Ready to go(al)
It’s not only cricket that makes city folks go overboard, FIFA World Cup 2010 whips up a lot of excitement
With Lalit Modi grappling between heaps of papers, BCCI still lost somewhere between facts and figures; with all the Shetty's, Zinta's and SRK's gone back to places where they originally belong to; with Twitter waiting for an anonymous someone to leave spicy inside news; with cheerleaders dancing to the tunes of an advertisement campaign... it is time to turn our heads to something else that is and could in the coming month make waves - the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Football enthusiasts from the city. Photo:S Chandan

Master storyteller
In the city to screen his movie Chabi Wali Pocket Watch, young filmmaker Vibhu Puri talks of innovation, instinct and much more
As a student filmmaker, what is your selling point? A FTII tag, an out-of-the-box concept or choosing a subject that most would pass off as alternate cinema? "All three of them," Vibhu Puri offers a firm reply. "And yet a Prakash Jha, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rajkumar Hirani would not have been successful if they weren't such powerful filmmakers. An institute opens your mind to the world outside the box while you keep your sensibilities intact," he adds.
Photo: Nitin Mittal

Objet D’ ART
Circus of life
Circus might be a dying art now, but the artist community's fascination to translate it on canvas continues
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away…
Alluring yet detached, exotic yet real, colourful yet bleak — that's what circus means to most of us, especially to the generation who grew up watching Raj Kapoor's Mera Naam Joker. After all, art sometimes can get more real than reality and have a lasting impact on one's mind.


Paintings by Sanjay Kumar

Sublime shades
Biblical themes dominate Christie's mid-season Old Masters sale next week, including works by Peter Paul Rubens and Pieta by French 19th century painter William Adolphe Bouguereau.

Creative zone
Sticking to tradition
Gill Surjit is one of the very few writers who have been admired for genuine verses in the Punjabi music and film industry for the past four decades. Even the legendary Surinder Kaur, Shiromani Punjabi singer Pammi Bai and Bollywood playback singers like Mohinder Kapoor, Jaspinder Narula, Suresh Wadekar and Mangal Singh have sung his songs.

                                                   Gill Surjit

Art of deal
Auction house Christie's is offering a Monet waterlily painting worth an estimated 30 to 40 million pounds ($44-59 million) this month in what it expects to be the biggest sale it has ever mounted in London. With the international art market booming again after a slump when financial markets crashed, the Christie's sale also includes a Blue Period portrait by Pablo Picasso, offered by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation founded by the composer, and carrying a price tag about the same as the 1906 Monet.

Designer cut
Young designer duo Sukhwant and Aastha showcased their collection in the city
They are already mini celebs of sorts, with their pictures waving out of newspaper supplements; a Lakme Fashion Week experience sitting pretty on their resumes and most appreciated tag atop it all.
Photo: Nitin Mittal

Creative workout
Drama as an art addresses humanity as a whole and not just one particular group. Therefore, every individual should associate himself with theatre as early as possible," opines Gagan Mishra, an acclaimed theatre director and expert in children theatre.

Call for help
Highlighting the danger of disturbed ecological balance, students of Chitkara School of Mass Communication presented a street play "Save or Face" under the aegis of Enigma here at the Sector-17 Plaza. The short play, written and directed by Chandan Gill and enacted by Abhishek, Priyanka, Sudeep, Seeza, Akshu, Alisha, Navleen, Rajesh, Mudit, Ravneet and Chandan, reveals their heartfelt concern for the environment and the hazardous times generation next is set to face.

Students of Chitkara School of Mass Communication perform the street play Save or Face

Actor Ritiesh Deshmukh and Diya Mirza attend an IIFA event in Colombo — PTI Photo

Side Lanes
An Indian dream
When a couple of jyotshis, one barely twenty and the other on his deathbed, told me I would never cross India 's shores, I was disappointed. Two trips to Australia and one to the USA have made me examine the old palm again. The travel lines are swimming into the racettes!

Love, camera, action
The unusual pairing of Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan in I Hate Luv Storys has generated quite a buzz and filmmaker Karan Johar who is producing the rom-com says that it is the freshness of the two young actors, which is the USP of the film.

Koffee break
Politically correct
Prakash Jha known for the critically acclaimed films like Damul, Pariniti, Mrityudand, Apharan and Gangajal is ready to take centestage with another hard-hitting film Rajneeti, produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Walkwater Media and Prakash Jha Productions. It is Prakash Jha's most ambitious attempt at taking on intense political drama, which has references from Mahabharata.                                                      Prakash Jha

Giving IIFA a miss
Actor Arshad Warsi has decided to skip the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo to shoot for the dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha. "I was supposed to perform for IIFA but I can't go because I have to shoot for ZND (Zara Nachke Dikha)," Warsi, who is one of the three judges on the show, wrote on his Twitter page.

Nuts for fruits
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham's request for fruits at photo shoots has surprised many as she insists that the healthy treats must not be mixed up. The fashion designer who is famous for her waif-thin figure has compiled a long list of exact demands for her dressing room "rider".
                                                       Victoria Beckham

Kim turns phoney!
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian will now be dishing out tips on beauty, fashion and love in her latest avatar as a phone application. While for most Hollywood celebrities, it's a case of the slimmer the better, Kardashian wanted the creators of her phone app avatar to make her famous derriere even more plump, reported a magazine online. The 29-year-old was involved with the design of her own iPhone application, and the animated image see her dressed in a figure hugging purple dress and towering heels.

NEW RELEASES
Power packed Friday
Producers: UTV Motion Pictures, Walkwater Media and Prakash Jha Productions Directed by: Prakash Jha Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Sarah Thompson