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Cricketing Drama
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Yuvraj; Das (right)
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The Indian team practised hard in Bangalore last
week. Their latest matchwinning tactic, introduced by martinet coach John
Wright, divided the 25 probables into four groups and each had to come
up with 10-minute videotaped skits. In the "team-bonding" rushes
(no, they won't be released in a theatre near you), Yuvraj Singh
got the Best Actor award for imitating Wright's dressing-room diatribes
while the Best Actress was S. S. Das for doing an oomphish Madonna.
Who said there was no life after cricket?
Name Of The Game
 Till
very recently the name Khushboo was a passion in the South, splashed
across sari shops, baba suits and idli-dosa menus. Everyone wanted to
be associated with the eponymous Tamil actress. Now, a number of kilograms
later, when her cultic, names-dropping power has reduced, Khushboo is
fighting back ... not just with elder-sister, young-mother roles. The
actress, also called "the female MGR", is compering a TV game
show, Koteeshwari (Woman Crorepati), which will air in June. The chosen
channel is Jaya TV and the show is an answer to Sun TV's Koteeshwaran.
Though it's a certainty the name Jaya will now outdo Khushboo in the popularity
charts, the Kushbambika temple, honouring the actress, might just retain
its name.
Natural Born Singer
 Undeterred
by the depressing fate of her first two albums, former starlet and current
B4U show host Tanya Singh, 23, is releasing her third (after observing
a golden silence for two years). This time Tanya has altered her previously
ineffectual Indi-pop strategy-Khanki Hai Chudiyan (T-Series) with music
by Ravi Panwar and lyrics by Faiz Anwar, "has a more Indian feel
to it". Says Tanya, who started learning Indian classical music only
six years back: "I think I am born with the talent. I've always seen
someone singing and practising in my family and I've got attuned to it."
Tanya has even refused more TV offers because she wants to "concentrate
on her singing". The dedication will help.
Pray For A Hit
 Viveka
Babajee does seem to know that models rarely make hit actors (remember
the feeble-voiced Deepak Malhotra or the wooden Dino Morea?) Therefore,
Babajee's argument-"if I take a small step I won't be hurt too badly
if I fall"-makes sense, preparing her for the casualty list. But
the former Miss Mauritius should be more confident of her debut in Yeh
Kaisi Mohabbat, directed by Dinkar Kapoor-she has after all done a spot
of appreciative acting in a fiery Kama Sutra ad. Babajee is excited: "I
play a rich woman who has everything except happiness. The story is about
how she finds it."
Compiled by Anshul Avijit
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