BOOMTOWN RAP
Shining star

shining star if you were wondering who the last synergie skin care girl is, after ms universe lara dutta, wonder no more! fresh-faced dipannita sharma has been wooing the ad world for some time now, with campaigns like kwality and hero honda cbz under her belt. then, of course, the small screen with the teleserial life nahin hain laddoo. now she's all set to hit the big screen as the lead in an as yet untitled venture, with milind soman and danny denzongpa.the film will be completed soon, september latest. "it's not the normal song and dance," says she about her debut. meanwhile there's always the ramp, beckoning her with open arms. her latest appearance has been in the sumeet chopra shot catalogue for designer sangeeta chopra's collection. "i loved posing for sangeeta's clothes," says dipannita. "they were so sexy and feminine." much like you, miss! going down south! after her success with yaadein and kuch khatti kuch meethi, rati agnihotri will soon be tracing her roots to the south and doing a tamil film. for the lesser enlightened, before the superhit ek duuje ke liye, rati had done a few films in tamil and now it is said she is still to do more. tabu and aishwarya seem to have started a trend what with most bollywood actresses wanting to try out south indian cinema. on the other hand, even before her success in josh, priya gill tried her luck in mollywood. and soon she will be starring opposite southern superstar ajit (of kandukondain kandukondain fame) in a film, titled majnu... life goes on... while on the topic of singing, pop singer adnan sami is not at all affected by the recent trouble that he has got into. far from it, in fact. "i am not at all worried about all the trouble that i'm going through right now," he says. "i am concentrating on my music and will continue to perform for the people." what's more, the popstar will be going ahead with his tour and concerts. "my focus is on my music, and that won't change," is his promise. singing sensation fans of suneeta rao rejoice! the lady known as the pari of the masses has just launched her own website, complete with lyrics, news flashes, concert schedules and fan mail spanning her decade long career. so now if you wanna know more about her you know where to go!