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Pictorial pleasures
A great diversity in composition, location, texture and an equally great similarity in the raison d'ętre, characterise `Urban Landscapes' (Paysages Urbains) - the ongoing weeklong photo-exhibition by David Giancatarina at the Birla P lanetarium Foyer. SOUVIK CHOWDHURY reports.
Fitness
Nutritional plan for sprinters
The running programme should be supported by the right nutrition plan depending on the objective whether weight loss or athletic training.
Lifestyle
Grab your Garfield now
Garfield toys in the city are a boon to the legions of fans of the lasagne loving tubby tabby.


In tune with the times
One of the oldest centres of music in South India, - both in the manufacture of musical instruments as well as musical education - `Musee Musical' is in town to cater to the needs of music aficionados of twin cities.
More for the road
Automobile enthusiasts can look forward to the new offerings from Fiat India Private Limited this season.
Arts & Crafts
Of photographic wizardry
French photographer Michel Maruca's perspective of images of the city is rather different. He provides a new interpretation to his photographs using the Photoshop and other tools. His exhibition `IMAGEinE the streets' is on at the Daira Centre for Ar t and culture, writes R. UMA MAHESHWARI.
Fashion
Corset makes a come back
Popularised by films like `Titanic, Moulin Rouge' and `Chicago', the corset is squeezing its way back into the fashion circuit.
Cinema
For heart's sake
THE STORY in the first half of this film runs almost on the same lines of Run, another three-letter title. But Dil treads on its own path through scenes resolving the problem created in the subject. The film proves to be a quite ...
Disjointed presentation
DIRECTOR MURALI Raju appears to be quite ambitious and wishes to do something different. The end result, however, is a confused product. None of the characters stick to a particular line of action and the scenes change abruptly. The ...
An extra dimension of magic
Chhota Jadugar, slated for release on April 11, will expose a whole new generation of audiences to the unique 3-D experience.
Eating Out
An 'encounter' with Mexico
`Go Mexico', a Mexican food festival at Encounters, Taj Krishna, gives a glimpse of the cuisine of the country.
Showbitz
Dream direction
LIKE ANY other aspiring director Puri Jagannath too dreamt big. And when he arrived in Hyderabad in 1989 he headed straight for Annapurna Studios to try his luck but was turned away by the security. A crestfallen Puri was on his way back, when ...
Hot star
WHILE ON Nag, another Hindi movie of his is being dubbed in Telugu for an April release. After the success of Manmadhudu, Nag's popularity is on the rise especially among the women and perhaps cashing in on the sentiment, his Hindi film ...
Bouncing back
"THE NANDI award resurrected my career,'' says Jagapathi Babu. "The award came at a time when the industry had written me off as a star. I took a short reprieve as I was keen on doing some meaningful roles. This gap was treated as the end of my ...
Title fetish
LIKE THE two letters in his name, director Teja it appears, has a fixation for two-letter titles. Almost all his titles excepting Nuvvu Nenu have two letters in Telugu. His first film Chitram, then Jayam and the recently ...
Dance act
FORMER MISS India Neha Dupia, in her first venture down south, is doing an `item' number for a film produced under Sri Durga Arts banner where she will do a jig with Tarun. But she hastens to add that she will not do only item numbers and prefers ...
New release
NANDAMURI HARIKRISHNA'S latest starrer Seethayya is ready to be released on May 28 coinciding with the birth anniversary of his father the late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. Harikrishna plays an upright police officer in the movie while ...
Another tome?
JAYA BACHCHAN gave a wonderful gift to hubby dear on his 60th Birthday - the book To be or not to be Amitabh Bachchan. Recently when the book was released in the United States Jaya Bachchan indicated that quite a bit of matter was ...
Southward ho
BOLLYWOOD SEEMS to be looking southwards these days. Remakes of South Indian films particularly Tamil and Telugu are slowly gaining ground in Bollywood. Saathiya, the remake of Mani Ratnam's Alai Payuthe, did rather well. While the ...
Re-living 1984
WAR AND strife inspire many an auteur. A spate of films on Kargil will be released this year. Hawayein, which recaptures Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the aftermath - the riots of 1984 on celluloid in a ...
Green Notes
Summer shades
Trees such as Neem and `Odayam' are ideal for summer with the former providing shade and the latter offering a colourful bouquet of blooms.

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