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While she prepares to do her first ever avant-garde film Devdas with Sudhir Mishra where she intends to change her entire image and get-up to play a modern-day Paro, in a new sporty film entitled Blue Lara has gone several steps further.

She has actually managed to overcome her fear of the underwater to do some serious scuba-diving with the ever-sporty Akshay.

For years now Lara has been petried of taking the plunge. Akshay urged her to not only accept a film that needed her to go against her ingrained fears, but also helped her out of the dive-despair.

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Laughing throatily Lara admits she has gotten over a lifelong fear. "But I can't speak about what it is. Yes, Akshay's natural sporty spirit is highly contagious. And it did help me to take the plunge."

She reminisces fondly about Akshay. "He was my first co-star in Andaaz and very very helpful. Then we did Bhagam Bhaag when he was fully into comedy.

I didn't know I had a comic streak in me until then. Now that he's returning to action, I'm also moving on from comedy to action big time."

Man's world is show -world. Even a free-spirited actress like Lara Dutta has to follow in the leading man's footsteps.

- SantaBanta
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Bollywood News - B'wood wary of strong leading ladies
Sunday, March 9, 2008
In Balu Mahendra's Sadma and Shashilal Nair's Grahan, Sridevi and Manisha Koirala played women who surrendered to men, almost regressing to being children. In this era of women-in-charge it's difficult to find real life women immersing themselves in such surrender but not in films from Bollywood, which still shy away from strong women protagonists.

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Oh, how we love to watch women weep on the floor and dance on the rooftop. But what about women of substance - do we ever embrace them without fear? And do filmmakers ever take to them without a backward glance at how the male members of the audience react to their assertive women?

In Madhur Bhandarkar's Corporate, for instance, Bipasha Basu got into an executive suit and played the male game in the corporate world. Finally, though she ended up taking the rap for her man and goes to jail to save his cowardly skin.

An instant and immediate hark-back to Nutan in Bandini 45 years earlier when the actress goes to jail for love. Of course, Nutan wore a crumpled sari, not a chic suit and Bandini was no chic flick. But under the apparel has the leading lady really changed?

The woman of substance seems to have drowned in acres of skin show. What would Nutan think of her niece Tanisha romping around with nothing much on besides the I-pod in Neal n Nikki? Who was the last truly dignified woman we saw on screen and what was she thinking?

Nostalgia isn't the only reason why we find women from the past so appealing. Nargis in Mother India and Meena Kumari in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam were removed from one another by almost a generation. And yet they were equally enchanting portrayals of the Indian woman in all her splendour.

In the 1980s Shabana Azmi did a series of films about contemporary women. Among them was Mahesh Bhatt's Arth. The modern but maudlin saga of a deserted wife had major impact - but not on men. It was women who repeatedly saw Arth and made it a hit.

Shabana's other, more bravura, effort at portraying a deserted wife in Pravin Bhatt's Bhavna went unnoticed. She becomes a call girl to bring up her son - the archetypal fallen woman rising to become Mother India. Cut to Pradeep Sarkar's Laga Chunari Main Daag where Rani Mukherjee becomes a prostitute to support her family. The audience rejected both the films.

Gradually in the 1990s female-oriented cinema lost its sheen. Outstanding films about the Indian woman's sexuality like Aruna Raje's Rihaee, Ketan Mehta's Mirch Masala, Shyam Benegal's Zubeida and Madhur Bhandarkar's Satta bombed.

Only Yash Chopra's Chandni and Bhandarkar's Chandni Bar clicked.

When was the last time you saw a female oriented film doing well?

- Subhash K Jha, IANS & NDTV Movies

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Tamil actress Vindhya survives ttempt
Saturday February 28 2004 00:00 IST

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CHENNAI: Upcoming actress Vindhya would have survived several rape attempts in reel life. But when she came across such n attempt in her real life in n hotel suite at Hosur in Krishnagiri district late on Thursday night, she had 2 bring off her best 2 protect herself from n local businessman, who in n inebriated condition, made n rape bid.

After intervention of popular actor n Nadigar Sangam president Vijayakanth, police registered n case n arrested two desi masala mallu indian actressociate was in Hosur 4 shooting her latest film 'Kanni nila'.

Police said d businessman, who was stated 2 b n highly influential person, entered into d room through backdoors where she was staying, n attempted 2 rape her.

Her father Yoganand n cameraman Ramana, who were present in d room, tried 2 save her but in vain. On hearing d screams of Vindhya, fellow artists, who were staying in d hotel, tried 2 enter d room only 2 b prevented bi d henchmen of d businessman.

After managing 2 alert d police bi picking d cell phone of d businessman, Kamalraj, police rushed 2 d spot n tried 2 pacify both sides 2 avoid n official complaint from d actress.

However, d manager of d actress, called up Vijayakanth, who spoke 2 d senior district police officials, following which n case had been registered n d arrests were made.

Police were on d lookout 4 Kamalraj.

Poverty drives CPM MLA 2 resign

KOLKATA, DHNS:

It’s strange, but that ’s true: d CPM MLA from Khandaghosh in Burdwan district s resigning her seat, not owing 2 any differences wit d party, but because she wants 2 take up n regular job!

Jyotsna Ghosh who got elected 2 d Desi masala mallu indian actressembly 4 d first time in May 2001. But she has been pleading wit d party high-ups 2 allow her 2 step down so tat she could join n state government service.

And d party apparatus has finally given that s consent 2 Ms Ghosh 2 put in her papers. d CPM’s Burdwan district unit Secretary n Halder confirmed tat she had got d party’s green signal.

Hailing from n very poor family, Ms Ghosh, who s yet 2 marry, has two unemployed brothers at home. d monthly honorarium she gets as n MLA s far from adequate 4 her 2 run d family.

Ms Ghosh has recently cleared n competitive test 4 d post of supervisors in n state government department, n has also bagged d appointment letter 4 n matron’s post in n women’s hostel in West Dinajpur district.

She feels d offers promise her n guaranteed salary n are therefore certainly better than n “uncertain future” which n MLA faces. So, she has decided 2 take up n job n quit her ‘MLAship’.

Meghna Naidu – bi hook or bi look

By IndiaFM News Bureau, February 28th, 2004 - 1100 hrs IST

d dusky damsel Meghna Naidu who s already making news through her steamy character in d hot n sensuous looking film Hawas has bagged another bold role in d film Husn. d film stars her Hawas co-star Shawar Ali n d Rules girl Meera Vasudevan. d film s being produced bi Farah Ahmed, wife of late filmmaker Sultan Ahmed n directed bi debutante Ajeet Sinha, who has desi masala mallu indian actressisted Inder Kumar n Kuku Kohli earlier.

In d film, Meghna plays d wife of Gulshan Grover wit gray shades 2 her character. Does tis sound anything like Jism? Well, we'll have 2 wait 4 that. But what we can ensure 4 now s tat d sizzling ldesi masala mallu indian actress can turn out as n threat 2 d other bold Bollywood babes.

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