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EYECATCHERS
Holy
Cow!
 She's
been lead singer with the US rock group The Pretenders for over 20 years
now. But Chrissie Hynde, in Delhi to launch a "petition drive"
as a member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), would
much rather talk about Indian cattle transport laws and vegetarianism.
Recently named "one of the 10 most influential women in rock history"
by MTV, Hynde, 49, whose latest single Pop Star is currently on the music
channels, says, "I grew up as a 1960s hippie inspired by this great
nation that was vegetarian. But the slaughter, the illegal transport of
cattle in India, it's all so cruel." Inspiration then, a meaty challenge
now.
Over to Mumbai
 You
may ask, Sakshi Shivananda who? But this 22-year-old Mumbai girl
has had her spot of fame in the south Indian film industry, in such films
as Master with Chiranjeevi, Vamsoddharakudu with Balakrishna, Vanchinathan
with Vijayakant, and with other stars as Nagarjuna and Arvind Swamy. Her
CV must have looked good. So it's back to Mumbai for Shivananda, who has
now been signed for Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat with Govinda's nephew Krishna,
and Amrapali, an "epic story" by Roy Aguiar, a former assistant
to director Shekhar Kapur. Says Aguiar, who had done some scouting around
in the Hindi film industry for a leading lady before zeroing in on Shivananda:
"She was just right because of her ability to portray diverse emotions
in quick succession." It's Bollywood's verdict now.
Suiting Big B
 It's
an ace up his sleeve. Doing Amitabh Bachchan's wardrobe for Kaun Banega
Crorepati's forthcoming episodes on Star. Jodhpur designer Raghavendra
Rathore spent a few days in Mumbai with Bachchan, "working around
his persona", re-introducing the Indo-Anglican look of bandgalas
paired with scarves. Confides Rathore, 33, who studied fashion at Parsons
in New York, and has dressed the likes of Jaswant Singh and Leander Paes:
"He's a finicky dresser, bent on getting all the fittings right."
Nothing like knowing the Big B inside out.
Camera Shy
 She's
pumping iron and pushing for calcium. Karnam Malleswari, who did
India proud at the Sydney Olympics, is in a print and television ad promoting
milk for the Vijaya brand and the Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Cooperative
Federation. "Have lots of milk," she goads. But admits India's
iron lady, who has also been offered a role in a Telugu film titled Karnam
Malleswari IPS: "It takes time to be your natural self before the
camera." All the media attention hasn't changed anything.
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