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Out & About
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Raising a voice
Another star has hit the Indipop horizon. Milestone Entertainment,
an Indian music company, has just launched London-born Haroon's
Haroon Ki Awaz. Brought up on the music of The Beatles, he
used music to "escape loneliness". After forming
his band Awaz in 1992, Haroon cut a video called Janeman which
became the first Hindi pop song to air on MTV. As for the
new album, it is: "aggressive and melodious, with the
tabla and dholak mixed with energetic dance beats."
Soft & safe
If your child is bored with all the hard plastic toys
in the market, try Beanie Babies. The soft toys are hand-sewn
and hand-washable. The fabric and other materials used in
the toys are anti-allergic, non-flammable non-toxic. Launched
in 1993, Beanie Babies have passed regulations in the USA,
the European safety standard and other international exhibition
regulations.
And, hey,
you cannot produce a counterfeits either, as they all come
in alpha numerical codes. The range includes adorable pups,
crabs, snakes, chicks and many others. Sold at selected toy
stores, each Beanie Baby has its name, birthday and special
poem on its heart shaped ID tag.
Coastal
feast
Those of you who drool over Malvani cuisine, have something
to look forward to. Malvani Masti, the Malvani food festival
of at Shoreline, the coffee-shop at the hotel Centaur, Juhu
Beach, is on till February 25. A specially designed menu offers
exotic fare to all taste buds. Sample some of the coastal
favourites, like kurkurit bombil, kolambi bhaat, solkadhi
and puran polis. Apart from these specialities, other treats
include mutton zanzanit, sungtyanchi bhajee and kelphoolachi
bhajje. Hurry and gorge on this spread.
Hunk
alert!
IT is, again, that time of the year, when handsome hunks vie
for the Grasim Mr India title. Ten `boys' from Mumbai will
participate in the contest on February 24 at Netaji Indoor
Stadium, Calcutta. And "pleasant" looks are not
enough for to become Mr India. Naturally, it is also about
"intelligence, wit, grace and compassion"! After
all, its also one passport to instant publicity, not to mention
modelling and film offers. So watch Vivan Batena, Vikramaditya
J.Shukla, Vishal Singh, Sachin Arora, Rajeev Khinchi, Pramod
Harish Chandan, Jamshid Zack, Baljeet Manak and Anish Kumar
wrestle it out.
Stars
on the field
Just a day after the star-studded Jeevan Jyot concert, Sunil
Shetty was spotted at the CCI grounds, where he is working
on the cricket match featuring Bollywood actors and members
of the Indian and Australian cricket teams. Speaking on the
February 25 match, Sanjay Dutt said: "I never gave it
a second thought. I'm sure that this match will make a difference."
Aamir
Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Salman
Khan, Ashwarya Rai, Raveena Tandon and Urmila Matondkar are
some of the other Bollywood names who will be present. From
the Indian cricket team, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly
and Ajit Agarkar have promised to be there, while Ricky Ponting
and Steve Waugh from the Australian team will be present.
"The cricketers have been so co-operative. The CCI didn't
charge for the grounds.
People
are still coming in with contributions," said Shetty
about the enthusiastic response. Tickets are available at
Rs 6000 per couple. The funds collected, will go to Save the
Children foundation which will plan the rehabilitation for
schools and hospitals affected by the Gujarat earthquake.
And
finally...
Chirpy Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak star Juhi Chawla delivered a
baby girl on Wednesday evening at the Breach Candy Hospital.
Industrialist husband Jai Mehta was by Juhi's side at the
time of the delivery, it is learnt. Among the first visitors
to congratulate them were Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan, and Juhi's
dad. Juhi hasn't named her daughter yet but she's been consulting
several baby books. The actress recently wrapped work on film-maker
Suneel Darshan's Ek Rishta in which she stars with Amitabh
Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karisma Kapoor. Her One Two Ka
Four starring Shah Rukh and Jackie Shroff is expected to release
in March. Here's wishing Juhi all the very best...
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