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EYECATCHERS
Hunky Dory
 He's
the hunk in Anubhav Sinha's Tum Bin. As model-turned-actor Priyanshu
Chatterjee, 28, revels in the response to his debut film, he's got
his own personal success to handle too. Don't take our word for it: critics
say he's handsome, got a great bod, acts well, even dances. And the grapevine
says he's been approached by Subhash Ghai and Anil Gadar Sharma for future
projects. Chatterjee refuses to comment on the rumours. But his response
to the critical nod: "It's great encouragement. It's also important
because critics are as much a part of the audience as anyone else."
And to think he was halfway to being a ca before he drifted into films.
Bollywood almost didn't get him!
Looks Like J Lo
 Who's
that girl? She's Veronica, the newest British-Indian pop sensation
in the UK. Her new R&B single Girls gotta have fun, released by record
label Urbanstar/ePark, is making waves. So, it seems, is the dusky 23-year-old,
dubbed by critics as Asia's answer to Jennifer Lopez. And is she flattered!
In the Girls...video, shot in Las Vegas, Veronica cruises in a black convertible,
sexy and risqué in a figure-hugging leather Versace dress. Did
her family mind? "They were fine about it," says Veronica, whose
debut single, Show me love, with sitar and tabla influences, also did
well. "Being female and Asian, one has to work three times as hard."
It shows.
Mistaken Identity
 Reema
Sen, Fardeen Khan's petite co- star in Hum Ho Gaye Aap Ke, is often
mistaken for one of Moon Moon Sen's Bollywood-struck daughters Riya and
Raima. But Reema, no relation of the Sens, is not amused. First, she has
had two hits down south-Chitram in Telugu and Minnale in Tamil. Second,
she has paired with the happening Khan in HHGAK. But is she desperate?
The 20-year-old has just signed Jaal-The Trap with the balding Sunny Deol.
"The role will be contrary to the politically incorrect person I
really am," she says. Wonder what the Sen siblings are thinking.
Music To The Ears
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Hariharan; Hasan (inset)
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One is a celebrated maestro. The other is an
ardent follower. After about a decade, legendary ghazal singer Mehdi
Hasan returns with some mellifluous nazms in Sada-e-Ishq (The Call
of Love), a double-pack, 13-track album released by Music Today. And because
he cannot make it, Hasan, now recovering from a stroke in Pakistan, has
nominated his own favourite, ghazal singer Hariharan, to render
songs from the album (written by poet-lyricist Farhat Shahzad) at its
launch. For what might just be the Shahenshah-e-Ghazal's swan song, Hariharan's
soulful renditions will be a tribute from the heart.
— Compiled
by Methil Renuka
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