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NEWSNOTES
FUNQUIZ
 Q
1. Preity Zinta thinks that an expiry date relates to...
a. Relationships.
b. Antibiotics.
c. Insurance policies.
 Q
2. Tabu is refusing films left, right and centre because...
a. She thinks dancing in clubs pays
better.
b. She has decided to wait for good roles.
c. Her secret admirer can't bear to see her in the arms of other men.
 Q
3. Shah Rukh Khan named his latest movie "Asoka", not "Ashoka"
because...
a. Ekta Kapoor advised him that dropping
the "h" would be auspicious for him.
b. Spelling isn't his strong point.
c. It would arouse curiosity and build up hype about the film.
Answers: 1(a), 2(b), 3(c)
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Tanuja Chandra
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Q&A
TANUJA CHANDRA
"I connect with women characters"
Director Tanuja Chandra on the soon to be released Yeh
Zindagi Ka Safar and why she makes woman-centric films.
Q. What is Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar about?
A. It is an emotional adventure
of a pop star who fights for her mother's rights.
Q. Yet another women's film with a cause?
A. It is a contemporary story
set in the urban Indian milieu. It is an entertaining film that explores
various shades of emotion.
Q. Is making women-centric films a deliberate
move?
A. It is not an ideological
hang up but I feel very connected to female characters. In fact, my next
film, Sur: The Melody of Life, which I am shooting with Lucky Ali, has
a male-centric story.
Q. Is that because none of your woman-centric
films did well at the box office?
A. I always clinically dissect
my films for their strong and weak points. Both my earlier films (Amanat
and Sangharsh) had fundamental flows and did not work commercially. But
they were made very economically, so not much money was lost.
Q. What is your next film about?
A. Sur is a story of a music
teacher who moulds his student but she proves to be much better than him.
He competes with her and ends up ruining her career, but then he realises
that he deviated from his basic purpose of life. Ali is awesome and a
very natural actor.
—Sheela Raval
MUSIC REVIEW
Varied Repast from a
Star Cast
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KABHI KHUSHI KABHI GAM
(Sony Music; Rs 60)
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In the age of marketing, everyone seems to believe
that promotion leads to success. Sony Music has evidently decided to try
out that formula with Karan Johar's star-laden second release.
When the company came out with a single-song
edition of Khabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham in September, it was only the
appetiser. The full course is now ready with 10 tracks. Plus a mixed bag
of playback singers-Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik,
Kavita
Subramaniam; music directors-Jatin-Lalit, Sandesh
Shandilya, Aadesh Shrivastava; and lyricists-Sameer and Anil Pandey.
The title song sung by Lata Mangeshkar has a
strong sentimental theme that holds the film together. Bole choodiyan
is a peppy group song that may just resurrect the career of Kishore Kumar's
son Amit Kumar.
The love song Suraj hua maddham by Sonu
Nigam and Alka Yagnik is a typically mushy love song. And there's reason
for Amithabh Bachchan fans to listen closely: one of the voices in Say
shava shava is his.
—S. Sahaya Ranjit
MUSIC RELEASES
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Bhulaye na Bane
(Universal; Rs 45) Nine sentimental songs of the inimitable
Kishore Kumar. Must for Kishore fans.
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Expressions of Love
(Music Today; Rs 75)
Four-part series of thumri and dadra by Savita Devi, Shanti Hiranand,
Ulhas Kashalkar.
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Hari Kirtan
(Times Music; Rs 65)
Excellent music for meditation by Ashit Desai based on classical
ragas.
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