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THE TIMES OF shaye have a Ajay Devgan capital time in readies to steal Man stitches lips after wife com - Delhi... the show His lips are sealed... and not the mouth. It s nice to have just figuratively. Rudrappa an obedient husband but I Mugalkod, a 32-year-old farm- didn t realise he would go this er in a Karnataka village, actu - far, she says. Mugalkod, who ally stitched his lips together had the stitches removed at after his wife Satyabhama or- hospital, says he was too dered him to stop swearing. drunk to feel the pain. I did it As per reports, Satyabha- to show how much I respect- ma told him to shut up. In an ed her wishes. Now, of cou - inebriated conditi - rse, he ll actually on when the order have a stiff upper was passed, lip for some time! Mugalkod shut up by stitching his lips together. OF INDIA The next morn- ing, his wife found THANK GOD IT S SUNDAY him bleeding from P hotos : SUNIL KATARIA MANOJ KESHARW ANI DARA SINGH: NO HOLDS Fate. As a child, he was forced to tend to cattle when he wanted to study. As a boy, his wonder years were killed by marriage and subsequent divorce. As a teenager, nightmares at home drove him to pursue his dreams in Singapore. As a pahelwan- turned-actor, he was rejected by heroines. But as in the wrestling arena, he won. Because Dara Singh, as he tells APARNA In my poverty-stricken childhood, I grew up on m a the Indian champion and won the Commonwealth title ka doodh:My earliest memories are of the poverty in in 1959. which I grew up after being born to Suraj Singh, a farmer, offers came my way: I had done cameos in South and Balwinder Kaur on November 19, 1928 in the village Indian , but when I was of fered my first film Ki- of Dharamuchak, Amritsar. When I was three, my moth - ng Kong, I was apprehensive that I would make a fool of er gave birth to a stillborn girl and was asked to breast - myself. But the film s producer, Devi Sharma, was feed me. I constantly pestered her to be fed. Finally , she adamant. I demanded Rs 60,000 for 60 days. Sharma applied a bitter substance to her breasts to wean me wrapped up the schedule in 35 days, making Rs 35,000 away! my first signing amount! I was not allowed to study: W ith farming not Marriage proved second-time lucky: Around then, offering enough money, my father took my parents pressurised me to marry again. Ours was an illiter - up a job at a factory in Singapore. I agreed on the condition that I At nine, family ate, poverty-stricken Ours was an illiterate family and would select my bride. I want - feuds forced me to mar- family; my grandfather wanted me to ed a girl who was not illiter - tend to grazing cattle. But I ate, but not highly-educat - ry a girl five years school was banned wanted to study and sneaked ed either . I found Surjeet away to school, where my teacher, Bansha Ram, made me the Kaur and we got engaged a week after I signed King Kong. monitor of the class. When my grandfather found out, he banned Surjeet has been a wonderful wife to me and a loving moth - me from school. Disheartened, I ran away from home. But my moth - er to our children Kamal, V irender , Amreek, Lovleen and er s tears brought me back. An agreement was arrived at: I studied Deepa. under a sant at a pathshala in the morning, and spent the afternoon I learnt acting on the sets: For my first shot in King Kong, I in the fields. had to rescue the heroine, Kumkum, from an animal, drop her I was caught lying and have never lied again: Once, in my en - on the ground violently, and fetch water. For the first five takes, thusiasm to study, I memorised lessons in advance, helped by my I placed Kumkum softly on the ground nobody was cousin. But contrary to my expectations, this only angered my guru . amused! Finally, I got my act right, but regretted that another To save my cousin from trouble, I lied that my mother had taught me person dubbed my voice. I took tuitions in Hindi, Urdu and Eng - these lessons; but he found out the truth and gave me the scolding lish to perfect my dialogue delivery. of my life. I learnt my most important lesson that day: never lie, come Heroines refused to work with me: For Samson And Delilah, the what may. film s producer just couldn t get an actress to agree to work with me. W restling fascinated me: W restling champions evoked awe at I found a heroine when Mumtaz, who had accompanied her sister to village melas and I nursed the ambition of becoming the top the sets of Hercules, agreed to do the role. Our jodi became a hit and we wrestler in India. But my family had neither the money for me to re - acted in around 10 films. Rustam-e-Rome, Rustam-e-Hind, Sher-e-Watan, ceive training in wrestling, nor the empathy to relate to my Balraj Shri Krishna and Aaya Toofan did well at the box-of fice. I was a busy dream. Undeterred, I practised and participated in small- actor specially because my secretary, Lalit Kumar, made me sign around time competitions. eight films a month! Child marriage killed my childhood: When I was nine, I am still recognised as Hanuman: As an actor, Ramayana gave me a second family feuds forced me to marry a girl five years older than lease of life at 60. Ramanand Sagar was convinced that only I could play Hanuman, me. I couldn t relate to her and the fights at home were unbearable. despite my insistence that he needed a younger person. Even today, when I am in a vil - My wife bore me a son Pradumbhan when I was 18, but the mar - lage, people see me as Hanuman and fall at my feet. But the best compliment I have riage ended in divorce. Those 10 years of my life were traumatic. For ever received is from a small boy who said that, whenever he thinks of Hanuman, my quite some time, I held my family responsible for making me the victim picture crosses his mind. of an impulsive decision. I couldn t spend time with my kids: More often than not, I was not at home when my I was in Singapore when India became independent: Mentally-dis - kids were growing up. Surjeet has done a really good job of bringing up the kids. turbed, I left for Singapore, where wrestling was a rage. Ironically , on Au - I never interfere in the lives of my children. When Kamal, my eldest daughter , be- gust 15, 1947, I was in Singapore, where I earned my living by loading came an air-hostess after studying law, I was taken aback, but respected her de - drums. Knowing my passion for wrestling, friends insisted that I enrol cision. Today, she is married to an American pilot and runs an aviation institute with for training and I joined an in - her husband in the US. AJIT NINAN stitute. For a year and a half, I will take self-respect and hu - friends bore the expenses for my SUN-SPE- mility to my grave: W ith age has IN FULL BLOOM! Rani Mukherjee, in town for the newly-opened Provogue pahelwan diet of milk, ghee, come humility. There will always Studio at Lajpat Nagar and the promotion of her upcoming release Chori Chori, badam, chicken and seasonal fruits and vegetables. be people more successful than me and vice versa. I shows Delhi Times what it takes to be a down-to-earth film star, at the Maurya W restling forced me to chop off my hair: I cycled 10 never felt special when I was a champion wrestler and Sheraton (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to w w w.timescity.com/delhi/ ) km to and from the institute every day. Still, this was the a film hero. This is why I don t feel disheartened when I easy part. My uncut hair came in the way of wrestling lead a relatively ordinary life today . The Gita says that and, as a sardar , my saddest moment came when I had man is born with nothing and dies with nothing. I hope to to get my hair cropped. My mother was heartbroken and be remembered as a man who earned respect and re - Queen bee or wrote a letter , asking me to parcel home my cut hair. spected others. I wasn t around My hard work paid off: W ithin three years of my be - [email protected] Humility stems coming a wrestler, I became the Malaysian champion by from knowing that there when my kids were defeating Trilok Singh. But I really gained recognition in not to be? Rani growing up; Surjeet India after defeating the Hungarian champion King Kong are people more in 1953. After that, there was no looking back. I became JYOTI SHARMA The scarlet tales in gossip columns ma - Times News Network ke her go crimson. Acting is what gives her the greatest buzz. And her dream role is to o frills. No flamboyance. Down-to-earth play the Rani of Jhansi on the silver screen. N earnestness rather than starry airs. In real life, I fantasise about a Prince Rare in the world of make-believe. Yet, there Charming sweeping me off my feet and a in her. In an era of Spandexed sirens and dream marriage. ANUBHA SAWHNEY Kothari, MD, Emotional detachment moussed hair, how does this girl stand out? But ask her about her favourite co-stars, Times News Network could be followed by the act of intercourse All answers lead to Rani Mukherjee. and Rani minds her Ps and Qs rather well. slowly, but surely , becoming boring. I have learnt a lot from all the people I From Shah Rukh and Aamir who, despite artik and Riya had been married for a Adding another angle to infidelity is have worked with. I believe that I am a dif - being established stars worked with a new - K good 18 years. Life alternated be - what is scientifically called the Coolidge ferent performer from what I was in G h u - comer like me, to , and tween brawls, boredom and bliss. So far, Ef fect, which is all about variety being the lam , says Rani, I have grown with every V ivek Oberoi, everybody holds a special so usual. And then, Riya s worst night - spice of the male sexual life. Many of my movie. place in my life. mare came true. The otherwise unwilling male patients who are reported as impo - And she certainly be - Special, too, is her pl - and unexciting Kartik, tent by their wives co - NEELABH lieves that she will grow X-TRAA HOT ace in the pe - she discovered, had a nfess to prowess with a with Chori Chori. I identify cking order after the box- series of past flings. Pr - succession of mistress - with Khushi, the character BYTES of fice success of Chalte esent continuous. Bitter - es. Clearly, the Coolidge I portray . Like Khushi, I am Catch Rani Mukherjee, Chalte and Saathiya. I ness crept into the rela - Ef fect is more of a social a fun-loving person who star of the Mirchi Hot don t believe in the num - tionship. Riya was a vic - problem than a medical wants to spread hap - Pick Chori Chori , in an bers game. My approach tim of infidelity. Both were condition, says Chugh. piness. But there is also a is simple: don t be too victims of a common Enter the Fatal Attraction naughty side to me. exclusive chat on Hel- excited by a hit, take condition faced by cou - factor. Then, from here to Talking to Rani is like si - lo Delhi between flops with a pinch of ples after spending the illicit or extra-marital multaneously surfing 9 am & 11 am tomor- salt. There s a philo - years together, both He affair, it is a very short through several TV chan - sophical side to Rani and She no longer found hop. nels. But she s no Mukherjee a normal each other stimulating To keep a marriage wannabe. With Chori person with normal enough. They needed going, suggests Kothari, Chori , I have attempted comedy for the first tastes and hobbies who loves to sleep something extra like share an emotional and time. I have changed the way I usually walk, away the free time she has. But right an extra-marital af fair. social relationship. In talk and look on screen to get into the com - n o w , life is all about hard work atleast This is not a new other words, a couple edy mode. till I get an Oscar . trend. The addic - which doesn t al - An image makeover is in the offing. The A pause later, Rani turns away with her tive thrill of illicit af- ADULTER-AMOU ways have sex on girl-next-door is ready to step out and walk pocketful of dreams. She has a flight to fairs is a more al - its mind is most that extra mile. I am looking forward to the catch. And she will soar high among the luring force than sexual discipline, ex- likely to conquer boredom... and the bed - release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali s Black , grey clouds so high. And pin her silver lining plains psychiatrist Sanjay Chugh, MD. room! Ketan Mehta s 1857 The Uprising and down. Success and sexual aggression are the [email protected] Kunal Kohli s Hum Dono. In all these films, I [email protected] yin and yang of present day marriages. play distinctly dif ferent characters, she in- The case of Kartik and Riya reflects the forms. absence of communication between cou - ples, points out sexologist Prakash I have evolved as a person and as a pro - Y ou have six rele - ABHISHEK till they pack me of! f proach to film-making. All of them are en - ases lined up be- BACHCHAN Do you find the tag, Aby s baby , too thusiastic and involved. But it s fun working fore the year en - Actor heavy to carry? with friends such as Goldie Behl and Ro - ds. Are you nerv- On the loves I am proud to be his son. han Sippy. ous? Do you wish you were in Professionally, your career is When I think of it, I of his life and some other career? I am not go - yet to pick up. Personally, get jittery. But I am the life he As a child, one wants to become ing to leave you had a setback. Are you loves also charged up an astronaut, a businessman the film indus - maturing? because people and all that. In fact, my first job There is nothing life can of fer still have faith in me was for AB Corp as a production try till it packs you it s all about what one and are signing me. I guess, the audience executive. I was a production takes out of life. I look at doesn t have a choice this year but to see I give my best shot whenever and whoev - boy for Major Saab. Acting was something everything as a learning experience. I have me everywhere! My forthcoming releases er I work for . Maybe, there is more to me I was always sure of. evolved as a person and as a professional include Kuch Na Kaho; Zameen; Run; waiting to be explored. I can only keep try - How is it working with senior directors and am enjoying life. Se Aayaa Mera Dost; and LoC. ing to do different things. Its not easy to en - and the newer lot? AFSANA AHMED Why aren t your films doing well? tertain the audience, but Im not going to go Honestly, there is no dif ference in their ap -

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S ATISH JAISWAL lSpeak of Delhi and the first thing that comes to my mind is food. This city is the epicentre of all delicacies Flirtatious SMSof from dif ferent parts of the world. You ve just got to name it and it is there. Moreover, even the people of the day Delhi are ready to accept and experiment with new ROHIT PA N- varieties. My phone loves lAnd thus comes the second best thing about the city adaptability. If there is one place on earth, I it when U SMS; feel, where people are ready to learn and adapt a it s little face A SPOR new culture, it is our very own Delhi. Right from pubs, clubs and technology to even the next-door lights up, fruit shop, the city picks up what s best and frames it bursts into it according to the likes of one and all. beeps & has ur lSpeaking of the weather, though many complain name written all over it. I think U Del - shld SMS more Del -! Deepak Tijori/Actor & Director TING EN- To find that spe - cial someone to flirt with, sms DAT

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that summers are bad, I beg to dif - fer . This is one city where the four e s all of 20 but Ro - have liked to, he grins, his squash professionally but dif ferent seasons can actually be Differences between hit Pandit has a eyes twinkling. the costs involved plus the felt distinctively. Come mid-Octo- Tusshar and Ekta? When passion for squash Initially, Rohit used to lack of interest shown by the ber and the city is one of its kind. news of the starcast of H that has made him practise with his elder broth - authorities in furthering the lLast but not the least, I strongly s new unti- the State No 1 player for er Rahul, and then went on game has made me rethink, believe that a place is known by its tled film, starring Sohail three years and has sent him to play in the school team. he says. inhabitants. Delhi has the best Khan, and to play the game on a Na- Many school-time National Not one to be disillu - looking and bold guys and gals, Anita, did not include tional level while still in level competitions later, Ro - sioned, Rohit is confident of who move... oops! ... set the fash- brother Tusshar, everyone school. A student of Modern hit graduated to playing training young squash en- ion trend. Maybe, that is why Del - wondered if the brother- School Barakhamba Road, thusiasts once he has made hi, I feel, is home away from home! sister duo had fallen Rohit began playing squash it in life. That s something apart. However, Ekta it is when he was still in class VIII SPO LIGH I m really keen to do train heard, has something and has never stopped young squash players. else planned for brother- since. I began with lawn and winning various inter- Besides squash, Rohit dearest. I am on the tennis but squash soon university championships as has a fancy for cars and verge of casting him in caught my fancy and today, I well. A B Com student at DU, loves tinkering around with two awesome projects, really enjoy the game, he Rohit is clear that squash is them. T inkering around which I am going to an- says. And did he, the squash a hobby and not a career op- with a pair of hot wheels is nounce very soon, she is champ in school, get a lot of tion. It s sad but I see no fu - one of my favourite pas- believed to have said. attention of the female kind? ture for the game in India. I times, grins the motoring Not as much as I would would have loved to play enthusiast.

Photos: NITIN MALIK IN SEARCH OF oetry shall touch you, the other guests who gath - when you know you are ered around to have a tete-a- P a poet inside so says tete with him. Also part of the Bharat Thakur in his latest book evening were dancers Raja Truth, the Art of the Mystics . and Radha Reddy, Sub- This work is part of a two-book roto and Nupur Kundu set which was released along and Vir Munshi. Ashwi - with Nandan Gautam s A Lie ni Chopra and beauty, and a Truth, by the suave Union fitness expert Bharti minister , who, Taneja and photogra- clad in an of f-white kurta-pyaja - pher Raghu Rai were ma, was at his charming best also spotted. that evening. Anchored by the former TV anchor Sadhna Srivastva, the evening saw Wisdom Trees Bharat Thakur and Vinod Khanna Shobit Arya talk about the freshness of the books and joint- secretary in the ministry of tourism Amitabh Kant, who was thanked by everyone for his efforts in pro- moting India s heritage on the global stage. Later, V inod Khanna was seen discussing matters spiritual Nandan Gautam & Amitabh Kant Prabha Thakur and Neetu Singh with many of Prerna Katria

Horror films it s a trend that seems to have caught on. After Raaz and Bhoot, it was time for SHRUTI SRIVASTAVA: NEHA GUSIM: Ram Gopal D M H is an awesome film, V erma s concept of compil - but I wouldn t watch the ing six stories in one isn t a film alone at night. The good idea. There s nothing background music is scary. good about D M H including Of all the stories, I liked the background music. The V ivek and Nana s the most. only thing good about the Sameera too leaves an im- film is V ivek Oberoi. pact. NAHI CHALE- VARUN MALHOTRA: I RAKESH KUMAR: Darna liked the film because it s Mana Hai will be a suc - dif ferent. But it didn t scare cessful film. Though I liked me. Of all the actors, I liked it because of its dif ferent Isha the most. V ivek too storyline, I wouldn t watch it was really good, though the again. It was fun watching same can t be said about six stories in one film. . Everyone was good. CHALEGI

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Jazz Sagoo, Chhavi Singh and Malvika Anil Jain and Bhanwar Jain he Capital waited with bated film party , hosted by V ikram Rana, breath for a hungama to was set, especially with the songs T happen on Tuesday from the film playing in the back - evening. But, all was quiet on the ground. And then starlight struck, city front till the next evening and in walked Akshaye Khanna, when the stars of Hungama looking his casual best in a bright touched down to give Delhiites a yellow T-shirt and a blue denim time to rock. jeans. The spotlight was also W ith cocktails and snacks doing shared by the leading lady of the the rounds, the mood for a typical film Rimi . Looking pretty in a black outfit, she spoke excitedly about the great time she had shooting for the film. So, what did the stars do? Well, apart from smiling their way through the evening success, you can be sure we ll with the usual hand - come up with even better fare, is shakes, autographs what they promised to a crowd and photo sessions, that was more than eager to raise they put in their very a toast to em all.... best of ef forts to pro - mote Hungama. And Ratan Jain and Dinesh Gupta if you help make it a For a good

hey gathered for a good Tcause for an evening organised by Prayas, Insti - tute of Juvenile Justice. Representatives from differ- ent walks of life of the Cap - ital were part of a charity dinner which saw the or - ganisation s general secre - tary and the joint commis -

Amod Kant & Vijay Jolly sioner of police, Amod Kant, give a speech dwelling on the institute and its projects including 56 centres spread across the Capital to take care of 5,000 children. The evening also saw Kapil Dev in a great, af fable

mood as he explained his own association with this NGO. He said, If we could utilise just five percent of our time, energy, effort and mon - ey for others, the world will be a better place to live in. As drinks and snacks did the rounds, MD and CEO of Amway William S Pinckney,

Rita Tandon and W illiam Pinckney who had earlier donated a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to Prayas, and his wife Laurie dressed in a black salwar- kameez were seen talking to the other guests present. Shriram Pistons Ashok Taneja and LG s Amit Gupta were observed taking keen interest in the NGO s func - tioning and even hinted at shelling out donations them - selves. Harveen Kapoor, Lavika, Abhishek and Kapil Kumbria, all representatives of Prayas, were also spotted at the do. ( W ith contributions from Manisha Almadi, Allen O Brien and Aparna Gupta)

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