DAWN Images; January 27, 2008

January 27, 2008

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The Kolachi Quartet’s jazz thing Gumby has a new look. Gone is the body-hugging straight hair and in place he now has thin braids with strands of hair sticking out from them. The result is definitely dramatic and adds glamour to his already intense persona....		‘Music’s not a ladder to reach Bollywood’ She’s the first Indian woman to have performed at the Grammy Awards and is one of the most recognised sitar players in the world. As Pandit Ravi Shankar’s daughter, she’s received the gift of music in her genes, but to say just that would be taking away the credit from her....

Heath Ledger: 1979 – 2008 Heath Ledger, the Australian actor nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for his depiction of a brooding gay cowboy, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment last Wednesday. He was 28....		Some kind of Monster It seems that the more we get to know about Cloverfield, the less we know. The movie, once titled “The Untitled J. J. Abrams Project”, had a trailer which although was ambiguous, started a wildfire of speculation, hype and paranoia since it aired before the Transformers movie....

Jamil Dehlavi: lnfinitely optimistic Jamil Dehlavi, whose film Infinite Justice recently opened in Britain, is an Indo-Pakistani-French film maker currently commuting between Paris and London, more or less as a way of life. He was born in Calcutta to an Indian father and French mother....		Do pop journos ever get it right? The other day, a young colleague said to me, wistfully, that he thought I was really lucky to have been part of the last true youth movement, the last music craze to have brought down the force of the law....

Anything… but the truth Documentary films have become all the rage. Ten years ago, if you had looked at the box office, you couldn’t imagine a documentary up there. That has changed and documentaries have broken box office records and won numerous accolades like the Palme d''Or (Golden Palm) and Academy Awards....		How a Gypsy punk inspired a whole new catwalk look Fashion designers are frequently accused of having a very narrow definition of beauty. And going by the models they hire to wear their wares, who are all Caucasian, under 23 and...

Tom Cruise’s Scary Movie Mom! Tom Cruise is scaring people again! It’s on the Internet, this promotional video he did for the Church of Scientology. I guess it’s out there because of this new book by Andrew Morton, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography....		Unending Euphoria The band’s songs have been mostly about love and separation, and Palash is quick to come up with the reason. “I think love is the strongest of emotions. And my songs are all about love and separation because I lost my father when I was quite young....

‘We showcased lndia at its best’ The veteran of historicals like Lagaan, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, 1942 A Love Story, and The Legend of Bhagat Singh puts it down to the rapport he shares with Jodhaa-Akbar director Ashutosh Gowarikar....		New kid on the block Jimmy aka Hassan Jamil is a young musician with talent. Known for his rather heart-rending compositions and a good voice, he is already on his way to making a name on the Lahore music industry....

MUSICBOX: Beowulf Much like the motion picture, this soundtrack is big. You need a set of big speakers to listen to it to actually do it some justice....		Reviews Previews Shoot ‘Em Up! What do you get when you have Clive Owen playing a gunslinger in the modern world, Monica Bellucci portraying a hooker with a heart (don’t they all have it!)...

STARBUZZ: Suroor collaborate with Amir Zaki and Nabeel Chisti Suroor has been making the most of their Bollywood ventures by lending their music to films across the border. However, Back home, the band has been actively working with well-known musicians...		STARBUZZ: Oliver Stone’s presidential ambitions Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone is looking to make a film based on the life of George W. Bush. According to him, he wants to make “a fair, true portrait of the man....