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Hema Malini has done it. Dimple Kapadia has done it. Now Sushmita
Sen will do it too. Forget the talk about how she's being
overshadowed by Aishwarya Rai. In Ajaaz, the former Miss Universe even has
the law on her side: she plays a cop in Punjab who is later promoted to an
inspector with the CBI. Why
Sush? Says director Yogesh Ishwar: "Well, she just fits the
role." And this time, unlike her earlier films like Biwi No. 1,
she also gets the guy (Sunil Shetty) despite tough competition from the
stunning Suman Ranganathan and the svelte Namrata Shirodkar. Nothing to
beat our girl in uniform.
Serial Thrillers Unusual.
very unusual. After impressive film debuts, models Nethra
Raghuraman and Sanjay Suri are acting
in the Zee serial Yehi to Pyar Hai (YTPH). "I signed
YTPH before (the film) Pyaar Main Kabhie Kabhie," says Suri.
Adds Raghuraman, heroine of Mahesh Mathai's Bhopal Express and a sizzling
guest star in Govind Nihalani's Thakshak: "I didn't come here
with a mindset that I'd do only films. I want to do good work." Good
for her.
Southerly Winds More
southward bound Mumbai starlets ... Model Reema Sen,
19-years-and-45-ad-films-old, is making her cinema debut in Minnale
with current rage Madhavan. And Sameera Reddy,
Meghna Reddy's sis who's done a music video, is paired with Ajith Kumar in
Citizen. And Bollywood? Says Reddy: "I wanted to start my
acting career down south, because I'm south Indian." Adds Sen:
"Not that I haven't got offers from Bollywood, it's only now that I
feel prepared. Besides, Hindi films take much longer."
Professional-speak, already?
Rare Fare Heard
of the film in which Akshaye Khanna plays a
guy in love with an older woman (Dimple Kapadia)?
Rare, but not a first in an otherwise often regressive Hindi film
industry. Earlier younger-man-older-woman-romances:
Phool aur Patthar with Dharmendra
and Meena Kumari;
Doosra Aadmi starring Rishi
Kapoor and Rakhee;
Ek Chadar Maili Si with Hema
Malini and again, Kapoor;
Khiladiyon ka Khiladi with Rekha
and Akshay Kumar.
And there's the Aamir Khan-Mumtaz-starrer
that didn't work out. Now did you know that?
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Sush? Says director Yogesh Ishwar: "Well, she just fits the
role." And this time, unlike her earlier films like Biwi No. 1,
she also gets the guy (Sunil Shetty) despite tough competition from the
stunning Suman Ranganathan and the svelte Namrata Shirodkar. Nothing to
beat our girl in uniform.
Unusual.
very unusual. After impressive film debuts, models Nethra
Raghuraman and Sanjay Suri are acting
in the Zee serial Yehi to Pyar Hai (YTPH). "I signed
YTPH before (the film) Pyaar Main Kabhie Kabhie," says Suri.
Adds Raghuraman, heroine of Mahesh Mathai's Bhopal Express and a sizzling
guest star in Govind Nihalani's Thakshak: "I didn't come here
with a mindset that I'd do only films. I want to do good work." Good
for her.
More
southward bound Mumbai starlets ... Model Reema Sen,
19-years-and-45-ad-films-old, is making her cinema debut in Minnale
with current rage Madhavan. And Sameera Reddy,
Meghna Reddy's sis who's done a music video, is paired with Ajith Kumar in
Citizen. And Bollywood? Says Reddy: "I wanted to start my
acting career down south, because I'm south Indian." Adds Sen:
"Not that I haven't got offers from Bollywood, it's only now that I
feel prepared. Besides, Hindi films take much longer."
Professional-speak, already?
Heard
of the film in which Akshaye Khanna plays a
guy in love with an older woman (Dimple Kapadia)?
Rare, but not a first in an otherwise often regressive Hindi film
industry. Earlier younger-man-older-woman-romances: