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Happy-go-lucky
The actors of upcoming movie
From Sydney With Love
share how the film is a perfect family entertainer
For a trio that’s yet to spell star power and pacify the long-waiting audience with just a greeting here and a smile there, they’re pretty late. Accordingly, we have a starlet and stars in the making, offering apologies and doing their bit to pacify one and all. “In fact, I even did my make-up in the car,” laughs Bidita Bag, in Chandigarh to promote From Sydney With Love.
FUN TIMES: (L-R) Karan Sagoo, Sharad Malhotra and Bidita Bag
Living a dream
Zubeen Garg of
Ya Ali
fame lives life on his own terms, notwithstanding the controversies that surround him…
 By his own admission, he is impulsive to the core
and speaks out the first thing that comes to his mind. The media calls him controversy’s child and the local media thrives on the faux pas he makes, the suggestive use of a woman’s anatomy in his recent Bihu song or the wrong attire he wore for Bhupen Hazarika’s funeral are a few cases in point. But he is still the youth icon, who can get young boys and girls drooling not just with his voice but his cute looks and unassuming nature. He is Zubeen Ali…oops, Zubeen Garg of Ya Ali fame.
Different Tune: Zubeen Garg
Small film, big cause
Sumeer Walia’s
documentary
The Life I Left Behind
takes us into the by-lanes of
children and drug abuse
This is Monu’s story. Monu
is a rag-picker. He is ten. Before the conceptualisation of this
documentary, Monu was into substance abuse. Like several children his age,
Monu was found at a hardware store in the middle of the night purchasing a
very harmless-looking whitening fluid. Brought to Ashiana by Vibha Taluja,
the General Secretary, Association for Social Health of India, Monu today
is just like any normal child who studies, has friends, loves to laugh and
has quit drugs. This is his story. "This was pretty much
around the time I had just come back from USA," says Sumeer Walia,
producer of the film. Photo: S Chandan
Carry on girl
Punjabi cinema today stands at the edge of a revolution. From some serious cinema making waves to comedy throwing the audience in splits, Punjabi cinema sure is carving a niche of its own. Khushboo Grewal, an anchor, who made her mark by participating in Ms India North, talks about being a part of this growing industry.
Sharing a vision
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As the background music slowly sinks in and makes an effort to create a rhythmic stroke for lifeless canvases, a little drop of colour is what reveals the mystery. This is what 15 different artists are trying to capture during two-day long visual art workshop that started on Saturday at Rotary House in sector 18 Chandigarh. Based on the theme ‘Celebrating creativity’, the workshop has a uniqueness of sort, since it brings together a sea of different expressions and moods.
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Artists breathe life into canvasses at the two-day workshop at Rotary House
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Astro turf
ARIES: You may benefit from monetary gains. Deal with paper-work that has been building up. It is time to slow down and recharge your physical and spiritual energies, so don’t push yourself.
Tarot message: Be sure of involving yourself as much as possible in a new project. Lucky
colour: Peach.
The year ahead
If your birthday is July 29...
Ever since you were young, you had dreams that you have not realised till date. The reason you've given up on goals in the past is because you did not put enough effort to make them work. Promise yourself right now that you will do whatever it takes to achieve at least one of your childhood dreams. You'll show you are conscientious and aware of your limits. This attitude will be greatly appreciated and will avoid disagreements with a superior. You'll be very stubborn and not willing to satisfy your partner's needs; you'll hurriedly complete all your projects and will be very
impatient.
Chatter box
Full on entertainment
If you are wondering whether you will soon get to see your favourite television show in 3D, then you will have to wait a while before that happens. 3D here is the family of Dhanwantrilal Dhyanchand Dholakia in a brand new show of SAB TV called Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal
Hai. SAB TV even this time is living up to its promise of delivering an entertaining comedy that explores a different sub-culture within the umbrella of the Indian culture.
Master Chef
Fresh start
Balsamic potato and corn salad
Ingredients: 450 gm boiled sliced potatoes
150 gm frozen corn, thawed please try fresh if you can, though
25 gm cherry tomatoes, sliced in halves or quarters
8-10 fresh basil leaves
100 ml cup olive oil
Designs from Pakistan
The four-day Chandigarh Shopping Fiesta which started at Himachal Bhawan, Sector 28 includes many designer labels but the centre of attraction are the stalls from Pakistani designers. Designer Rukhsana Malik from Lahore is in the city for the fifth time to display her creations. She said, “India and Pakistan are both culturally rich countries. So, these exhibitions give the designers a chance to exchange what we have inherited.”
Take your pick at the ongoing exhibition at Himachal Bhawan
Going gaga over first look
Known for making movies that leave you shaken and stirred, National Award winning director Madhur Bhandarkar recently introduced his much anticipated film Heroine.
Advertising over artistic merit
Today, box-office collection is what defines a film’s success. However, critically-acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur isn’t very happy with the ongoing trend and said that today films have become a product of hype more than artistic merit.
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Curtains
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The Grand Finale episode shoot of UTV STARS presents Lux The Chosen One culminated recently. The finale was judged by none other than the gorgeous Karishma Kapoor who looked stunning in a fitted black dress and accessories to go along with it. She, along with mentor of the show Genelia Deshmukh, played a pivotal role in choosing the winner and crowning her the title of The Chosen One. The finale was being hosted by the very suave and charming Vishal
Malhotra.
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Stefani struggled to balance work, family
Singer Gwen Stefani reveals she struggled to maintain a balance between work and family when her band No Doubt was re-formed in 2008.
Ice, ice baby
If you thought that it’s impossible to get fresh fruit ice cream in these days of preservatives, you need think again. ‘Green Twister’ manufactured by Blueberry Equipment, an ice-cream machine lets you enjoy your desired fruit ice cream in less than 8 seconds. Now it comes to Chandigarh.
Intimate ‘memorable’ moments
When Arjun Rampal was asked about doing intimate scenes with Kareena Kapoor in Heroine, he cheekily replied, "Oh those moments will stay with me forever. Whenever I am in a bad mood, I just need to close my eyes and remember all of that and I am smiling again. So thank
you Madhur and Kareena!" The media and cast members were in splits!
Taking Bollywood to Iraq
Dibakar Banerjee’s Shanghai was screened in Baghdad in Iraq just outside Green Zone. This was the first Indian film to be screened in the last twenty years in Iraq.
The screening went off well despite two power failures. Many of the soldiers sneaked in for the show.
People liked the film so much that after the screening some of the soldiers even asked for the film’s poster to be put up in their bunks. There was much nostalgia among the audience remembering the late superstar Shammi
Kapoor.
No comparisons please
Kareena Kapoor does not want her song Halkat Jawani to be compared to Sheila Ki Jawani or any other item song. She says it is her song and it is the best and she could not care less about the other songs and comparisons to them.
First come first serve
Ranbir Kapoor booked seats at a multiplex to watch Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Imran Khan also called to book the seats in the same theatre but they were already taken so he had to go for another show.
Knight rises: Ranbir Kapoor
Unlikely couple
Nargis Fakhri and Uday Chopra were spotted catching a movie at a suburban multiplex. He also sent her his new comic books Yomics and she totally digs them! But why is that pretty girl with somebody like him?
Difficult deal
Buzz in television industry is that Anil Kapoor's remake of American series 24 might not air on Star as reported earlier. Apparently the channel had signed a deal with Anil for a huge sum of Rs 85 crore. But now rumours are that the deal is called off. Call me Zahra
Shweta Kawatra’s two month old baby girl now has a name. The couple has named their little child Zahra, which means a shining star. They decided the name based on the first letter recommended by the astrologer. Fairy tale
Shashi-Sumeet Mittal's upcoming show on Sony TV inspired from the fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast has Sargun Mehta as the lead. Now buzz is that Rohit Khurana, aka Vansh in Uttaran and Abhishek Malik of Chhal Sheh Aur Maat fame have been signed as the male leads.
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Parallel publicity
Brilliant birthdays
Vidya Balan is not like Silk
Unapologetically ambitious
Sonakshi’s faith in self