Indebited to Dogs SHAHID KAPOOR's LIFE Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Incident Public in Case the Public Reacted Negatively to the Use of Dogs in Rockets
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2013 (PAGE-4) BOLLYWOOD BUZZ NATURE 'I don't work to satisfy myself ' Indebited to dogs SHAHID KAPOOR'S LIFE Maneka Sanjay Gandhi incident public in case the public reacted negatively to the use of dogs in rockets. AT THE MOMENT IS ALL Look up at the stars. Will human Baars and Lisichka were not as lucky. beings ever reach any of the millions of Their rocket exploded 28 seconds after ABOUT LOVE AND WAR, worlds around us? Will the one foray to take off. the moon ever be duplicated? Will any THANKS TO PRABHU Belka and Strelka spent a day in human ever set foot on Mars? space aboard Sputnik 5 on 19 August If we do get to another planet, I hope DEVA WHO HAS TURNED 1960 before safely returning to Earth. those explorers will remember that they They were the first Earth-born creatures HIM INTO A ROMEO- owe it all to dogs. to go into orbit and return alive. The Russians were the first to attempt Strelka went on to have six puppies CUM-FIGHTER IN HIS to go into space. with a male dog named Pushok who was The first living being sent into orbit UPCOMING FILM R... also sent for many ground-based space was a dog, Laika — a sweet-tempered experiments, but never made it into stray with Siberian Husky blood in her, RAJKUMAR. space.[ One of the pups was named plucked off the streets of Moscow and Pushinka and was given to President put into the Sputnik rocket on 3rd SREYA BASU IN John Kennedy's daughter Caroline by the November 1957. The scientists had Russian Premier Nikita Krushchev in CONVERSATION WITH made no provision for her safe return 1961. The story goes that the CIA sus- and she died of overheating and stress pected the dog of carrying transmitters in THE ACTOR IN MUMBAI. before the rocket even reached orbit her body and asked for her to be killed where it blew up. Can you imagine how and dissected. Kennedy refused. Pushin- You have always wanted to do a much terror she must have felt for the 7 ka and a Kennedy dog named Charlie hours she was alive, strapped into a tiny 1958.The first dogs to fly were Dezik and rustic action film and it seems Tsygan in 1951 and they flew upto 110 mated and their children were referred to machine. Forty years later, in 1998 Oleg R…Rajkumar just fits the bill. kilometers. Both survived. Dezik was by Kennedy as pupniks. Pushinka's Gazenko, a senior Soviet scientist Right? used again with another dog called Lisa descendants are still living today. involved in the project apologized for her Absolutely. When I was offered the and this time both died. The dogs on the next Sputnik, Pchy- suffering. film, for me it was an easy decision to Many dogs tried to escape. Smelaya olka and Mushka shared their space on Between the 50s and 60s, the Sovi- make because I have always loved ran away a day before she was launched ets sent 57 dogs into space, some more the rocket with other animals and plants. the films that Prabhu Sir has made. I but was caught the next day and sent up than once. Female strays were chosen The rocket blew up and they all died. am sure every boy wants to do a dark, along with another dog called Malyshka. edgy, masaledar action film and as the scientists felt they would be able Sputnik 10 was launched on March to tolerate the extreme stresses of space Bolik was luckier. She ran away some 25, 1961 with Zvezdochka . It is said the R…Rajkumar is full-on, hardcore days before her flight. The scientists sim- action. It is high on style and high on flight better than other dogs As part of Yuri Gagarin named her. Her one orbit their training, they were confined in small ply picked up another untrained dog from mission was a success and a few weeks action. It is a great role for me to get. the street, named her ZIB ( Russian for It's a great change in image to get. boxes for 15–20 days at a time wearing later, on April 12, Yuri Gagarin followed astronaut suits, placed in simulators that replacement for Bolik) and sent her up. the dog he had named into space to The film was earlier titled Ram- She did not die – even though the expe- acted like a rocket during launch, riding become the first human in space. bo Rajkumar but Rambo was rience would have been terrifying. in centrifuges that simulated the high Veterok and Ugolyok were launched replaced with R due to copyright Otyzhnaya made 5 flights before she issues. Now, what does this R acceleration of a rocket launch and on 22 February 1966 on board Cosmos being kept in progressively smaller died. Albina and Tsyganka were even stands for? ejected out of their capsules and fell 110, and spent 22 days in orbit before R for me is robot as I have copied cages to prepare them for the confines landing on 16 March. This spaceflight of of the space module. Even the thought down to earth for 85 kilometers. Surpris- Prabhu Sir like a robot. He even told ingly they both came out alive. record-breaking duration was not sur- me on how to kiss my heroine (Son- of all the suffering that must have gone passed by humans until Soyuz 11 in into their training makes my hair stand Damka and Krasavka were to make akshi Sinha) and during that time how the first orbital flight on 22 December June 1971 and still stands as the longest much I should pout my lips. So what- on end. Many must have died during Prabhu Sir have done together. The achieve stardom you need at least a training – a fact that the Soviets kept con- 1960. However the rocket they were in, space flight by dogs. ever you see on screen, it's Prabhu failed. The dogs were to be ejected but Laika ,Veterok and Ugolyok have Sir's world where all the actors have rest of it, he was standing there and little luck by your side. Having said cealed since the death of Laika had making sure that all the bones in my that, I would like to add that the most touched such an emotional cord all over the ejection seat failed as well. The ani- been commemorated on stamps. Belka just followed him blindly. mals were still in the capsule when it fell and Strelka were stuffed and their bod- How was the shooting experi- body are broken. I used to think I am successful actors are those who have the world. Some died in the rockets due a very good dancer until I met Prab- handled their bad phases well. to technical failures. The ones that lived to earth in the deep snow. The team that ies taken on tour to other countries. But ence? went to locate it did not open it immedi- as our generation passes, they will be It was very tiring also as I had to hu Sir. After dancing with him, I real- Are you satisfied with your were used again. Their diet consisted of ized how much more I have to strug- careergraph? protein jelly, and more than 60% of dogs ately as they reported that there were no remembered less and less. do a lot of action. But I had an absolute signs of life in it. When they did open it Today, astronauts on space platforms ball. gle because his style is very different I don't work to satisfy myself. I work to enter space suffered from constipa- and even more difficult. to satisfy the people I work with. I am tion and gallstones by the time their two days later the dogs were miraculous- are common. Maybe one day we will How is your chemistry with Son- ly found alive and barking! They were reach another planet. Let us not forget akshi Sinha? Do you believe only hard work happy if they are happy with me and flights were over. is not enough to become a suc- my work. Laika was the first dog to go into orbit. flown to Moscow. Krasavka was adopt- the beings who, through their suffering This was the first time me and Son- ed by a scientist and died 14 years later and sacrifices, paved the way. akshi were working together and we cessful hero? What is that one thing that you But many dogs have been put into rock- When I entered the industry I nev- have changed about yourself in the ets that flew below the orbit. 29 such after giving birth to several children. The To join the animal welfare movement contact were comfortable with each other scientists were ordered not to make this [email protected], www.peopleforanimalsindia.org from Day 1. It was really fun working er knew you have to do so many last, say, two-three years? flights took place between 1951- with her. She is a very fine actor and things to become a hero. For exam- I used to shy away from communi- a very, very nice person as well. ple, now just putting your hard work cating with people. But I have HEALTHLINES You are regarded as one of the in a film is not enough. We spend 27- changed that thing about myself. Now best dancers of Bollywood.