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Monday,April20,2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
WORST OF WOLVERINE
Hugh Jackman recalls stabbing stunt-woman on X-Men sets
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 73
TOO GOOD FOR THE CRITICS
Aangan behind Citi Centre
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 The kioskCEOs
Ergo profiles the entrepreneursbehind two of Chennai’s most well-known food kiosks – Sunil Cherian of BurgerMan and NareshG. Bajaj of Quick Super Bites.
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ERGO
Monday, April 20, 2009
NAMMA CHENNAI
02
 To face enquiry with confidence
An off-record training session to facequeries with confidence is in progress rightnow for some junior police officers. Thereason – a CBI enquiry is still on into thepolice-lawyer clash that occurred onFebruary 19. Some juniors are being forcedinto mock enquiry sessions by seniors whoare desperately trying to save their posts.Interestingly, a written test is also part ofsome sessions.
‘Film critics’ raise curiosity 
A recent major haul of CDs in the cityseems to have titillated some khakis andmedia men here. The CDs, which areoriginal pieces and not pirated, were ondisplay last week and were snapped up bythose present at the venue. The feedbackby the few ‘lucky ones’ has made othersvery curious.
 Tired of transfers
A senior police officer who played a bigrole in the much publicised arrest of a toppolitician some years ago seems to bebreathing a sigh of relief now after a stintof transfers – even two in a matter of threedays. He is a relieved man now and ispresently waiting for a change ofgovernment in the state so that he can beback in action.
 A 
ctor Kamal Hassan, who was busy shooting in Hyd-erabad for his upcoming flick 
Unnai Pol Oruvan
, theremake of Hindi film
 A Wednes-day 
, was in the city to announcethe new office-bearers of the Ta-mil Nadu Kamal Hassan Welfare Association on Sunday. At a function held at SivagamiPethachi Auditorium, the 54- year-old actor also distributed welfare aids to various homesand school children located inTamil Nadu. He distributed uni-forms, electric fans and silverplates to the students of AdhiDravidar School in Chromepet,silver plates to Shenoy NagarGirls Corporation High School inCentral Chennai and 15 fans and200 mats to a children’s home inRasipuram. An ambulance was donated onbehalf of his trust in Hosur. Healso distributed sewing machinesto five women from Tirupur and atricycle to Rajeswari of Royapu-ram. R.Thangavelu, the in-chargeof Coimbatore Kamal Hassan Welfare Association, gave the welcome speech.Meanwhile, the Hindi remakeof 
Dasavatharam
, the magnumopus of actor Kamal Hassan which received rave reviews fromthe Tamil audience, was releasedon Friday. Titled
Dashavatar 
, themovie aims to woo Bollywood au-diences too. In a recent interview, when Kamal Hassan was asked whether he would campaign forany party in the coming elections,he said he would choose a goodparty “when time comes” and he will not be alone as there are abillion people behind him. He al-so added that every Indianshould feel that they are choosing civil servants, not their leaders, while casting votes. He also hassaid that he is not Congress orBJP or even Communist.
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Ergo Correspondent with inputs  from Agencies 
Kamal Hassan’s
Sunday
Actor and Fanta brand ambassador Genelia D’souza at ‘Bunk with Genelia’, anevent held in the city on Friday.
PHOTO: S.S.KUMAR
Fanta-stic 
 
Monday,April20,2009
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 T
he Citi Centre food court onRadha Krishna Salai may have delicious widespreadcuisines but if you’re look-ing out for a place which assures you fast service of authenticPunjabi food after you shop till you drop, there is Aangan, a se-rene restaurant located just be-hind the mall, at HamiltonBridge, Mylapore.Go on weekdays during lunchhours and one can never see anempty table. Hemant Gupta, who has been running this res-taurant along with his wife Bee-na Gupta, says, “Specially foroffice-goers, we have combo-meals comprising parathas or jeera rice along with chhole andraita for Rs. 55 and North Indianthali consisting paneer subzi, dry vegetable, one small roti andnaan, daal and curd rice for Rs.85.” As the waiter brought the pa-neer tikka (Rs 75), daal makhani(Rs 70), corn capsicum vegetable(Rs 80) and biryani (Rs 75), mak-ki ki roti (Rs 20), dry aalu-gobi(Rs 70) to the table, the aromasatiated half my hunger. Onebite of the soft paneer tikka mar-inated with curd and spices andit just melted in my mouth. It isunique for its softness and fresh-ness. To beat the heat, I endedmy wholesome meal with chilledand rich pot kulfi with dry fruits.“At one stretch, we make about40 to 50 pots of kulfi at our outletitself”, says Gupta.Considering it’s Punjabi food,
 A restaurant for office-goers and all those who enjoy authentic makki ki roti and sarson ka saag
DEEPA VENKATRAMAN
Northern spices
How to get there:
Justbehind Citi Centre onHamilton Bridge, Mylapore
My picks:
Paneer tikka,naan with daal makhni andmatka kulfi
 When to go:
Duringlunch (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)and dinner hours
Summer Shades at Rhapsody 
Rhapsody at Courtyard by Marriott is hosting ‘Summer Shades, its summer cocktail fest. Sip cocktails like‘Mangorita’, The Beach and ‘Water’ (a fruity combination of white wine and fresh apple garnished with mint andlime wedges), to name a few. For teetotallers, there’s a range of mocktails and coolers. Accompaniments includeNimbu Jhinga, Pita bread with hummus and crunchy fried squids. Also, if you order three cocktails from SummerShades you get the fourth free. Priced at Rs.350 plus taxes, the special offer is valid for the whole of April between6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN
their parathas, lachas, naan andkulcha ranging between Rs. 20and Rs. 30, paneer butter masala(Rs 80), paneer capsicum bhurjiand chana masala (Rs. 75), it isnot one bit oily and gives you theflavour of home-made food.However, parking is a bit of aproblem but Gupta has a solu-tion. He assures, “Considering our restaurant is behind themall, on producing their parking area ticket, we will pay the firstone hour of the parking-time.”
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