
No, my name’s Nafisa. Jiah’s sexier. I got it from the Angelina movie Gia.. I changed it a bit to sound more exciting as in Ji..aah.Okay, so how did a London girl get here?
I’m New York-born, brought up in London. Chelsea, you know. I was wild about the Bombay movies. As a kid I’d wear salwaar kameez and drive my teachers mad by speaking in Hindi.

Then I hopped back to New York to study acting at Lee Strasberg. I quit because I got a role here. They said, “Go! You have a life membership at the school anyway.” I was so inspired by Rangeela.

Oof, you’re plugging Ram Gopal Varma.
Seriously. I have a video of me dancing like Urmila (Matondkar) with my two younger sisters.. we have different fathers.. they’re as beautiful as I am, if not more.

Great! Who is your father?
I attach very little importance to my father. He’s an American Indian Muslim. He left my mother when I was just three months old. I know his name – Ali Rizvi Khan – I even know where he lives in New York. He has never bothered to meet me, neither have I. That would have hurt if he had left at an age when I even knew how l.i.f.e is spelt. I don’t have any memory of what he looks like.. but it does bother me that I still have his name on my passport.

You never wanted to meet him in New York?
The thought did cross my mind.. when I was a bit bored..

Is this Mr Ali Rizvi a wealthy man?
He’d better not be. Then I’d really make sure that he gave us maintenance money because he didn’t. Look, all men who desert their daughters should be shot. From what I know, it was with another woman. This irritates the hell out of me.. perhaps if I was a boy it would have been different. I would have missed him, we girls are tougher.

What about your sisters.. your stepfather?
My stepfather deserted us too in London. My sisters were two and four years old, I was seven. He took every penny out of the bank, also our house. We were homeless.

Mum hopped around from house to house.. subsisting on low rents. Before this, she’d hosted lavish parties.. her friends vanished into thin air. We lived on McDonald’s burgers.. which was fun for us kids.. but how long could this go on?

Why don’t you mention your mother’s name?
Rabia Amin. She writes.
What?
Scripts for television in the UK and concepts for BBC.

Didn’t she act in Tahir Hussain’s Dulha Bikta Hai?
Yes and in Ankush, Locket, Vijay Anand’s Hum Rahe Na Hum and Subhash Ghai’s Meri Jung in a special appearance with Anil Kapoor. She had longer hair than mine and a super sexy voice.

What about the insistent reports that you’re Tahir Hussain’s daughter?
If such sick stories are spread, so be it. Look, my mum was an orphan. She was a Christian girl who came from Agra to Bombay to act. He discovered her when she was in Dehra Dun.

She was then housed with Aamir’s family, Aamir’s mother Zeenat aapa taught her how to conduct herself as an actress and to speak in Urdu. Mum converted to Islam.

Honestly, I’m not related by blood to Tahir Hussain’s family. I’m not his daughter.

Are you in touch with Tahir Hussain?
No. Mum meets Zeenat aapa occasionally.. and that’s it. I’ve never even met Aamir.

Say that again.
I have never met Aamir. I don’t even look like Aamir Khan remotely. All this sounds very complicated. Ha! I cannot imagine how it would have been with a perfect family or a father. If he had dominated me, I would have died of suffocation. Who are these men anyway? Okay, so maybe I’m a bit bitter. Perhaps this happens in India less often. In London, more couples get divorced and live separately. It’s no big deal.

In Bombay, men hit on girls in a devious way, one can’t fathom what’s going on in their minds. In London, they’re straight, they’ll say, “How about going out for a drink?” If you tell them to take a hike, that’s fine.

How come your mum encouraged you to join films here?
She didn’t. I had to prove that I could make it, in any case every profession can be manipulative. I was in Bombay for a holiday.. I just walked into RGV’s office wearing the sexiest hot pants and heels. I was trembling like a leaf.

Can you just walk into a filmmaker’s office?
(Delightedly) You’d be surprised!

Could you walk into the Yashraj office?
(Tongue in chic) I wouldn’t but I could.

You’re avoiding any mention of Tumsa Nahin Dekha.
PLEASE! I was all of 16. Mahesh Bhatt had seen my photographs. I did a screen test, I shot for two weeks in Dubai. It was a struggle, the character was far too mature. (Director) Anurag Basu and Mr Bhatt could see I wanted out.. it would have been a wrong first film.

But hello, I heard there was much hassle over a swimming pool scene.
I had to wear a swimsuit for a song sequence. All kinds of remarks were being passed, I was totally confused.. crying inside while trying to emote. Today, I can handle that – I would slap those guys. An under-age girl couldn’t.

In Nishabd, it seems you’re extremely aggro..
Nope. I did far more daring stuff in Tumsa Nahin Dekha, 200 per cent.

What if with your wet look, you end up becoming the sex symbol of 2007?
That would be weird. I just want to entertain.. I could even become the Kiss Girl.. have you seen the promo in which I kiss Mr Amitabh Bachchan on the cheek?..that’s so cool.. so sweet and innocent.

Are you?
Without a doubt. I’ve had loads of crushes though, I was mad about a Chinese boy when I was a kid.. last year there was a student in New York whom I dated, which never went beyond the teenybopper stuff.

What did RGV expect from you?
To be like a kitten..he pushed me always to get the effect he wanted.

Just like Nisha Kothari?
(Pauses) I’m just gonna laugh at what you’ve just said.

Aha, let me come full circle in this interview. Do your mother and you ever meet Tahir Hussain?
Sure on occasions my mum does, like for lunch on Eid.

Could they ever have been in love?
No way. See, today he’s 80, she’s 40.

How would you describe Amitabh Bachchan?
Mesmerising.

And yet there’s as much of an age difference.
That’s because there’s a difference between cinema and real life. In fact, it’s strange that I’m a girl in love with a man old enough to be my father in my first film. (Looks away) Maybe RGV saw the buried emotion about my father..it’s written on my face for those who can see it.

Jiah what would you say if your real life father said, “I’m sorry for what I did?”
(Pause) I’d be confused. No choices. Then I’d say , “Eff you. You have the nerve to think you’re a man. But dammit there’s no difference between a coward and you.”

Hi guys, I am going to brief you about how to have a sucessful Valentine's day.

What you should do?
Take care about what you are wearing. Try to wear what she likes.
Play Safe. You will not like to have your life ruined for enjoying 1 day. Use Condom.
A dinner at a quite n cozy place is a nice idea.

What you should NOT do?
Dont even dare to hang out with your lost love or your ex-girlfriend.
Do not do anything illegal. The cops are waiting for you to do something illegal on this day.
Do not drink and drive. It is ok if your girl drives you home.
Do not fight with your girl for any matter. Just not today.
Decide a plan well in advance and follow it well.

It was the worst joke one could have played on her. A 23-year-old airhostess, with a private airline, was shocked to see her profile posted on Orkut that described her as a “sex-starved woman”.

The person who got her on Orkut, a social networking site, also posted her neighbour’s phone number with her profile. A photograph of her in her uniform was posted with her profile and she was made member of online communities soliciting sex.

To make sure her friends and colleagues noticed her, the person also connected her to communities of airhostesses, national and international airlines and multi-national companies.

Within no time, she was flooded with scraps (messages) “very obscene in nature”. Her neighbour, an official at Lok Sabha Secretariat, also started receiving “vulgar” calls.

“Since three weeks, men are calling up to give her indecent proposals. They have posted more than 250 messages in the scrapbook (on Orkut).

The accused has also made her a member of several communities that involved prostitutes and sex workers,” the woman’s lawyer complained in court on Monday.

Working on the complaint, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing (EOW) to immediately order its cyber cell to trace the accused and file a report by February 9.

The EOW deals with Information Technology Act. The court has specifically asked the cell to keep the victim’s name and identity secret.

A senior EOW officer said investigations in such a case would depend on the information that Google, which owns the site, is ready to share. “We will have to find out the details of the per sons who had created that profile. This will be possible only if Google cooperates,” the officer said.

Before moving the court, the victim had approached the National Commission for Women but did not get any response. As per the complaint, on December 26, last year, the airhostess got to know about the profile through a friend who accidentally found it while surfing the net.

The victim’s neighbour also informed her family about the obscene calls they received seeking her details. The woman’s brother immediately reported the misuse to Orkut, which closed down the account. But two days later, the profile was reopened.

Legal experts feel the accused can be sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of upto 5 years with a fine of Rs 2 lakh, if tried under various sections of Information and Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code.

“One can only impose sections after some preliminary investigations, said Tarun Goomber, a criminal lawyer.

teenagers to fall in love with their school teachers and tinsel-town siren Riya Sen is no exception. The only difference was, Riya fell for a lady rather than a hunk while ......

It's not new for teenagers to fall in love with their school teachers and tinsel-town siren Riya Sen is no exception. The only difference was, Riya fell for a lady rather than a hunk while in school.

As she candidly puts in her own words: "In teenage, every girl dreams of having an affair with a hot and handsome guy. But in my case, it was rather strange that I had a huge crush on one of my lady school teacher who was drop-dead gorgeous. I loved the way she dressed and also her mannerism, style, and the way she carried herself left a great impression on me."

"Her way of speaking was another turn on for me. All these factors made me go ga ga over her. Asked if she ever experienced crush again for a woman, she quips: "No, not at all. That was the last time I fell for a gal. Now only hunks attract me.

The glam doll also admits that she was quite experimental in childhood and loved to do all creative stuffs including painting. Could that be the reason behind her experimental crush on a lady? ummmm

> A new lady teacher came to teach 8th standard
> students. As it was the first day, she gave her intro,
> and asked all the students to introduce themselves
> with name and hobby.
> She said, "Let's start with the boys first."
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> Boys start giving their intro...
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> First boy: "My name is John, and my hobby is to see
> bubble in the bathtub."
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> Teacher was confused to listen but said, "Interesting.
> Well, Ok. In fact we
> must be honest in telling the hobby. And after all
> there is essentially a
> child in each of us. So it's ok John. Yes next."
>
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> Second boy: "Myself Peter and my hobby is to see
> bubble in the bathtub."
>
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> Teacher now got surprised and said, "Good. I like the
> spirit of supporting
> a friend. Ok next."
>
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> Third boy: "I'm Smith and my hobby is to see bubble in
> the bathtub."
>
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> Teacher: "Guys are you joking or what? Please be
> sincere. Ok next."
>
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> This continues, and the last boy stands up "I'm Har! ry
> and my hobby is to see bubble in the bathtub."
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> Exhausted, the teacher said, "I don't think I will be
> able to teach
> un-grown boys for long. Anyway, now the girls please."
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> First girl: "I'm Julie and my hobby is to see birds."
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> Teacher: "Good. At last I got something different. Ok
> next."
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> Second girl: "I'm Ruby and I like to collect
> perfumes."
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> Teacher "Now it's like educated grown up girls. Ok
> next. You sweet girl;
> Yes you..."
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> Most beautiful girl of the class: "Mam, my name is
> Bubble, and my hobby is
> to take bath three times a day."