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Death of a princess

It is August 1997 and Princess Diana is once more dominating the headlines. Embracing romance and basking in luxury, her jet-set lifestyle is the stuff of fantasy.

Last Days Of A Princess (on August 31) at 9 pm on History Channel unfolds the events a year after Princess Diana’s divorce with Prince Charles. She had cast aside her official protection officers and was provoking anger with her campaign against landmines.

Diana was living life to the full, amid the constant glare of publicity, in the company of Dodi AI Fayed, son of international business tycoon Mohammed AI Fayed. Accompanying the lovers from the palm trees of Saint Tropez to the sparkling streets of Paris, this powerful and emotive film reveals the key moments leading up to their death.

A while before Shah Rukh Khan made her the goalie and the captain of the Indian women’s hockey team in Chak De India, Vidya Malavde was seriously considering roles on the small screen.

Chak De may be Vidya’s big ticket to stardom but the young lady is not new to the arclights. In fact for over five years she’s been one of the best known faces on the advertising circuit. She has done leading TV commercials that include Maska Chaska, Thums Up with Akshay Kumar, Wheel with Govinda, Hyundai Accent, Anne French, Ponds, Dabur Vatika hair oil, Videocon TV, Pepsi and Kitkat.

Now of course, Vidya, a trained Salsa dancer and a certified yoga instructor, has a slew of films that include Kidnap opposite Sanjay Dutt, Vikram Bhatt’s Inteha with Ashmit Patel, U Bomsi N Me, a romantic crossover film, Agar opposite Shiney Ahuja and Hero Heroine opposite Abhay Deol. — NF

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