Mahesh Bhupathi is in the news for his recent men's doubles win at the US Open. If the tennis ace is on a high, it's also news on the personal front-his November 24 marriage to model Shvetha Jaishankar. As dad Krishna Bhupathi says, "Mahesh has had staggering results in the past few months, so the wedding will be a happy finale." On the cards is a Hindu ceremony in Chennai, attended only by "close friends and family". Bhupathi has already dispatched an invite to ex-teammate Leander Paes for the reception in Bangalore, after which the newly weds will jet off to honeymoon in Bali.

Perfectly Matched

Couture queen Ritu Kumar is filmmaker Deepa Mehta's cousin. But that's not the only reason Kumar is enjoying her first foray into movie costuming. Working on Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood was a giggle, says Kumar, who spent two weeks in Toronto last March outfitting two busloads of guests for the film's sangeet scene. From salwars for grandma Dina Pathak to saris for Moushumi Chatterjee and kurtas for Lisa Ray, Kumar got it all right. So, when's the Bollywood debut? "Now that puffy red frocks are out, who knows," says Kumar.

Bathing Beauty

The swimwear rounds in the beauty pageants (Femina Miss India, Gladrags) she took part in last year would have been good practice: Vanarose Heinemen is now modelling bath products for Victoria's Secret. Heinemen-her dad's German, mom's Tamilian-is also selling rocks for De Beers. The girl, a fleeting presence on music videos like Pyar Mein Dil Pe, was goaded by original Liril girl Karen Lunel to use her attributes well. The logical end to this story: Bollywood, what else?

Chaudhary and Goretti (right)

Commercial Breaks

Know those breaks the music channels always have? These girls are now on theirs. MTV's Shenaz Treasurywala is
in India on a hiatus from the acting course she's pursuing at New York's Lee Strasburg Theatre Institute. Between hosting shows and practising pelvic thrusts at parties, she's also in Ken Ghosh's Ishq Vishq Pyar Vyar. Ex-Channel V veejay Peeya Rai Chaudhary, back from a six-month stint at the New York Film Academy, is in Alyque Padamsee's Romeo and Juliet opening next month. Then there's former MTV girl Maria Goretti who's doing raunchy numbers in three films, including Shaad Ali's Saathiya. Talk about taking a commercial break.