| Untitled Document | CURRENT ISSUE SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 | | | | EYECATCHERS |  | | | |  A Different Tune She may be ex-Viva girl Pratichee Mohapatra's sister, but Sona Mohapatra insists their music styles are poles apart. This B-school graduate gave up her corporate job when she realised that her heart was singing a different song and launched her debut album Sona. With her album being an amalgamation of folk tunes, Hindustani music, pop and rock, Sona insists she is "different". Where have we heard that before? | | | |  AGE NO GARB
Indian fashion's latest blue-eyed boy is all set to take Milan by storm. Varun Bahl has been selected by the FDCI, in consultation with Camera Moda, to showcase his work at the Milan Fashion Week. Bahl will display his whimsical style at the Milano Moda Donna Spring-Summer 2007. His fashion week collection "Middle Age" will go to Milan as "40 is the new 30" and will include a new accessories line. For the Delhi boy, it is "a dream come true". | | | |  TAKING RISK
After spinning remix albums and launching a lounge bar, DJ Akbar Sami of Jalwa fame will make his debut as music composer with Vishram Sawant's Risk, starring Randeep Hooda and Tanushree Dutta. "I had no intention of composing for films. Choreographer Ganesh Acharya and I had worked together before. He recommended my name to Vishram and the deal fell into place," says Sami. We can expect some surprises in this "very, very wild" soundtrack. The party-starter is now all set to conquer filmi charts. | | | |  Batting for Success After Mandira Bedi, the latest face to add glamour to cricket is Amrita Raichand. She will be hosting a live show, Cricket Café, on the India-Australia-West Indies tri-series. The Whirlpool mummy-who will stick to western formals and give the noodle straps a miss-has veterans like Kapil Dev, Jeff Thomson and Tony Greig for company. Here's to a successful innings. -Compiled by Kimi Dangor
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