Courtesy - TOI
Actors, singers, models, DJs -- 2011 saw a barrage of international celebrities like Tom Cruise, Lady Gaga, Shakira and Paris Hilton making inroads into India, reaffirming the blurring lines between the Hollywood and Bollywood worlds.
Shutterbugs kept clicking throughout the year, as celebrities kept trickling in one after the other, either for business or mere leisure.
The actors footfall started with "X-Men" star Hugh Jackman's visit in March 2011, and Tom Cruise rounded up the year with his "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" co-star Paula Patton in tow, here. Jackman attended the FICCI-FRAMES 2011 and Cruise became one of the first international A-listers to attend his movie premiere in the country.
Among other actors, names like Judi Dench, Rowan Atkinson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Josh Hartnett, Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Graham and Michelle Yeoh, and Patton came cruising down to India for work commitments.
In March, Hartnett came down on a 30-day schedule for "Singularity", which happens to be Indian actress Bipasha Basu's debut Hollywood project. They shot around Bhopal.
" Inception" director Nolan was here in May to shoot at Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort for his movie "The Dark Knight Rises".
Actors, singers, models, DJs -- 2011 saw a barrage of international celebrities like Tom Cruise, Lady Gaga, Shakira and Paris Hilton making inroads into India, reaffirming the blurring lines between the Hollywood and Bollywood worlds.
Shutterbugs kept clicking throughout the year, as celebrities kept trickling in one after the other, either for business or mere leisure.
The actors footfall started with "X-Men" star Hugh Jackman's visit in March 2011, and Tom Cruise rounded up the year with his "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" co-star Paula Patton in tow, here. Jackman attended the FICCI-FRAMES 2011 and Cruise became one of the first international A-listers to attend his movie premiere in the country.
Among other actors, names like Judi Dench, Rowan Atkinson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Josh Hartnett, Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Graham and Michelle Yeoh, and Patton came cruising down to India for work commitments.
In March, Hartnett came down on a 30-day schedule for "Singularity", which happens to be Indian actress Bipasha Basu's debut Hollywood project. They shot around Bhopal.
" Inception" director Nolan was here in May to shoot at Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort for his movie "The Dark Knight Rises".