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Amitabh Bachchan is literally the tallest actor of Indian cinema in terms of stature, status and popularity. When he came to grace the felicitation ceremony of Padmabhushan Chiranjeevi in Hyderabad recently, it was quite obvious when everyone from the Telugu film fraternity wanted to get close to him for a memorable handshake and a keepsake photograph.
However, megastar Chiranjeevi didn’t seem to be dwarfed by Amitabh’s presence, particularly when both of them shared the same garland. Chiru seemed to be matching Amitabh’s humility and dignity, virtues almost extinct in today’s filmstars. Amitabh generously went on to call Chiru the “King of Indian Cinema”, Chiru bowed down to touch the former’s feet. Commendable feats?!

Hyderabad City lad NC Karunya who made a mark on the national music scene with his versatile performance in the Indian Idol contest is back in the city, taking his loss in the finals sportingly.
Back from the hectic schedules at Mumbai, Karunya was accorded a hero’s welcome with fans taking him in a procession. He said he had taken the best that the Indian Idol platform had to offer and was ready to move on to the real innings. “I have learnt and achieved so much through the contest. Now I’m ready for the real world of singing,” says this B.TECH student who chose music over machines.

A Vijayawada’s 13-year-old boy has created a sensation by successfully completing Microsoft’s ‘VBNet’ on-line examination held in January. The training institute where Kaval Sanam under went training has claimed that with the “unique achievement”, he has become one of the world’s youngest persons to complete one of Microsoft’s important examinations.
Displaying the ‘VBNet’ certification with BILL GATES signature on it, SANAM said, “Now I will further continue my computer education”.

Will she, won’t she? Sakshi Shivanand, the actress with the seductive hour-glass figure, who featured in hits like Master, Samudram and Seetaramaraju and then suddenly took a break from the film world to complete her graduation (B.Com), is now in two minds. “I’ve secured admission in UK’s European Business School. But I also want to get back to films. I really miss being in front of the camera,” she gushed candidly.
The pretty lady, who was born in Nigeria and brought up in America, took the plunge as an actress in films when she had just passed tenth standard. Her first telugu film was Collector garu with Mohanbabu. She grabbed the limelight by playing Chiranjeevi’s heroine in producer Allu Arvind’s Master in 1997. And then there was no looking back. She went on to do nearly 40 films in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada before taking the unannounced break. Simharasi was her last Telugu film.
Catching up with Sakshi after her classy dance performance on the occasion of Padmabhushan Chiranjeevi’s felicitation ceremony at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad recently, spoke about her land deal in Hyderabad.
When Sakshi was at the peak of her career in Tollywood, she had bought herself a piece of land in Rajendranagar mandal. However, she was subsequently duped by the realtor.
“I approached almost all politicians I could. But none of them helped me,” she lamented.
“Fortunately, Minister Sabita Indira Reddy fought for me and even though I lost the land, she arranged compensation for me.”

While glamorous heroines of yesteryears (barring Sridevi who was accompanied by hubby Boney Kapoor) like Jayaprada, Jayasudha, Suhasini and Radhika went on narrating their memorable experiences with their memorable hero Chiru, saying how much they adored him, implicitly seeking applause for their contribution to his stardom, humble Chiru’s unmindful wife Surekha seemed to be the personification of dignity and grace.
Obviously, her contribution is much more than all his heroines put together. As they say, behind the success of every man, there’s a woman. And in Chiru’s success story, it definitely is his beloved wife.

The glamorous queen Sridevi told that her relation with Mahep Kapoor who is a creative jewellery designer “is a very homely affair. Maheep is my sister-in-law and I will do any thing for her. I am very fond of jewellery and I was glad to do the photo shoot for her jewellery. I surely will not model for anybody else, but this was something for the family that I loved to do.”
Maheep Kapoor as a designer, the whole purpose of her being is creativity. She says, “For me it’s not just restricted to designs, but even my work should also reflect this. When I chose two of the most beautiful women, Gauri Khan (Sharukh Khan’s Wife) and Sridevi, as models for my jewellery line, it was because these ladies represented my thoughts and beliefs about designs.
Both of them are extremely strong-willed, and have an identity of their own. While Gauri is my best friend, Sri being my best sister-in-law and very dear to me.
Gauri summarizes the powerful woman of today, despite being superstar Sharukh Khan’s wife.

There is word ’sin’ in Asin. And she got the arrest warrant. But what was the sin that she committed?
In the recent Tamil release ‘Sivakasi’, she acted beside Vijay and performed in a few scenes those kept down the lawyers. Comedian Bhaskar, Vijay and AM Rathnam also got the arrest warrants in the same issue. But the Madurai magitrate supported the stars by postponing the case to July.
Thus, the busy stars Asin and Vijay could breathe for two more months. They are now going to pair up for the Tamil version of ‘Thangam’. So, till July they can travel, act and make merry.
July would be their judgment day.

Nokia has roped in music composer A R Rahman for its initiative “Pray For Me” supporting the poverty alleviation programmes of the United Nations. Nokia will be conducting a series of events and activities across the country to support the initiative. The proceeds generated from the activities and the sale of the album will be donated to the United Nations charity towards poverty alleviation. The company on Friday launched the programme by presenting India’s first N91 music smartphone to Rahman. Nokia India Director, Multimedia, Gautam Advani said the company has launched two N Series phones in the country apart from the N91 and two more are expected to be launched soon, he said. Priced at Rs 33,000, the N91 provides a 4 GB Storage space and can store upto 3,000 songs apart from a host of other advanced functions.

The news of Indian telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana’s killing by his Taliban abductors in Afghanistan shattered his family here. The engineer’s wife Manjula fainted while his two daughters and a son, all aged between 5 and 13 years, were crying inconsolably. His father, K. Chandrasekhar, a retired government employee and mother were too shocked to react. The family received the news from the television channels barely an hour after they met Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who assured them that the government was making all efforts to seek his early and safe release. After some reassuring words by the chief minister came the shocking news. Gloom descended on the house of Suryanarayana in the middle class Chandanagar area in Malkajgiri neighborhood. State Minister for Information Mohammed Ali Shabbir, who had reached the house to meet the family members, said the state government had received no information on Suryanarayana. Relatives and friends of the 41-year-old engineer came rushing to the house after the news channels broke the news. They were seen consoling Manjula, who had threatened on Saturday to commit suicide along with her children if the government failed to seek his release. Some family members were unhappy with the news channels for breaking the news without confirmation from the Indian government. “We will not believe this unless we see the picture of the body claimed to have been recovered in Kandahar,” said one relative. The family is still hoping that some miracle would happen and the body claimed to have been found would not be of Suryanarayana. The family on Saturday had appealed to the Taliban to release him unharmed. They were not ready to believe that he was killed even before the deadline set by the abductors for all Indians to leave Afghanistan ended. Suryanarayana, who was working as a telecom engineer at Tata Tele Services in Hyderabad, had joined the Bahraini company Al-Moyad in Afghanistan only four months ago to work on a telecom project. He had come to meet the family 20 days ago before returning to Afghanistan. He was abducted on Friday evening when he was travelling from Kalat, capital of Zabul province, to Ghazni.

The titillating scene of Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct is still fresh in the minds of many. The cross leg position in the mini skirt is one of the causes for the success of that film. May be the scene inspired our young actress. The Malayalee girl, who is on cloud nine with her recent success, wore a mini skirt like Sharon Stone and graced the people in a function. People wondered by seeing the young actress’ dress. And the photographers tried to capture her in Sharon’s pose. It is rumored that one of the photographers successfully captured a sensual pose of the beauty. And it is believed that the still is making rounds through the Internet. Film circles are surprised by looking at this type of nude exposing dresses of heroines in public. Well, in these times where the thin line between the glamour and vulgar no more exists.