Double take
The Roadies’ auditions in the tricity on Sunday promise to be twice tough. Take it from twins Raghu and Rajiv
One hour at the barber shop is all it takes for the makeover. To turn into Raghu Ram. But only one man on earth can manage to pull this off. Raghu's twin brother, Rajiv Laxman, who is the judge for MTV Roadies along with Raghu. So this time, be prepared to face the double dhamaaka on MTV Hero Honda Roadies.
                             Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Mock tales
Phoren maal desi tadka
Amidst the saas-bahu soap splurge and song 'n' dance mania, a silent phenomenon is sweeping the Indian telly circuit. 'Foreign inspiration' (for the sophisticated) or 'copy paste' (for the crude brigade) of popular British and American shows has become a buzzword on the desi tube. And guess what? The audiences are lapping up this recycled feed. In fact, these phoren-made-Indian shows are raking high TRPs.

          Javed Akhtar is a judge in Indian Idol 4

India shining at Toronto
Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta says there will be no barrier to her latest film Heaven On Earth because it is in Punjabi, as domestic violence has universal resonance and audiences across the globe can relate to it. This was evident at the recent Toronto Film Festival where the film got a standing ovation. "This was the film's first public screening. And no one saw it as an esoteric film in a regional Indian language," said Mehta. The film is about domestic violence in the immigrant community in Canada and stars Preity Zinta in the lead role.

Sound of music
The songs of Drona travel with the story, says its music composer
Dhruv Ghanekar, the debutant music composer of Abhishek-Priyanka starrer Drona says songs in the film's music track travel with the story and all songs are completely different from each other. "There are five songs and two remixes in the album. The background score is also equally important," Dhruv said.

Saif custody It took us two minutes to recognise the man in full-grown beard in tow with Kareena. But the guy hurriedly walking towards the reception at Taj-17 on Friday was none other than Saif Ali Khan. Sans bouncers and tight security, the duo soon disappeared into their room. Kareena has reportedly been shooting in Shimla, where she was joined by Saif, who had arrived there to surprise his lady love on her birthday.

Manuscript to script
Writer Chetan Bhagat, whose book “Five Point Someone” is being made into a film titled 3 Idiots by the acclaimed director Rajkumar Hirani, said he was not involved in writing the film’s script, but he liked it. “The director took my book as the base but he has changed it according to his requirements. He took permission from me before taking my story, but has not involved me in making it into the final script. But, he has shown me the final script and I have liked it too,” Chetan said. 

Dilip hospitalised
Veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar has been admitted to a hospitalised for treatment of a urine infection.

There are inches in my Navratra thali
You thought fasting during the Navratras made you knock off a couple of kilos? Well, dieticians bust the myth: All that fried vrat food actually adds to your waistline
It's that time of the year when many restaurants welcome you with boards proclaiming 'navratra feast'-- pure vegetarian 'vrat' food available. Where the delicacies on the menu include kuttu atta puri, paranthas, sitaphal (pumpkin), paneer, aloo ki sabzi, kuttu ke atta ke pakodas and sabudana kheer. 

• McKuttu to nashpaati tadka
• Pizza platter