Punjab Once More
Manmohan’s new film will launch Navjot as an actor
PUNJAB surely is the flavour of the season when it comes to the silver screen. After the much- awaited Singh is Kinng, it’s time for some regional toppings. The Renaissance Man of Punjabi film industry, Manmohan Singh brings yet another treat for Punjabi movie lovers — Mera Pind-My Home. The cast and crew of the movie were in city to launch the music of the film, which marks the debut of cricketer-cum-politician-cum TV anchor Navjot Singh Sidhu. He will be sharing screen space with Punjabi superstar and singer Harbhajan Mann.

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh opens city’s first women-only spa
Add life to years
This is what the city has been waiting for, especially the women. A space completely for themselves. And here it is. Seven Seas Spa-8 promises to rejuvenate the body and refresh the senses with chants and mantras. Inaugurated by cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Friday, the spa takes us into a world of eco- friendly therapies without burning a hole in the pocket.

A day to remember
EVERY job you take up is a signature moment. Wrapped in ups and downs, success and failures, the ‘Kodak moment’ of your life is the day when you get your first salary cheque. Conjuring umpteen reactions, for some it’s an ecstatic shout, others go numb for a second contemplating what they’ve done to deserve it and the rest go into a ‘planning mode’ the minute they see the figures. I-pod, a new dress, Nike sneakers, a smart mobile hand set, necklace for girlfriend, cigarette lighter for boyfriend, suit for mommy, Gucci handbag for sister and so on. All said and done, the point is how people splurge their ‘first’ salary. Is it saved or every penny blown to the core? Over to the people who share their ‘first salary spending’ experience.

STEP OUT
No rain-breaks, please!
THE monsoon is a season of discontent for many of those involved in popular adventure sports. The sea becomes very rough, so divers and snorkellers travel to other oceans to pursue their sport. Whitewater enthusiasts whose usual playground is the Ganga, Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Beas and Sutlej have to leave these rivers alone because they are dangerously swollen.

Monumental Success
IT’S yet another challenge, which S. D. Sharma has tackled successfully — to build a convention centre that is iconic and yet blends with the existing building of the campus. So, what does he do? He creates a futuristic auditorium using locally available stones, which is now the pride and joy of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. This time he brings a fair amount of joy to the city too; by winning Archi Design Award for Excellence in the category of Best Institutional Building Design-2007 in the Northern Region.

Local architect S.D. Sharma bags the prestigious Archi Design Award for Excellence

Beauty Studio
Young forever
SKIN changing and age relate to each other like cause and effect. No one is surprised when the skin changes with age, it is more or less accepted as a way of life. The skin over the years becomes less tight and elastic as the production of collagen and elastin goes down and also for the fact that the cells beneath the top layers of skin disappear. Correct skin care steps will give you a younger-looking skin, provided there is on your side determination and professional assistance to help you out.

Little Interview
Big baddie on small screen
HE started his career with Sai Paranjpe’s Panchhi Ek Chaal Kay. After successfully juggling theatre, Hindi films and regional cinema, Bollywood baddie, Ashish Vidyarthi, is back with Zee TV’s magnum opus Waaris, a family drama set in the backdrop of the underworld. The serial marks his comeback on TV after Dastaan. A tete-e-tete with Vidyarthi on his new avtaar.
About Waaris.
The serial deals with the question that haunts most families in our country, finding the waaris or a successor. Though the serial around a family with a saas, sasur and bahu, but it comes with a tinge of danger and excitement. It’s an atypical illustration of the underworld.

Exhi Watch
Gems & Garbs
TWO designers, Poonam Sood and Nidhi Vij unfold a tale of chic designs and tinkling trinkets through a two-day exhibition cum sale of apparels and silver jewellery at Episode-9. Presenting an array of accessories and attire the duo designers have displayed some great looking stuff.

Miles to go
YOU hear them 24X7 playing nice music for you. Not only this, they lend an ear to your sob stories. And now, they are trying their hand at a one of its kind Radio Olympiad. Beginning Friday, RJs from 36 BIG 92.7 FM stations are battling it out for the ultimate endurance test – 100 hours of non-stop Rjing, a record that will catapult them into the Limca Book of Records.

Gurus vs Mahaguru
Khayyam saab, who graces the seat of mahaguru as a guest felt insulted by the gurus (read Himesh, Shankar, Pritam and Aadesh). When Prachi Shah of Ahmedabad gets eliminated, a heady debate flares up between the judges and the mentors. The invariable point of disagreement was, ‘are we looking for a different, unique voice tonal quality or are we concentrating on sur taal and lai’. 

Telly Tales
Kitchen to dance floor!
Tired of watching repetitive twists and turns of Saas-Bahu sagas? Get them moving then, as a new dance reality show on SaharaOne sees them emerging out of the kitchen politics. Do excuse the unimaginative title — it’s called Saas Vs Bahu. But the show boasts of 15 pairs of actors, popular as mothers or daughters-in-law of various soaps. There are Seema Kapoor and Preeti Puri, Pratichi Mishra and Aanchal Dwiwedi, Shoma Anand-Rucha Gujarathi, Rita Bhaduri-Juhi Parmar, Mahroo Shaikh-Barkha Bisht, Komalika Guha-Shilpa Saklani, Himani Shivpuri-Lata Saberwal, Kittu Gidwani-Daljeet Kaur, Krutika Desai-Soumya Tandon & Neelam Mehra-Reena Kapoor. The show would be on air five days a week and would run for 11 weeks.

the lost soul
"I tend to forget things... I just do... sometimes it’s so silly... but just can’t help... this is like a chronic illness. A constant thing. And yet it seems to come as a surprise every time."

Jessica seeks equality with menfolk