DLD‰‰†‰KDLD‰‰†‰DLD‰‰†‰MDLD‰‰†‰C Weddng belle Some mothers do THE TIMES OF INDIA Denise is out have ‘em: Malaika Thursday, April 24, 2003 to tie the knot is back in business Page 9 Page 10 TO D AY S LUCKY 81 Qutab Minar Lucky number 87 822 2 little ducks Kitty Mirza 838 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 20th April, 2003 Numbers already announced : OF INDIA 53,77,84,51,62,72,20,44,65,11,33,42,69,31,89,80 MANOJ KESHARWANI HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SACHIN! With more international centuries than his age, Sachin Tendulkar, who turns 30 today, is an icon par excellence VRUSHALI HALDIPUR my priorities. But if something goes wro- Times News Network CAKE WALK ng with my game, I can spend sleepless ni- ghts thinking about it,’’ he admits. And we ndia’s favourite cricketer turns 30 follow,with heated arguments and endless today. And, as it is with each of his debates, of how a stroke here, an edge the- Itriumphs, which gets translated into re might have changed India’s fortunes. national jubilation, so does his birthday The praises will persist, the throngs become a collective celebratory experi- will clamour for their share of centuries, ence for the nation. As Sachin Tendulkar the records will beg to be broken but Sa- steps into his thirtieth year, he gets into chin will not allow the pressure to beat a reflective mood. him. ‘‘I don’t want to think of the next ‘‘It has been a long journey so far, level. I take things as they come. I want to difficult at times. A lot of sweat and hard keep it simple,’’ he says. work has gone into it, but I have enjoyed Simplicity is what endeared him to us every moment on and off the field. No re- in the first place. It is the story we love to grets whatsoever,’’ says Sachin, while tell of the boy-next-door who conquered speaking to Delhi Times before ushering the world armed with just his prodigious in his birthday along with wife Anjali at talent and discipline. Simplicity is, Tendulkar’s in Mumbai. again, the legacy he wants his children Being a role model for a generation st- to inherit. His stable upbringing, which arved of heroes, shouldering the has kept him grounded in reality,will be expectations of a billion-odd people, bal- his most important gift to Sara and Ar- ancing the burden of fame without show- jun. ‘‘I want to teach my children the val- ing signs of strain can only be a Ten- ues my parents gave me. I am there to dulkar-ean task. Sachin gives due credit guide them,’’ he says. to his family, specially his brother Ajit, The birthday cake is wheeled in and who helped him sustain his focus. Meet- the staffers at Tendulkar’s begin their so- ing Anjali changed his life, he says. ‘‘I am ng... Someone’s Getting Old... Sachin can’t fortunate enough to have a strong family- resist a laugh. His business partner San- support system. They are not carried jay Narang jokes, ‘‘He’s still 21 at heart!’’ away by all the hype,’’ he elaborates. The smiles around come from within. The man’s bat is inextricably linked wi- Aapla Sachin, Tendlya, Little Master... th the land’s psyche. A Sachin Tendulkar call him what you will, Sachin Tendulkar century equals not 100, but the roar of a is all at once your ordinary man and extr- nation’s pride. Being India’s biggest brand aordinary champion. Perhaps, this is is secondary. ‘‘Cricket is my life. If I re- why we celebrate. Because we see a bit of quire several retakes in a commercial, it ourselves in him. doesn’t bother me — that’s not on top of [email protected] PRASHANT NAKWE Times News Network the sets or at some function or at the school where our chil- he first time I met Sachin dren study. He is a quiet pers- TTendulkar was about five on who doesn’t really open up years ago during the shooting much, unless you are talking of a Pepsi commercial for wh- 30 NOT OUT about cricket. ich I had to dress up, wear a wig Shah Rukh Khan relives his relationship with Sachin Tendulkar I think it would be unfair and look like him. This was at and disrespectful to rate Sach- Film City, where I also met Sa- as cricket’s master blaster celebrates his 30th birthday today in as an actor because he has chin’s wife Anjali. We must ha- done commercials. Because ve said our customary ‘hellos’ plays on the field. He is developed a lot in his mind. that is not his job and he tries and chatted a bit. amazingly humble in real TOUCHING TRIBUTE His technique is God-gift- his best. It is like padding me Sachin is a shy, soft-spoken life and amazingly aggres- ed. But you can’t teach any- up and putting me before Joel IT’S HOT, HOT, HOT! Delhi Times tunes in to 98.3 FM, the hottest number guy. In fact, what I like most sive on the field. It is this di- body to be like Sachin Te- Garner. For me, when we wor- on the air waves, as Femina Miss India-Universe Nikita Anand gets into about him is his controlled ag- chotomy about him which I ndulkar, because there is a ked together in commercials, a sizzling mood ahead of the launch of Radio Mirchi in the Capital (To gression. You know, it’s like find appealing. mindset he has developed he was like a new actor who send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) watching some of the Holly- Just the other day, I was which defines his individu- was working with me and it wood actors, who look so awe- telling somebody how Sac- ality. If there is something became my duty to make him some in larger-than-life situa- hin is a complete artiste — common between us, it is look good and teach him what- tions on the screen. And then a quiet person in reality, our will-power,determinat- ever I know about acting. But you see them off-screen and but a genius at his job: give ion and focussed concentr- he has eased before the came- Strike leaves Delhi high & dry it’s like, ‘Arre, this guy is not him a bat, and he is ready ation. Of course, I just hap- ra over the years. But frankly, like that at all.’ It’s the same to destroy any opposition. pen to be a little more fla- Sachin Tendulkar is beyond ARUN KUMAR DAS liquor bottles breaking while being transported with Sachin. He is so simple To me, he is the Aamir Kh- mboyant than him. camera. I wish him all the best Times News Network aboard trains are high. ‘‘We tried to bring in liq- and gentle when you meet an of cricket. I must have met Sachin on his birthday. (As told to SURESH NAIR) uor from Goa via train but had a bad experience him, in complete contrast to Sachin has turned 30, on four or five occasions iquor shops, liquor shops everywhere but with our consignment,’’ says the supplier. the menace and power he dis- but I guess he had already and it has been either on [email protected] Lnot too many drops to drink. For those who According to Dinesh Jain of Famous Grouse, have been left shaken and stirred by this line the ongoing strike has gone beyond affecting and are thirsty for details, the fact of the matter the IMFL supply and has hit the Scotch seg- is that the strike by transporters has literally left ment. ‘‘Although inland container depots in the Now, old is gold the Capital high and dry.With the strike stre- city are full, we are unable to tching on for a week, the transport our Scotch stock Times News Network made me think they would supply of certain IMFL to their designated destina- be interested in another peri- brands to the city has tions. Also, since Scotch co- ashu Bhagnani burnt od film from the same era but been hit hard. mes at a price, it doesn’t Vhis fingers with Jeena with a far more interesting ‘‘Not only has the str- make sense to use small ve- Sirrf Merre Liye, a remake of storyline,’’ he says with tong- ike affected the supply hicles for transportation,’’ Anmol Ghadi (1946), but he is ue firmly in cheek. So, Nan- of liquor to the city, it elaborates Jain. game for another remake. dy is all set to launch a mille- has given rise to a situation where- If breweries and distilleri- ‘‘You tell me which one will nnium version of Saheb Bibi in certain breweries are threat- es have been affected by the work and I’ll do it,’’ he says. Aur Ghulam for a generation ened with closure because of the non-arrival of raw materia- Devdas mig- which hasn’t non-availability of raw materi- ls, bottling plants have been ht have miss- seen the Guru als,’’ reveals a supplier of IMFL left waiting for spirits to arr- ed the Oscar Dutt classic. and beer to liquor outlets in the ive in tankers. ‘‘All in all,the bus, but it sure Trade anal- city,‘‘While liquor bottles come liquor scenario is rather gr- has got Bolly- yst Amod Me- in five different sizes — 180 ml, im,’’ says a senior official of wood thinking hra points out 375 ml, 500 ml, 750 ml and 1,000 ml the excise department.