20 hottest confessions of '05

PM Manmohan Singh
"On behalf of our government, on behalf of the entire people of this country I bow my head in shame that such a thing took place."
Seeking to assuage the sentiments of the Sikh community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh apologised for the 1984 anti-Sikh violence with those famous words.


Nandita Das
After her Cannes stint, the talented Nandita Das confessed:
"Being under the scrutiny of photographers and the public all the time, there was a pressure to be constantly glamourously dressed.But I have never been someone who has yearned for or worn 'designer clothes' (partly because I can't afford them and partly because it's just not my style!)."


Aishwarya Rai
The Mistress of Spices was recently featured on the cover of America magazine. You have to have heard of it. How could you not when so much noise was made about it.
One extract from the article:
"Every article I have ever read about you begins with how beautiful you are. "I have no idea why," she replies, batting her long eyelashes."
That has to be the most 'honest' confession of the year.


Amisha Patel
This confession could have easily won a prize at the Wash-Dirty-Linen-In-Public Championship. The beautiful Amisha Patel revealed to the world her otherwise serene mom���s violent side.
Apparently, her mother beat her with a slipper at four in the morning because of her affair with director Vikram Bhatt. According to Amisha, her parents wanted her to marry a rich man so that she couldn���t question them about her money. There was mayhem at the Patels and after a point of time Amisha couldn���t take it anymore. We sympathise with you Amisha, but next time, try the church.

Amrita Singh
The Saif-Amrita split has been the cause of much thought and talk this year. The now-split couple made many public statements.
But the best one came from Singh. In one of her TV interviews, looking all slim and revamped, she spoke about the need of a man in her life. And candidly enough, while taking about fulfillment of ones physical needs, she admitted 'Who needs to be married for that!'


Suniel Shetty
In a recent interview, Suniel Shetty confessed: "I don't know what it was about Shahid. But every time I'd see him I'd rush and pull his cheeks... He reminded me of my son every time I saw him." This was after the shooting of the film Deewane Hue Paagal.
Wonder how the Kapur baby would react to that!


Archana Puran Singh
Archana Puran Singh has always been full of spunk and spark. Her performances have always won audiences' hearts. Recently, Singh and hubby Parmeet Singh lost a reality celebrity dance show. As part of her thank you note, Singh sobbed: "This is the first time in my twelve years of marriage, he (Parmeet) has made me real proud. Till now, It was I who was doing everything."
Wonder how Parmeet would've reacted to that statement after pack-up!


Fardeen Khan
Many think he is one of the hottest things to happen to Bollywood. The original 'dude' of the industry, Fardeen is cool with most things in life.
So it wasn't much of a shock for us to hear him announce on national TV: 'Bebo (Kareena) has got a hot butt.'


Kareena Kapoor
The ever snooty Kareena Kapoor, in one of her recent interviews, admitted that Shaahid and Amrita make a much better couple on screen, than Shaahid and she do.
Ouch !


Laloo Prasad Yadav
���We happily accept the mandate that has been given in the assembly election,��� Laloo Prasad Yadav said after his 15 year Raj in Bihar ended.
What a surprise for the man who uses words like swords.


Malaika Arora Khan
Oh! If there were polls to reach a verdict on this issue, we could have come to a conclusion. But is there really a point?
Malaika, the hottest babe in Bollywood claimed that she is hotter than her hunk hubby Arbaaz Khan. Competition is good and everybody should have the spirit to rave about themselves. But how can you compete with your husband, the one you dearly love, and care...blah blah? Anyway, the answer is very simple; men love you as much as women love Arbaaz. Just get a life!


Mallika Sherawat
She's the queen of quotes. So it is a tough task to choose one from the lot. However, this one is the most recent proof of her modesty.
"I may not be here to titillate, but I am not sorry if I have that edge. People aren't coming to the theaters to see me in a burqa," she said before the release of her movie The Myth.


Pooja Bedi
������Why do we place such a high value on infidelity and monogamy? Fidelity is a wonderful thing, but the pressure associated with it is very high in today���s society. The solution lies in making marriages as easy to get out of as they are to get into; then, infidelity would probably not occur.������
Hmmm...


Priyanka Chopra
"I don't want to be in 'adult' films, please! I'm still a child. I want to go to Neverland and live happily ever after."
After reading that, we have run out of words.


Shahid Kapur
"Acting with her (Kareena) is like being on a treadmill at full speed for half an hour."
Huff and puff!


Swami Ramdev
"Thanda matlab? Toilet cleaner"
Those words by yoga wiz Swami Ramdev made life miserable for soft drink manufacturers in India.


Uma Bharti
"I am the BJP. BJP is my party."
Uma Bharti said these famous words after the BJP's Parliamentary Board expelled her from the primary membership of the party.


Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth, till recently, had been discreet but not secretive about his sexual preference. TIll now, he used to refer to an early poem, ���Dubious���:
���Some men like Jack and some like Jill/I'm glad I like them both but still/I wonder if this freewheeling/Really is an enlightened thing,/Or is its greater scope a sign/Of deviance from some party line?/In the strict ranks of Gay and Straight/What is my status: Stray? Or Great?��� Seth has said in public that "the 'I' in my poems is almost always me".
However, this year, he declared the truth in far more straight words.


Vivek Oberoi
"If a Mahatma Gandhi couldn't escape condemnation, who am I?" Vivek Oberoi has somewhat matured with his words. It's no longer love talk, but serious, Aishwarya like quotes for him. .


Abhishek Bachchan
Bachchan junior has been the most surprising person of this year. Everything has finally fallen in place for him and he is been voted to be the next big thing in Bollywood; way to go!
So, he says that he hates making his hair? No sweat, please don���t even bother combing them. We just love your out-of-bed look or ruffled hairdo; throw away all the combs you own. People adore you and your hip-shaking, eye-twinkling dance acts. Just let your hair be the way it is, and you just continue to rock!