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Long Live Gutthi
As a celebrated small town girl empowered with all things clichéd, she hasn't been forgotten, only reminisced time and again. Gutthi, even in its 'deceased state', evokes a warm response, cross dressing plain curiosity and the fact that he is not bringing the adorable character back, controlled fury.
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| FUN INTENDED: (L-R) Jasraj Bhatti, Savita Bhatti, Sunil Grover, Surilie Jasraj Singh |
I am a hands-on person: Leela
While art continues to excite our minds with its uninterrupted dance of illusions, its complexity is often enigmatic and little spared of individual bias.
However, when Leela Samson, one of the finest exponents of Bharatnatyam and a Padma Shri
awardee, speaks of Bharatanatyam, as an art form, she condenses its essence to three main elements-context, content and quo. "To understand any art form, it is important to be well versed with its context that helps in the understanding of its content that later facilitates an individualistic understanding of its philosophy," says Leela Samson, who is the chairman of Sangeet Natak
Akademi, Delhi and Film and Censor Board. In Chandigarh, to perform at the Tagore Theatre on Saturday, Leela exchanges an interesting banter about the changing face of Bharatnatyam over a cup of tea.
Photo: S Chandan
Freedom of thought
And then there are those who choose to see silver…When most artists born out of Jammu & Kashmir harp upon the anguish and suffering circumstances have afflicted on them, there's one who chooses to splash his canvas with colours that declare freedom.
He flings paint on the untainted canvas, raises the volume of his stereo and paints the life of nomads, open for public scrutiny. His thoughts too are not marred by English: "Kashmir ki khoobsurati dekhne pe dikhti hai (Kashmir's beauty is seen only by those looking for it).
Kamlesh Kumar Gandhi
Divine intervention
While shooting for a movie being made on 1984 riots in a Ludhiana village, actor Dayashankar Pandey is saddened to see the parents staying all alone in large houses. "The children have gone abroad to earn money so that they can repay the loans of the families, but once they are settled there, they cannot return because of the aspiration of their next generation. So, there is longing and grief on both sides," he says.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
star track
Show stealer
Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan will be the show stopper for ace designer Manish Malhotra at the grand finale of Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2014.
  Kriti in demand
Emotional gesture
Vaibhav gets engaged
Missing the rain
Title mystery
Fitness regime
chatter box
Mummy’s girl!
Neha Kakkar recently celebrated her mother Kimi Kakkar's birthday. She says, "Moms I think are the greatest people in the world. Every child feels like that. Every year on her birthday we try and do something special. This year I gifted her an Anarkali designed by me. Since we are Punjabis and big foodies, we took her to her favourite restaurant. I also sang Tu kitni achhi hai o Maa... which I had dedicated to her on Mother's Day as well."
KBC in Surat
Viraf Phiroz to the rescue!
‘JFK’, Salman’s new lady love?
New addition to Diya Aur...team
Buddha’s day out!
The show must go on...
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