Check mate
Farah Khan admits to being a workaholic throughout her career but marriage has toned her down to a great extent. “My life holds much more than Friday releases and box office hits,” she says. “I have a staff to run my house and help me but what about those who are not as fortunate as I am?” She realised that she needs to reach out to more people and this is how she got more involved with her ....
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Turn on the heat
Nagesh Kukunoor is playing with fire, quite literally. He is spending more and more time in his kitchen, experimenting with new dishes. Being a hardcore foodie, cooking comes naturally to him and he can also find similarities with filmmaking. “Just as the purpose of a good film is to tell a story, a good dish is about bringing out the right flavours,” believes Kukunoor. Like his films, ....
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Moment of truth
Objectivity doesn’t come easy when you are dealing with a sensitive subject and trying to not take sides. For Anusha, this isn’t something new as she has faced the same situation while working on a docu-fiction on the IC 814 hijack drama. On December 24, 1999, IC 814 had taken off from Kathmandu and was on its way to India when it was hijacked by five Pakistani terrorists and was taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan. “While ....
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More than a pinch of salt
The Wieliczka Salt Mine — once a functioning mine, now a tourist attraction- didn’t make it to the list of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World but it must have come close. It did get included, though, in the very first UNESCO Heritage list. “The salt mines of Wieliczka,” someone said, “are no less magnificent than the Egyptian pyramids, but more useful.” Useful, certainly. At their peak, the mines produced 1000 tonnes of salt a year, a massive ....
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In the right frame
Emraan Hashmi’s fascination with photography goes back to his childhood when he would fiddle with his father’s camera. “My dad owned a Canon and he carried it religiously to all our vacations. We would take turns to click each other’s pictures under his watchful eye, making sure that we don’t mess around with his beloved camera,” he says. A view to kill: Emraan succumbed to the ....
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Hips don’t lie
The 28-year-old playback singer is busy shaking her hips these days. No, she is not looking for an alternate career because music still is the driving force. Sunidhi is constantly doing something musical — listening to music, singing, moving to the beats or just plain humming. Dancing came as a manifestation of music. “Dancing happened when I was really young and it ....
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Green-eyed, wander
Imagine a sanctuary where you are the only human being in sight. Inside a tent, with only the moon to accompany you and the eerie sounds of cicadas. That’s Phansad Sanctuary, near Kashid, 160 kms from Mumbai. Do I hear the sea?: We reached Phansad by late afternoon, famished. On landing, Sada, the Forest Guard, brought the food he had cooked in his house, and served it under ....
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Fried and tested
For the multi-faceted actor, acting wasn’t his first love. Before he was bitten by the acting bug, Boman was a well known photographer and theatre artist. But everything did not come easy to him. From selling chips to waiting tables at a five-star hotel, Boman has done it all. Boman started his livelihood by selling wafers at his Grant Road bakery. For 12 years, he went about his ....
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Lake banks and lyrical ballads
I confess. Being a keen explorer of vibrant cities, serene backwoods don’t quite beckon the same way. But exceptions like the iconic Lake District never fail to enchant and educate. Earlier visits to gentle English countryside acres have always proved pleasing enough. This time we decided to delve into the cool literary core of Cumbria. For a rediscovery of Beatrix Potter’s ....
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Putt-ing it straight
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is looking for greener pastures now. Literally. The sarod maestro has taken to golf and wants to spend as much time as possible honing the skill. And it is not a hobby, he reiterates, drawing parallels between the sport and his occupation, “Golf is all about manipulation, as is playing the sarod,” he says, “The stroke, be it that of a golf club or a sarod ....
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Ball of fame
Even as most young ladies drool over Ranbir Kapoor’s good looks, the man in question couldn’t care about protecting them as he pursues his other passion — football. He smiles, “I don’t worry about getting down and dirty; I am not a narcissist. I don’t think I am good looking; I have many flaws. I don’t respect my body and I don’t respect my face.”....
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Literary speaking
Swaying in her Chanel ensemble, Sonam Kapoor hardly comes across as a bookworm. But even as a child, while most girls her age were drawn to dolls and toys, this sartorialist preferred a nice story book. She remembers, “Be it a trip to the dentist, getting an injection or even coming home with a good report card, my reward always had to be a book. I didn’t care much for anything else.”....
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Before his debut in films, Madhavan used to fly the single engine Cessna planes when he was with National Cadet Corps. His deep interest in flying made him take up aeromodelling. Maddy is passionate about constructing and flying his own mini-helicopters and when he is not shooting, he is cooped up in his house, patiently building a model. “My interest goes back to my college ....
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