The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), in a letter to Warsi Friday, censured him for smoking in an educational institute in south Goa during a film shoot along with co-actor Tusshar Kapoor.

'The photograph showing you signing autographs with a cigarette in hand and surrounded by young girls was given wide publicity by the press in Goa. It shows that many film personalities like you have scant respect for the law prohibiting smoking in public places,' NOTE general secretary Shekhar Salkar said in his letter.

The NOTE, which has in the past dragged Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to court for directly or indirectly promoting smoking, also advised Warsi to quit smoking in order to 'improve' his health.

'You are advised not to smoke because it will improve your health and also it will prevent a number of young people from starting to smoke,' the letter addressed to Warsi's residence in Mumbai stated.

'Purely, from s moral point of view, cine personalities should not smoke in public since your fans are likely to copy your actions and start smoking, which will damage their health,' it said/

The group asked the actor to honour the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COPTA).

Since Warsi was not available, the principal of Chowgule college in Margao, 35 km from here, had to pay the fine under COPTA for allowing smoking in his institution.

It is now said that the singer could have lived for more years if he had not refused to get a surgery done for his persistent constipation problem.

Doctor George Nick Nichopoulos was with the singer when he died and believes his refusal to deal with the problem killed him.

'We didn't realise until the autopsy that his constipation was as bad. We found stool in his colon which had been there for four or five months because of the poor mobility of the bowel,' femalefirst.co.uk quoted a doctor as saying.

'He would get embarrassed. He'd have accidents onstage. He'd have to change clothes and come back because of the way we were trying to treat his constipation,' he added.

According to Nichopoulos, Elvis suffered from a hereditary condition called bowel paralysis. His autopsy revealed his colon was five to six inches in diameter, compared to the usual two to three inches.

'People think I'm grungy now - and I know that I'm being photographed!' femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying.

Kristen admits she enjoys being choosy during fashion shoots. 'I'm fine when I'm chilling with my hair and makeup crew - I like choosing what I am going to wear.'

'An Education' actress Carey Mulligan and 'Juno' star Ellen Page are also reportedly keen to take on the lead role in the new version of the film based on the novel by Swedish author Stiegg Larsson.

However, director David Fincher is said to be unsure whether he wants to cast an established star or an unknown actress.

'David is not sure if he wants to go with an actress of any note or go with an unknown. David's process is very specific and private. He's looking for authenticity and a degree of fierceness and believability capable of delivering the intensity that the part on the page calls for,' contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.

Actor Brad Pitt is believed to have been offered the male lead in the film.

'Salman had been always there, more than anything to guide because I didn't know anything about the industry. What would remain special in my mind is that from the very beginning Salman told me that I will achieve this success in the industry. And at that point it was too far off,' Katrina told IANS in an interview.

'That time I couldn't see myself one movie ahead, forget 15 movies ahead. I think that he believed it genuinely,' the 25-year-old actor said.

She entered Bollywood in 2003 with the dud 'Boom'. Her first big hit was 2005 romantic comedy 'Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya' in which she teamed up with Salman. After that she gave a string of hits, including 'Namastey London', 'Partner', 'Welcome', 'Singh Is Kinng' and critically acclaimed 'New York'.

But Katrina feels nobody can plan success.

'It's (success) destiny, no one can plan it. There are many people who are connected with the industry because of their father, mother or other family members; still they are not able to achieve what is termed as success in the industry.

'You can come here, make two or three films, your co-stars could be your friends - all this you can plan but you can't plan which film would be successful. The miracle that happened with my life has been the success of my films. Because, had those films not been successful, no one would have done anything for me,' said Katrina.

She is now eager to take more responsibilities and do more diverse roles like the one she is doing in Prakash Jha's 'Raajneeti', where she plays a politician.

'Till now I have done a genre of films. People have accepted me, loved me and have given me so much support. I never imagined getting so much. But I feel that there are other types of films to do. See other contemporary actors, they have done much more diverse roles.

'People can say that the success ratio of my films has been very, very good, but I still feel people should see me on other kinds of films too...

'May be something like a remake of 'Sita Aur Gita'...In 'Raajneeti', I have more responsibility. But you will have to remember that there I am with six very important guys, all have very important roles,' said Katrina.

The actress maintains she always wanted to do something unusual in life.

'I always used to make a world in my head and live in that. I always wanted to be something unusual. Some of the dreams I remember, they may sound stupid - I wanted to be a firefighter, I wanted to be a stunt woman, I wanted to got to NASA. Acting was something to fancy,' said Katrina.

(Dibyojyoti Baksi can be contacted at dibyojyoti.b@ians.in)

The film fraternity remembers Tagore and his creations as 'eternal' on his 150th birth anniversary that falls May 9.

'Rabindra sangeet is eternal. The popularity of the songs has been consistent from the time these were written and it will remain the same because Tagore has woven every emotion in them through his words and music. The results can be seen not only in Bengali but also in Hindi,' National Award-winning filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta told IANS over phone from Kolkata.

'Take for example the use of Rabindra Sangeet in 'Tere mere milan' in Hindi film 'Abhimaan'. It is actually inspired from a Bengali song 'Jodi tare nai chini go sokhi'. Tagore has all the components in terms of emotions in his songs, and filmmakers are going to take reference from them for times immemorial,' he added.

Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya said: 'Tagore's songs have almost become like a software (considering the wide usage). They are eternally modern and are being used since the time they were written.

'Till date his work inspires not just Bengali songs but in other regional languages also in some form or the other. Even S.D. Burman used them and his works will live for ever,' he added.

Singers in West Bengal and Bangladesh base their entire career on singing Tagore's musical masterpieces, which are primarily influenced by Hindustani classical, Baul, Bhatiyali and folk songs of India.

Bengali cinema has been the biggest fan of Tagore's work, which is evident from the number of his poems used in Bengali films.

Some of the memorable numbers are:

'Chorono dhorite deogo amare' by Hemanta Mukherjee in 'Dadar Kirti'; 'Ami jene shune bish korechi paan' by Sumitra Sen in 'Nabaraag'; 'Bidhir badhon katbe tumi emon shoktimaan' by Kishore Kumar in 'Ghore Baire'; 'Hridoy amar prokash holo' by Jayashree Dasgupta in 'Paromitar Ek Din'; 'Rong lagale bone bone' in 'Shubhoratri'; 'Bajilo kaharo beena' by Mamata Shankar in 'Aguntuk'; 'Amar aaat pohalo' in 'Alo'; 'Praan chai chokku na chai' in 'Alo'; 'Sraboner dharar moton' in 'Alo'; 'Danriye acho tumi amar gaaner o pare' in 'Alo'; 'Ami chini go chine tomare ' by Kishore Kumar in 'Charulata'; 'Jokhon porbe na more' by Hemanta Mukherjee in ' Bibhas'; 'Ei kothati mone rekho' in 'Chowringhee'; and 'Jani ne jani ne' by Arati Mukherjee in 'Sankha Bela'.

Tagore's song were also a must in legendary Bengali actor Uttam Kumar's movies, such as 'Ami poth bhola ek pothik esechi' by Asha Bhosle and Hemanta Mukherjee in 'Mon Niye'; 'Amar mallika bone, jakhan prothom dharechhe koli' in 'Bicharak'; 'Tobu mone rekho' in 'Agniswar'; and 'Eii kathati mone rekho' in 'Chowrangee'.

Filmmakers also lapped up his short stories and novels and transformed them into movie scripts.

Bimal Roy (1961) produced 'Kabuliwala', based on Tagore's immortal short story while B.R. Chopra produced Dev Anand-Geeta Bali-starrer 'Zalzala', an adaptation of Tagore's novel 'Char Adhaya'.

Oscar-award winner filmmaker Satyajit Ray also wielded the megaphone for movies based on Tagore's stories. He made 'Teen Kanya' based upon Tagore's short stories and 'Charulata' on 'Nastanirh'.

'Rabindranath Tagore's works are a challenge for any director to film as their literary values are eternal,' Ray had once said.

Tagore's work has also been a great source of inspiration to veteran filmmaker Tapan Sinha. He made three films on his stories - 'Kabuliwala', 'Khudito Pashan' and 'Atithi'.

Popular Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta said: 'Rabindra Sangeet is our heritage and it has become a part and parcel of our lives. The more we discover it, the more we'll know it. It is too deep to know it. The more we unravel it, it'll come out with new meaningsm.

'Rabindra Sangeet is not something regional. Rabindranath Tagore is international and Rabindra Sangeet is universal. It'll never lose its charm and is everlasting.'

As of now there is no copyright on Rabindra Sangeet, which has also resulted in liberties like remixes. Director Anjan Dutt used a remixed version of Tagore's song 'Pagla hawa badol dine' in his movie 'The Bong Connection'.

(Robin Bansal can be contacted at robin.b@ians.in)

'People say that I'm miserable all the time. It's not that I'm miserable, it's just that somebody's yelling at me. I literally, sometimes, have to keep myself from crying. It's a physical reaction to the energy that's thrown at you,' femalefirst.co.uk quoted Stewart as saying.

Kristen also insisted most of the negative comments she receives are unjustified because she is passionate about her profession.

'Therapy is great, therapy just works. You just go in and... sit down and you go, 'His fault!' And then start from there... I fell apart like 10 years ago and now everything is fine,' dailystar.co.uk quoted Downey Jr. as saying.

The 45-year-old actor has become a big advocate of therapy because it has also helped him stay sober.

'Every single day, I second-guess myself as a mother. I chose to be a mum. It's something I've always wanted, but I feel torn between two worlds,' contactmusic.com quoted Watts as saying.

'I am not reaching the same depths and heights that I used to reach in movies because I'm a parent of two small children, who desperately need me. It's frustrating because I feel like I'm failing a bit on both ends,' she said.

Watts returned to work just weeks after giving birth to her second child Samuel last year.

'I dig Edgar. Very nice guy, very smart, very talented. I'd really like to do something with him,' contactmusic.com quoted Cruise as saying.

'I met Edgar on the set of 'Mission: Impossible III'- Simon Pegg and those guys are hilarious. I love 'Shaun of the Dead'. It's amazing. But we're working on Brad right now. I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about it but everything's signed. Brad is doing it.'

The 47-year-old actor is looking forward to starting work on the project which has a preliminary release date of May 2011.

'Star Trek' director J.J. Abrams is also working on the film as a writer but no storyline details have yet been confirmed,' he added.