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THE TIMES OF INDIA Damian is the voice: Yehi hai Thursday, April 3, 2003 love of Liz’s life Delhi’s choice Page 7 Page 3 TO D AY S LUCKY 83 You and me Sachin ne maara 86 822 Two little ducks Kitty mirza 838 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 30th March, 2003 Numbers already announced : OF INDIA 72, 77, 20, 52, 63, 34, 46, 59, 65,12, 76, 31, 68, 13, 7, 19

MANOJ KESHARWANI MEDIANET Lighten the load: The CBSE school of thought With parents and schools having their own points of view, the CBSE’s proposal might take some time to find disposal JYOTI SHARMA work since parents insist At the same ti- in how much kids are grasping.’’ Times News Network on this,’’ maintains me, Lata Vaidyan- So, before heavy bags, endless cram- Meenakshi Arora, athan, principal of ming and doing the rounds of tuition ighten the load, says the new sc- a teacher at DPS Modern School centres are deleted from a child’s me- hool of thought. With school- Gurgaon, ‘‘In (Barakhamba Ro- mory bank, some serious thinking is L bags getting bigger and bigger fact, the initial po- ad), has a few sug- needed on the part of all concerned. by the day and classwork leading to licy of our school gestions: ‘‘The CB- Or so feel educationists. homework, only to be followed by mo- was not to assign SE has come up Meanwhile, irrespective of wheth- re classwork, the Central Board of Se- homework. Sub- with good counsel er the CBI’s suggestions are impleme- condary Education (CBSE) has come sequently,we had and we would li- nted or not, students are elated with up with a few suggestions: no school- to bow to the pr- ke to impleme- the apex body’s idea. ‘‘No homework, bags till class II; no homework; and no essure exerted nt its suggestio- no exams... have I already reached he- exams till class V. by parents and ns to lessen the aven?’’ asks Greenfields student Aas- Schoolkids, of course, have every start giving writt- load on studen- tha Mehta. reason to be happy with these plans. en homework as or- ts. But prior to th- Classwork, homework... classwork, But that’s one side of the story.Schools al homework failed to is, there should be homework. With tests at school and and parents in the Capital seem to ha- satisfy them.’’ NEELABH proper communic- great expectations at home in betwe- ve taken it upon themselves to spoil Manisha Hakim, who- ation between par- en, being a school student would app- the party. While a number of schools se eight-year-old son is ents and teachers. ear to be anything but child’s play. in the city don’t favour the CBSE’s sug- a student at Modern Parents must unde- But, as we all know, there’s many a sl- gestions, there are those which insist School, provides a rstand that no writt- ip between a proposal and its disposal. that it is parents who make them assi- case in point. ‘‘Hom- REVISED SCRIPT en homework doesn’t In this context, there are probably qu- gn homework in the first place. ework is necessary as it keeps kids bu- mean that nothing is being done at ite a few pages to flip through before ‘‘We are aware of the CBSE directi- sy. I don’t want my child to waste his school. Also, another system of evalu- all’s well with this tale. ves, but still continue to assign home- time once he returns home.’’ ation should be put in place to ascerta- [email protected] Mandira homes DT spoofs earn acclaim Times News Network man releasing a peace dove in on puppy love READER FEEDBACK with a huge fireball provid- elhi Times has done it ing the backdrop. ROSHNI OLIVERA breathe.’’ And literally get her Dagain — tickled the Scoops in the pullout Times News Network house in order. After all, Man- funny bone of the reader also included fictionalised dira has never been away from and struck the right chord items about Australian cri- andira Bedi is back home her home ‘Rama’ ((Ra for Raj on April 1. Our front page cket stars flunking drug te- M after a two-month World and Ma for Mandira) for such a on All-Fool’s Day has elicit- sts and forfeiting the World Cup schedule. And guess who long period. And now that she ed a slew of messages fr- Cup to India; and pollution she missed most? Sardar Rugi- has returned to home, sweet om readers over the phone levels in the Capital dropp- nder Singh Bedi. When she re- home, there are plenty of chor- and by e-mail. ing to near-zero levels. ached home, Mandira couldn’t es to complete. ‘‘I have to take While we are enthused by The Musharraf blurb co- stop hugging Ruginder.She left charge of my home now,’’ mai- the appreciation of our read- mes at a time when relatio- him only when another love of ntains Mandira, ‘‘It’s been so ers, we would also like to ns between the nuclear riv- hers, Buster Upadhyay Kaush- long since I cooked. I’ll make make mention of the resp- als have touched a new low al, nudged her for attention. Le- some Pepper Chicken for Raj.’’ onse our effort has elicited with travel links severed st your imagination run wild, This apart, she wants to spe- from the foreign media. A re- between them since last Ruginder and Buster are her nd time ‘‘just wander,sit on the port in the Associated Press two pet dogs! little bench in the garden, be on Tuesday, for instance. January and no governme- ‘‘I really missed my babies; I with the plants.’’ And, also cat- The AP report, titled Ne- nt-level talks since Mush- couldn’t wait to get back,’’ lau- ch up with a few new movies. wspaper: Jab at Bush, Sad- arraf visited India in 2001. ghs Mandira, for whom the pa- ‘‘Raj and I are movie buffs and dam on April Fool’s Day, ‘‘Musharraf is scheduled st few weeks have been hectic like going to the theatre.’’ reads: to attend a large luncheon and a tad controversial, with Life has changed for Mandi- hosted by Indian President her name hitting the headlines ra... and it has changed for the News Flash: President George W Bush and Iraqi Kalam at Ashoka Hotel,’’ re- for her cloth- better.‘‘People ad the phony snippet. ‘‘Ac- es, faux pas have started President Saddam Hussein CLUB CLASS! Delhi Times tees off with Mohammed Azharuddin & Sangeeta Bijlani as they RETURN TICKET give historic hug marking the end of the war! cording to sources, the PM is keen to host a more get into the swing of things with Shaw Wallace executive director Komal Chhabria Wazir Another flash: Pakistan’s President to visit intimate dinner for Musharraf and his wife.’’ (left) at the recently held Royal Challenge Indian Open 2003, held on the greens of the New Delhi and meet Indian PM after ban on air While we have no intention of blowing our Delhi Golf Club (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) travel between hostile neighbours lifted. own trumpet, Delhi Times has proved that its en- If only. deavour to entertain on April 1 has become the The Times of India used April Fool’s Day to take talk of not only the town, but the world at large. jabs at Bush, Indian PM Atal Behari Vajpayee and But then, that’s what makes the newspaper in Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf. your hands the world’s No 1. War clips airline wings The phony picture of Bush and Saddam showed a [email protected] ARUN KUMAR DAS war broke out in Iraq, there has been a signif- Times News Network icant drop in passenger load for flights com- muting to and from the Gulf, including the In- he US-led war on Iraq might be taking dia-Kuwait sector. T place thousands of miles away from In- ‘‘The ongoing war in Iraq has affected the dia, but the home truth is that the aviation and population of leisure travellers from the US tourism sectors have been hit hard. With war- and the UK. Moreover, the recent SARS scare heads and worry taking wing in India’s im- has multiplied the woes of airlines, what with mediate neighbourhood, business travellers steering both inbound and out- clear of South Asia,’’ main- bound traffic has been ad- tains Subhash Goyal, the versely affected. And to chairman of the ASSOC- compound matters, the my- HAM expert committee on sterious form of pneumo- aviation and tourism. Adds nia, now christened as SA- Travel Agents Association Mandira Bedi is back and glad to be reunited RS (severe acute respirato- of India (northern region) ry syndrome), has succeed- chairman Rajji Rai, ‘‘There with her husband Raj Kaushal and pet dogs ed in clipping the wings of has been a spate of cancel- airlines. lations of confirmed tick- and also that she was respons- looking at me differently. Ev- ‘‘It is definitely a gloomy ets for destinations such as ible for drawing women to the erybody seems to know me and scenario,’’ says Union civil Singapore, Hong Kong and World Cup. people are so friendly. Oh, but aviation minister Shahna- China. Most of these pas- Yes, Mandira is enjoying her when they ask me why I didn’t waz Hussain, ‘‘After all,wh- sengers are business trav- moment of glory...but what ne- get the World Cup back home, I ile we had to contend with ellers and MNC officials.’’ xt? ‘‘That is the big question,’’ have no answer!’’ only the war factor till not NEELABH For the Indian tourism she admits. As of now, there is Clearly,the jibes of commen- too long back, we now to ha- industry,the only silver lin- plenty on her plate —film roles, tators have not tired the lady, ve to bear the brunt of SA- GROUND REALITY ing among the dark clouds serials and offers to anchor TV who is ever-willing to discuss RS, which seems to have sp- is that the tourism season shows. Mandira is in no hurry, cricket. ‘‘I can go on and on.’’ read across South Asia in The war in Iraq and SARS proper starts in May. ‘‘We though: ‘‘While I was in South But Mandira’s hubby Raj has its entirety.These are tough team up to hit the aviation can only hope that both the Africa, I had people calling up, had enough of cricket: ‘‘The times for Air India, which war and the SARS scare wo- offering roles. Plenty of possib- only match I went for was the has already reduced the nu- & tourism sectors in India uld have ended by then,’’ sa- ilities have opened up but, rig- final, which we lost!’’ mber of its flights to Hong ys Goyal. ht now, I don’t have any specif- So, Raj Kaushal is going to Kong and Bangkok. If the war and the SARS Till then, however, globe-trotters will con- ic game-plan. I will make up talk about everything else but scare continue in this vein, things will move tinue to skip a passage to and from India. Ge- my mind after some time.’’ cricket now.But, Mandira Bedi from bad to worse for the aviation sector.’’ ography has limited the sky. For, the ground Work can take a backseat for is bound to get her way...if she Air India apart, other international airlines reality of the most modern chapter in history now; kyunki Mandira just wan- could do it with the Tony Gri- such as Sri Lankan Airways and Emirates ha- is that winds of change have put airlines on a ts to chill out! ‘‘I am not going to egs of the world, she can surely ve levied additional surcharge on air fare in wing and a prayer. think of anything for the next do it at home too! these testing times. For the record, ever since [email protected] few days. I want some time to [email protected] ‘Electronic music is yet to be tapped in India’ How would you LORENZO here to be untapped, just like in China. sets. Paul, in turn, is admired for his define music? MATEO On the other hand, the market for elec- production skills. I also like the work Music, to me, is DJ & Asia-Pacific tronic music in other countries is well- of Talvin Singh. that which is so- Representative, established. Considering this, there is Is your music evolving? ulful; that which St Trance scope to do a lot here in India. St Tran- All the time. One has to evolve, or else helps one discov- On electronic ce can bring the global electronic mov- there will be stagnation. I would like to er one’s self and music spreading ement to India. At another level, my fa- progress from Hard Trance to Break attain a natural worldwide ther is from India and I have always Beats and then, to World Music, which high; that which wanted to visit this country. is sacred in that it draws inspiration takes one closer Who are the DJs you admire? from different cultures. to God. As for the musician in me, I There are many DJs who I admire, but Had you not been a DJ, what would started out with House and Rock, with What brings you to India? I am choosy about a few such as DJ you have been? Metallica being one of my favourites. Being part of the St Trance group, I get Sasha and also Paul Oakenfold, both of Maybe, a dancer.Freestyle dancing fa- Subsequently, I moved to Trance, wh- to travel across the globe. And this jou- whom are from the UK. Sasha is very scinates me. Again, if not a dancer, I ich is much more digitised and mech- rney has brought me to India. In terms original in his compositions and is do- might have been a banker! anised, and now, to Hard Trance. of our kind of music, I find the market wn-to-earth. I admire him for his DJ ASHOK CHATTERJEE

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statement in style. Recent- UTFRKICKS! FOR JUST WHAT’S HOT ’N’ HAPPENING? ly, Frazer & Haws, the Ahouse of sterling silver- An exhibition of paintings 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm ware and jewellery, made a foray by Suhas Roy, a senior „ into the lifestyle segment with its artist from Kolkatta is on. two exclusive designer products: In honour of Padma JAS ARORA: This is his first solo exhibi- Homer — leather handbags and tion after 25 years. Bhushan Swapnasundari, Scarpia, which is its range of Metropolitan the students of the trendy silver jewellery. Hotel Nikko Kuchipudi Dance Centre Genuine Italian leather handbags, 11 am to 7 pm will present a performance designed by the dynamic designer, today. The event also „ Homer, living in Europe, charmed marks the 20th anniver- guests with their two kinds of For those who say no to war sary of the centre. styles. The Scarpia on the other must visit this exhibition of Triveni auditorium hand too had them mesmerised paintings. An art camp was 6.30 pm with its vibrant colours. organised over two days and „ The highlight of the evening was now, the works done there a ‘live’ puppet with fuschia pink Chanda Narang and Naveena Punj are being exhibited. Part of ActionAid and Urmul the proceeds of the sales will presents a three-day Ra- be contributed to the Iraq jasthani festival, begin- Embassy for the rehabilita- ning today,to highlight the tion of innocent people. drought situation and Academy of Fine Arts & plight of people in rural A silver lining Literature Rajasthan. On till today IHC 7.30 pm onwards with several others and interacting with the „ the CEO of Frazer & Haws Chanda Narang, „ who, not too far back made the popular seri- Ozone introduces an array Taste the Navratra Thali al Kash-m-kash were designer Malini Ra- of fast-paced and slow- all through the nine-day mani, Jeevie Sethi, artist Michael Aram, paced group activities like festival in honour of god- publisher Mala Singh, Browyn Latif, entre- body sculpting and power dess Durga. Relish the spe- preneur Feroz and Alpana Gujral, Roshni yoga for all age groups. cially prepared delights, Jaiswal, Naveena Punj of Punj Llyod, Ajay D-27, Defence Colony served in silver thalis. Leekha of Adamus and Tahir Sultan.... 8.30 to 9 am and 7.30 to NYC, Radisson Hotel 8pm 12.30 pm onwards „ „ Superstars Noida offers a Heart-Of-Europe, a film quick bite at great prices. festival, is being presented Dig into their buffet which by the Hungarian Cultural has something for every- Centre. Fuks, a movie from one — vegetarians, non- Poland, will be screened to- vegetarians. There’s also day at the festival. provision for drinks. Hungarian Cultural Superstars, Noida Centre 6 pm ife goes on — that’s his tom, was Marc Robinson out for characters they can word. When model- who approached this man relate to — something sub- Lturned-actor Jas Arora with an offer for his first ad stantial. That is why, I con- stepped into the Academy of campaign. So began the jour- sider Danger more close to Fine Arts and Crafts for his ney from the ramp — to mu- my heart. It is more reward- graduation in Mumbai, little sic videos and the small ing.’’ On the other hand, his did he know that ‘‘an acci- screen, to finally the silver forthcoming movie with dent’’ would change his life. screen. But it was only with Shah Rukh Kha and Rani Says he, ‘‘Life is but an acci- time that Jas realised that ‘‘if Mukerjee — Chalte Chalte — dent. If you can escape it you you’ve got to do something, due for release within the are lucky and if you can’t you don’t do it for free. There next few months has ‘‘some- are even luckier. I belong to thing in store’’ for him. ‘‘The hair and dressed in an outfit designed by the latter half. ‘’ SPOT LIGHT film has lots to offer not just Malini Ramani and F&H Scarpia danced to So what was the accident? in terms of the story line but some lively music and interacted ingenious- No, not one on the road, but should be a reward (recogni- also in the character I play — ly with all those present. Guests sure were in a social gathering. As Jas tion, he means) at the end of something I can finally call a charmed.... puts it, ‘‘I am a case of dis- it all.’’ Maybe, that is why, rewarding experience’’ Or Seen sipping a specially reinvented drink by covery. Someone spotted me when you ask him about Bol- shall we say accident? Frazer & Haws — the Banta-Cider — along Alpana and Feroz Gujral someday.... somewhere. And lywood, he gets back with As for now, all this hunk the rest is history. Had I not rather cold waves. seems confident about is been what I am, you could Says he, ‘‘My role in Dush- moving ahead in life despite have spotted me continuing man was quite insignificant. ‘‘little failures’’. Courtesy,the with the family transport So much so that it is not ‘‘ contagious disease I carry’’ business.’’ But what surely worth talking about. The au- — the million dollar smile. was not a withdrawal symp- dience is always on the look- ALLEN O’BRIEN

y day begins with generous helpings of Mfruits supplemented by a bowl of porridge. I would prefer juices if someone makes them for me. I can’t keep much check on my diet because of my lifestyle but I try to have home made food as often as I could. But I try to have lots of water to cleanse my system. I don’t use any make up (except moisturiser and sunblock) when I am not shooting. A mixture of milk or curd with a pink of haldi is good of my oily skin. Anoth- er thing which works won- ders is an almond mask. B auty SEcrets Sheetal Mallar, Model

Blanche the almonds, allow them to dry and later grind them.I don’t do much for my once a week. I exercise hard on the tread mill or use stairs hair except that I oil them when I am not working. I run instead of elevator.

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Plastics linked mental retardation such as derly,”said a researcher. skin healthy, recent studies fits, according to a report in Down Syndrome — and they found vitamin K and niacin News24.com. to birth defects seem to be caused at what Vitamins improve (vitamin B-3) also offer bene- Vitamin K was found to be were considered to be low lev- successful in treating dark common ingredi- els of exposure, the re- skin glow... circles under the eyes. It’s Aent used to make searchers report in the jour- also been found effective for plastics such as baby ant a glowing complex- nal Current Biology. Wion? Well, here are two treating bruising on the face BREAKERS bottles causes birth de- “The chromosomes (in a following dermatological fects in mice — defects more vitamins to take: vita- cell) are supposed to line up min K and niacin. procedures such as laser that could also occur in in an orderly fashion so they treatment for spider veins. people, US researchers can divide in an orderly fash- That advice was presented Niacin shows promise as an PATH have said. ion. What we saw was a recently at the annual meet- over-the-counter ingredient They urged more re- hormone disruptor that tremendous increase in the ing of the American in anti-aging products, the search into the poten- could cause defects in em- number of cells in which the Academy of Dermatology in report said. “Vitamins can tial effects of bisphenol A, a bryos. The defects they found, alignment of chromosomes San Francisco. While many provide many benefits to the chemical long criticised by when they occur in humans, in the cells was not orderly at people already use vitamins skin,’’ dermatologist Dr environmentalists as being a can cause miscarriages or all — they were very disor- C, E and A to help keep their Leslie Baumann said. Palio adds a new dimension to diesel great cm less tall to give more gine speeds. But the new erating problems. Fiat claims Anew die- overall internal space and Palio engine is not just pow- that the new vehicle will set a sel engine boot space. It also has com- erful it is also a very ad- new benchmark for fuel effi- will drive parable ground clearance vanced unit currently used ciency. the Palio but superior ride, handling by the latest Fiat cars in (These are the views expressed into Indica and better overall refine- Europe. It has a 16-bit elec- by the author and do not represent territory. ment. It is powered by a tronic control unit (ECU), as the views of the paper) Earlier the 1,910-cc diesel engine that is in all MPFI cars, to precisely Palio commanded the petrol much bigger than Indica’s meter the fuel/air mixture segment of the bigger hatch- 1405-cc mill and delivers 18% in varied situations for es while the Indica had a mo- smooth power delivery, low- nopoly of the diesel seg- AUTO FOCUS er emissions and lower fuel ment. Being bigger the Palio Murad Ali Baig consumption. The unit is was also about 20% not as advanced as heavier than the the latest common smaller Zen and rail (CRDI) engines Santro range but those cost hatchbacks and its much more and, fuel consumption being high pres- was proportionally sure systems, may more. But this was also be more sus- fine for those who ceptible to poor wanted the inner fuel. The Palio en- space and comfort gine has no me- of a saloon. As chanical link be- Indica sold very tween the accelera- few petrol models, buyers more power and a huge 40% tor pedal and the engine. As only noticed the diesel mod- more torque for effortless ac- in modern aircraft, the sig- el that soon began to sell in celeration. nal is given electrically ‘by huge numbers. So a modern Paradoxically, a more wire’ for instantaneous re- new diesel Palio can trigger powerful engine can give sponse. The engine also has a big jump in Fiat’s sales. lower fuel consumption as a water-in-fuel indicator to As compared to the Indica the engine can pull the same warn of adulterated fuel and diesel the Palio is about 9 cm load at the same speed in an on-board diagnostic sen- longer, the same width but 4 higher gears or at lower en- sor to self correct many op-

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Fruit supplement SHARMILA CHAND These chiks with khas not adakh Foods Ltd hat is it that we try hard to do only act as L (LFL), in a joint when the Mercury soars coolant but also venture with Small Whigh in the Capital? Yes, you emit a lovely Farmers Agri-Business are right, we make our best efforts to fragrance in OUT Consortium (SFAC) keep our environs cool. Fans hardly the room. and National Agricul- help and air conditioners don’t work Chik is the tural Cooperative Mar- all the time. So one has to think of age old artistic keting Federation of In- more natural ways to maintain a cool tradition of CHECK dia Ltd (NAFED) intro- temperature. One intelligent solution our country.No duces innovative fruit is to replace heavy curtains and blinds wonder we find nectar-Leh Berry,an ex- by chiks the natural fibre chiks made plenty of work- tract from the fruit of natural in combination with light fabric. You ers who have wonder plant- seabuckthorn. can go a step further and make it wet mastered the In Leh-Ladakh, where the through the cool khus attached to it. art of making oxygen level is low for human sustenance, nature has be- stowed all its miracles in a wonder plant with small gold- The chic way to en fruit named Seabuckthorn berries, which are storehouse ticular type and give your specific me- of over 100 nutrients vital for asurements so that Dastakar can get it proper body functions. This made especially for you. The price goldmine of good health WINDOW DRESSING Comfort clothing varies from Rs 20 to Rs 40 per sq ft. comes in 250-ml and 1000-ml various kinds of chiks. One can Wood Art, a showroom of furniture packs and priced at Rs 15 and T has collection of T-shir- spot several chik wallahs at pop- and furnishing at Kirti Nagar,also has Rs 50 respectively. Tts, bermudas, shorts, pyj- ular crossings who readily a wide collection of chiks. The price amas, track suits, nig- agree to take your specific re- varies from Rs 70-110 per sq feet. ht suits, nighties, lad- quirements and sell at the most ies tops, blouses, shir- reasonable rates. As against Brand Price range (Rs.) this, the chiks have assumed a ts, baba suits manufa- Tulsi 25-40 per sq ft. ctured from a range of designer dimension too. There fabrics and knit struc- are designer chiks with exqui- Dastakar 20-40 per sq ft. ture (rib, interlock, site, hand woven, more intricate Wood Art 70-110 per sq ft. single jersey,jaquard, patterns in aesthetically superi- Ordinary Chicks 20-25 per sq ft. polo-peekay etc). The or quality. You can find these in highlight of the range Tulsi at Santushti or at Das- So, if you want to enhance the decor is that it has been takar in Shahpurjat. Of course, of your room at the same time make it priced very attrac- there is a difference in price cool, chik is just the ideal solution. tively keeping in also. The designer range will They not only cover windows against mind the masses. The cost you around Rs 40-50 per sq ft the sun but also act as room dividers. idea is to fit the budg- whereas the ordinary chik can Especially in modern day apartments et of every Indian be fetched at Rs 20-25 per sq ft. and flats, they are perfect replacement middle class family Dastakar has a good range of as they give you a feeling of space as with the assurance chik samples and their own well as create liveliness adding that and stamp of a tested workers. You can choose a par- extra ethnic touch. brand. to its consumer, has now Just kidstuff launched an exclusive range of state-of-the-art cooktops otus Herbals lunches L for the first time in In- dia, a kids sun block cream with SPF 25 under its safe sun brand. This hypoaller- genic cream is especially formulated for young delicate skin and has been tested for use by Paediatricians and PAD Dermatologists. Safe sun, kids sun block cream blocks the harmful UVA and UVB with triple ring burner. The rays hence preventing cooktops incorporate a new tanning of the skin as compact design with sleek well as occurrence of and elegant look that en- sunburn. The kids sun LAUNCHING hances the kitchen decor. The block cream is sweat new range of cook tops with proof as well as non- five burners are priced Rs 4990 onwards. Health is wealth

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abu said that with the Bollywood. The scale of the release of her first films is much larger, the au- TBengali film, Abar TABU IN BENGAL! dience is very,very different Aranye (Again in the Forest) and the contents are also in April, a long-cherished side major releases in Indian cinema,’’ she said. similarly oriented. The fo- dream of hers will be ful- Mumbai has been a balanc- ‘‘At the obvious levels cus of acting in both genres, filled. ing game for Tabu. Tollywood or for that matter however, remains the ‘‘I had been wanting to do ‘‘While the lure of acting any region- same,’’ she said. a Bengali film for a long in good Hindi films is obvi- al cine- Playing Amrita, a girl time since I have already ously bigger,I do not want to ma set with views of the ideal done films in all other major miss out on the brilliant up was world quite different from Indian lan- a lot others of her age, Tabu fea- guages. differ- tures with veterans Abar entSharmila Tagore and Aranye by from Soumitra Chatterjee, Gautam Satyajit Ray’s favourite ac- Ghosh tor, in Abar Aranye. The ac- was just tress has two more releases the right slated early next year — M F break,’’ Husain’s Meenakshi and she said. Guddu Dhanoa’s Jaal. The film (Filmfare Online) is a take off on Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest). The work that some directors actress, described by film are doing in regional critics as one of the ‘‘most powerful perform- ers’’ in Bollywood, has acted in a couple of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada Singing WORLD and Malayalam films. Tabu said the film, shooting for which in the blues North Bengal forests was almost complete, was the RAP latest in a series of ‘‘seri- ous’’ projects embarked lizabeth upon by her lately. ‘‘But EHurley in a re- that does not mean I cent interview has would like to be put in the spoken of the ‘‘trau- bracket of a serious ac- ma’’ she felt following tress doing ‘parallel’ cin- the birth of her son ema only. Any story that Damian. She stayed in appeals to me is worth Elton John’s mansion doing,’’ the star of in the country in the Madhur Bhandarkar’s weeks after the birth Chandni Bar and and she admitted to Gulzar’s Maachis said. spending days sobbing Tabu said the Bengali and using a rather un- film had posed lesser has- likelyweapon against sles for her since the lan- her depression: guage of the script, karaoke. Now, with which she received well a new relationship in advance, was easier to with Arun Nayar, handle than the south she says the joys of Indian ones. Working for being a mother regional cinema along- far outweigh the low points.

A time to rock... ara Dutta had come Lstraight from her first ever stage dance perform- ance and she was still charged. Her mood fit right with the informal party at Queenie Dhody’s house last week, because everyone was in high spir- its. The elegant hostess, known for her gracious get-togethers, flitted amo- ng her guests, many of wh- om were seeing each other after a long time.

Alison Kanuga and Sheetal Mallar were among those chatting in a corner. No doubt, LVMH head Yves Carcelle and wife Rebecca, in whose honour the evening was arranged, made a note of Mumbai’s social circuit from all the glamour around. Anju Tarapore- wala in black contrasted with Shobhaa De’s colo- urful ethnic chic. Kaajal Anand and Devaunshi Mehta appreciated the dishes which were cooked by the host, Raja Dhody.

In the party spirit t was a party thrown by Ithe Hyatt Regency intro- ducing all the Hyatt hotels in India and South East Asia that saw a heady mix of corporate biggies and the glamour clan. Sub- hash Ghai was seen talk-

ing to Shiv Jatia, manag- ing director of the hotel in a corner while its director Vikash Kapahi was seen running around pamper- ing the guests. Rajiv Rai and Arjun Rampal were together, Marc Robinson, Nalini Gupta of South Africa Ai- rways, photographer Atul Kasbekar, Salil and Nik- hil Chaturvedi, besides Israeli consul general Dov Segev Steinberg,were also spotted.

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8 BACK BEAT DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA THURSDAY 3 APRIL 2003 E Niwas’ new assignment shining alright. After Dum, the director Ekta Kapoor and although nothing has seems all set to direct a film for the Balaji been finalised as yet, things look all set to Amrita’s Niwas’ stars aren’t shining at their Films banner. If rumour is to be believed, click here. Don’t be surprised if Tusshar Ebrightest best, but rest assured they’re the director has already had talks with Kapoor is cast in the film either.Any bets? main Ghai his lovely lass Tcan’t stop gus- hing when some- one asks her how she feels on being Subhash Ghai’s ne- xt best choice. Ap- parently, Ghai has signed her on for a string of his forthcom- ing flicks. An exulted Amrita Arora says, ‘‘It feels great that I’ve been signed on by Subhash Ghai and it’s like being a part of one big family.’’ That’s how Mukta Arts operates — like a family. Of course, to that she adds, ‘‘I hope Ghai moves on with his next films rapidly or else it will just be the case where technically I have these films in my kitty.’’

Esha-Zayed: The winning duo ayed Khan’s debut the lady and Zayed need Zfilm Chura Liya Hai not despair, since Vashu Tumne hasn’t really set Bhagnani still has faith in the cash registers ringing, their abilities. In fact, he’s except in UP.With the poor already believed to have performance of the film in signed Esha Deol and Za- the rest of the country, yed for another film. And Esha Deol sees another we all know how Vashu dud to her credit. However, picks winners, right!

arm in arm with hubby Sonali is back Goldie Behl and other pals — Suzzane Roshan, Farah irst, the good news and Khan and many more from Fthen the bad. Okay, the here suburban (Juhu) gang. bad news first. We aren’t talking about that post-mari- tal effect that you must be thinking of (sure that will have to wait for a while now). The good news is that even after the back breaking shooting schedules of Amol Palekar’s Anaahat that was being shot in a single shoot- ing spell at Hampi in Kar- nataka, the lovely lady Son- ali Bendre has been looking daisy-fresh and all perked up. Recently, when she was spotted at a party in Mum- bai, Sonali was looking drop- dead-gorgeous only with a little bit of additional weight. Of course, she was

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