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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Friday, May 29, 1998
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1959: Year that was
The Sangeet Natak Akadami awards for best film (direction) and best film (acting) are presented to Satyajit Ray and Ashok Kumar, respectively. A cash prize of Rs 25,000 is offered by the Maharashtra government to the best feature film on the subject of untouchability produced in Bombay during 1958-59, preferably in Hindi.
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Men in black
Ha, ha, ha," resounds in your ear as you pick your way to the sets of Gang. Expecting nothing less than two-horned demons a la Mahabharata, you step around an overturned drum and a barricade of weathered metal and plastic drums piled haphazardly. The source of this manic laughter, you discover, is not one but many: a muddy Jaaved Jaffery and four hefty and equally mud-soaked men.
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Show Buzz
Sanjay Dutt's wife, Rhea Pillai, is trying to help evolved souls evolve further. The wafer-thin model is busy organising a workshop for her guru. Called "The Art Of Living", it will teach you all about meditation. The founder of this philosophy is being proclaimed the new alternative to Deepak Chopra by his followers.
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Did you know?
The practise of adopting screen names started in 1919 when two actresses -- Gulabbai and Anusuiyabai of Baburao Painter's Sairandhri -- adopted the names Kamladevi and Susheeladevi, respectively. Gulabbai alias Kamladevi was the leading lady of this film. Incidentally, she was immortalised as the trumpet-blowing woman is the now-famous symbol of the Prabhat Film Company.
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