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Taking on
Cyrus
By: The hitList Team
March 23, 2006
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Taking on Cyrus
The
premiere of Being Cyrus saw a rare mix of stars turn up at
Cinemax, Andheri, on Tuesday night to lend support to the cast
and crew.
Spotted: Karan Johar, Jackie Shroff, Dino
Morea, Zayed Khan with mom Zarine and sis Farah (where’s wife
Malaika?), Nandita Mahtani, Tara Sharma with beau, Gayatri
Joshi with hubby, and Deepshikha with Vikas Kalantri.
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| Saif Ali
Khan |
Aamir Khan and
Kiran Rao |
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| Mahtani, Karan
Johar and Dino Morea |
Zayed Khan with
mother, Zarine Khan and sister, Farah Khan
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| Surprise of the eve: Aamir Khan
making a rare appearance with Kiran. And we’ve got to add,
Kiran looked younger sporting a cropped haircut. We have to
say it looks good on her. As does the new frame, that goes
quite well with her new look. Whazzat? The Aamir
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Sing along
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| Gauri Saxena and Mumait Khan
| Singer Gauri Saxena is
extremely perked up about her debut remix album Chane ke khet
mein, which features Mumait Khan of Munnabhai MBBS fame.
The video was shot at Mona Kapoor’s studio in
Goregaon. Says Saxena, “We spoke to Mumait, she loved this
song and immediately said yes.” Settled in San Jose,
California, Saxena has an MBA from New York.
She quit
her finance job to pursue her interest in singing. She is
currently the lead singer for a professional band Dhun formed
by her husband Sandeep.
She further adds, “My goal is
to be a playback singer for Hindi films.”
Food for
thought
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| Roopkumar Rathod, Jagjit Singh, and
Gulzar | In a streak of humour,
so characteristic of the ghazal maestro, Jagjit Singh darted
out, “Today’s fast-forward generation, which has the support
of SMSes to make them rock stars overnight.”
Singh was
speaking at the release of his souvenir album, Live in Sydney
to mark the completion of 40 years of his singing career. But
why prefer the live performance at the Opera House in
Sydney?
“That because it’s a rare privilege to be
allowed to sing at that landmark Australian venue which is
mainly for live operas. Secondly, the auditorium has among the
world’s best hi-tech acoustic facilities,” justified
Jagjit.
The celeb turnout included the singer’s close
associates like Khayyam, Gulzar, Anup Jalota, Prem Chopra and
Ramesh Sippy, who was the chief guest. Sitting incognito in
the audience was the Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge winner
Debojit Saha.
When quizzed about his ghazal connection,
Saha says, “Not many are aware that I’d sing Jagjitji’s
ghazals for this show Ghazal-e-Saara on ETV. For once, I am
content sitting in the audience and not performing on
stage.”
O
Saawariya!
Sameer
Dattani has big stars in his eyes.
Dattani wanted to
star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya starring Sonam
Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor.
An informer tells us,
“Dattani used to go and wait for Bhansali everyday outside his
residence. He wanted to meet him at any cost.
Eventually, Bhansali did meet him.” Need we spell out
the outcome of the meeting?
Himesh: Sum of his luck
That Himesh
Reshammiya keeps adding personal effects to his look, never
ceases to surprise.
Remember the jacket, or that
unmissable cap (wonder if he ever takes it off)?
Here’s a new addition— a clutch of beads and threads
and amulets and pendants with stones round his neck (a la
Ekta).
Lucky charms to keep that nasal twang intact, we
presume.
Kunaal’s
key to a good marriage
Real-life couple and
singers Kunaal Ganjawala and his wife Gayathri are working
towards the release of their albums.
The difference
here is that the couple has chosen to work separately on their
individual albums rather than working together on one. Says
Kunaal, “Working as a couple would have been clichéd.
Most couples often make the mistake of working
together without even taking their professional compatibility
into consideration. In our case for instance, our singing
styles are very different and might not gel too well with each
other’s voices. Also, it is better for both of us to pursue
our careers on our own instead of treading on each other’s
toes.”
Upen’s
moves
36 China
Town is yet to release for us to rate Upen Patel the actor.
But the men-in-white directors, Abbas-Mustan, have
already roped in Patel for their next big picture to go on
floors in September.
“He will be the highlight of this
film, he has worked hard and brings freshness to the screen,”
they tell us. Will it be another thriller? “That’s the
mystery,” they laugh.
Raza’s
Bollywood
Q
What would you call the problems of an arrogant
actor who suffers from vertigo?
A Attitude and Altitude
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| Contributed by Vickey
Lalwani, Bryan Durham, Chaitanya Padukone and Kavya
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