Britain-born actor Upen Patel had the honor to represent India in Los Angeles. He is one among the luckiest people like Bipasha Basu and Deepika Padukone who were bestowed with such credit. Upen is the first Bollywood actor to join the parade which will take place on August 10. He is quite elated to get the call from Los Angeles. “I believe Bipasha Basu and other Bollywood queens got the honor earlier. So I’m quite delighted”, quips Upen.

Another moment of glory for Upen is his newly constructed house on Pali Hill in Bandra. He is taking suggestion about designing and decorating his abode from Eric Mutheza, a designer from Dubai via internet. “He never personally came down to look at my place. I gave him design specifications on email and he instructed his assistants in Mumbai to do the needful. But it’s turned out beautifully,” Upen said. Continue reading ‘Upen Patel to march at I-Day parade in LA’

A birdy informed that she had spotted Upen Patel with model Deepti Gujral at Pot Pourri on Turner Road a couple of days ago.

The birdie added that they were getting so hot in each other’s company that they didn’t mind their food going cold. Gross! Continue reading ‘Upen Patel gets cosy with model Deepti Gujral’

Upen Patel is Mr Romeo

Upen Patel’s next release Money Hai To Honey Hai seems to have been dominated by Govinda from first till the last frame. However, the young man has reasons to still keep smiling. He has been signed by Bajaj brothers for a film titled Mr Romeo, the shooting for which is expected to start soon.

“I read the script and was zapped,” says Upen for whom this would be his first solo venture. “In fact, I hadn’t even met the director Vishal Bhandari and had been given the script by the producers. It is a nice feel good film about a young man who is searching for true love,” says Upen.

After savoring singelhood since long, cupid has struck actor Upen Patel who has fallen head over heels for Brazalian supermodel Camila Tavares.
The two hotties have been spotted getting intimate at nightclubs, cinemas and the city’s top dinner spots.
Sources told Spicezee that the two accidentally ran into each other at the Italy airport and it was love at first sight. But aiming to take things slow, the two just exchanged numbers and started dating after a couple of months. Continue reading ‘Upen Patel ditches singelhood for Brazalian hottie Camila’

Actor Upen Patel is quite upbeat about teaming up with Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in Rajkumar Santoshi’s next film “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”, even though he doesn’t play the lead role.

So what is he doing in a movie that has Ranbir playing the hero?

“It is the love story of Ranbir and Katrina, no two ways about it,” admits Upen. “But I don’t have a flimsy part at all … No way. I’ve 40 days of work in the film. I come into the plot like Salman (Khan) in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’,” he said. Continue reading ‘Upen teams up with Ranbir and Katrina’

Upen Patel to play Mr. Romeo

Bollywood hunk Upen Patel will finally be seen in a solo hero film titled Mr. Romeo. The film is a romantic comedy, directed by National award nominee Vishal Bhandari.

Upen plays a guy, who is searching for his true love and in the process ends up finding four lovely ladies. He now has to decide on who will be his true love. The four leading ladies are yet to be finalized. Shyam Bajaj is producing the film while Nadeem Shravan composes the music. Continue reading ‘Upen Patel to play Mr. Romeo’

While 36 China Town was Shahid-Kareena movie, Namastey London was dominated by Akshay Kumar. Shakalaka Boom Boom was a box office whimper and there were hardly any opportunities in the film One Two Three, as it was multi starcast film. But Looks like Upen’s fate is about to take a U-turn. It is heard that the young & dashing actor is playing a lead role in his upcoming film with all the hot beauties from Bollywood around. Continue reading ‘Upen romancing 4 babes at a time’

I hate you, says man to Upen

Considering that Upen Patel is such a strange fellow himself, it’s not strange that strange things happen to him.

He was hanging around at China House over the weekend when a guy strolled up to him and said casually, “You know, you’re the only man I hate. Your name is Upen but you are such a pain.”

He then stalked off, leaving a speechless actor behind. Continue reading ‘I hate you, says man to Upen’

Anyway ‘bad boys’ too have their weaknesses. And Upen’s is mom’s cooking. The actor, who recently went to UK, extended his stay there. It was mom’s pampering that wouldn’t let him return to the arclights. Continue reading ‘Upen binges on Gujju curry in UK’

Everyone is talking about Upen Patel’s daredevil act at the Zee Awards at London on Saturday evening.

Speaking from London, Upen explains, “I was actually asked to step into Salman Khan’s act at the last minute. Believe it or not, I had just one hour to rehearse! One hour! I don’t know how I managed it.”

But the response Upen got from his fellow-Londoners was unimaginable. “London is my home. And to perform there was a dream come true for me. Continue reading ‘Upen Patel steps into Salman’s shoes’