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effort to promote the Tiwari group as well as her unease at Jitendra Prasada's
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 Female
film stars no longer need retire or play mum. They could always graduate
to TV. Former Bollywood leading lady Farha (now better known as Tabu's
sister) has once again found a small-screen slot for herself in Papa,
a daily soap on B4U channel. It's not just another serial. Papa
is the latest, after a four-year gap, from the Raman Kumar-Vinta Nanda
team that gave us Tara, arguably post-cable-TV India's first
small-screen blockbuster. Farha's role is as spicy as they get on
soaps: she plays the wife of a man whose child from a forgotten affair
suddenly turns up in their homes. Promoted from pretty prop, huh?
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 Film
folk are no longer rustics fresh off the Punjab Mail or school drop-outs.
Check out these phoren-returned alumni:
Fardeen
Khan University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Ameesha Patel Tufts University
Tushar Kapoor University of Michigan
Kareena Kapoor Harvard University
Rohan Sippy Stanford University
Sunil Sippy Georgetown University
Tanuja Chandra Temple University
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get charged by the role and the script"
With
several films lined up for release, Manoj Bajpai is looking forward
to reliving his Satya glory. Bajpai on roles, guest appearances
and love songs:
Q.
Your brief appearance in Fiza seems to have raised several eyebrows.
What made you do the small role?
A.
Both
Khalid Mohammad and Pradeep Guha have always been very encouraging.
I'm grateful to them. So when they asked me, I didn't ask what my
role was about. I just went ahead and did it. I don't regret it
one bit.
Q.
The Ghaath promos seem to have a Shool hangover. Are you in danger
of being typecast as the new angry young man?
A.
Not at all. My other releases-Zubeida, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Aks -
are all different genres. I get charged by the role and the script.
I'm proud to say that I'm experimenting a lot. It gives the actor
in me immense satisfaction.
Q.
What is the ultimate role? A Shah Rukh Khan-style fantasy love story?
A.
I've never agreed with the fantasy love story. I'm currently working
on a love story but of my kind. It will be unconventional and realistic.
Q.
So will you sing songs?
A.
Of
course, I will sing songs.
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Did
you know?
Whiz-kid Aditya Chopra's second film Mohabbatein, starring
Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan, is 3 hours and 40 minutes
long.
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Fiza
Weeks in release:
1
Collections: Rs 67,30,958
Hrithik magic gets a huge opening but elicits mixed reactions. Collections
are good in Mumbai, but drop in Bengal and Rajasthan
Verdict: Above average
Hamara
Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Weeks
in release:
3
Collections: Rs 24,62,492
The rape melodrama packs in audiences only in Gujarat.
Verdict: Average
Tera
Jadoo Chal Gaya
Weeks
in release:
4
Collections: Rs 3,62,917
The two B's - producer Vashu Bhagnani and Abhishek Bachchan - can't
create magic.
Verdict: Average to flop
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By Anupama Chopra
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