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CINEMA
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 "I
am a total workaholic and want creative satisfaction"
Fiza may have fizzled but Karisma Kapoor stands tall.
Her searingly authentic portrayal of a terrorist's sister has both
critics and audiences raving. Kapoor on a decade in cinema, serious
films and love.
Q:
How did you prepare to play Fiza?
A: I just felt for the character. She was so real, I felt her
trauma.
Q:
After nine and a half years and 55 films, what are your career goals?
A: If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts
of money but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want
creative satisfaction. My biggest achievement isn't that I've given
hits every year. It is that I can adapt equally well to a Shyam
Benegal and to Inder Kumar.
Q:
Is there life beyond the movies? Recently, the film press had you
marrying Abhishek Bachchan.
A: I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I
get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life.
That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will
know. But I don't plan to marry in the near future.
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STARRY MOSAIC
 Raj
Kumar Kohli, veteran of multi-starrers like Nagin and Jaani
Dushman, is casting as many as nine heroes in his yet-untitled venture:
Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Sonu Nigam, Aftab Shivdasani,
Aditya Pancholi, Arshad Warsi, Sharad Kapoor and his son, Armaan, now
rechristened Munish. Kohli says the subject demands it. But what about
co-ordinating dates? "There are date problems even with one hero,
so here there will be a few more. We are used to it." No problem.
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Everything
you wanted to know about the Diwali releases
MOHABBATEIN
 Story:
Amitabh, an ultra-strict principal, and Shah Rukh, a music teacher,
have a face-off over Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh's daughter. Rai dies
but love blooms again via six young people.
USP: Director Aditya Chopra, who had a debut hit with Dilwale
Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.
Problem point: Can the Chopra genius sustain for three hours
and 40 minutes?
Buzz: Limited. The Chopras are tight-lipped about it.
MISSION
KASHMIR
 Story:
Sanjay Dutt, a policeman pursuing a militant, kills an innocent
family. He adopts their young son, who soon discovers his foster
father's true identity, runs away and becomes a militant.
USP: High-octane action and, after years, Kashmiri vistas
on screen.
Problem point: Can the the Kashmir imbroglio lend itself
to a Bollywood film?
Buzz: It can, as Hrithik is hot, hot, hot.
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Book Point
 With
a star cast like Amitabh, Shah Rukh, Hrithik, Jaya Bach- chan, Kajol,
Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee, shooting anecdotes are inevitable.
So director Karan Johar has commissioned friend and writer Niranjan
Iyengar to write a book on the making of his film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi
Gham. To be published in both coffee-table and paper-back versions,
Johar says, "I want the book to be reader friendly. It will become
archive material but it will also be interesting." With such mega-ton
stars, absolutely.
Box
Office
Shikari
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 32,88,576
Govinda's negative turn turns negative.
Verdict: Flop
Aaghaaz
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 41,81,95
Sunil Shetty's potboiler has been rejected.
Verdict: Flop
Dil pe
mat le yaar
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 7,87,964
The film's black humour doesn't find any takers.
Verdict: Flop
Mumbai
collections only. Source: Trade magazines
Compiled
by Anupama Chopra
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CII’s
conference on Friday on corporate governance is called Independent Directors:
Why, How and Who. Why Not, How Not and Who Not, would have been better,
says INDIA TODAY Associate Editor, V Shankar Aiyar