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CINEMA, ENTERTAINMENT
MAMA
MIA
Once
upon a time in Bollywood, marriage and getting on the mommy-track meant
early retirement for the actress. Not any more. Check out what today's
heroines are up to:
Kajol
Devgan
The erstwhile No. 1 is acting in select projects. Apart from husband Ajay,
she stars with Shah Rukh Khan in Karan Johar's Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Ghum.
Juhi
Chawla-Mehta
Along with Shah Rukh Khan and Aziz Mirza, Juhi is a partner in the production
company, Dreamz Unlimited, and is overseeing Santosh Sivan's Ashoka
the Great.
Sridevi
Kapoor
Pregnant with her second child, Sridevi has just started her own production
company, which will debut with a project starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.
Madhuri
Dixit-Nene
Still retaining her charms and with the most luminous smile in town, Madhuri
is doing select roles. She is playing Chandramukhi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's
Devdas.
DOTCOM
DEBUTS
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BOX
OFFICE
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PAPA
THE GREAT
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 5,21,901
Kishen Kumar says this is his last acting stint. The audience seconds
the decision.
Verdict: Disaster
KUNWARA
Weeks in release: 2
Collections: Rs 39,42,293
This kunwara is starting to look bechara.
Verdict: Average
JUNGLE
Weeks in release: 3
Collections: Rs 18,10,140
Veerappan's real-life drama doesn't alter collections.
Verdict: Above average
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With
online movies already making news, could an online film festival be far
behind? Watch out for take2take.com. The idea? To enable young
filmmakers to reach out to the world wide film community with an online
exhibition of their work. Short films, documentaries, music videos, experimental
films -- essentially all films which find it hard to locate distributors
-- now have a platform. Says founder member Sunil Doshi, who earlier served
as director of the children's festival in Udaipur and Hyderabad: "We
want talented filmmakers to reach both audiences and industry decision-makers.
This will give them high visibility." With jury members like Santosh
Sivan, Amitav Ghosh, Aparna Sen and Nandana Dev Sen already on board,
it surely will.
SHYAM
BENEGAL
"I get seduced by social causes"
The high
priest of parallel cinema is smiling. He recently premiered his 21st film
to resounding applause in Mumbai. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Surekha
Sikri, Nandita Das and Rajeshwari. Benegal on Hari-bhari:
Q.
What does Hari-bhari mean?
A.
Prosperity. When you wish someone to be prosperous and fertile, green
and full.
Q. What
attracted you to this tale of reproduction and women's rights?
A.
I have been looking at the problem of population with interest for many
years. There has been a radical change in the approach to the problem.
It is obvious today that there can be no family planning without women's
empowerment. I got very interested. You could tell a human story, make
a 'cause' film without being a propagandist. Besides, I get seduced by
social causes.
Q. But
you were careful not to lecture too much.
A.
I'm always careful about it. If the audience wanted a sermon, they would
go to church.
SHE'S GOT THE LOOK
When
actresses Urmila Matondkar and Karisma Kapoor pole-vaulted from Barbie
doll category to A-list, one man was responsible: stylist Manish Malhotra.
In Dhadkan, Malhotra aims for a hat-trick, giving Shilpa Shetty
a new image. "She's got a strong persona," says Malhotra, "so
we tried to curb that." It translated to organza clothes with pastel
shades and minimum jewellery. "Her brilliant figure can carry off
anything," says Malhotra, "so we have given her a demure look."
Now Shilpa's got her fingers crossed that Dhadkan's box office
collection will be anything but demure.
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