Yesterday once more
Loud colours, polka dots and cigarette churidaars have dethroned pastel colours, stripes and Patiala salwaars 
WHEN Saif and Sonali Kulkarni tap-danced to Woh ladki hai kahan in Dil Chahta Hai, our dils sure asked for more. And there ‘it’ was, courtesy our filmistan, served sizzling hot on the movie platter. Each time we’d look at ‘it’ while reclining in that plush multiplex chair, we’d pop in our eyeballs, “Hey, it’s so cute, flamboyant and familiar.” Sometimes, ‘it’ took us to the stylish blossoms, a la flower power of the 70’s. At other moments, we were transported (on a cycle, do we say?) to the world of bounce and fluff-puffs, backcombed hair, oversized shades, fancy head bands, bouncing ponytails, big flowers tucked inside buns et al.

Blast from the past
The saga of freedom fighters, a classic love story and now the struggle of a junior artiste in 1970s. Rewinding to the past is a hit formula
YOUR Saturday night kickstarts with swinging to a remix of Chod do aanchal, zamana kya khayega. The original is a part of your dad’s prized collection.

Telly Tales 
Hello Hope
TV bids goodbye to sobbing sagas and offers 
a handful of novel shows 
WHY did you give up watching TV? Kyunki... okie, we know the reasons! Revengeful men and scheming women. Memory loss and rebirths. Accidents and plastic surgery. Countless marriages and many children. Khushi ke ansoo and crocodile tears. Saas-bahu and devar-bhabi. It’s time for exit. For, the idiot box is reinventing itself, and no 10-year-leap or a backless blouse can help them extend their stay now.

Sony's Amber Dhara

Singing is his business
Saaf suthri gayaki is Prabhjot Bali’s forte 
HAMKO samjhe hain na samjhenge zamane waale, ham hain andhi mein charaghon ko jalaane waale — he introduces himself through his own couplet. Parbhjot Bali is a man of many talents — a poet, music composer, performer, vocal culture expert and above all, a proponent of saaf suthri gayaki. Parbhjot did his mechanical engineering to honour the wishes of his parents and later served as a manager in private companies before venturing into business.

Jab We Got It Right
The onscreen Sikh is no longer a cab driver or a joker, he has got a meaningful image makeover 
Bir Pratap Singh looks immaculate in his blue turban and black coat, as he stands facing his childhood sweetheart, a very Punjabi looking Kareena in a shoot for his debut film Jab We Met. And, you can tell that this Patiala lad has not just taken a significant step towards his acting career but also towards rectifying the image of a Sikh on screen.

Bir Pratap Singh & Kareena

Brand Ambassador 
TILL a few years back, the rules for catching a flick were to reach the movie theatre at least ten-minutes before the credit started to roll. Reaching well in time to catch advertisements was as exciting as the flick that followed. Talk today and there is no need to rush and push, for the flick is quite an extension of the advertisements one may have missed. Plus this time, the three-hour campaign comes packed with a whole lot of action, emotion and drama. Welcome to the world of brand Bollywood, where a don sports a Tag Heuer, a Nascar racer RV relies on Goodyear India and a female robber Sunheri sports a Pepe outfit and more.

It’s the time to disco
THIS one is going to drive music lovers wild. Delhi-based Hindi rock band Dhun is in city to perform at Chitkara College of Education on Saturday. It comes as part of the institute’s ‘Chitkara Idol’ talent hunt programme. This band of young guns is excited about their first performance in the city.

Photo by Manoj Mahajan

beauty studio
Flawless choice
Pammy Kaul
Microdermabrasion is a name usually paired with mature skins. The fact is that it is equally good for young skins as well, as it is known for its excellent advanced exfoliation and stimulates blood circulation. It is certainly not a treatment only for treating fine lines and wrinkles or for promoting collagen production.

On the road to Spain
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has begun shooting for a US television series entitled Spain... On The Road Again, which will showcase the food and culture of the European country. Paltrow will travel across the country with three companions, New York Times food critic Marc Bittman, chef Mario Batali and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols, in a fleet of cars to film the television series. However, the Oscar-winning actress revealed at a press launch in Madrid that she and the other participants are unaware of the itinerary planned by producer Charles Pinsky. “I don’t know what we are going to do, but it is going to be fun,” she says. The 35-year-old actress, who is a vegetarian, has added that she would tuck into Spain’s rice and fish dishes during the four-month tour. —ANI

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