Beckhams van has £60,000 bed Sex in the UK calling: It s It is the last word in mobile thought to take luxury. David and Victoria about three hours. Beckham have paid more Insiders say the specially THE TIMES OF city? Rachel holiday time for than £60,000 to have an designed contraption was Hunter is in Rani Mukherjee electric bed fitted into one of inst alled last month during a their vehicles. The footballer makeover of the Mercedes Denial! Page 8 and his popst ar wife are said people-mover. At the push to have of a but - bought ton, the the rear p as - motor- senger ised bed seat so that swivels the to form England a 65 captain can rest properly bed. Plus, the vehicle is fit - while being driven home ted with a series of security from matches at Old Traf- devices, including shatter- ford. The 210-mile drive to proof black-tinted glass. A their Beckingham Palace 10-disc DVD player and an home in Hertfordshire is MP3 multitrack system can OF INDIA MANOJ KESHARW ANI Destination India: The globetrotter s All the world s a st age, but India is the exotic rage for the international tourist, says DIVYA VASISHT ranked above China and Egypt. Overall, a rise in the number of foreign tourist s com - As the spokesperson of Cox & Kings pu - Times News Network Thailand is the only Asian country to find a ing to India this year . Besides, improvement ts it, W ith destinations such as Laksh - place among the top 10 tourist destinations in infrastructure has led to tourist s setting adweep bound to be equipped with better ndia, an exotic tourist destination? Y es, in the world, a list which sees It aly ranked first their sights on places such as Hampi, the infrastructure in the near future, there is def - yes, yes. And that s official. For the phi- and France second, with Spain and US in North-East and the Himalayas, says Amee- initely great scope for India s tourism indus - Irang tourist whose bags are p acked for forth and fif th spot s fol- ta Munshi of Thomas try. some fancy island or quiet hill-st ation lowed by Brazil, Mexico, EXOT-HOTSP Cook. Adds Kant, If Edmund Hillary has spoken abroad, its time to do a rethink. Kyunki India of India as an amazing destination, Paul Mc - has been listed as the second-best exotic Cartney recently spent a tourist destination worldwide in a survey con - fortnight with his wife Heather Mills in our ducted by the Kellogg School of Manage- country. India offers tourist s more than just a ment at Northwestern University in the US destination it is a journey for the mind and and the Sasin School of Business Adminis- soul. Foreigners visiting the country get tration in Thailand. everything from exotic beaches to massage This is great news. India has really come therapy and up as a major tourist destination for foreign - return enlightened. ers, says Amitabh Kant, joint secret ary, min - Simply put, if most if not all roads lead to istry of tourism, Thanks to the proper pro - India in the current context, the future of fers motion and packaging of destinations such immense possibilities for the country to play as Kerala, Goa and Rajasthan, we have the perfect host to the world. Now , wouldn t been able to draw lot s of foreign visitors to New Zealand and Switzerland. Among Asian countries, Thailand is rated that be exotic! the country. W e also ran a camp aign on the Considering that China received more by the survey as the country of fering the best [email protected] top 10 websites worldwide and within six than 11 million tourist s last year as comp ared hospit ality, with China being billed as the months the tourism industry witnessed with India s 3 million, it might sound surpris - country which truly represent s the continent. a boost of over 17 per cent. ing that we are placed above China. How- India, of course, can t ake pride in the fact that While Thailand top s the list of exotichol- ever, one must t ake note of the SARS scare it is slowly , but surely, making it s presence iday destinations listed by the survey, India is in China a factor due to which we expect felt on the global map. No green signals 30 years of togetherness for Delhi s envi - Farida Jalal & Gulzar,friends of Amitabh & Jaya, share with Delhi T imes their special bond with the couple af ter the Bachchans celebrated their 30th ARUN KUMAR DAS our to improve the quality of air in Times News Network Delhi by enforcing various measu - Farida Jalal: I was one of the mance that day. It s so nice to res. The cleaning of the Yamuna is fortunate few invited by the cou - see them grow together. May nother World Environment also top priority . Numerous age- ple to this hush-hush ceremony. they st ay like this for years to A D a y, the same set of que - ncies are involved in this dual exe - Nobody met them as they flew come. stions. Even as of ficialdom at - rcise and it must be remembered away to London for their honey - Gulzar: Oh, how time flies! tempts to put Delhi on the green that the city government alone is moon immediately after that. I Even Rakhee and I have com- highway, the road t aken so far is not solely responsible for the job. used to move around with them pleted 30 years of marriage. W e dotted with speed-breakers which Of ficially-speaking, while scho - when they were dating. But I got married a month before pose queries. Has there been a re - ol student s, citizens must share this incident which them. I remember Amit and duction in Delhi s use of plastic? and NGOs have has made Jaya s wed - Have air-pollution levels de - been involved in ca - Amit a hero in ding. It was a creased? How extensive is the m p aigns for the en - my eyes. low-key fami - city s green cover? Is anything vironment, Delhi At an awards ly affair . Jaya being done about hospit al environment minis- ceremony in being a Ben- waste? Does so- ter Deepchand Ban- Kolkat a, Jaya gali, the mar - und pollution co - dhu informs that got an award MARI-BLIS riage was nform with perm- there has been an for Uphaar, performed issible norms? increase in the Amit for Anand and I received it with full traditional Bengali ritu- IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES: Delhi Times catches the charmer in Daler Mehndi And, above all, green cover of the for Paras. The three of us were als. And Rakhee, who was mar- as the Punjabi pop-star strikes a bright note at the Radio Mirchi studio has cont aminat- city. to fly to Kolkat a that evening for ried by then, became her (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to w w w.timescity.com/delhi/) ion of the Y a m u - Biswas also re - the ceremony. Unfortunately, I thakurma, a marriage ritual na been curbed? Sad veals that the incin - couldn t get a ticket. Both Jaya among Bengalis. That year, Ra - as eration of hospit al and Amit boarded the flight, but jesh Khanna and Dimple also it sounds, even of f- waste is job half- on hearing that I couldn t travel, got married. I wish them all luck Daler dances to his own icialdom concedes NEELABH done. While cer - Amit came out and ran to the ter - and pray that they be together that the answers tain hospit als minus, waved at the pilot, spoke always. ASHOK CHATTERJEE new album Mojaan Laen Do. to most of these have inst alled in- to him and somehow managed [email protected] Times News Network X-TRAA HOT The song Jere Dil Nu Pyare queries is a dishe - cinerators, there to get me onto the flight. W e BYTES Daler combines a mix of Western and artening No . ECO LOGI- are still a few reached Kolkat a on time, where he man s music introduces Indian classical in a pop song The step s und - which are yet to we were put up at the Grant Ho - Thim. Starting with Bolo Ta Mehndi a novel concept. Besides, ert aken so far are Today might be do so, he elabo - tel. I got to see more of their ro - Ra Ra and Ho Jayegi Balle unplugged? Tune Shama Paiyan has lyrics inadequate if the W orld Environ - rates. Balle and stretching to Tunak in to T otal Filmi penned by Baba Bhulle Shah. government is se - It s time to go Tunak and Dardi Rab Rab , he My strength lies in experi - rious about polluti - ment Day, but back to the basi - has got everybody to dance to on mentation. on levels, says cs. Even as Del - his tune. The Big B included. Radio Mirchi 98.3 The God-fearing Daler has a Central Pollution Delhi has miles to hi observes Amitabh Bachchan, after all, penchant for long drives and Control Board ch - go before it can W orld Environ - shared screen space with this eating. So, if the list of cars that airman Dilip Bisw - ment Day, the- Punjabi pop-st ar in Mrityudaa- he owns includes a Volkswa- as, As far as the cont amination of re s many a slip between of ficial ta. So, what makes Daler gon Beetle and a Land Cruiser, the Y amuna is concerned, all atte - paperwork and ground reality. Mehndi the proverbial jack-in- his gastronomical interest s in- m p t s have failed. Hopefully, the Capit al will have a box, who keeps popping up just clude fare as diverse as Aalu Simply put, the city sarkar s ef- dif ferent story to tell when the when the critics are about to write him of f? Chokha, Macher Jhol and Chinese cuisine. fluent-treatment plant s for se - world observes Environment Day All my albums be it Jalwa or Tunak Tunak A spring in his step, a song on his lip s. So, werage are proving inadequate. next year. Tun are special to me, says Daler, If some- where does Mr Mehndi go from here? Well, Also, air-pollution levels have [email protected] body were to ask me to pinpoint the album or that s a million-Daler question! been pegged down but much re- song which is my favourite, I wouldn t be able to [email protected] mains to be done, single out any one. maintains Biswas. In the current context, Daler is busy with his According to Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, It is our constant endeav-

NIKITA D O VA L the dict ates of one s nature. Times News Network S till, films in which female pr - ot agonist s have shades of grey are adhrui Dixit broke free with not always a big draw at the box-of - M Pukar, but soon slipped back Finally , Bollywood s leading ladies are breaking the stereotype and fice. Distributor Priyankar Sharma to the stereotype of convention. movie in which she a film which deals with feels that these films are not a big Ditto Amisha Patel with Humraaz. has an af fair with more pre-marit al sex and draw in rural areas since the popu - But with Jism and Andaaz, the Hin - than one man. But has her kissing 17 tim - lace there finds it hard to reconcile di film heroine seems to have final - ap art from sexual es. themselves to such an image. ly broken free the running-around- independence, on- Playing a character The urban audience is game for trees routine to bring to her role a screen smoking and with grey shades different kinds of films because th - touch of 21st-century reality. drinking are now per - makes for a challen - ey see it happening in real life and The fact of the matter is that an missible for the heroine ge in the case of recognise the element of truth inv - increasing number of Bollywood too. Amisha Patel. Such olved. W ell, whether the switcho - heroines are t aking on roles which Women today are roles offer more scope ver is successful or not, grey se - explore other facet s of a woman s independent and com- to perform, agrees ems to be the preferred colour of personality, beyond the image of fort able with their se - film-maker Mahesh Bollywood s leading ladies. Finally! the ornamental showpiece that is xuality. How can one Bhatt, The comple- [email protected] normally attendant on them. Isha expect them to identify xities of a character in - Koppikar, for inst ance, is doing a with cliched portrayals crease manifold and Sharon Stone Basic Instinct kind of on-screen? queries one has to strike a bal - role in Inteqaam, while Sameera Mallika Sherawat, who ance between being Reddy has reportedly signed a debuts with Khwahish, CINE- SCOP negative and following I am bored of acting; my mind has hit Why are you SURESH act according to anybody s whims and fan- How has your family, specially V ivek, retiring? OBEROI cies. Long ago, I gave up my father s shop taken your decision? My mind has hit Actor in Hyderabad to pursue a dream in films. I My wife is happy, so is V ivek who, in fact, the sack. I am bor - On retiring lef t with Rs 400 in my pocket. I do what I has been aware of it for quite a while. He ed of acting. All our want. told me to do what brings me satisfaction. self-expression from films What about post-retirement plans? W ill you continue to handle your son s doesn t have to be I am looking forward to playing golf more career? wrapped up in frequently. I have completed a collection of V ivek is in third gear . He will t ake control of making a living. short stories for children as well as a nov - his career and life. I will be there when he Early retirement is el. The book for children will be about love needs me. We will hire a secret ary for him the real phase of self-expression peo - and friendship. And the novel will begin and set up a corporate of fice. As for his fi- ple express things which prompted you take such with my experiences, and expand to gen - nances, it t akes about five minutes to fi - they might have been holding back even a decision? eral themes about emotional detachment nalise a deal. And it s not such a big thing, from themselves. Nobody has that much control over my andanyway. Is there something in particular which emotions to influence my decisions. I don t control over life.

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attending an art camp at the 44-degree Celsius temper- Other creative couples Mona Rai among others. Ladakh. The change in temper- ature of the Capit al. whose works are on display at ( W ith contributions from ature is too much to bear, Besides artist Shamshad Habiart were Suvaprasana and Allen O Brien and A p arna Gup- ITS A PERFECT DUET smiled Subroto t alking about Hussain, also present to admire Shipra Bhatt acharya and Ved ta) the works was Rama Dhawan, Nair , Ashok and Dipika Hazra, sister of Delhi CM Sheila Dik - GR and Pooja Iranna, Gogi shit. Saroj Pal, Amitav Das and

Sandeep Biswas Rama Dhawan and Ashok Dhawan Shamshad Hussain

he concept is new and much appreciated. Mon- T day evening at the Habi - art Gallery saw the inaugura - tion of an exhibition Duets by the ambassador of Norway, Truls Hanevold. The exhibition displays works by some of the Capitals well-known artist couples in - cluding those of A Ramachan- dran whose paintings were dis - played alongside the water colours of his wife Chameli. Di - rector NGMA, Rajiv Lochan too Yuriko Lochan and NITIN MALIK Photos:

Usha Biswas and

was present that evening with his Japanese wife Y uriko to present their creations. Usha and hus- band Pulak Biswas were there too t alk- ing about their cre - ations to the guest s. Subroto Kundu with wife Nupur walked in a wee-bit late. It s just today that I Nupur Kundu reached Delhi af ter

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Global warm- ing is on the Santro with a Xing is out of the he ugly duckling of India s extra length going to make the interiors the most rise... Tcars has suddenly become a sp acious in the sub-segment. A few centimetres can new approach to swan. The Santro, India s most make a huge difference in inner sp ace and there is A gauge the earth s cli- popular B segment hatchback, now more legroom and seat width and the ability to mate has found that the has now become a little bigger slope the rear backrest a little more for additional atmosphere would wit - H o w musi- and, if not exactly beautiful, is a comfort. The boot area is also a little deeper. So ness more warming dur- much prettier car. The old Santro while it is still smaller than the Palio, Indica or new ing the 21st century. The cians learn was quite cute in a rather comic Corsa Sail, it is now almost halfway there. BREAK average global tempera- better book sort of way but the aerodynamic new styling Though it must have cost Hyundai over Rs 50 ture could be 5.5 degree with a slightly SUV-like front end crore for just the dyes to make the Celsius higher by 2100, US study says musicians makes it look more purposeful AUTO FOCUS new skin, the new model has and better proportioned. It also suddenly made Indian buyers

PAT who hear the music they which is around 1.5 de - A Murad Ali Baig gree Celsius higher than are composing, while learning a has a new set of attractive, jewel- aware that Hyundai brands never new piece, develop a better like clear headlight s and t ail- suf fer from brand fatigue. memory for the music later. After light s along with larger inte - (These are the views ex - they have learnt a song, actual - grated bumpers. pressed ly hearing the music while play - The Santro Xing has also by the author and do not ing does not improve the accu - broken out of the box of the represent racy of their performance any small B segment hatches the views of the p aper) further. The findings have that were traditionally 3.5- thrown new light on how human metre long and 1.5-metre memory works and on theories wide. It is now 7 cm longer a forecast accepted worldwide. about how people learn. In an and 3 cm wider with all the Contrary to earlier estimates experiment 16 adult pianist s per - which based forecast on limited formed a 23-note musical factors only, the new approach phrase from written not ation. says the earth s warming The result s showed that during would depend on volcanoes, rehearsing, players who did not fluctuations in the sun s activity hear their music, performed and changing levels of green - about as well as those who house gas and ozone. heard the music.

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iwi model Rachel Hunter ter in the programme, an up- source, Rachel is very nerv- K is to st ar in a British TV per-class serial partygoer ous at the prospect of acting Hollywood stars get RACHEL series, called Denial. Filming called Georgie, may not prove next to Emily Lloyd in partic - for the programme - dubbed too much of a stretch for the ular, and she s polishing up hey hate plastic surgery and So how do you feel about plastic British Sex and the City starts model. She has cameod on her best English accent. wish we d stop obsessing surgery? on June 16 and her co-stars several US sitcoms and is a Having lived in England for Tabout weight. Are they mu- HB: I never say never, but I know Ill HEATS include Manchild Frances regular face on the LA party years with Rod Stewart, she s tant s? Y es, but only in the movies: never augment my body. Barber and W ish Y o u W ere scene. confident she ll pass as a Here Emily Lloyd. Her charac- According to a well-placed genuine English toff. A

Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn- RRS: I have no plans either. WORL Stamosand Famke Janssen, show FJ: I m just so scared of surgery and the saner side of celebrity, writes hospit als that I cannot imagine willingly Kristen van Ogtrop. putting myself under and having all that Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn- stuf f done. Stamos and Famke Janssen all play But is there pressure on you to mut ant s in this month s look a certain way? RA X2. FJ: I don t feel the pres - The sequel to X- sure. If there s any pres - M e n (2000 s block - sure, it would come from buster sci-fi tale, inside me. X 2 reunites three HB: That s not true former models for me. In the last year who have surpris - (since she won the ingly down-to-earth Oscar), my whole life views about the oth - has changed in a won- er worldly life inside derful way, but now there the Hollywood bubble. are more paparazzi. I feel Over a giant bowl of salt- like I can t leave my house and-vinegar pot ato chip s sometimes and be who I really am (with fruit and Diet Coke on the because there they are. And then I ll side, for pretend), the three ac - see a picture, and somebody is saying, tresses t alk about life beyond Oh, gosh, look at Halle s disgusting the red carpet. sweats. Y ou all st arted out as Rebecca, how about you? models and became RRS: I hate being conscious of the actors, and your way I look. I always feel like I m a looks have been disappointment cause I don t the focus for wear make-up. most of your pro- The X-Men franchise fessional lives. seem to appeal to so many W ould any of you people. Why? alter your appear - RRS: It s the conscience of ance for a role if you the X-Men. It st arted during the had to? If you really want - Civil Right s movement and has to ed a role, would you gain, do with racism or homophobia or an - say, 40 pounds? ybody who s ever felt alienated. Rebecca Romijn-Sta- W ell, the mut ant s do have incredi- mos: If it s worth it, ab - ble powers. Speaking of, do any of solutely. you have a favourite female super- Halle Berry: Whatever hero? you can do to be more in char - HB: Were it. acter is great. Glamour Famke Janssen: For me, it d be very dif ficult to gain that much weight. But I d try. HB: Famke eats more than

anybody I ve ever seen. She ll come into the make-up trailer in the morning with a plate. Halle, how about you? HB: I don t think I could eat as much as I see Famke eat. But I m not on any weird diet. I m di - abetic, so I don t eat a lot of sugar . But I eat a lot of chip s - I get my junk in other ways. Anything you three would change about your appearance? HB: I d be t aller. I think it s really sexy. FJ: Actually, in Hollywood it doesn t help to be as t all as Rebecca and I are, cause the majority of men aren t. RRS: There are a lot of insecure leading men out there, by the way. W e ve got Recently acquired accessories that these celebs can t stop

Aftab Shivdasani I can t stop flaunting my new mobile phone. It s a Nokia 3650. I have been clicking pictures of everyone and anyone I see with this phone. Nethra Raghuraman Its dif ficult to pick one acces - sory. But I am very fond of ear - rings and I picked up about three p airs recently from a friend. They are so cool that I keep looking for excuses to wear them. One is silver, anoth - er is made of beads and one is very antique looking. I think they are fabulous.

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stuf f and don t be a football to oth - Kamal The perfect bal - er people s opinions. Smitten by the emember Kamal Sid- or Raajlaxmi Khanvillkar, R dhu? The curly-tressed F there s a definite co-relation former Miss India Canada between physical and mental well- and VJ for MTV and AXN? being. I believe neither is possible V ol. 03 No. 155 silver screen She s currently holidaying in without the other. Her fitness RNI Registration No. DELENG/2001/5765. the Swiss resort of Monte regime consist s of an hour and a Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Lt d. by Balraj Arora at T imes he sexy lass who came from the UK for a Carlo with her hunky It alian half of workout s at the gym, four House, 7 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New brief stint with cinema has finally p acked pop-singer boyfriend. D a n - days a week which include cardio Delhi 110 002 and printed by him at T imes of her bags and cushioned herself in Bolly - India Press 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New T ny McGill who? That, as and light weight s. As for my diet, I Delhi 110 002 and 13 & 15/1, Site IV wood, a place that houses thousands of you know is history, but Ka - don t follow restrictive diet s but I Industrial Area, Sahibabad (U.P.). Regd. Office: Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Mumbai dreams, aspirations and t alent s. W ell, Katri - mal and her new beau were avoid rice, fatty foods, smoking 400 001. Editor (Delhi Market): Sabina Sehgal na Kaif has more controversies, than film- among the thousands of F1 and drinking. I medit ate and listen Saikia, responsible for selection of news under PRB Act. ' All right s reserved. makers dodging her but the bold gal fanatics in Monaco to catch to good music which is my way of Reproduction in whole or in p art without stresses that she is here to st ay. She s Juan Pablo Montoya race relaxing. Raajlaxmi s two mantras written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Circulated with The Times of India in all agog about Boom that will hit the to victory at the Grand Prix. in life are, Don t sweat the small Delhi & adjoining areas. theatres shortly, and believes it will Kamal, looking t anned and mark a great beginning to her act - toned, joined V ijay Mallya s ing career. Besides, even before party on board the Kalizma her debut she has ardent admir - where the gang celebrated ers whose through the run-up to the heart s go race. boom boom for her

A well-de - served break hile most of our Bollywood babes are W globe-trotting for filmi shows, our Queen Bee is simply t aking her time and focus of f work for a while. Rani Mukherjee is simply smitten by wanderlust. Af ter shooting for Chalte Chalte at break- neck speed, Rani is t aking a much-deserved break in the UK with her family. She s been vacationing there for a few weeks now and she might not be around when Chalte Chalte hit s the theatres. Now that s called some dedication to work, and to play.

Urmila scares com- aven t we had H enough of can- dy-floss romances, action thrillers, failing attempts at comedy ca- pers? Y eah, we ve seen it all. Now we need a breath of fresh air . And Ram Gopal Verma s Bhoot is just that. A simple, fast-rolling film, with astound - ing performances. Those who have seen this horror show, reveal that Urmila Matondkar s perform - ance is the best they ve seen in a long time. And in this large st ar cast Ekt aa s south - film, Ramu has attentively craf ted a chunk of a role for everyone to ern journey... play. W ell, his favourite gal Urmila is ktaa Kapoor s going all out to undoubtedly the horror-show gain nation-wide recognition. stealer all the way. So finally E She has ventured from tele-serials Urmi is back and back to give all to films, and now she s all set to her contenders a big scare. Ur - venture from north to south India. mila is to be seen in some more The lady isn t content with her pres - films in more challenging roles. ence in just the northern st ates and Hope this new image gives wishes to serve the southern audi - her a new lease of life. ence with quality entert ainment, too. Balaji Telefilms has a line of productions ready to be aired down South.

Sameera get s into ameera Reddy, who made S her debut opposite Sohail Khan in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya , has lost oodles of weight, or so we ve heard. The actress is get - ting all ready for the roles she

has bagged of late. Besides shaking a leg or two for R a m Gopal Verma s Darna Mana Hai , Sameera has also in her kitty Sanjay Gupta s Plan . Well, we guess it p ays to get into shape, wotsay?

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