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We don’t need no
education
Securing good marks, wooing fans, chasing dreams: What is telly’s youth brigade pursuing most sincerely?
 IT’S not the Monday test scare that keeps them awake a night before. The forthcoming parent-teacher meet is also no trouble. Neither is the first-bencher geek competition, nor do they worry about the prefect checking their uniform, nails or shoes. Theirs is a different world all together, where marks have given way to votes, annual day functions to reality shows, teacher’s pets to judges’ faves, and plaid school dress to chic designer wear. Yes, we are talking of the young stars of tellydom. We picked up the report cards of these students — now actors and singers — to find out if they have education, talent, or both, on their
syllabus.
Director’s cut
 M.S. Randhawa’s name does figure in the family tree of this
Randhawa!
IT’S difficult to decide which of the two descriptions suit him the best — the art collector with his enviable collection of Sikh Art artifacts or the PCS guy who has joined as director of the Government Museum and Art Gallery, the latter amid controversy (A hate mail was circulated criticising the short sightedness of the administration for making a PCS officer the head of such an
institution.) Our first interaction with Navjot P.S.Randhawa was at a local gallery where he exhibited a collection of lithographs, war weapons and armaments related to the Sepoy Mutiny and subsequently during the Non-Cooperation Movement. The exhibit was a part of the 150 years of the First War of Independence celebrations.
First day first show
Little
dhoom, less dhadaka
Dhoom Dadakka: Avoidable
 Plastic
fights. Plastic songs. Plastic emotions. Director Shashi Ranjan thinks
that’s a new form of entertainment. He cobbles together a bunch of
zombies and morons and has a go at the marquee. The connoisseur of
artificiality’s flirtation with the camera gives shape to a project
called Dhoom Dadakka that has phoney written all over it. Part nautanki,
part cinema, it has B grade actors who sometimes think they are clowns
in a circus and at others consider themselves to be part of a mela.
Not clear of their exact status, in utter confusion they mistake mimicry
and buffoonery for acting and emoting.
To the tee: A woman golfer makes the most of a pleasant evening and floodlit golf at the Chandigarh Golf Club.
— Photo Pradeep Tewari
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I am 25 and have a love-hate relationship with my mother. She is a
successful woman and I admire her intelligence. I have always looked up
to her, but whenever we are together I get irritated and disagree with
her, even if she is right. All my activities get affected due to this
deep sense of resentment. I would like to have a normal daughter-mother
relationship with her. Help.
 No music to the ear!
If not an addict, you are a hapless victim of mobile invasion. Block your ears now to save yourself from further damage
MOBILE is a nuisance and this piece is going to prove just that. And
what it further hopes to prove is that men, women and children, all are
part of the game. Don’t believe us? Okie, then step into a bus, a
train, a restaurant, a garden, a shop or just be anywhere on planet
earth and you will not only believe us but also write back to us
confirming the same. As of now, picture the nuisance with us.
Cut for luck
CUTTING edge technology is actually helping you cut a happy figure. Nay, not just by giving you a whole new jazzy look even Bipasha Basu would envy; but also by improving your kismet. A slash here; and a cut there; and you emerge “all the more lucky”. And, of course, a cut above the rest!
 Surya
Namaskar
Swami Mitrananda is in
city to direct a play
WHEN Swami Mitrananda speaks about how he has travelled the entire
Himalayas on his motorcycle, one’s conventional image of a swami goes
for a toss. But, he explains — spirituality is also a great adventure,
to leave the known and seek the unknown. And passive spirituality is
definitely a no-no for him because this Swami is driven by the Chinmaya
Mission’s bottomline that emphasises on ‘harnessing youth potential
through dynamic spirituality’.
Little Interview
Dil Hai Hindustani
Gen-Y Sagar, Amrit, learnt the craft of film-making on the sets of
Ramayana & in California
THE lastname says it all. He is Ramanand ‘Ramayana’ Sagar’s grandson Amrit Sagar, who practically grew up on the sets of Ramayana. And not surprisingly, it is still his most favourite serial. But no, Amrit is not willing to follow his grandfather’s footsteps. After producing and directing a flick 1971 and Dharamveer a show for NDTV Imagine, he is coming up with another Vijay… Desh Ki
Aankhen, a thorough action-packed serial, once again for NDTV Imagine. Excerpts from a telephonic tête-à-tête with this new generation Sagar.
Fruitful Season
Juicy, soothing & sweet, you can’t help but succumb to the temptation!
 IF you have a ‘sweet fruity’ tooth like us, then, we bet you are all delighted. This is indeed the best time of the year for us fruit craving foodies! The fresh and delightful rainbow array of summer fruits is for sure too difficult to resist. Succulent watermelon, honeydew melon and scrumptious mangoes, oh la la, one can just never have enough of it. A heavenly taste, a healthy punch and a beautiful refreshed you, is what they promise in each bite.
Swearing by sustainability
Are city architects living by what they preach?
Parbina Rashid finds out
 THE legacy of Le Corbusier is not an easy one to carry forward. But there is a breed of architects who are trying their best to do just that. Only a couple of weeks back an exhibition organised by A3 Foundation showcased the zeal of budding architects who came out with wonderful models of houses and commercial places, all using mud and thatched roof.
S. S. Bhatti outside his
award-winning house.
Golden Moments
Mumbai-based animator Jateen Thakker was part of Oscar-winning
The Golden Compass
WHEN The Golden Compass won the Oscar this year, a slice of its glory percolated down to us Indians too. Guess how? Mumbai-based animation artist Jateen Thakker, composition head of Rhythm and Hues-Mumbai, was part of the film throughout — right from research to executing the characters.
Matka Chowk will be back next week.
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