Saina clinches Denmark

Olympic bronze-medallist shuttler Saina Nehwalfought through a troubling knee to clinch her fourthtitle of the year by lifting the Denmark Open SuperSeries Premier trophy with a dominating win in thefinal.The 22-year-old Saina, who was competing inher first tournament after the London Games, won21-17 21-8 in 35 minutes to notch up her secondSuper Series Premier title which fetched her US$30,000 from a total purse of US $400,000."I thankDenmark and the Indian fans here for supportingme. I never expected to win this tournament," anelated Saina said after the win which took heroverall lead against Schenk to 6-3. -- Agencies

Ashok Dinda is in theform of his life.

The Bengalpaceman ran throughSouth Zone in the DuleepTrophy semifinal and iskeen to do it all overagain in the final againstCentral. But with rainplaying spoilsport on Day1, he didn’t get a chance."These things are out ofcontrol. I am hoping wewill get enough cricket inthe days to come," Dindatold.The Bengal pacemanran through South Zonein the Duleep Trophysemifinal and is keen todo it all over again in the

final against Central. Butwith rain playing spoil-sport on Day 1, he didn’tget a chance. "Thesethings are out of control.I am hoping we will getenough cricket in thedays to come," Dindatold, after a strenuousgym session. He knowsthe importance of fitness,more so because heintends to bowl fast witha not-so-big build. "Yes, Ihave ran through a fewsides in my career. Morethan anything else, it’sabout my fitness and myability to bowl longspells," the short-staturedpaceman said.

Yash Chopra – Jab Tak Hai Jaan, you will be remembered.........

He was a man whoredefined the meaningof love by way of hismovies. He was a manwho made a millionhearts flutter when hedirected Shah RukhKhan and Preity Zinta inthe cult classic ‘Veer-Zaara’, and the sensa-tional moves of hischiffon saree cladheroines who dancedwith their men on the

Alps. He is none other than Yash Chopra, who bidfarewell to the world on October 21, 2012 but onlyafter etching his ever lasting memories on the heartsof his audience, folks and fans.Born in Lahore,British India, Yash Chopra started off in the showbusiness as an assistant director to IS Johar and hiselder brother, BR Chopra. Then after, he flagged offhis directorial work with ‘Dhool Ka Phool’ in 1959,a melodrama about illegitimacy and which wasfollowed by the hard-hitting social drama‘Dharmputra’ in 1961. It was Chopra who estab-lished the concept of multi-starrers in Bollywood bymaking ‘Waqt’ in 1965.After that, he delivered astring of hit films like ‘Daag’, ‘Silsila’, ‘Deewar’,‘Trishul’, Mashaal’, ‘Lamhe’, ‘Chandni’, ‘Dil toPagal Hai’ and the list goes on. Clearly, a romanceoriented script replete with European locations andample melodic numbers made an ideal Yash Choprafilm.His last directorial venture ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ couldnot see light of the day till he was alive. Still, hoperemains alive in the heart of every avid YRF fanthat the tradition of delivering high-quality cinemawill never cease to exist at least jab tak hai jaan..Shah Rukh Khan: "Whenever my loved onesdepart.I feel a part of me extinguishes itself withthem.Will there come a day....that I will no longerhave a bit of myself to let go of? And then thethought follows that every time they have takensome of me with them onto their last journey , Ihave found a fragment of them left inside me too...

Complete Box OfficeReport : Student OfThe Year

Karan Johar is back onDirector’s chair afterlong and he has shownthe world the power ofhis Direction. In spiteof getting mix reviewsand having all newleading faces in thefilm, Kjo’s ‘Student ofthe Year’ doing goodbusiness at Box officeof domestic andoverseas as well.Theyoungsters, mainlyfrom college & schools,giving good response tothe film. All the 3 newfaces, Varun Dhavan,Alia Bhatt and SidharthMalhotra being appre-ciated a lot. The filmhas garnered Rs. 9.25crore on its openingday. The film is doingaverage business insingle screens. ‘Studentof the Year’ is doingwell especially inmultiplexes.The collections of‘Student of the Year’will remain steadythroughout the week-end but there are highpossibilities thatSunday will see a goodjump.

Newlyweds Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor,in their nikaah outfits.Kareena is wearingSharmila Tagore’sshaadi ka joda, whichoriginally was over acentury old. The wholeoutfit was re-created,from the basic fabric tothe pure goldembroidery on themWhen Rinku (SharmilaTagore, to friends)called me about this, Iwas more excited aboutthe challenge it posed,”says designer RituKumar, who restored theantique shaadi ka jodathat Sharmila had wornfor her wedding (wayback in 1969), forKareena to wear for hernikaah with Saif. Somuch so, that therestoration work wasreferred to as theKareena Project, andwork on it went on for five months. “Kapda ek dum khatam ho gaya tha, onlythe border was there, and we had to recreate the embroidery with the originalthread, and also totally re-weave the old Banarasi tissue — it required a lot ofpatience. Since I am interested in restoration, I can say that perhaps, it was aWajid Ali Shah period mastercraft. It was painstakingly recreated inch by inch,the way purane zamane mein pure gold thread ka kaam hota tha, that’s howthis was done, we basically wove a piece of gold,” recalls Ritu. -- Agencies

Jennifer can control me…says actor Karan SinghGrover about his wife

Actor Karan S i n g hGrover is loving everymoment of his life withwife Jennifer Winget,who was also his co-starin popular show Dill MillGayye. And the prettywife ensures that KSG (ashe is fondly called) getseverything a newlyweddeserves, includinghomecooked healthy foodwhile he is busy shooting.Says a beaming Karan,“Jennifer is extremely

beautiful, loving and hasalways been the rock-solid support in my life.She couldn’t cook earlier.But recently, she madekheema and got me foodon the sets. Otherwise,she is very strict.Jenniferis somebody who cancontrol me.” Ask himabout life post marriageand pat comes the reply,“Life is awesome. Earlier,the term ‘a happilymarried life’ was a mythfor me. How can one beboth happy and married?

It’s been excellent.Aap bataiye, khil nahiraha hoon main? Aurmota bhi ho gaya hoon. Iam finally married to thelady I love.” --- Agencies