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SATURDAY I APRIL 10, 2010 PEOPLE LIFESTYLE Diamonds are a girl’s best friend Pg3 Gowns are back in vogue! Pg6 Volume 3 Issue 99 Free with TOI & STOI Photo: Prathamesh Bandekar While her Bollywood flick is getting ready for release, Lekha Washington is already busy shooting for her second Tamil film. CT gets chatting… SREEDHAR PILLAI Times News Network T FROM THE Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 finalists donate old toys collected at Pantaloons Toys for Joys to underprivileged kids. Child actors Darsheel Safary and Ziyah Vastani who play characters of kids who believe in hope in their forthcoming release Bumm Bumm Bole also join the cause with the beauties. Now, you too can donate your old toys at Pantaloons and take away a voucher HEART Vidya to play Silk Smitha? B elieve it or not, Vidya Balan will soon play the doomed sex bomb Silk Smitha.Producer Ekta Kapoor’s biopic on Silk Smitha titled The Dirty Picture will focus on the tragedy behind the mask of the sex symbol who provided titillation to thousands of viewers but died a lonely death. Producer Ekta Kapoor says, “I’ve been waiting for almost two years for the script to be ready. Now my writer Rajat Arora has finally put the finishing touches to the story of a woman who defied all conventions to become a sensation in the south but eventually committed suicide. This will be my most exhilarating and powerful production ever. It’s about women’s empowerment and the loneliness behind stardom.” Ekta has signed Milan Luthria, who is currently directing Once Upon A Time In Bombay to direct The Dirty Picture. Reliable sources confirm that Vidya will be playing the lead in this purported study of stardom, exploitation and self-destruction. Vidya says, “Yes, Milan Luthria has approached me. But it’s too early to speak about it at the moment.” Director Milan Luthria says, “I was bowled over when I read the script. The story has everything; it’s a mirror of our times. Silk Smitha was a cult figure in her times. She spawned so many imitations, including Nylex Nalini and Disco Shanti.” SUBHASH K JHA THE SILK ROUTE: Vidya Balan and (left) Silk Smitha he hot, young and sexy Lekha Washington is back in Chennai after being away for months in Mumbai and Goa, where she was shooting for her debut Bollywood film Peter Gaya Kaam Se with Rajeev Khandelwal. The television anchor-turned-actress, who was spotted at a couple of Kollywood parties recently in the city, will be doing her second film in Tamil with Shiva and S P B Charan for Oram Po fame PushkarGayathri’s film that’s tentatively titled Quarter Cutting. After playing Vinay’s sister in the hit Jayam Kondaan, Lekha got offers only to play sister roles though she was interested in acting as the lead. It was at this juncture that she anchored a show at the inaugural season of the IPL which got her noticed. Soon, she bagged the heroine’s role in Peter Gaya Kaam Se, which made her migrate to Mumbai. The film, which was started as a quickie by British filmmaker John Owen, took a little over a year to be completed and is getting ready for release this summer. Meanwhile, she has quietly signed three films — a Telugu multi-starrer titled Vedam with Allu ArjunManoj Manchu-Anushka, a Kannada film Thunta Thunti with Golden Star Ganesh and the PushkarGayathri Tamil flick. Says Lekha, who is keeping a low profile these days, “I still think I have a lot to prove and my time is yet to come. I’m doing a femalecentric role in Peter Gaya… and I’m sure that it will open the gates for me.” The actress pooh-poohs THE CUT Photo: KS Prakaash reports in Mumbai tabloids that there’s a hot liplock between Rajeev and her in the film, saying, “We don’t have a kissing scene. And contrary to rumours, I’m not doing a negative role. But yes, I do appear in a bikini in the film. The film is being edited by Anurag Kashyap and those who saw the trailer say I look smashing.” So, where do love and romance figure in her scheme of things? Says she, “Right now, I am in love with my work. Work is my boyfriend.” Speaking of the IPL and why she is not anchoring this season, Lekha says, “I don’t want to go back to television anchoring. Beyond a point, people will not take you seriously. My priorities are different. I want to make it big as a heroine.” Lekha is very excited about her role in Quarter Cutting in which she plays a 19-year-old school girl. “The directors — Pushkar and Gayathri — are making a rollicking fun movie with just three characters; Shiva, Charan and me. I can’t reveal details about it, but let me tell you this – it’ll be kickass!” MAKING BACK TO BASICS: Lekha Washington l nnIni LCD TV Hair Loss? Baldness? Side by Side Offer Price Rs. 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