IN Bollywood, it is not easy for aheroine to stick to her principles and that too at therisk of losing out on a prestigious film. But SumanRanganathan has her priorities straight: When she saysno, she really means no.
Yes, this long legged, dusky damselcreated quite a furore in filmland by refusing to wear abikini for the picturisation of a song in one of hermovies. The nonplussed producer (a top financier) hasreportedly threatened to replace her. But Ranganathan issticking to her guns reiterating that theresabsolutely no justification in being asked to stripdown.
When reminded of her revealing dresses in Aa ab lautchalen, Suman fires back: Sure, the story, thesetting and the character were backing me up all the way,so everything was appropriate and very natural. But Ihave no intention of dropping my clothes just because offilm-maker wants to sizzle up some scenes for the heck ofit, thank you! Otherwise, everybody knows that SumanRanganathan is no prude.....
Aishwaryas angel?
What is it about Aishwarya Rai that makes her keepsigning on some of the biggest movies? It is almost as ifshe has a personal angel perched on her shoulder...ensuring that Ash has her hands full always.
And this, despite the fact that she has yet to claim thedubious distinction of having given a hit film. Besides,most folks would agree that, all said and done, Aishwaryais, at best, a beautiful face and little else! She tendsto leave one rather cold when it comes to highhistrionics.
During the last couple of weeks, out of twenty odd moviesfinalised Aishwarya is the leading lady in more thathalf.
Fried eggs galore
If theres one thing Sanjay Dutt simply cannotresist, its fried eggs! Maybe it is a lingeringconditioning from his high school days at Sanawar (nearthe Shimla hills) where Sanju studied for many years andwhere his favourite dish in the extras (to bepaid out of pocket on the spot) was to gobble down asmany fried eggs as he hurriedly could.
Not that it was easy. The head cook had to be coaxed sothat even at lunch or dinner time, a generousunder-the-counter helping of the delicacy was alwaysavailable for Dutt Jr. and, since Dad Sunil Dutt keptsonny on a pretty tight financial leash, the invariablycash-strapped Sanju to had devise just about every methodto ensure that he got what he relished in plenty.
Incorrigible Mamta
This woman refuses to be cowed down. Webbed in by apending case against her for pornographicphotographs on the cover of Stardust some yearsago, shed been avoiding coming to court all thistime. But, on May 31, she surrendered herselfbefore Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. KHHolambe-Patil two days before her legal summonsexpired.
Obviously, Mamta had expected to beat the publicity andthe press by doing so, but she was in for a (rude)surprise! Clearly a step ahead, the journalists,photographers and the TV teams were swarming the placemuch before Mamtas limo screeched in. So, poor MsKulkarni had no option but to keep her cool and smile asbest as she could.
The excitement in the courtroom was over even beforehaving begun. The criminal charge of violating theprovisions of the Indecent Representation of Women Actattracted a petty fine of a few thousand rupees.
Ranbir's mother Neetu Kapoor had also once shared an old picture of Ranbir trying to paint a picture of Aishwarya on the movie's sets. "The great Artist at work #throwback #aaablautchalen #ranbir #ashwariya," she had written.