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Celebrate excess

So where’s the birthday party tonight? Now celebrity birthdays can be imaginative. Like in the midst of the shooting of Chennai Express on the far outskirts of Mumbai — according to reports, or rather publicists — Rohit Shetty had retired for the night at 10 pm. Nice... early to bed, early to rise makes a movie director wise.

Don’t run after the wrong things

I became friends with a girl recently. But after sometime discovered that she already has a boyfriend. But we started chatting and I really liked her innocence. We started sharing everything without any inhibitions within days. She developed a soft corner for me because I told her that I have never chatted with a girl before her. We became friends on Facebook where she discovered that there’s one girl in my friends’ list. Prior to this she had mentioned that she doesn’t like guys befriending many girls. And soon after discovering this she told me that her parents are creating trouble for her and she cannot talk to me. I guess she is avoiding me. I feel bad that I lost her trust. Can you please help me?
Hari Krishna

‘I actually have multiple personality order’

Have you ever regretted anything in life?
Never. Because I have always been too busy making my next mistake to notice the previous one.

Four mistakes of my life

Sometimes — why sometimes? — very often, I’ve been naïve or idiotic, or both when it comes to interacting with Bollywood’s biggies as well as small fries. Honestly, I should keep my mouth and mind shut.

Get younger with each passing year

What’s the secret of youthfulness? I am 51 years...
— Anonymous reader

Highs and lows make life special

I am not physically fit and feel a complex in front of the camera while acting. Can you please guide me on how can I do better?
Anonymous

Recharge and regain lost youth

I get upset by rash and rebellious teenagers. Why can’t they behave properly?”
– Harish. 52 years.

Relationships deserve honesty

I am a 20-year-old boy in the second year of BE. During my schooldays, almost three years ago, I befriended a girl. We became good friends and used to chat regularly. But during my Class 12 Boards, I stopped using my cellphone in order to concentrate on studies. I stopped talking to her. But after joining college, I tried to get in touch with her many times. She doesn’t reply to my messages. I want to apologise. Her silence is upsetting me. What should I do?
Anonymous

‘Fear of results stems from fear of failure’

Are out-of-the-box promotions and innovative marketing for a film as important as a good story?
These days, they are more important than a good story — at least in the context of box office success. You get to know a good story only after you get into the theatre, and a publicity campaign is intended to pull you into the theatre. You can afford to make a bad film — but you can’t afford a bad publicity campaign.

Chosen for superstardom at first sight

Now let’s see: Is it possible to admire at first sight? It is, going by the “wow” effect made by at least a handful of newcomers in the past. Shah Rukh Khan in his TV serial Fauji, I could sense, was star material. Kajol jumped out of the screen with her oh-so-natural act in Bekhudi (never mind the quality of the film).

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.