Punjabi Punch
From chocolate hero to serious actor. Jimmy Shergill, in town for a shooting, talks about his transition and straddling the different worlds of Punjabi and Hindi cinema
With Punjab and everything Punjabi being the flavour of the season in B-town, Punjabi cinema has its own dishes to offer. And adding his own tinge is the blue-eyed boy of Punjabi cinema and the lover boy of Hindi cinema, Jimmy Shergill. The man with the chocolate looks and good boy image has the keenest eye for meaty roles in the industry. He has carved a niche for himself with a versatility of roles, playing strong characters in movies like Haasil, Yahaan, Munna Bhai MBBS and the recent, critically acclaimed A Wednesday. He carried his success to the Punjabi cinema with movies like Yaraan Naal Baharan and Mannat.

Taal after terror
Fresh from the shock of the Mumbai blasts, kathak dancer and actor Nandita Das landed in her hometown on Saturday to keep her show going
The strains of a soulful flute recital by Rupak Kulkarni, a dazzling Kathak performance by cine actor maestro, Nandita Puri and a percussion presentation of tabla solo and accompaniment by Pandit Kali Nath Mishra were in store for the art lovers of the tricity on Saturday. The event was brought to the tricity by Triveni Sangeet Sabha in association with the Sangeet Natak Akademy, New Delhi.

Shootings to show:(right) Nandita Puri

Love triangle with a twist
Delightfully different. That's how you would describe charming Chitrangada Singh's comeback vehicle, Sorry Bhai. The love triangle explores a funny, but queer situation: A man falling for his brother's fiance just a few days before the wedding. Shy scientist Siddharth (Sharman Joshi), flanked by his parents (Boman Irani and Shabana Azmi) lands in magnificent Mauritius for the wedding of his elder brother Harsh (Sanjay Suri), a sassy stock-broker, who has decided to marry his girlfriend of five years, Aaliah (Chitrangada Singh).

Onir's drama Sorry Bhai has Boman Irani, Shabana Azmi, Sharman Joshi, and Chitrangada Singh.

Sealed with a kiss
Zayed Khan locked lips on screen for the first time in director Subhash Ghai's newly released film Yuvvraaj and says he was embarrassed to watch the scene with his wife and other family members. "Firstly, I've never done intimate scenes like these on screen. I'm a family man with a wife and son. And to watch the scenes with my parents at the premiere gave me the shivers. What would they think? On top of it all, it was our marriage anniversary. What a gift for my wife," Zayed sighed.

Mock tales
Good morning… television
The serial sunshine is back on the Indian Television screen, breaking a fortnight long drought of TV dramas that brought our lives to a standstill. And for those who can't believe their ears, the striking workers of the television industry have finally decided to take pity on us and call off their strike. This news comes as a life saver not only for the beleaguered producers whose money bags were losing weight each day, but also for the devoted viewers of these shows, for whom life's meaning was lost sans their everyday drama dose.

Singing success
Talk of versatility and the newest star in the Punjabi filmdom is ready to prove his point. Amrinder gill, the Punjabi singing sensation is ready to make his cinematic debut with Munde UK De, a film by noted filmaker Manmohan Singh. The movie features Jimmy Shergill and Neeru Bajwa in the lead roles. "I play a young Punjabi from a village whose interaction with these two guys from UK, played by Jimmy and Gurpreet Ghuggi brings out some of the hilarious situations in the movie," says Gill. He has also sung and composed two songs for the movie.

Head to toe
The exhibition of handicrafts and handlooms from Himachal Pradesh promises a different shopping experience
It might not be designer, swank or flashy. But the exhibition by H.P State Handicrafts and Handloom Corporation Ltd sure is ethnic, authentic and understated. Be it the traditional Himachali head wear or the embroidery motifs, everything reminds one of the handpicked traditional rural experiences. Apart from the suits, shawls, carpets, the exhibition also includes little knick-knacks like Lahauli gloves, knitted socks, grass pullan, a kind of foot wear made from dried grass—can be used in kitchens and praying rooms.

Head(y) wear: Give a traditional touch to your look with these caps from Kulu

Matka chowk
The quiet carpenter
I have had the misfortune of interacting with a lot of carpenter, painter, varnishwalla, cushionwalla types lately. I have found some recurring traits in many of them. Although they hail from different states of India and none speak any Punjabi; most speak Hindi with great flourish (those who are from the heartland) – they all display uncannily similar and greatly exasperating virtues. At the end of it, I am convinced that to retain one’s sanity one needs a henchman to carry out orders and gag them if necessary.

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