Back In Action

She made a starry debut cooing with pigeons and romancing Salman Khan in Maine Pyar Kiya. Sixteen long years later, Bhagyashree is set to make a Bollywood comeback. Not as a simpering teenager but as Akshay Kumar's sister in Raj Kanwar's Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. "I accepted the offer since it was not the regular sobbing sister kind of a role," says Bhagyashree. With Khan making a special appearance in the film, maybe, just maybe, Maine Pyar Kiya's box-office magic may rub off on her.

Who's That Girl?

She is the latest import to scorch TV screens. Tina Thadani, a 22-year-old Canadian-Indian who has done "some indie foreign films", flew to India to holiday and landed a job at Channel V. Says Thadani: "I never imagined I would move to India in a million years." Now that she has, Bollywood is next on the agenda.

Duke of Hollywood

Jay Chandrasekhar is the new Indian kid on the Hollywood block. Critics may have panned his fourth directorial venture The Dukes of Hazzard but the audiences have loved it and the film, starring sexy pop diva Jessica Simpson, has topped the weekend collection with $30.6 million (Rs 130 crore). Chicago-born Chandrasekhar might not be a Manoj Night Shyamalan yet but the 37-year-old is getting there.

New Designs

So far she was content playing the role of a star consort, but Suzanne Roshan is ready for a change. Hrithik Roshan's wife will launch a furnishing line "with a Mediterranean feel" along with designer Krsna Mehta of Zeba. Suzanne, who inherited her designing skills from interior decorator mom Zarine Khan, began toying with the idea while doing up her own love nest. As she discovered, there is always room for improvement.

-Compiled by Kimi Dangor

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