EDUCATION

Saroj Saini appointed Director
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 4
Dr Saroj Saini has been appointed as Director, Institute of State Education, Sector 32, Chandigarh, according to a statement issued here today. Prior to this, Dr Saini was posted as Senior Lecturer in the Government College for Education, Sector 20.

The post had been lying vacant after the earlier Director, Dr H.C. Sharma, retired in May 2001. The Principal of the Government College of Education, Ms Surinder Kaur Tangri, had been given additional charge of the post in the meantime. Dr Saini has a vast and varied experience in the field of psychology and education. She has also taught B.Ed and M.Ed classes, besides conducting seminars and workshops.

Surapuri performs at Plaza Carnival
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 4
The Plaza Carnival organised by the Centre for Carnival Art in association with The Tribune presented Gurkirpal Surapuri, a Punjabi pop singer, who enthralled the audience with a combination of peppy pop numbers and sad songs in sector 17, here this evening.

Starting the programme with a patriotic song dedicated to those who had sacrificed their lives for Punjab, the singer performed a few songs from his latest album ‘Soni jehi kudi’. His self composed song ‘Gora rang te husn kamal’ and others like a sad number ‘Ishq ke diya’ hit the right chord with the audience, receiving thunderous applause.

Surapuri, who stepped into the world of Punjabi pop in 1992 with hit song “Sawn da Mahina” which was telecast on DD Jalandhar, has three music albums to his credit - “Ve Sajna”, “Tere Song Boliye” including his latest “Soni Jehi Kuri.”

During the programme individual dance items were presented by Simarpreet Singh Walia, Dipesh Sekhri, Harmanjit Singh Mani, Karambir Kohli and Bhavdeep Kohli.

FILM REVIEW
Talaash for action
Sanjeev Singh Bariana

‘Talaash’ (Neelam) is unlikely to end the drought of hits, but will draw crowds.

Kareena Kapoor and action-hero Akshay Kumar are drawn to eachother in the beautiful locales of South Africa in this Pahlaj Nihalani production.

In the action movies, the good does not make the desired impact unless there is an equal measure of the bad. Gabbar in “Sholay” and Dr Dang in “Karma” are just two such instances. In this film the list of bads includes Kabir Bedi, Raj Babbar, Dalip Tahil, Rami Reddy and Arbaz Khan in wafer-thin roles.

In the first half the twosome, hero-heroine team, are on the “Palace on Wheels”. Both the palace and the look-at-me desert beauty stay away from the frames. The level of comedy is on the line dividing funny and cheap.

Akshay’s father Suresh Oberio is murdered in front of the family by mafioso Kabir Bedi. Bedi takes away Akshay’s sister as a ‘price’. The mother Rakhee goes mad. He grows up and swears to bring back the family ‘izzat’ (his sister.) Before he takes the don head-on, he falls for the daughter of Babbar, an accomplice of Bedi.

The film has music by the Sanjiv-Darshan duo and lyrics by Sameer. The cast also includes Arbaz Khan and Gulshan Grover.

‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ (Neelam) is a show of college campus fun games. This loosely-strung entertainer has Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son Ritesh and Genelia D’ Souza showing enthusiasm for acting. The lead pair are neighbours and with the same date of birth. Their friendship blossoms into an affair.

A remake of a Telugu hit, the film has been directed by Vijay Bhaskar.