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Street dreams
Craziness knows no bar and there are enough people who can validate this. While there are some who have a penchant for VIP numbers, there are others who want to jump from a
six-storey building and then there are others who would invest in a sexy-looking bike and then reinvest to alter it completely. Weird but true, bike modification is an art that everyone is not good at. One has to be a maverick to alter a perfect machine. Here, take it from people who have a knack of modifying everything perfect to a more perfect state.
For the love of Sikhism
The much-waited Punjabi film Sat Sri Akal, which commemorates the 300th anniversary of Gurta GurGaddi Diwas of Sri Guru Granth Sahib will be released on October 17. This film aims at propagating the rich heritage of Punjab, its culture, moral values, traditions and the Sikh tenets.
A still from Punjabi film Sat Sri Akal
Rejoicing in red
Traditions are like gift packages, they never fail to surprise you. Talking about Bijoy Dashami, which marks the celebrations of the departure of Goddess Durga for her abode in the Himalayas, is a pretty interesting affair. Most importantly, the sindoor utsav that grabs your attention, with the rich and vibrant splash of colours all around.
— Photo by Pradeep Tewari
One for the masses
Theatre undeniably is the best medium to bring the contemporary realities or issues of economic, socio-cultural relevance into focus and effectively communicate, debate and accelerate the process to resolve them,” opines Kamal Tewari, chairperson of the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi. However, over the years the major theatre productions by elite groups in big cities have been aimed at catering to the aesthetic ideals of the urban milieu alone depriving the rural masses, he felt.
SUR TAAL: Manch Tantra, the theatre group of DAV College-10, releases music for its annual production Salt & Pepper which will be staged at St. Stephen’s auditorium in Sector 45 on October 10 and 11. |
Out in the open
American actress Jennifer Lopez once talked bout the nervous breakdown she went through during an interview, but it was never published. The interview, which took place between new mum Lopez and Kevin Sessums at the Long Island estate has finally come to light and reads, "I don't get nervous. I don't get depressed. Blah, blah, blah...There was a time when I was very overworked and I was doing music and movies and so many things.
Koffee break
Bindas bol
After a gap of one year, the Khallas girl Isha Koppikar makes a come back with Atul Agnihotri's Hello, which is based on Chetan Bhagat's best-seller One Night @ Call Centre. The film has a vast star cast and Isha plays a plum role of a glamorous model in the film. In a tête-à-tête with the chatty actor, we ask her about her believe in numerology, role in the film and more.
My mother, my guide
American actor Angelina Jolie has revealed that she looked for guidance in her late mother Marcheline Bertrand while shooting Clint Eastwood's The Changeling. She revealed at the New York Film Festival premiere that while playing the role of a mother desperately seeking her kidnapped son, she would often think of her mother.
Rap to the top
Eminem has topped a new poll of The Best Rapper Alive. The Without Me hitmaker, received 69 per cent in the poll, conducted by American magazine Vibe.
Eminem, who has not released a new album since 2004's Encore, beat Jay-Z to take
the title.
Eminem
Perfect pause
Bollywood actor Karishma Kapoor, at Hello magazine's launch in Mumbai said that she would only make a comeback in Bollywood when she gets a perfect script.
"I have been offered a lot of movies but I have said time and again that
until I don't find a perfect role, and a script to die for I will not do a movie
just for the sake of it," said Karishma.
Karishma Kapoor
Hail Halle
Halle Berry has been named sexiest woman alive by Esquire magazine. The twice-divorced actress gave birth to daughter Nahla, her first child with model Gabriel Aubry, in March.
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Diesel's wish
American actor Vin Diesel, whose futuristic science-thriller Babylon A D is releasing in theatres across the country this Friday, hopes that the heart stopping action scenes in the film will find favour with local audiences.
A techno week for movie buffs as Hello and Babylon hits city theatres on Friday
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