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For A Start...  Her name means "goddess of
music". Suits her. Surshree Rathod, eight-year-old daughter of
singers Roop Kumar and Sonali Rathod, makes her singing debut on her parents' soon-to-be
released album Mohabbat ho gayee. "When we were composing for it, she was giving us
ideas," says mama, "and we decided that in one song (Pyar ke dum se sara
zamana), we should retain her voice." Says Surshree simply: "I enjoyed it very
much. I was proud of myself." Some day she hopes to study music at Trinity College.
Nothing less, huh? He Said, She Said MANNEQUIN ON THE
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It's back to the courts for Deepak
Chopra. The US-based New Age guru is suing former subordinate Joyce Weaver for
blackmail. Remember his suit against The Weekly Standard for its article claiming he tried
to pay a sex worker by credit card? Now Chopra says Weaver threatened to expose
allegations of a tryst with a prostitute (before the article was published) unless he paid
her $50,000 (Rs 21.5 lakh). "It's a matter of principle for him," says Chopra's
attorney. Weaver says this is Chopra's vendetta for a sexual harassment suit she had filed
against him. Whew! Figure this out yourself! 
She's got the look. Now look out for her talent. Model Nethra
Raghuraman, a two-and-a-half song bimbette in Govind Nihalani's Thakshak, has
silenced her critics by holding her own against Naseeruddin Shah and the rest in adman
Mahesh Mathai's Bhopal Express. "I did Thakshak because I am a major admirer of
Govind. I wasn't looking at a film career then," she explains. "I realised I
enjoy acting only after Bhopal Express." One thing's for sure: "I'm not willing
to do any rubbish." Why should she? She deserves better. 
brother-sister duo Shaan
& Sagarika. Turns out he can act too. The boy who went solo with a rather inane
Loveology but then redeemed himself with the chart-topping Musu musu earlier this year, is
making his film debut in Kalpana Lajmi's Daman. "His young image is a perfect foil to
the male protagonist who's an evil man," says Lajmi. Shaan will also be singing in
the film. Another Kishore Kumar in the making? Wait and see.