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6 BACK BEAT DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF MONDAY 5 JANUARY 2004 KATRINA KI KAHANI Three way action Tango and Ash atrina Kaif is ng over the very lovely Ais- K said to be get- for Deepak Tijori hwarya. Now, it so happen- ting her trousseau fter his much hyped film on gigolos ed that a television report- ready for her im- A (Oops!), Deepak Tijori is plan- er was sitting right behind pending shaa- ning an ambitious action-ori- and the enthusiastic di to Salman ented film. Titled Kainaat, lady even got her camera- Khan. Of the film will have th- man to capture Vivek’s exc- course, ree heroines and a itement as he watched Ash Katrina still single hero — on screen. The actor soon admits to Karan Nath. caught the lensman click- nothing but a casual The heroines ing but didn’t create a fuss. acquaintance with are Dia Mirza, Unlike ,Viv- Salman, and the Khan Mahek Chahel ek didn’t throw a fuss when has never been known and Payal Rohatgi. With three heroines, will the he heard the TV camera to talk too much about movie be a desi version of Charlie’s Angels? Karan roll. Sporting, na? That’s his women anyway. But denies it and so does Deepak. Let’s wait and watch! what love does to you! they most definitely are seeing one hell of a lot of each other. And Salman apparently even called in trouble hile all of was celebrating the Kaizad Gustad, the director new year, Feroz Khan began his 2004 on of Boom, and ticked him off W a different note. A case is being slapped against for bad-mouthing Katrina. him in the Bombay High Court for allegedly ille- That’s Salman for you — al- gally showcasing performances by animals in his ways protecting his woman. ivek Oberoi recently released film, Janasheen. Khan has been and his mother dragged to court by People for Animals. The peti- V Yashodhara went tion, filed in public interest, contended that to a screening of Ai- monkeys, elephants, a tiger,goats and even wolves shwarya Rai’s Cho- are depicted in many scenes without the manda- Meet Madhoo, kher Bali at a subur- tory permission from the Animal Welfare Board ban multiplex. And of India. Khan’s argument was that the film both of them simply scenes with animals were shot in Thailand and couldn’t stop swooni- the actress... other foreign locales, with permission from decade ago, Madhoo hit the big screen with zoo authorities there. A Phool Aur . While her co-star Ajay De- vgan went on to become a star, Madhoo, after her unsuccessful stint in Bollywood, settled for mar- : riage. But now the actress is returning to the big ’s on a roll screen with Kabhi Socha Bhi Na Tha, a film about Crossing borders inally,it’s all smiles daughter is raped. mating rituals in the urban context and about the t looks like more and more inter-connectivity of lives in various relations — F for Sanjay Kapo- The film is based I film-makers will be ventur- or. Years of waiting on a true incident. and about life itself. ‘‘My heart ing across borders for cinem- lies in films,’’ she admits. It has paid dividends. Sanjay’s perform- atic salvation. The screen-fri- His two releases la- ance is praisewo- was also the lure of good fi- endly Arshad Warsi, fresh lms that brought out the st year, Qayamat rthy. on the heels of his back-to-ba- and LoC-Kargil, actress in her. ‘‘It’s time ck triumph in Waisa Bhi Hota for good and experi- have got him Hai Part 2 and Munnabhai praise as a per- mental cinema.’’ The MBBS, will soon be heading actress is very glad that former. Espec- to Afghanistan for a political ially since in her family is support- thriller called Kabul Express, ing her. both he play- to be directed by documenta- ed dramati- ry maker Kabeer Khan. cally differ- ent roles. In Qaya- mat he was makes a mark a terrorist, while in LoC he was kshaye Khanna had a good a patriot. His stand- A2003. The hugely talented actor ing as an actor will has proved that he’s just as good at further rise with comedy as anything else. This Mehul Kumar’s year, he will be the one who will Jaago, where he pl- set out to rescue papa ays the role of a fa- Bachchan from the enemy ther whose young camp in Deewar. But that apart, Khanna is taking his time to de- cide what he wants to do next. For an actor who has shown terrific range from playing Dimple’s uncondi- Lady Luck deserts tional lover in to the bad guy in to the helpless defence lawyer in , Akshaye has proved his mettle as one of Bollywood’s finest talents. Here’s to the suave star! uess who Chi Chi keeps blam- Ging for his lean phase? His luck. The self-styled comedy Goan holiday Madhur Bhandarkar king, who until two years ago was ruling the roost and call- ing the shots in Bollywood, is for Kareena special cause going through his worst ca- reer slump — his films are not areena Kapoor decided to adhur Bhandarkar has begun 2004 on only flopping left, right and Kcelebrate the new year in centre at the box office, but Goa. Her initial plan was to M a high. For the director had hardly ush- ered in the new year producers are also deserting join her sister Karisma and him. But Govinda blames no bro-in-law when he got a call from the All India Human one except his own luck for the Sunjay in lean phase. ‘‘Though I’m doing Bangkok, but Rights Association (AIHRA) in New Del- lots of hard work, Lady Luck is instead she not favouring me,’’ he says. Ho- decided to fly hi. They’ve decided to give him an awa- pe the new year will bring in a to Goa. And whole lot of good luck for him. guess who rd for making films her compan- with a socially re- ion was? levant message None other like Chandni than Shahid Bar and Sa- Kapoor.The tta. ‘‘Of co- two were urse I’m ecstatic,’’ Madhur spotted to- said. There couldn’t have gether in all the happen- been a better beginning to ing places, painting the the year. Our cong- beach town red. They ratulations are with you, even checked into the Madhur, though we same hotel. The wonder if the upco- grapevine is abuzz ming Aan and Pa- with rumours but ge 3 would go on Kareena denies to deserve sim- them vehe- ilar humani- mently. tarian awards? One for the award! he eagerly-awaited Chameli got a very Tunusual release on December 30 when it opened in just two theatres, for just one show each. The film was rush-released before the year-end to make it eligible for the popular and National Awards of 2003. We believe that Kar- eena Kapoor has delivered an award- winning perform- ance. The film will release later this month. Warming up with Bips t looks like the entire film and monstrously Ifraternity headed to Goa to expensive. So I wa- bring in 2004. Rahul Bose, nted to go somewhere and 20 of her economical and warm.’’ friends were all in Goa. Dino Great logic. Apart from Morea, and Ishq Hai Tumse, Bips has were all there three other releases, Vik- in Goa, though needless to ram Bhatt’s Aetba- say, as separately. Why Goa? ar, Glen-Ank- Over to Bipasha. ‘‘Well, we to- ush’s Jaane ok a holiday in Rome for Chr- Kya Hoga istmas. It was freezing cold and Mani Shankar’s Vol. 04 No. 05 Rudraksh RNI Registration No. DELENG/2001/5765. lined up Published for the proprietors, Bennett, in the ne- Coleman & Co. Ltd. by Balraj Arora at Times House, 7 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New xt two Delhi — 110 002 and printed by him at Times months. of India Press 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi — 110 002 and 13 & 15/1, Site IV ‘‘I’m not Industrial Area, Sahibabad (U.P.). 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