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NEWSNOTES
FUNQUIZ
 Q
1. Why is Akshaye Khanna planning to get married?
a. His hair may be gone tomorrow.
b. He's finally found a girl he wants to marry.
c. He wants to lose his Bachelor's degree.
 Q
2. Bipasha has been crying lately because ...
a. Kareena made her.
b. She was practising for an emotional scene.
c. She thought her acting was miserable compared to Bobby, Akshay and
Kareena.
 Q
3. Why did Chunky replace Saif in Yahoo?
a. Star Govinda wants to recreate the
magic of Aankhen with Chunky.
b. He's better for the jungli roles.
c. Chunky is returning to monkey business.
Answers: 1(b), 2(c), 3(a)
Q&A: NANDITA DAS
"I feel I'm at the edge of a
diving board"
 Directing
her own movies excites Farah Khan more than choreography.
Q. Tell us about your directorial debut.
A. The idea of directing my
own movie is definitely more challenging than choreography. Shah Rukh
Khan is producing it and also acting in it. I've written the script.
Q. What about your work on Sir Andrew Lloyd
Webber's Bombay Dreams?
A. I will be choreographing
four or five Hindi numbers in London. They will have a typically Bollywood
flavour.
Q. Do you think Bollywood and Hollywood are
worlds apart?
A. No, I don't think the distance
between them is intimidating; they will eventually merge. There are a
lot of people there who respect Indian work and would like to work with
Indians. I was chosen over British and French choreographers to work on
Bombay Dreams.
Q. Soon you'll begin shooting for both your
own movie and Lloyd's musical. What's your current state of mind?
A. I feel I'm at the edge of
a diving board. There's a vacuum of sorts till I jump headlong into both
the big projects. And when it comes to my own movie, I want it to be the
best made so far. I'm going to try my best.
-Natasha Israni
MUSIC REVIEW
Shlokas For
the Auspicious Season
It's that auspicious
time of the year again-the Navratras, when one invokes the blessings of
the nine incarnations of Goddess Durga. There's praying and fasting during
the day, and in the evening, the garba. Music Today's new release of the
Shri Durga Saptashati, a three-hour-long recital by well known classical
musicians, coincides with this season.
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Shri Durga Saptashati
(Music Today; Rs 200) |
Saptashati starts off with a recital by Gurinder
Harnam Singh, a disciple of Kishori Amonkar, who underwent a crash course
in Sanskrit before he recorded the shlokas. Each recitation is based on
classical ragas-Durga, Shudh Kalyan, Saraswati, Shankara, Gorakh Kalyan.
Pandits Rajan and Sajan Mishra have sung chapters five to 13 along with
the moving and conclusive Kshama Prarthana.
Vachaspati Mudgalya, a Sanskrit consultant,
lends his voice to two chapters of the collection. The bilingual booklet
that is provided with the collection makes it easy to follow the shlokas
as they are recited. For a layperson, the translation adds meaning to
the whole exercise. A good buy for the festive season.
—S. Sahaya Ranjit
MUSIC
RELEASES
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| Life Story (Universal;Rs
90)Two volumes of Mohammad Rafi's greatest songs, featuring all moods.A
collector's item. |
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Pandit D.K. Datar (HMV;Rs 65)
Datar plays raga Bihag and raga Kedar on the violin in the Gwalior
tradition.
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Paigam-e-Ishq (Zee
Records; Rs 65)
Puran Chand Wadali and Piara Lal Wadali sing the Sufiana kalam. Beautiful. |
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