Pics - Lara Dutta, Raveena Tandon, Arjun Rampal at Forbes Life India Launch

Pics - Lara Dutta, Raveena Tandon, Arjun Rampal at Forbes Life India Launch:

Pics - Lara Dutta, Raveena Tandon, Arjun Rampal at Forbes Life India Launch

Lara Dutta launching her own range designer shoes

Lara Dutta launching her own range designer shoes: Lara Dutta has added one more label to her resume. The actress, who is getting married to tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi next month, is gearing up to launch her designer shoe line soon.

Says a source close to Lara, "After the success of her fitness DVD, Lara is now preparing to launch her own range of shoes. Mahesh is very encouraging and supportive of Lara's decisions and has been sharing his own business expertise with her. She had shown some designs and samples to him and he encouraged her to take it up on a more serious level and launch her collection."

Adds an insider, "Mahesh is impressed with Lara's eye for detail and talent. Work is in progress on the shoe launch and Lara is working on it. Lara is planning to launch it by the end of this year."

The source adds that Lara is tight-lipped about the details, "It's still too early to talk about it, but the designer shoes will be high-end, expensive and limited edition line. It will be all kinds of shoes - from ladies' casual to formal wear including stilettos and sandals, and sports shoes. Lara is personally looking into the concepts and designs."

Apparently, the actress will go for a tie-up with an existing international footwear brand, "She has been talking to a few brands for the tie-up. Globosport (Mahesh Bhupathi's company) is marketing it on her behalf and talking to the various shoe brands. Once the shoe brand is locked, they will figure the extent of Lara's involvement and participation in the whole project."

Muscat Festival: Shahrukh Khan and Lara Dutta participating in it!

Muscat Festival: Shahrukh Khan and Lara Dutta participating in it!: A slew of events including a fashion show, a cycle race, extreme sailing championship and food festivals are slated for the Muscat Festival which opens in the capital of Sultanate of Oman Jan 27-Feb 24 with Bollywood names like Shahrukh Khan and Lara Dutta participating in it, top officials said here Monday.

"While singer Sonu Niigaam and actress Lara Dutta will perform at the fest Feb 10, superstar Shahrukh Khan will have a stage-show there Feb 17,” Salim Bin Adey Al-Mamari, Director General of Tourism Promotion, Sultanate of Oman, told media persons here this afternoon.

Oman also plans to woo Indian filmmakers to consider the country as a shooting locale as Bollywood movies are very popular there and Shahrukh also commands a huge fan following.

“Film tourism is a growing phenomenon worldwide. We realise the importance and the reach of the Indian film industry and plan to encourage Indian producers and studios to film in Oman,” added Lubaina Sheerazi, India Representative of Sultanate of Oman.

Hoping to lure over two million visitors from India and elsewhere, the Muscat Festival will have Oman’s Food Festival (Feb 3-17), Muscat Fashion Week (Feb 22-24), Tour of Oman cycle race (Feb 15-20), and Extreme Sailing World Championships (Feb 20-24), besides many other events.

Oman soon expects to claim a big slice of the booming meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business by setting up a world-class conference facility.

Spread over two-million-square-metres, the 'Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre’ will boast of a 3,000 seat Convention Centre, four hotels and serviced apartments supported by a major regional retail facility, just four kilometres from Muscat Airport, informed Khalid Al Zadjali, Director of Tourism Events, Ministry of Tourism, Oman.

Targeting 12 million Indian visitors to Oman by 2020, Al Zadjali said that the country is a safe destination where the state income goes back to the people in the form of free education, free healthcare and almost no taxes to pay.

Anushka Sharma, Lara Dutta walks at Manish’s Mijwan Fashion Show - Pics

Anushka Sharma, Lara Dutta walks at Manish’s Mijwan Fashion Show - Pics: 

Anuhka Sharma, Lara Dutta walks at Manish’s Mijwan Fashion Show:

Anuhka Sharma, Lara Dutta walks at Manish’s Mijwan Fashion Show - Pics

Koffee With Karan: Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi as guest - Pics

Koffee With Karan: Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi as guest - Pics: There is something about Koffee and its aroma that entices the celeb guests to speak their heart out. Karan Johar, an expert in brewing that Koffee, had a candid tete-a-tete with Lara Dutta and her fiancé, ace Tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, for his show Koffee With Karan. This was the couple’s first appearance on a TV show.

So, what was the highlight of the episode? The chemistry between the couple and the revelation that a serious-looking guy like Mahesh can also crack jokes. The high point of the episode was when Mahesh tells Karan that he calls Lara a “serial killer” as the lady had done quite a few romantic scenes in her films. Lara was taken aback but was quick to rejoin that this title belongs exclusively to Emraan Hashmi.

The couple talked openly about their relationship and how they are completely smitten with each other.

Koffe With Karan: Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi as guest - Pics