The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam will hit the jackpot soon. The money will come through the sale of hair. The hair is collected from the pilgrims who offer it to the deity as part of their vow. The TTD sells the hair through auction. The sale of hair used to fetch th TTD a modest 2 to 3 crore in early 2000.
The figure has now shots up phenomenally. According to the latest estimate the TTD is all set to make Rs.45 crores from the sale of hair. The sale is likely to take place in June and the bids have already been invited. Even some foreign firms have evinced keen interest in the purchase of hair.
Mithun Chakraborthy did not wash his hair for ten days while shooting for Ashu Trikha's Zindagi Tere Naam. Mithun, who plays a 65-year-old musician, had applied hair whitener. However, since he was shooting one of the most crucial scenes for the film in Dalhousie; he did not wash the hair so that he could maintain the continuity in the film. Mithun said that if he applied whitener again after washing his hair, the audience will make out that the grey patches in his hair are different every time.
Ashu Trikha says, "We had to use hair whitener for Mithunda as he does not have grey hair. However, as we were shooting close-ups he said that he couldn't wash his hair or else the film's continuity would suffer. When he got to know that we will take eight days to shoot the entire sequence, he told me that he wouldn't wash his hair so that the grey areas in his hair look exactly the same in every shot."
That's perfection, Mithunda! No wonder you have survived in the industry for more than 30 years.
Hero NTR is sporting a pony tail. This is old news. What is new is that it cost him a bomb to keep his hair from falling and keep it in a good shape. NTR is very young but his hair was falling alarmingly and he was slowly turning bald.
NTR on the advice of specialists is undergoing treatment to keep his hair from falling. He is reportedly spending upwards of Rs. 20,000 per month hair treatment alone. And the pony tail is to keep the hair together and stop it from falling.
Did Emraan Hashmi grow his hair for Awarapan? At a recently held press conference of the film in London, he was seen in a similar get-up as in Awarapan, compelling people to wonder whether that was going to be his new look in perpetuity.
We are told that Emraan has actually worn hair extensions but they've been so well designed that they look natural, and seamlessly go with the rest of his hair. To get the right fit, Emraan would take hours to get these on before his shots. Laughs director Mohit Suri, "Yes, Emi has worn hair extensions in Awarapan. It took him longer to get them on than the time the girls took to get ready!"
Maybe the extensions will be off once Awarapan releases on June 29!
Young Tarun is now making a comeback after a gap of about two years. His comeback film 'Navavasantham' did not do well at the box office.
Tarun is now acting in a film with Ileana in K Vijaybhaskar's new film. The movie is now under production.
This should make Tarun quite happy but he is actually found to be very gloomy these days. He seems to have a big worry on his head. It is something to do with his hair. He is now battling hair loss. The hair is falling rapidly and he has lost a lot of hair on the front side over his forehead.
Tarun is now at a loss to tackle this problem. He has tried several therapies but with little success. He is now covering up his baldpate by pulling forward his hair at the back and combing it over the bald area. This is now being termed as his 'new' hairstyle!
This time around, Dileep is hell-bent on making the most of his career in the year 2008. The actor is getting ready for an excellent start with his new film with director Lal Jose. 'Mulla' is the name of the film and it will have Dileep in a never-seen-before appearance.
Probably for the first time in his career, he is going to star in this film with tonsured hair.
Dileep plays the title role of Mulla, a young man who is born and brought up in a colony notorious for raising anti-social elements. Mulla actually is his mother's name. His mother was a commercial sex worker who dies soon after his birth and he decides to use her name as his.
Biju Menon is the big don of the colony residents. He too has drastically altered his appearance in the film.
Actress Ameesha Patel has shocked one and all by having chopped off her long lustrous hair.
One would’ve sworn that Ami wouldn’t have dare done such a thing, since she is so fond of long hair, but she did it — all for a role in the movies.
The girl has cropped her tresses for Kunal Kohli’s next venture, and is looking wow!
The girl is on a mission. We hear she has hit the gym with a vengeance and is also taking extra care of her beautiful face. So all those who wrote her off had better think again!
2007/2/28 6:28:44 Renowned hair stylist Hakim Aalim was on cloud nine by the end of his successful hair show that took place at the Grand Hyatt Regency on the 26thof Feb. The hair show, called the Jazz Collection, was organized by L'oreal Professionals and HIP(Hair India People), and was a great success in itself. The show provided a platform for ace hair stylists like Dilshad Pastika, R'yan D'Rosario, Coleen Khan, Savio Pereira, Kanta Motwani and Anees Muss to come together and encourage the new generation of hairdressers who seek to make a mark in the industry. And as the name suggests the show exhibited models with funky and a jazz collection right from the 30's to the 50's!!
Aalim, along with the owner of Beyond the Fringe owner, Asha Hariharan demonstrated techniques and style of the hair cutting, colouring and styling. But the cream of the cake was the grand finale which consisted of models walk the ramp for the audience especially due to the presence of famous models like Zulfi Sayed and Shawar Ali.
Aalim owner of Hakim's Aalim chain of salons said, "This interactive training programmer aims to promote and change the perception of the hairstyling industry. It provides platform for hairdressers to exchange ideas, promote and encourage the new generation by developing their skills."
Bipasha Basu returned from London on Monday night after completing the shooting of Ashtavinayak’s next film directed by Abbas-Mustan.
For the first time since she came to tinsel town, the actress is sporting a short hairstyle. Here, her stylist Sapna Bhavnani from Mad O Wot salon in Bandra talks about the actress’s new look, which she styled for an upcoming film.
Bips experiments
Says Sapna, who has been cutting and styling Bipasha’s hair for more than two years, “Bipasha is very willing to experiment and is always playing about with her hair colours and styling. More than three weeks ago, she came to me and said she wanted a shorter hairstyle for Abbas-Mustan’s new film.
She could have worn a wig but one can always make out that it’s a wig. So I suggested a shoulder length, feminine, cute, Lolita-kind look in dark brown. Blonde shades don’t suit her, but darker shades like burgundy and jet black go perfectly with her skin tone.”
Aren’t there two looks for the film? “Yes, one is a longer hairstyle with these super-long hair extensions and the other is the shorter hairstyle. She had the same long hair for Dhoom 2, but the colour was different. In Dhoom 2, Bipasha has coloured her hair in copper and red. ”
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS): Actress Bipasha Basu, who was seen sporting the same hairstyle for ages, has decided to go for change - a deep red hair colour.
"Changed my hair colour from my blondish look to a deep red colour! Quite a change! Can't recognize myself," the 33-year-old shared the information on her micro-blogging site Twitter.
The actress, who is eagerly awaiting her forthcoming film "Jodi Breakers", in which she is paired with R. Madhavan, is also working on "Raaz 3" and the film is set for a July 6 release.
"Well guys today was dedicated for preparation for 'Raaz 3'! Shoot begins... anxious and excited! Very challenging role, totally different from the real me," she wrote.
The movie also stars Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez.
2006/11/13 4:17:00 Chiranjeevi had proved himself as a Mega Star and remained a king of Telugu film industry. He had also bagged one of the highest civilian awards among his contemporaries like 'Padma Bhushan' and very recently he was honoured with a doctorate by Andhra University. There is no need for him to cash in on his image now as he is earning a handsome income with each film. He had recently accepted to remain a brand ambassador for a company called Hinani for there product named Navratan Oil. There is no need for him to promote and act as a model for hair oil or for that matter for a soft drink. No one will have any objection if he wants to promote a hair oil company or a soft drink but he is not supposed to say the dialogue that those who use that product will become like him. He is on a high pedestal and no one could attain such a status just by using a hair oil product or by drinking a softdrink. Hope the ad designer makes a suitable change in the promo.
Bollywood bombshell Bipasha Basu has got the new bob look that is making many heads turn.
Bipasha has done it again. In her words, she was “bitten by a bug” to experiment with her hair again. After getting her hair chopped from long tresses to shoulder-length last year, the Bengali beauty has now gone for a still-shorter bob cut.
Bipasha reportedly got the cut from her trusted hair stylist Sapna Bhavnani a few days back. Since Bipasha had no shoots pending and no concern for maintaining continuity in any of her upcoming movies, she decided to let her hair go under Sapna’s confident scissors.
After the first session, Sapna gave Bipasha a cute bob cut that made her look very sweet and bubbly. But Bipasha wanted something out of the ordinary. So she had another session with Sapna. This time, Sapna gave Bipasha a chic, stylish and a tad punkish bob cut. Bipasha loved this cut and retained it.
Apparently, the new cut is inspired from the hair-do of Bipasha’s favourite style icon, pop singer Rihanna.
Bipasha made her first public appearance in her new haircut at the MTV Roadies – Race event in Mumbai on Tuesday night along with actor Saif Ali Khan . The tie-up is a unique way of promoting her upcoming film Race .
At the event, Bipasha looked absolutely stunning in a dazzling yellow outfit that went along perfectly with her bob cut. How well the new cut looks on her was evident from the eyeballs Bipasha attracted at the event.
In fact, some of Bipasha’s friends have already begun calling her ‘Bobby’.
2011/9/15 4:44:00 The State Government on Thursday clarified that the floor rate of Value Added Tax has not yet been increased from 4 per cent to 5 per cent. However, the Chief Minister Office issued a release explaining the consequences of delay in increase the lower slab of VAT by one per cent.
According to CMO release, the Central Government has been compensating the States for the loss of revenue on account of reduction in the rate of CST from 4 per cent to 2 per cent. However, in order to reduce its burden, the Centre has been advising the States to raise the floor rate of VAT by one per cent. Eleven States including Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka have already raised the rates from 4 per cent to 5 per cent.
Andhra Pradesh has not yet increased the floor rate. The rate of 4 per cent was first imposed when VAT was introduced on April 1, 2005. No change has been made in this rate for the last six years.
The Central has been giving compensation to States for reducing CST from 4 per cent to 2 per cent. Recently, the Centre has informed Andhra Pradesh Government that the compensation payable would be reduced by the amount of revenue that could be gained by raising VAT from 4 per cent to 5 per cent, even if we have not raised this rate. During the year 2010-11 alone the deduction made by the Central Government on this account has been Rs 1089 Crore. In addition, the State Government has been losing an equal amount due to non-increasing of the floor rate of VAT. So, effectively Andhra Pradesh has been losing over Rs 2000 Crore every year by not raising the floor rate of VAT.
The CMO reminded that the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in a recent statement wherein he said that Andhra Pradesh is double loser by delaying in increasing the lower slab of VAT by one person. However, analysts say that Thursday's clarification by the CMO is an indication that the government was just preparing the ground to increase the VAT in the next few days. (INN)
If you are wondering what makes the men in CASH different from the rest of their ilk, you know who deserves all the compliments. He is stylist Perry Patel who is responsible for giving unique hair color to all the guys in the film.
So while Ajay sports a blond-brown shaggy cut, Zayed has dark blue streaks while Riteish has a blond-black streaked look. In fact as per sources, so impressed was Ajay Devgan with Perry's work that he instantly roped him in for his directorial debut U, ME AUR HUM.
Perry is also excited about giving a unique look to Zayed since as per him; an electric blue shade on hair would be the first time ever in Indian cinema. He wasn't as successful though with Suneil Shetty since he couldn't apply color on his hair. Nevertheless, he was at least successful in using some gel for his eyebrows.
2011/9/13 20:35:47 The Senior Accountant of Divisional Sub-Treasury Officer at Tirupati, K Muniratnam, was caught red handed when he demanded and accepted the bribe amount of Rs. 5,000 from the complainant through A. Srinivasulu, Sr. Asst. (Treasury Liason Clerk), P.H.C., Renigunta, to process and pass the Advance Incremental and Salary arrears bill of the complainant.
The ACB spokesperson said that Srinivasulu received the bribe amount from the complainant at the instance of Muniratnam (AO-1). While the trap party was enquiring, Srinivasulu hurriedly threw the bribe amount into the drainage canal, adjacent to the DTO office. However, the entire bribe amount was recovered from the canal.
Both the accused were arrested and are being produced before the ACB Court, Nellore. (INN)
2011/10/11 9:11:20 "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge" actress Saba Azad, who plays a strong girl in the movie, isn't as strong in real life. The youngster shed a bucket full of tears when her hair was required to be cut for the role.
The actress had knee-length hair originally and the role demanded her to cut them. She was petrified when she heard about it and began crying when her locks were being chopped, said a source from production house Yash Raj Films.
But when she opened her eyes, she was pleasantly surprised and was really happy with her makeover.
Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan today alleged that the service tax authorities humiliated her family seeking details on expenses on wedding of her son Abhishek with fellow cine star Aishwarya Rai earlier this year.
"I received notices from tax authorities who wanted to know how much amount was spent on beauty parlour and flower decoration on marriage of my son," Jaya Bachchan, the Samajwadi Party member told the House.
During a debate on a bill seeking Parliamentary approval for supplementary demands for grants, she complained in the name of service tax, people were being harassed over expenses incurred on marriages of their children.
The actress-cum-politician said since she was herself humiliated, she can empathise with others who may have faced harassment at the hands of tax authorities.
Several members including Janata Dal (United) Chief Sharad Yadav and Brij Bhushan Tiwari (SP) supported Bachchan saying the government was following a "pick and choose" policy for ensuring tax compliance.
Yadav said while those doing small-time jobs like beauticians and hair dressers were asked information, this was not the case with big-time industrial houses like Ambanis and Vedantas.
"Questions like how much you spent on your gardener and hair stylist as pointed out by my party member is a case of harassment in the name of service tax which has not been clearly defined by government," Tiwari said.
Sushmita Sen usually travels to New York for a haircut. Now, for the first time, she has got herself a new look, right at home
After she was crowned Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen had her haircut in India only twice. Until last year, Sushmita always had a haircut from New York. When it was time for her next haircut, she stayed back home and got it done.
Bollywood and television’s favourite hairstylist Perri Patel was called to Sen’s residence in Bandra on Sunday. He took an hour to give Sen a new look.
Our source said, “Sushmita had got her hair styled by Perri, last year. She was very comfortable with him and loved the haircut he gave her. She had received tremendous compliments for it then.”
Perri and Sushmita kept in touch, but since Sushmita doesn’t like to keep her hair very short, she did not call for Perri’s services for a year. Perri had not met her personally after he had given her a haircut a year ago, though they were in touch occasionally.
Perri was pleasantly surprised when Sushmita called him last week. “It was a pleasant surprise when she said that she was ready to have a haircut at home,” Perri says.
Describing Sushmita’s new haircut, Perri says, “I have given Sushmita a disconnected crown cut. It’s a slice from the centre to the hairline to form spiral layers. It’s a brand new look. She is looking very good.”
“Sushmta doesn’t get her hair cut very often. That gives the chance to the hair to grow and a hairdresser can really experiment and meet the desired look easily,” he said.
Perri has shut his salon and is freelancing now. “Of late, I have been freelancing a lot. I travelled with the unit of Cash to Cape Town. Then, lately I have been busy with Ajay Devgan’s film, U, Me Aur Hum. So, I am getting a lot of work and enjoying myself.”
2011/9/24 5:00:47 It is a pleasant surprise for every body, who were worrying all these days about the raising prices of Gold and Silver. The gold price has come down by Rs.1200 on Saturday and silver an unbelievable amount of Rs. 8,400.
The Gold rate of 24k has come down to Rs.27040 and the silver price is Rs.53,300 per KG at Hyderabad on Saturday.
While the Gold and silver shops across the state had a mad rush of people, the people of twin cities and the Gold market there is deprived of grabbing this great opportunity due to ongoing general strike that shuts all the market in twin cities.
Of late, actor Bobby Deol has been experimenting a lot with his looks.
While Bobby had made clear his intentions to go for an image makeover sometime back, we are getting to see glimpses of his new retro look in his forthcoming films.
For instance, in Suneel Darshan’s movie Shakalaka Boom Boom , Bobby will be seen sporting different kinds of hairstyle. One such style has his hair in braids.
Not just this, in director Sangeeth Sivan’s next untitled movie, which is basically an action flick, Bobby sports a rugged, sharp and mean look. Bobby will be seen sporting sunglasses and his hair falling on the head. He will also have an unshaven look typical of action heroes.
Aalim Hakim, who has designed Bobby's new look, says Bobby has a face and hair that can be experimented with a great deal.
“Whether you give him a long-haired, disheveled look or a short crop, Bobby looks good in different get-ups,” says Hakim.
Meanwhile, Bobby is excited that after a long gap he will get to do some onscreen action and stunts in Sivan’s film.
The State Government on Thursday clarified that the floor rate of Value Added Tax has not yet been increased from 4 per cent to 5 per cent. However, the Chief Minister Office issued a release explaining the consequences of delay in increase the lower slab of VAT by one per cent.
It is a pleasant surprise for every body, who were worrying all these days about the raising prices of Gold and Silver. The gold price has come down by Rs.1200 on Saturday and silver an unbelievable amount of Rs. 8,400.
