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In TUNE with reality
It may or may not be raining awards for the deserving, but it's certainly raining award shows! The newest to join the league are BIG FM's UK Infra Big Punjabi Rising Star Awards. As the name suggests, these aim at acknowledging the rising talent across all genres - television, music, movie, fashion and sports. So they claim to be different, we hope they are and move on to hear more from the jury members. Hockey star, Gagan Ajit Singh couldn't make it, but Jasbir Jassi, the celebrated singer, is bang on time and Satinder Satti is a tad late, but more than makes up for her few minutes of absence!
sing along: (L-R) Jasbir Jassi & Satinder Satti
Act FOUR
"Just give me five minutes, I will join you," says a figure in a curly mop and mustard pants. Three minutes later, he returns. "I have two more minutes," he says, disappearing again. After his vanishing act is complete, we finally find a comfortable spot to understand the man behind Zero One, the fourth play by the students of National School of Drama, a part of the Graduate showcase'11.
play full: Abheesh Sasidharan
Mann ki baat!
Generation gap will exist, but how one finds a common ground to keep the family together… is the theme of soon-to-be-released Punjabi flick Yaara O
Dildaara. In Chandigarh to release the music album for the movie, Harbhajan Mann is thrilled that Punjabi cinema is thriving in recent times, "There is a long way to go though," says Mann, who is the lead actor as well the singer in Yaara O
Dildaara.
team: (L-R) Gulzar Chahal, Jonita Doda and Harbhajan Mann
Running on time
At any given point of time, the Indian television industry suffers from one obsession or the other. A few years back, from the prime time to late night slots, it only offered saas-bahu sagas, the sobbing heroines, the conspiring vampires and the grand families. Then the gears shifted towards reality shows.
Reality shows on adventure, singing, dancing, marriages, loyalty-testing and just on anything that qualifies as talent. As of now, the obsession ailment is culture-based soaps. There's Balika
Vadhu, Na Aana Iss Des Lado, Pratigya, Hamari Saas Leela….all with a backdrop of some state.
Photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Chef Vivek
Vivek Oberoi is enjoying married life to the hilt. He likes pampering his wife by cooking for her. He cooks pretty often and sources tell us that he is a good cook. He will be seen next in Krrishh 2.
Genelia and I are good friends: Riteish
Riteish Deshmukh is an actor who has a mixed fan following: some people like him because of his comic timing and some hate him because of his over acting. Anyway, Riteish has so far managed to attract some directors who believe brainless comedy films actually work. To remain in this industry it's not only your film which talks about you, it's also your affairs. Ritesh Deshmukh is a lucky fellow, as usually actors are linked with actresses but he is an extraordinary case who was even linked with Sajid Khan, and with women too like Genelia D'Souza and Jacqueline
Fernandes.
JUST FRIENDS: Genelia D'Souza and Riteish Deshmukh
On fire
Rajniesh, who became an instant hit with his impressive performance in Vikram Bhatt's horror flick 1920, will be soon seen in the upcoming film PHHIR produced
by Vikram, Bhatt's ASA Productions and Enterprises. The actor who is really excited about his second flick recently got almost burnt shooting for the promotional song Yaadein of the movie. Rajniesh says, "The song had a fire sequence. Along with music composers Toshi and
Sharib, I had to stand on a revolving table with fire in the background and we almost got burned while shooting for it".
Come back: Rajniesh
Fruitful sequence
Director Milan Luthria recently ordered two truckloads of oranges for a sensational song sequence in Balaji's forthcoming The Dirty Picture.
The track was picturised on Vidya Balan and Naseeruddin Shah and shot at Hyderabad's Ramoji
Film City. In true South style, over a thousand oranges were rolled down a hillside as the actors danced to choreographer Pony Verma's matkas and jhatkas - reminiscent of the erstwhile Jeetendra-starrer
Himmatwala!
On a song: Naseeruddin Shah
Celebrating success
Director Farhan Akhtar celebrated 10 fantastic years of his path breaking National Award winning film Dil Chahta Hai in a most unique way with Taj Enlighten Film Society's Naya Cinema festival at Cinemax Versova!
Bumper opening
Singham has grossed Rs. 47.70 crores at the box office in its opening
weekend making it the second highest opening for this year.
Party time
Vishesh Films' Murder 2 has grossed Rs 55 crore, and is being counted among the biggest hits of the year. It was made on a shoe-string budget. The film's blockbuster status called for a success party. This is the first success party for the Bhatts since Raaz TMC in early 2009. They have had three flops: Jashnn, Tum Mile, and Crook, since then.
Scripting success: Mukesh Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt
Mallya's next move
Siddharth Mallya looks good, has a delicious accent, a gorgeous girlfriend, and is very classy. He has been inundated with movie offers. Will he take them up? His Hindi needs polishing but then what are NRI roles for?
It’s showering love
Speculations that Jessica Alba is expecting another daughter were fuelled after guests at her baby shower were spotted giving her pink-coloured gifts. The 30-year-old actor, who is already a mum to three-year-old Honor Marie with husband Cash Warren, is going to give birth for the second time in the coming weeks.
No kidding: Jessica Alba
Hollywood can wait
Rumours suggesting that Miranda Kerr was launching a movie career have been scrapped, as now it has emerged that she is joining as a guest judge on the upcoming series Project Runway All-Stars. Rumours spread that she was set to start her Hollywood career after she was spotted with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in New York last week.
Gujjuben turns mod
Prachi Desai and mentor Ekta Kapoor have split. They did Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai last year. The Bhatts have roped in Desai for The Informer opposite Emraan Hashmi. They want to give her an image makeover: she has to bold scenes in the film and wear sexy clothes. Will she pull off the hot and sexy avatar? We'll see!
Lady in black: Prachi Desai
the ‘in’ side
Close(t) call
Closets are an integral part of any house design. A walk in the closet is one where you can actually walk into your closet space. Such closets have always been a symbol of luxury; but they have one drawback….they take up a lot of space! If space is not an issue, then walk in closets are for you.
Before starting, get a good idea of the exact measurements of the space you are using.
30 inches for an average person or 36 inches for a heavier person are required.
Space walk: A closet this big spells luxury
Hot sho(r)t
It’s fun to experiment playing with cool colours and funky prints when it comes to short dresses. It adds that naughty charm to the whole look. Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu and Lara Dutta have all been sporting short, stylish and trendy dresses in their latest films.
“Short skirts and dresses are the hottest trends of this season. Not just the youth but with elderly too prefer going short. Checks, plain and floral designs in cotton, denims are highly demanded and is easily available at affordable prices as it starts from Rs 200 ,” says Aditya Verma, owner of Just Brands. “Not only girls but even guys feel better in capris. Checks are very popular among both guys and girls and are available for Rs 1,299 at United Colors of Benetton,” says Parneet who works here.
happy legs: Short dresses are here to celebrate the season in style
TROUBLE SHOOTER
Face your demons one by one
I am 17 years of age and my teachers as well as two doctors have told me that I have ADHD-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder. I do have a problem with finishing tasks and do not like to do things which do not interest me. I am doing well academically but because of this drawback I often end up doing poorly in one or two subjects and my grades go down. Do I need regular medication?
The stage is set…
One of the most successful and long running plays, Adhe Adhure has been hailed as a modern classic, breaking new ground in Hindi literature. Winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award, the play has had a successful run for over four decades winning both critical acclaim and recognition amongst the masses.
Hailed as the first meaningful play in Hindi, it touched upon contemporary life and values in a provocative and disturbing manner at one level and engaging and dramatic at another. In its current avatar, it has some of Indian theatre's best artistes on show with Lillette
Dubey, Mohan Agashe, Ira Dubey, Rajeev Sidhartha and Anuschka Sawhney.
Like daughter, like mother
A new study has found that mothers, who view their daughters as their role model, tend to mimic their consumption behaviour. It found teenage girls have a strong influence on the products their mothers buy solely for personal use, as in makeup or clothing, and that mothers have a much stronger tendency to mimic their daughters’ consumption behaviour than vice versa.
Computers are a man’s new best friend
Personal computers are fast taking over the place of human beings’ long time best friend, the family dog, a British study has found.
Chatter box
Astro turf
The year ahead
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