Upen Patel felt at home in South Africa

It was home away from home for Upen Patel in his recent visit to Johannesburg, South Africa. Accompanied by his mother and other relatives, Upen has fond memories of Johannesburg since the city made him feel almost at home, courtesy the warm reception he got there from people of Indian origin.

“It was a heartwarming moment for me as close to 5000 Indians assembled as I visited Rameshwar Mahadev Mandir (in Lenasia, a suburb of Johannesburg) for the Diwali celebrations. They were very nice to me and were happy to see me amidst all the celebrations. They also enquired about my upcoming projects”, says Upen Patel who had incidentally been to the city earlier for the shoot of SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM. Continue reading

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Upen Patel flirts with girls

The angry young man celebrated Diwali with his mum in South Africa recently. He was reportedly busy enjoying and dancing with the girls there.

And that’s not all. The single guy is very much ready to mingle too. After Amrita Arora, Shamita Singha and the Brazilian supermodel, he’s putting his flirty ways to good use by looking for a new girl.

The buzz is that he chose to omit his male friends from the dinner he hosted at his home over the weekend. Continue reading

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Upen Patel gets his act together?

Upen Patel has been nursing high hopes of making it big in B-Town. But his zero acting skills and not knowing how to speak proper Hindi came in the way. Now not everyone’s as lucky as Katrina and Kangana!

Throwing attitude made things worse. People might tolerate Salman Khan’s tantrums but definitely no one’s going to do the same for a wannabe like Upen Supporting parts in big budget films and duds like ‘Shakalaka Boom Boom’, ‘One Two Three’ and ‘Money Hai Toh Honey Hai’ has naturally done nothing for him Continue reading

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I don’t miss night life any more: Upen Patel

Upen had a funny experience quite recently when he spent a few days in Ooty while shooting for Raj Kumar Santoshi directed ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ (which features Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif as the main leads). He got quite a few consolation calls from his friends who were wondering how the young man was coping in the serene town of Ooty which was devoid of any nightlife. However, Upen was hardly amused. Reason? He was not missing the nightlife of the city of Mumbai which never sleeps and was instead at peace with himself in the hills of Ooty.

On queried if this was true, Upen was initially reluctant to talk about what had transpired in Ooty, “I don’t wish to make a lot of hullabaloo about where I spend my time and what keeps me busy on an average day or night. It is quite personal to me and what occupied me most was the fact that I was shooting with Raj Kumar Santoshi.” Continue reading

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Upen ready to do anything for friends

Apparently he got a call from an old friend in London, who had a baby and his friend wished Upen was in London with him and his family to celebrate this joyous moment and without blinking an eyelid, Upen flew down to London to surprise his friends. He stayed there for few hours and caught a flight, the same evening, back to Mumbai to be in time for his shoot. Continue reading

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