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NEWSNOTES
FUNQUIZ
 Q
1. What would Amitabh Bachchan love to do besides acting?
a. Paint with oil colours.
b. Start hosting the Oprah Winfrey Show.
c. Start doing voiceovers in films.
Q 2. What is Rekha's recurring dream?
a. She has found the man of her dreams-in
her dreams.
b. She's a court dancer in times gone by.
c. She's doing Silsila-II with the Big B.
 Q
3. Why does Kareena Kapoor continually fight with Hrithik Roshan on the
sets?
a. She's practising fight lessons picked
up during Asoka's shooting.
b. Hrithik prefers to work with sister Karisma.
c. Hrithik keeps all waiting on the sets.
Q&A
JACKIE SHROFF
"People should look for more than puppy love"
The actor on playing Netaji and on his second innings
as a romantic lead.
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Jackie Sheroff
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Q. You're playing the lead in Subhas Chandra
Bose ...
A.
I have always been struck by Bose's charismatic personality and the mystery
that surrounds him. I was also approached to play Chandra Shekhar Azad
but I feel much closer to Bose.
Q. What are you working on with Ketan Mehta?
A. I
am excited about his new film Kathputhali. It is a black comedy on modern
society. It is about a dancer caught in a romantic triangle. Lucky Ali
will probably play the second lead.
Q. How do you feel playing a romantic hero
in your early forties?
A. I
don't find any difference. When Rekha expressed her desire to play a romantic
lead with me, I promptly accepted. I have always wanted to work with Rekha-she
is one of the most gorgeous actresses of our time. If Clint Eastwood can
play a hero in his seventies, I am very young!
Q. Do you think the Indian audience is ready
for mature love stories? Aks failed.
A. I
think it is high time people looked for more than puppy love. Not many
choices have been offered so far. Perhaps we could break this misconception.
A good film is a good film.
—Sheela Raval
MUSIC REVIEW
Uniting the Mind With Cosmic Consciousness
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FORGING TIES: Putin (left) with deposed Afghan president
Rabbani
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If you believe that the stars and planets influence
the course of your life, then the four album series Navagraha is meant
for you. The planets Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and the Moon,
the Sun, Rahu and Ketu (the nodes of the moon) constitute the Navagrahas
of Hindu astrology.
The four albums have been divided between various
grahas. Each side opens with an invocation to a graha followed by mantras
and shlokas. For each graha, the great astrologer and Carnatic musician
Muthuswamy Dikshithar (1775-1835) has composed a kriti. Rajkumar Bharti
has tunefully rendered the kritis while Prakash Kaushik recites the shlokas.
Composer L. Vaidyanathan has used music to unite the mind with cosmic
consciousness. The chanting is in Sanskrit but a bilingual booklet makes
it easy to follow the shlokas as they are recited. A collector's series
for those who want to keep their fortunes intact.
—S. Sahaya Ranjit
MUSIC RELEASES
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Visaal
(HMV Rs 70)
The coming together of two greats, Ghulam Ali and Gulzar. Worth
listening to.
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Violin Brothers
(Times Music; Rs 75)
Deb and Jyoti Sankar play the violin in this fusion album. Experimental
mood music.
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Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar
(Universal; Rs 55)
Sentimental melodies. Daboo Malik's scores for Mahesh Bhatt are
average. Passable.
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