A fashion battle

They are among the most-talked about women in the world. What with their high-profile marriages, photogenic looks and enviable careers... So a small amount of rivalry between Catherine Zeta-Jones and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, when they met up at a gala dinner in New York, is forgivable. But though Michael Douglas’ wife and France’s First Lady seemed to be getting along famously when they met at a soiree honouring President Nicolas Sarkozy with a humanitarian award, other guests took down a few fashion notes. They opined that while Carla turned heads in an electric blue gown with faux jewel detailing, Catherine more than held her own in a midnight-hued affair revealing a daring decollete.

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She saw a future in Saw

Sminu JINDAL... She put the groove back in the Jindal Group, and made ‘infrastructure’ a statement

In an industry that tests the best out of even the toughest of men, Sminu Jindal, Managing Director of Jindal Saw (part of $4 billion Jindal Group) remains an exception. Though she was in her teens when she joined the company as a trainee, her appointment was no less than a blessing for Jindal Saw. She turned around the sick unit into a profitable venture in the very first year of joining by pioneering the production of ultra thin gauge steel that was unheard of in that era.

Not only this, she has been instrumental in bringing about a complete image makeover of the company at every level of operation. Her acute business Acumen has also helped position the company as a competitive global player bagging major international contracts.

Sminu shared with 4Ps B&M, “I get even more stubborn, when the going gets tough & work towards making a way and put all my energies into it.” Work holds top priority in her list and she believes her true calling is to ensure that Jindal remains the largest infrastructure player with enough diversification to make the stakeholders happy. She has also initiated some groundbreaking social cause projects under Svayam provides wings to people with reduced mobility. A lady with a difference is all that we can say about Sminu, but she for sure knows her business.

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India’s greater ‘Reliance’ on loans

India Inc. has raised over $8 billion through syndicated loans by way of 33 deals in the first half of 2007, the leader being Reliance Industries. RIL alone mopped up a massive $2.7 billion. Syndicated loans volume of India Inc. was at $8.3 billion for the first half of this calendar year, which showcases a steady growth path over the previous year’s figure of $8.1 billion through 41 deals. Others, which followed the behemoth are, Tata Group raising $400 million, British mobile giant Vodafone and largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), both gathering $300 million each while HDFC (not too far behind) gathered $285 million through syndicated loans.

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Hollywood’s brawn brigade...

They are the men who gave Hollywood its brawn. These are not your ordinary action heroes, they are action heroes on steroids (oops, that was totally pun unintended!). Both were born in the month of July and while one brought a cyborg to life through the Terminator movie franchise, the other epitomised the underdog hero so well portrayed in the character Rocky Balboa in the Rocky franchise. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone’s immaculately chiseled bodies were synonymous with Hollywood action for good part of the 1980s and 1990s and their box office draw was simply unmatched.

The body building fanatic, Arnold started out from a small hamlet of Thal in Austria, and in two decades went through an in credible Hollywood tale, catapulting himself to the top of the pile of Hollywood pop action heroes. For a man with an accent and effectively zero acting background, Arnold’s achievement is as remarkable as it is unique. More so considering the fact that he is currently the Governor of the State of California, only the second actor after Ronald Reagan to be elected to that position. “The most perfectly developed man in the history of the world,” was how the Guinness Book of World Records described this man who started out as a bodybuilder, winning the Mr. Europe title followed by Mr. Universe title four times and the Mr. Olympia title seven (!) times, six times in succession from 1970-1975! Mr. Universe was his ticket to America where he chased his dream of becoming an actor. His breakthrough role came in Conan where he played the eponymous character – a role almost modelled after him! Then came the sci-fi Terminator, where his portrayal of the killing machine earned him box office success.

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A look at what Dr. Roy & Co. have on offer

Bollywood magician Karan Johar too is not merely a stake holder but will also give creative inputs for making the channel a success. His contribution will not only come i n the form of hosting a (Koffee?) show for the entertainment channel, but in getting his pet tinsel town charmers to add oodles of oomph to the programming lineup. Who knows, choreographer Farah may anchor a dance show or SRK may yet dole out a game show mightier than KBC. “It’s a competitive place, but we would be No.1 or No.2 in 12-15 months of launch,” boasts, Sameer Nair, CEO, NDTV-Imagine.

Imaginations can run wild, but NDTV is indeed the late entrant in the space, where veterans like Zee and Star rule. Ashish Kaul, Senior VP Corporate Branding, Zee agrees that “having a few big names would not be sufficient for NDTV.” He says, “There are many established entertainment channels and all are revamping themselves to brace competition. Any new entrant will face a huge challenge.” True. It took 6 years for Zee to climb back in the TRPs game and inch closer to Star, which has been reigning the idiot box ever since 2000. What hope does a new entrant (with no prior experience in entertainment) have?

But the NDTV Imagine trio cannot be written off so easily. Already the Ekta magic is not able to keep viewers glued to Star and KBC 3 too was a semi-flop. Viewers are intelligent & clamoring for change. And Dr. Roy’s business acumen, Nair’s creative genius & Johar’s ‘starry’ connections, may deliver just that.

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