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Time to unveil our own Victoria’s Secret: Indian designers
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‘Chammak Challo’ most downloaded song New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS): “Chammak Challo”, the popular number from Shah Rukh Khan’s mega-budget production venture “RA.One”, has been named the most downloaded song and video of the year in a new survey by wireless telephony major Airtel. Performed by international singer Akon, the peppy number featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor topped the list of the most downloaded songs followed “Dhinka chika”, “Senorita”, “Zor ka jhatka haye” and “Teri meri meri teri”. In the Hello Tunes section “Kolaveri Di”, topped with 210,000 downloads within 18 days of its launch. Bollywood celebrities Katrina Kaif and Shah Rukh took the leading position in the category of most downloaded images of the year. gdcgraphics
wear market has seen an exponential growth, especially in the women’s wear line. The resort wear industry, unlike the others is non-seasonal and not determined as spring-summer or fall-winter and this feature enables the resort line to be exciting and in demand throughout the year,” said Pallav Ojha, director, UVAR Pvt Ltd, one of the organizers of IRFW. An event like IRFW will prove to be a stepping stone to accelerate the lingerie and resort wear market in India. Internationally, several lingerie brands like Victoria’s Secret, La Perla, Strumpet and Pink, Lovable and Guia La Bruna have made a name for themselves, and attract the Indian buyers too. But that connect is yet to be established with Indian brands, says designer, Narresh.
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Swank’s fish to undergo fitness course My productions are not gender-biased: Ekta Kapoor
Gaga fears dying like Lady Diana
Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS): Television baron Ekta Kapoor, known for making womenbased soaps, clarifies that it is the story and not the protagonist that decides her choice of projects. “I don’t have any gender biased preferences... My whole idea is that if it is a nice enough story to be told, then it should be told. There is no choice that I will make my next on a woman again, but I will make a strong and smart story again,” Ekta told reporters at a press conference to celebrate the
success of “The Dirty Picture”, which tells the story of an actress’s rise and fall. After making long-running successful saas-bahu soaps “Kyunki...Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”, “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii” and “Kasautii Zindagii Kay”, she took a plunge into moviemaking and produced hit crime thriller “Shootout At Lokhandwala”, based on a real story, underworld saga “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai”, and experimental “Love Sex Aur Dhokha”.
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London, Dec 9 (IANS): Actress Hilary Swank is excited about taking her fish for an underwater agility course for their fitness. The Oscar winner admits she loves giving her pets presents, and that her two parrot fish and Japanese fighting fish get presents during Christmas, reports dailystar.co.uk. After hearing that the actress was looking for an agility course for her fish, her friend Ellen DeGeneres tracked one down and gifted it to Swank when she appeared on her talk show. Swank was thrilled with the “cool” present and promised to show off her fit fish during her next appearance on the show.
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Showbiz Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS): Call it swimwear, beachwear or resort wear -- the market for this segment has so far been neglected in the country but designers feel the demands of travel enthusiasts and a platform like the ongoing India Resort Fashion Week (IRFW) will bring it at par with an international brand like Victoria’s Secret. So far, designer beachwear has remained low on popularity. Some say this is so due to the conservative Indian culture, where women are apprehensive about showing off their figure in public places. Others blame the lesser number of beaches in India. But with time, designers have realized they need to move beyond ethnic and bridal wear and focus on swimwear, which is gaining momentum. “The resort
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London, Dec 8 (IANS): Pop star Lady Gaga, set to release a song about the death of Princess Diana, fears she might end up dying the way Diana died. A source close to the singer says that she sees herself as a “pop version” of Diana, who died at the age of 36 following a car accident in Paris in 1997, reports thesun.co.uk. “Gaga has always been absolutely fixated on Diana and sees herself as a 21st-century incarnation of her. She knows, she is almost as recognizable as Diana and is hounded by photographers and fans on the same level. Gaga has had dreams about dying the same way as her and has
genuine fears that her fame could literally kill her, either in a chase or at the hands of crazies,” said the source. The 25-year-old singer wrote the song on Diana’s death after dubbing the Princess of Wales as a “martyr of fame”. In fact, the idea behind Gaga’s 2009 hit “Paparazzi” also stemmed from the death of the royal, with the singer saying: “Diana was the most iconic martyr of fame. She died because of it.”