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DLD‰‰†‰KDLD‰‰†‰DLD‰‰†‰MDLD‰‰†‰C Chalte Chalte, Three’s company THE TIMES OF INDIA Rani runs up for Lara,Akshay Friday, May 23, 2003 the reel clock! and Priyanka... Page 8 Page 5 TO D AY S LUCKY 811 Legs-they re lovely 3 to the power 3 827 852 A pack of cards All the fours 844 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 18th May, 2003 Numbers already announced : 41, 88, 3, 82, 35, 1, 9, 18, 2, 13, 31, 85, 60, 34, 20, 48, 55, 62, 70, 67 ENTERTAINMENT PLUSOF INDIA MANOJ KESHARWANI Box-office leaves The politics of scandal APARNA GUPTA ing the maid. The health minister pleaded Times News Network innocence on the ground that, having under- Raveena Stumped! gone vasectomy in 1991, he was incapable of here there is smoke, there is fire. The the act. The DNA test report showed up as ‘neg- SANGEETA DEVI K om Kerala accused her of ste- murder most foul of young poet Mad- ative’ and Singh was in the clear. Times News Network aling the concept of the film Whumita being linked to Uttar Pradesh In the chronicle of ‘friendship’ of Kalyan Si- from an article written by minister Amarmani Tripathi might have rais- ngh and his close associate Kusum Rai, the ch- all it a paradox or what him in his college magazine. ed questions about the politically-incorrect co- apter wherein he appointed Rai as the chairpe- Cyou will, but Raveena Ta- ‘‘I was never issued a summo- nnections of netas, but this is a case which, like rson of the UP Social Welfare Advisory Board ndon’s attempt to stump the ns. The accusation is basele- history,has repeated itself with different chara- in 1999 was the most controversial. Rai’s box-office with her film Stum- ss,’’ maintains the actress, ‘‘I cters and circumstances over the years. History meteoric rise after Kalyan Singh came to pow- ped has seemingly been stum- was in Kargil during the war. bears witness to intriguing relationships whi- er was discussed often enough. In fact, her ped! After all, the film has fai- Did he come to Kargil as well? ch, in their wake, have left a trail of speculation proximity to Singh became the rallying point led to bowl over the box-office. By saying that I have copied and controversy — from Jawaharlal Nehru and in the ‘oust Kalyan’ campaign launched by dis- ‘‘We wanted to release the his story,he has given us publ- Edwina Mountbatten to Uma Bharati and Gov- sidents, including ministers Raj Nath Singh, movie during the World Cup icity. Plus, I have never ever indacharya, politicians of all hues have found Kalraj Misra and Lalji Tandon. Finally,Rai re- since its concept would have mentioned that I was inspired themselves embroiled in the signed, reportedly on LK Ad- gelled with cricket fever,’’says by a Malayalam article.’’ mire of scandal. RAPID REWIND vani’s insistence. Raveena, ‘‘However,distribut- Come June, and Raveena While insta- After being ors pointed out that four to fi- will be neck-deep into two mo- nces of politic- The recent case of UP minister Amarmani Tripathi defeated by the ve films which were released re productions, which will be ians being acc- Congress in around then weren’t successf- directed by E Niwas and San- used of overst- being linked to the Madhumita murder case finds August 2001, ul. Subsequently,the produce- geet Sivan. ‘‘Nivas’ film will epping the fine precedence in a long list of politicians who have Prafulla Mah- rs’ strike came up.’’ be a thriller, a commercial fi- line between allegedly courted extra-marital affairs & controversy anta, former For this lm. We hav- the right and CM of Assam, National FILMI FORTUNES en’t finalis- wrong side of was in the ne- Award-win- ed the star the law are, pe- ws on the cha- ning actress, the climb to the cast and I might or might not rhaps, too nu- rge of bigamy. top hasn’t been easy.It has be- act in the film. But for my for- merous to rec- Sanghamitra en a roller-coaster ride which thcoming productions, I wou- ount, those Bharali, his se- has taught Raveena how to sa- ld like to maintain a balance which stick on lf-proclaimed vour every bit of success — as between commercial and exp- in public me- second wife, also to find time for herself erimental films.’’ mory are inva- then an assist- far away from the world of li- As an actress, Raveena has riably the ones ant language ghts, camera and action. Cur- a whole lot of films up her sle- in which an officer in the rently on a holiday, Raveena eve, but Ek Se Badhkar Ek is extra-marital assembly secr- reveals that her two-month her current favourite. ‘‘I wou- affair enters etariat, claim- break is the longest one she ld rate it as one of my best per- the picture. Amarmani Tripathi Amita Singh Sanjay Singh ed that her ma- has taken in the past 15 years. formances. It is a hilarious fi- Straight out rriage to Mah- ‘‘I was working non-stop for lm, the kind which Kundan of Bollywood anta was sole- Satta and Stumped,’’ she says, Shah excels at making.’’ was the love tr- mnised at the ‘‘At one point of time, I was si- It is often difficult to separ- iangle betwe- Vighneshwar ck of seeing my face in the ate the actress from the act. en national ba- Ganesh Tem- media. Of course, this only But for this princess charmi- dminton cha- ple in Mumbai shows that people love me and ng of Bollywood, the actress mpion Syed on March 11. I am thankful.’’ and the act have long since Modi, his wife Though Maha- Incidentally,Raveena’s Stu- merged and metamorphosed Amita, and nta admitted mped, her second production into a phenomenon called Ra- her close frie- knowing her after Pehchan, hit the headlin- veena Tandon. nd and politic- well, he stated es when a college student fr- [email protected] ian Sanjay Si- that the allega- ngh. On July tion was ‘‘hig- CLOCKWORK ORANGE! Raveena Tandon, currently on a 28, 1988, Syed Prafulla Mahanta Kalyan Singh Harshvardhan hly concocted, break from Bollywood, shows Delhi Times what it takes Modi was shot imaginary and to unwind away from the grind of moviedom (To send this dead by unidentified assailants even as he was totally baseless.’’ Nonetheless, owing to pres- photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) returning from a practice session at the KD sure from party colleagues, he resigned. De- Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow.The CBI took spite this, Mahanta never filed a defamation over the case and arrested Jan Morcha leader case against Bharali. and former UP transport minister Sanjay Singh On the lines of the Harshvardhan Singh case, on the charge of conspiring to murder Modi; as former AGP minister Jatin Mali cried foul play AIRLINES BOOKED: Wedding bells for Ramona also Amita, on the charge of conspiring to mur- when his maid Dipti Kalita accused him of imp- der her husband along with Singh. Nothing ca- regnating her and then forcing her to undergo VINOD NAIR heart grow fonder. A month passed me of the charges and Singh married Amita abortion, allegedly carried out by a local physic- Times News Network and, during this period, Ramona got Modi, now a UP minister, a few months later. ian and a close friend of Mali. Accompanied by NO TICKETS TO RIDE to know more and more about Yanc- In early 1996, an unmarried tribal girl worki- his wife, Mali denied the charge at a press confe- ■ The bride: Ramona Garware. Bel- hee as a to-be hubby.But for Yanchee, ng as a maid at the residence of Harshvardhan rence. Soon enough, the storm blew over.Of co- ARUN KUMAR DAS ile flights to the West are booked to the ongs to Mumbai’s Narang family,tra- this one month seemed like a year! Singh (then Delhi health minister in the BJP urse, Amarmani Tripathi, the man in the cent- Times News Network brim, travellers are still reluctant about ditional hoteliers and businessmen. ‘‘He was so nice and patient,’’ smiles government) was found to be pregnant. The op- re of the storm right now, will have to wait to destinations in the East such as Beijing, Takes life as a party.Bubbly and full Ramona, ‘‘At the end of a month, I sa- position lost no time in raising questions in see if history repeats itself again. he storm after the lull. The US atta- Singapore, Shanghai and Malaysia. Be it of fun. Always seen SATISH JAISWAL id: OK, let’s get ma- Parliament and accusing Singh of impregnat- [email protected] Tck on Iraq and the subsequent SA- British Airways, Lufthansa, Air India, in the best of desig- rried!’’ That was a RS scare across the globe might have gr- Gulf Airlines, Emirates or Royal Jor- ner outfits, accomp- week ago. ounded the high-flying aspirations of danian Airlines, all major airlines are anied by chic bags ■ The Big Day: those magnificent airlines and their fly- primarily booked for destinations in the and accessories. Ex- Yesterday. The ven- ing machines but life has come ‘full’ cir- West and the Gulf.’’ Interestingly eno- tremely outgoing. ue was Ramona’s cle now. So much so, it’s rush hour like ugh, the rise in flight occupancy comes ■ The groom: Ya- plush and ornate never before for the maj- unaided by promotional nchee Vadhera.

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