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Simply Punjabi
 A feel good Punjabi family drama Tera Mera Ki Rishta is said to be the most expensive Punjabi Film produced to date
Guess what's the one trait of celebs that reaffirms their celebrity status? Let's us do the honours-unpunctuality. By now at least, we have learnt pretty well how to patiently wait for them. We practiced the same lesson yet again on Saturday when the cast of upcoming Punjabi film, Tera Mera Ki Rishta comprising of Jimmy Shergill, Kulraj Randhawa, Ghuggi and film director Navniat Singh made us sit idle for quite some time before they finally arrived to release the music of the film at Fame Shalimar, Panchkula.  — Photos by S. Chandan

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Royal challenge
Grimly real and grossly sinister, that’s Gulaal, another fiery fable rolling out of maverick filmmaker’s stable. Soaked in the colour of revolution, Anurag Kashyap’s latest outing is a compelling tale of power, ambition, deceit and manipulation. Set in the sordid dunes of Rajasthan, Gulaal begins with a murky world of student politics and soon transforms into a raging rebellion — powered by a bunch of eccentric royals — that threatens to blow away the democratic system and restore the old world order.

Bollywood beginning 
 The child artistes of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire have forayed into Bollywood by enacting in upcoming movie Kal Kissne Dekha
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who play slum kids Latika and Salim, respectively, in director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, would be appearing in cameo roles in Kal Kissne Dekha. “We are really feeling happy that slowly we are turning into actors and everybody is treating us like actors. We never thought we would be able to achieve all this fame. I never thought and never dreamt that I would act in a movie and would become an actor,” said Ismail.

Better late than never
 Filmfare recognition hasn’t come too late: Arjun Rampal 
He made his Bollywood debut in 2001 and a Filmfare award came eight years later but Arjun Rampal feels that’s not late a recognition. “It’s better late than never. I don’t think recognition came late to me. I don’t belong to this industry, so it took me some time to learn the lessons,” says Arjun.

Born singer
 No training needed to become a singer, says Atif Aslam
While most musicians say that training is a prerequisite of a good singer, Pakistani singer Atif Aslam who has crooned popular Bollywood songs like Woh lamhe (Zehar), Aadat (Kalyug) and Pehli nazar mein (Race) feels that he is a born singer. “A singer should not be criticised just because he is not trained as, according to me, you do not need training for singing,” said Atif in a radio show. The singer, who is an ardent fan of Kishore Kumar, revealed that it was the legendary singer’s songs that inspired him to become a singer. —IANS

Frills, fabrics and footwear…
 The annual exhibition of Vanity Fair has this and more 
Screaming heat, peppy music, twittering female voices and air thick with body mist. That was Vanity Fair-an annual exhibition of Indo-western wear, accessories, artifacts, home accessories and more. Definitely a vanity affair, the two-day exhibition that got under way this Saturday sees great but a little high-on-the-pocket products and, above all, a class of people who love to parade their clothes and jewellery.

Archo fiesta continues…
Series of design competitions were lined up for the Chandigarh College of Architecture’s ongoing festival on Saturday
And the madness continues…Day nine at the ongoing annual festival of Chandigarh College of Architecture Archo '09, was no different from when, where and how we left. In fact, there's double the excitement, triple the enthusiasm and 'into four' the energy with some of the events being jumbled up, tossed and rescheduled at the last moment. Perfect! So the athletic meet doesn't get over till mid noon. 

Choose right
 The child artistes of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire have forayed into Bollywood by enacting in upcoming movie Kal Kissne Dekha
A journalist's time is public property! Exactly what we were made to feel this Saturday on an invite by the Environment Society of India. No expression qualifies enough for overreaction, when you're lured into meeting Ruskin Bond and end up with not even his personal assistant!

Matka chowk
Chips overload 
PepsiCo has done more harm to our city - ecologically, than some other evils that tower over the small packets that are strewn all over. Have you lately counted how many Lays potato chips packets or Kukure packets have crossed your path? Those are wind-blown like the autumn leaves, sometimes perched on treetops like the aloof cheels. The foils are shining in the deep recesses of the hedges and tree-trunks where the foraging squirrels have dragged them. Those are floating in the water with the rising fish and causing great consternation to the beautiful aquamarine kingfishers that wait patiently by the lake. The packets are in the stomach of many road-roaming hungry animals. The howling of a particularly persistent street dog that has been bothering my night sleep might have been caused by plastic indigestion.