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ENTERTAINMENT
Equilateral?
 Finally
a Barjatya has done what many wished to do. Sooraj Barjatya has signed
three superbrats, Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena
Kapoor, for his next venture. Ashok Vasudia, Hrithik's secretary,
confirms the news. "It is a prestigious project for Hrithik,"
he says. The Barjatyas being tight-lipped about any upcoming project is
not new but what is that it's not a sweet and ideal family saga. The film
is a love triangle. Who will win the girl's hand finally is indeed an
important question but don't ask because that is Barjatya's suspense.
His office says, "Wait and watch, we certainly won't disappoint you
with a hackneyed plot."
Jackie's
Bad Days
 A
negative role in Mission Kashmir and underworked Jackie Shroff has
a bunch of interesting bad-guy roles on hand. A villain in Farz opposite
good guy Sunny Deol, a problem husband in Raj Kumar Santoshi's Lajja as
also in Bittu Dhawan's untitled film. Subhash Ghai's Yaadein, his home
production Grahan and Albela with Aishwarya Rai also will show a different
face of the actor. Rationalises Jackie: "I have completed a full
circle."
Q&A
"I don't believe in a straitjacket career
path"
 After
displaying his talent in films like English, August, Bombay Boys, Thakshak
and Split Wide Open, Rahul Bose has set his eyes on direction.
The adman-turned-actor is shooting Everybody Says I'm Fine. He has also
written the script and lyrics for the movie. Bose on his directorial debut:
Q. Why
have you shifted to direction?
A.
I had a story to tell, a story with strong emotions, and so I wrote the
script.
Q. Won't
it affect your career as an actor?
A.
Maybe. I don't believe in a straitjacket career path. I do what I like
the best.
Q. What
is the film about?
A.
It is neither art type nor commercial but you may call it sensible cinema.
Like Life Is Beautiful or Boys Don't Cry. It is funny in width and dark
in depth. What struck me was that jobs or lives are not as interesting
and exciting as they are made out to be.
Q. Are
you marketing the film, particularly the soundtrack, internationally?
A.
Twentieth Century Fox India liked the story. Zakir Hussain is scoring
the music and Santana is to sing for the title track.
Babe
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Actresses
Juhi Chawla, Madhoo and Amrita Singh are all looking forward to a visit
from the stork. While Madhoo is expecting her bundle of joy very soon,
there are still four months to go for Juhi. The grapevine also has it
that Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan hope to cuddle their second child
soon. While the mums-to-be are glowing and re-organising their lives,
Sridevi gave birth to a second daughter at Breach Candy Hospital on November
5 even as first-born Jhanhvi began attending school.
Art
Luck
After winning
accolades and a national award for playing a Kathakali dancer in Shaji
N. Karun's celebrated Vanaprastham this year, Malayalam actor Mohan Lal
is on to more offbeat films. Next in line is a "horror film"
with Malayalam director Sibi Malayil. Yet another is an art film Sarpam,
directed by a Mumbai filmmaker. The actor has also been offered a film
with Tamil superhero Kamal Haasan that he's still contemplating. After
22 years of playing lead man, Lal remains a crowd-puller in Kerala. "For
an actor to get good films it's important to be lucky. It's like laying
your hands on the finest works of art," quips Lal.
-compiled
by Sheela Raval and
Methil Renuka
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