Black magic: Bohemia

ACCESS BAGGAGE
From platinum tooth to chunky jewellery to omnipresent shades-accessories have become the trademark of Punjabi singers
'What's with our Punjabi singers'! Watching Mehsopuria signing autographs to his fans in a mall, an onlooker couldn't help commenting. Well, the singer looks okay, he sings pretty well and he is not involved in any kiss 'n' tell controversy. What could possibly be wrong with him, we wondered. Look at all those tattoos, headband and glasses. How can he sign autographs without removing them, the onlooker commented. Is this a revelation? Punjabi singers accessorising themselves from head to toe, looking every bit like a glow sign, with 20 different hair products glistening on the spikes, seeing the world through the shady, oops shades, which they remove only when they go to bed (Not sure on that too).

Romancing THE ROCK These fine arts students from America and New Zealand are busy restoring the amazing work of art, the Rock Garden that they had read about in books Swift and agile, walking along the zigzag boundary wall of the Rock Garden, Cory makes an appearance to meet us as we wait at the gates to check out the new bunch of international volunteers. Her enthusiasm is infectious.
Fantastic Four: (L-R) Cory Philips, Julia Davies, Nicole Banowetz and Dominique Germain

Return of the retro A svelte Zeenat Aman swaying to the cult classic Dum maro dum in the 1971 film Hare Rama Hare Krishna is part of Bollywood folklore. So is the sizzling 1980s cabaret number Pyaar do, pyaar lo, which enchanted an entire generation of cinegoers. Remixed versions of songs like these are now finding a place in Hindi movies, having struck a chord with today's youth. Pyaar do pyaar lo from Feroz Khan's 1986 film Jaanbaaz has been given a neo-age twist in Anees Bazmee's Thank You, while saucier versions of Laila O Laila (Qurbani) and Dum maaro dum have been remixed for upcoming films Chalo Dilli and Dum Maaro Dum, respectively. Deepika Padukone in Dum Maro Dum

In their honour
Ekjute Theatre Festival to honour two backstage artistes, Jaspal Singh and Ranjit Singh from the City Beautiful
In a welcome step, Ekjute is felicitating backstage artistes at Ekjute Theatre Festival later this month at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai. Jaspal Singh and Ranjit Singh from Chandigarh’s Tagore Theatre are among those unsung heroes who are finally getting their due.

Stage setting: Ranjit Singh — Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Light & Sound: Jaspal Singh — Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Romance is dying: Blame it on your man
A study has found that romance is dying because men have lost the art of wooing their other halves. It found that most women have not received a surprise gift from their partner for more than a year. And one in five woman has given up waiting for flowers, so buys her own.

CHILL OUT
Trekker’s DELIGHT
The snow-capped peaks offer a breathtaking view which changes every hour—snow white to golden yellow to pure silver in the moonlit night
Last year around the same time, I visited one of the most frequented hill station Dharamshala along with some friends from IBM. We had heard about 'happening' McLeodganj and loved being there. But we had not expected to touch heaven on earth.

White allure: Dhauladhars' breathtaking view

Soaring high: Vivek Sharma (in pink T-shirt with friends)

Dance India Dance favourites return Your favourite contestants from Dance India Dance Season one and two are all set to return and enthral you yet again. Dance Ke Superstars on Zee TV, that launches this week, will see the champions of DID Season one and Season two compete against each other. Another surprise in store is the return of Remo D’souza as the judge of the show along with dance maestro Shiamak Davar.

In step: Members of team Jalwa

RED RIDING HOOD: Actress Pooja Kumar poses at the opening night gala of the Indian Film Festival in Hollywood, California. —Reuters Singular problem: Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu during the shooting of Ronald Joffe's film Singularity on the premises of the world famous cenotaphs in heritage city Orchha, Tikamgarh. The shooting was suspended after a notice by Madhya Pradesh Directorate of Archeology, Archives and Museums, due to violation of rules. — PTI

Films we HATED
The first quarter of the year is over. We do a round-up of the films that have tanked at the box office. Some were small films while the others were big-budget ones made by reputed directors. Thank You: Anees Bazmee should be banned from making mindless and regressive trash in the name of entertainment. The tacky, badly edited torture obviously got lacklustre reviews and is deemed to flop.

Daniel fine with wizard image
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is not bothered that he will be unable to give up his school boy wizard image. The British actor has played the bespectacled hero for last 10 years and has come to take it as a part of his life but he is keen to do different roles. “There will be some people who will always see me as this character, I know that and understand that. That's fine.

Superman's scream
He had missed a chance of saving the world onscreen once but British actor Henry Cavill says he ‘screamed’ when he was offered the role of Superman for a second time. The 27-year-old actor was initially offered the superhero role in 2006's Superman Returns, but Cavill declined fearing that he would be unable to do justice to the role. But now the Count of Monte Cristo star is glad to land the role in Zack Snyder's latest adaptation of the comic book hero.

The Fan Club
Actor John Travolta says he is looking forward to working with Lindsay Lohan in the biopic of mafia boss John Gotti. In the film, Travolta will play Gotti and Lohan is said to be in talks to feature as the mafia boss' daughter Victoria. “I know whatever she would like to do would be great,” Travolta said.

Robbie PAINTS the town red
Robbie Williams may be a successful singer, but he also has a talent for painting. The 37-year-old shared the secret on his blog. “In our down time, which hasn't been much, I found I really liked painting. My favourites I will put on T-shirts. What do you think?” Williams posted along with some pictures of his work.

BOLLYWOOD GOSSIP All for Haroon Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey have christened their son Haroon. She said she gave up smoking and drinking when she was pregnant with him. She said Ranvir is good with children while she is awkward around them. Good parenting: Konkana Sen Sharma & Ranvir Shorey

CHATTER BOX
Karan unwell
The summer has not been kind to Karan Kundra from Kitni Mohabbat Hai on Imagine TV. The actor recently suffered a heat stroke but is still shooting for the show, even though he is feeling weak. We wish Karan speedy recovery.

Come back: Sonal Chauhan

Party-ing shot: Arjun & Mehr Rampal

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