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Munnabhai goes behind bars

New arres ts continue to add

fue l to the spo t -fix ing contro-

ve rsy surround ing the on-go ing

season o f the Ind ian P remie r

League ( IP L), with Guruna th

Meiyappan, chie f o f the C hen-

na i S uper K ings (one o f the

cr icke t teams in the IP L Tour-

nament), be ing the most recent

target . Meiyappan, who is a lso

the son- in- law o f Board o f

Contro l for Cricke t in Ind ia

(BCCI) pres ident N Sr inivasan,

was a rrested by the Mumbai

Po lice on the night o f 24 May,

over a llegat ions o f his invo lve-

Right: Chennai Super Kings (An

IPL tournament team) owner and

son-in-law of BCCI chief,

Gurunath Meiyappan (Centre) is

taken into police custody for ques-

tioning in south Mumbai on 24

May 2013. Meiyappan has been

accused of being involved in spot-

fixing in the current season of IPL

tournament. Francis Mascaren-

has / Mumbai Weekly

ment in be tt ing dur ing

the IP L matches. The

CSK chie f was ques-

t ioned for nea r ly three

hours by Mumbai Po lice

Crime Branch o ffic ia ls ,

a fter actor Vindoo Dara

Left: Actor Vindoo Da-

ra Singh passes by the

media as he is taken to

the Crime Branch office

in south Mumbai on

24th May 2013. Francis

Mascarenhas / Mumbai

Weekly

S ingh, who was a rrested

for the same scanda l

ear lie r this month,

c la imed tha t he bet dur-

ing the matches on be-

ha lf o f Meiyappan. Jo int

Commiss ioner o f Po lice

Himanshu Roy in a

sta tement to the med ia

confirmed Meiyappan‟s

invo lvement in the o f-

fence based on exis t ing

info rmation and the ir

interroga tion. Mean-

while, BCCI chie f S r ini-

vasan at tempted to s tee r

c lea r o f the controversy

by te ll ing the med ia tha t

his consc ience was c lea r

and there fore there was

no ques t ion o f him re-

s igning.

Ind ian pace r S

Sreesanth, Ajit C hand ila

and Ankee t C havan, a l l

p laye rs in the Ra jas than

Roya ls team, were a lso

arrested and put under

the scanner for cha rges

o f spo t fix ing dur ing the

IPL matches . Ra jas than

Roya ls in its turn react-

ed by termina ting the

contrac ts o f the three

p laye rs and fil ing an

FIR aga ins t them with

the De lh i Po lice. The

ful l extent o f corrup tion

and illega l act iv it ie s

connec ted to the IP L

seems ye t to be in the

process o f unfo ld ing.

La tes t repor ts a lso con-

firm that the BCCI

(Board fo r C ricke t Con-

tro l in Ind ia) chie f N.

Sr inivasan is be ing

asked to res ign from his

post.

Bollywood actor, Sanjay Dutt,(centre) is

seen with his wife, Manyata Dutt and Direc-

tor Mahesh Bhatt (right) outside his resi-

dence in south Mumbai on 16 May 2013.

The actor surrendered on the same day for

the possession of unlicensed weapons dur-

ing the 1993 Bombay blasts. Debadatta

Mallick / Mumbai Weekly

Indian Premier League: Under the betting scanner

2 PEOPLE MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

For the community of about 500 visually challenged families living in Vangani, a town approximately 75km from Mumbai, life is an everyday struggle with few choices. Tired of ask-ing the government for jobs which have been reserved for the disa-

bled category, most of them have resorted to performing and beg-ging on local trains in Mumbai. The commu-nity treats every at-tempt to reach out to them and every offer for help with suspicion, having been exploited by NGOs and govern-ment bodies several

times in the past.

These families chose Vangani to settle down because of the rela-tively cheap accom-modation. Most fami-lies live on rent in small one room hous-es. Rent ranges from Rs. 1500-2000 per month. Many mem-

bers of this community are still waiting for their ration cards of the 'below poverty line' category, that entitle them to government subsidies and cheaper food supplies. Balu Shinde, one of the members of the visual-ly challenged commu-nity, stated that the

problem lies in the per-ception that visually challenged individuals are not employable and less able than sighted individuals, regardless of their qualifications.

Mithila Joshi / Mumbai

Weekly

I n Mumbai , t he

Di gnit y Fo un-

dat io n r uns a day

c are ce nte r for

pe rso ns s uffe ri ng

f rom deme nti a.

Eve r y we e kday

bus es are dis-

pat c he d t o pic k

up se niors fr om

t heir ho mes

whe re he l pers

he l p loc k t heir

ho mes and cli mb

i nto t he buses .

At t he ce nter i n

Dadar , se niors

pl ay games , e xer-

c ise , si ng and

meet ot her peo-

pl e. While de-

me nt i a c anno t be

c ure d, ke e pi ng

t hem so ci al l y e n-

gage d and e xer-

c isi ng t he ir mo-

to r s kil ls hel ps

e ns ures t hat t he y

re mai n act i ve .

De me nt i a, as de-

f i ne d by Wo rl d

He al t h Or gani za-

t io n (WHO) , is a

s yndro me t hat is

pro gress i ve i n

nat ure , affec ti ng

a per so n‟s

me mor y, t hi nk-

i ng, be havi o ur

and abi li t y to

pe rfor m dail y

t as ks . It us uall y,

t ho ugh not al-

ways , affe cts

peo ple abo ve t he

age o f 65 ye ars .

Ac cor di ng to

WHO t he number

of peo pl e l i vi ng

wi t h de me nti a

wo r l dwi de is

abo ut 35 .6 mil-

l io n and t his f i g-

ur e is e xpecte d

to do uble by

2030 .

Senior citizens suffering from Dementia (a syndrome affecting a

person’s memory) are seen keeping themselves involved in activi-

ties like playing games and dancing at a day care center in Dadar,

in central Mumbai on 29 April 2013. The day care is run by the Dig-

nity Foundation. Jayshree Kewalramani / Mumbai Weekly

Keeping hope in the blind faith

Fun and games at the old age day care center

3 METRO MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

Veena Malik visits the red light area of Kamathipura Pakistani actress Veena Malik

went on to promote her up-

coming Bo llywood movie

„Zindagi 50 50‟ in the red

light area of Kamathipura in

south Mumbai on 21 May.

Bes ides the promotion, Ma-

lik a lso distr ibuted condoms

to spread awareness rega rd ing

safe sex. The ac tress, who is

on a promotiona l tour, was

accompanied by her co-star

Rajan Verma as she interact-

ed and spoke to the sex work-

ers living in Kamathipura,

As ia‟s second la rges t and

Mumbai‟s o ldes t red light

distr ict.

The movie Zindagi 50 50, di-

rected by Rajiv S. Ruia, is

based on the lives of sex workers

in which Malik plays the charac-

ter of Madhuri who is a sex

worker. According to the media

Veena Malik said, “It was a great

experience to visit Kamathipura

and have a word with ladies.

While playing a character of a

sex worker in my movie Zindagi

50-50 I came to such a reality of

their lives and I am trying to help

them by creating awareness of

safe sex.”

Pakistani actress Veena Malik strikes a pose for the media during a movie promotion event in Kamathipura in south Mumbai on 21 May 2013. The ac-

tress gave away condoms to sex workers in the red light area of Kamathipura to promote safe sex and also for her new upcoming movie Zindagi 50-

50. Biplov Bhuyan / Mumbai Weekly

Mumbaikars fina lly

ge t some re lie f as

the long awaited

flyover over Milan

subway in Santa

Cruz is fina lly

opened up for tra f-

fic on 24 May. Ac-

cord ing to the me-

d ia, the new ca rry

more than 40,000

moto r ists and save

15 to 30 minutes o f

trave l t ime be-

tween S V Road

and Western Ex-

press Highway dur-

ing peak hours.

The Milan subway

flyover p ro jec t was

launched in 2008

and the flyover fi-

na lly comple ted

a fte r a de lay o f

three yea rs. This

flyover is very c ru-

c ia l as the road is

high ly conges ted

and remains under

water dur ing the

monsoon season.

The flyover com-

p leted at a heavy

cost o f Rs 84 cro re

(approx. US D 15

milion) which, ac-

cord ing to the me-

d ia is a lmost dou-

b le the init ia l e st i-

mate amount o f Rs

42 crore (app rox.

USD 7.5 mill ion).

A view of the new flyover over Milan subway after its inauguration

on 25 May 2013. The flyover is said to save 15 to 30 minutes of

travel time between S V Road and Western Express Highway dur-

ing peak hours. Ashish Vaishnav / Mumbai Weekly

After three year delay, flyover opens to ease traffic on Western Express Highway

Water scarcity remains an unsolved issue in the city

Water s ho r t a ge

has a lwa ys b ee n

a concer ned is s ue

a ro und t he co un-

tr y, a nd t h is yea r

med ia repo r ts in-

d ica t ed tha t i t

was t he wors t

d ra ught t ha t h i t

t he s ta te o f Ma-

ha ras h tra . E ve n

v i l la ges a nd

s lums a ro und

Mumba i c i t y ha ve

been s u ffe r ing

f ro m t he lac k o f

adequa te a mo un t

o f wa te r .

F or in s ta nce ,

Ga npa t P a t i l N a-

ga r , a s lum in

Bor iva l i has b ee n

fac ing wa te r

sho r ta ge fo r se v-

e ra l yea rs no w

and i t has bee n

an iss ue fo r a l l

i ts re s ide nt s .

Taps r un d r y a nd

t he o n ly s o urce s

o f wa te r a re lo -

ca l ta nke rs p ro -

v ided b y t he mu-

n ic ipa l i t y a nd

few we lls w h ic h

p ro v ide in s u ff i-

c ie nt a mo un t o f

wa te r t ha t to o

w h ic h is no t f i t

fo r d r ink ing p ur-

poses .

T he re s ide n ts ge t

wa te r o nc e a da y

and t he re s ide nt s

ha ve to lea ve

t he ir da i ly ro u-

t ine o f wo rk t o

s ta nd in q ue ue s

to f i l l up w a te r

in a f i r s t co me

f ir s t se r ve s ys-

te m. A lso , t he

rece nt s lum de-

mo li t io ns b y t he

c iv ic a ut ho r i t ie s

ha ve made c o nd i-

t io ns e ve n mor e

worse a s t he lo -

ca l mun ic ipa l i t y

has s top ped t he

gua ra nt ee o f

p ro v id ing re gu la r

supp ly o f wa te r .

T he r es id e nts a l-

so c la im t ha t

sho r ta ge o f w a te r

is no t t he o n ly

p rob le m, c lea n

and hyg ie n ic wa-

te r has bee n o ne

o f t he ma jo r co n-

ce r ns . Res ide nt s

ha ve to dea l w it h

con ta mina ted wa-

te r w h ic h t he y

pur ify i t v ia

me t hod s l ik e

c lo t h f i l t e r ing

and bo il ing .

Young residents of Ganpat Patil Nagar (a slum in Borivali) fill water from a well in suburban Mumbai on 26 May

2013. The slum has been facing water shortage issues every year. Biplov Bhuyan / Mumbai Weekly

Residents of Ganpat Patil Nagar (a slum in Borivali) wait for mu-

nicipality workers to fill up local water tankers in suburban Mumbai

on 26 May 2013. Biplov Bhuyan / Mumbai Weekly

4 EDITORIAL MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

S ca nd a ls a nd co n tro ve rs ie s

a re t ak ing t he ir to l l o n po li t i-c ia ns , s po r t spe r-so ns a nd ce leb r i t ie s, so Bo l lyw ood s t a r s a re no e x-cep t io n. Rec e n t-ly we s aw t he f i-

na l ve rd ic t ta ke n on Bo l lyw ood ac t o r S a n ja y D u tt , w her e t he co ur t de c ided t ha t he w i l l ha ve to c o mp le t e h is ja i l t e r m o f 42 mo n t hs fo r ha v-ing l ink in t he 1993 bo mb b las ts

in M umba i.

A no t her Bo l ly-woo d a c t o r S a l-ma n K ha n is f i gh t in g t wo ca s-es , o ne o f w h ic h invo lve s a h i t a nd r un c as e , in w h ic h o ne p e r so n d ie d a nd fo ur o t he r s w er e in-

j u red .

T he la w is fo r e ve r yo ne , a nd t he p un is hme n t fo r b r eak ing la ws s ho u ld be eq ua l a s we l l . A nd t ha t is w ha t p eop le e xpe c t f ro m t he C our ts dea l ing

w it h ca ses t ha t invo lve t he r ic h a nd po we r fu l . I nd ia n co u r ts la -bo ur unde r lo ng pe nd ing c as es , a fac t t ha t ha s no t e sc aped j ud ic ia l a ut ho r i t ie s w ho ad voc a t e fa s t -t r ack

co ur t s . T he re is a pe rc ep t io n t ha t a t t ime s t he a a m aad mi see ms to fac e t he b r un t o f t he a u t ho r i t ie s muc h mor e t ha n t he po we r fu l .

T he C o ur ts a re ac t ive in t he co un tr y , a s i t

s ho u ld b e in a wo rk ing de mo c-rac y . A nd t he y ha nd le a mu lt i-t ud e o f c as es f ro m co rpo ra te sca ms , a l le ged lap se s in Go v-e r nme n t a uc -t io ns ( t e leco m, fo r in s ta nce ) , co r r up t io n in spo r t , re gu la r c r ime a nd so on .

W hile t he

C our ts ha ve

bee n o ne o f t he

la s t b as t io ns fo r

j us t ic e in t he

co un-

tr y , au t ho r i t ie s

need to ha ve

fas t - t ra ck

co ur t s a nd

spee d ie r mec ha-

n is ms fo r c as es

to b e d ea l t w it h

qu ic k ly , a nd in

a fa ir ma nne r .

F ina l ly , i t a l l

co mes do w n to

fa ir imp le me n-

ta t io n. O n ly

spee d y a nd fa ir

imp le me n t a t io n

o f t he la w a nd

de l ive r y o f j u s -

t ice w il l c o n t in-

ue t o ke ep t he

peop le ‟s fa i t h

in t he s y s te m.

T he a bo ve

v ie ws a re pe r -

s on a l v ie ws e x -

p re s s e d by t he

Bollywood actor Salman Khan is scene outside Sanjay Dutt’s residence in suburban Mumbai on 15 May 2013. The actor is involved two cases in which the deci-

sion for one of the cases is still pending. Kunal Khullar / Mumbai Weekly

POINT OF VIEW: The easy hand of law

Prashant Nair

Praveen Behra (left) ,one of the accused bookies in the IPL spot-fixing case, is taken into police custody for questioning in suburban Mum-

bai on 17 May 2013 . Biplov Bhuyan / Mumbai Weekly

OPINION: Indian Premier League- In a „fix‟

E ar lier po lit i-c ian names

used to pop up in the papers for co r-ruption but now sports -persons seem to be giving them a run for the ir money. These days, c r ickete rs are mak ing the ir way up to the head lines, not by crea t ing new rec-ords but because o f the ir indulgence in scams. S eason s ix o f IP L has be-come a contami-na ted season o f fixes. The mantra o f IP L seems to be wine , women and wea lth for a few while the res t s it outs ide the fence and enjoy the d ra-ma. The sho rt fo r-mat, wild swings in for tunes , chee r-leaders, late -night part ies – an envi-ronment that makes for a pe r-fect breed ing ground for corrup-t ion..

The 2013 spo t fix-ing scam s tar ted with the arres t o f three c r ickete rs from Ra jas than Roya ls (one o f the teams in the IP L

tournament) name-ly, Sreesanth, Ajit Chand ila and Ankeet C havan by the De lhi Po-lice . Ac tor Vindoo-Dara S ingh (son o f famous acto r and wrest ler Dara S ingh) was a lso arrested on charges o f bet t ing. The fi-na l b low to this season was the BCCI (Board o f Contro l for Cricke t in Ind ia ) pres i-dents ‟ own son- in-law -- and owner o f the C henna i franchise C henna i Super K ings (one o f the teams in the IPL tournament) – who was a rrested by Mumbai po lice for a lleged in-vo lvement in bet-t ing and fixing. With this, there have been ca lls fo r the remova l o f board pres ident N Sr inivasan– how-ever no evidence has been found which leads to his invo lvement. Also, only three p layers o f the same fran-chisee have been arrested while the number o f book ies arrested has a lmost crossed doub le d ig-its.

What can be done to make IP L a cor-ruption-free league when the BCCI ap-pears to be em-bro iled in it? I f the BCCI genuine ly wanted to take a step aga inst a ll this , mill ions o f opportunit ie s fo r the same have been made ava ilab le, es-

pec ia lly a fter the setup o f ant i-corrup tion unit in 2012. Also, S ha l-abh S r ivastava, Amit Yadav, Ab-hinav Ba li, TP Sudhindra and Monish Mishra were le ft with las t warning when the

BCCI could have actua lly used this opportunity to se t an example tha t it is no t a suppo rte r o f such fraudulent act ivit ie s.

It would no t be wrong to state tha t the Ind ian cr icke t

loving pub lic has been too forgiv ing in the pas t. As a so lut ion – a 24x7 vigi lance o f the board and p laye r act ivity is imposs ib le. The so lut ion is ne ithe r to shun c r icket a l-together. But c r ick-

eters who have p layed foul can be forced to live the rest o f the ir lives as b lack lis ted sports -peop le , in obscur ity.

The IP L has to

c lean up its ac t.

Banning a few

p layers and an-

nounc ing small

measures will no t

do the tr ick. The

IPL canno t sus ta in

itse lf if its cred ib il-

ity is punc tured . I t

needs to over -haul

and be c leansed

from within to

br ing back the joy

in spo rt, c lean

sport .

The above views

are persona l vie ws

expressed by the

author.

Kunal Khullar

5 FEATURE MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

become a step-

ping stone to-

wards stardom for

junior as we ll as

upcoming artists.

Our photographer

Anushree

Fadnavis went on

to the sets o f such

movie called

‘Babuji Ek ticket

Mumbai’ which fo-

cuses on the topic

of prosti tution in

the city of Mum-

bai. The lead actor

is Rajpal Yadav

who is known for

his comic roles

and has worked in

movies like Mala-

maal Weekly, Phir

Hera Pheri, and

more.

While Bollywood is

known for i ts su-

per stars and all

the glamour, there

is another side to

i t. Low budgeted

movies have been

around for some-

time now and

even though these

movies do not

earn much, they

Ticket to stardom of Bollywood

6 ECONOMY MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

LPG cylinders get easier on the

wallet

Foreign exchange falls as value of Rupee slides

Flat panel TV to crush CRT tele-

vision set sales this year

324 million USD spent on staff repayment by Air India

An Air India flight descends at

Chhattrapati Shivaji Airport in

suburban Mumbai on 27 May

2013. According to media re-

ports, Air India spent a whooping

Rs. 1,803 crores on pending staff

salaries. Debadatta Mallick /

Mumbai Weekly

A sales-person walks past a set flat LCD televisions at an electron-

ic store in suburban Mumbai on 11 May 2013. Media reports indi-

cate that flat television screen sales will overtake CRT televisions

in the year 2013. Anushree Fadnavis / Mumbai Weekly

For the first t ime in

Ind ia, flat pane l te l-

evis io n sets will be

accounting more

than ha lf o f the tota l

TV sales. News re-

ports ind icate that

CRT (Cathode Ray

Tube) te levis ions

(the one with a box

at the back)

summed up to more

than ha lf o f the est i-

mated 1 million TV

sets sold in Ind ia

last year compared

to flat pane l te levi-

sions. However, this

is about to change

as the share o f CRT

televis ions is ex-

pected to go down

to 40 per cent this

year. Flat pane ls are

expected to sell an

estima ted 5.5-6 mil-

lion units in the

year 2013.The rea-

son for the increase

in sa les is pr imarily

the d igit izat ion o f

Ind ian broadcasting

through the intro-

duction o f DTH

(Direct to home) &

CAS (Condit iona l

access system).

Other reasons in-

clude the cheaper

ava ilab ility of flat

pane l TV sets and

also the less amount

of space they use

compared to CRT

televis ions.

A security guard looks on as the new foreign exchange rates are being displayed at a money transfer shop in

suburban Mumbai on 7 May 2013. According latest reports the Indian foreign exchange has gone down by $1.7

billion. Anushree Fadnavis / Mumbai Weekly

According to the

data given out by

the Reserve Bank of

Ind ia, the Ind i-

an fore ign exchange

reserves decreased

by $1.72 billion to

$291.96 billion last

week. The reserves

had fa llen by

$616.4 million to

$293.69 billion the

week before. The

biggest e lement o f

the fore ign ex-

change reserves

which is the fore ign

currency assets

(FCA) fe ll by $1.68

billion at $261.47

billion. The FCA

in terms o f US D in-

cluded the e ffec t o f

appreciat ion or de-

preciat ion o f non-

US currenc ies he ld

in reserve, like

pound s ter ling, euro

and yen sa id the

Centra l Bank.

A man walks past a stack of LPG cylinders in suburban Mumbai on

18 May 2013. Rates of 14.2kg LPG cylinders has been reduced

by Rs 54 (1 USD). Biplov Bhuyan / Mumbai Weekly

Air India is said to have spent

about Rs 18.03 billion on pending

staff salar ies this year. Media re-

ports say that the company re-

ceived a total of Rs 60 billion in

2012-13 of which the air line spent

Rs 18.03 billion on pending staff

salar ies, paid off Rs 1,253 crore as

jet fuel dues to oil marketing com-

panies and Rs 11 billion as loan

and interest payments for aircraft

acquired. Airport operators were

paid Rs 9.76 billion, service tax

department Rs 5.10 billion, Rs

2.86 billion on aircraft spares and

Rs 720 million was paid to IATA

travel agents due to flight cancel-

lations dur ing the pilots' strike and

on other heads.

7 CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

Zinta returns with Ishkq in Paris Ranbir and Deepika promote their

latest Bollywood flick

Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were seen together at press event to promote their

latest Bollywood movie ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ on 17 May 2013. The movie will be releasing in India on 31

May 2013. Sumedh Sawant / Mumbai Weekly

Bollywood star, Preity Zinta waves to the media at a press event to

promote her latest movie ‘ Ishkq in Paris’ on 12 May 2013. The star

will be seen on big screen as an actor as well as a producer. Francis

Mascarenhas / Mumbai Weekly

The art of Mohiniyattam

Mohiniyattam (a classical dance) performer and trainer, Pallavi Krishnan performs the

dance at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in south Mumbai on 18 May 2013. Mohiniyattam is con-

sidered a very graceful form of dance and is meant to be performed as solo recitals by

women. Anushree Fadnavis / Mumbai Weekly

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan (Left) feeds popcorn to

Bollywood actor Emran Hashmi at the promotion of

their latest movie ’Ghanchakkar’ at a cinema in subur-

ban Mumbai on 30 May 2013. Prashant Nair / Mumbai

Weekly

To comme mora te

the 125 th b ir th an-

n ive rsa ry o f the

Bhara t iya V idya

Bhava n‟s founder

K ulapa ti K M

Munsh i, a five -

day c lass ica l

dance fes t iva l was

he ld a t the Bhara -

t iya Vid ya Bhava n

aud ito r ium a t

C harni Road . The

N rityo tsav dance

fes t iva l went on

fro m the 17 o f

May t i l l the 23 rd

to mark the p la t i-

num j ub ilee o f the

educa tiona l and

cult ura l o rgan isa -

t ion, w h ich was

es tab lished in the

yea r 1938 .

Dancers l ike P ad-

ma S ub ramanya m,

Raminder K hura -

na , S adanand

Biswas , P a lla v i

K rishna n and

Madhavapedd i

Murthy pe rfo rmed

va r io us dance

fo r ms inc lud ing

Bhara tana tya m,

O d iss i, K a thak ,

Mohin iya t ta m and

K uchipud i re spec-

t ive ly.

K amlesh Mota ,

p rogramme d irec -

to r o f Bhar t iya

Vidya B havan K a-

la K endra sa id ,

“B havan‟s mo tto

is to p rese rve and

p romote our cul-

tura l he r itage .

Hence , it is only

ap t tha t we o rgan-

ise a c la ss ica l

dance fes t iva l to

ce leb ra te our 75 th

ann ive rsa ry. ”

„Crazy‟ Vidya and „Lazy‟ Emraan pair up for the movie Ghanchakkar

V id ya Ba la n is co m-ing back w it h a ne w Bo llywood f l ick . C o -s ta rr ing w it h E mraa n Has hmi, t he d uo w il l be h i t t ing t he s i lve r sc reen ye t a ga in w it h the mo v ie “Gha nc hakka r ” w here E mraa n p la ys a la zy ma n w ho has no a mb i-t io n in l i fe , w h ile V id ya w il l be p la y ing the ro le o f h is w ife who has a ve r y lo ud pe rsona li t y. D irec ted by Ra jk umar G up ta and p roduced b y Ro n-n ie S c r wewa la , t he mo v ie is a co med y th r i l le r w h ic h is sched u led to re lease on 27 o f J une 2013 .

T he two were la s t seen to ge t he r in t he

cont rove rs ia l mo v ie D ir t y P ic tu re w h ic h c rea ted qu ite a buzz amo ng the p ub lic . Bo t h t he ac to rs were seen d ressed up in the ir mov ie cos t ume a t t he p ro mot io na l eve nt w h ic h was he ld a t P VR c ine mas in J u-hu. The p ro mot io na l eve nt ‟s ma in h igh-l igh t w as t he re vea l-ing o f t he mus ic v ideo o f t he song “La zy lad ”.

As per V id ya , more p romo t io ns o f t he mo v ie w il l take t he fu l l to l l f ro m t he 1 week o f J une w h ic h w il l inc lude to u rs a nd TV p ro mot io ns .

8 SPORTS MW MONDAY, 3 JUNE, 2013

Published by: Udaan School of Photography | Editor-in-Chief: Anushree Fadnavis | Photo Editor : Kunal Khullar | Chief Photographer : Ashish Vaishnav | http://www.facebook.com/Mumbai.Weekly | Email: ed itor.mumbaiweekly@gmail.com

Pankaj Advani takes a shot during a match at the RKG-Khar Gym-

khana Snooker tournament in suburban Mumbai on 15 May 2013.

The two-time world professional billiards champion reached the fi-

nals where he faced world number 21 Stephen Lee of England.

Francis Mascarenhas / Mumbai Weekly

Advani sizzles at the RKG-

Khar Gymkhana Snooker

tournament

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar shows off a gold coin bearing his face on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya (a

festival) in south Mumbai on 13 May 2013. Francis Mascarenhas / Mumbai Weekly

O n the auspi-

cious occasion

of Akshaya Tritiya

(a festival), Indian

cricket star Sachin

Tendulkar show-

cased a limited edi-

tion gold coin bear-

ing his face. One

lakh of these Sachin

Tandulkar gold

coins were launched

by Valuemart Gold

and Jewels which

weigh about 10

grams each. Each

coin costs Rs.

34,000 (600 USD)

and is made out of

24 karat gold. The

coin is available

online through val-

uemartgold.com and

also at leading jew-

ellery stores across

the country.

Valuemart signed a

deal with the cricket

star in February this

year and has ap-

pointed him as the

brand ambassador

for the next three

years.

"Gold is popular

among sportsmen

also. On a lighter

note you could go

and ask the West

Indian team. It is

something which

everyone looks for-

ward to. The first

thing you want to

have is a gold chain

with a nice pendant

around it, " said

Sachin at the launch.

Master Blaster shines on 24 karat gold

coins

A lex So lank i

of Delhi won

aga ins t Raghav

Ja is inghani from

Madhya Pradesh at

the semi -fina l s tage

of under 16 boys

s ingles to reach the

fina ls o f the tennis

tourna-

ment. So lank i faced

Paramveer S ingh

Bajwa (third seed)

from P unjab a t the

fina ls where Bajwa

overcame his De lhi

r iva l ( fourth seed)

in a one s ided a f-

fa ir to c linch the

boy's U-16 s ingles

t it le a t the 7th

Ramesh Desa i Me-

moria l All Ind ia

Tennis Mee t. The

tournament was

he ld at the Cricket

Club o f Ind ia in

South Mumbai. On

the gir ls ‟ s ide,

Akshara Iska, Ind ia

no. 3 from Andhra

Pradesh, took on

Nand ini S harma o f

Chand igarh, who is

Ind ia no. 24, in the

fina ls. Results (a ll

fina ls) : Boys under

12 s ingles : 3 -

Terence Prahil Das

(TN) bt 4 -Sacchit

Sharrma (DL) 6 -1,

7-5. Gir ls under 12

s ingles : 2 -Prink le

Singh (JK) bt 1 -

Dedeepya Sa i (AP)

6-1, 6 -1. Boys un-

der 16 s ingles : 3 -

Paramveer S ingh

Bajwa (P B) bt 4 -

Alex So lank i (DL)

6-4, 6 -1. Gir ls un-

der 16 s ingles : 1 -

Akshara Iska (AP)

bt 13-Nand ini S har-

ma (CH) 1 -6, 7 -5, 6

-3

All India Tennis meet hits off in Mumbai

Indra Patwardhan plays a shot during his boy's doubles match partnering Aditya Gokhale against Raghav Jaisinghani and Yash Yadav at the CCI tennis arena in south Mumbai on 22

May 2013. Francis Mascarenhas / Mumbai Weekly