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1.Mukesh Khanna, who plays Shaktiman on TV, lost a tooth...
a. Fighting a circus tiger that suddenly went crazy.
b. Para-gliding.
c. Falling off a rooftop.
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2. Rahul Gandhi was asked to pay Rs 500 instead of the standard Rs 20
to enter the Ajanta caves because...
a. He was mistaken for a foreigner.
b. He drove in beyond the "No vehicle" sign and was fined.
c. He was carrying a video camera.
Q 3. India will import Thai chaiyo from Thailand. Thai chaiyo is...
a. Thai tea
b. A modified autorickshaw.
c. A sex toy.
Answers: 1(b), 2(a), 3(b)
HERITAGE
Playing By The Book
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| TAKE THERE: Nigah (above) has a
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When she began scripting Mirza Ruswa's classic Urdu novel Umrao Jaan
Ada as a TV play two years ago, Zehra Nigah, the renowned Pakistan poet,
knew what she was up against. Muzaffar Ali's classic Bollywood dramatisation
and even Lollywood's critically acclaimed attempt-predating Ali's-were
tough acts to follow.
Over 500 pages later, Nigah's confidence is restored. "I have been
faithful to the book," she says of her first screenplay.
The novel is a conversation between Ruswa and Umrao Jaan. Nigah says
writing additional dialogue was daunting. "Ruswa's language is beautiful,
the words bloom like flowers."
The project is of epic proportions. Some of Pakistan's leading talents
in architecture, couture and jewellery design are advising producers on
props, set design and costumes.
Casting is on and shooting will begin in March in Lahore. Orientation
workshops will familiarise a cast and crew accustomed to the modern kya
bolti tu culture with the aap janab ways of bygone days.
-Sahar Ali
FILM REVIEW
Muscle To The
Fore
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MOVIE: YEH DIL AASHIQANAA
Director: Kuku Kohli
Cast: Karan Nath, Jividha, Aditya Pancholi |
If it hadn't been for the action sequences, this film would have cost
me just Rs 5 crore," says Kuku Kohli. Good thing he let the budget
touch 10, elevating Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa from a run-of-the-mill romance
to an entertaining even if not remarkable film. Karan Nath-star secretary
Rakesh Nath's son-plays a college student pursuing his junior, Jividha.
After a bunch of songs and dances, where Nath seems to be modelling himself
on Hrithik Roshan, comes the reason why you should watch this film: a
hijack inspired by the Kandahar one. Of course, our hero single-handedly
vanquishes the evil ones when he unleashes his gym-trim body on them.
Their arms are no match for his physical ammo.
In between, the lovers are kept apart for a reason not lifted from Bobby
or Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. Nath shows some spark. Jividha doesn't. Despite
laughable improbabilities, a watchable film.
-Anna M.M. Vetticad
SOTTO VOCE
During the Challenger series in Bangalore, Ashis Nehra went up to
Saurav Ganguly and said, "Dada, even I can get you out anytime"
...
Ganguly could lose his captaincy if he doesn't score in the odis against
England. Likely successor? Anil Kumble ...
The CBI had 432 cases pending for over two years in January 2001.
Now it has only 95. Fast work, eh? ...
Vishnu Nambudari, head priest of the Badrinath temple, has been suspended
for not depositing monetary offerings with the temple committee ...
In the mid-1990s the British tried to extradite Dawood on drug running
charges. The Pakistanis hemmed and hawed ...
India and Pakistan have come together in a six-nation Asian rice cartel,
a sort of OPEC.
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CURRENT
ISSUE JAN 28, 2002
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