Thanks for the music

ldquoPentagram is on indefinite hiatus due to differencesinopinion There is great love and mutual respect amongst the guys but certain lsquoadministrative issuesrsquo are a problem As of now all shows for this season stand cancelled We will keep you informed about the future course of the band Much love and many thanks for the good timesrsquo posted rocker activist and Bolly musician Vishal Dadlani more or less announcing the demise of one of Indiarsquos iconic rockelectronica bands Launched in 1993 as one more star in that constellation of wonders that was a result of Indiarsquos IITMood Indigo phenomena in no particular order they being Nandan Nilekani Chetan Bhagat Sharon Prabhakar Sanjay Dutt and funnysmelling cigarettes Pentagram went on to become the troubadours of a postreform liberal IndiaVishal Dadlani Sanjay Dutt and Chetan BhagatldquoI donrsquot want to add anything more to what I saidrdquo said Dadlani when we called to ask him if it was the end of the road for the Pentagrammer ldquoIt will only exacerbate things if one member speaksrdquo he said of band mates Shiraz Bhattacharya Randolph Correia and Papal ManeOh and about the Sanjay Dutt reference You had to be thereSay whorsquos that guyIt looks like itrsquos going to be one of the great unsolved mysteries of our era along with who killed JFK and the Loch Ness monster We are referring to the conundrum of the dropdead Shashi Tharoor lookalike who has intrigued fans of the ubiquitous Congressman with his performance as a junior artist in the SalmanAamir cult hit Andaz Apna ApnaShashi TharoorBearing a spitting resemblance to the august former diplomat dressed in a spotless white kurta and sporting the former ministerrsquos legendary silken flop hairstyle the manrsquos self conscious attempt at acting appears to be the result of some pretty profound practice at the St Stephenrsquos Collegersquos Shakespeare SocietyScene from the movie Andaz Apna Apna with the lookalikeBe that as it may Tharoor has gone hoarse denying that itrsquos him and even resorting to his famous humour to debunk the theory He should take a leaf out of fellow Delhi sophisticate Karan Thapar Devilrsquos Advocate who having featured in Dev Anandrsquos Des Pardes when he was a 21yearold undergrad at Cambridge was only too pleased to own upKaran Thapar PICGETTY IMAGESldquoDev had come to Cambridge with a specific purpose in mind He was on a recee for Des Pardes and was looking for an Indian boy and an English girl who he would film canoodling by the banks of the Cam as a sort of leitmotif for the filmrdquo wrote Thapar in a tribute to AnandldquoKat and I were made to sit by the river and asked to kiss It wasnrsquot the two of us that attracted the crowd The crew did thatrdquoldquoAlas when the film appeared our clinch was reduced to a fleeting shot tucked under the titles When I first saw Des Pardes I missed it The next time I needed a friend to point it outrdquo said Thapar otherwise known to be the scariest interlocutor in the businessA Yen for SulaldquoSula was instantly a hit with Japanese wine drinkers when we launched seven years ago perhaps helped by our sun motif which the Japanese connect with stronglyrdquo says epicure bon vivant Rajeev Samant the man who will not rest until therersquos a bottle of his Nashik grown wine on every table across the world ldquoWe are on some superprestigious wine lists like LrsquoAtelier by Joel Robuchon and the rooftop Ekki at the Four Seasons both by the glassrdquo he says of his recent trip to the Land of the Rising Sun where hersquos undertaken yet another bacchanal with his characteristic joie de vivre ldquoOur wines are also sold by Matsuya in Ginza one of the most luxe department stores Our Chenin Blanc was one of the finalists at the Japan Sommelier Competition last year another feather in our cap Japan is drinking more and more imported wine and Sula is firmly on the maprdquoFrom left Sakae Mizumura Takahiro Misaka and Rajeev Samant at Four Seasons TokyoAs for Global Brand Ambassador Head International Business Cecilia Oldne shersquos no slouch in the movable feasts dept either ldquoToday off to HK to take part in the HKTDC Wine and Spirits Fair All very excitingrdquoCheersShubha Mudgal in gloryItrsquos going to be a big ticket event this Friday when the cream of the Tata group and top doctors of the city join a swathe of leading personalities to attend the first edition of the Womenrsquos Cancer Initiative and Tata Memorial Hospitalrsquos Concert ldquoSoul Stirrings 2014 Conquering Womenrsquos Cancerrdquo at the Nehru Centre AuditoriumShubha MudgalFeaturing the renowned classical singer Shubha Mudgal who will perform live fusion music with her key musicians the concert is an attempt by WCITMH to extend a platform for corporates and individuals to partner with them in supporting underprivileged women with breast and cervical cancerldquoApproximately 25000 new cancer patients are registered in TMH every year the majority belonging to the underprivileged sections of the societyrdquo says a spokesperson of WCI ldquoand WCITMH enables them to complete their prescribed treatment with chemotherapy hormonal therapy radiation therapy surgery and rehabilitation therapyrdquoAs for Mudgalrsquos involvement ldquoShe has been a great supporter of the cause of empowering women to heal themselves and each otherrdquoWomen in BlackldquoThey are all my friends and their kids celebrating Masabarsquos 26th birthday at Yautchardquo says actress Neena Gupta about this striking picture featuring some scrumptious women in various versions of LBDs taken last week ldquoSomehow we all turned up wearing blackrdquoWomen in black at Masaba Guptas 26th birthdayHaving just experienced what she describes as the lsquobest working experience I ever hadrsquo a tenday shoot for a film in Himachal featuring lsquojust two characters and a unit of 10 peoplersquo Mama Gupta is back in Mumbai presumably for some bonding with her designer daughterNice