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Despite
being stuck to just one
serial for three years she’s become one of television’s top
eyeball grabbers. Though Sanjivani — A Medical Boon has
degenerated from an engrossing hospital drama to lightweight souffl`E9
soap, Gurdeep Kohli’s popularity hasn’t dimmed. Even as the
serial comes to a tired end in a month, Gurdeep who plays the
self-effacing Dr Juhi, is ready for bigger things. For one, she’s
been selected as the next Nirma girl and will soon be going to
Italy for a high-powered shoot. And then there are many TV offers she
is not yet ready to talk about. But what she readily talks about is
the roles she’s nixed. For one, she’s declined cameos in Kahani
Ghar Ghar Ki and Kasauti Zindagi Kay as she didn’t want
to get lost in the saas-bahu genre. The bigger news is that
she said no to Ashutosh Gowarikar for Swades. She says, "I
know it is a big project but I had other commitments to honour".
Now saying no to a Shah Rukh Khan film requires guts which Gurdeep
seems to have in plenty. Aliens strike again
The truth is out there somewhere. But not on TV screens. Get ready for a scary, breathless flight into the mysterious world of aliens and UFOs on the big screen. The second film version of The X-Files is almost complete. In Fight the Future (Part 2), Fox Mulder and Dana Scully take another leap into the celluloid world and offer a very pleasurable transition from the TV series to the big screen. Though the script is a closely guarded secret, viewers know what to expect — paranormality and unexplained phenomenon that the two FBI agents must probe. Writer and producer Chris Carter warns, "Don’t mistake this for just another spooky film. It is very intelligent and has elements of comedy and yes, it is very scary." He adds that there is a sense of endless danger somewhat soothed by the platonic love between Mulder and Scully that simmers but never quite boils over. Pie in the sky
She not only shares her
first name with the silver screen diva but if attitude is something to
go by, Madhuri Bhattacharya has her eyes focused on the bigger
canvas. "Kuch Love Kuch Masti on Sahara is a perfect
launch for me, I couldn’t have asked for a better start to my career
in Mumbai. I am having the time of my life," says the Bangalore
girl who supports a startling Scorpio tattoo on her back. She says it’s
been fun playing the two-timing Pooja — something not many stars get
a chance to play. "The role is very challenging because Pooja may
be romancing two guys but there’s nothing vampish about her. She’s
still a lovable character," says Madhuri. A law student who’s
done two Tamil films, Madhuri is candid enough to admit that serials
are just a stepping stone to films. "I am no hypocrite. Films are
my final destination," she says and adds that she’s already
knocking on heaven’s doors and hopes they’ll open soon. Playing bad guy
His climb to stardom has
been quiet and unobtrusive. And though he’s been around for sometime
on TV and films, his first big impact has come playing Khan in Main
Hoon Na and now a one-hour weekly Guns and Roses on Star
One. Even as he awaits the release of a slew of films, including Black
Friday, Kal, Detour, Karm, King of Bollywood and Aamir Khan’s The
Rising, the actor is planning to divide his time judiciously
between films and TV. Murali Sharma who was last seen on the small
screen in Arun Frank’s Zindagi Teri Meri Kahani is looking at
many more offers. "For me both TV and films are important,"
says Sharma nominated last year in the best villain category for Virasat. "In
Guns & Roses too, I play a baddie and for a change I don’t
speak much. My role has just to do with guns and nothing to do with
roses," he laughs. But in real life, it is roses all the way for
this versatile actor whose admirers spawn both the small and big
screens. Universal truth
When
Einstein was five-year-old, he was very ill and to cheer him up his
father got him a magnetic compass. This was his introduction to
science. Decades later Einstein’s theories and experiments of
space, time and the universe overturned the world’s traditional
views and helped mankind understand such cosmic phenomenon as black
holes and the big bang. Watch how this exposition changed the world
in Einstein And The Eclipse Sunday November 28 at 10 p.m. on
the National Geographic Channel. Relive the life of Einstein who
single-handedly created the first modern model of the universe, 250
years after Sir Isaac Newton. |
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