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ISSUE 66 October 1, 2016

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Worst storm hits South Australia

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Massive storm shattered

Australia and an entire state was rushed
into darkness wednessday afternoon as
the worst storm in times hit the country
with power.
The forceful weather caused a
blackout the whole of South Australia,
with traffic lights out of act and trams
and trains to be cancelled, making travel
almost impossible.
Destruction to infrastructure
near Port Augusta led the whole
electricity network to shut down, anything
did not appear to be any damage to the
interconnector with Victoria and that the
Australian Energy Market Operator was
working to get the power back on.
SA Power Nets website said
around 200,000 properties were without
power, with the blackout not predictable
to be completely over until later last night.
There was a fleetingcalm in
South Australia, but an intense lowpressure system moves closer this
morning, bringing with it force winds of
up to 120km/h and plenty more rain.
Trees were carried down and
there were reports of some flooding in
Mildura as strong winds from the storm
entered Victoria about 10pm.
Heavy rain would follow for the
next two days and emergency services

would closely
monitor North
East
and
North West
Victoria still
busy by recent
floods.
Melbourne
was expected
to get winds
about half that
speed, but
breezes of up
to 110km/h
w e r e
expected in high places such as Mt Buller.
The state capitals roads were
totally locked as police were forwarded
to guide traffic at intersections and
residents were warned to avoid travel
wherever possible.
Police called on all people to
avoid travel last night, with the blackout
causing widespread traffic troubles. Few
buses were made available for some
commuters. Hospitals and some other
buildings were operating as normal on
back-up power.
SA Ambulance asked South
Australians to only call Triple 000 in a
genuine life threatening emergency and
SA Power advised people to conserve
their mobile device batteries and prepare

for prolonged outages. Adelaide Airport

said flights had been disrupted by the
storm and told passengers to check with
their airline
By late afternoon the State
Emergency Service had responded to
more than 330 calls for help, most
because of fallen trees or rising water.
It earlier spread more than 43,000
sandbags to local inhabitants concerned
about possible flooding after severe
weather just two weeks ago flooded 80
homes across Adelaide and the Mt Lofty
Ranges.
SA fire services cautioned the
public to ensure all heating, cooking and
other appliances in use when power went
out are switched off.

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Banker allowed to leave NZ

A banker who apparently
accepted some of the mortgages in a $40
million Serious Fraud Office case is
allowed to travel overseas - provided he
puts up $500,000 as security.
The
Serious
Fraud
Officecharged four people - three men
and a woman - with obtaining by
dishonesty earlier this month. They all
have name conquest. According to court
documents, one of the suspect is a lawyer,
another is a banker, one is a manager and
one is a director. The SFO claims that
the lawyer, manager and director provided
incorrect information or withheld facts to
get more than $40million of property loans.
Not all of the offenders are
suspect of all of the unproven antisocial
and the case is understood to involve 75
properties in Auckland and Hamilton.
According to court documents, untrue
salary outgoings were made as part of
the applications for some of the loans in
the case.
Banks were also supposedly
provided with fake income and
employment information. The accused
banker allegedly treated and approved
loan applications for the purchase of
properties that he knew "were not true
purchases, or was irresponsible as to
whether they were", the Serious Fraud
Officehas unproven in court documents.

This week, the banker had his bail

terms diverse by a High Court judge,
allowing him travel overseas temporarily.
However, in order to get his passport back
he was required to cabin a $500,000 cash
surety with the court. The man is
allowable to leave New Zealand provided
he first offer the details of his travel
bookings to the Serious Fraud Officewith
copies of the travel tickets.
He must return to New Zealand
by November 15 and hand his passport
back the following day. Any breach of
these conditions, subject to any court
order, will result in the penalty of the
$500,000, which the offender will get back
after he returns to the country.

Tower Insurance refunding, customers

Tower Insurance is repaying
23,000 customers after it overpriced them
on policies. The company sent out letters
to pretentious customers saying a
technical issue meant some multi-policy
reductions were overvalued.
The company apologised for the
error and said the repayment would be
credited to their account within five
working days. "The error occurred due
to a mechanical issue and is moved to
correct it as soon as it was identified.
Approximately 23,000 customers have
been exaggerated by this error and those
who are due a refund will obtain this over
the coming days." Less than 10 per cent

of Tower customers have been affected,

which relates to customers with multiple
policies reintroduced between October 1
2014 and August 31 2016.
"This is due to technical issues
that wedged some Tower Insurance,
FinTel, Kiwibank and TSB customers
who had multiple policies with us."
Tower learned the Financial
Markets Authority and the Commerce
Commission of the issue and had been
keeping them informed of the
development in deciding it. The company
has also reserved financial consultancy
firm EY to audit its procedures and
safeguard this was set right.

Kiwi politicians praise Hillary Clinton

Kiwi politicians who watched the Presidential debate have praised Hillary Clintons dignity and pride - but arent
certain how much her presentation will help in the election. Act Party leader David Seymour is presently in the US and viewed
the debate at Rudys Bar & Grill in New York. He said the throng there creaked and laughed at many of Trumps comments.
As a elector who reflects a lot about politics, I thought Hillary won hands down - she had poise, detail and well-practised oneliners. However, Seymour said he supposed that Trumps performance would howevervibrate more with voters who would
eventually decide the election. Amongst the people that matter, Trump tacked it. He had real yarns, he made more practical
points. He had the advantage of being able to say, what have you done in the last 30 years? Green Party global affairs orator
Dr Kennedy Graham said he thought Trump did better than predictable. National Party MP Chris Bishop also watched the
debate and said in a purely debating sense Clinton was superior by far. She was more practical and well-spoken and,
fatefully, she battled the many opportunities to interject Trump - letting his often twisting and sometimes superior answers
speak for themselves. But the critical question will be who won over those middle ground voters in the ground states that
choose the election. Polls in the next few days will show whether the debate has made a difference or not.

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Kiran Rao stands for internet Ajay Devgn talks about Shivay
dependence among kids
Filmmaker Kiran
Rao is worried about
internet addiction among
children and feels it is as a
responsibility of parents to
look after how much time
the young minds are
working online.
She said "I have a
kid of 5 years. I also have
to face internet addiction
among my kids", "As a
parent, as a mom we have
a responsibility of how much
internet time you should give
to the kids and how much
you should kerb them. Kids
needs to go outside to play and interact
with each other," .
Kiran, wife of celebrity Aamir
Khan, is associate with the upcoming
Mumbai Juniorthonwhich will be detained
on December 4. Last year, the event was
attended by child actors including
Harshaali Malhotra, DarsheelSafary
among others and was reinforced by
actors like Jacqueline Fernandez, Vivek
Oberoi and Sharman Joshi.
The aim of the event is to create

awareness on the rise of childhood

obesity and related diseases due to lack
of outdoor activities. It also emphases on
the importance of exercise and a healthy
lifestyle by inspiring children to walk and
be active each day.
"I feel kids should gooutdoor and
play. Kids should do something together
and not just watch TV alone. I hope
Juniorthon will be a big success," Kiran
saidMumbai Juniorthonprovides to
children in the age group of 6-15 years.

Ajay Devgn's is
happy
with
the
encouraging response
the trailer has received
and is busy travelling
around the country to
gauge reactions. He says he is now busy
editing and working out the promotional
campaign. Apart from being the producer,
he is also acting in it and directing it.
Ajay said that shooting in
Bulgaria was risky but he enjoyed every
minute of it. "In Bulgaria, the locations
are tough, but there is access and
infrastructure. If that kind of infrastructure
was there at Mt Everest, I would have
shot there, but there isn't. Then there is 25 degree temperature in Bulgaria and
we could get the right kind of equipment
there. How would I save my unit if we
didn't have the proper shoes and jackets
for -30 degree, freezing cold weather? It
was a very risky shoot, but we were
prepared for it and hats off to my unit.
They stood there and made sure we
completed the shoot. I got hypothermia
once, but except for that incident,
everybody was fine. We had doctors and
ambulances on the sets. I was lucky to
get some good weather there. If I was
supposed to shoot for 60 days and I had
light only from 9 am to 4pm, they said

that the weather would

be bad. I said it won't be
and true enough,
whenever I would walk
out of the hotel to shoot,
the weather would be
perfect with bright sunshine. We had kept
buffers to compensate, in case the
weather changed, but we never needed
those. For a 60-day shoot, we shot the
film in 40 days and completed it before
time."
Speaking about the trailer, he said,
"We want to create intrigue. And this
suspense will be there until the release.
It's not about the story, but about the
screenplay. I want people to go and see
the screenplay too. I am very lucky to
also get the right kind of casting in Erika
Kaar, Sayyeshaa and the little girl Abigail
Eames. I would call the film an actionemotion-drama. My action is real, not
unnecessary flying or hitting. In the trailer,
when you see the expression on my face,
it's of pain when I am hitting people. The
villain is something we want to keep a secret
till the very last minute till the Friday the
film releases. I know it's unusual, but we
don't want to reveal the villain's identity of
the film. Every trailer released will keep the
people guessing as there are lots of twists
and turns in the film."

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NEWS

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Being a star Ranveer Singh India's secreted district

doesnt have attitude: Rohit
Shetty
Rohit Shetty
is one of the most
successful directors in
Bollywood. Recently,
at the filmmaker
offered into the ad
space, as he shot a
five minute ad film
with Ranveer Singh.
And the two had a
great time making it.
In an interview, Rohit
spoke about how they
two came to do this project together. He
said, YashRaj Film's Ashish Patil came to
me to direct this ad and they asked me to
handle the production side. Ranveer and
I met to discuss the concept. We had met
earlier a number of times. He was very
excited about doing this ad. The most
important thing is that Ranveer is a very
sweet, down-to-earth and nice guy.
Everybody knows by now, that whatever
he is doing is not to create aninsight. He
is not artificial. That's the way he is a
harmless guy who speaks from his heart

so directly we crystallised."
Rohit said, "Ranveer's a star, but
he doesn't bring that air or attitude on the
sets with him. I trust that he doesn't know
how big he is. The first time he had come
to my office was when I was working on
'Singham'. That Ranveer Singh and
today's Ranveer Singh has not changed.
The boys of today now work rotund the
clock, like howSalman Khan, Akshay
Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan used to work.
You can see a younger form of them, firmworking and devoted to their work.

For spans, the sleepy valley nuzzled

in the Indian Himalayas remained a hidden
Buddhist enclave prohibited to foreigners.
Enduring the tough year-round situations of
the high mountain desert, the people of Spiti
Valley lived by a simple common code share
the Earth's abundance, be hospitable to
neighbours, and shun greed and attraction at
all turns.
That'sinitial to change, for better or
worse. Since India commencedletting its own
citizens as well as outsiders to visit the valley
in the early 1990s, tourism and trade have
boomed. And the marks of upgrading, such
as solar panels, tar roads and real buildings,
have begun to appear around some of the
villages that mark the remote landscape at
altitudes above 4000 metres.
By August 29, with at least a month
left until the end of the tourism period, there
had been 847 foreign guests to the area in
2016, compared with 726 for all of last year.
They could not give a figure for how many
Indians had travelled to the region in jeeps
and buses across traitorous mountain roads,
as Indian tourists do not need special
licences. But district officialJagan Thakur
said 70% of the tourists were Indians.
"In years when the climate and
roads are decent, they drove in together in
high numbers," Thakur said. "Villagers will
actually convert their houses into
homestays." In the hillside village of Demul,
with only around 250 populations, people
have invented a system whereby half of the
residents move in with their neighbours while

renting their earthen-hut homes to itinerants

during the summer, and then share the
earnings. This income is helping many invest
in better schooling for their kids.
"They collectively bring all the
money together and at the end of the year
they distribute it equally to the whole
village."Tourism has become so important it
now makes up at least half of most people's
annual income, official said The rest of the
people's wealth comes from traditional
channels - herding sheep and goats, and
growing crops like black beans, barley and,
more recently, green peas.
For the crimson-robed Buddhist
monks in the valley, the increase in visitors
brings a chance to "impart Buddhism to
others. More people should learn about it,"
said a resident of another hilltop village. Some
villagers and travellers care that the entry of
new funds will bring competition, greed and
environmentally taxing modification such
as flush toilets that might empty straight into
the Spiti River or put a strain on the region's
already limited water sources. "We cannot
go outside our limits. Mass tourism is not
good for our culture," said the resident
person, who runs a homestay in the valley
village of Kibber and works as a tourist guide.
"Hospitality is important in Spiti's culture, and
we will not let it disappear." While growing
trade with cities outside the valley has
widened the dinner table with grains that can't
be grown in the valley, it has also brought an
inflow of junk food that the elders are stressed
to keep away from the children.

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Sardar Saab to be on LabhJanjuas last song creates

through Aatishbaazi Ishq
December 16
Amit Prashers next Directorial
Venture titled Sardar Saab is going to
release on December 16, 2016. The
release date of the film was announced
on Social Media along with the 1st look
Poster of the film. The film will be released
worldwide by White Hill Production and
is produced by All Time Movies Pvt. Ltd.
The film has been shot widely in
Delhi and New Zealand. Director Amit
Prasher said, We have shot the film on
a veryweighbridge. There was a crowd
of more than 1000 people in few scenes

in crowded areas of Delhi and we have

attained best results by shooting in high
burden situations. Music of the film will
be on White Hill Music, a newly launched
Music Label of White Hill Production who
have under their recognition Blockbusters
like Jatt& Juliet series, Punjab 1984 and
Sardaarji series as producers. Speaking
about the Music, Param Oberoi (CEO on
White Hill Production) commented. The
music of Sardar Saab is very good. The
songs will easily make connection with
the audience of today.

Pride Motion Pictures

presents the upcoming multi
starrer
Punjabi
film,
AatishbaaziIshq. The film is
directed by Amit SubhashDhawan
starring Roshan Prince, Mahie Gill,
Kulbhushan Kharbanda, B.N
Sharma, Tanya Abrol and
Ravinder.
The film features a song
IshqIshq sung by LabhJanjua and
Roshan Prince. Unfortunately, that
turned to be LabhJanjuas last
song. LabhJanjua is a big name
when it arises to music industry.
He is known for his Indian
Bhangra and hip hop singing and song
writing. His fans would get the last
opportunity to listen to his new track
through this film.
Mahie Gill, the famousperformer
would be this time, not only seen as the
lead actress of the film but also has given
her best life the producer of the film.
Mahie says, Acting has been a major
part of my life and I have always enjoyed
doing different types of roles. Versatility
is something that everyone actor
practices as it really helps you learn and
outdo in your field. But this time being
the producer for the first time, was surely

a very different as well as an enhancing

skill for me. Fingers crossed, I am hoping
for the best. Talking about the song sung
by LabhJanjua, Mahie added,
LabhJanjuaji was a standard of the music
industry and no doubt the industry has
suffered an irreversible and apermanent
loss after losing him. A week before he
passed away we had ended the recording
of the song and Its really upsetting when
one realizes that it could be his last song.
Today, unfortunately he may not be
present among us but his music his
compositions will always live with us, in
our hearts for now and forever.

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HOROSCOPE

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This month you will witness the progress of past and

present efforts. Success is ensuring in most of things you
do. Your financial transactions will be beneficial. Sports
activities are prove to be successful and you show your
capabilities well in assignments.

You will be successful in endeavors. Your dedication in

work may give identity and growth. Distant travels in
profession are seen. Expansion in family affairs will
possible. Your physical appearance and mental energy will
be in rising stage.

You will get opportunities at work which comes for

appreciation. You will get news which gives happy. Do
your best at all times. Make sure you can communicate
your thoughts in an impressive manner. If you have
interesting ideas to work on, share them with your seniors.

Opportunities for gaining recognition in profession gives

relaxed mind. Improvement in communication gives
scope for cordial relationship with kinsfolk.
Responsibilities in profession or business will increase,
need special attention on assignments.

Its an active month. Communication scope with your

younger sibling and neighbors will improve considerably.
You may have many journeys in respect of business for
fruitful discussions. Your straight forwardness in work
shows the transparent progress.

You will be with better frame of mind this month. Family

comforts may give pleasure and satisfaction. You will work
hard and leave no scope for disappointments. You will
achieve great things, and some jolly trips with family
members may put you in pleasure mode.

This month is going to be a mixed one on the whole. You

will be engaged in social activities. With your harsh tone
you may face obstacles in personal and professional front.
Your over confidence will put you in trouble, you need to
utilize stamina properly.

Better scope in implementing actions. Financially things

will be under control and you will manage it properly.
Professionally things would be fine, and you are much
relieved than earlier. Financially this month would be
supportive.

It is an encouraging month for Sagittarians. Financially

things will improve much faster than expected. Domestic
life will be normal. Gains through dearest friends are
indicated. You will have professional trips with financial
gains.

Material resources will be helpful for your progress. Your

standard efforts will put a mark of abilities and take towards
success. Be practical in experiencing of things and act
accordingly. Progeny related happiness fills satisfaction
in life.

You need to put more focus on endeavors. There will be

challenging environment which needs to overcome.
Special interest on family needs fills happiness and fulfills
commitments. Your extraordinary contributions will be
recognized and you will get rewards.

This will be a normal month. Avoid giving of oral

commitments. You will be more prudent in finances and
will try to invest better during this month. You will receive
good news from elders. Business will be normal in general.
Unmarried will get good proposals towards month end.

Actress Tamannaah Bhatia

super excited
Actress Tamannaah Bhatia,
who is gearing up for the announcement
of upcoming trilingual horror-comedy
'Devi', says nothing could excite her
more than the chance to share screen
space
with
actorfilmmakerPrabhudheva.
"When director Vijay spoke
with me that Prabhudheva will be
playing the lead, I was jam-packed with
joy and nothing could have excited me
more before. I had all times adored him
and had even achieved at a tribute
show for him. I had always wanted to
meet him," Tamannaah.
In the film, Tamannaah plays
a dual role of a simple housewife and
of an actress. "It's a film that holds a
lot of concern and delight. I'm playing
the titular role for the first time in my
profession and that makes even more
special," she said.
Directed by Vijay, the film will
be on screen worldwide on October 7, as
'Abhinetri' in Telugu and as
'TutakTutakTutiya' in Hindi. Talking about
her solo number 'GokkaMakka', which has
now given audiences a foretaste of
Tamannaah's stunning moves, she said it's
very close to her heart.
"It took us 15 days to prepare the
song, and surveyed by two more days of

shoot. By the time we finished shooting,

I became expressive," she recalled. The
film is Tamannaah's first trilingual, and it
was finalized in 58 days.
"It's not a joke to complete a
trilingual film in 58 days. The credit goes
to my director and the producers who
guaranteed everything was well planned
and implemented. There are three
producers and each one of them was so
involved," she said. The film also stars
SonuSood, who had produced the Hindi
version.

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Wedding bells for Lisa Haydon Sonam Bajwa in Super Singh

Over a month after their scenic

Grecian getaway, telecom tycoon Dino
Lalvaniwent down on one knee to propose
to actress-girlfriend Lisa Haydon in Paris
on Monday after an eight-day vacation
at the Amalfi coast and Capri in Italy.
After she said 'yes', Lisa shared
the news on the social media with two
pictures of her and Dino of them at
Charles De Gaule airport, and the second
at London's Heathrow airport, where
Dino bade her goodbye as she headed to
the Bay.

"Gonna marry him," Lisa

admired in the title that ended
with a solitaire emoji. During
her week in London, the
actress had launched close
friend Nirav Modi's new
jewellery collection with
anadoring Dino by her side.
After that a quick countryside
getaway had turned out to be
a private jet ride to the Italian
coast ending with the proposal.
The actress got engaged
to boyfriend Dino Lalvani; the
couple is set for a destination
wedding early next year
Lisa has been dating
Dino, son of Pakistan-born
British
entrepreneur
GulluLalvani, for over a year.
In 2008, Dino became the
chairman of his father's
company, Binatone Telecom,
which then wedged 60 million
pounds, and is headquartered
in Hong Kong with offices in
USA, UK, Europe and India
Lisa and Dino were first
cracked cosying up on October
29 last year at UNICEF's
Halloween Ball at One
Mayfair in London.She
acknowledged their relationship at a film
award ceremony in Spain earlier this year
by referring to Dino as 'my boo'.
A lavish wedding in Europe is in
order early next year and will be joined
by Gullu, his ex-wife Vimla, Dino's uncles,
Kartar and Pratap, along with members
of their prolonged family. Meanwhile, the
bride-to-be's best friends, Jacqueline
Fernandez, NargisFakhri, the Housefull
and Queen cast members, are predictable
to represent the filmi team. All volley this
shaadi of the year!

A f t e r
Punjab 1984 and
Sardaar Ji 2 this
enchantedcouple
all again ready to
share the screen
Named Super
singh which is first
punjabi movie of
Bala
Ji
telefims.Which is
been directed by
Anurag Singh.
Punjabi mega star
Diljit will be seen
in a superhero
avtar. Sonam is
super enthusiastic
with the project because according to her
it is a dream to work with him. She will
be seen to be a bubbly character who is

a blabber mouth and starts arguments on

silly things. Shooting of the film is start in
august in Punjab.

I, Vijay Saini, am contesting election as an Independent Candidate for membership

of Counties Manukau District Health Board 2016. I am Senior Lecturer in
Accountancy and Finance at Manukau Institute of Technology since 1998.
The election is through a postal ballot, which along with an Instructions
and Candidate Information Booklet,has now been delivered at the postal address
of registered voters to most of the voters.
In case, you are a permanent resident / NZ citizen, and if you have not
received your ballot papersyet, please contact me on vijayrohan@gmail.com or
on 021 179 7930 and I can assist you with a Special Vote from Auckland Council.
This is my earnest appeal to our Indian community to please vote in this
Local Council and Manukau Health Board Elections.
In the existing Health Board, thereis no representation of Asians. We
need an effective voice to represent the Asian community.
Through my expertise in Management in general and Accountancy and
Financial Management, in particular, I feel I am a competent, professional and an
effective person for this role. I am sure I can make a difference in the delivery
of health services in Manukau regions that extends from Pokeno in the south to
Pakuranga in the East.
This election is a mission of social and community service to me.
Please support me and vote Rank 1 for me, Vijay Saini.
Make sure that you mail your ballot papers before Wednesday, 5 October
2016.
Authorised by Vijay Saini, 47 Omana road, Papatoetoe, Auckland.

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Anupam Kher: doesnt matter Amir Khan other side than Mr

to me- the social Fire
Perfectionist
Anupam Kher made film experts
and critics sit up and take notice of him
when at the age of 28, he played anupset,
superannuated man who loses his son in
Saaransh. Over the last 32 years, Anupam
Kherhas depicted the sometimes unusual,
at times hilarious, at times powerful, but
mostly undoubted, and very often a loving
dad on celluloid. Now, he will be seen as
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni's father, Pan Singh, in Neeraj
Pandey's 'MS Dhoni - The Untold Story'.
In an exclusive interview, the old-timer
actor opens up about the qualities that a
father should instruct his children, his
Hollywood films, why he never wavers
to take a stand, social media arguments
and more. Excerpts...

Bollywood?
Dhoni's documentary is not just
a sports film. It is the story of his life, his
journey and an inspiring film. Many sports
films are being made but I can't recall
any being my much-loved film, except for
'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'.

You have worked with Neeraj Pandey

in quite a few films. Was your past
association with him the only reason
that prompted you to do this biopic?
Yes, Neeraj is a big motive. Also,
though I have played a father on screen
countless times, this time the task was to
essay the role of an regular, simple man.
Not much is known about Pan
Singh. So, it was interesting for me to
enact him on screen. At an expressive
level, it was important for me that he likes
my depiction in the film. When I met him
and told him that I would be playing his
character, he said, "Agar aap kar rahe
ho, toh mujhe koi tension nahin hai."
While we all refer to Mahendra as MS
Dhoni, it was nice to hear his dad call
him 'Mahiya'. He said, "Haan Mahiya
ka phone aaya tha." All these
experiences were inspiring.

Kader Khan felt that you did not

deserve the Padma Bhushan this year.
And the argument continued for a long
time on social media. What do you have
to say?
I respect Kader Khan as
aperformer but in our country he does not
decide who will get the National Award.
The Indian government decides.

As a father, what are the vital qualities

that one needs to inculcate in their
children?
There is nothing like honesty and
hard work. Truth alone successes, so one
must understand that failure is
animpermanent phase and cheerfulness
is the only way to live your life.
Right now, sports films are the taste of

We see a sudden outpouring from you

on many issues which create a anger
on social media. Do you think you
outside a lot of heat because you speak
your mind?
I'm under fire on social media for
speaking my mind, but it doesn't matter
to me. As long as I feel calm and sure of
what I am doing, it is alright. It is essential
for people to speak up.

You have been extremely voiced about

your admiration for PM Narendra
Modi. Does this help you in your
political principles?
Narendra Modi is a great leader.
What's wrong if I like him? Some people
may not like him and have their own
views. This is my nationalistic view, not a
radical one.
Do you feel it is right to make celebs
answerable for the brands that they
endorse?
There were some issues with a
real estate company of which you were
the brand representative. It is difficult to
be careful when you choose to authorise
a brand. How can you know what will
happen after 10 years? We are going by
the face value. If something uncalled for
happens, it is sad. But actors are targeted
for anything these days.

Bollywood superstar Aamir

Khan, who is often marked with Mr
Perfectionist, is known to be a rather
solitary and calculative person when it
comes to speaking his core and mind out.
Hence, it came as anagreeable surprise
when the actor was lately seen in a rather
fun-loving mood during his talk with a
news channel. Aamir was in a mood to
crack a few jokes and to entertain our
funny bones. Amir, "What did Tarzan say
when he saw an elephant coming? He
said 'an elephant is coming'. What did
Tarzan say when he saw two leopards
coming? He said, 'here come my new

pair of underwears'". Now, we wonder

why Aamir decided to bang this joke out
of the blue but we arent complaining as
long as we get to see him being frank
and letting his protectors down once in a
while. On the professional front, Aamir
is coming up with the release of his next
biggie, Dangal and will advanced be
seen in a cameo role in Secret
Superstar. However, one film that his
fans are already waiting for with a bated
breath is Yash Raj Films Thugs of
Hindostan that brings Aamir and Amitabh
Bachchan together for the first time on
the screen.

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RECIPE CORNER

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Instant
Apple Pie
Chocolate Cake

Instant cake which can be made

by any child with little help of elders and
does not pinch the pockets too.
Ingredients:
300 gm Parle glucose biscuit
5 tbs Sugar
2 tbs Ghee
2 tsp Cocoa powder
300 ml Cold milk
tsp Soda bicarb (Baking Soda)
Method:
Grind together the biscuits, coco
powder, sugar and soda bicarb finely in a
mixer. Take it in a mixing bowl, add the
ghee and milk and mix it well. It should
be of a pouring consistency. Grease a
glass bowl with ghee on all sides, pour
the batter in it and bake in microwave
mode for 7 minutes. Allow to stand for
10-15 minutes. De mould it and pour
chocolate syrup on it. This can be
decorated with fresh cream and nuts. Cut
and serve.

Ingredients:
Pie Crust (9") - 2
Apples - about 8 cups (6-8 apples
peeled and sliced) - For best results use
2-3 varieties of apples
Lemon Juice - 2 tblsp
Sugar - 1 cup
Corn Syrup - 2 tblsp
All Purpose Flour - 3 tblsp
Ground Cinnamon - 1 tsp
Ground Nutmeg - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Butter - 2 tblsp, Egg - 1/2
Method:
1. Take the apple slices in a large mixing
bowl.
2. Add the lemon juice, sugar, turmeric
powder, salt, corn syrup, cinnamon,
nutmeg to that and toss.
3. Add the flour and mix together.
4. Take one pie crust on a pie plate and
fill it with the apple mixture.
5. Add small pieces of butter on top.
6. Use the second pie crust to cover the
apples. Seal the edges and cut few slits
on top for the steam to escape.
7. Brush the top crust with beaten egg to
give a shiny finish.
8. Sprinkle some white sugar on top.
9. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven
for about 55 min-1 hr until the crust is
golden brown & the filling is bubbly.

Bengali Rasgullas
Rasgullas are homemade cheese
or paneer balls soaked in chilled sugar
syrup. This recipe is made using a
pressure cooker. Makes 12 rasgullas
Ingredients:
4 cups milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 1/2 cups water
Pressure cooker
Method :
Paneer: Mix lemon juice in half cup of
hot water and keep aside. Boil the milk in
a heavy bottomed pan over medium heat,
stirring occasionally, making sure not to
burn milk. As the milk comes to a boil,
add the lemon juice gradually and stir the
milk gently. The curd will start separating
from the whey, turn off the heat. Once
the milk fat has separated from the whey,
drain the whey using a strainer line with
cheesecloth or muslin cloth.
Wrap the curd in a muslin cloth,
and rince under cold water, and squeeze
well. This process takes out the sourness
from the lemon. To take out the excess
water squeeze the cloth, or press the
wrapped paneer under a heavy pan for
about one hour.Taking the right amount
of water out of the paneer is the most
important part of this recipe.
To check if enough water is out
of the paneer, take a little piece of paneer
on your palm and rub with your fingers.
After rubbing the paneer for about 15-20
seconds, you should be able to make a
firm but smooth ball. Once the paneer is
drained, place on a dry, clean surface and
knead the paneer for 3-4 minutes until the
paneer is almost rolls into smooth soft
dough. Knead the paneer by dragging the
palm of your hand hard on the paneer.
Keep scooping it back to togather and
knead more. If the paneer is too crumbly,
add a teaspoon of water. Your palm will

be little greasy.
Rasgulla: Divide the dough into 12 equal
parts and roll them into smooth balls. To
make the balls apply some pressure at
the first and then release when forming
the balls. Mix the sugar and water in a
pressure cooker on medium high heat and
bring to a boil. Add the paneer balls and
close the pressure cooker. After the
pressure cooker starts steaming, turn the
heat to medium and cook for about seven
minutes. Make sure the pressure cooker
is large enough to accommodate the
finished Rasgullas, as they will expand to
about double in the volume while cooking
in the syrup. Close the heat and wait a
few minutes before you opening the
pressure cooker. Pour cold water over
the pressure cooker before opening.
Rasgullas should be little spongy. After
rasgullas are refrigerated the sponginess
will reduce and will be soft in texture.
Serve the Rasgullas chilled.
Suggestions:
If the Rasgullas dont turn out
exactly the way you want, they are hard
or not the right shape, do not worry.
Therere many ways to create new dish
out of the imperfect Rasgullas! For
example, if the Rasgullas are too hard or
broken, try cutting them into small pieces
and mix with soft vanilla ice cream or
cover with melted chocolate. You can use
the Rasgulla pieces to make kheer,
replacing rice with the Rasgulla pieces.

Healthy Eating Tip

To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a
number of small, manageable steps rather than one big drastic change. If you
approach the changes gradually and with commitment, you will have a healthy
diet sooner than you think.
Simplify: Instead of being overly concerned with counting calories or measuring
portion sizes, think of your diet in terms of color, variety, and freshness. This
way it should be easier to make healthy choices. Focus on finding foods you
love and easy recipes that incorporate a few fresh ingredients. Gradually, your
diet will become healthier and more delicious.
Start slow and make changes to your eating habits over time: Trying to
make your diet healthy overnight isnt realistic or smart. Changing everything at
once usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plan. Make small
steps, like adding a salad (full of different color vegetables) to your diet once a
day or switching from butter to olive oil when cooking. As your small changes
become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet.
Every change you make to improve your diet matters: You dont have
to be perfect and you dont have to completely eliminate foods you enjoy to
have a healthy diet. The long term goal is to feel good, have more energy, and
reduce the risk of cancer and disease. Dont let your missteps derail you
every healthy food choice you make counts.

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BUZZ NEWS

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Bebo celebrates her 36th I made myself believe that I

birthday
was MS Dhoni
Kareena Kapoor, who is
mother to be, celebrated her 36th
birthday with a select only-family
and close friends dinner at her
Bandra residence on 21 sep night.
"We're a noisy family of foodies,"
exclaimed daddy Randhir Kapoor,
ruing the fact that his brother, Rishi
and Rajeev, couldn't make it.
"There are so many of us all over
the country that it's impossible to
bring us all together under one roof,
but quite a few of us turned up to
wish Bebo good health. We cannot
wait for her child to come along,
I'm going to spoil my grandchild!"
The amity the 69-year-old actorfilmmaker shares with his nawab son-inlaw was apparent when he revealed that
every time he raves about how well Bebo,
a wonderful daughter and a honourable
woman, has balanced her personal and
professional life, Saif (Ali Khan) is the
first to opinion that she's a better wife
than a daughter.
"Kareena is one of the loveliest
people I know," hold forth Kareena's
friend and the manager Poonam Damania
who was also at the party. "She's a family
person and loves spending time with her

close ones." Poonam too had her fan-girl

instant with Ranbir Kapoor who obliged
her with a warm hug as he posed for the
album. His upcoming film, Karan Johar's
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was the hot topic of
conversation with everybody predicting
the fate of the film till Bebo decided to
have the last word, repeating that even if
her brother gave 25 flops, he'd still be a
superstar! RK, who turns 34 on
September 28, stayed back late, sipping
wine and inviting everyone to a party at
his new home next week.

Sushant Singh Rajput is not a

person who think himself dependable. By
his own charge, in spite of acting well and
good cricket kill in the film 'MS Dhoni:
The Untold Story', he is still not confident
enough of his acting and review of the
audience. "Our job is to give our 100% to
the movie and the moment it hits the target
at the box office, we feel on the right side,''
says Sushant.
According to Sushant, emulating
Dhoni alone would not have served so he
fell into the character more naturally by
making himselfbelieve that he is Dhoni.
He also watched shots of about 1,000
hours presenting the cricketer on the
cricket ground as well as off it. It helped
that being a Dhoni fan, Sushant was
somewhat familiar with the cricketer's
important hits which were overstated by
a full range of classy shots, including the
dramatic helicopter shots.

Sushant was alsoskilled by

former cricketer Kiran More. Not only
him, there was a physio and an analyst.
So, the whole process, according to the
actor, it was quite hard but he was put in
through his stepsevery day. He spent four
months learning the tones of batting and
wicket keeping.
Sushant has always got a thrill
out of playing different roles, and doing
the protagonist of a player of Dhoni's
figure, which added more star to his
career path. He has also enjoyed playing
the character of Ishaan in 'Kai Po Che'
which was totally different from his role
of Raghu in 'Shudh Desi Romance'.
However, Sushant has always
safeguarded against taking up projects
that don't stimulate him. He mentioned
assaying that an actor should always be
in a position to be selective about his
roles.

Upcoming actor: Harshvardhan

Kapoor
All eyes are waiting for.
Anil
Kapoor's
son
Harshvardhan who is all set
ready to make his big Bollywood
entrance with Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra's upcoming
'Mirzya' that also stars another
debutant Saiyami Kher. Coming
up from a family of capable
actors like Anil and Sonam Kapoor, which
leads to huge expectations from
Harshvardhan's tender shoulders.
Considering Harsh comes from
a actors family that has been close to
valued production houses like Yash Raj
Films and Dharma Productions, which are
known to give newcomers their big
Bollywood breaks, it comes as a shock
that Harsh decided to choose a path less
travelled and an unusual love story which
is helmed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
who has a very unique and individual way
of dealing with romance and re-counting
love stories.
Question reached him why he

didn't make his debut with a Yash Raj or

a Dharma film and Harsh comes with the
answer that was almost unbelievable.
Harsh, "Yash Raj and Dharma don't offer
me films. And I don't even know why.
Only filmmakers like Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra, Vikramaditya
Motwane, Sriram Raghavan and the likes
offer me films. I don't understand why,
maybe there's something wrong with me."
Well, now that you have taken
your message loud and clear to these
reputed banners, Harsh, we hope they
soon approach you with a great script and
offer you a role you wouldn't afford to
say no to! Good Luck!

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Riteish Deshmukh passion not Deepika Padukone was paid

acting
more than him
Riteish Deshmukh's latest
release Banjo, which came tocinemas
on Friday, has opened with mixed
reviews. The actor went all out to support
his film which sees him playing a street
performer. During atalk with an online
portal, the actor exposed his passion and
it wasnt acting. Riteish opened up about
his first love i.e. photography. He said
that wife Genelia gifted him a professional
camera and asked him to follow his desire.
Pleasing her guidance seriously, the actor

appointed aninstructor for a month to

teach him the procedures of the camera.
As he was busy in his films schedules,
the instructor visited the actor on his film
sets. Riteish also open that he had sailed
to Dubai to attend a workshop specifically
designed for the camera that was gifted
to him by his wife. In the interview, the
actor implicit at working on a Marathi film
with his Banjo director Ravi Jadhav.
Could this be the same film he hopes to
work with Genelia in?

Bollywood luminary Amitabh

Bachchan has been out supporting the
cause of women empowerment while
concurrently promoting his upcoming film
PINK. During an interview, the actor
was asked about the insights and
biasesdominant in the Hindi film industry.
Much to everyones surprise, the actor
said that he didnt know if it was
applicable or not. He went on to explain
a situation and open that Deepika
Padukone was paid more than him in their

2015 drama Piku. He reasoned that her

pay hike was possibly because she was
more important than him or that his price
tag has withdrew because he has been in
the industry for this long. He went on to
state that maybe he was not so
important. Deepika Padukone recently
made it to the number 10 spot on the
Forbes highest paid actress list. She was
the only Indian star to feature on the list,
outstanding Priyanka Chopra and
Anushka Sharma.

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