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City youths chat with Sanjay, Gracy on Web

Scene from the movie, ‘Munnabhai M.B.B.S.’
Scenes from the movie, ‘Munnabhai M.B.B.S.’

Six city youths today had an opportunity to chat with Sanjay Dutt and Gracy Singh, the star cast of Bollywood movie “Munnabhai M.B.B.S.”, thanks to Reliance India Mobile Showtime.

“It was a great experience”, enthused Aditi Kohli as she came out of the R World and Webworld in Sector 35. “Sanjay came across as a jovial chap.”

Sonia Sandhu, Gurpreet Singh, Tarun Bajaj and Davinder Ramgariah, all winners of R World and WebWorld contest who also put questions to the movie stars, were equally thrilled.

Eminent film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani, director of ‘Munnabhai M.B.B.S.’ along with the stars regaled the winners across cities via VideoChat and Conference from Reliance WebWorld, Juhu, Mumbai.

Weaving in its Brand promise, ‘Jiyo toh WebWorld mein’, Reliance Webworld has also run a contest ‘Jiyo toh Munnabhai ki tarah....’ which symbolises the new way of life being ushered in by the WebWorlds across the country.

Sanjay Dutt and Gracy Singh along with its production team had a multi-point to multi-point video chat and video conference with winners of R World and WebWorld contest simultaneously across 11 cities of India.

“We believe that the entertainment industry is a natural partner in our business,” said Mr Himanshu Kapania of Reliance Infocomm Ltd.

Eleven cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Pune were simultaneously linked @ 768 kbps speeds for this video chat. Currently 250 Reliance WebWorld stores are operational across the country. — TNS

Revellers await hotels’ New Year bonanza

Getting prepared for the New Year Eve celebrations.

The plans are yet to be finalised. Disc jockeys from Delhi or Mumbai, open-air parties with bonfires lighting the night sky or bashes in air-conditioned halls — the hoteliers are still to decide. But the telephones are already ringing in hotels with people from all over the region eager to know the details of programmes.

“Even though New Year Eve is still five days away, we have started receiving calls from businessmen from different cities in the region,” says a manager of a Sector 35 hotel. “They not only wish to know the details, including charges for couple, but even wish to make reservations for the gala event.”

Giving details, the manager asserts, "They are even promising to send us the advance required for making reservations through their associates in Chandigarh, even through cheques sent by courier.” Mr Yogesh Gupta, working with another hotel, says, “Most of the businessmen are calling us up from Bathinda, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana, even Ambala, Hisar and Rewari.”

Explaining the trend, he says, “The celebrations in the city have always been elaborate unlike some other cities in the region.” This is not all. “You have disc jockeys mixing music, enabling you to dance your way into the New Year. And then there are cool invigorating drinks for you to savour,” Mr Gupta asserts. “If nothing else, you can park your vehicle, switch on the stereo and cut your foot loose. That is the reason why Chandigarh has always been a favourite destination for revellers,” he adds. — OC

Raveena’s make-up artist to conduct courses

Famous Bollywood make-up artist, Ayesha, who has been giving ravishing looks to filmstars like Raveena Tandon, Aishwarya Rai and Shilpa Shetty, will be in town today.

She will be conducting courses in make-overs, party make-ups, hair styling, personal grooming etc. Ms Ayesha has been associated with Bollywood for the past 20 years. She was the first to introduce the art of tattoo-making in Bollywood. She has worked as Raveena Tandon’s make-up artist for more than five years. The courses will be held at Cleapatra here.

The courses conducted by Ms Ayesha have been professionally formulated coupled with practical training. The students will experience first-hand training on all basic courses and techniques. — TNS

It’s my life
Small-town girl with big dreams

Life is a mixture of mystery and emotions, but I think where there is a will there is a way.

Hi, this is Charu. I am girl of a small town, Kaithal, with big dreams. I did my schooling from there. My father is a businessman and mother is a home maker.

Ever since my childhood I have been very ambitious. I always wanted to be something different. But it was a big step for me to stay away from home. I was determined. So I joined a one-year NIFD diploma at Ambala. There I came to know that this was the only field I had always wanted to be in. Then I did B.Sc in advertisements. I cleared my interview and now I am here.

NIFD has really brought a big change in my life. I have become more confident and now I am ready to face every challenge in life. It has also enhanced my creative skills. Now I am very sure that after completing this course I will reach somewhere. I want to be a top designer like Manish Malhotra and others.

As told to ASP