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Script of the century
How do you sum up hundred years of the Indian cinema? Good…because it rakes up 100 crores out of a no-storyline-film! Bad…because it copies films from Hollywood and still terms it as pure inspiration! Good…because parallel cinema has been able to blend with the mainstream! Bad… because it hasn’t experimented enough! Is it important to undertake a retrospective journey?
Truth, layer by layer
A teaser for a title, a story that is as much his as of millions of families in India….. Jerry Pinto's debut novel Em and the Big Hoom is striking the right chord and garnering rave reviews.
That the courage to pen a novel, largely autobiographical, about a lead protagonist suffering from mental illness, doesn't come easily to most of us, however, is a different matter.
Fashion quotient
There was a time when Ludhiana was considered a second-tier city, but in terms of fashion and top brands it has always given the metros a run for their money. Designers and other people in the business of fashion have been coming to the city for exhibitions in a bid to gauge the potential of the market.
An inside view of the Aza multi-designer brand store in Ludhiana |
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Fashion Funda
‘Check’ this out
The whole fashion industry sits and takes notice when Sunil Sethi, director of FDCI, makes a forecast about a fashion designer. He recently praised Aneeth Arora and called her the most promising fashion designer of the year. The designer also didn’t disappoint, her autumn- winter collection at the WLIFW was applauded not just for the immaculate styling, but also for the way she handled her fabrics. Textile revival remains her strength. She shares some insights on fashion.
Designer Aneeth Arora (centre) walks the ramp with models
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Doc talk
Lift your spirit
Sagging skin is an inevitable part of ageing and this is how the significance of face lifts arises. Sagging is caused due to the effect of gravity on the aged skin that is deprived of its stock of elastin and collagen that hold it tight. Also, the skin loses the moisture retaining capacity, thereby depriving the skin of its important natural protective mechanism.
Though ageing is a natural phenomenon and trying to stop it will have its own benefits and repercussions.
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Permutation and combination
It was recently reported that the shoot of Lootera starring Sonakshi and Ranveer had been delayed to next year mid February due to Ranveer Singh’s accident while shooting. As a result, it would take some time to procure the combination dates of its principal actors.
Date issues: Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh
The extravaganza continues…
IIFA unveils fresh star studded look for the 13th IIFA awards to be held in Singapore. Choreographer, director Prabhu Deva will be the official choreographer for the IIFA awards 2012. While actor Shahid Kapoor will debut as the official host of the award ceremony.
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I want to adopt: Jennifer Lopez
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, who already has four-year-old twins Max and Emme with estranged husband Marc Anthony, says she wants to adopt a child. The 42-year-old, who recently finished a new movie What to Expect When You're Expecting, was moved after working with a pair of twins who had been adopted from Ethiopia after their mother died on the film, reported a publication online.
Bond with the best...
Cannes Film Festival bosses are all set to mark 50 years of the James Bond franchise by screening five classic 007 movies at the event this year. The suave super spy's first burst onto the big screen in 1962's Dr No and went on to become one of the icons of modern cinema.
Granny’s namesake
Knocked Up star Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley have named their baby girl after the actress' great-grandmother Adalaide. The 33-year-old actress and her husband adopted the baby girl recently, reported a
magazine.
Down to earth...
Arjun Rampal and Abhay Deol are currently shooting for Prakash Jha’s film Chakravyuh which is based on the naxalite situation in the country. And in keeping with the mood of the film, Prakash Jha has zeroed-in on to some deep interiors of Madhya Pradesh for the shoot.
Joker, Barfee to clash at the BO
According to some reports, Shirish Kunder is planning to release his upcoming film Joker, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, early as Anurag Basu’s Barfee, starring Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor, is reported to release around the same
time.
CHATTER BOX
ASTRO TURF
THE YEAR AHEAD
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