DLD‰‹‰†‰KDLD‰‹‰†‰DLD‰‹‰†‰MDLD‰‹‰†‰C Twinkle,twinkle: Akshay seeks THE TIMES OF INDIA Tara Sharma is the box-office’s Saturday, Man pays for sweets he stole as a kid September 13, 2003 the star of Masti Aashirwaad! Honesty is the best policy. him he could not have stol- Page 8 Page 7 Atleast for this Norwegian en sweets for that much man, who returned to a sh- money,but he had included op where he stole sweets as interest. He felt the amount a child and gave the should be high to owner — grocer Hj- include a punishm- almar Hansen — $ ent for what he had 120 to ease his con- done as a schoolb- science. oy. I am impressed. Says Hansen, who To me, he is a he- had no idea about ro.’’ So sweet, did the theft, ‘‘I told someone say? OF INDIA MANOJ KESHARWANI For the CAVE man, AOS! INDIA SCORES Short is sweet with acronyms having become a part of everyday lingo ANUBHA SAWHNEY hing! Wait, there’s another A 10 FOR JEN! Times News Network WORDS WORTH one in this series. It’s called NOPE (Not On Planet Earth) ● VINOD NAIR to Catching India — Jen’s up- here’s a word burst out AOS: All Options Stink — a person who opposes proj- Times News Network coming Hinglish movie. ‘‘The Tthere! And yes, the usual ● B2B2C: Business-to-Busi- ects which would harm the movie is about an American suspect is at work — blame it ness-to-Consumer environment. ollywood is calling... and girl who, after flying down to on acronyms! Simply put, acr- ● CAM: Click-And-Mortar Most couples have ‘CHAOS’ Bshe’s answering! Kyunki India for seven days with $ 7 onyms are no longer what th- ● in the house. Translating into Hollywood is not enough for in her pocket as part of a real- ey used to be — they have ini- BANANA: Build Absolutely the ‘Can’t Have Anyone Over Jennifer Siebel — ‘‘Call me ity show, loses her way and fi- tiated a ‘word burst’ and are Nothing Anywhere Near Syndrome’, this is a situation Jen, please.’’ A rising spark nally stays with an Indian fa- an integral part of spoken lan- Anything of not inviting guests to one’s on the Hollywood horizon and mily,’’ informs Jen, ‘‘While 15 guage. ● CAVE: Citizen Against Virtu- house because it is too messy. an actress who is ready to hit per cent of the film will be sh- Take, for instance, a situat- ally Everything Unfortunately, these couples the big time in the Big Apple ot in LA, the rest will be can- ion in which there is no optim- know nothing about PGST (Pe- ● with an upcoming Jack Nich- ned in India. As for me, I’m re- um or ideal course of action. NOPE: Not On Planet Earth rmanent Global Summer Ti- olson-Diane Keaton film, Jen ady to roll!’’ The hip way of saying just that ● CHAOS: Can’t Have Anyone me)! Now, let’s hit the road. If is set to produce and star in a That’s a maha-excited vo- would be AOS — All Options Over Syndrome you drive the car while talking Hinglish movie titled Catchi- ice speaking. But then, Jen is Stink. B2B (Business-to-Busi- ● PGST: Permanent Global on the cellphone, there’s a na- ng India and is in town to sh- a self-confessed India-lover. ness) and B2C (Business-to- me for the condition — DWY oot for American Daylights. ‘‘India and its culture have al- Consumer) are passe. The new Summer Time (Driving While Yakking). Do- But first things first. It pays ways fascinated me,’’ says acronym is B2B2C — Busine- ● DWY: Driving While Yakking n’t worry, it’s JOOTT — Just to be Lop- Jen. So ss-to-Business-to-Consumer — ● JOOTT: Just One Of Those One Of Those Things! ez for su- HOLLYWOOD CALLING far so go- which describes how a busine- Things We’ve all heard of the Y2K re, but th- od. But ss sells a product to a consu- ● TEOTWAWKI: The End Of bug. Meet Y2OK — a situation is Jen is right up there on the this doesn’t explain what a mer by using another business which describes the lack of popularity stakes. A former graduate in business manage- as an intermediary.While still The World As We Know It serious computer problems re- girlfriend of George Clooney, ment from Stanford is doing on business, let’s meet CAM — ● MTFBWY: May The Force sulting from the 1999 to 2000 Jen has now found love in Je- in the world of lights, camera a Click-And-Mortar company. Be With You changeover.Finally,everyone’s ss Watlow, a US film-maker. and action. ‘‘Right next to Sta- If your neighbour is oppos- ● Y2W2S: Ya, Ya, Whatever, talking of TEOTWAWKI — ‘‘We have been seeing each ot- nford Business School, where ed to new real-estate develop- The End Of The World As We her for some time and the re- I studied, was the American ments, he/she is BANANAs Wherever, Sure Know It — a catch-all phrase lationship is going great.’’ Conservatory Theatre (ACT). — those who Build Absolutely ● CID: Consider It Done for the chaos people expect will Incidentally,‘‘great’’ is also So, once I was through with Nothing Anywhere Near Any- ● EID2IFY: Everything I Do I occur someday.So, are you still the word she uses to describe my MBA, I headed for ACT!’’ thing! Or a CAVE man —Citi- Do It For You acrimonious about acronyms? the Roger Christian-directed Life, like the movies, is full zen Against Virtually Everyt- [email protected] American Daylights, shooting of twists. But then, that suits for which is currently on in Jen just fine. Because irrespe- Delhi with the site alternati- ctive of whether it is Hollywo- ng between a call centre and od or Bollywood, she always hotel, the Grand. gets her act together! Boom, Oops, Idiot, Sshh... From American Daylights [email protected] Expect the unexpected... Bollywood’s name game has taken the whacky route POSTURE PERFECT! Delhi Times unplugs the poise of NYDIA DIAS different from regular films Jennifer Siebel as the Hollywood actress, who is in Times News Network Boom and this calls for titles with a town to shoot for American Daylights, shows the spark different feel,” says trade ana- it takes to sit pretty in showbiz (To send this photograph oom, Plan, Danger, Run, lyst Komal Nahata. to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) BSshh... sounds like instr- Other films in the pipeline uctions from a drill sergeant, include Market, Idiot, Black doesn’t it? These are some of and Fresh-Lime. “Long names the Hindi film titles doing the are tough to remember and, rounds. Critics might say Bol- anyway,people use abbreviat- lywood’s creative bankruptcy ions for them,” says Deepak Stark reality: No forests, no future! is evident in the titles, but oth- Tijori, director of Oops! ers look at it as a new trend. Adds distributor Shravan DIVYA VASISHT Delhi whose growth, over the “People were frustrated wi- Shroff, “You can’t expect a Times News Network Over the past 15 years, deforestation worldwide has wiped out 200 years, has been stunted appre- th old titles. Big names appeal modern-day film-maker such ciably,thus rendering them su- to the elderly and kids, snappy CALLING CARD as Kaizad Gustad to call his fi- t’s a planet in peril. For,gre- million hectares of green cover — that is almost half the size of India sceptible to extinction.’’ names to the younger genera- Oops! lm by some old Hindi movie en is in the red. Yes, there is But even as our forest cover tion,” says Vashu Bhagnani, name. The whole style of film- Ia forest out there all right. is being depleted at an alarmi- producer of Out of Control. making has changed and, he- The only hiccup is that it is the GLOBAL WARNING ng rate, there seems to be no fo- Trade analysts have a diffe- nce, different names go with grey of concrete makes up this cus. ‘‘In India, aforestation is rent take on the long and sho- this trend.” By the look of thi- forest. According to a recent re- an eyewash —60-70 per cent of rt of it. “All the usual names ngs, Bollywood has finally ste- port available with the Tata En- the saplings planted end up dy- have been exhausted. The us- pped on the Road not taken. vironmental Research Institu- ing,’’ says environmentalist ual titles are not available be- Will things go Out Of Control? te (TERI), global deforestation and conservationist Iqbal Mal- cause vocabulary is limited. Sshh... that would be telling! over the past 15 years has resu- ik, ‘‘Moreover, what is increas- Also, today’s new cinema is [email protected] lted in the loss of nearly 200 mi- ingly happening is that peepal llion hectares of forest —that is trees are being replaced by eu- almost half the size of India. calyptus trees. We need to keep The adverse impact on the env- in mind how much forest area ironment is too formidable to is cut and how much of this be compressed into words. area is replaced by saplings of The seriousness of the situa- the desired species. A commit- tion can be gauged from the fa- tee should pinpoint the species ct that millions of tonnes of ca- suitable to the eco-system. Rea- rbon are released into the atm- lisation is very important.