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A director's take on cinema
Film director Balu Mahendra, who has a flair for making realistic movies, was in town recently. M. ALLIRAJAN speaks to him to know more about his views on the finer aspects of cinematography and filmmaking.
Face Facts
Nuances of hair care
NOTHING ALARMS a person more than to be confronted with the problem of undue hairloss. Hair has a life cycle. Every hair that grows must fall after its life cycle and new hair will grow in the same place. There is a natural balance between ...
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Issues
Nourishing walks
Refreshment business is brisk, but the dwindling number of walkers is a big worry.
Music
Drumming up success
Percussionist Sivamani, enthrals audiences each time he gives a live performance. His full-length album "Drums On Fire" is making waves.
Showbitz
Hoo-K-ed
NOT JUST Ekta Kapoor, former Miss Universe-turned-actress Lara Dutta too considers the letter `K' lucky! "Besides the fact that the man I've been seeing for the last five years is Kelly, my name in my first three films begins with K— Kajal ...
Paro turns plain Jane
THE `PARO'-chial feeling has surfaced big-time. After "Devdas" Aishwarya Rai is back doing a film based on a Bengali classic, "Choker Bali". And director Rituparno Ghosh just can't stop raving about her. "We got along fabulously and I convinced ...
Burning the midnight oil
THE WHOLE of this week, Kareena Kapoor shot all-night at Madh Island for Dharamesh Darshan's "Bewafaa". "Who says stardom is a bed of roses? Anilji, Akshay and I've been shooting from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.," sighs Kareena, while tucking into her ...
On a war- footing
RECENTLY O.P. Dutta, father of J.P.Dutta released his memoirs, "Choolah Aur Chakki". Everyone from Amitabh Bachchan and his politician-friend Amar Singh to Raveena Tandon and Kareena Kapoor turned up for this great moment in the Duttas' life. ...
For kiddos now!
PERHAPS JUST one of her kind only, the husky-voiced evergreen pop-sensation, Usha Uthup is amused about her forthcoming music video for `Bhoot' directed by Ramgopal Verma, and recordings for the Subhash Ghai production, "Jogger's Park". More ...
Winning spree
WHETHER THREE hours or three minutes, Aamir Khan is a sure winner. While the audiences adored him in "Lagaan" and "Dil Chahta Hai", his appearances in the soft drink ads seemed to have pleased the Advertising Agencies Association of India and he ...
Still pricey
SINCE DECADES, he has been walking tall! Name, fame, money and talent — words that have become synonymous with Amitabh Bachchan. Industrywallahs say the `priced' hero still has a queue of producers waiting to sign him. And ready to pay him ...
Kapoor obsession
IT SEEMS movie-makers are chasing him and so are the gals! Papa Rishi Kapoor and mamma Neetu must be concerned about their ladla beta Ranbir being hounded by the Press. The smart, young Kapoor is doing a course in acting in New York. ...
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