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Eyecatchers
The Big
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Hrithik
Roshan and Karishma Kapoor
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There's a
lot at stake here. If the just-released Fiza is a hit, it will give Karisma
Kapoor's career a badly needed boost and confirm Hrithik Roshan's superstar
status. If it flops, Karisma-who's had a bad year with Chal Mere Bhai
flopping and Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge doing so-so-will be in trouble, and
the doomsayers will be calling Hrithik a one-film wonder. "I am completely
calm," says the man. "I know I've been honest to the film."
Ditto Fiza's debutant director Khalid Mohammad. "I don't think Fiza
is critical for either Hrithik or Karisma," he avers. "There
will be many more exciting projects for both." Good for them.
Call Recall
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| Feroz
Varun Gandhi: The Book Is Happening |
"You
know, Feroz Varun Gandhi is coming out with a book," a pr executive
called to tell us the other day. "Maneka spoke to me, said we must
start work on it." So we called Feroz. Strange reaction: the book
is happening, he confirmed, but who's this pr lady? "I don't think
my mother asked her to do this. I'm not looking for publicity right now."
Didn't stop him from obliging us with details: it's a book of English
poetry to be out in mid-October, and it's got art work by M.F. Husain,
Anjolie Ela Menon, Manjit Bawa and Manu Parekh. Reminds us of a similar
incident this year when "a friend of Feroz Varun" called to
tip us off on some charitable work he'd done. Feroz refused to take our
call then. Come on boy, let's avoid the games.
Global
Girl
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| Anaida-
of the skimpy clothes |
It's being
touted as "the first international album by a female Indipop singer".
Take that with a spoonful of salt. But yes, Anaida-of the skimpy clothes
and the duet-with-the-hunky-Peter-Andre fame-has all this going for her
album Quest: it's been recorded in Greece and Belgium, mixed in Belgium,
produced by Joey Balin of the US, and is soon to be released in half a
dozen European countries. There's a bonus in the forthcoming Indian release
by BMG Crescendo: the Hindi-Greek duet with Greek classical pianist Stefanos
Korkolis that Anaida has discussed to death so far. "It's alternative,
experimental, dark, hopeful and complex," she gushes. Shall we let
it speak for itself?
Near Miss
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| Pierce
Brosnan: The Bond Star |
A pity. Delhi
and Mumbai just missed Pierce Brosnan. Omega was planning to bring in
the Bond star (Golden Eye, The World Is Not Enough) since he's their brand
ambassador. Turns out he decided to also go where other Hollywood stars
have gone before: to Dharamsala to meet the Dalai Lama. The Omega trip
got cancelled, but he kept his date with Dharamsala last week (see the
picture, he's on the right). Better come back Brosnan. One trip is not
enough.
Compiled
by Anna M.M. Vetticad
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