Dolphins, lions, actors

We caught up with the lovely Lisa Haydon who featured prominently in the justreleased poster of Akshay Kumars upcoming film The ShaukeenThe film which stars Anupam Kher Annu Kapoor and Piyush Mishra along with Kumar and Haydon is a remake of the 1982 film with the same title Haydon who will be seen as leading lady after her critically acclaimed debut in lsquoQueenrsquo is expectedly very excited ldquoThis was one of the finest shoots Irsquove been on We were in Mauritius for over a month It was a long schedule But when we werenrsquot shooting we were swimming with dolphins petting lions ziplining and doing yoga on the beachrdquoLisa HaydonAnd how did she get along with the rest of the cast we ask ldquoAnupam Kher and I sat and discussed life love career and everything in between Annu Kapoor can and will talk about every imaginable subject and Akshay Kumar is the most generous actor and producer imaginablerdquo she saidAnd before she zipped away to another meeting she waved ldquoOur trailer should be coming out on the 27th Please watch itrdquoWe will Lisa we willTurning Point FiftyldquoFifty seems to be just a numberrdquo said Ashwin Deo of Turning Point Wines when we called to wish him on reaching the lsquoBig Five Orsquo yesterday ldquoI donrsquot think I am a day older than 25 mentallyrdquo he said sounding as if the grapes of wrath were yet to graze his lipsAshwin Deo with friendldquoIn fact what made this birthday even more special is that I just dispatched the first lot of the new Turning Point Sangrias to Mumbairdquo he saidNow having recently ourselves been in Spain we could not help but feel delighted at the thought of becoming acquainted with the Indian version of this most agreeable drink so pleasant on sultry eveningsldquoI am hoping that this product launched for the first time in India will get to the lips of the consumers quicklyrdquo said the birthday boyWe told you Life begins at fiftyDate night at the PalladiumldquoAtul and I have had a tradition of celebrating anniversaries and birthdays by acquiring some art that is relevant or meaningful to the occasion and doing some charity however small or large as our ability permits at the timerdquo says Gayatri Ruia one half of the Ateam that transformed a swathe of the city She was referring to High Street Phoenixrsquos latest venture the series of art installations by upcoming and eminent city artists that have dotted the precinctrsquos various locations this past monthGayatri and Atul RuialdquoThe fifth anniversary of Palladium is a personal celebration for both of us and we loved the idea of the wonderful milieu of art and philanthropy merging to imbue the mall with its vibrant cuttingedge presencerdquo she saidldquoIn fact we are planning a date evening tomorrow to walk around shop and dine at the mallrdquoBack home at the ranchWord comes in that the Congress candidate to take on Malabar Hillrsquos incumbent BJP MLA builder Mangal Prabhat Lodha will be Susieben Shah daughter of BA Desai the driving spirit behind that Sobo gem ndash the Priyadarshini parkSusieben ShahPrithviraj Chavan andMangal Prabhat LodhaShah whorsquos been in the news recently because her company Priyadarshini Cabs will be introducing radio taxis driven by women is also the womenrsquos commission chiefldquoThis is the most difficult seat in south Mumbai and the party has opted to place a strong woman hererdquo said a source adding ldquoThis is a 50 per cent women constituency also we are banking on the fatigue factor as Lodha has won thricerdquoThis might be wishful thinking as the incumbent is known to have a strong support base especially amongst the influential Jain community of the area However the fact that there are stories of him working against the Shiv Sena Lok Sabha candidate recently out of pique for not getting his son the seat might be a spoilerThe other interesting story emerging from the upcoming hustling relates to Soborsquos Colaba constituency where according to the sources sitting MLA the wellregarded Annie Shekhar may be replaced ldquoThe CM is personally looking into the matterrdquo we were informed ldquoVarious Congress leaders have threatened rebellion if their claim on Colaba is not metrdquoThatrsquos our political khabar for the week folksDedicated to childrenThis weekend marked the 60th anniversary of the Indian chapter of a much loved global institution ndash the Childrenrsquos International Summer Village CISV the NGO dedicated to educating and inspiring children and fostering intercultural friendship through student exchanges amongst other things ldquoAs many might recall its Mumbai chapter was championed by the late Sarla Shah a noted social worker who had also been president of the All India Womenrsquos Conference It was founded in 1951 and supported by many old Gujarati families in Mumbai and Maharashtra and the India chapter has sent countless Indian children to other countries to forge world peacerdquo says a sourceVijay Mallya when he was 11 first from rightObviously a lot more than world peace was forged as these delightful archival pictures prove One features a young Vijay Mallya all of eleven in 1967 attending a CISV camp in Austria and the other features Kailash Surendranath apparently one of the earliest Indian delegates he went to Guatemala in 1964 at age 10 next to a photograph of the much loved ShahKailash Surendranath with Sarla Shahrsquos portraitAnd to commemorate the occasion CISV has pledged to support four underprivileged children to attend overseas camps ldquoTwo boys and two girls will be selected across Maharashtrardquo said the sourceNice