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Amrita at Build-a-bear Workshop By Kkomal Seth & Gautam Seth Amrita Arora launches Build-a-bear at Shopper?s Stop with great gusto!!! 'Teddy bear, teddy bear do you love me as I do?' this has become the much loved question by every child as Build-a-bear workshop, an American retailer that sells customizable teddy bears and other stuffed animals launched its first store in India on 5th April, 2007 at Shopper?s Stop, Andheri in Mumbai. This store which is unique in its own way was launched by many known faces from Bollywood. Amrita Arora was present with her mom while Rohit Roy was present with his wife and daughter. We also spotted Ken Ghosh to name a few. The store allows you to choose your favorite animal from the lot and stuff cottons in it. You can then give a bath to your animal and put accessories like clothes, shoes, googles, etc. The biggest part of this store is your toy gets a birth certificate approved by Build-a-bear workshop!!! When quizzed about this store to Ken Ghosh, a renowed filmmaker, 'Normally, boys are always attracted towards cars and girl towards barbies but this store is such that both will get attracted towards it. Kids will love it!!' Amrita Arora was equally excited about such a launch. She says,' My sister and I have also been close to toys.' Amrita was seen picking a toy for her nephew Arhaan while Rohit was seen keen to gift a toy to her daughter. After such a store launch, we are sure that kids will definitely have a ball of the time!!! | |||||||||||
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Looks like Rohit Roy is determined to prove himself as an excellent multi-tasker — running from one set to another for his films and serials. So much so that he ended up shooting 36 hours non-stop for Viraasat. "Ever since Viraasat was shifted to Star One, it has caught on in a big way. And since we were doing a dance sequence, I was screaming at the top of my lungs, so my voice was almost gone. Then I had to rush to complete another song-and-dance sequence for Apoorva Lakhia's film Shoot-out At Lokhandwala. We had to shoot the climax song and there was no way I could delay. I wish I could learn from my brother (Ronit Roy) about how to nap between shots. I can't rest while working. So basically I didn't sleep for almost two days at a stretch. It felt like hell. But at the end of the day it was worth it." Viraasat is expected to be on air until June this year. After that Rohit will take a sabbatical to get into movies. "My feature film out would be Shoot-Out At Lokhandwala, after that I'm in a short feature film by Sanjay Gupta called Gubbare, in which I got to share screen space with Nana Patekar. He was such a learning experience," Rohit said. |
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She did a disappearing act after Twinkle Beauty Parlour bombed. But now Chavi Mittal's (who prefers to be called Chavi Hussain) is back with a bang. She's being seen in a negative avatar in Star One's Viraasat and very soon will join the Left Right Left gang. We caught the bubbly actor in a candid chat I play a bold girl called Niki who has returned from the US. She lusts after money and power and this weakness draws her close to Rishabh Lamba ( Aman Verma). Soon she joins him in his dirty games and invariably becomes the third pole in the relationship between him and Anoushka (Simone Singh). "I don't like being compared to others"
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Poor Amit Sadh had to quit Durgesh Nandini due to ill health. He was recently diagnosed with typhoid and was ordered to take complete bed rest. Unfortunately he didn't spend too much time resting and reported back to sets rather soon and this led to a relapse. "After I went back to work I again fell ill after a few days and was diagnosed with the same illness. My doctor was very firm and told me that I need to relax for at least one-and-a-half months, but this wasn't possible as mine is an important character and the producers couldn't give me such a long break. They had no choice but to replace me with another actor," explains Amit who is now recouping in Delhi. His loss turned out to be Ankur Nair's gain. Though Ankur is busy with two other dailies — Woh Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki and Viraasat — he accepted Amit's role in Durgesh Nandini because he found it to be very interesting. But Ankur's not too sure about whether he will be the one the female protagonist Durgesh will fall in love with. When asked will she fall for the suave and sophisticated Kshiteej or will Durgesh opt for the rustic and rugged Sikander, played by Mohit Malik, he answers, "I really don't have any idea but Kshiteej loves Durgesh and expects her to reciprocate his feeling. If that doesn't happen then there could be some interesting twist in his life as well." But he is very happy to talk about Viraasat where he plays Dr. Raj Malhotra. His character was in love with Priyanka (Sangeeta Ghosh) and is now treating her handicapped husband. "There is something interesting in store for the character," says Ankur who is quite comfortable doing three shows at a time. "It just needs proper planning," he says when asked how he manages them all. |
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Mum is the word! | ||
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Come Mothers' day and one finds a plethora of articles ranging from what gifts to give dear mom to a nostalgic piece about Ma when she was much younger, to what Mamma means, to how Mothers' Day should be celebrated..blah blah. However in my mind all Moms are the same. They all tell you the same things repetitively, talk in a hilarious concoction of Hindi-Marathi-Gujarathi-Sindhi-Konkani and what have you to all the fruit and vegetable vendors, they address every one as beta, embarrass you in front of your friends by reminding you of your childhood habits and of course are providers of free food 24/7, for the most bhukkad (perpetually starving) of your friends! What do the stars of the small screen have to say about their maternal parent? Do they believe they have common traits and which one of them immediately brings to mind Mama? Rohit Roy aptly states just that, "All mothers nag, they will keep asking you to do certain things in a certain way. It's their attempt to make you better or improve your habits. I think it's just a mother thing. It works as their defence mechanism and their way to show how much they care." On the other hand Ajay Gehi reasons that "all moms are identical in two aspects; first being that all moms cook very good food, that's why we are so proud of our ghar ka khana! Secondly they feed you the mandatory dahi with sugar before your exams and on all your important days, no matter how old you become!" As we talk about certain habits that are typical of mothers irrespective of the century they belong to, Gautami Gadgil Kapoor points out a factor that puts mother on the pedestal she is. "A factor that separates mothers from the rest of the people in your life is love, her unconditional love for her child that is you . All mothers will try to be as fair as possible but they fiercely defend their kids at all costs and till the end." It's something that all mothers are: they worry about you, they stay up for you to have dinner, they treat your friends well - sometimes even better than they treat you! But they are the comfort zone you can get back to when you are down in the dumps, they take all sorts of nonsense from you, they tolerate you when you dress down, when your room is a mess and even when you just ignore her nagging. "Take time off tomorrow, make it special for her! After all, she is one of the two reasons, you exist! Give your mum a kiss, a hug and tell her you love her so much," says Pawan Shankar, who's throwing a party on the eve of Mothers' Day. Write to us how you celebrated it and whether you agree with our actors at [email protected] http://us.tellychakkar.com/y2k7/may/12may/feature-mother1.ph p | ||
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