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Shahid features in new vegetarian ad for PETA
02 years ago
By Bollywood Hungama News Network, April 11, 2011 – 17:05 IST
The enormously popular model-turned-actor Shahid Kapoor stars in an adorable new ad campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India extolling one of the many benefits of a plant-based diet: “Chicks Love a Vegetarian”. The ad, shot by ace photographer Atul Kasbekar, shows a casually dressed Kapoor with two downy yellow chicks perched on his body.
Kapoor says, “I love chicks… pigs, cows, fish, and all the other animals too. That’s why I turned vegetarian.”
Kapoor who won PETA India’s Sexiest Vegetarian contest in 2009 received the 2003 Filmfare Award for a debut film for his appearance in his Ishq Vishk. His recent films – Jab We Met, Kaminey, Badmaash Company, and Paathshaala (?) – have all been hits.
In India, animals who are killed for food are crammed into vehicles for slaughter in such high numbers that many animals break their bones, suffocate or die en route. At abattoirs, workers often hack at the throats of goats, sheep and other animals with dull blades. Millions of chickens spend their entire lives in huge factory warehouses packed together so closely in tiny battery cages they cannot even stretch a wing. They stand in their own accumulated waste, which reeks of ammonia. The birds never see the light of day and are denied everything that is natural and important to them.
Meat production is also disastrous for the environment. Senior UN Food and Agriculture More >
Movie Review: RAKHT CHARITRA-2 by TARAN ADARSH
02 years ago
by Fenil Seta
in External Reviews
By Taran Adarsh, December 3, 2010 – 10:12 IST
Brutality has a new name and it’s called RAKHT CHARITRA. The first part was gruesome. The second part, well, is not as violent, but is a bloodbath nonetheless. I don’t think Hindi cinema has ever witnessed such gruesome murders, such manslaughter and such scenes of carnage ever. But beneath the blood and gore, slaughter and assassination lies the shocking story of enmity between two families.
RAKHT CHARITRA undertakes to enlighten the story of vengeance in two parts. RAKHT CHARITRA 1 depicted the rise of Pratap and how he became a demigod for the poor and the exploited. The Part 2 unfolds a new story, although it’s linked with Part 1. The challenge lies in making it more attention-grabbing than its precursor.
BY BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA.COMBrutality, gore and violent behavior are indispensable attributes of RAKHT CHARITRA 2. The story in itself is nothing more than a customary vendetta drama, but what makes you connect compellingly with the narrative is the fact that Ramgopal Varma [RGV] has treated it like he was recounting a first-hand version of what really transpired between the adversaries.
RGV is a veteran when it comes to making films on gangland or aggression and he proved his credentials in RAKHT CHARITRA 1. Frankly, RAKHT CHARITRA 1 wasn’t a masterpiece, although it held your attention like RGV’s accomplished works, mainly SATYA, COMPANY and SARKAR. However, you cannot refute the fact that RGV is a proficient More >
Deepika Padukone features on Vogue cover
13 years ago
By Bollywood Hungama News Network, April 29, 2010 – 11:41 IST
With the temperatures soaring like never before and heating up the city, even a slice of cucumber seems like an oasis in the desert! In such a condition, imagine what will happen if you get an entire ocean for yourself! Well, that’s exactly how it feels to look at Deepika Padukone as she serves as an eye candy in the sweating summer heat… in the recent edition of Vogue!
‘Coming of age’ is what the headline screams… something that we openly admit and bow over heads to. We also bow over heads to the facts that Deepika has shared with the readers in this issue. She says, “I have been lucky that I haven’t been slaughtered very often. My style really hasn’t been affected simply because I don’t want to give any importance to journalists who don’t understand fashion and don’t really dress well themselves.” Talking about her style, Deepika says, “My style has been pretty basic, but, it is evolving and I am experimenting with new silhouettes. Overall, though, I just believe in being well-turned-out at all times.”
Style, fashion and films’ chutzpah… is what this issue of Vogue is all about! Go for it, if you really need that ‘Bolly-colada’ called Deepika Padukone!
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