Rants N’ Jibes

Famed Indian film actress, Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee passed away in Mumbai, India on Thursday morning. He was 65.

The filmmaker had not been keeping well for some time and died of a heart attack at around 8 am. He is survived by his wife, actress Tanuja and two daughters, Kajol and Tanisha.

Son of Shashidhar Mukherjee, the famous Bollywood film producer of the 1950s, Shomu produced and directed films like Chaliya Babu, Patthar Ke Insaan, Lover Boy and Nanha Shikhari in the 1980s. He was also one of the owners of the famous Filmalya studio. The last film that he directed was Sangdhil Sanam in 1994.

The funeral will take place at Mumbai’s Santa Cruz crematorium at 2 pm, sources said.

Mukherji passed away on the eve of his son-in-law Ajay Devgan’s directorial debut U Me Aur Hum, casting a pall of gloom in the family.

Family sources said, the film, however, will be released as per the schedule.

INDIA: Simran Kaur Mundi of Mumbai was crowned Miss India Universe 2008 at a glittering function held at the Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai on Saturday night.

Parvathy Omanakuttan of Kerala won the Miss India World crown while Harshita Saxena of Goa was declared Miss India Earth.
All the three winners will represent the country at the international beauty pageants during the year. They were selected from among 28 finalists in the presence of prominent personalities from the field of fashion and Bollywood.

The beauty pageant brought international fame to Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza in recent years.

The elimination rounds were interspersed with scintillating performances by Bollywood divas Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Sameera Reddy. The performances were choreographed by ace dancer Shiamak Davar.

Most of you know Shah Rukh Khan. He is one of the most prominent figures in the Indian film industry with fans all around the world. Well.. Now, he has extended into the sports front by gaining ownership of the Kolkata team which will play in the Indian Premier League. This team is also partly owned by h is wife Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla another great hollywood actress and the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

The team attire has been chosen to be Black and Gold, where black symbolises goddess KALI and gold, the team’s BELIEF.

More on the TEAM:
The team anthem is said to have been composed and sung by Vishal Shekar
The team Kit is designed by REEBOK
Formal clothing is designed by Manish Malhotra

TEAM SLOGAN: “Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo” (will do, will fight, will win)
TEAM MASCOT: ‘Hoog Lee’ a Royal Bengal Tiger

It is also to be noted that Shah Rukh declared that any extra money earned in this venture will be used to develop Soccer in the state!
A true sportsman spirit…

Well… Whether they win or lose, they sure are going to be noticed!