Seriously comic
He is gazing deep into the monitor, exchanging some quick notes with actors and his crew. Within five minutes he is back on the sets, calling the shot. Amit Prasher, the director of Tu Mera 22, Main Tera 22 directs the one odd remaining scenes of his film that hits the theatres in mid-October. Shooting around Chandigarh and Punjab, the director along with the cast and crew is aware that his movie is being talked about nineteen-to-dozen.
                                         
DIRECT ANGLE: Amit Prasher

Dropping anchor
‘Born to entertain’ is an apt title for Chandigarh boy Gunjan Utreja. An actor, emcee and TV host, he is currently doing three shows from different genres —Aamna Saamna, a reality drama, Taare Masti Mein, a talk show with Bollywood celebs, and New This Week, a show for singers, composers and musicians addressing independent music.

Sculpted look
It’s an endeavour to airbrush and photoshop yourself, not just in pictures but beyond. Reconstruct the nose, define the lip-line, remove the wrinkles and anything else that you may want to be taken care of. Meanwhile, those in the profession have coined a term Bridalplasty, a term that explains the trend of growing acceptance of cosmetic procedures to look picture perfect. While Dr Vikram Jeet Singh Dhingra, MD, Body Sculpt, explains the trend.

Master Chef
Cups of health
Fibre and vegetables are the ingredients which make our food healthy and light. Even in the ancient times basic offshoots of wheat were used in making different snacks. Like our dalia and poha, couscous is also technically a wheat product, made from crushed and steamed wheat. Now available in all supermarkets, it combines very well with food stuffs to give us another easily digestible tasty dish or snack.

Fresh and exciting 
A still from Karan Johar is back with his new flick Student of the Year. The cast, including Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, gives freshness a new definition. The duo Vishal-Shekhar has given some super-hit musical hits. With the ravishing promos, the music definitely is exciting and entertaining.
               
A still from Student of the year

Celeb point
It’s not an easy life
I was told by a leading trade analyst that out of 100 people who arrive in Mumbai, 99 want to become actors or models. That’s the craze people have for joining the industry. Instant fame and money! Bas one film and you are a star!

License to listen
With each development that comes with technology, its darker sides too emerges as ferociously. With the advent of computers, human beings are now being called lazy and information overload is causing a fresh set of problems.

itsy bitsy
International fan mail
Star Plus’ most popular show Diya Aur Bati Hum has gained worldwide recognition. A special event was organised to welcome Sooraj aka Anas Rashid after he won the cooking competition in Singapore on the show.

star track
Sonakshi to romance Saif?

On a singing spree
Feel good factor
The controversy deepens
Back with a bang!
Nine-yard mystery
Robert Pattinson to quit Hollywood?

(R to L) U.S. actress Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, actor James Franco and director Harmony Korine pose on the red carpet for the movie Spring Breakers during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice.
(R to L) U.S. actress Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, actor James Franco and director Harmony Korine pose on the red carpet for the movie Spring Breakers during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice.  —Reuters

 

 





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