Letter from the Editor
Everybody is complaining about the heat. But, I feel, everything about this season is just so delectable. The fresh mango pickle, intoxicating jasmine, juicy watermelon, cool night breeze, the list could go on and on. Why, on earth, do we not realise the value of sunshine? Ask the Europeans who freeze and freeze and long for brightness and warmth. We, at Southscope, have decided to raise a toast to the summer season. In keeping with the spirit, we did some brainstorming to offer our readers an interesting combo of hot and cold. Any which way you look at them, either our April stars are cool dudes or hot babes. To begin with we have the quintessential Mohanlal, the coolest malayalee in the world, talking on touchy topics with absolute ease. Much has been written about this superstar but what he has told us, not many would know. In the cool dudes’ section we have on offer the super successful Sekhar Kammula, zany Jayam Ravi, dishy Naga Chaitanya, natty Nani, charismatic Chetan, gritty Gautam Menon… Quite a line up actually. Balancing the cool act with her warmth is Kajal Agarwal, the girl who’s most featured in every male fan’s dreams since Magadheera, who talks one to the dozen on things that matter to her and stuff she doesn’t give a damn about. And yeah, what a dream her photo shoot was! Check her out as she sets the pages on fire. And then we have scintillating Charmme, magnetic Meghna Naidu, lip smacking Aindrita Ray, sweet Samvrutha Sunil for visual gratification and Suhasini Manirathnam’s regular column for cerebral thrills. Quite a feast, did you say? We agree… This issue, we have gone easy on the features though your favourite regulars stay the same way. And by the way, our style sutra is going places. We have had responses pouring in from all over the globe mostly in appreciation and some who don’t quite agree with our stylist. What matters to us most, however, is the fact that you are reading the magazine in such great detail. So please keep the mail – love or hate – coming in. We value every single word you write to us. Enjoy the season…
Vanaja Banagiri
Editor-in-Chief
74 SOUTHSCOPE Apr 2010