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ROOTED TO THE EARTH
A young girl who loved to look at the mirror with a dream to be on stage wearing a sachet around her shoulder and the sparkling tiara on her head since her childhood…is the Cinderella story of Prachi Mishra, Femina Miss India Earth 2012. She was in Chandigarh on Monday for the launch of Diet Mantra Clinic, powered by celebrity nutritionist Namita Jain, at Sector-9. We catch up.
Mind & beauty: Prachi Mishra
THE INNER VOICE
It is a strange paradox that actor Raza Murad has been living with. While on one hand students at FTII, Pune, admire his baritone voice, Raza can’t help sharing what the voice has done to him. He laughs; a throaty laughter that makes everyone turn around. “My voice has overshadowed my talent. It is my voice that people talk about and sometimes forget about my work,” he shrugs his shoulders like a kid who doesn’t know what else to say.
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Punjabi at heart
With half-a-dozen B-town title tracks to his credit, why would anybody risk debuting in the fiercely competitive Punjabi music industry? “It’s sheer love for the language.” Having said that, music director Ssameer decided to turn singer with Punjabi album Saiyyaan. He reasons, “Music itself is something you do out of love and not because a certain market is flooded with singers.”
Date with Parikshat
Students of Holy Child School had a brush with Bollywood when Parikshat Sahni, a veteran actor, spent a day there interacting with the students of the school.
Sahni, an ex-student of Lawerence School Sanawar, advised them to face life bravely. “The recipe for success is to first become a good human being in life,” he said.
Bringing Manto alive
Kewal Dhaliwal, well-known playwright from the region, is presently steeped in Manto’s writing and spirit. In Chandigarh on Monday with his latest play Ik See Manto, he shares the incredible journey that this play has been with us.
Storm in a tea cup!
When the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, suggested that that he will take up the issue of declaring tea as India’s national drink with the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, most tea lovers were ecstatic.
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Par Excellence
Placing the club on its sole
To complete the set up we have to get the right distance between the feet and the ball. The correct position would be when the sole of the club rests squarely on the ground. This would set the correct angles in the posture – a bend from the hips and a flex from the knees. There would be an angle or
it’s rocking
Simply superb
Dangerous Ishhq, the movie which has got average ratings, despite Karisma Kapoor’s comeback, does catch ones attention at least once with its track Tu Hi Rab Tu Hi Dua. The quintessential king of romantic melodies, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, is joined in by Tulsi Kumar.
HEART TALK
Empty-nest syndrome
I am a 31-year-old woman. My son has shifted to a boarding school. I am very attached to him and now that he has left, I don’t know how to cope up with the emptiness. What should I do?
Master Chef
Lay out the salad!
We grabbed our first mangoes of the season when they had barely hit the fruit-market, eager and drooling to savour our favourite fruit. Alas....the first bite was disappointing! The bad news—the mangoes were not sweet. The worse news—I had so many of them on my table! We often forget thatmangoes are versatile beyond mango shakes and chutneys apart from being devoured as they are.
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
Actor Akshay Kumar, who is returning to his signature action genre after a gap of almost seven years with Rowdy Rathore, is worried and stressed out.
“After a long time I am doing an action film. Now as Rowdy Rathore is releasing (in June), I am like worried...stressed out. And that is there with every film,” he said at a promotional event of the film.
What’s next?
Jacqueline made her acting debut in the 2009 fantasy movie Aladin, opposite Amitabh Bachchan and Ritesh Deshmukh. But her performance went unnoticed. She delivered her first commercial hit with Mahesh Bhatt’s Murder 2. “I do feel that I have been around for quite a while.
Back with a bang
Popstars Girls Aloud have ended their hiatus and are back in the studio to record their first album since 2008’s Out of Control.
The Sound of the Underground hit makers had previously hinted at plans to mark their 10th anniversary this year and on May 12 their regular songwriting team Xenomania said it is back in the studio with four of the five band members.
50 million and counting ...
Colombian pop star Shakira set a new record on social networks this week as the number of her fans on Facebook zoomed to 50 million.
The artist posted a photo recently on her Facebook profile in which she is seen wearing a party hat, holding a balloon in one hand and a poster in the other that reads “50 million!”
Top shot: Shakira
Big ears, bigger fears!
Hollywood actor Will Smith, whose first 3D venture Men In Black 3 is all set to hit theatres, says he worried over his large ears taking over the film.
Smith, 43, who reprises his role as Agent J in the forthcoming sequel, said that his biggest fear was that his already large features would be the main focal point of each scene, reported a website.
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Son over career
Popstar Dannii Minogue has vowed to put her son Ethan ahead of her career. The 40-year-old TV talent judge, who split with former rugby player Kris Smith last month, said that she wants to spend time with her boy who is about to turn two, reported a publication online.
Emma Stone likes her flame-haired look
Actress Emma Stone says she likes her flame-haired look and wants to be a redhead in every movie.
The 22-year-old, who has coloured her hair red for her upcoming movie Gangster Squad, said she accepts that she can’t keep this look forever if she wants to get ahead in Hollywood, reported a website.
Red head: Emma Stone
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Rachel McAdams to star in About Time?
Hollywood actress Rachel McAdams is in negotiations to star in About Time, the latest romantic comedy from British filmmaker Richard Curtis.
Curtis has previously written and directed Love Actually and penned Bridget Jones’ Diary. About Time is a fantastical feel-good movie about a man and his ability to travel back in time. He eventually meets the girl of his dreams, said a publication.
Domhnall Gleeson, son of actor Brendan Gleeson, will play the male lead. Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Lydia Wilson and Vanessa Kirby are set to co-star. Production is set to begin in London in June.
All set: Rachel McAdams
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When Johnny Depp met his
duplicate…
The Tourist star Johnny Depp met his splitting image on the promotional tour of his latest movie Dark Shadows in Japan.
Depp, 48, felt uneasy upon looking at the man, but happily obliged to the request of autograph of the look-alike Ken Schimizu as he paved his way to meet the star among the legion of fans, reported a publication online.
Gender no bar
Pop diva Mariah Carey was pictured partying at a gay club in West Hollywood recently. The 42-year-old singer, who raises twins with husband Nick Cannon, was accompanied by a friend to the club where she was seen enjoying her time, reported a magazine.
Party girl: Mariah Carey
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CHATTER BOX
ASTRO TURF
THE YEAR AHEAD
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