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ENTERTAINMENT:
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| Karan
Johar's forthcoming film, Kabhi Kushi, Kabhi Gham is being
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Lady In
Waiting
In
Deewane, she looks longingly at Ajay Devgan--who's in a double
role--as the Devgans romance Urmila Matondkar. In Dhadkan, she
looks longingly at Sunil Shetty while he is obsessive about Shilpa Shetty.
Mahima Choudhary seems to have become Bollywood's favourite unrequited
lover. Lately, it seems that she's always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
"It's just a coincidence," she says. "Both my special appearance
films released on the same day. In all my other films, I'm playing the
lead. I'm definitely not going to repeat the same type of roles again."
Next time around, Mahima gets the guy.
 Q
& A: Kashmira Shah
"I want to do roles nobody else can do"Her
name is Shah, Kashmira Shah. She's Bollywood's hottest bad-girl. But make
no mistake. Shah, last seen in Ram Gopal Varma's Jungle, is no bimbo.
Shah on roles, vamps and why she does theatre:
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Box
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DHADKAN
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 53,55,652
Dharmesh Darshan's attempt at a Yash Chopra-style flick gets a mixed
response.
Verdict: Losing to average
DEEWANE
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 33,73,086
Even two Ajay Devgans, a Mahima Choudhary and Urmila Matondkar can't
shore up this sinking ship.
Verdict: Flop
HAR
DIL JO PYAR KAREGA
Weeks in release: 2
Collections: Rs 64,09,202
The candy floss love story finds takers in Mumbai and the south.
Verdict: Above average to hit
(Mumbai collections only)
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Q. Are
you a vamp?
A.
Actually, I prefer to call myself a negative heroine. Simply because I
have so much to do in my films. Besides, I'm working hard on not being
slotted. I want to shock people. I want to do roles that nobody else can
do. Like Rishi Kapoor or Kamal Haasan, you can't slot them at all.
Q. You
also do theatre?
A.
I've done two plays with Makrand Deshpande called Meena Kumari
and Laila. I am not a bimbo. But the industry doesn't look beyond
my body. Very few people like Ram Gopal Varma offer you the opportunity
to be pushed as an actress.
Q.
But you must have fun playing a baddie?
A.
I'm having fun more than making money. After Jungle, people have
realised that I'm not just a sex symbol. So I'm choosing my roles very
carefully. But I think that there are too many heroines. It's so easy
to do that. It's harder to do something else and still steal the limelight.
Which is what I really love to do.
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On
the mommy track
Just when you thought you'd never see them again, they are back.
This time as moms. Check out the mommy-brigade:
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Padmini Kapila
Used to be: Vamp
Now is: Kareena Kapoor's mother in Refugee.
Rating: It is a chest-heaving melodrama all the way.
Sharmila
Tagore
Used to be: Glam-doll heroine.
Now is: Sunil Shetty's mother in Dhadkan.
Rating: Histrionics are over the top but the dimples are matchless.
Kamini
Kaushal
Used to be: A-list heroine in the '50s.
Now is: Rani Mukherjee's grandmother in Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega.
Rating: Perfect old-school dadi ma, all smiles and warmth. And absolutely
adorable.
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