Sunday, December 29, 2002

ART & LITERATURE 'ART AND SOUL BOOKS MUSINGS TIME OFF YOUR OPTION ENTERTAINMENT BOLLYWOOD BHELPURI TELEVISION WIDE ANGLE FITNESS GARDEN LIFE NATURE SUGAR 'N' SPICE CONSUMER ALERT TRAVEL INTERACTIVE FEATURES CAPTION CONTEST FEEDBACK

Season’s Gazings

Chetna Banerjee’s trend guide (non-political, of course) to what happened and how it happened in 2002. Bollywood arrives in the West, Hollywood comes calling to India Of splits & new family profiles Hinglish-shinglish hai rabba! The party-ing shot among the chatterati
Badhaai time for movie memorabilia merchandising. Gourmets flirt with oysters & ducks, foodies go Sachin-gazingLittle bleep-bleep that made cell users lose their sleep	Consumers bargained as brand brats reigned Of herbal shawls and figures like Emme dolls War erupts in love zone: Lovers game for POLO!

Bollywood-2002
Year fuelled by controversies
Dharam Pal
SHASHILAL Nair's Ek Chhotisi Love Story was in the news before its release with the film-maker being accused of the breach of trust by the renowned film star, Manisha Koirala. Shashilal Nair used a duplicate to shoot some obscenes. After Manisha raised objections about the obscene scenes, the director promised that he would cut them. But when Manisha saw the preview of the film she was shocked to find the scenes in it. With both sticking to their guns the battle also went to court.

Review & preview