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BOLLYWOOD-BUZZ BEAUTY TIPS "There is no competition between actors in the film industry" He was present throughout with us during picturisation, bytes, songs and also in the selection of costumes. You are playing a Parsi character in the film, so did you research on Parsi rituals? The film is not based on Paris religion so I didn't have to learn Paris' language. I just played the character in the film. My best friend and manager are also Parsi, so from them I learned about Parsi. From 'Airlift' to 'Rustom', the time gap between one film to the other is very less, how do you manage time in a year as you are doing so many films back to back? See a film needs only forty Shahnaz Husain Dusky / Olive: (Slightly dark) to forty five days for shoot- Dusky, or olive complexions, look better with brown- ing. I do four films now every Raksha Bandhan is one of the important festivals, ish beige shades for Foundation. It should be a colour that year though earlier I used to when brothers and sisters celebrate the loving bond will add some glow to the skin. For blushers, avoid mauves do six films. After doing four between them. Like all festive occasions, girls love to dress and light pink. Go with darker pink, or even some brown films also, I get around hun- up and look their best. However, make-up is all about shades. A highlighting powder will help to add glow. Try dred days to spend with fam- choosing the right shades of colour cosmetics. Selecting it on your cheeks, along your nose and forehead. For eye ily and myself. them according to skin colour and tone is as essential as make-up, go for darker brown shadow, or try bronze or Salman made a video learning the techniques of application. Your natural skin silver. For dusky complexions, dark eyes look captivating. At a promotional event of the and uploaded it on social tone is most important while selecting foundations. Try So, go for black eyeliner and mascara. Apply eyeliner and networking site to promote your film 'Rustom'. to buy one that is closest to your skin colour as possible. smudge with a cotton bud, or apply eye shadow over it. It upcoming bollywood film 'Rustom' Would you like to say anything about it? Face powder may be of the same shade as the foundation.. will give the smokey eyed look. Go for gloss for the lips Salman is so good to make that video for my film. It is If you wish to tone down a tan, select a powder that is one and nude shades in lipstick would be good to bring out in Kolkata, Akshay Kumar in a brief not a promotion. It also denotes that all the actors in the shade lighter, but in the same colour tone. the glow in the complexion. conversation speaks to Kolkata film industry are united and we are for each other. Fair Skin: Dark Skin: So do you think the competition is diminishing While choosing Foundation for a very fair skin, go for If you have a dark skin, choose liquid foundations, media. Souvik Ghosh was there to in the film industry? beige with a rosy (pinkish) tint. For fair skins, use beige, instead of a creamy one. The foundation should not be There is no competition between actors in the film pink or orange undertones. If the complexion is fair, but lighter than your skin tone. Try to get one which is as close catch up with him on his film, the industry. There are around 180 films released every year sallow (i.e. yellowish), avoid pink tones and go for beige to your normal skin colour as possible. Try out founda- character that he played and also and the number of heroes and heroines lesser in number, so or biscuit shades. For eye colours, a brown eyebrow pen- tion colours in natural brown tones. When you apply foun- there are many films that go unrecognized. cil may be more suitable than black. Apply dark brown or dation and powder, your aim should be for a lighter cov- dark grey eyeshadow over black eyeliner. It will tone down his career mantra. Was it your conscious decision to do the realistic erage. Special attention should be paid to blending. Avoid the stark black look. For fair skin, try pinks and reds for films like 'Airlift' and 'Rustom'? white and light coloured shadows. Soft brown combined Why did you choose this subject in the film blushers and avoid dark colours in lipstick. It was not a conscious decision in choosing a realistic with darker brown would be good. Use a kaajal pencil to 'Rustom' though it has already been tried earlier in Wheatish Complexion: story. It just happened to me. I like this subject. I wanted to outline the eyes. This can have a stunning effect on dark Bollywood? Most Indian complexions are wheatish. Go for water skins. For blusher, try a dark rose pink colour for the day 'Rustom' is completely different from the previous films play the character of Ranjit Katyal in 'Airlift' and Rustom in based foundations. Choose a colour as close to skin colour this film. and shades of bronze, plum, wine, for the night. For spe- which were made on this subject. It has a new screen and as possible. Avoid choosing lighter colour foundation. It cial occasions at night, use a touch of gold. It can really technique. The film consists of four to five incidents and You had started off the year with 'Airlift' then will not provide a smooth finish, but give a mask-like happened 'Houseful 3' and now 'Rustom'. Was it look glamorous on dark skins. Apply it at the temples and based on these incidents, my character Rustom in the film effect. Uze bronze or brown eye shadow. Add a touch of under the outer corner of the eyebrows. For lips, a dark has been developed. your plan to blend the commercial films and realis- gold under the brow. For blusher, try bronze. For the lips, tic films in a year? complexion looks good in vibrant colours. Avoid very pale Since this is a realistic topic, how much research go for warm earthy colours, like coral, wine, plum, red and colours. Go for warmer tones, like coral, bronze, red, wine. I don't plan anything. I just do the films I like. work you had to do? shades of red. A dark pink or rose-red would look good Try mixing two colours to get the shades that suit your How difficult was it for you to play the character of My director has gone through immense research work too. Avoid maroon, bright orange or very pale pink. The skin. Bright red lipstick can be toned down with tinted lip for two years. The writer himself was in Navy, he has also 'Rustom' who is a patriot, lover and also a murderer? lip liner colour and lipstick colour should be the same. gloss. Avoid very dark colours like maroon or dark brown. gone through a lot of research work. It was not hard to play the character of Rustom because The writer of the script was himself a navy guy, of my director. He is living with the film for two years. I did- so did it help you in doing the work? n't have to do much. I did a lot of rehearsal with the direc- HEALTHLINES Yes, since the writer was a Navy guy himself, it did help. tor. (IBNS-TWF) MOVIE-REVIEW Smoking causes loss of hand and foot Dr K K Pandey patients, leg pain of Burger's disease is either mistaken for arthritis or sciatica and therefore they are advised to A grand historical fictional tale If you survey a small town, to your surprise consult a Bone specialist. majority of our young people have become What to do if you are suffering from Burger's In the recent times, filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has of the story. Disease become synonymous with historic films and the surreal Despite the humongous canvas of the film, the film's addicted to tobacco-bbased products like First of all, patients have to completely stop smoking sets mounted on the larger than life canvas. Films like JOD- story and screenplay (Ashutosh Gowariker) turns out to be Zarda Paan Masaala ( a beetlenut and cigarette or Bidi. Use of tobacco in any form is prohibit- HAA AKBAR, SWADES, and LAGAAN stand as testimony a major letdown, thus disappointing the viewers to the ed. There is no real benefit in reducing the frequency and to the same. This week's release is MOHENJO DARO, yet core. One does agree on the fact that researching about an tobacco mixed product quite prevalent in number of cigarettes used per day. Even a single ciga- another period film from the stable of Ashutosh Gowarik- era (read 'civilization') that is as old as a whopping 5000 Indian subcontinent). On a face value, they rette per day will keep the disease active. Therefore, com- er. Will MOHENJO DARO have a 'historic' run at the Box- years is a task in itself. At the same time, while writing the plete abstinence from cigarette and tobacco is mandato- Office or will it bite the dust, let's analyse. screenplay of such a film, one has to ensure that the audi- are just taking Paan Masaala; but in fact ry. Patient of Burger's disease are also advised to keep ences and their sensibilities cannot be taken they are consuming tobacco. themselves far away from smokers & smoker's zone as for granted. The sad part is that Ashutosh well. According to one study, even only simple stoppage Gowariker fails on this front. In big cities or metros, smoking has become more or less a fashion statement. Why there is an increased per- Ashutosh Gowariker, who has always centage of smoking in big cities, it is due to three rea- emerged a winner with his previous attempts sons. Firstly smoking in public is considered as a public at historic and period films, fails miserably statement of modernity, secondly it is considered as an with MOHENJO DARO as a director. It just exhibition of macho image, and thirdly it is supposed to won't be wrong to say that in the name of 'cin- be a remedy for the so-called bad mood. A very few peo- ematic liberties', Ashutosh Gowariker has tak- ple are aware of the simple fact that the basic harmful en the audiences sense and patience for grant- content of tobacco is called Nicotine which is present in ed. While the film's first half is slow, the film's cigarette, Bidi ( a local variant of cigarette made of tobac- extremely dragged second half acts more vil- co leaves) Zarda, Khaini, Chaini and Mainpuri ( tobac- lainous. The film's second half totally takes the co based products frequently used in Indian subconti- steam off the film. The film's climax only nent). In other words all these products are just the dif- ferent forms of the same harmful element nicotine, makes things worse. Ashutosh Gowariker, which is inseparable part of tobacco. despite his goliath attempt in fictionally People have wrong notion about smoking (re)creating the Mohenjo Daro civilisation, In developing countries, majority of the people have fails to convince the viewers about the same. a notion, that use of cigarette or tobacco mainly harms Gangrene developed in feet due to chronic smoking What one fails to understand is how can some- our lungs, thus more or less spares other organs of the one like Ashutosh Gowariker, who is known body. But unfortunately a very small percentage of peo- for making some of brilliant films, can go so ple know about the lead role, tobacco plays in causing wrong with MOHENJO DARO. the pain in leg or hand so-called leg or hand angina and As for the performances, the film clearly ultimate culprit is the same nicotine which is found in and rightfully belongs to the extremely versa- tobacco. tile Hrithik Roshan, who has by now become How to recognize harmful effect of smoking in an early stage ? the 'go-to-man' for such roles. With his Greek If you are a habitual smoker or a tobacco user and you God looks and physical stature, Hrithik have recently started feeling cold in hand or feet, in oth- Roshan ensures and justifies his role of the er words if you feel abnormal and excessive sensitivity unassuming farmer- turned-saviour. Hrithik to cold, you should realize you are suffering from early Roshan walks that extra mile in terms of his stage of a disease of blood pipe that carries pure blood & spellbinding performance and muscle flexing oxygen to hand & leg. This tobacco-induced disease of action. He stands tall in every frame and deliv- the artery is called Burger's disease. If you feel pain and ers a towering performance. However, that by tingling sensation in hand and foot or leg while walking, The film starts off with the era of 2016 BC in the North itself is unable to salvage a vacuous drama. In other words, take it for granted that Burger's disease has completely West region, which happens to be the prehistoric India. despite the whole film riding (solely) on his shoulders, the overtaken your hand and feet and oxygen supply through pure blood to your limbs has drastically reduced. In an This gradually leads to the introduction of Sarman (Hrithik film's extremely poor screenplay gives in. The film's hero- Smoking and tobacco chewing caused reduced blood ine Pooja Hegde, after having done films down South, advanced stage of Burger's disease, you feel a constant Roshan) and his victorious fight with a predator crocodile. supply leading to gangrenous fingers While on one hand the villagers felicitate him for the vic- makes her debut with MOHENJO DARO. Despite her past and unbearable pain in your fingers and toes especially tory, on the other hand, Sarman is adamant to visit the city experience, she's average in the film. The veteran actor during nighttime and if not treated in time, the color of of Mohenjo Daro, something that his uncle and aunt are Kabir Bedi, excels in the role of 'Maham'. What works to your toes and fingers becomes blue or black. of smoking altogether reduces the possibility of ampu- not too keen on, for reasons best known (only) to them. his advantage are his good looks and his baritone voice, Why is Burger's disease caused by smoking ? tation of leg by 50 percent. From this very observation One day, after much reluctance, Sarman's uncle and aunt both of which have been utilised beautifully by Ashutosh Burger's disease is a disease of small and medium - one can assess the enormity of role of smoking in causa- give in to his demands of visiting Mohenjo Daro, but, not Gowariker. The other actors Arunoday Singh, Suhasini sized arteries of legs and hands. In this disease there is tion of loss of leg or foot. without handing him over a 'identity coin'. When Sarman Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj lend their able support in carry- inflammation or swelling of the arterial wall itself and Where to go for treatment of Buerger's Dis- side by side there is a collection of blood clot inside the reaches Mohenjo Daro, amongst the many other things, he ing the film forward. ease? tube. This causes disturbance in blood supply to feet and The patients of Burger's disease must consult a vas- sees the beautiful 'Sindhu Putri' Chaani (Pooja Hegde), the While we would like to make a special mention to the hand. Many a time it has been observed people do not cular or a cardiovascular surgeon instead of a general daughter of a religious pandit (Manish Choudhary). Both, film's costumes (Neeta Lulla), the film's VFX oscillates take complaints of Burger's disease very seriously. When surgeon or a Bone specialist and under his guidance an for Sarman and Chaani, it turns out to be unspoken love between amateurish and average. The film's music (A R their fingers and toes start getting black, they realize the active treatment should be carried out to reduce the pos- at first sight. One day, the curious Sarman happens to vis- Rahman) is nothing extraordinary, as one would have gen- gravity of the situation. Then it is too late and chance of sibility of amputation of leg. it the 'upper city' in search of Chaani. It is here, that Sar- erally expected from the music maestro. The film's back- The patients of Burger's disease must go to a hospital man, besides being stunned by the visuals and locations, amputation becomes very high. ground score is decent, but, a bit loud in many places. The ulcers on feet and hands caused by Burger's dis- where facility for angiography is available. They must witnesses the disparity that prevails under the rule of the The film's cinematography (C.K. Muraleedharan) is ease never heal without a correct treatment. Daily sur- ensure whether a full time service of a cardiovascular / evil ruler Maham (Kabir Bedi), who had once been earlier above average. The film's editing (Sandeep Francis) lands gical cleaning and dressing of the wound is done in clin- vascular surgeon available or not. These two factors play exiled from Harappa. In no time, Sarman becomes the peo- up being one of the film's shortcomings. ics, and a variety of antibiotics are tried and this contin- a major role in effective treatment of Burger's disease. ple's representative and raises his voice against Maham's On the whole, MOHENJO DARO comes across as a ues for months with no improvement and ultimately Burger's disease requires super specialized and mod- atrocities. Amidst all this, the pandit reveals a secret to Sar- grand historical fictional tale which appeals only in parts. patient is left with no other option except loosing the foot ern investigations like Doppler study, Echocardiogram man that not just shocks Sarman, but also, sweeps him off The lack of engaging and relatable drama act as spoilsport or hand. and angiography. On the basis of the results of these his feet. What is the much guarded secret that Sarman gets in the narrative. From the Box Office perspective, compe- In some cases, skin specialists for ulcer and eczema investigations only, the correct management strategies to know, what is his connection with the city of Mohenjo tition from RUSTOM and lack of crucial narrative will act treat patients of Burger's disease for months. In such sit- can be formulated. Daro, and does the blooming love between Sarman and as a major hindrance. uation, ulcer instead of healing gets worse and eventu- (The author is a Senior Consultant in the Depatment of Cardiothoracis & Vas- cular Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.) Chaani culminate into their unison... is what forms the rest Courtesy : http://www.bollywoodhungama.com ally results into a loss of the foot and hand. In some