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Eyecatchers
Song
and Dance
 You
would remember Rajkumar Santoshi's China-Gate for its earthy Urmila
Matondkar Chumma  chumma
number. Now you can remember it for Hollywood actor Nicole Kidman.
If Anu Malik, the song's composer, is to be believed, director Ben Luhrman
of the US "wants Kidman to do the song in his next film". "It
seems Luhrman likes my music," brags Malik, who's already made his
travel plans. "Great artists before me have done well abroad. It's
an opportunity I won't miss." An opportunity to make a song and dance
of it.
Done
In a Trice!
Remember
Teejan Bai, The dusky, rustic, tanpura wielding Pandvani (ballad of the
Pandavas) folk singer from Chhattisgarh? Turns out the 45-plus 1988 Padma
Shri awardee has divorced for a third time. Ending her 12-year marriage
to Tulsi Deshmukh wasn't a problem: the only formality was penning
their intent before the village panchayat. Booms Bai: "I wanted to
be freed of the shackles of marriage." Wonder if the "Tulsi"
tattoo on her hand will be as easy to wipe off!
Class
Royale
 Jaipur's
City Palace has a museum. Now it will have a Montessori school. And in
charge will be Princess Diya Kumari (Rajmata Gayatri Devi's granddaughter)
who will open The Palace School for "tiny tots" in April. Meaning,
the palace lawns-so far the venue of lavish parties-will now throb with
laughing, babbling pre-schoolers. Says Kumari, whose son Padmanabh will
be one of them: "It will be a humble effort." Royalspeak or
plain modesty?
Right
Lead
 Her
track record after Subhash Ghai's Pardes: Dhadkan, Deewane, Dil Kya
Kare ... Mahima Choudhary has had a spate of special appearances
and shared lead roles. But with the Akshay Kumar-starrer Khiladi 420,
where Choudhary plays the lead "deciding between two lovers",
she is bouncing again. The film's director Neeraj Vora cast her for her
"intense, intelligent, Indianness-combined-with-modernity" traits.
"In fact, she's fantastic," beams Vora. Not for nothing is this
lady standing tall.
Compiled
by Methil Renuka
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