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April 13, 1997 |
RENUKA SAHANE
Easy does it
Is the smile vanishing from the face of the Cheshire cat? It sure is. And Renuka Sahane is fat realising that popularity has its downside. The lady known for her radiant smile is today a shadow of her old self, rushing from one studio to another to meet her ever-increasing commitments on television.Well-wishes are now telling her to slow down if she doesn't want the hectic pace to take a toll on her health. And she's taking that advice seriously. As a first step she dropped out of Imtihaan. Now comes the news that she has told producer Prem Kishen that she may not be available for future episodes of Ghutan. The serial gets one extension after another.
Renuka has decided to be very selective about her future roles. And even as Cinevista, the makers of Ghutan, have been taken aback by her decision, other producers are beginning to wonder if it was a good idea to cast Renuka. She may after all ditch them anytime now.
GOPINATH MUTHUKAD
Casting a spell
He first made news when he escaped unscathed from a burning haystack into which he was deposited trussed up like a chicken. Next came the water torture escape. In constant pursuit of excellence, Gopinath Muthukad, India's very own Houdini recently had audiences eating from his hand with his spell-binding disappearing act.In Thiruvananthapuram recently, the ace magician made a gleaming-new maruti car disappear. It was pulled off under the observant eyes of Kerala's top dignitaries. The Trick? Mass hypnotism. The audience was briefed before the act.
"This is an illusion. You can see no one but me. When I count three the care will disappear," said Muthukad. And disappear it did. A huge blast and in place of the car was thin air. What seemed ironic was that a normally confident Muthukad himself seemed unsure about the success of his act. When the audience gasped in surprise, a visibly stunned Muthukad did a double take before he danced around in elation.
Actions do speak louder than words. And perhaps nobody knows this better than Muthukad himself.
TASLIMA NASREEN
A close brush
When Taslima Nasreen took to the canvas, most people believed that it would be amore soothing form of creativity- for herself and others. But it is not to be.That is if painter Wasim Kapoor is to be taken at his word. Kapoor alleged that the firebrand feminist and anti-fundamentalist copied one of his paintings titled "My Wife", belonging to a series called 'Burqa'.
Though Nasreen had once confessed to be inspired by the works of Kapoor it is unlikely that Nasreen will take the accusation lightly. Will somebody give the lady a break? Great minds, after all, think alike.
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