The likes of Deepika Padukone, Vidisha Pavate
and the late Na\ufb01sa Joseph were groomed
under him. Meet fashion ace, grooming

ctor Kamal Hassan\u2019s pro- duction banner Rajkamal Film International, in col-

laboration with UTV Mo- tion Pictures, will be releasing its \ufb01rst \ufb01lm, Unnaippol Oruvan, where two of the biggest actors of South Indian cinema, Kamal Has- san and Mohanlal, come togeth- er.Addressing a Press conference

in the city on Friday, Kamal Has- san said that Unnaippol Oruvan would be hitting screens soon. The movie is based on Neeraj Pandey\u2019s A Wednesday and Ka- mal said he was happy to do a \ufb01lm that will set a new trend.Ee

The movie has been directed by debutant Chakri Toleti, who is none other than the small lad who did a cameo in Salaingai Oli.

At the conference, Kamal said he had already completed all scenes with Mohanlal, with only the dubbing pending. \u201cI always wanted to do a \ufb01lm with Mohan- lal. It was long overdue. And \ufb01- nally I\u2019m happy it is happening under the Rajkamal banner. We will complete the \ufb01lm by May end and the director will decide the release date,\u201d he said.

\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour for me to be a part of a Kamal Hassan \ufb01lm. And doing a cop\u2019s role gives me even more pleasure. I really en- joyed working on this project,\u201d Mohanlal said.

her entry in the industry as music director with this \ufb01lm, said, \u201cI am privileged and honoured to work with this project and thank my father for this opportunity.\u201d

Thota Tharani is the art direc- tor of the movie. Two well-known personalities of Tamil Literature, Manushyaputran and Ee.Raa Murugan, will debut inUnnaip-

Kamal Hassan and
Mohanlal co-star
in the Tamil

Intelligence constables in the police
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Recently, an intelligence
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A senior IPS of\ufb01cer has a fancy for
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A top khaki who is concentrating
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prices are comparatively low.

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he occasion was a fashion show at the Witco show- room on Cathedral Road.

The one person who has every right to act hassled \u2013 the show choreographer \u2013 is an is- land of calm. But then, that\u2019s Prasad Bidapa.

\u2018Grooming guru\u2019, some call him. \u2018Model manufacturer\u2019, say the others. The man is single- handedly responsible for shift- ing the Delhi and Mumbai-\ufb01x- ated fashion industry\u2019s focus to Bangalore, much before it came to be called \u2018hep\u2019 and \u2018Banga- lored\u2019 started to mean \u2018I lost my

While former prot\u00e9g\u00e9s in- clude model Vidisha Pavate and late Miss India and MTV VJ Na- \ufb01sa Joseph, Bollywood\u2019s Deepi- ka Padukone and Anushka Sharma (of Rab Ne Bana Di Jo-

grooming academy in Banga- lore. A show where suitcases, strolleys and handbags, not clothes, are what need to be showcased isn\u2019t what Bidapa does everyday, one might say. Introducing each model indi- vidually and extolling the vir- tues of every piece of luggage, Bidapa more than played his part. Ask him about his own luggage sensibility, and Bidapa says, \u201cI personally travel with two leather bags. When leather

Bidapa is a \ufb01erce fashion crit- ic. \u201cEven if it\u2019s one Tarun Tahi- liani out\ufb01t, two women will wear it in two different ways. Individuality lends the clothes personality. Otherwise, what you have is a fashion victim,\u201d he says. \u201cLook at Victoria Beck- ham. She\u2019s got the best clothes, the best shoes, the best bags. And yet she manages to look awful despite having the best accessory \u2013 David Beckham!\u201d

The fashion choreographer likes his models pampered. \u201cI never have morning rehearsals. In a place like Mumbai it\u2019s criminal to hold rehearsals at seven in the morning. They have to leave home at \ufb01ve to get to the place on time!\u201d

He adds, \u201cFor a Manish Arora show, makeup begins at 10 a.m., so there is no rehearsal time.\u201d

Explaining ramp logic, Bida- pa says, \u201cThe average changing time in between a show is two minutes. So having heavy gar-

he\u2019s no fan of male models. \u201cIt\u2019s a curse to have them on the show. They forget the sequenc- es, are hardly on time. Trust me, it\u2019s been like that since the days of Milind Soman.\u201d

Awards in association with Vijay Mallya in the year 2000, responsible

for recognising and launching many a fresh face. While Dee-

Bidapa has good things to say about Trisha and Ramya Krish- nan, Kollywood\u2019s new best friends. \u201cI was in Chennai last time to choreograph Sidney\u2019s fashion show. Probably it has something to do with Ramya being a dancer, I just had to ex- plain the sequence to her once. Trisha kept saying \u2018Oh! I\u2019ve for- gotten everything\u2019. The show started and she didn\u2019t forget a thing.\u201d

On the new crop, Bidapa feels Sonam Kapoor has style, though he feels \u201cshe\u2019s not there yet\u201d. \u201cDuring the days of Zeenat Aman, if we knew she was com- ing to a party, we used to wait to see what she was wearing. You need to be born with it,\u201d he says.\u25a0

Prasad Bidapa at the \u2018Travel in Style\u2019 fashion show
organised by Witco at its Cathedral Road showroom in
Chennai recently.PHOTOS: S.S. KUMAR