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IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD
Set Max celebrated International Women’s Week with five
woman achievers who had excelled in a man’s world. Titled
Hum Kissi Se Kum Nahin, the  programme
featured film director, Tanuja Chandra, petrol pump attendent
Manisha Attaram, Indian Airlines pilot, Sangeeta Kolbekar,
cool cab driver Kanchan Gawde and scholar in Vedic Maths,
Deepa Jewani.
Tanuja Chandra who has directed movies like Dushman and Sangarsh,
confessed that initially distributors used to think she would
make a boring film on women till she proved otherwise. “In
our country, people worship Godesses like Durga Mata and Kali
and yet hurt, burn and kill women close to them,” Tanuja
rues, advising her fellow women not to quietly submit to the
opression but surge ahead in life.
Manisha has been working in a petrol pump for the last six
years and insists that she’s been accepted in her unusual
role. “Women should come out of their houses and prove
themselves equal to men,” she urges.
Sangeeta is flying high today thanks to her dad who’s
also a pilot. The family has adjusted very well to her erratic
hours. Sangeeta’s ideal woman is her mother and she insists
that today women are not just working with men but proving
themselves to be better than them.
Kanchan, our first lady cool cab driver, was inspired by her
husband to take up this rather unusual profession and today
has three cabs of her own and the  support
of all her cabbie colleagues.
Deepa topped in a Vedic Matha compeition that drew contestants
from all over the world. She was the youngest and the only
female participant. Not surprisingly, her muse is maths whiz,
Shakuntala Devi. Deepa thinks that it’s unfair that we
celebrate only one day of the year as Women’s Day. “The
rest of the year is for men. Why?” she asks. “I
know women have been tagged the weaker sex but I believe that
men who say sauch things are the ones with a weak mind.”
Touche!
POLICE ACADEMY ON ZEE ENGLISH
For those who haven’t seen the laugh riot Police Academy
or its sequels, the good news is that Zee English is bringing
these in a serialised form to our living rooms every Saturday
from March 17 at 8 pm. Another classic that will be screened
on the channel is Jane Austen’s Emma that has won Primetime
Emmy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.
Emma will be shown on the Saturday Special slot on March 17
and March 24.
A RA
RA RA, A STAR IS BORN
No one had any doubts that Ketki Dave was a versatile
actress. She made quite an impression in Hasreatein in which
she played Shyam’s best buddy who’s quite the bold,
new woman. In a surprising turnaround, she is now the Junagadh
ki chachi in Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi who’s made
A ra ra ra the chant of every household. KSBKBT has made Ketki
an instantly recognisable name and suddenly producers are
queueing up her door with new offers everyday. Ketki is suddenly
appearing in a lot of ads and is even hosting shows. She recently
anchored the Screen Awards on STAR and the unanimous verdict
was that she was “oh-so-cute”. A ra ra ra!
THE
BUSY BACHCHAN
The pace has really hotted up for the Big B. In fact,
his schedule must be giving stars half his age, a complex.
His day reportedly begins at 7 a.m. and ends close to mid-night.
There are days when he shoots three episodes a day for Kaun
Banega Crorepati. And KBC is not the only thing that keeps
him occupied. Bachchan has suddenly signed a spate of films.
And Ek Rishta- Bond of Love, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, All
The Best and Aks are enough to keep him working almost round-the-clock.
JCPK’S
NEW PLANS
KBC may well have decided to stretch into the weekends
but JCPK does not intend taking on KBC during week days. May
be they’re still wary of taking on the Big B head on.
The special episode of KBC featuring Madhuri Dixit and Sachin
Tendulkar, did affect JCPK’s ratings confesses a Sony
official. But they are not unduly worried about it. “We
wi ll
also have special episodes but not like KBC where stars take
the IQ test. We’ll bring in performing aristes whose
work will be only to entertain,” reveals Rekha Nigam,
director programming, Sony. Last week they had a special episode
on Holi and though they didn’t have any special guests,
a mast mast Govinda was enough to whip up a festive fever.
He sang, danced and as usual had the audience clapping and
cheering enthusiastically.
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