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 Glam Ma'am She's the only glam element among the new lot of veejays. Come August and Nina Manuel, a familiar figure on the country's ramps, will become a familiar face on Channel V. Manuel's also got a few TV and print ads in her kitty, like the recent one for San Miguel beer, but she' s no giddy gal addicted to the spotlight. She is finishing her final year of law from Mumbai's G.J. Advani Law College because, says the bright-eyed beauty, "modelling and veejaying won't last forever. When it's over, I don't want to sit down on my sofa and think, Now what?" Smart. Small Wonder Stars and Stripes Khan Do, Will Do |
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But the thoughts
wouldn't stop flowing, and K.S. Alka, 13, has ended up as the youngest
Malayalam novelist ever. Chichu Enna Pravu (Chichu, the Dove) is about a dove
that doesn't hesitate to resort to violence if it helps society in the long run. Alka, a
Class VIII student of S.N. Central School near Kayamkulam in Alapuzha district, has also
done the illustrations in her book. Now she says, "The next few months are for
studies as the exams are nearing." And after that? The next novel. 
It's that famed intensity again. While other celebs visited
the injured in the Kargil conflict, Nana Patekar has been living among
the soldiers in action for over a fortnight now, moving from post to post as unofficial
cheerleader of sorts. "Our greatest weapon is not the Bofors, nor the AK, but our
jawans," says Patekar, 50, who had undergone intense training with the Maratha Light
Infantry before making the film Prahaar. Back in Mumbai for a few days of shooting, he
plans to return again. This from a man who couldn't join the army because "my
qualifications weren't equivalent to graduation". Looks like our star has earned his
stripes.
It's happened At last. Raj kumar Santoshi's next
film teams up the two Khans who would be king, Aamir and Shah
Rukh, for the first time. Forget prickly egos, says the director, "They're
both very successful and there is no insecurity as such." Question is, who steals
heroine Aishwarya Rai's heart? "I'll see who behaves the best
through the film," he quips, "who comes on time and gives me the least trouble,
then I'll decide." Okay boys, time to be good.