Not so blind item: It's always the innocent looking ones!

Mr. Masand's blind item for this week:

A certain superstar actress from the previous decade,  who is usually touted and worshiped for being a graceful elegant Botoxed ageless beauty, let her true colors come out recently. And it wasn't pretty. She was invited to kick off a much-anticipated charity event in Delhi last month, where her crony manager took the opportunity to wipe the organizers clean!
Among their list of demands:

• Six air tickets to Delhi: 3 Business class tickets for the actress, her manager, and his daughter and another 3 for her personal attendant, a hair-dresser, and a make-up man. 

• A BMW available to the actress for the duration of her stay.

• Accommodation in a nearby 7-star hotel, because the 5-star hotel where reservations were already made for the actress and her entourage weren't suitable. Too bad for her the event was also being held there.

• An outfit furnished by a top Delhi designer costing at about Rs. 2.5 lakh. 

• And all remaining expenses during her stay, including room service, laundry, and salon expenses. 

Obviously this cl-ASS-y lady has never eaten a piece of humble pie, especially considering that her appearance at the event was a paid one! Moreover, the actress still hasn't been finalized for a film despite profusely seeking her comeback to cinematic glory. 

Read our reveal, after the jump!

Whew! Sridevi often gets a bad rap for being extravagant in her spending ways and chosen lifestyle. But, at least she pays for all her own luxuries! She's not trying to mooch off of others during a paid event appearance, which would prolly do the actress more good than anyone else anyway! Tsk, tsk, this b*tchy diva is none other than the holy saintly angelic Madhuri Dixit Nene. All of those things which she is not, btw.

Back in her heyday, MD was notorious for her demands on and off the sets, be them monetary or otherwise.  Back home in Denver, reports have suggested Madhuri is said to be generously bashful if an "American" spots her out and recognizes her status, while being rude and snobby to Indians who approach her. Maybe she was having a bad day when one of us went up to her...?


Her long-time friend and business manager is the famous manager to the stars, Rikku Rakesh Nath. He's been with MD for years, and is notoriously loyal and protective of her. At one point in time or another, he's managed other stars like Anil Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut, Ameesha Patel, Adnan Sami, and others as well. His daughter, Dakshina often travels with him and assists him with day-to-day duties.

The event in question was the 2011 Synergy1 Delhi Couture Week which happened at the end of last month in Delhi. Madhuri was invited to kick the event off for designer Varun Bahl. Naturally she had to wear one of his creations. Little did the organizers (FDCI: Fashion Design Council of India, a non-profit organization) know that she would demand one of his designs costing at about Rs. 2.5 lakhs! Some of Varun's creations are listed for Rs. 10 lakhs or higher, so I'm guessing FDCI was happy she didn't pick one of those.

The event took place at Delhi's Taj Palace Hotel, which is beautiful in and of itself. Since the event was taking place there, the hotel cut a deal with FDCI, so most guests and participants were put up at the same venue. Oh but that wasn't good enough for our lil Mads. She needed to be far away from the rest of the Delhi fashion riff-raff and asked for more exclusive accommodations. The FDCI folks were prolly glad when it was all over. They caved in and got Madhuri the dress she wanted, the car she wanted, the hotel she wanted, everything else on her extravagant backstage rider AND paid her a handsome amount for her appearance.

Madhuri is, after all, just one of many! Imagine meeting the demands of all the other divas who were in attendance that week. But, with no films in hand (Dedh Ishqiya has been pushed back) and insiders whispering about Madhuri wanting to make the biggest comeback of Bollywood, you'd think a lil modesty was in order.
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