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NEWSNOTES
FUNQUIZ
 Q
1. What is Saif Khan's worst nightmare?
a. He's playing for the Indian cricket
team.
b. He's become a plumber.
c. He's on a film set with Osama-in drag.
Q 2. Why did Adnan Sami reject Anupam Kher's
acting offer?
a. He wants to concentrate on music.
b. It's difficult for him to run around trees.
c. The role wasn't weighty enough.
 Q
3. Why does Shah Rukh Khan have a tendency to get injured?
a. Kyonki mard ko dard nahin hota.
b. Living in pain has become a way of life.
c. Wife Gauri has given him plenty of practice.
 Q&A
RAHUL BOSE
"It's Okay To Say You're Not
Fine"
Rahul Bose on his directorial debut film Everybody
Says I'm Fine! and more.
Q. Everybody Says I'm Fine! is an entrant
at various international film festivals. Does that help market the film?
A. More than awards, it is critical
appreciation and word of mouth that helps to boost the image. It's the
best chance to attract international audience. The response at Toronto
and Vancouver was overwhelming.
Q. What is the film's USP?
A. It touches you emotionally. The
message is: it's okay to say you're not fine. It explores the themes of
family and dislocation in contemporary and universal contexts.
Q. What is the commercial potential of
the new genre of Indo-English cinema?
A. Getting an audience is not as tough as getting distributors
who understand new cinema. Getting international eyeballs is another task.
Q. What happens if the film does not
fulfil commercial expectations?
A. Personally, nothing. I move on from project to project. But
if quality meets commercial expectations, it would be great.
Q. What's next for you?
A. A surreal love story. I am in
the process of scripting it. The lovers never meet, talk or touch like
ordinary lovers.
—Sheela Raval
MUSIC REVIEW
Spellbinding Classical and Soothing
Fusion
 Live
classical music concert recordings are magical-each note is extempore
and the audience inspires the musicians to attain new heights. Geniuses
of Our Era are four albums of concert recordings featuring Pandit Nikhil
Banerjee (sitar), Ustad Zia Moinuddin Dagar (sitar), Ram Narayan (sarangi)
and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod). Nikhil Banerjee, a musician of the Maihar
gharana, leaves you spellbound with his presentation of raga Desh.
 Ekatman
reflects the new trend in Indian music-the fusion of jazz, Carnatic, folk
and Hindustani classical. In this assimilation of musical thoughts by
Ronu Majumdar (flute), Louis Banks (keyboards), Karl Peters (bass guitar),
Fazal Qureshi (percussion), Rajesh Rajbhatt (tabla) and Sivamani (percussion),the
composition Rain stands out.
—S. Sahaya Ranjit
MUSIC
RELEASES
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Celebrity
(HMV; Rs 150)
Pleasant listening but nothing really striking about the latest
album from NSync.
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Jalsa
(Universal; Rs 45)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's favourites. Sung by Salim and remixed by
Jawahar Wattal.
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Kshetra Maala
(Music Today; Rs 65)
Compositions of Saint Tyagaraja by O.S. Thyagarajan. A treat for
music lovers.
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