October 12, 1998
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Kapadia's Candles
The Heavyweight
Starr Trek
After splitting with Channel V, acting up a mess in a teleserial, and going unnoticed in hubby's music video, Ruby Bhatia's back to what she's best at: veejaying. Not only is she replacing Neelam on Ooh la la, she's hosting a new show called Hello. "We want to make it a viewing compulsion," says Hello's creative director Shrey Guleri, "not just week after week but day after day." Can the queen of chitchat reclaim her throne? |
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Mom's almost retired, Twinkle's on shaky ground, and Rinke may never enter
films. So what? Another profession beckons. The gorgeous Dimple Kapadia
and her daughters are making candles these days. It's big business you know (they're
priced from Rs 25-Rs 20,000), but poor Dimps refuses to pose with her products.
"People will say, aur koi kaam nahi, to candles bana rahi hain (she has no
other work so she's making candles)," she sighs. Silly people. In her heyday, not
many stars could hold a candle to her, so what better hobby to choose. 
His filmi pals think he's worth his weight
in gold. But silver's more affordable. So on Tamil Nadu chief minister M.
Karunanidhi's birthday, they gifted him a 100 kg silver statue of himself.
"It looks much older than the lively 75-year-young Karunanidhi," said his
Karnataka counterpart J.H. Patel. But when Karunanidhi wiped away tears at Sivaji
Ganeshan's speech, an aiadmk member -- watching it live on Sun TV -- snarled: "A
change of roles. Sivaji is writing the script and Karunanidhi is acting." Trust the
opposition to have the last word. 
You think Fantasy makes for racy reading?
For Rs 95-Rs 151, try the Ken Starr report. Following in the footsteps of
the Stardust publishers and at least two other Indian companies (Pioneer and Jaico), the
Fantasy people are coming out with a book on The Report this week. And unlike the others,
it's not just a copy of Starr's opus, it also has the entire text of Bill Clinton's
testimony plus "exclusive pictures" that are not exclusive at all. Why?
"The report has generated intense curiosity," insists Vicky Bhargava of Fantasy,
"and people have a right to know." To know, to buy, and with the Stardust guys
claiming sales of 25,000 copies in one week, also the right to disbelieve. 
Ooh La La! 
