Kamal surprised
 "I was rather surprised to find my name mentioned in the book. side by side with all the other great people mentioned in it. I felt like a passing tourist with a passport problem." This was Kamal Hassan who released the book 'The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre' at the British Council recently. Published by the Oxford University Press, the book, priced at Rs 2,500 and edited by Ananda Lal, is touted as the first reference work embracing both rural and urban modes of Indian theatre, spanning its entire history of over 2,000 years. Tha book release was followed by a series of short skits and presentations by theatre groups like Madras Players, MTC Productions, Kattaikuttu Sangam and Koothu-P-Pattarai.
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Meghna and Mumtaz
She's all set to create a ripple in Tamil cinema after her music videos in Hindi and two films iu Telugu. Meghna Naidu, the screen sizzler from Mumbai, has been roped in by producer-actor-director Vijay T. Rajendar (yes that's how T. Rajendar likes to be called now), to act in his new film 'Veerasami'. But Meghna has competition here. For, sharing frames with her is Mumtaz, Rajendar's protege, who's already established herself as a sex-goddess and has a phenomenal fan following even today.
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Sneha comes clean
 The media goes negative about an artiste and as expected, the artiste promptly calls for a press meet. This time it was Sneha whose family, the press had said, was in search of a groom for her and that she would be quitting films. Realising that film-makers would be wary of signing her up for new films, Sneha called the press, denied what had been written and said she had no intention of marrying so early. Pleading with the press to cross-check with her before they print, the actress emphasised, "I want to do good roles like 'Autograph' and 'Partibhan Kanavu', and after marriage, you don't get very good roles." She is right.
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Reema proves her mettle
 Reema Sen is on a high. The Teja discovery has been earning appreciation for her performance and her looks in 'Chellamay'. Sidelined as glamour doll with not many takers, it was while going through a lean phase in her career that she got signed for 'Chellamay'. It was a heroine-oriented subject and Reema proved the cynics wrong by giving a scintillating performance, proving that she can deliver if given a challenging role and yet not let go of her sensous, glamorous image. Not surpisingly, film-makers have started taking a second look at her.
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Sharat Kumar quits
 Sharat Kumar is disillusioned with the goings-on in the Artiste Association. The actor, an office-bearer of the association, had recently sent in his resignation to Vijaykanth, the president. He said he had agreed to some of the decisions taken by the association, though he was not in favour of them, only because of his concern for the unity of the association, Sharat asserted. He also added that his busy schedule as MP and also an actor had left him with very little time to work actively for the associotion. But now one hears that efforts are on to bring about a compromise, and make him withdraw his resignation.
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