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...JULIE (JULY 2004) A young girl travels to Bombay, falls on hard times, becomes a prostitute and then exposes her clients on TV. Star Neha Dhupia previously caused a stir by walking out of the sea in a red bikini in 2003's Qayamat...
Indians have come to expect infallibility from Reliance. The Bombay-based conglomerate, which in its last financial year reported more than $22 billion in annual revenues (3.5% of India's GDP) from sectors as diverse as oil refining, power generation and mobile-phone service, is the most successful private enterprise in India's history. Founded in 1958 by the late Dhirubhai Ambani, the group has prospered and expanded through changes of government, seismic shifts in public policy and the opening of India's economy. Rivals sometimes complain about Reliance's access to politicians and its aggressive business tactics, but ordinary...
...Details of the dispute remained sketchy at the week's end. A number of India's family-run companies have seen nasty internal squabbles. So there have always been some in Bombay's financial circles who thought it inevitable that Reliance, too, would one day be riven. Mukesh and Anil?who are together worth $6 billion and whose families live together in an exclusive downtown-Bombay residential tower called Sea Wind?appear to be opposites in temperament. Mukesh, the cerebral strategist, dodges the limelight, concentrating on passions such as vegetarian food, watching Hindi movies and raising a family. Anil...
...Dolls and Pippin. American Beauty director Sam Mendes has announced plans to shoot Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Mel Brooks is set to roll on his movie turned musical turned movie, The Producers. Chris Columbus has signed on for Rent, and there are plans for big-screen versions of Bombay Dreams, Urinetown and Hairspray. Chicago cloaked its musical yearnings by having its song-and-dance numbers take place in a character's mind. Moulin used pop hits by Elton John and David Bowie. But Phantom will make no excuses for being a full-blown, 143-minute rock opera that...
...office slated to open in Mumbai—the city known as Bombay until its official name changed in 1995—will provide students with information, contacts and funding for academic programs and social work in India...