A weighty
problem
By Madhur Mittal
SUCCESS, they say, goes to
ones head first and later settles down somewhere in
the belly area. But in Akshaye Khannas case,
theres been no such success except media euphoria
and Border, yet the guy is showing all the signs
of prosperity. Its incredible, how from a boyish,
charming young lad, Akshoos transformed into a
mature man, who looks much older than his 25 years.
First, it was the receding hairline, then
the beer belly and now the flab seems to have acquired a
will of its own, setting down wherever it can.
Not done, not done.
Especially in a profession where your assets are a sexy
body and a sensational talent-strictly in that order. So,
Akshoo baba, take a leaf out of papa Vinods book
and get back to your terrific, trim self. You wont
regret it. I promise!
And
Ranis too
Another one to join the
weight-wagon is Rani. Everytime she appears on T.V she
seems to have added a couple of kilos and all in
the wrong places too. For starters, Rani Mukherjee is
short, then her entire frame is square (and that includes
her face) and to top it all she is putting on so much
weight.
In reality, shes a
lovely looking woman with tons of talent. All she has to
do is shed all those ugly pounds and we will have a
stunner who can silence all her detractors.
Preity
act
She wowed the audiences
with her cameo in Dil Se, then she zapped the
viewers with her sensuality in Soldier and now
Preity Zinta is all set to shock everybody with her stark
performance in Tanuja Chandras (remember Dushman?)
Sangarsh.
Hey, the girl has come
up with such an amazing act in an intense film
that its going to make everybody sit up and
go gaga/wah-wah!
For
appearances sake!
First, it was Salman
Khan, then Anil Kapoor and now its Sunny
Deols turn to opt for the magic and moolah of
special/guest/friendly appearances. For starters, the
Punju guy is appearing in Deepak Shivdasanis Yeh
Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, which already has on the
marquee Ajay Devgan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor.
Funnily enough, all
these stars insist that they are doing such miniscule
roles as "a favor for a dear friend" but it
seems that the reasons are absolutely material. After
all, when did you hear of stars doling out favors or
having so many dear friends?! Like they say and
wisely so appearances can be deceptive!
A
promise from Yash
Yash Chopras Mohabbatein
promises to be a multi-starrer in the true,
magnificent style one has always associated with the Yash
Raj banner. Even at the time of writing Amitabh Bachchan,
Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Jimmy Shergill and
newcomers Uday Chopra (Yashs other son and
Adityas brother) Shamita and Preeti had already
signed on the dotted line. Talks are on, to rope in
Sridevi to play Bachchans wife otherwise Yash will
approach "another beautiful actress of
yesteryear" for the role.
The film that will span
three generations promises to rekindle the memories of Kabhie
Kabhie. One hopes for everyones sake it does,
for movies like that come but once in a lifetime and a
repeat performance, if not entirely improbable, is going
to be very tough especially with the spectre of
Yashs last star-spangled Vijay looming
large!
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