Mark
her Words She's the ex-starlet. He's the struggling megastar. In between,
there's Star Plus. Last week, a letter from Pooja
Bedi Ebrahim to Amitabh Bachchan was leaked to the press, attacking
Bachchan for
reportedly pressuring the channel to pull out an interview that she did
with him for The Amul India Show. The letter claims he was "grumpy,
defensive, relatively inarticulate and possessed virtually no joie de
vivre" during the Q&A, then expands Big B to "Big
Bully" and "Big Baby". Star, however, insisted the
interview was shelved because it was not "up to the mark". As
for the Big B, he was unavailable for comment. Now shall we give this
Battle a Big Break?
Beat this Feat Some kids stay up late to study. This boy stays up late to play chess.
He's not doing it for sport. Arjun Vishnuvardhan,
9, became the youngest Indian to be eligible for a fide (International
Chess Federation) rating when he defeated a 38-year-old state coach in a
recent fide-rated tournament in Kochi. Arjun replaced Rajasthan's Abhijit
Gupta who made the grade at the age of 10. Now his long-term goal is
"to coach my one-year-old brother to become the world's youngest
grandmaster". Gosh, they start young these days.
Family Matters Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra, watch out. Farhan
Akhtar has a good thing going. The latest star son to debut as
director (with Dil
Chahta Hai) has Javed Akhtar doing his script, and a cast that includes
Aamir Khan and Dimple Kapadia. The lineage helps: Farhan is the son of
Javedsaab and child superstar turned scriptwriter Honey Irani. "Some
people want to be pilots when they grow up, some astronauts, I always
wanted to be in the movies," says the 27-year-old. "There is a
magic in creating movies. To create a special magic is the greatest
challenge to me." And if the surname casts a spell, good for him.
DIRECT DIL SE Forget Lara dutta and Yukta mookhey. check out this "woman of
substance". Manisha Koirala, star of
Saudagar, Dil Se and other flicks, will represent India at a UNFPA seminar
in Geneva next month. Koirala, better known for looking ethereal in 1942
-- A
Love Story, will be presenting a paper on population control there. Wanna
sample the beautiful lady's views? "The numbers game is a serious
issue and not to be taken lightly as we're likely to catch up with China
and earn what is certainly a dubious distinction. Creating awareness about
social concerns is a part of my life ..." That's coming direct dil
se.
Mark
her Words
reportedly pressuring the channel to pull out an interview that she did
with him for The Amul India Show. The letter claims he was "grumpy,
defensive, relatively inarticulate and possessed virtually no joie de
vivre" during the Q&A, then expands Big B to "Big
Bully" and "Big Baby". Star, however, insisted the
interview was shelved because it was not "up to the mark". As
for the Big B, he was unavailable for comment. Now shall we give this
Battle a Big Break?
chess.
He's not doing it for sport. Arjun Vishnuvardhan,
9, became the youngest Indian to be eligible for a fide (International
Chess Federation) rating when he defeated a 38-year-old state coach in a
recent fide-rated tournament in Kochi. Arjun replaced Rajasthan's Abhijit
Gupta who made the grade at the age of 10. Now his long-term goal is
"to coach my one-year-old brother to become the world's youngest
grandmaster". Gosh, they start young these days.
Dil
Chahta Hai) has Javed Akhtar doing his script, and a cast that includes
Aamir Khan and Dimple Kapadia. The lineage helps: Farhan is the son of
Javedsaab and child superstar turned scriptwriter Honey Irani. "Some
people want to be pilots when they grow up, some astronauts, I always
wanted to be in the movies," says the 27-year-old. "There is a
magic in creating movies. To create a special magic is the greatest
challenge to me." And if the surname casts a spell, good for him.
Love Story, will be presenting a paper on population control there. Wanna
sample the beautiful lady's views? "The numbers game is a serious
issue and not to be taken lightly as we're likely to catch up with China
and earn what is certainly a dubious distinction. Creating awareness about
social concerns is a part of my life ..." That's coming direct dil
se.