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CommunityHamad International Airport

celebrates International Museum Day with students of Oryx International School.

P9 P16 CommunitySiddharth Ganji, a Qatar-born

film producer, tells a dark story in A Good Girl.

BreakthroughCOVERSTORY

Scientists develop

3-dimensional view

of an interstellar

cloud, where stars

are born. P4-5FIND: Interstellar clouds 3-D model reveals these space objects are shaped like a pancake.

Thursday, May 17, 20182 GULF TIMES

COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

Community EditorKamran Rehmat

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Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.

— Virginia Satir

Kammara Sambhavam DIRECTION: Rathish AmbatCAST: Dileep, Siddharth, Murali

GopySYNOPSIS: The story of Kammaran,

the unsung hero who helped Netaji

Subhash Chandra Bose through India’s freedom fi ght, is seen through diff erent phases of his extraordinary life. Set against the backdrop of World War II, the fi lm spans over three diff erent phases of the life of the protagonist

Kammaran, who gets inspired by freedom fi ghter Subhash Chandra Bose and joins INA to secure Indian independence from British rule.

THEATRES: Landmark, Royal Plaza

Isle Of DogsDIRECTION: Wes AndersonCAST: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward NortonSYNOPSIS: Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy’s

odyssey in search of his lost dog. When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets

off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and fl ies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza, Landmark

The Mall Cinema (1): Uncle (Malayalam) 2:30pm; Baskar Oru Rascal (Tamil) 8:30pm; Downrange (2D) 11:30pm.The Mall Cinema (2): Baskar Oru Rascal (Tamil) 2:30pm; A Wrinkle In Time (2D) 9pm; Uncle (Malayalam) 11pm.The Mall Cinema (3): Raazi (Hindi) 2:45pm; Nous Jawaza (Arabic) 9:15pm; Kaali (Tamil) 11:15pm.Landmark Cinema (1): Nadigaiyar Thilagam (Tamil)

2:30pm; Uncle (Malayalam) 8:30pm; Kaali (Tamil) 11:15pm.Landmark Cinema (2): Raazi (Hindi) 2:45pm; Baskar Oru Rascal (Tamil) 8:30pm; Nous Jawaza (Arabic) 11:15pm.Landmark Cinema (3): A Wrinkle In Time (2D) 3pm; A Wrinkle In Time (2D) 9pm; Uncle (Malayalam) 11pm.

Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): A Wrinkle In Time (2D) 3pm; A Wrinkle In Time (2D) 9pm; Uncle (Malayalam) 11pm.Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Uncle (Malayalam) 2:30pm; Baskar Oru Rascal (Tamil) 8:30pm; Kaali (Tamil) 11:15pm.Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Nadigaiyar Thilagam (Tamil) 2:30pm; Nous Jawaza (Arabic) 9:30pm; Downrange (2D) 11:30pm.

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COMMUNITYROUND & ABOUT

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change

EVENTS

Ramadan ActivitiesWHERE: Mall Of QatarWHEN: Today till June 14TIME: 7pm - 12amKids are invited to learn Arabic

calligraphy, create prayer pads, lanterns and much more in a colourful Arts and Crafts area along with a henna station dedicated to creating beautiful designs. In addition, giant traditional Dama and X O games will delight the kids while everyone can enjoy hospitality in the modern yet traditional majlis and participate in a daily broadcast from Qatar Radio at 9pm in the Luxury Court.

Women’s Basketball TournamentWHERE: Awsaj Academy Recreation

Center, Education CityWHEN: 28 May - 5 JuneTIME: 8pm - 12amThis is a women’s basketball tournament

for QF members and non-QF members, organised by Recreation Centre and Qsports. The cost is QR1,500 per team. Registered participants should pay a day before the event. For more information and to register, call 44542549.

Ramadan CampWHERE: Education city - Recreation

CentreWHEN: May 20 – June 14TIME: 1pm - 4pmThis is an academic enrichment

programme designed to help children between the ages of 4 –10 years, improve their scholastic and interpersonal skills. A maximum of 30 participants will be accepted. Since this camp is for four weeks, please refer the advertisement to get the camp schedule.

Meerat RamadanWHERE: KataraWHEN: Ongoing till June 20TIME: 8pm -11:55pm The Cultural Village Foundation – Katara

is inviting the public to Meerat Ramadan at Katara’s Southern Area.

Explore your talent with usWHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al

Hilal Focus Medical CentreWHEN: Wednesday to MondayMystic Art Centre, is a holistic

performing arts institution and a one-stop solution for adults as well as children looking to explore their talents in various

art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. Personalised lessons, efficient mentoring and exposure to stage helps our learner to walk out as a confident performer at the end of their course. For further details, call 44723680/33897609.

Dance and instrument classesWHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf

Times BuildingWHEN: Wednesday-MondayCome and learn the movements of dance

styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of music. Classes will run on a regular basis on weekends and weekdays. For details contact 66523871/ 31326749.

Extreme Desert ShowWHEN: OngoingTIME: 1:30pm - 6:30pmExperience the desert in a real traditional

way. It includes a desert safari, dune bashing and a trip to inland sea. Watch a thrilling Extreme Desert Show only for QR170 per person. Call 3339 3323 for more inquiries.

Remote-controlled car racing trackWHERE: Aspire ParkWHEN: Thu, Fri, SatTIME: 4pm-10pmAspire Zone Foundation has created a

custom-made track specially designed for remote-control car racing, for car lovers across Doha. Interested motorsport enthusiasts can try the race track opposite the Aspire Academy, from 4pm to 10pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

Outdoor and five-a-side football pitches

WHERE: Aspire ZoneWHEN: DailyTIME: 7pm-11pmAspire Zone’s five-a-side football

outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street are available every day from 7pm until 11pm from Sundays to Thursdays, and on Fridays and Saturdays from 7am-11pm.

Mahaseel FestivalWHEN: Thu, Fri, SatWHERE: KataraTIME: 9am-10pmVisitors to the festival can expect a

variety of products from local vegetables, flowers, honey and meat, poultry and diary items. For those of you looking for traditional Qatari food, there will also be stalls selling homemade foods such as Machbous. Farm-grown goods include aubergines, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, cauliflower, herbs, and chilies. There are also animal products such as chicken, milk, cheese and eggs from Qatari companies like Baladna and Al Waha Poultry Company.

B.Square Mall Grand EventWHERE: Al Thumama, DohaWHEN: OngoingTIME: 6:30pmThe only mall in Qatar dedicated to

entertainment, B.Square Mall will occupy a total space of 26,000 sq.m and 250 car parking spaces, as well as provide a range of shopping, services, and entertainment options.

Torba Farmers MarketWHERE: Education CityWHEN: OngoingTIME: 9amQatar Foundation (QF) has partnered

with Torba Farmers Market, a Qatar-based initiative that aims to deliver organic and locally-grown food and homemade products, to host a weekly market in Education City. Open to the public, the market be held at QF’s Ceremonial Court, accessible from gate 2, every Thursday from 9am-4pm and every Friday from 8am-11am and 2pm-5pm.The name ‘Torba’ is derived from Arabic, and means “the pure soil that feeds, nourishes, and nurtures.” A wide range of fresh, locally-grown items will be on offer, including organic fruits and vegetables, homemade preserves, syrups, and butters, as well as handicrafts and gardening supplies.

Breakdance ClassesWHEN: Sunday-WednesdayBreakdancing is part of the Hip Hop

culture that originated in New York

and has since spread all over the world. Breakdancing is an athletic and acrobatic style of dancing, which can often appear to defy the laws of physics. This extreme dance-sport uses tremendous upper-body strength for tricks and poses and a great way to get into shape and have fun. Register now by calling 33003839 or e-mail [email protected]

Zumba SessionWHERE: Bin Omran WHEN: Sundays TIME: 7pm - 8pmParticipate in Zumba Sessions (Adults)

every Sunday. For more information call 33003839 or [email protected]

Salsa NightsWHERE: The Irish Harp-Sheraton

Grand Doha WHEN: Every WednesdayTIME: 9pmGet ready for some Latin beats every

Wednesday night, where all the salseros and salseras in town meet and party all night. Entry is QR50 for gents. Ladies enter free. For details call 4485 3000.

Off -Road biking tourWHERE: ZekreetWHEN: FridaysBlue Pearl Experience Qatar is offering

the country’s first off-road biking tour. Ride in the desert on a fat bike to explore the local flora and fauna spot desert wildlife, hike up jebels, chill in the magic of the Richard Serra statues and this unique landscape. Participants will get to cross the desert riding fat bikes from Zekreet to the Richard Serra statues, on a route of approximately 13kms. The route is easy to ride and suitable for people with average fitness. You must be able to ride. Kids aged 9 and older are also welcome. The fee is QR 220 (QR190 for ages 9-14) and includes bike and safety equipment. The activity lasts about 2.5 hours.

Arab and German Tales Exhibition WHERE: Qatar National LibraryWHEN: Until August 18The exhibition is organised within the

framework of Qatar–Germany Year of Culture and provides an insight into the history of Arabic and German fairy and folk tales, and how the two traditions influenced each other. It aims to show the transcultural value of narrative traditions as a shared intangible cultural heritage and highlight mutual influences, shared ideas and cultural transfer between the Arab world and Germany through storytelling and tales.


COMMUNITY COVER STORY

FOCUS: Located approximately 22,000 light-years away in the constellation of Musca, this tightly packed collection of stars known as a globular cluster goes by the name of NGC 4833.

Silver liningThe shape and structure of Musca, a filamentary cloud, could help

scientists probe the mysterious origins and evolution of stars — and

by extension, the planets that surround them, writes Amina Khan


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Two astronomers from Greece have managed to model the three-dimensional structure of an interstellar gas cloud,

and found that it’s on the order of 10 times more spacious than it originally appeared.

The shape and structure of Musca, described in the journal Science, could help scientists probe the mysterious origins and evolution of stars — and by extension, the planets that surround them.

Finding the 3-D structure of such clouds “has been a ‘holy grail’ in studies of the interstellar medium for many years now,” said senior author Konstantinos Tassis, an astrophysicist at the University of Crete.

Interstellar clouds serve as the celestial cradles for nascent stars, which condense out of these enormous conglomerations of gas and dust. These cold, dusty, magnetised clouds can reach a million times the mass of the sun. But because they’re fi lled with molecular hydrogen that blocks the light of background stars, they typically appear as holes in an otherwise bright night sky. They’re more easily studied using infrared light.

But even in infrared light, these clouds are diffi cult to study because we can see them only as fl at structures, even though they’re actually three-dimensional. We know very little about how dense they are, what shape they are and how they’re organised inside.

“All sorts of diff erent physical and chemical processes take place in their interior, and as a result, the process of star formation is poorly understood,” Tassis said in an email. “How does a giant cloud of a million solar masses break up into smaller pieces, and how

do these fragments condense into stars similar to our sun? What makes a cloud form a lot of small stars or a few larger ones?”

“These problems, although they are directly related to the question of the origin of our sun, our planet, and, ultimately, ourselves, are still very much a mystery,” he added.

About a decade ago, astrophysicist Paul Goldsmith of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge and his colleagues discovered strange hair-like wisps surrounding such gas clouds, rather like the cilia of a bacterium. Amid the chaos of a gas cloud, these ordered structures drew astronomers’ attention. How did they form, and why?

“Understanding how you make new stars is really a critical challenge for modern astrophysics,” Goldsmith, who was not involved in the new paper, said in an interview. “These molecular clouds are where new stars are formed, and so understanding the structure of these clouds, and how deep they are, what their three-dimensional structure is, is obviously critical for understanding the whole picture.”

While completing his doctoral work at the University of Crete, lead author Aris Tritsis (now a postdoctoral fellow at Australian National University) concluded that these striations were actually caused by magnetic waves leaving their imprint on the cloud’s gas.

“It was then that we realised that these striations might encode a global vibration if the cloud is isolated, a ‘song,’ a pattern of frequencies that could reveal the true, 3-D shape of the cloud,” Tassis said.

To try and use those magnetosonic waves to understand the shape of an interstellar cloud, they pulled data from the European Space Agency’s infrared Herschel Space Observatory, which can see into the infrared. They focused on Musca, which lies in the Southern Hemisphere roughly 500 light-years from Earth.

Musca, a fi lamentary cloud that’s long and thin, made an ideal target because it was relatively isolated. This meant that its striations were unlikely to have been warped by “noise” coming from nearby structures, Tassis said.

Because the waves are basically trapped within the interstellar cloud, the wavelength will actually hold information about its dimensions. After using the striations to determine the wavelength of this “global vibration,” the scientists were able to determine the true shape of this gas cloud.

From our vantage point, Musca looks like a needle. But the magnetosonic waves revealed that the gas cloud actually was shaped like a pancake — one we were viewing edge-on. All in all, the cloud seems to measure roughly 24 light-years wide by 18 light-years across and one light-year thick.

“In much the same way that a piccolo fl ute makes a much diff erent sound than a tuba (the air vibrates with diff erent frequencies in the two cases because the shape and size of the instruments are very diff erent), a pancake-shaped cloud vibrates in a tune that is very diff erent than that of a needle-shaped cloud,” Tassis said. “Musca very clearly vibrates like a pancake, not a needle. It is not a subtle eff ect, it is eye-popping!”

This meant that the gas cloud was far more voluminous than previously thought — roughly on the order of 10 times larger, Tassis said. And because the same amount of gas fi lled that bigger-than-expected space, it meant the cloud was much less dense than scientists had expected.

“It was a huge surprise to us,” Tassis said.

Goldsmith, whose team originally identifi ed the existence of striations, praised the work.

“This is great. This is exciting,” the astrophysicist said. “Now we have to fi gure out if we can confi rm that by some other kind of measurement.”

The discovery that Musca is a pancake and not a prototypical

needle-like fi lament totally changes scientists’ understanding of the balance of forces that shaped this gas cloud and infl uenced its star-forming process, Tassis added.

For one thing, a less dense gas cloud would have a much lower rate of star formation. On top of that, the molecular demographics of sparser clouds are diff erent from denser ones. Dense clouds, for example, are more likely to have nitrogen-based molecules such as ammonia.

The shape of such a cloud can be very telling too: Magnetic forces make pancake-like clouds, turbulence forms needle-like clouds and thermal forces result in roundish, blobby clouds, Tassis said. If scientists can now start to render more of these clouds in three dimensions, they won’t mistake a pancake-shaped cloud for a needle-shaped one. That means they’ll start to have a much better sense of the forces at play.

“Now that we know Musca is a pancake, we know that at least for this particular cloud, magnetic forces must play a key role in the star-formation process taking place in its interior,” Tassis said.

Armed with knowledge of Musca’s three-dimensional structure, other scientists can now draw out more information about the chemical and physical properties of this interstellar gas cloud.

“With its 3-D structure revealed, Musca will now act as a prototype laboratory to study star formation in greater detail than ever before,” Tassis said. “The Musca star-formation saga is only now beginning, and this is a very exciting development that goes beyond this particular discovery.”

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“In much the same way that a piccolo flute makes a much different sound than a tuba (the air vibrates with different frequencies in the two cases because the shape and size of the instruments are very different), a pancake-shaped cloud vibrates in a tune that is very different than that of a needle-shaped cloud,” Konstantinos Tassis, an astrophysicist at the University of Crete, says. “Musca very clearly vibrates like a pancake, not a needle. It is not a subtle effect, it is eye-popping!”


COMMUNITY

DPS-MIS bags 2nd position in Sci-Quest contestIdeal Indian School recently organised its first Sci-Quest contest to inculcate scientific attitude among the students. The event started with eight schools participating in the preliminary round which was a written test with questions from diff erent fields of science. Five teams including DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) qualified for the final round.DPS- MIS team was led by Tanishq Shekhar, student of Class IX, Ashutosh Srivastava, student of Class X and Anirudh Gopan, student of Class XI. The quiz contest had five rounds. The DPS-MIS team excelled and after tough rounds, got the first runner-up position, trailing behind the winners by 10 points.It was an enriching and healthy competition inculcating the importance of in-depth learning about astrophysics, astronomy and general science. The participants were awarded participation certificates and the trophies. Asna Nafees, Principal of DPS-MIS, congratulated the students for their eff orts.

IIS tiny tots attend Mothers’ Day celebrationsTiny tots of Kindergarten section at Ideal Indian School (IIS) recently celebrated Mother’s Day to honour and thank mothers for their sacrifice, compassion, and care. Little girls of KG section donned themselves as mothers from various countries and cultures. The students took part in an

activity of colouring flower pots and hand fans to present their mothers. The children also made a photo frame for their mothers’ picture that they brought to the school. KG section was beautifully decorated with pictures of mothers and children and diff erent quotes on mothers.

MES celebrates Mother’s DayMES Indian School recently celebrated Mother’s Day and the students paid rich tribute to the love and sacrifices made by mothers. The students of all four sections of the school made speeches and video presentations highlighting the role played by mothers and how instrumental they are in shaping and influencing the lives of children.Kindergarten, Junior, Girls’ and Boys’ sections had separate programmes to mark the day. The event was presided over by Hameeda Kadar, MES Principal. Girls’ section organised a game show titled ‘Magic with Mothers’ for their teachers along with a lucky draw. Naadia Hassan was adjudged as the ‘Best Mother’. The principal cut the Mother’s Day cake.In Junior section, a talent show was arranged for the mothers. The mothers sang songs and enthralled the audience with their performances. Kindergarten section showcased two big size hearts carrying different hand made prints and photos of every child’s mother. A video presentation epitomising mother’s love was also displaying for the students. Boys’ section held speeches on the crucial role played by mothers in everyone’s life. All school staff, teachers and students were present on the occasion.


COMMUNITY

Off icial sponsor of iEARN-Qatar honours PISQ studentsMantajat, the off icial sponsor of iEARN-Qatar Programme, recently invited students of primary wing of Pakistan International School Qatar (PISQ) to exhibit their talent on the floor of the organisation.Huma Wasim, a PISQ teacher, along with two promising students Rehab Ahsan and Noor Amr visited Al Dana Tower. Amal al-Kuwari, off icial representative of the sponsor, welcomed the PISQ team. The participants showcased their projects on recycling in front of the elite audience. The young gems Rehab Ahsan and Noor Amir explained the main motive behind their projects in front of the employees and guests of Muntajat. They showed their models which were made of

recycled material like disposable spoons, glass, used papers and newspapers and other waste material.Everyone appreciated the skilful eff orts of the teacher and students. They were highly impressed by the confidence of the students as they explicitly answered their questions. At the end, the CEO of Mantajat bestowed a shield on PISQ for the work and interest in the project.Nargis Raza Otho, Principal of PISQ, commended the benefits of collaboration and sharing of tools with an online network of educators and learners around the world. Further, she underscored the significance of project-based learning in the curriculum.

Shantiniketan Indian School (SIS) recently hosted Qatar Chapter Inter-School ELT (English Language Teaching) Workshop for English language teachers for all Indian schools in Doha. As many as 120 teachers from 12 schools participated in the training programme.Gayathri Khanna, author of Pathways and resource person of NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training, India), conducted the workshop for the teachers. During the activity-based sessions, she illumed the gathering with different kinds of dictations such as silent, picture, and dramatic. Through these activities, she elaborated on a wide range of learning skills like listening, comprehending, memorising, recalling along with grammatical

accuracy and fluency. The resource person also discussed the ways to increase learning output by modifying pedagogy and integrating the subject with values. Through her own experiences, she shared how teachers could enhance the problem-solving skills of the learners of all levels.The teachers of 12 Indian schools actively participated in the peer group discussions and presentation during the workshop. Vasavi Ayyanan, Head of English Department, welcomed all the delegates on behalf of the SIS family. Mathew KC, Head Teacher of Middle Section SIS, expressed a note of appreciation on the success of the workshop.

SIS hosts workshop on English language teaching


COMMUNITY MARKETING

Mondrian Doha extends exciting summer, Eid al-Fitr off ers

Mondrian Doha, from leading global lifestyle hospitality company sbe, has announced a series of exciting off ers for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr and

summer celebrations, noted a press release. Guests are invited to revel in Marcel Wanders’ One Thousand and One Arabian Nights inspired designs, while enjoying a myriad of off ers on the hotel’s outstanding food and beverage outlets as well as on its ESPA spa.

At CUT by Wolfgang Puck, award-winning international and steak restaurant, guests can enjoy the ‘CUT to The Chase’ off er, valid every day during CUT’s happy hour between 4pm and 7pm, and savour delicious sips starting from QR30 and bites from QR35 per person.

Brunch at CUT is a journey by itself held every Friday from 12:30pm to 4pm. Guests, who come with a group of friends, six or more, get a special price starting from QR250 with regular beverages and QR350 with enhanced beverages.

Visit CUT for your business lunch meetings and enjoy a discounted set menu, including either two courses for QR95 and three courses for QR140, from Sunday to Thursday between 12pm and 3:30pm. And during the 2018 FIFA

World Cup Russia celebrations, the ‘CUT Football Lounge’ will off er guests a special menu including a variety of sips and bites to enjoy every day during the matches.

On the other hand, Morimoto, internationally acclaimed and award-winning Japanese restaurant presents an exceptional off er this summer inviting guests daily to unwind after work between 6pm and 8pm.

And to enjoy the ‘Omakase’ off er, Visit Morimoto daily from 6pm to 1am for a 7-course menu at an exclusive price of QR590 for food.

Hudson Tavern Doha, the fi rst authentic New York Downtown style place in Qatar, has another off er around the corner with the ‘World Cup Central Expat’ themed events held from Saturday to Wednesday. For the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, Hudson Tavern will be transformed into a football stadium inclusive of artifi cial grass, handouts of whistles, yellow cards and red cards and special off ers to embellish the guests’ gaming experience. The ‘World Cup Central Expat’ special off er includes; access to the private dining room for a minimum spend of QR150 per person, daily from 3pm to 5:30pm.

With the ongoing seasonal celebrations, guests can enjoy the very best of Magnolia

Bakery, New York’s iconic bakery, with the famous ‘Afternoon Tea’ in the Frozen Forest at the hotel’s lobby, for QR115 per person every day from 2pm to 7pm, with no prior bookings required. In addition, the new ‘Savoury Menu’ at Magnolia Bakery has now launched for guests’ delight including the famous Caesar salad as well as mini sliders, for an average of QR40 per person.

Guests can also bring their kids to learn how to ice their own cupcake from Magnolia’s master pastry chefs through special classes held during the Friday brunch to keep the little one’s entertained. Classes are held on Fridays and Saturdays from 1pm to 3pm, for QR120 per child outside of brunch hours, and QR75 per child during Friday brunch at CUT. More with kids’ activities at Magnolia Bakery with the ‘World Cup Central Kids’, where guests can bring their kids every day during the World Cup matches for free and watch them enjoy playing football with the Mondrian Doha’s personal football coach.

Walima, Qatar’s newest restaurant which showcases Qatari hospitality with a modern twist, presents the ‘World Cup for Locals’ themed events. Guests can watch the World Cup matches in either Walima’s private dining rooms for a QR500 minimum spend, or its

main dining area and enjoy a complimentary Mezze platter for each table, from June 15 to July 15.

Rounding up the special festive packages, world renowned ESPA Spa at Mondrian Doha, presents its ‘Social Hammam Experience’, private classes on the history of Hammam and its traditions, featuring a foam massage and refreshments, from QR700 per person for a maximum of 10 persons.

Axel Gasser, General Manager of Mondrian Doha said, “We are delighted to off er our guests extraordinary promotions to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the upcoming World Cup. For this festive season we extend a special invite to our guests from all over the world to immerse themselves into the Wonderlands of Mondrian Doha and experience our outstanding service culture and the variety of venues that make Mondrian Doha a true destination.

With unparalleled service, a selection of the fi nest cuisine with locally sourced ingredients, and a fantasy-like environment, true to the Marcel Wanders designs and sbe ethos, the upcoming festive season at Mondrian Doha is set to be an unforgettable experience. For further information, visit www.mondriandoha.com


COMMUNITY

HIA celebrates International Museum Day with OIS students

On the occasion of International Museum Day, Hamad International Airport (HIA), in co-

operation with Qatar Museums, yesterday held a special tour in its terminal showcasing its various art pieces for students from Oryx International School (OIS).

The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness of the fact that museums are important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, co-operation and peace among peoples.

This year’s theme for International Museum Day is “Hyper-connected museums: New approaches, new publics” which is particularly apt for HIA, as the airport is the international gateway to the world, strategically located at the crossroads of East and West sides of the globe connecting the world to more than 150 destinations across all continents.

The airport in co-operation with Qatar Museums houses more than 20 art pieces by local and international artists as part of their public art programme and is

intended to bring culture to public spaces on a huge scale with high impact and mass appeal.

Thirty OIS students and their teachers, were invited for an exclusive tour of the art

programme at the airport to introduce them to the idea that art and culture could be found outside the four walls of a museum, such as an airport and where they could appreciate and interact

with exhibits which were custom made for massive spaces like the terminal.

Abdulaziz al-Mass, Vice President, Commercial and Marketing at HIA, said, “We

hope the students enjoyed their informative tour of the art programme at HIA and we thank them for coming. HIA, as a gateway to arts and culture, is happy to be an active participant in International Museum Day and to serve as a platform for raising public awareness on the role museums play today in the improvement of society, on an international level.”

HIA’s Art Programme is designed to use the airport as an innovative space beyond the walls of a gallery in order to intrigue, surprise and inspire passengers in transit to their next destination, as well as giving them peace of mind. HIA’s Art Programme is truly re-defi ning the passenger experience, transporting their mind to unexpected places while in transit, making the airport an art destination on its own.

The students were also shown the check-in process including the latest self-check-in and bag-drop facilities at the airport, the e-gate facilities and took a ride on the passenger train. The airport, in partnership with Qatar Duty Free (QDF) organised lunch, a puppet show as entertainment, and give-aways for the children.

GROUP: Visiting OIS students in a group photo with Small Lie Art Piece at HIA.

Expatriates amused by Nepali comedy movieBy Usha Wagle Gautam

Hundreds of Nepali expatriates recently enjoyed watching Shatru Gata, a Nepali movie screened at Global Cinema Hall. The cinema-goers appreciated the romantic

comedy fl ick that had been doing well at the Nepali box offi ce for one month.

Coming from all corners of Qatar, the fans enjoyed the Kollywood, Nepali movies industry, fi lm. Tanka Budathoki, a Nepali musican and singer, watched the movie with his fans. Budathoki had sung Rupai Mohani song for Shatru Gata. The singer also sang the song in the cinema hall for the fans.

Directed by Pradip Bhatterai, the movie stars Madan Krishna Shrestha, Hari Bamsha Acharya, Deepak Raj Giri, Deepa Shree Niraula, Priyanka Karki, Paul Shah, and Aanchal Sharma.

When compared with other similar Nepali feature fi lms, Satru Gata stands out for clarity its of dialogues and kaleidoscopic captured scenes. The movie revolves around the life of two lovers Sandhya (Aanchal Sharma) and Suraj (Paul Shah). But Suraj’s father does not want his son to tie the knot with the daughter of a corrupt politician. The marriage however takes place as Suraj’s mother accepts the couple. The marriage faces a real threat when Rahul (Deepak Raj Giri), a singer, arrives in

their area and creates a scene by posting videos on YouTube.

Rajendra Kumar Thapa, who enjoyed watching the movie, said the movie was a complete family entertainer with incredible dialogues and music.

Yasoda B K, another fan of the movie, praised the roles of Hari Bansa Acharya and Madan Krishna Shrestha. She said the movie had become a special one in terms of the star cast.

ENTERTAINED: Nepali expatriates watching the movie.


COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC


COMMUNITYLIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE

ARIESMarch 21 — April 19

CANCERJune 21 — July 22

LIBRASeptember 23 — October 22

CAPRICORNDecember 22 — January 19

TAURUSApril 20 — May 20

LEOJuly 23 — August 22

SCORPIOOctober 23 — November 21

AQUARIUSJanuary 20 — February 18

GEMINIMay 21 — June 20

VIRGOAugust 23 — September 22

SAGITTARIUSNovember 22 — December 21

PISCESFebruary 19 — March 20

Try not to get weighed down by emotions today, Aries, but give them

the opportunity to have their time in the spotlight. You may find that

there is a strong force working to cover up the truth of what you really

feel. Make sure you express yourself openly and honestly. At the same

time, you don’t want be so overly dramatic that you blow things out of

proportion.

You’ll find that you have a much better than usual connection with

the people around you, Cancer. Your psychic sense is acute, and you

should use this sixth sense to pick up things that other people might

miss. Don’t let the busy chatter of the day disrupt your connection with

deeper thoughts and ideas. People are more malleable today than

usual.

You may need to take a more disciplined approach to your

communication today, Libra. Try not to be so harsh and limiting with

your words. People respond better to comforting expressions and a

sympathetic tone. Cold, abrasive facts will only aggravate an existing

wound. Tone things down. Allot yourself some quiet time to be alone

and contemplate your state of mind.

Today is a good day to dream, Capricorn. Be aware that structured

forces may try to convince you that the route you want to take isn’t the

most practical. You don’t necessarily have to be practical in order to be

successful or prosperous. Use your imagination. Let your creative spirit

lead you to the next step. Find true strength in your ability to recognise

and understand the needs of others.

It may be diff icult to express yourself fully today, Taurus. Somehow

the words aren’t coming out quite as clearly as you’d like. Powerful

emotions are getting in the way. It could be diff icult for you to find solid

footing on such a muddy surface. Don’t try to confine yourself to one

way of doing something. Patience is a key virtue now. Wait until things

clear before you proceed.

Be persistent and don’t give up the fight today, Leo. It might seem as if

you aren’t making progress and that it’s harder to make decisions about

anything. You’ll find that other people are just as confused as you. Find a

clever way to express what you feel. You can sort the issues out with the

help of others as long as you’re in touch with your inner state.

This is an excellent day for you, Scorpio. You should find that things are

running smoothly and to your advantage. Watch out for those who

may want to rain on your parade by bombarding you with information

that doesn’t really connect with the way you feel. This information is

unrelated to the real issues – how you feel and why. Pay attention to

your heart.

You might feel like your emotions are up in the air, Aquarius. As soon

as you feel emotional, there may be a more structured force telling you

to be reasonable. Both camps are valid, so try not to let one overpower

the other. Don’t completely disregard your emotions in favour of a more

cerebral way of handling a situation. And don’t let your emotions take

control of your actions either. Balance is the watchword today.

You might need to hold your tongue today, Gemini. People’s feelings

are more easily hurt now, and the slightest criticism could be

misinterpreted as a terrible insult. When in doubt, keep your mouth

shut. Turn your attention inward and focus on your emotions. Try to

keep your mental chatter to a minimum and concentrate more on how

you feel rather than on what you think.

Your current plan of attack may run into some snags today, Virgo.

This might be caused by an emotional need that you may not have

recognised earlier. The problem is that your head may say one thing

while your gut tells you something else. You might need to put

everything on hold while you sort out this inner turmoil. There’s a great

deal of compassion in the air.

You may feel rather lazy and out of touch today, Sagittarius. It could

be that your emotions have taken a stronger hold on your psyche

than your rational way of thinking. Therefore, making decisions might

be quite diff icult. There is a great sentimental mood to the day that’s

causing you to empathise with others.

Your head is filled with passion today, Pisces, and you may be feeling a

bit more sentimental than usual. The one diff iculty with this is that there

may not be an appropriate situation in which to express this emotion

as fully as you might like. Try to navigate the waters toward a safe place

where the people around you support you. Avoid those who might

want to prick your bubble.

Diabetics need not always hold back from eating eggs: StudyP

eople suff ering from diabetes may fi nally eat eggs daily without a pinch of guilt. A new study suggests that eating up to 12 eggs a week does not increase

cardiovascular risk factors in people with pre-diabetes or Type-2 diabetes.

People with Type-2 diabetes tend to have higher levels of the ‘bad’ low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol which is a risk factor for heart diseases. As eggs themselves are high in dietary cholesterol, diabetics are generally advised to avoid consuming eggs.

But the fi ndings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed that eggs have little eff ect on the levels of cholesterol in the blood of people eating them.

“Despite diff ering advice around safe levels of egg consumption for people with pre-diabetes and Type-2 diabetes, our research indicates that people do not need to hold back from eating eggs if this is part of a healthy diet,” said study co-author Nicholas Fuller from the University of Sydney.

“A healthy diet as prescribed in this study emphasised replacing saturated fats — such

as butter — with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats — such as avocado and olive oil,” Fuller added.

In the initial trial of the study, 128 participants aimed to maintain their weight while embarking on a high-egg (12

eggs per week) or low-egg (less than two eggs per week) diet, with no diff erence in cardiovascular risk markers identifi ed at the end of three months.

The same participants then embarked on a weight loss diet for an additional three

months, while continuing their high or low egg consumption.

For a further six months — up to 12 months in total — participants were followed up by researchers and continued their high or low egg intake.

The extended study tracked a broad range of cardiovascular risk factors including cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure, with no signifi cant diff erence in results between the high egg and low egg groups.

At all stages, both groups showed no adverse changes in cardiovascular risk markers and achieved equivalent weight loss — regardless of their level of egg consumption, the researcher explained.

The fi ndings are important due to the potential health benefi ts of eggs for people with pre-diabetes and Type-2 diabetes as well as the general population, the research said.

“Eggs are a source of protein and micronutrients that could support a range of health and dietary factors including helping to regulate the intake of fat and carbohydrate, eye and heart health, healthy blood vessels and healthy pregnancies,” Fuller noted. — IANS


COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Adam

Pooch Cafe

Garfield

Bound And Gagged

Codeword

Wordsearch

Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Sudoku

Sudoku is a puzzle based

on a 9x9 grid. The grid is

also divided into nine (3x3)

boxes. You are given a

selection of values and to

complete the puzzle, you

must fill the grid so that

every column, every anone

is repeated.

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FOGGY FROST GALE HAIL HURRICANE LIGHTNING MIST RAIN SLEET

SMOG SNOW SQUALL SUNSHINE THUNDER TURBULENCE WARM WINDY


COMMUNITYPUZZLES

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Answers

Wordsearch Codeword

ACROSS1. Having something to play,

each (6)

4. Bangers are always popular

with children! (8)

10. The springer’s name? (7)

11. The killer with the gun at

morning returns (7)

12. I managed to circumvent the

water (4)

13. The opposites of these in the

slipper-satin cover (10)

16. Came round when you spoke

his name (6)

17. Sure to be specific (7)

20. What the missionary will do

with the old house? (7)

21. Can’t possibly keep quiet

about the kidnapping (6)

24. Hard to remove once sunk across in the easy-chair? (4-6)

25. A girl’s name: it might be

Hazel (4)

27. It’s a dirty picture, old boy, to

start with (7)

29. What the child was told would

make it taller, as a joke? (3-4)

30. Lester is unusually full of

energy (8)

31. Dip the female sheep (6)

Super Cryptic Clues

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Flapper; 5 Tracked; 9 Roost; 10 Turned out; 11 Slight; 12 Martians; 14 Greed; 15 Unsettled; 18 Telephone; 20 Orate; 22 Handsome; 24 Taunts; 26 Stationer; 27 Aisle; 28 Stoutly; 29 Oddball.

Down: 1 Foresight; 2 Aconite; 3 Patched Up; 4 Rota; 5 Tart Answer; 6 Avert; 7 Know-all; 8 Dates; 13 Sum of Money; 16 Took a hand; 17 Dress well; 19 Long-ago; 21 Amnesia; 22 Hoses; 23 Swift; 25 Ergo.

DOWN1. Having laid hands on the

brochure, steal it (8)

2. Going from the BBC to ITV, for

instance? (7,4)

3. Manage to get the firm a

record rise (4)

5. Stayed in a communist state

(8)

6. One the music publisher

won’t let slip through his

fingers? (6,4)

7. Wind up in the rear (3)

8. Are emphatic there must be a

second lock (6)

9. Right opposite (5)

14. Have a quick look at the “Milk

While Dieting” section? (4,7)

15. Is useful and is a good waiter

(6,4)

18. Are they why the beach is

stony? (8)

19. Was he calling a taxi for his

mother? (8)

22. Having crossed the Channel,

it’s to the right (neat, that!) (6)

23. A knock-out coming right at

the end of the round, we hear

(5)

26. The villain is standing trial

again (4)

28. Is the one inside the senior

master? (3)


COMMUNITY REVIEWS

By Katie Walsh

It may be unfair that the story of All the Money in the World — Ridley Scott’s fi lm about the 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III — has been hijacked by

the last-minute replacement of one of the fi lm’s most important supporting players. When Kevin Spacey went down in the Great Hollywood Sexual Assault Reckoning of 2017, director Scott was not about to let his fi lm go down too as collateral damage.

The legendarily fast Scott reshot every one of Spacey’s scenes as curmudgeonly oil billionaire John Paul Getty with Christopher Plummer in the role, and pulled it off — from production to post — in only a matter of weeks. The seamless fi nal product is astonishing for that fact alone. Its production has now become myth. But All The Money In The World deserves to be appraised on its own.

The fi lm is a bold stylistic project from Scott, a faded, sepia-toned snapshot of a heady moment in time; a whirlwind of frenzied activity detailing the life and legend of John Paul Getty, through the lens of this ugly incident.

Through this event, we come to understand the psychology of the man, a visionary oil billionaire for whom money becomes more plentiful than air. And yet, it is his miserliness that defi nes him.

When it came to his beloved grandson’s kidnapping, Getty was a real Scrooge (ironically, Plummer played Ebenezer Scrooge himself in the meta-adaptation of A Christmas Carol, The Man Who Invented Christmas, this fall). Unlike Scrooge, it’s doubtful Getty ever had a true change of heart, according to All the Money in the World.

It’s a testament to Michelle Williams’s outsize talent that for all the hubbub surrounding the fi lm, she shines like a beacon. It’s one of her best performances, which helps explain why Scott so desperately wanted to save the fi lm. She adopts a patrician accent as Gail Getty, the daughter-in-law of Getty Sr. and mother of Paul (Getty the third). For her, it never really seems to be about the money. She’d like her husband to get a job and suggests he contact his estranged father. But their connection to him places the target squarely on her son Paul’s (Charlie Plummer) back.

When Paul is kidnapped, Gail is on her own, her ex-husband wasted

in Marrakech, not a true Getty cent to her name. Reaching out to her father-in-law for help, he dispatches the hysterical woman with his hired dealmaker, former CIA man Fletcher Chase (Mark Wahlberg), refusing to pay the ransom, claiming his other grandchildren will be kidnapped.

For Fletcher, it seems like another gig, as Gail and Getty quibble over dwindling sums of money and the kidnapping stretches on interminably. Paul himself dwindles, losing an ear in the process. But, for its breathless pace, the plot eventually grinds to a stalemate.

As the fi lm reaches its conclusion, the message we come away with is: Money means nothing and money means everything. For Getty, money is air, but he grasps at every last cent. Money is his entire existence. Gail’s existence is family. But there isn’t much more characterisation or motivation than that, and Fletcher is granted even less. This movie may be about the soul-corroding nature of money, and it illustrates that well, but what exactly does it all mean? Scott proves miserly in providing answers beyond that. — TNS

DVDs courtesy: Saqr Entertainment Stores, Doha

A throwback cops and robbers taleBy Katie Walsh

Cops and robbers, robbers and cops. It’s a classic genre, from children’s games to cinema. And it’s the

spine of Christian Gudegast’s directorial debut, the LA crime noir flick Den of Thieves, where “cops and robbers” is writ so large it nearly becomes abstract. It’s a film that wears its inspirations openly, with a whole lot of Training Day, Rampart, The Usual Suspects and Inside Man in the mix. With excellent cinematic craftsmanship and some clever twists, Den of Thieves just about places itself within that canon, even when it’s too enamored of its own tricksiness.

Gudegast does pull off the (nearly) impossible — making a hefty two-hour, 20-minute heist film riveting. He is aided in that task with two juiced-up performances by Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber, who play the cop and the robber, respectively. Both are in total beast mode, jacked up and hulked out, ready to pop off at a moment’s notice. Their agitated energy provides a palpable sense of danger.

Butler’s Big Nick, a sheriff’s detective in the Major Crimes unit, squares off against Schreiber’s Merrimen, a local felon just out of prison, planning a hit on the LA Federal Reserve branch with a crew of dudes he knows from the Marines, the clink and Long Beach high school football. The plot follows the parallel stories of the cop in pursuit of the robber, demonstrating they’re more alike than not. The loose cannon Nick behaves more like the gangsters than a cop. Before we even know his name, the hungover detective munches on a doughnut plucked from a bloodied box, dropped by the victim of a violent armored truck robbery staged by Merrimen, a precise and prepared former soldier.

While the pace is methodical and steady, Gudegast establishes great tension throughout, using careful reveals and systematic storytelling. Although he excels in withholding and revealing information, there’s a trend of fussy geographical overexplanation, with obsessive titles designating every place. There’s no need to establish that the Benihana where Nick and Merrimen chop it up is in Torrance, or if they drove from

Gardena to Hawthorne. It’s an unnecessary distraction, especially while you ponder why anyone in Downtown LA would order Chinese food from Monterey Park in the middle of the day.

Den of Thieves feels like a throwback crime tale, but some of those traits could have been left in the past, like the totally outdated and frankly misogynistic depictions of women as harried wives, innocent daughters or strippers — simply motivation for the men, not actual people. The female characters are so underwritten, they should have just cut them and focused on the gender dynamics of the extreme, testosterone-fuelled masculinity on display.

Gudegast, who wrote the script with Paul Scheuring, is concerned very much with the hows, but not so much the whys. For the sake of the storytelling, some crucial details are kept too close, like why Merrimen ultimately commits these crimes. He’s desperate, unpredictable and driven to extremes, including unloading a machine gun into standstill traffic (thanks for the new phobia, by the way), but we never know why he does what he does.

The fun surprise of Den of Thieves is while Butler and

Schreiber thrash and gnash, O’Shea Jackson, Jr. quietly and competently walks away with the whole movie, as young bartender Donnie, swept up in the job as a driver and caught between these two bulls

Gudegast’s twisty, turny tale of

heists and homies is an action-packed romp with a good sense of humour and self-awareness. It’s rendered with a startling attention to detail, but one has to wonder if with that detail, he can’t quite see the forest for the trees. — TNS

Where money is everything and nothing

Thursday, May 17, 2018 15GULF TIMES

COMMUNITYSHOWBIZ

TOUCHED: Vinay Pathak.

Disgusted viewers abandon The House that Jack Built

The House That Jack Built premiered at the Cannes Film Festival the other night, and its gruesome scenes that saw women and children murdered caused mass disgust, according to reporters at the screening.

“I’ve never seen anything like this at a film festival,” Ramin Setoodeh of Variety tweeted. “More than 100 people have walked out of Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, which depicts the mutilation of women and children. ‘It’s disgusting,’ one woman said on her way out.”

USA Today reported seeing at least a dozen walkouts and hearing a woman asking, “Will you sleep tonight?”

The film stars Uma Thurman, Riley Keough and Matt Dillon — who plays the murderer, Jack.

Apparently von Trier’s depiction of the murders of women is increasingly more violent than the murders of men, according to USA Today.

Despite an overwhelming amount of disgust, the Cannes crowd reportedly gave von Trier a standing ovation.

A reporter for New York Magazine, Kyle Buchanan, asked a regular crowd-goer why they walked out and they responded: “He mutilates Riley Keough, he mutilates children … and we are all there in formal dress expected to watch it?”

Von Trier is no stranger to controversies. He was banned from Cannes for years following the 2011 affair for joking about “sympathising with Hitler” in a discussion about his film Melancholia.

This is his first Cannes Film Festival since he made the remarks.

The House That Jack Built follows a serial killer who embarks on a 12-year murder spree beginning in the 1970s in the United States.

There was no press conference for his latest horror.

Von Trier has previously received honours for his films at Cannes, including the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 1996 for Breaking the Waves and the Palme d’Or in 2000 for Dancer in the Dark. — New York Daily News/TNS

Actor Vinay Pathak, who visited Pakistan for the Pakistan International Film Festival earlier this year, says Indian artistes are received very

warmly on the other side of the border.On his experience of attending the

festival, Vinay said: “I think Pakistan is the only country where we are treated with special care because we are Indian. No other country in the world will treat us with so much love and warmth because you are an Indian.

“The hatred that we see in the mainstream media or social media is nothing to do with common people. I think people to people friendship can never be stopped and should not be stopped for any reason.”

The actor, who attended some of the film screenings during the film festival in March, also visited a few cinema halls and multiplexes there.

“I went to attend a premiere of a Pakistani film and saw a huge poster of Raid (Ajay Devgn-starrer Indian film)

over there. The organisers were saying that there is a market of Indian film in Pakistan because people love watching our films. They try to release our films almost simultaneously.

“Culturally, we have similarities...our legends are same, our food, our looks...,” said the Bheja Fry fame actor.

Vinay will soon be seen in the upcoming family drama titled Khajoor Pe Akte, releasing tomorrow. He has worked with some of his old colleagues like actor-director Harsh Chhaya, Manoj Pahwa and Seema Pahwa.

Asked if he prioritises a script when it comes from a friend, Vinay said: “If you are talking about preference or favour, I do not look at the matter like that. This is Harsh’s debut film as director but until I read the script, I did not know it’s Harsh’s script because he did not approach me as a friend.

“I said ‘yes’ to some films earlier to help some friends, but those scripts were fantastic also. So I think I am lucky to be surrounded by talented people.” — IANS

‘No country in the world treats Indians with love like Pakistan’

People-to-people friendship should not be stopped for any reason: Vinay Pathak

102 Not Out redefi nes Hindi cinema, says Shatrughan

Politician and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha says 102 Not Out, starring the “legendary” and “most popular” Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, has redefi ned the landscape of Hindi cinema.

Shatrughan tweeted: “The great Amitabh Bachchan and most desirable Rishi Kapoor ne kar diya kamaal (they have done wonders)! ‘102 Not Out’ is a well done and (is a) spotless hit fi lm being seen and enjoyed by every section of society. Hindi cinema’s landscape has once again been redefi ned by the legendary, most popular and wonder actors.”

The 71-year-old actor praised Amitabh, saying the 75-year-old is a “youth icon” and that his performance in the Umesh Shukla directorial “is a testimony to it”.

He added: “Hindi cinema has fi nally taken the plunge and shown that if content is good, it can ride even on slightly older shoulders who are youthful in every other way. What a delightful fi lm!” Shatrughan, father of actress Sonakshi Sinha, also praised Jimit Trivedi’s performance in 102 Not Out.

“It was a pleasant surprise to fi nd a true gem of an actor Jimit Trivedi, who touches the heart of the audience by being in the same frame with such senior dependable and desirable actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor,” he wrote. “102 Not Out will want you to live more, love more, smile more,” Shatrughan added.

The movie is about a father-son relationship. Amitabh plays a 102-year-old dad to Rishi’s 75-year-old character. — IANS

BONHOMIE: Indian film star Sonam Kapoor, left, and Pakistani cine queen Mahira Khan greet each other at the Cannes Film Festival. The picture has gone viral and induced streams of loving notes across the borders.

IMPRESSED: Shatrughan Sinha.


COMMUNITY

Qatar-born producer tells a dark story in A Good Girl

FILMMAKER: Siddharth Ganji AT WORK: Siddharth Ganji working behind the camera.

AGood Girl, is a dynamic new movie, produced by Siddharth Ganji, a Qatar-born alumnus

of Qatar Academy School. It tells the story of a young girl who fights for her freedom after a human trafficker abducts her to sell her into sex slavery via the dark web.

Renowned in the industry for his talent and versatility as an award-winning producer, Ganji’s productions include both short and feature length films, television pilots, commercials, and over 20 well-known music videos. He has produced several hit music videos, including Fat Chicks featuring musician Trisha Paytas (which has nearly 10 million views on YouTube) and Problematic, a 2016 music video featuring Snoop Dogg, American rapper. His projects have been featured by respected news organisations including Business Insider, Huffington Post, and Bustle.

Ganji’s latest movie builds on the success of his award-winning narrative productions such as The Love Effect (winner of the 2016 Grand Jury Prize at the Santa Monica International Film Festival and ‘Best Original Screenplay’ at the 2016 Malibu International Film Festival).

Gracine is 17, when a woman

named Mary kidnaps her and attempts to break her down before selling her on the ‘dark web’. “The story sheds light on a billion-dollar international criminal industry”,

says Ganji. “It’s an important one for me to tell, as my producing partner Varun Verma and I sought to spread awareness to such a grave issue using fi lmmaking.”

“It’s important to bring what’s unique about you to the film industry in America. It’s very competitive, and to stand out you need to understand both where

you come from, and be able to tell a universal story that’s also specific and therefore special”, says Verma. “We partnered with http://fashunited.org/ — an NGO which mobilises models to fight the exploitation and violence against women and girls internationally.

Ganji takes inspiration from one of his ideals James Cameron, “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” This strategy paid off after acceptance to top seven film school Chapman University’s competitive joint MFA/MBA programme in film producing. His short film One More Day starred John Heard of Home Alone fame and won a Director’s Guild of America Jury award.

A Good Girl, directed by Chapman alumnus Alex Valencia and written by Daniel James Hunt, will be completed by July 2018, when it will enter the US and International Festival Circuit and go out for sales and distribution on platforms such as Amazon and Netflix.

Ganji and Verma are currently developing a slate of projects to go in production by end of 2018. Siddharth parents are in Qatar for last three decades and his father works for Qatar Petroleum and mother was ex-teacher of an international school.ACTION: A scene from A Good Girl.

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