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STARBUZZ: Back in the game
Rock group Karavan has a penchant for shooting itself in the feet. Just when you think the talented foursome is all set to break out of their cult cocoon and into the torrent of mainstream notoriety, they either embark on a path to self-destruction or do absolutely nothing as far as hyping themselves up is concerned. The most recent example of this was when the group released Gardish in 2002, undoubtedly a solid album that predated the current slew of pretty boy pop-rockers by a furlong. But next to no promotion ensured the record remained a gem hidden from most record buyers’ view.
However, things might be on the rise as Asad Ahmed and Co. are looking to get back into the game. With a new manager taking care of business and bass whiz Sameer Ahmed back in the line-up, supposedly, it looks like Karavan is ready to fire on all cylinders. With a gig round the corner opening for Fuzon (if they had got their act together way back, it might have been the other way round) and videos slated for two tunes, including Gardish, ‘inspired’ by Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir, a return to form just might be in the works. Or is it just another false alarm? Will there be another album, or should we pay our last respects? The time is now for the band to act.—QAM
Author Bill
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Bill Clinton: happily married, struggling to make his book deadline and kind of a burden to his friends. That’s the picture painted in a June Vanity Fair profile of the former Oval Officer’s current life. Clinton says he’s “killing” himself to complete his memoir, My Life, in time for its upcoming release.“I am literally hardly sleeping,” Clinton tells writer Robert Sam Anson. He jokes, “It was hard enough to live my life the first time. The second time has really been tough.” But he may be his own worst distraction.
“If you call him, you can’t get him off the phone,” says one pal. “He is just self-absorbed,” says another source. “Totally. Not really interested in anything anyone does or what they think.”
The former president has been known to call wife Hillary as often as six times a day while travelling. Friends who know the Clintons scoff at divorce rumours. “They are the two most co-dependent people in the world,” says former Clinton strategist James Carville.—Rush and Molloy
Look who’s coming to town
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Following rave reviews in the Indian press, Bollywood’s elder statesman, Anupum Kher is bringing his act to town. In the not-too-distant future, the seasoned comedian will be in Karachi to perform in the play, Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai, a two hour theatrical presentation that will have the veteran actor narrating and dramatizing a frank and humorous look at the successes and failure of a man’s life. And that man in question is Kher himself.Directed by Feroz Khan (not that Feroz) and co-written by Ashok Patel and Khan, the play will have Anupum reminiscing about his first romantic encounter, failure at the Gandhi audition, awards, personal relationships, etc. The play will tell the story of a small-town man making it big in the capital of the world’s largest cinema industry.
This may be the natural fallout of the recent détente that has developed between Pakistan and India, however, one is pleased to see that something with a little more substance is being performed to represent Indian art and culture, other than the substance-lite nach-gana fests that are the usual fare.—A. K.
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