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Mom, take me to Never-Never Land
An ever-demanding lifestyle forces parents to resort to extreme proportions to celebrate a simple children's birthday party. Standing at the crossroads, have upwardly mobile parents lost their way, trying to keep up with the Joneses? On Parent's Day, which falls today, PRIYADARSHINI SHARMA takes a look at this family celebration.
Fashion
Don't lose your shirt anymore
Don't lose your shirt anymore at the changing shirt scene. Find out what's new in this male domain.
Cinema
Full of fun and love
AS THE title suggests the film `Youth' is all about love, fun, vigour and resplendence of youth. Shiva, (Vijay) is one of those simple, village bred person with a passion for cooking. Having lost his parents quite early in his life, he stays with ...
Music
Revival of bhajans
SAMPRADAYA BHAJANA is considered to be the forerunner of modern day Carnatic music concerts, because it has a harmonious blending of the divine, art and music elements. According to Kanakadasa, when melody (geet) and substance (sangath) were ...
Showbitz
STAR back on game track
THE CROREPATI echoes are still ringing the sound bucks in STAR's ears. The channel is now all set to bring back the crorepati game show a new avatar sometimes around Diwali. This time the channel also plans to export the show to other parts of ...

Two sides of the coin
TV SERIALS can bring out different reactions from people. Vivan Bhathena, new MTV VJ, rules out the possibility of serial acting "That is out for me, as I had a bad experience during `Yehi to Pyar Hain'. Everything was disorganised and I was not ...
Some record!
THEY SHOWED some staying power, but their kidneys may have been affected. Ami Desai, Satpal Singh, Darshan Bagga, Bhavin Shah, Vishal Vyas and Chandan Rathod completed the AXN Viewing Marathon by viewing 48 hours of the TV show, `Ripley's Believe ...
`Annamalai' gains from `Chithi'
THE ONLY serial with a male name in a sea of women oriented serials, `Annamalai' is currently zooming in popularity now that Radhika has appeared in it. It looks like diehard `Chithi' fans were looking for one more opportunity to bond with their ...
The friends formula
THE YOUNG friends formula seems to have caught on with `Dil Chahta Hai' and `Filhaal'. Music channel MTV has ventured into films with `Bas Yun Hi' produced by Bandra West Productions, a romantic comedy about a group of young friends and 10 days ...
Bappi rides again
VIEWERS OF `Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai' on Zee TV couldn't believe their eyes recently. Not only has Bappi Lahiri continued to wear all those gold chains even after dropping out of the filmi limelight, he has also grown fatter, and more reverential ...
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