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SIGHTINGS
SUCHITRA BEHAL
Actor Shah Rukh Khan is back on the small screen with his new show. That King Khan does not feel threatened by any of his co-stars is apparent when he declares that he “competes with nobody but himself”. He is also cand
id enough to admit that it is the TV show that excites him more than the IPL, though he credits television for having popularised his team. “Such is the power of television,” says Khan. When quizzed about the huge amount he is being paid to host this TV show, Khan said, “I am being paid a lot and I hope the show adds to my star value and Star Plus becomes richer.” Recalling his time as a fifth grader, Khan said that he was a very naughty child and his teacher had said that he had a devil’s mind. But all that seems to have come a full circle with Khan hosting an educational programme. Of course, he knows he’s no match for the kids on the show.
It’s not as if he’s missing from the Bollywood circuit. But music composer A.R. Rahman, by his own admission, has not been doing too much with the film music scene. “But this year I have eight major releases, you
will be seeing more of me,” he says. In the city to promote the music for “Ada”, his next Hindi film release, Rahman says that for him every film is “unique and it is important to keep that uniqueness in mind while composing music for it. So each one is different. Just like one cannot remix all numbers…” says he, adding that even with his songs there were only few that could be remixed easily. Asked who he would like to be, Rahman, giving his shy smile, said, “When it comes to branding, I want to be myself.” Now that’s what you’d call confidence.
She’s a lady who speaks her mind and is not known to mince words. So when actor Kiron Kher spoke her mind about the non-relevance of commercial films for preaching social causes, it did not come as a surprise. That she might
ruffle a few feathers did not stop her from elaborating on the issue. “Films are meant to entertain people, not preach social messages. That is best left to art films which do a much better job of it,” says Kher. But she feels that celebrities must take up causes and issues of social importance and talk about them. “That is because people look up to celebrities, so it becomes their responsibility to change people’s opinions,” says she. Kher said that she was actively associated with a programme called “Ladli”, which campaigns for the girl child. “Public figures have a responsibility and must take up issues that matter,” she says.
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