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Blast from the past
Just when Bollywood is raving about sequels, a relatively quiet village near Raipur Rani, Haryana, prepares for one as well. Chandrawal, a Haryanavi movie released in 1984 that went on to create history in regional cinema, will soon see its sequel. And you thought only Bollywood knows how to do a
Golmaal!
IN LEAD: (L-R) Shikha Mehra and Kuldeep Rathi
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Yeh Show Flop nahi hai...
With his wonderful sense of humour, Jaspal Bhatti became a household name after his successful television series Flop Show. In the field of entertainment, Bhatti has made a name for himself with his shorter and crisper punch lines. His mass appeal as satirist has earned him the role of brand icon for Election Commission of India for Punjab Assembly Elections 2012.
comedy king: Jaspal Bhatti
Choose your love, love your choice!
Stuck in an eight-to-eight office job while your mind wanders to the best of beaches? Trouble calculating the household budget when office demands you count turnovers? Sick of travel when your work takes you to a new continent each month?
Bendish’s clutch line
Designer Felix Bendish, who is known for his scarves and fashion accessories range, is set to launch a clutch line at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) Spring-Summer 2012.
The road less travelled
Focusing on the locals and their life in the Himalayan region, six photographers from the region stitched together their passion for pictures in an exhibition ‘Beauty along the Treacherous Road’. Although they have never really travelled together and come from diverse backgrounds, they think on the same lines - of capturing the journey from Srinagar to Manali.
Gurpreet Singh, Jatin Gandhi, Pawan Singh, Sanjay Kaushal, Sanjeev Sharma and Sarabjit Pandher have given their own definition to their travels as well as adventures.
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Back to the roots
I am so excited! Visiting your roots always does that to you. And I will be in Ludhiana on the 9th of this month. To play my game Extraa Shots challenge in my own
shaher. I have really enjoyed the game asking filmy questions on Sonymax show every Sunday to people who are big movie buffs. But going to Ludhiana is different.
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Comfort zone
Every person has a sense of style. Yet there are only a few who’d attract second glances, who have the power to make the camera go zoom on them. It could be tousled hair, it could be torn jeans. This week’s face in the crowd, Riya Sood, a graduate from MCM DAV College, is all about comfort meets experimentation, when it comes to her clothes and colours.
Return of Karishma
Reliance Entertainment will co-produce Dangerous Ishq along with BVG Films and DAR Motion Pictures who have earlier given us hits like Haunted. The Vikram Bhatt directed film will be the second stereoscopic 3D film
post the success of his film Haunted 3D and will star actress Karishma Kapoor, Jimmy Shergill, Rajniesh Duggal, Divya Dutta and Ruslaan Mumtaz. The film marks Karisma’s return to the big screen after five years.
Back to work: Karishma Kapoor
Festive laugh
This Dusshera get set for a mad laugh riot coming your way with Sanjay Dutt Productions and Rupali Aum Entertainment’s Rascals! The movie is directed by king of comedy David Dhawan and is about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. The competition reaches a new level when both fall for the same girl, the pretty and petite Kangana Ranaut, and both men constantly attempt to outwit each other to win her. The movie showcases the two superstars in a number of avatars. The movie also stars hunky actor Arjun Rampal along with the sultry Lisa Haydon, Satish Kaushik and Chunkey Pandey.
Funny conmen: Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn
Divide and share
Shatrughan Sinha is giving his children separate apartments. His bungalow Ramayan has been demolished and an apartment building has come up in its place. Sonakshi will get an apartment to herself, the twin brothers will share one, and the parents will share yet another one. Congratulations to the family!
Friendly tale
Saqib Saleem, the lead from Mujhse Fraandship Karoge, who comes from Delhi has a pretty interesting story about how he got into the film business. This talented dude is from Delhi, where his dad runs a successful restaurant business called Salleel’s with almost fourteen outlets. He was never the studious type, so he assisted his father for almost eight months. Very soon, he got tired of all the food around him and realised he wanted to act. His dad told him to take a year off and give acting a serious chance.
Acting buff: Saqib Saleem
The true entertainer
Saba Azad’s character in Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge, Preity, aspires to become a photographer but in real life, she is a vocalist. She has crooned for bands like Blackstratblues and Ashu and The Petridish Project. But this talent of hers was exploited in the film. The crew ensured that she was made to sing on set all the time and entertain everyone around her. She said it felt like she was playing antakshari with herself.
Singer within:
Saba Azad
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Sleepless Shah Rukh
Ra.One’s release is only a few days away! After many years of preparation and production, the film will finally release. Shah Rukh Khan is doing promotional activities day and night, literally, for his dream film. He sleeps at eleven in the morning.
Comic rights
A prominent production house in Hollywood has purchased rights of the Munnabhai franchise along with comic book and merchandize deals from Vidu Vinod Chopra for Rs 500 crore. The name of the production house has not been revealed.
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Astro turf
The year ahead
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