Their high-energy performances helped them stand out in the music din, but now A Band of Boys-the five-member band as pleasing to the eyes as to the ears-also have a film in hand. Working on their second album, the boys agreed to sign on for Kiss Kisko-the story of a band-because they get to stick together. "While we have been flooded with individual offers, we took up this one because all of us feature in it," they say. The movie, shot in Bali, will see the boys singing, composing and dancing to their own tunes. We're watching.

Mick's Night Out

Mick Jagger may not like spicy Indian food-his food at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel was boiled and bland-but he did approve of the spice in the city's nightlife. The Rolling Stones star packed in visits to discotheques Velocity and Insomnia on all the four evenings he was in town. Two fans got close enough to dance with Mr Rubber Lips, but his guards would not encourage other sweet memories of the legend's first-ever visit to India: they even emptied out ashtrays and garbage in his room for those hunting for Mick memorabilia. Did we hear anybody say I Can't Get No Satisfaction?

Hack This!

She certainly has news to write home about. Geeta Anand, a former Mumbai girl and national swimming champion (1982) now based in New York as a Wall Street Journal reporter, has bagged the prestigious Pulitzer Prize this year for Explanatory Reporting. The jury picked WSJ for the award and included 10 articles from it, of which two were penned by 36-year-old Anand. One was an investigative report on biotech analysts masquerading as patients to get ahead on drug invention breakthroughs. "This is something I always wanted to do: spend time on researching stories," says Anand. To celebrate, the WSJ team headed to a bar near its office in Manhattan. A drink well deserved.

Brace Yourself

Q. This model is not smiling because (a) Sulking is fashionable (b) She is a Saddam fan (c) The models union forbids models smiling until they are paid. A. none. Vaishalee Desai has to "keep my mouth shut in photo shoots" because she still has braces on. A Prasad Bidapa find at 17, Desai, now 19, is on a roll: Suneet Varma, Satya Paul, Abraham Thakore and Rohit Bal have grabbed her for shoots. By the way, she is also the legendary Manmohan Desai's niece.

-Compiled by Kanika Gahlaut