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August 16, 2013 StarWeek Exclusive IMRAN IS PROUD OF HIS LINEAGE DESTINY’SDESTINY’S DARLINGDARLING Touted as the frontrunner for the top spot in the industry, SONAKSHI SINHA is easily in the best phase of her career. StarWeek Special Asserting that she wants to concentrate on her work and not on KANGNA DOESN’T the number game, the Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara actress also reveals that she doesn’t take fame too seriously as BELIEVE IN MR. RIGHT her “stardom will not stay forever”. StarWeek reports 07 Star Mail 22 Star Report This is where you have your say. StarWeek gives you Contents the exclusive details of August 16, 2013 Stardust’s cover launch 09 Star Speak graced by Imran Khan and Shah Rukh Khan on his Sonam Kapoor. imperfections; John Abraham on how criticism makes him stronger; Deepika Padukone 26 Star Barometer on her insecurities. New releases fail to take a start; Chennai Express is 10 Star Buzz eagerly awaited. Snappy Showbiz * Every Friday Imran Khan values his grandfather’s fi lms; Kangna 28 Star Spread Ranaut doesn’t have a dream Aanchal D Kothari is ready man; Sunny Leone has a to rock Bollywood. doting husband. 30 Star Pics 14 Star Fashion Akshay Kumar is lost in Kareena Kapoor Khan thought; Madhuri Dixit wins our hearts; Jacqueline and John Abraham bond Fernandez opts for casuals; big time; Farhan Akhtar Amrita Rao fails to impress. celebrates the success of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. 18 Cover Story Sonakshi Sinha talks to 40 Star Spotlight StarWeek about her upcoming Amrita Puri talks to fi lm Once Upon Ay Time StarWeek about taking In Mumbai Dobaara!, her acting classes in New York equation with Akshay Kumar and why she turned down and more. fi lms for this course. 48 Star Preview The low-down on what’s hitting the silver screen this weekend. Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara! – the Editor EEPSITA GUHA return of the don. 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Ltd., 402, Road No. 5, Sindh Co-op Housing Society, Baner Road, Aundh, Pune - 411007, Tel : 020 25850696, 25851696, Editor: Eepsita Guha All objections, disputes, differences, claims and proceedings Fax: 020 25851796, Email: [email protected] are subject to Mumbai jurisdiction. Processed by Magna Graphics. 7KH,QVLGHU·V'RSH)URP7LQVHO7RZQ Star Buzz Fights, scandals, controversies and the latest in Bollywood news – catch the week’s hottest buzz right here Close To My Heart hat Imran Khan has an impressive lineage is nothing new. The star has a PDPX in a perfectionist like Aamir Khan and a grandfather in the late producer-director Nasir Hussain. While IK is a huge fan of Aamir’s work, The also draws inspiration from his grandfather’s À lms that he has grown up watching and learning from. The well-known director has quite a few celebrated movies to his credit but according to Imran, 7HHVUL0DQ]LO and -DE 3\DU.LVLVH+RWD+DL will always hold a special place in his heart. So much so that the superstar also has original giant-sized posters of these two Á icks in his newly-renovated bungalow – a property he has inherited from his grandfather. Not to mention, as a mark of respect and love, he even named his home NH, which happen to be the initials of NasirVDDE. Now that’s one interesting family of great men, isn’t it? PHOTOGRAPHS: YOGEN SHAH YOGEN PHOTOGRAPHS: COVER Story DESTINY’S DARLING Touted as the frontrunner for the top spot in the industry, Sonakshi Sinha is easily in the best phase of her career. Asserting that she wants to concentrate on her work and not on the number game, the Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara actress also reveals that she doesn’t take fame too seriously as her “stardom will not stay forever”. StarWeek reports By EEPSITA GUHA onakshi Sinha has always performance in Lootera a few that the movie boasts of huge star worked like a charm at months earlier, the beautiful girl power in the form of her and her Sthe box-ofÀ ce. In a career is back with yet another offering co-stars Akshay Kumar and Imran spanning two-and-a-half years and and a biggie at that – Once Upon Khan, she knows that it is her ticket six À lms, the actress has delivered Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara! to extending her successful streak at blockbusters one after the other, (OUATIMD). Considering its prequel the marquee. save for one forgettable Á op. As Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai had OUATIMD marks Sona’s third À lm you would have guessed, that is no done exceedingly well at the box- with Akshay after Rowdy Rathore mean feat – a fact that most B-town ofÀ ce upon its release in 2010, this and Joker. Naturally, the two share actresses would begrudgingly one naturally comes with a lot of a great comfort level by now. accept! But Sona is far from content, expectations riding on it. However, “Akshay and I had a very good let alone be complacent. After the actress is not one to be bogged working rapport even when we delivering an applause-worthy down by expectations. Well aware started working for the À rst time in STAR Barometer A DISASTROUS SPELL t was expected that the numerous Meanwhile, Rabba Main Kya stable weekdays to boast of some new releases of the week would Karoon failed to take any start moolah. However, that was not the Istruggle to À nd any foothold whatsoever despite decent case as the ensemble affair saw a whatsoever at the box-ofÀ ce. promotion and presence of Arshad downward trend with its À rst week The only À lm which still had some Warsi. With average to poor billing reading around seven crores. respectable numbers to boast of was reviews, it has been a no-show for Though the À lm has been made at B.A. Pass. An erotic-dramatic affair, this Amrit Sagar À lm. The other a minimal cost, it would’ve done the À lm grabbed eyeballs due to releases of the week – Calapor, better with added collections. its core theme and then managed Chor Chor Super Chor and Love In The other À lms didn’t fare any to sustain some interest due to its Bombay were downright disasters. better with Nasha going down as good execution. The reviews were This weekend was notable only well. After a poor weekend, the favourable too, which helped it stay due to Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which weekdays didn’t show any rise with on during the weekend. Bringing joined the 100-crore club. the À rst week folding around the in over four crores in the opening À ve-crore mark. Issaq is a major weekend, the À lm will have to FLOPS GALORE Á op too with collections around be extremely strong during the It was a very poor week for the À ve-crore mark. An expensive weekdays. Reason being that this Bollywood with none of last affair, the À lm didn’t open well and Friday’s release Chennai Express is week’s releases – Bajatey Raho was further marred by poor word expected to annihilate anything and (BR), Nasha, Issaq or Luv U Soniyo of mouth and reviews.