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Gul Panag’s early roles did not bode well for a future career as a ’serious’ actress. Making her screen debut in Dhoop opposite Sanjay Suri, then committing a Jurm with Bobby Deol. So it was a surprise to most, especially the critics who said that she was all face n figure, no acting ability at all, when, in 2006, she made a sudden and decisive return with Nagesh Kukunoor’s highly acclaimed Dor and an amazing comeback supported by a hard hitting thriller in 2007, Manorama Six Feet Under. Gul’s abilities could no longer be denied. It’s said that success tastes sweeter the longer you have to wait for it. Well, for a change, Panag can’t wait for her biggest commercial film ever, Hello, to release in two days. Looks like she is busy preparing to drown herself in nectar after the films sweet success. Time will tell that, but what I can tell you now is that this gorgeous Gul is getting all geared up to talk about Salman Khan, Sharman Joshi, her passion to write, her marketing strategies, her dancing abilities, her angst with the Censor Board of India and much more with London correspondent Devansh Patel in this Bollywood Hungama exclusive. Hello…are you listening?

Read the full interview HERE, via Bollywood Hungama

Ritu Kumar marked 40 years in fashion with an exclusive show at the first-ever couture week in India. The oldest design house  put together a retrospective  anniversary collection with  a fusion of classical designs and modern twists. Models Neha Dhupia and Priyanka Chopra strutted down the runway in Kumar’s spectacular collection

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Included in this year’s “Profit 100″ companies in Canada, the popular Desi Wear clothing line has been dressing people for years in true ‘desi’ style.
We are now inviting you to channel your creative side and participate in a contest for a new exclusive DW clothing line in support of HIV/AIDS.
The winning design will be featured on the new his and her clothing line being launched in the fall.
This is a great opportunity to have your artwork showcased as well as supporting a worthy cause of fighting HIV/AIDS.
For more information please visit: asaap.ca, desiwear.com or mybindi.com
Any questions about how to submit the design please send an email to contact:pr@asaap.ca.
Deadline for submissions is Sunday August 31, 2008.

The Desi Wear crew will be at “Desi Fest” this Saturday May 31,2008. The event is held at Dundas Square, in Toronto and runs from 10am to 10pm. Feel free to drop by the booth, we’ll have the exclusive Make Samosas Not War T-shirt, which by the way is turning out to be selling as fast as Hot Samosas!

Desi Fest is a South Asian music festival in celebration of South Asian Heritage Month. Yonge-Dundas Square is transformed into a South Asian bazaar and live music showcase for more than 20 Canadian and international artists.

This year’s performances include contemporary indo-jazz fusion and world music, and DJs from the Asian underground music scene. The winning DJ of the Desi DJ Competition is also set to perform. The musical lineup features Apache Indian, Autorickshaw, Shobha, Roach Killa and Nandita.

The festival also features dance and music workshops, cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts vendors and traditional South Asian delicacies.

Indo-Asian News ServiceNew York, Nov 10 (IANS) “Saawariya“, the first Bollywood film co-produced and distributed by a major Hollywood studio, has opened in 85 theaters in the US and Canada, with press reviews calling it a visually enchanting extravaganza.

The New York Times led its movie reviews section Friday with “Saawariya”, produced in collaboration between acclaimed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

“Eye and ear candy for fans of Indian musical cinema, it is 2 hours 11 minutes - bracingly compact by Bollywood standards - of wide-screen close-ups, fanciful sets, colorful costumes, bellybuttons, almost-kisses and 10 pumped-up, achingly sweet songs,” writes A.O. Scott, the Times’ well-regarded film critic.

In conclusion, Scott finds the film, released here Friday and starring newcomers Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor “visually enchanting, cloyingly sweet, at once utterly chaste and insanely erotic, and finally exhausting”.

Scott also notes that the film is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for “exposed bellybuttons and mild sexual innuendo”.

The rating itself, however, shows Sony’s professionalism, a lesson for Bollywood that rarely bothers to get an official rating in the US.

The Los Angeles Times headlines its review of “Saawariya” as “Bollywood grace–in a crazy way”. Its reviewer finds the film “typically outsized extravaganza — sure to drop your jaw with its ravishment or trigger a seizure, depending on your design temperament”.

The reviewer, however, concedes: “Bhansali’s operatic style — an ocean of close-ups, gliding camera moves and color saturation — achieves its own kind of crazy grace.”

LA Times is also scheduled to run a feature story on the film Sunday, according to the film’s US publicist.

Remember, Desi Wear has Exclusive Limited Edition T-shirts made in co-operation with Sony Pictures available here.

You can read a review of Saawariya over at IndiaFM.