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She has worked with the two and is looking forward to work with the third, but actor Asin Thottumkal has already formed an impression about the three Khans in Bollywood.The Southern beauty started her career in Hindi film industry with Aamir Khan starrer blockbuster Ghajini in 2008 and went on to work with Salman Khan in her second film London Dreams last year. When asked to pick out adjectives to describe the three Khans, Asin said, “Aamir is very focused, Salman has a cool attitude and Shah Rukh, from what I have seen of him, seems to be very charming.” The 24-year-old actor was in the capital recently to announce the 55th Filmfare Awards to be held on February 27 this year.Asin has already bagged three Filmfare awards - the first one in 2003 for being the Best Telugu Actress, second was the South Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in Tamil film, Ghajini and the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for the Hindi remake of the film.“I hope to be nominated this year too, but my favourite film for this year’s awards would be 3 Idiots,” said Asin, adding that the film was an “obvious choice” since it has been appreciated by all. Even though she stepped into the film industry as a teenager, Asin, who hails from Kerala, never dreamt of becoming an actress in her childhood.
Name game For Abhishek Bachchan, constant comparisons with dad Amitabh are an “honour” and not a problem. But as he gears up for his television debut with game show National Bingo Night, he says he is not competing in any way with Bachchan senior, who hosted the popular Kaun Banega Crorepati TV show in 2000.
Sound of music
Cinema and chemistry, they have no link as far as we can think. But for Surinder Sharma, a retired professor of chemistry from Panjab University, a veteran comedian of Punjabi films and now advisor to the vice-chancellor for culture and academics, this is one combination that has been a passion throughout life. Pitha in Assam, siddu in Himachal, gate ki sabzi in Rajasthan and hobloo in Punjab, we find out a few rare and traditional offerings from these states Every state of India has its traditional cuisines unique to that place only. Though it’s traditional recipes that score high even today, but who can deny the new experiments with food. And, for an Indian cuisine that includes an array of delicacies, both hot and spicy, cold and mild, cultural influences have added a lot of variety to the Indian cuisine, be it Mughlai, Portuguese or British influences.
Wine course
Wall of temptation
Bon Appetit
Switch over
TRIOgenic
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who first used the onscreen name Vijay in 1973 film Zanjeer, said he wanted the lucky name in his forthcoming Rann as well. The actor added that the much-hyped movie was not aimed at media bashing. “Ramu (Ram Gopal Varma) wanted my character to be called Harshvardhan Malik. But I told him naam se pehle Vijay laga do, shayad picture chal jaayegi (Prefix the name with Vijay, the movie might work)’,” Amitabh told reporters at a press conference.
Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar unveiled the music album of his upcoming flick Karthik Calling Karthik in Mumbai. Directed by Vijay Lalwani and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, this romantic-thriller stars Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone in lead roles.Bollywood’s renowned composer trio: Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy have given a melodious touch to the music album.
Drinking wine is more fun than reading about it unless you have a book in one hand and a glass in the other.Wine can be complex or simple but several books can help
clear any confusion. The global market for wine is similar to a waterbed – when sales go down in one area, such as bottles costing over $30, they go up in another such as sales of $15 bottles.For consumers looking for popular wines under $15, the
latest edition of Robin Goldstein’s and Alexis Herschkowitsch’s “The Wine Trials for 2010” may help.
Have you had the honour of meeting the gorgeous red chillies that are in season now? They are plump, glistening, and a glorious fire-engine red in colour, but beware…for a fire engine is just what you will need to summon, if you were to as much as nibble at one! I admit to being a complete coward when it comes to chillies, having a very poor threshold for teekha. 
Dj Switch. The name is pretty okay for a deejay. What more, every second a deejay has a name tweaked and turned with affects to make it catchy and jazzy. So, Sarabjot Singh becomes DJ Switch, and justifies his work too. Anyways this is not where the buck stops. As Shakespeare said, What’s in name. Switch aka Savi or Sarabjot is better known for his work. His genre? “Progessive, tech and minimal,” says Dj Switch, performing in Crystal, Sector-26 on a Saturday night. “Me and my band member Dj Bhabuk play an interesting mix of all.” Bollywood music doesn’t figure on the list? “Sure it does, puts in the deejay. 
Metal, Funk, Progressive House, Tech House, Techno, Electro or Minimal House. What makes you let loose and tear apart the dance floor? And mind it, when that happens you’ll not be alone. Three of a kind, Leon Russell, Doktor Daniel and DJ Knightvision along with DJ Divij K from the UK, will provide the required energy flash with their music.
It’s the same social cause that inspired lectures, researches, books, seminars and drives. This initiative is just one of them, the only difference being the activists who promoted the cause. It isn’t the usual NGOs but students of various schools of UT who has tried to spread awareness about drug abuse through photographs and posters.
