Finding her Voice

The temptation of being Mrs SRK, if by voice only, drew Rakshanda Khan into dubbing for Hum Hain Lajawab. The Hindi version of the Disney-Pixar animation The Incredibles has her playing wife to Shah Rukh Khan's character. Rakshanda, whose career-and social life (she is said to be dating cricketer Zaheer Khan)-looked up since she bagged a role in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, is chuffed she's doing the voice-over for Holly Hunter's part in the Hollywood original. "Maybe someday India will produce a great animation movie and Hunter will dub for me," she says. Incredible idea.

Child's Play

Bobby, 4, is the flavour of the theatre circuit. A recent addition to Habib Tanvir's Naya Theatre, she has starred in Agra Bazaar and done a Chhattisgarh folk dance in Gaon Ka Naam Sasural Mor Naam Damad. Both plays have been touring major cities as part of the Prithvi Theatre Festival. "I love theatre," says the child from a Chhattisgarh village. Acting, by the way, is in her genes-her father is also an actor with the theatre company.

Go Easy, Man

His career didn't take off with his exotic version of the full monty in Kama Sutra. He went unrecognisable when fully clad as Namrata Shirodkar's beau in Bride and Prejudice. But now Naveen Andrews, who also played Juliette Binoche's Sikh lover in The English Patient, stars in the rom-com Easy, currently showing in the US. Director Jane Weinstock says, "LA is a racially mixed city. I thought Easy should show that." We'll recognise him with his clothes off.

Fresh Note

What do you get when you marry Bruce Springsteen and earthy Punjabi tunes? Rabbi Shergill, part rock guitarist, part folk artist, who has had repeats of Bulla ki jaana main kaun, the track from his debut album, burning up the airwaves. The self-taught Jat-Sikh musician has created his own style with lyrics culled from his environment, melodies influenced by world music and a bit of Sufiana thrown in. It took four long years of struggle, during which he also dabbled in playback singing, to produce this album. Now, within weeks of the release, he's signing on pr agents and is being asked to sing at heavyweight functions (he performed last week at the pre-wedding function of Congress minister Kapil Sibal's son). Shergill is happy with the response so far, but says, "I am a megalomaniac. I want to fill stadiums." He's not quite that big a hit yet.

-Compiled by Kanika Gahlaut

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