REAL mov(i)e
Two youngsters from the city have landed roles in one of the first reality movie scheduled to hit the screens in March
If reality shows are the best selling right now, imagine what's next — a reality movie! Anirudh Chawla has recently wrapped up shooting for a reality movie tentatively titled Balls Hain Kya. Just as popular are Chandigarh youngsters on reality shows, two of them have landed roles in one of the first reality movie scheduled to hit the screens in March. We chat up with Garima Arora (from Emotional Atyachar) and Suyash (Splitsvilla 2), our own city-bred models-cum-actors and their new experience.

Campus lane
A walk down the memory lane is not always a tearful experience, it could a really be wacky joyride. When actor and MTV VJ Rannvijay chatted, shouted and cheered on 92.7 Big FM show Yaaron Ki Gehri with RJ Pankaj on Friday, it was nothing short of a double dose of entertainment. A show that talks about campus, the Ferrari lane, life and everything else that revolves around college and university life, Rannvijay had a time of his life being a jockey. And Rannvijay, who is in city for the auditions of MTV Roadies 8, cannot get enough the campus life.

Women mean business!
More and more women are taking to their parental business
It's a man's world where women have taken over! Thanks to our educated parents, women are no longer married and forgotten forever. Things have changed…and changed for good. Girls are now taking up parental business and mind you, they are putting their best foot forward, that too with a heart that beats for work! Having made a difference in a woman's world way back in 1990, Suchita Jain, executive director, Vardhman Textiles Limited, got into her parental business when she was just 22 and has toiled long to achieve her goal.
Suchita Jain

Small is BIG
Ten-year-old Ludhiana girl Zoya Verma is all set for a Bollywood role as Ranbir Kapoor’s niece
With her charisma, looks, confidence, and a formidable offer to back it up, Ludhiana girl Zoya Verma is all set to sizzle on the silver screen. The 10-year-old girl has bagged a role in Imtiaz Ali directed Rockstar, wherein she plays the little niece of Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor.

Flavours of the east
Zazen in Panchkula is sure to delight your palate with some authentic Oriental dishes
Lets go Oriental this week with Zazen, at Page 3 in Panchkula. A restaurant that has an open view and impressive interiors; it does not fail in what it should be better known for—food. Just to brief you, the property has three restaurants — Café Amor (for the European delicacies), Kebab Khan (for the Indian, Mughali and Afghani delicacies) and our interest for this week, Zazen, for the Oriental flavours (Indonesian to Thai, Malaysian and even Japanese).

Chef’s Corner
Exotic touch
A very smart man once made a bright statement - everyday is a new experience. Well, a confident and progressive point that it makes holds true even for some well-experienced ones. And chef Henry Gomes is among the mentioned few. Before coming to Chandigarh to work as the executive chef of The Chandigarh Ashok, Henry has served the rich and the famous for the last four decades, which includes the King of Jordan and Queen Elizabeth! And yet Chandigarh seems like an examination: “I have worked at places like Hyatt, Oberoi; the Middle-East over the period of my career, specialising in French, Italian and mid-eastern cuisine. But to please a hardcore Punjabi appetite is indeed a task,” says the well-experienced chef. So his task here is cut out - to make Spice Café, the restaurant at Chandigarh Ashoka, a hub for everything that the city likes.

Say cheers!
We’ve heard it so many times, ‘looks matter’. And believing the same, Diageo, has re-launched the VAT 69. The iconic dark green sherry shaped bottle, synonymous with Bollywood films, retains the heritage cues, but the new bottle honours the brand’s historic past while the featured trademark rectangular black label, with its white, stencilled type, boldly shouts ‘VAT 69’ with burnished gold embellishments. Stylish, contemporary and of fine craftsmanship, the new bottle guards the scotch whisky within - just as envisioned by William Sanderson.

Power puff girl
Stepping away from her girl-next door image, Bollywood actress Rani Mukherji will be seen as a feisty TV journalist, who smokes and swears, in No One Killed Jessica (NOKJ). The first look of the film, based on the Jessica Lall murder case, was unveiled in the capital today, showing the actress puffing away on a cigarette and using expletives, in an avatar much unlike the characters she has played so far in films like Ta Ra Rum Pum and Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic. "I based my character on the journalists I meet everyday, some of them do smoke and use cuss words. The bold portrayal is a reflection of the kind of media persons I have seen in real life," said Rani. The 32-year-old actress, who was last seen in the box office dud Dil Bole Hadippa, said she took up the role of Meera in the real-life inspired film as she wanted to dish out something new to her fans.
Rani Mukherji

Dressed for the occasion
Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan launched an apparel line as part of a promotion for their upcoming movie Break Ke Baad in Mumbai. Padukone wore a floral dress with a pair of gladiator sandals, while Khan wore a blue and white checked casual shirt with trousers. Padukone said the movie has clothes that people would love to wear. "Here, the look is completely different. It's something that I think every girl can easily pick up and wear, very wearable. A lot of times what you see in the films are not wearable," said Padukone.

Fashion police
If people are talking about Akshay Kumar's more sophisticated clothes these days, it's his wife Twinkle who is designing them. "As far as dressing up my husband is concerned, yes I've been supervising his clothes a bit more nowadays. Not that Akshay is a bad dresser on his own. But you know how guys are? Left to themselves they'd just put on a white shirt over black trousers. That's playing it safe and knowing it always works. I've changed that," she said.

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle

Thriller for Glee
The cast of Glee will perform a mash-up version of Michael Jackson's legendary song Thriller in February as part of a special after the Super Bowl football game. But the special episode

Nobel stars
Actor Anne Hathaway and Oscar winner Denzel Washington have been tapped as co-hosts of the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Norway, according to the event's organisers.

Her story
She's a country girl who loves the late-night club scene. A reluctant fashion icon who says she doesn't fuss over her clothes - but looks stunning in just about anything. Kate Middleton has kept her thoughts to herself and a circle of trusted friends during her long romance with Prince William.

Desi beats
American popstar Kat Deluna has turned to Bollywood for inspiration and will be seen sporting the traditional Indian outfit of lehenga-choli (skirt and blouse) in her latest video. The Whine Up hitmaker recently filmed the video for her latest single Party'O Clock, which will see her performing a Bollywood style dance. A recently released snippet highlights the pint-sized popstar's dance with four backing dancers who are sporting red and blue lehengas. In another scene she opts for a ruffled red dress and struts her stuff in front of a giant clock.
Kat Deluna

Italian drama
Multi-talented Tyra Banks is all set to direct a two-minute film featuring the final four contestants of America's Next Top Model - Ann, Chelsey, Jane and Kayla. "A lot of designers and people in the fashion industry are feeling like the future of fashion is not just still photos, but they've been doing mini movies where the models are acting things out," she says. In past cycles of Top Model, it's become a rite of passage for the contestants to participate in a shoot with Banks acting as photographer, but graduating to film directing proved to be a challenge. "Photography has been my own personal hobby for the last 8 years, so I was ready for movement. But it was so hard," she said.
Tyra Banks

Couple collection Marc Anthony (L) and his wife Jennifer Lopez pose at a news conference to announce 'The Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony' collections in partnership with Kohl's department stores at The London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, California'. Kohl's will be the exclusive provider of the contemporary lifestyle brands in the U.S. and it will be available nationwide in Fall 2011 beginning with women's and men's apparel and accessories. PHOTO: Reuters