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THE TIMES OF up for Gulal with music casts a Tuesday, January 7, 2003 Road for Company spell on Page 6 Page 3 TO D AY S LUCKY 85 Maara Chaanta Men get naughty 840 882 Delhi s Asiad games Made in heaven 867 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 5th January, 2003 OF INDIA Numbers already announced : 89, 11, 9, 33, 4, 36, 58, 62 MANOJ KESHARWANI FROM CAREER NO 1 TO NAUKRI NO 1... ANUBHA SAWHNEY related to the degree I earned?’’ says Dolly,‘‘I’m Times News Network happy and I’m sure I will succeed in this ventu- re.’’ Dolly travels from Sundar Nagar to DLF dai- orget about the much-touted jobs on offer ly to pursue her true calling. She says her job is for MBAs, doctors and engineers. Today, ‘‘nothing but a pleasure.’’ Better still, she makes Fthe hottest jobs are those which you inv- good money. ent for yourself. Ask Manjeet Singh Dua, a qual- The name of the game is to make more mon- ified mechanical engineer who had a steady job ey and the purpose is to enjoy the process. It’s with the Escorts group. Then, he wanted to purs- like a game show. While attempting to win, tell ue something of his own. So, when Maruti Ud- yourself that there’s nothing wrong in becom- yog Limited (MUL) was launched in Delhi, Dua ing wealthy overnight. If you feel positive about promptly dumped his cushy job and started sup- yourself, factors such as job satisfaction and re- plying parts to MUL. muneration fall in place. ‘‘My parents were horrifi- This young man secured a bach- ed at the idea,’’ recalls Dua, elor’s degree in zoology because ‘‘I come from a service-class his father was a doctor.He went on background where nobody to acquire an MBA degree because knew the difference between this was what ‘educated’ Ka- income tax and sales tax. But shmiri Brahmin boys did to I knew I had to do something secure there future. But he on my own.’’ So began the struggle chucked it all — and went to prove himself in a world where on to make the likes of Da- he had nothing but a vision. ‘‘Wh- ler Mehendi, Baba Sehgal en I got married, I was between jo- and Shweta Shetty sing to his bs!’’ Today,Dua successfully expor- tunes. And he’s making bi- ts engineering hardware to import- gger bucks than he would ha- ers in the UK — contacts he had ma- ve ever made as an MBA. When de on a trip there. ‘‘I broke away. I Jawahar Wattal set up Ad Camp, have struggled more than othe- a production house which offers rs as I was raw in the business various audio software applica- FOR WHOM THE FLAME BURNS: Delhi Times tests the temperature of this season’s saree sizzle as yoga instructor Mini and had nobody to guide me. tions, most people reasoned that Thapar blows hot in a Manish Malhotra creation (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) But I persevered.’’ Dua won’t he was gambling away his career. be surprised at himself if he gi- But the man had found his ves up this venture tomorrow dream job. ‘‘I never had the in- to start afresh. ‘‘Each and ev- clination for a 9-to-5 set-up. ery career has a lifespan. Music has given me a way to MANISH MALHOTRA: DRESSING UP DELHI! The only thing which is co- express myself,’’ says Wattal. VINOD NAIR nstant is change.’’ And earn more than a living ful women. So, it had to happ- ‘‘My clothes are like me. I like case. So much so, after dressi- rs, ‘‘Once I established myself NEELABH Times News Network en. is not enough. To to feel both young and young- ng up the stars and designing in , I thought of de- With the opening up of for himself. Delhi, it is. at-heart,’’ he explains, ‘‘So, for the movies for so many ye- signing for people other than new avenues, the creation of PARADIGM SHIFT Making more money is a po- t had to happen. Manish ‘‘Around four years back, I my creations — essentially ars, Manish finally set his ey- film stars. I started with Yash previously unheard of — sitive thought. Welcome to the IMalhotra’s rising star has checked out the retail market Indo-westerns — bear a you- es on more regular people ju- and Avanti Birla and, subse- but remunerative — job pro- With the opening up of new mantra of a millennium in files is, in a way, a natural which mind and matter are on left many green with envy. and liked what I saw. Still, I st four years ago. quently,supplied to Sheetal in avenues, the self-creation of Between the sketch-book on wanted to test the waters on DESIGNER DIARY The hottest actresses in Mumbai.’’ corollary.The opportunities an even keel and people from his car seat and the racks of my home turf in Mumbai showbiz might sling from Next stop: Carma in Delhi. are immense in virgin terri- previously unheard of — but different walks of life are keen tories such as bio-technolo- upmarket Mumbai stores wh- before branching out,’’ says ng and funky look with lots of his creative satchel, but Mani- So, where does he go from he- highly remunerative — job on developing new attitudes ere he showcases his collecti- Manish, ‘‘Delhi, where I will shades and colours.’’ sh would rather not be strait- re? ‘‘Back to work!’’ Yes, the gy,wireless telephony,quali- towards money. ons, this couturier has sand- retail at Carma, marks a pro- Shades. Colours. Bollywo- jacketed as a Bollywood-only man who believes in fashioni- ty management systems and profiles is a natural corollary People like Minnie Prabha- wiched a clientele which rea- gression of my plans.’’ od. It’s been a 12-year-long aff- designer. ‘‘I have always been ng his future is a busy man. the Net. The New Economy kar.She completed a course in ds like a who’s who of beauti- Clothes make the man? air to remember in Manish’s a costume designer,’’ he offe- [email protected] worker need not be from traditional streams of technology management from the University of the so-called paying professions. Treading the Wisconsin and worked as manager (sales) with unknown path is finally paying in India, Yes, In- a software firm in Bangalore. Today, Minnie dia has just gone in for a change of job. But then, pursues a successful career in choreography it’s all about money,honey! and recently signed up for two movies with ren- Whodunnit? All roads Dolly Kochhar comes from a business family owned directors down south. ‘‘The amounts I A grey area for cells and went to the US to pursue an MBA degree in have been signed on for are as much as three mo- marketing. On securing her degree, she worked nths of the salary my job paid me.’’ Minnie be- DIVYA VASISHT those in the grey market. Simultaneo- as an assistant manager with a bank in Canada. lieves she will go from strength to strength, ‘‘bec- lead to 88 Antop Hill! Times News Network usly,while we have spread awareness But, deep down, Dolly wanted to work with kids ause I’m doing what my heart desires.’’ about the flip side of illegally-procur- and was an active volunteer with her school ba- The brain brims with positive energy and a PANKAJ KAPOOR that perhaps, this time round, his inst- ever mind the vivid blues, the fl- ed cellphones in metros, the grey ma- ck in Canada. Now,back in India, she has set up heavy wallet feels easy on the pocket. Yeh dil ma- Times News Network incts might not be right. Nuorescent oranges or the pastel rket thrives in small towns.’’ A Step Ahead, a play-way school for toddlers. ‘‘I ange more? Think positive. Think new. You mi- ‘‘I play common man — a guy worki- pinks which the latest models come Beep, beep! It’s still all phone and believe that it is always nicer to do what you rea- ght cash in on the lucre that life offers! hree murders, six suspects, one ng in a bank who receives a phone call in. In this market, there is no black or games for the grey market. ‘‘But cert- lly want to do. So what if I’m not doing anything [email protected] Taddress. That’s 88 Antop Hill for in the middle of the night which sends white —it’s all grey.But that’s just the ain steps could set the situation rig- you — a movie made by Kushan Nan- him scurrying to 88 Antop Hill,’’ infor- outer shade of the news. The grey ma- ht,’’ points out Adarsh Shastri, head dy which begs to be ‘different’. Starri- ms Atul Kulkarni, who shot to fame rket for cellphones in the country is of Business Strategy Agrani Conver- ng Rahul Dev, Atul Kulkarni, Shweta with his role in Chandni Bar and will out to put genuine brands gence, ‘‘The need of the ho- Menon and Suchitra Pillai, the film also be seen in Madhur Bhandarkar’s out of business. Exam- ur is a further reducti- has been shot in 47 Satta, ‘‘Each charac- ine the figures: In on in basic customs days and could be ter in the plot hides 2002, the total value duty plus special one of the first ‘diff- a secret —and this of this market sto- additional duty erent’ films to hit makes the unveiling od at Rs 2,000 crore. (SAD) and a rationa- the screen in 2003. of the storyline real- By 2006, this market lisation of the volu- So how different ly complex.’’ is expected to be wo- me of imported hands- is ‘different’? Well, Shweta Menon, rth Rs 5,500 crore. ets. These steps, coupl- 88 Antop Hill is be- who has been seen ‘‘All-India figures ed with awareness amo- ing billed as an edge- in dance numbers in indicate the sale of ng cellphone-users, can of-the-seat kind of Hindi films, plays a of 44 lakh handsets see legal sales jumping to 90 thriller plus murder sex-worker named in 2002 — but legal sa- per cent of the total market mystery in which Teesta who has no les account for only 25 share — specially in Delhi, wh- everything revolves MOVIE MYSTERY guilt about her prof- per cent of this figure,’’ ere the 4,80,000 handsets so- around the address. ession. But when informs Indian Cellular ld in 2002 were equally divi- The film, in turn, is one of her custome- Association president NEELABH ded between the grey about six people rs wants something Pankaj Mahendru, and legal markets.’’ who land up at 88 more than just a ‘‘Still, we are better off BEEP IMPACT The speculation-ba- Antop Hill (where one-night stand, th- than countries such as Now pegged at Rs 2,000 sed optimism notwith- else?) for one reason ey head to —well, China, where the grey standing, the custom- or the other. Enter you guessed right — market accounted for crore, India’s grey market er will have the last the twist. One that 88 Antop Hill. 54 million handsets la- for cellphones could touch word. As Krishna Ku- fateful night, a mur- ‘‘If there is one th- st year. Besides, consi- Rs 5,500 crore by 2006 mar,who sells cellpho- der is committed. ing I am sure of, it is dering that the sale of nes in the grey market ‘‘I portray a polic- that nobody will be legal handsets accounted for less than at the Lajpat Rai market, puts it: ‘‘For eman in the film,’’ able to guess who 10 per cent of the overall figure in the customer, the price, weight and reveals Rahul Dev,who essays the role the murderer in 88 Antop Hill is. It is a 2001, 25 per cent is an improvement.’’ appearance of a cellphone are the th- of Arvind Khanvilkar in 88 Antop Hill, small film alright, but it promises to Beyond the ire against the ‘grey’ ree most important factors. We satis- ‘‘It’s a role with a difference in that I take everyone by surprise,’’ says Rah- cellphone, it scores on the price front. fy these criteria.’’ But Mahendru ma- play an honest policeman who has an ul, ‘‘I am looking forward to the release ‘‘Fortunately,the tide has turned,’’ sa- intains that ‘grey’ cellphones ‘‘don’t eye discerning enough to separate the of the film.’’ As is, of course, the audi- ys country head Sanjeev Shar- offer value for money.’’ But then, the innocent from the guilty and a determ- ence. After all, having come to expect ma, ‘‘Thanks to a reduction in custo- customer — as Krishna Kumar poin- ination not to rest till a case is solved.’’ the expected from Bollywood, there ms duty and sales tax, the price of ‘or- ts out —is king. Unfortunately,when Khanvilkar (Rah- are 88 reasons to visit Antop Hill! iginal’ handsets is almost at par with [email protected] ul) arrives at 88 Antop Hill, he feels [email protected] ‘The audience is always receptive to a good actor’ What inspired SONU NIGAM hero project. I am honest to my work. the audience to these two films before you to make yo- Singer & Actor At the same time, I will not be seen in taking on any more projects. ur acting debut On his future typical masala films any more. I want Will you continue to divide your ti- in Bollywood? in filmdom to do meaningful cinema. me between TV and films? I decided to try Who are the film-makers you want I have been approached to host a show my hand at acti- to work with? on the lines of Kisme Kitna Hai Dum, ng around three I would definitely like to work with Ya- for which I am the anchor.But I would years ago, after I sh Chopra, Shyam Benegal, Govind rather stay away from the small scr- left my show Sa Nihalani, Prakash Jha, Mira Nair and een to avoid overexposure. Re Ga Ma Pa.Al- Deepa Mehta. Among the younger lot, How passionate are you about your though I signed up for Kaash Aap Ha- I feel that Farhan Ahktar is good. singing career? mare Hote opposite Juhi Babbar first, was a bad year for Bollywood in that Which are your forthcoming films? Very passionate! I have teamed up wi- Jaani Dushman is my launching pad. not too many films did well at the box- As of now, there are two films in the th American singer Reggie Benjamin, Do you feel that Jaani Dushman office. Yet, I believe that if one is a go- pipeline — Kaash Aap Hamare Hote, who is hot property on the US pop cha- will establish you in films? od actor, the audience will be recepti- which is slated for a January release, rts. We will come out with an album ti- Jaani Dushman was never supposed ve — irrespective of whether one is la- and Rajat Mukherjee’s Love In Nepal. tled Ex-Centric. to be my debut film. In any case, 2002 unched via a multi-starrer or a solo- I would like to gauge the reaction of MANISHA ALMADI

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TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2003 DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA DELHI IS TALKING ABOUT 3 IT’S ANOTHER DHOOM! hey had created a ly could capture Dhoom and a Phir the imagination TDhoom by 2000. In- of the people, Pl- dia’s first HindRock band, anet M stepped Euphoria, had traversed in to promote an entire range of the band and Photos: NITIN MALIK music and time and the irresisti- realised a move- ble album. ment, a statement The boys vis- and an attitude with ited Planet their success. M in Delhi, After Mantra, Jaipur, Cha- the group is ndigarh ON SONG: Members of Euphoria back with an and Kolkata and sion, the boys signed many invitation to sure rocked au- autographs and promised to visit the Eu- diences at all take India by dhoom again.... phoria Gully. these centres. Released un- Amidst sa- der the T-Se- mpling the ries label, Gully range of Ind- promises the ian instrum- same character- ents used in istic honesty Gully, Eupho- and earthy rus- ria also could- tic flavour. n’t resist giving And before in to the dema- the airing of nds for encores of the first video, their past hits — shot on the song Maeri, Mantra and Aana Meri Gul- Palash Sen Dhoom! Post-ses-

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TRAVEL eautiful, dark-haired for- up reading fantasy? mer E.R. actress Juliana The Aurthurian Legends are Margulies is larger than much more prevalent in England life. Whether she’s the where I grew up. My father read his over-worked nurse Hath- King Arthur every night. I lived in B away on E.R. or the regal the world of the hobbit and The star of the Mists of Avalon mini-se- Lord of the Rings and all the C.S. ries or a tough broad fighting Lewis stories. The lion, the witch spooky specter in Ghost Ship,Ju- and the wardrobe was my favorite liana is always commanding and book as a kid. Those mystical sto- breathtaking on screen. ries. The Mists of Avalon, which I Juliana on her role in the family had read in college, was a dream to drama Evelyn, in which she co-stars do.Dresses, long hair, riding horses. with Pierce Brosnan. I was in heaven. Are you aware that E.R. is seen Do you feel you were all over the world? born in the wrong Until I’m in a different country, I era? don’t realize how huge E.R. was. Totally. I remember You sort of live in a bubble, or I do. when I did Bruce Beres- If I think about it I’ll never leave the fords Paradise Road,it house. I flew to the Isle of Skye (off was so easy to be in that Scotland) to a friends’ wedding and era because we had I mean literally,I had never heard of these big, period faces. one tells her what to do, You’ve been busy. she is very ahead Ever going to take of time, educat- a break? Juliana Margulies: ed, getting more I’m not work- of an educa- ing right now tion, going to except for have a career press and I’m and falling in loving my life. love with a I do yoga in man but say- the morning. I LOST IN TIME ing huh uh, have time to the town we landed in and the plane Irish gal in Evelyn. The Irish can not until you cook and go maybe sat four people and when I be superstitious. Are you? stop drink- to the gro- got to the airport there were pa- You know, I’m not like that. No ing. I hate to cery store. parazzi there. I was, you’re kid- rabbits feet on me, no. As long as I say behind I’m doing ding?. I was sure there must be have my head in the right place (I’m every man is a my French someone bigger on the plane. Its a okay). I don’t do new year’s resolu- strong woman, lessons. I play global show and I’m grateful for it tions either. I feel like you have to but, in this case, its instruments and because it allows me to do things live that stuff daily or you’re always kinda true. This was a I just finally like this movie. going to be disappointed. woman who said, stop have time to Do you keep in touch with Did you base Bernadette on moaning. Stop drink- practice. This George Clooney? anyone you know or how did you ing beer. Get off your has been the Oh yeah, I was at his premiere research for that character? butt. Get your kids first five last week for Solaris and were in I tried to base her on the woman back. If this is what months I touch probably once a week at least. in real life. Her name is Jessie. I you want then do it. haven’t wor- He’s in New York busy promoting pretty much tried to base her on the You were great ked in nine Solaris . facts I had in front of me which in Mists of Aval- years and I’m You play Bernadette, a spunky were, its 1953, she’s not married, no on. Did you grow enjoying it. Kidman: Winding her way to success icole Kidman used to be afraid of Vir- by reading Mrs Dalloway and other Woolf nov- ginia Woolf, preferring the romantic els, along with diaries, letters and biographies. worlds of the Bronte sisters or Jane The Hours follows a day in the lives of three Austen to Woolf’s demanding prose. women — the melancholy Woolf as she begins NWhen it came time to play Woolf on writing Mrs Dalloway in the 1920s, a despon- screen in The Hours, however, Kidman em- dent 1950s housewife (Moore) reading Woolf’s braced the British author heart and soul. ‘‘If you novel and a contemporary incarnation of Mrs take on a role, you take it on. You don’t have Dalloway (Streep) planning a party for a friend somebody else step in and do the hard with AIDS (Ed Harris). Kidman came to Woolf bits,’’ Kidman, 35, said in an inter- and The Hours at a suitably dark time in HUGH GRANT’S view for The Hours, which co-stars her own life, after a miscarriage and Meryl Streep and Julianne Moo- amid the breakup of her marriage to re and is based on Michael Cun- Tom Cruise last year. strange problem! ningham’s Pulitzer Prize-win- ‘‘I was pretty confused in terms of ning novel. my view of what it was all about,’’ ugh Grant says Martin Lawrence had an Above all, Kidman now she said. ‘‘Where we were goi- whenever he’d get idea that I should do adores the richly internalised, ng. Why I was existing in the H a laugh on stage, some stuff with some frank and fanciful works of world, really. ‘Why’ was the he’d start laughing him- dumbbells, and I said ‘no the author, who killed herself big question. So it was sort self because he was ‘‘so darling, I don’t do in 1941 at age 59. Growing up of the perfect time to encou- delighted.’’ Grant says he schtick.’ And he said ‘no, in Australia, Kidman had samp- nter Mrs Woolf. Because never came across any- no, you do, you do, it’ll be led Woolf’s works but found them you’re raw, emotionally one with a worse prob- funny.’ And we shot it, dense and oppressive. ‘‘I’d run raw. Your ability to under- lem until he met Sandra and sure enough it was away from her. As a school- stand with compassion Bullock. hideously embarrassing. girl, you run toward the somebody else’s stru- The two ac- So thankfully Brontes, you run tow- ggle is just there... tors couldn’t Hugh Grant it’s not in the ard Austen,’’ Kidm- It’s cathartic, beca- stop giggling movie,’’ said an said. ‘‘Discover- use it means yo- while filming admits his Grant. ing her in my 30s u’re not alone.’’ Two Weeks While he was when I nee- Since the br- Notice togeth- bad giggling may not be ded to discover eakup, Kid- er. While the problem that good at prat- Virginia Woo- man emerg- two shared falls, Grant lf. Because I ed with an plenty of cost him a says he has no think you ne- Academy laughs on the interest in do- ed to have Award no- sets, Grant career on stage ing drama, some expe- mination for didn’t share even if some- riences in li- last year’s mu- Bullock’s talent for the one wrote the part just fe, you need sical hit Moulin more physical scenes. for him. ‘‘They would be to have an intel- Rouge, and com- Grant says he wishes he insane to write a dramat- lectual capacity to mercial success with could do physical come- ic part specifically for handle Virginia, which the ghost tale The Others. dy as well as Bullock. ‘‘It me. No, it hasn’t hap- you don’t necessarily have ‘‘It’s given me belief in used to make me rather pened, nor would I seek it — well, I didn’t have — as a myself, which I didn’t jealous because I’m ab- out. I don’t think I’m ter- teenager,’’ said the actress, necessarily have,’’ she solutely hopeless at that. rible at the drama things, who prepared for The Hours finished. There was one scene I’m Ok. I’m passable,’’ where (screenwriter) completed Grant.

Retailers in Tokyo say the gadget is in great demand. Harumi Ogishima, spokeswoman for Hakuhinkan toy store in Tokyo, said, ‘‘We sold out of the ones that we had today. We have re- ceived a number of phone calls from customers all day about Bowlingual, and we will start sell- ing the product again as soon as we can get an- other shipment.’’ Electronic fear continues... technology expert is urging governments A to review the use of personal electronic de- vices on aircraft. Security Posture’s Chet Uber the perfect swing, allowing the player to see claims virtually any type of gadget could be what’s wrong. He came up with the technology used as an electromagnetic weapon. He says ra- after years of never being able to see for himself Dog language is a hit what was wrong with his swing. The system computerised gadget to help canine will be launched in Britain next autumn. A owners understand their dog’s needs has proved an immediate hit after going Solar flares on the sun on sale in Tokyo. Bowlingual comprises cientists have observed solar flares erupt- an eight cm microphone to be attached to S ing almost simultaneously on opposite a dog collar, which transmits sounds to a sides of the sun. The discovery was made by re- palm-sized console. The console immedi- searchers at the National Solar Observatory in ately classifies the sounds into six emo-

BREAKERS southern New Mexico. Simultaneous solar tional categories: frustration, menace, joy, flares have been seen in the past, but never so sorrow, demand and self-expression. It dios, tape recorders, CD players and laptops can far apart. Scientists at the observatory are try- then shows Japanese language phrases to all be simply modified to interfere with control ing to determine whether the eruptions are PATH fit the emotional state, such as ‘‘I am sad. systems. Potential interference has been known linked or a coincidence. They say the discovery I want to play’’ and ‘‘I am super angry. I for some time and cabin staff conduct checks to could have far-reaching consequences if more am going to explode!’’ ensure devices are switched off for take-offs cases are observed. and landings. But Uber is calling for a total ban Observatory researchers speculate that mag- until airlines equip themselves with monitor- netic fields may have primed the flares to erupt ing technology. seconds apart. But they caution there is too lit- tle data even to put forward a theory. Virtual reality goggles soon irtual reality goggles which are said to V help players find the perfect swing are due to be launched in the UK next year.Don Wilson from Toronto has developed Virtual Perfect Golf, which allows players to compare their swing against that of a perfect computer-simu- lated golfer. As the player swings, his movements are monitored by three cameras and fed to a com- puter which superimposes the real swing over

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6 BACK BEAT DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2003 ANTARA MALI shows her class he finally made it into the big Sleague this year. With Com- pany and Road, Antara Mali proved that she can not only act but also look great. What more could a film maker ask for? Antara is shooting for films like Anurag Kashyap’s Gulal and Main Bhi Banna Chahti Hoon which should be released this year.

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