French model and actress Lou Doillon describes herself as “born to showbiz”. The model who has posed for the Pirelli calendar and walked the ramp for most top designers is in the city and loving the experience. “I love it here – there is a child-like innocence about India. It is so colourful, everyone seems to be smiling and the women here are so beautiful!” she says. Lou is clued into Bollywood and Indian fashion too. “I have seen Devdas nine times. I love the movie. And Shah Rukh Khan is great. I wouldn’t mind working with him. I could be a lost French girl in India who gets hitched with this guy who gives her a lift in his car. And SRK could be the guy,” she says. Lou has an interesting career and personal graph. “I was something of a rebel. I left my home at 15 for I wanted to work in the films and my parents didn’t want me to join it. I met a fashion agent when I was 17 – I had short red hair and had never worn heels or girly dresses. In fact I considered being pretty a catastrophe. But for the fashion world, I was quite a change from the Brazilian models that were a rage then. Before I knew it, I was confirmed for 13 shows!” And how was the catwalk experience to begin with? “I was doing every show of Paris Fashion Week and I did not know why. I would laugh and blush on the ramp and be imperfect and people loved that. Vivienne Westwood decided that I would wear her showstoppers along with Jerry Hall. I was treated like a celeb and I was so thrilled. Now I have reached a stage when I do only special shows – just like a celeb!” Lou explains. A mother at 19, Lou believes she got a little late getting there. “To have a child at the age of 19 wasn’t a surprise for me. In fact my father thought that I would have a child at 15! But my six-year-old son is my reason to stay grounded. He happily chats up Westwood or John Galliano, makes faces at Anna Wintour! He is crazy and my life,” says the doting mom. |
Vivek Oberoi:- I am a Tamilian Vivek Oberoi has said he has great affinity for Tamil Nadu Movies and that he makes sure that he visits his grand-parents in Chennai regularly. Vivek Oberoi in an interview to Tamil media earlier had said ‘Naanum Thamizhkarandhan’ (means ‘ I am also a Tamilian ’). Vivek Oberoi earned the good will of Tamil Nadu people when he adopted a Tamil Nadu village devastated by the killer Tsunami in 2004. Vivek’s next two big films have a solid Tamil connection. The immediate ‘ Prince ’ is being dubbed and released in Tamil on April 9. The following ‘ Raktha Charithra ’ by Ram Gopal Varma in which Suriya is also playing an important role is a multi lingual and that too will be released as a direct Tamil version. The most highlighting factor about these films is that Vivek Oberoi will speak Tamil himself for the dubbing. When Suriya and Vikram are learning Hindi for their Bollywood debuts, Vivek Oberoi comes to Kollywood already knowing Tamil. For More
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