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Recall You know Meera Nair won the pen/Amazon.com
Best Short Story Prize? Well, it's got withdrawn on a
"technicality". Amazon's rules disqualify a writer whose work has
appeared in a publication with a
5,000-plus circulation, and nobody at Amazon checked about the Three Penny
Review in which -- the US-based writer herself had informed them -- one of
her stories has appeared. But hey, "Editors and publishers want to know
about my other stories and the novel I am working on," she says. The
prize is in the publicity.
Man and Wife She's not just any director. The woman behind the 46-minute
documentary Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj,
happens to be the music maestro's wife. But Madhura
Jasraj (seen here with hubby) is no fresher in films -- she had
earlier made a documentary
on her father, renowned filmmaker V. Shantaram. This one, she points out,
was much tougher though. There were the usual husband-wife ego clashes,
for instance. "In the initial stages there was no problem," the
lady laughs, "but later, he would get upset when cuts were not
approved, and had to be re-taken." Men! They never could stand taking
orders from their wives!
Big Move When the ubiquitous Shekhar Suman invited
Kundan Shah to his teleshow
Movers and Shakers, he got more than just an interview. He landed a part
in the Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron director's next film as a lawyer who goofs up,
opposite Sunil Shetty who plays a gardener's son. "The chemistry
between me, Sunil and Kundan is exciting," he says. "This
permutation and combination will probably spring a surprise." And if
it does not, well, there's still TV.
Q&A: LOU
BEGA
Hey,
what does Lou Bega mean? A. It means "How to love everybody". Have you made that up or does it really mean that? A. It definitely does -- in ancient Ugandan -- and I do love
everybody. Including India? A. India is a very, very, very interesting place. I like being here. Would
you write a song on Indian girls now? A. Well, I've already got the song I've got a girl. But it doesn't take any Sita-Gita type names. A. Yeah, but I know Indian names too. Really? Which one? A. Smeeta. What's the one thing you want to do in India before you leave? A. Find a beautiful Indian girl.
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Recall
5,000-plus circulation, and nobody at Amazon checked about the Three Penny
Review in which -- the US-based writer herself had informed them -- one of
her stories has appeared. But hey, "Editors and publishers want to know
about my other stories and the novel I am working on," she says. The
prize is in the publicity.
documentary
on her father, renowned filmmaker V. Shantaram. This one, she points out,
was much tougher though. There were the usual husband-wife ego clashes,
for instance. "In the initial stages there was no problem," the
lady laughs, "but later, he would get upset when cuts were not
approved, and had to be re-taken." Men! They never could stand taking
orders from their wives!
teleshow
Movers and Shakers, he got more than just an interview. He landed a part
in the Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron director's next film as a lawyer who goofs up,
opposite Sunil Shetty who plays a gardener's son. "The chemistry
between me, Sunil and Kundan is exciting," he says. "This
permutation and combination will probably spring a surprise." And if
it does not, well, there's still TV.
Hey,
what does Lou Bega mean?