Star News encapsulates highs & lows for festive time

Star News encapsulates highs & lows for festive time

Lata Mangeshkar

Star news claims to have achieved a double whammy on the Masand ki Pasand Diwali special with Lata Mangeshkar and Sushmita Sen being the invitees.

While Lataji would be singing sings her favourite film song on Saturday, 13 November 2004 at 8:30 pm, Sushmita would light up on rumoured affairs, says the release. And an action packed special, Red Alert will feature a half hour special on 'Eunuch Impostors' - boys posing as girls, with civil society counting them amongst the eunuch community, on Saturday, 13 November, 2004 at 11:30 pm.

In the weekend that sees the re-release of K Asif's evergreen epic romance Mughal-e-Azam and Yash Chopra's contemporary cross-border love-story Veer Zaara, Rajeev Masand aims to cash on the topicality by interviewing the voice behind both Madhubala, in Mughal-e-Azam and Preity Zinta in Veer Zaara.

Lata Mangeshkar would be talks about her reputation as a difficult and unapproachable artiste, the Bollywood actresses she feels her voice suits best, and expresses her opinion on the need for cultural exchange between India and Pakistan.

On the other hand no-holds-barred, Masand will have a tete-a-tete with the vivacious Sushmita Sen, who addresses rumours of her alleged affair with a married industrialist and confesses to how she feels about arch rival Aishwarya Rai finding a place at London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.

While Red Alert exposes the agony of these fake eunuchs who lead a double life with ironic physical attributes knows no end, says the release.

This community of 'fake eunuchs' was brought under the limelight when one among them, Hemraj, was brutally murdered by two of his colleagues in South Delhi recently, adds the release.