Reboots in B’wood a hit?
YRF Films and Dibakar Bannerjee recently announced their first directorial venture together: a reboot of Saradindu Bannerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshi. While it’s a first for Bollywood, Hollywood, however, is in the midst of a wave of reboots for 2013-14.
The green signal
Green tea and its health benefits have been greatly extolled across the world. It’s one of the recent trends in the wellness industry to use green tea and its extracts to treat skin problems. Nowadays, several beauty products, such as face-wash, moisturisers and soaps are packed with green tea extracts.
Forgettable weekend for Armaan
Armaan Ebrahim endured a tough weekend, as mechanical issues forced the young Indian driver to retire from round four of the FIA GT World Series at the Slovakia Ring circuit, in Slovakia.
Big win for Delhi girls, TN boys pip K’taka
Delhi girls swept Chandigarh aside 43-6 in a league match of the 40th sub-junior basketball championship at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Monday.
Saying ‘I do’ in style
It is the season of fairs and festivities as the wedding season has already kick started in the capital. Recently, when DLF Emporio organised a wedding show called “The Treasury of Trousseau” the organisers invited three well-known stylists — Gautam Kalra, Niharika Bhasin Khan and Rhea Kapoor — to help the brides-to-be with their sartorial choices.
Arty twist to figurines
Curators Preeti Singh and Kavita Maheshwari intended to organise a jewellery exhibition and were trying to come up with an innovative idea to display the creations by Anshika Goyal. One fine day they came across an art mannequin done by Nafisa Ali.
Who is creating Stardust portraits?
Sergio Albiac is using scientific inspiration to create abstract works of art. The Barcelona-based artist uses photographs of men and women and a software programme that uses the Hubble Space Telescope’s images of galaxies.
OUATIMD puts up a strong fight
Despite facing stiff competition from last week’s blockbuster Chennai Express, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara has managed to gain some ground beneath its feet, if weekend collections are anything to go by.
Narain wins at Nurburgring
The Indian national anthem reverberated at the famous Nurburgring circuit in Germany as Narain Karthikeyan stood proudly on the podium. Saturday’s victory was Karthikeyan’s third as he clinched Round Six of the 2013 Auto GP World Series, but it was the first time he celebrated it on the podium. The previous two wins were achieved after original winners were penalised for infringements.
AP stun defending champions
Holders West Bengal suffered a shock loss on the opening day of the 40th sub-junior basketball championship at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Sunday.