Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Tribune-Chatterati-7th.June.10

SELLING 'RAJNEETI'
While a book on Sonia Gandhi’s life is catching the headlines, the capital is abuzz with pyrotechnics around the release of the movie “Rajneeti”. Director Prakash Jha is fixated on politics. After making several movies around politics, he himself jumped into the fray in Bihar and fought the elections in 2004. But, of course, he had to eat a humble pie. Making movies and fighting elections are two very different ball games. He made noises about development and changing the political scenario, but not many took him seriously. For the promotion of the movie, Prakash Jha claims that he was denied permission for press conferences at some historical places in Delhi, including the Habitat Centre. He says he was not allowed to show the film to celebrities at the Mahadev auditorium. So he travelled from one TV studio to another with the cast of his movie crying foul. He wonders why everyone thought that the movie was about Congress president Sonia Gandhi and dynastic rule. But it suited him perfectly. So just curiosity will take people to cinema halls. The Censor Board has made matters easier as it clipped a couple of scenes. This has given the movie further publicity.
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A VIP WEDDING
A wedding in a political family usually makes news. It may be a low-cost wedding or an extravaganza. In Jaipur the other day we saw celebrities from Delhi and Bollywood attending the wedding of the daughter of Rajasthan’s Tourism Minister Bina Kak. It was quite a mix of politics, Bollywood and Page 3 crowd.
If Bollywood personalities arrive, how can choreographed dance performances to Punjabi film songs be far behind? The sangeet ceremony was straight out of Yash Chopra’s movies Chandani and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. The venue was a farmhouse which was beautifully done up in white and Delhi’s politicians mixed freely with celebrities from Mumbai and Jaipur. The music by Amrita and Riju Jhunjunwala made the host, Bina Kak, dance. In fact the evening saw Bina in a light mood dressed in a traditional sari with gotta patti work. The guests danced, giggled and chilled out at the do.
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif were present. Though Kat had to leave half way through for the Capital to promote her movie “Rajneeti”. Salman was a part of the family, it was clear. He has acted as Bina Kak’s son in a film and must say even in real life he lived up to that reel image at the wedding. Salman is also familiar with Jaipur people as he is a frequent visitor there for his black buck case which is still pending in court.
The reception was held in Delhi. You name the VIPs and they were there. Salman Khurshid, Shiela Dikshit with family, Amar Singh, Shashi Tharoor and Rajeev Shukla, among them. Murli Manohar Joshi and Karan Singh came and left dot on time like many other guests. For the first time, I witnessed a disciplined Delhi.

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