*DLTD190603/ /01/K/1*/01/Y/1*/01/M/1*/01/C/1* Fan following: Love is in the Wedding bells for Beckinsale Love is in the air! beau — Welsh ac- Pearl Harbor bea- tor Michael Sheen, THE TIMES OF INDIA Aguilera strikes air for Khallas uty Kate Beckins- by whom she has Thursday, June 19, 2003 a jarring note girl Koppikar! ale and her film di- a four-year-old rector beau Len daughter, Lily. ‘‘Mi- Page 7 Page 8 Wiseman are pla- chael has been try- nning to tie the kn- ing to get on with ot. Inside informa- his life but he had- tion has it that the n’t given up on the pair is due to mar- hope of a reconcil- ry later this year, iation,’’ says an in- before which time sider, ‘‘He has be- Kate and Len are en hit badly by the out to find the perfect marital news that she will marry.’’ home. As of now, the couple is Well, like they say — you inspecting properties in Mal- win some, you lose some. So, ibu, California. while the ‘Sheen’ might have Incidentally, this piece of gone out of Michael’s life, Kate good news hasn’t found favour and Len are readying to be with Kate’s ex and long-term man and wife! OF INDIA MANOJ KESHARWANI Rahul Bose: In step Waiting for Judgment Day: with Jhankar Beats! Years behind Tihar’s bars APARNA GUPTA roles with ease — and earn Times News Network critical acclaim. ‘‘I have nev- For the Tihar Jail’s 10,013 undertrials, the legal punishment for offences er ever been consciously dra- fter seeing Bombay Bo- wn away or towards anythi- is often preceded by years behind bars waiting for court verdicts on cases Ays become Split Wide ng. I believe that if one wa- ARUN KUMAR DAS their inability to furnish surety amounts rang- Open during the English Au- nts to do something, it is best Times News Network ing between Rs 2,000 and Rs 25,000. gust, it was time for Rahul to do it one’s own way.And if Rajkumari, implicated in a murder case, has Bose to say, Everybody Says this fits into the scheme of haranjit Sanat Tularam, a murder accu- been lodged at Jail No 6 since September 11, 2001. I’m Fine. But, obviously, the things of others, that’s fine,’’ sed, has spent the past 18 summers of his Although she was granted bail in May,2002, Ra- word is not enough. So, Mr maintains Rahul who, after Clife awaiting a verdict on his case. Now jkumari is yet to arrange the Rs 10,000 surety Iyer is now dancing to the tu- playing a spectrum of roles, considered mentally-unfit for trial, the longest- bond which will take her out of jail. Saroj, also li- ne of Jhankar Beats! seems to be doing fine for serving undertrial at the Tihar Jail still doesn’t nked to a murder case, has been at Jail No 6 since An adman husband faced himself. know whether he is innocent March 18, 2000. Had she been with marital discord. So, wh- A far cry from the narcis- or guilty of the crime he has able to furnish Rs 5,000 as su- at’s so exciting about Jhan- sistic actor, Rahul claims th- been charged with. rety, Saroj would have been kar Beats? ‘Repetition bores at, ‘‘being a complete failure Renu at Jail No 6, has been out in May, 2000. Lodged at me. Doing a flirtatious and as an actor’’ inspired him to charged with kidnapping Jail No 6 since January 2002, fun role, that’s what got me direct Everybody Says I’m Fi- and has been awaiting a ver- Bhavna was granted bail in hooked. Apart from the audi- ne. ‘‘Jokes apart, I have seen dict on her case since 1997. November 2002. Till date, she ence, I want to surprise my- so many people living that The story of Sonu Babbar, has not been able to arrange self each time,’’ says Rahul, lie. They have nothing and charged with kidnapping Rs 10,000 for the bail bond. ‘‘Jhankar Beats traces the st- you know it —yet, they still and languishing at Jail No 1 Similarly, Sandip Singh, ory of three friends at three say that they are fine. But I since 1996, is no different. booked under the Arms Act different levels.’’ have always been very can- The Tihar Jail has made a and put in Jail No 1 on June He ‘‘hates formula films.’’ did about who I am and what man out of Ravi, who has 22, 2002, was sanctioned bail And this, reasons Rahul, has I want to do.’’ And what he been lodged at Jail No 4 since in November last year but to do with wants to do 1994. His yet-to-be-proved of- has not been able to deposit his evoluti- CINEMA SCOPE in the futu- fence: dacoity. Ravi is still the Rs 7,000 he requires as on as an act- re is direct waiting to find out whether bail bond. Sharafat, put beh- or. ‘‘I have evolved as a hu- films. ‘‘I love to direct. While he is guilty or innocent. ind bars on April 19, 2002, be- man being. And, somewhere acting, one is just a piece in a Pyarelal, lodged at Jail No cause of a dacoity charge, down the line, this does have jigsaw puzzle. But the direc- 6, since 1996, claims to be in- was granted bail in Septem- an effect on the way one per- tor of a feature film creates nocent even though he has ber, 2002, but continues to be forms.’’ Claiming to learn so- this puzzle.’’ been charged with murder. at Jail No 1 because he has mething new from each film, Back to the actor.Now,wi- The court in which he faces not been able to arrange Rs Rahul learnt how to play the th the line between parallel trial, however,is yet to pass a 10,000 as a surety amount. drums specifically for Jhan- and commercial getting blu- verdict. Ditto for Lata, who JAILHOUSE SHOCK ‘‘There should be account- kar Beats. ‘‘For me, Jhankar rred by the day,he is certain- has been charged with mur- ability in cases which go on Beats is, perhaps, not as topi- ly making hay while the sun der and has been placed be- for years. The legal process cal as Mr And Mrs Iyer,as shines. Coming up are ‘‘Ana- hind the bars of Jail No 6 ■ The ratio of un- should be expedited so that a bizarre as Everybody says nt Balani’s Ek Din —24 Hou- since 1996. verdict can be delivered at I’m Fine or as challenging as rs; Mumbai Matinee; and my The ratio of undertrials to dertrials to convi- the earliest,’’ says High Cou- Split Wide Open — but it is own production Whisperers, convicts at the Tihar Jail is cts at the Tihar rt senior advocate Geeta Lu- something which I have nev- which will be directed by Ra- roughly 83:17. And the ratio Jail is 83:17 thra, ‘‘Bail is the right of any er done before. Having alw- jiv Virani. Then, there is an shows no signs of changing. ■ accused and, considering the ays been seen as a serious ac- American film which will be ‘‘Such instances are commo- There are 412 circumstances of each indiv- tor, the film has allowed me on the floor next year.’’ nplace at Tihar,’’ informs a inmates at Tihar idual case, he/she should be to play a fun guy.’’ For now, of course, Rahul senior jail official, ‘‘To say th- who have been granted bail unless the of- Whether it is the frustra- Bose is in tune with Jhankar at the Tihar Jail is overpopu- granted bail, but fence is heinous.’’ tion of a young bureaucrat Beats. And catching up with lated with undertrials would are still languish- According to Tihar law of- POSTURE PERFECT! Delhi Times unplugs the poise of Rahul Bose as the acclaimed stuck in red-tapism in Eng- ‘‘sleep’’ — his favourite form probably be an understatem- ficer Sunil Kumar, ‘‘We pro- actor, who was in town recently for the premiere of the Indiatimes-promoted lish August or the ruthlessn- of relaxation, for the time be- ent, but this very population ing in jail becau- vide assistance to inmates Jhankar Beats at PVR-Gurgaon, steps up the tempo at the Marriott WelcomHotel ess of an underworld don in ing. One step at a time? Tha- problem seemingly contribu- se of their inabili- through our legal-aid cell. (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) Thakshak, Rahul has man- t’s just fine with him! tes to slowing down the legal ty to furnish sure- But there are certain cases in aged to slip in and out of [email protected] process. The logistics of tra- ty amounts which where the jail author- nsporting undertrials to the ities have their limitations.’’ magistrate’s office act as an Adds Luthra, ‘‘Every under- impediment for a prison bu- trial has a right to know the rsting at its seams.’’ fate of his/her case. Unless Kiss & tell, Bollywood-style If the circumstances Tih- cases are resolved in a swift Domains net ar’s undertrials find themse- manner,those accused of cri- On-screen lip-locking is the latest trend in tinsel town’s films lves in appear to be bad, the worst-off are proba- me will continue to face punishment even before bly the crime-accused who are from an econom- they are actually convicted.’’ Meanwhile, even as NIKITA DOVAL their sexuality.