Anuj Sawhney: the Naked Man? the BOY NEXT DOOR How Do You Breathe Through That Thing?

DLD‰‰†‰KDLD‰‰†‰DLD‰‰†‰MDLD‰‰†‰C 2 DELHI IS TALKING ABOUT DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA TUESDAY 13 MAY 2003 Photo: DABOO RATNANI SMS joke of the day Photos: SATISH JAISWAL What did the elephant say to Anuj Sawhney: the naked man? THE BOY NEXT DOOR How do you breathe through that thing? WHAT’S HOT ’N’ HAPPENING? Vineet Guliani and Ramneek Paintal Gerardo and Amanda Biritos An exhibition showcasing tion of photographic in- the paintings and sculp- sights. HAIL THE AMERICAN tures of amateur artists Visual Art Gallery will be on display. India Habitat Centre Ansal’s Chancellor Club 10 am to 8 pm Palam Vihar, Gurgaon On till May 15 On till May 14 Be a part of the one of its A press conference is being kind day and night mega SPIRIT! organised today to launch event — The India Interna- hey celebrated Ameri- gled banner. Sony TV’s new driver show tional Festival Cum Trade cana with a big bash. This party was an early Naam Gum Jayega which Fair. TTo conjure up the im- starter for a change unlike will see live performances Pragati Maidan ages and experience of a fun- the regular Delhi bashes, by the lead actresses of the On till May 15 filled America, the bash host- which pick up heat around show — Gauri Pradhan and 8 pm to 10 pm ed by the Gulianis played midnight. Here, the early Shilpa Kadam. upon the lifestyle of Califor- bird was designer Rina Dhaka, a Taj Mahal Hotel India Trade Promotion Or- good friend of 11.30 am ganisation is organising the Gulianis. Dr- the first edition of Cool essed in summ- Home Fair — a fair cover- Kajaria Ceramics Ltd has ery casuals, Ri- ing a wide range of prod- opened a new showroom in na sure looked ucts, services and technolo- the city called Kajaia World chilled-out that — the first state-of-the-art gies. evening. SPOT Hall No 12 showroom to have 10,000 sq Joining her Vir Das Pragati Maidan ft display area with prod- soon was mod- ucts imported from the On till May 17 ted after a long time at any el Anjhula party. Both looked great and world over. LIGHT Singh, dressed were having a good time. Orchid Square, If you are looking for a in a modest Sanjay Khullar, UB’s Sushant Lok, complete make-over by the churidaar-kur- Satyan Sail, Solution’s Abhi- Gurgaon celebrity hairstylist Jawed ta for a change. nav Dhawan and his pretty Habib, drop in at Habib’s. Also seen were wife Gunjita were the others The Metropolitan Hotel Anatoly A Ashizov from Anjula Singh and Rina Dhaka model Mehyar who came for the party to Nikko the Russian Embassy is or- Bhasin in her have some fun — American 10 am to 8 pm ganising an evening of tight denims and style! e is a familiar face with telly-viewers. commercials followed — the most popular ones cocktails today. black top, with And now, Anuj Sawhney is all geared being the Nokia ad with Boman Irani and Russian Centre of Ozone introduces an array the Virmani- Hup to make his debut in tinselville with Nescafe Frappe ads. Science and Culture of fast-paced and slow- couple — Rash- Nayee Padosan. This film, as he says, will see After gaining the right amount of experi- 7.30 pm paced group activities like mi and her hub- him ‘‘wooing actress Mehak Chehl in the com- ence with several music videos including body sculpting and power bie Sanjay. pany of three other guys.’’. Pankaj Udhas’ recent one In Search of Meer, yoga for all age groups. Soon, more Although Mumbai is the place he’s settled in films were a natural progression for Anuj. ‘‘Di- A press meet and special D-27, Defence Colony people walked now, Delhi does bring back its own share of rector Tarun Kumar spotted me in the Sea- screening of Mission Ak- 8.30 to 9 am and in and as cus- lovely memories. Of his early years spent at grams and Fiat Siena ads and called me twice shardham, a telefilm, has 7.30 to 8 pm tomary, the ‘‘an all-boys school, St. Columba’s, to be pre- to audition for his film Nayee Padosan be- been organised by Zee TV bar became cise,’’ and his ‘‘most cherished years at Sri Ram cause he thought the ads featured two differ- today. The deputy PM, LK The new cafe, Nirula’s 21’s, the most pop- College of Commerce — where I met all my girl ent guys,’’ laughs Anuj. Needless to say, the Advani, will be the guest of promises to deliver more ular place pals.’’ With his eyes set on an MBA degree, film landed in Anuj’s lap. ‘‘I play the boy next honour. value to the customers by with people Anuj took off for the Vanderbilt University in the door in it,’’ he smiles. FICCI-Commission way of competitive pricing. Jerome Neutres and Pascal Heni lining up to US. ‘‘Those years too were great but I decided Choosy about the work he intends doing, Room 3rd Floor Just the right spot for a cool nia, the down some beverages before to return home and started work in a business Anuj’s forthcoming work includes Funtoosh 5.30 pm break. surfers’ paradise, where having their share of fun. firm here,’’ he smiles. Dudes in the 10th Century ‘‘in which the actors Shopping Complex, beaches are thronged by Designers, a must at Delhi However, it was not long before the acting go back in time,’’ besides Viveck Vaswani and Amit Pasricha presents Shalimar Bagh brawny men surfing the tides parties, were here too. Be- bug bit Anuj and he enrolled himself at Barry Anant Mahendroo’s films and Aruna Irani’s di- Lens as guru — an exhibi- 11 am to 11 pm and by beautiful women sides Rina of course, there John’s acting institute and Ashley Lobo’s danc- rectorial debut. ‘‘I am positive that I will suc- soaking up the sun. were Bobby and Manju ing school. While he groomed himself thus for ceed. But, just in case, films don’t work out I Surprisingly, none of the Grover and Madhu Jain who the world of showbiz, he earned a green belt in have an educational background to fall back guests turned up in exciting preferred sticking to the the martial arts as well. upon,’’ he says confidently. beachwear befitting the occa- food-counter, which was of- A bit of theatre here and Anuj decided that it While films are his passion, Anuj does take sion. However, the waiters at fering some great Californ- was time to head for Mumbai where he shot his time out for his other love — ‘‘Working out at the party were all dressed in ian fare. Ruchi Malhotra and first commercial Cadbury Eclairs with none oth- the gym.’’ shirts made of the star-span- Rajeev Makhani were spot- Puja Guliani er than ad-guru Prahlad Kakkar. Several other MANISHA ALMADI A birthday wish Photos: NITIN MALIK t was a night of surprises. brations also included a FIGHTING THE EVIL EYE... ILast week, Anuj Pawra birthday party for their t was a sombre gathering. Re- book of this nature — on societal out her experiences while docu- was thrilled to bits when he friend Sanjay Taneja. cently, a number of the Capi- malpractice of witch-hunts and menting the book, Archana spoke found a birthday bash or- Needless to say, guests Ital’s serious-minded people witch trials. about an incident she saw first- ganised for him by his wife poured in with bouquets and gathered at the Women’s Interna- Befitting the occasion, the book hand while ‘‘in this tribal belt in Shipra. And if this was not greetings till late into the tional Press Corps for a very spe- was formally launched by the Jharkhand. They caught a enough, the cele- night. As cock- cial purpose — for the release of minister of coal Kariya Munda. woman, accused her of being a tails and mock- Roli Books’ latest publication — a Befitting because the minister witch, stripped and paraded her tails with an ar- book on the witch trials in tribal hails from Jharkhand’s remote in front of an entire village. The ray of snacks India entitled, Casting the Evil tribal belt which forms the back- whole incident was shocking and did the Eye, written by the debutante ground of the author’s book. horrifying,’’ she said shuddering. writer Archana Mishra. ‘‘It is a malaise that we must get Amongst those voicing their con- DJ Paul The evening saw the gathering together and fight,’’ said cerns and offering their support listen in rapt attention to the au- Archana. The soft-spoken author to this issue that evening were rounds, the party soon had thor, who was introduced to ’em was confident that her book ‘‘will Roli Books’ Pramod Kapoor and the crowd swinging. There all by writer Namita Gokhale, as open lots of eyes about the frac- his wife Kiran and the editor for was model Apoorva Jha she narrated the innumerable tures that split and hunt the Indi- this group, Ira Pandey, amongst seen at a Delhi do after problems she had to go through an society.’’ many others.... quite a long gap, talking to document a Talking ab- excitedly about her forays into Bolly- Ira Pandey wood. As music Annamika and Anuj Pawra rocked the evening, a bunch of Goan singers took cen- trestage with some melodious numbers. Seen rocking to their kind of music were Geetanjali, businessman Ja- spreet with Ritu Dangwal, Sunil Ku- mar, Ajay and Neha Sehdev, make-up artist Meenakshi unda ishra and Kariya M and many others...

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