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Anurag Kashyap’s ‘silent’ relationship with Nawazuddin Siddiqui FILMAKER Anurag Kashyap says that actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui holds a special place in his heart and that they share a “silent” relationship. Kashyap, who has worked with Nawazuddin in films like Black Friday and Gangs of Wasseypur, opened up about his bond with the actor on UTV Stars’ show Yeh Hai Meri Kahaani. “Nawazuddin is a very good man. I like him a lot. With him, I share a silent relationship. We can even sit in a plane without talking for three hours straight,” said Kashyap, who sometimes finds it hard to express himself. “I have trouble expressing myself where it is essential to,” he added on the show.
Vikram Bhatt, my saviour: Mahaakshay Chakraborty
‘VOGUE’ EXPOSES INDUSTRY TRICKS O
ne of the biggest names in the world of fashion is to go into Britain’s secondary schools to reveal the trickery behind the glossy images it sells. Vogue magazine is making a film exposing the chicanery of a fashion shoot, to be screened to teenagers around the country in an attempt to promote healthier attitudes towards eating and body image. The film, a project of the Vogue editor, Alexandra Shulman, will go behind the scenes at a fashion shoot to show “the difference between fashion and reality and how a fashion image is constructed,” she told The Independent on Sunday. Ms Shulman, who wrote to designers in 2009 complaining that the tiny clothes samples they sent were forcing magazine editors to
shoot them on models with “no breasts or hips”, hopes that the new schools programme will stop “a 12-year-old looking at a fashion model in Vogue and thinking, ‘Why don’t I look like that?’“ Digital retouching of models — where details like fat, blemishes and wrinkles are removed after the shoot — is only a “tiny part” of what happens, according to Ms Shulman. “It’s basically a huge team of people that go in to create the image, of which retouching is the icing on the cake,” she said. The Vogue editor was wary of giving details about the film, which will be edited and distributed next month. “I’m hoping that it will be fun for the pupils but, actually, it will make some serious points,” she said. “Schools will get it at the
The ‘Vogue’ editor was wary of giving details about the film, which will be edited and distributed next month
end of this term so that they can slot it into their programme for the autumn term.” Vogue’s publisher, Conde Nast, is keen to court British teenagers. Ms Shulman launched a fashion magazine for teenage girls this week, Miss Vogue, packed with adverts for high street labels and luxury brands. Initial reaction to the Vogue film was warm. “Alexandra Shulman is clever enough to see the benefits where honesty is concerned for her brand,” said Caryn Franklin, co-founder of All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, which campaigns for healthy body images. “The high levels of confusion that young women display about what is and isn’t real need to be tackled by our industry.” A year ago Vogue announced a code of conduct in which Conde Nast and the editors of Vogue’s 19 international editions agreed to “encourage a healthier approach to body image within the industry”. Last weekend, the models Daisy Lowe and David Gandy took part in a discussion about body image as part of a fashion festival run by the magazine at London’s Southbank Centre. Mr Gandy claimed male models are under the “same pressure” as women.
ACTOR Mahaakshay Chakraborty is not a part of the sequel of Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted 3D, but he isn’t complaining. “Vikram is my saviour. Haunted 3D became successful and gave me a new position in the industry. I have had a great time working for the film and it is a great memory,” Mahaakshay, son of veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, said in a statement. The 2011 film, Haunted 3D was declared a hit at the box office. Bhatt is now working on a sequel of the film. Haunted 2 should go on floors by the end of the year. But, it won’t have Mahaakshay. Instead, the sequel will have new actors,” said Bhatt.
John’s Priya goes clicketyclick at National awards JOHN ABRAHAM turned up for the 60th National Film Awards ceremony in the capital with his girlfriend Priya Runchal, dressed in a sober gold ensemble. She was more than excited when her beau went onto the stage, and she couldn’t stop taking his pictures on her phone. Priya was spotted sitting on one end of the Vigyan Bhavan auditorium in New Delhi Friday evening, while John took his seat on the awardees’ side with Vicky Donor director Shoojit Sircar. The movie, John’s debut production won the best film providing wholesome entertainment award. When John went up on the stage to collect the honour from President Pranab Mukherjee, Priya immediately took out her phone and went on clicking pictures, instead of joining the entire crowd in clapping and cheering for her beau. However, her happiness was visible in the gleam in her eyes. John was also being the perfect beau by taking care of Priya. He didn’t go to his seat until she was comfortable.
No starry dreams for ‘Filmistaan’ director
—The Independent
TECHNOLOGY
Making online pirates pay THOUSANDS of light-fingered gamers had a frustrating time this week. They’d downloaded Game Dev Tycoon, a new title from tiny start-up Greenheart Games, on Sunday. It’s a SimCity-alike that challenges players to build a games developer and turn it from a tiny operation to a mighty studio capable of turning out hits like Call of Duty and Assassins Creed. Their problem was that they’d downloaded a pirate version of the game from an online forum instead of forking out $7.99 for the official version. And no matter how well they managed their assets, their in-game funds dwindled as the new games they created were pirated by unscrupulous crooks. Eventually their
virtual game development firm went bust. Oh, the irony. The irony gets even sweeter, and the whole thing very meta, when you discover it was Greenheart Games’ founders, brothers Patrick and Daniel Klug, who released this self-defeating pirated version to highlight the challenges budding games developers face. Game Dev Tycoon is the brother’s first release. “Our initial thought was simply, how do we deal with piracy?” Patrick, 30, tells Trending. “We knew it was inevitable that our game would be pirate, so we decided that it was best to release a cracked version ourselves, since then we could at least control the experience the pirates would have.” —The Independent
DIRECTOR Nitin Kakkar says he has never dreamt of working with any specific Bollywood stars as he is more keen to work with “brilliant minds” “I am into hardcore filmmaking. There is no Bollywood celebrity whom I would like to work with in specific, but yes I want to work with brilliant minds and there are so many of them. My cast and crew is story-driven, so I take them as it comes,” Kakkar told IANS. Filmistaan won the best Hindi film honour at the recently held 60th National Film Awards May 3. Born in Mumbai, Kakkar made his debut with award winning short film Black Freedom in 2004.
Alia Bhatt eager to hit ‘Highway’ set, again ONE-FILM-OLD Alia Bhatt is enjoying shooting for Imtiaz Ali’s Highway so much that she can’t wait to resume shooting for the movie. “We are travelling a lot. It’s a journey. I am having a great time. I can’t wait to go back and shoot more. Working with Imtiaz keeps getting better,” she told IANS. Alia is paired with Randeep Hooda in Highway, about two people and their road trip. The actress, who debuted last year with Student Of The Year, will also be seen in 2 States and likes the fact that both the films challenge her as an actress. “Everyone loves looking for change and challenges. I am so grateful to work on these two films. I am very excited. I could not have asked for anything better,” she said.
For Lara Dutta, daughter is the boss ACTRESS Lara Dutta is enjoying her stay in Madrid, Spain, and says her daughter Saira is the boss when it comes to choosing food when they go out to eat. She is just over 16-month-old, but Saira seems to have taken a liking for Chinese food. “Enjoying some fantastic weather in Madrid! My daughter seems to enjoy Chinese food though over Spanish Tapas! And right now she’s the boss,” Lara, who is married to tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, posted on Twitter.
Manish Paul bags best anchor trophy MANISH PAUL was excited as well as sad while wrapping up Grand Masters. He anchored several shows on the small screen. Manish Paul not only proved his skills, but also won the best anchor trophy at the 12th Indian Telly Awards. The 31-year-old got maximum votes from fans and walked away with the winner’s trophy Saturday. He was competing with the likes of Amitabh Bachchan (Kaun Banega Crorepati), Salman Khan (Bigg Boss) and Aamir Khan for (Satyamev Jayate) the title. Karan Kundra (Gumrah) and Anup Soni (Crime Patrol) were also nominated in the category.
Shooting of ‘Grand Masti’ concludes AFTAB SHIVDASANI was excited as well as sad while wrapping up Grand Masti shooting as he will miss the fun and craziness on the movie’s set. “So the last day of shoot of Grand Masti is about to begin. The crazy joyride coming to an end. Will miss the madness,” Aftab posted on Twitter. — IANS