{"id":75335,"date":"2013-01-10T14:04:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T08:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=75335"},"modified":"2013-01-10T14:04:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T08:34:07","slug":"vanity-fair-161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vanity-fair-161\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanity Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[box]<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_75340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75340\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75340  \" title=\"Quentin Tarantino\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Quentin.jpg\" alt=\"Quentin Tarantino\" width=\"250\" height=\"227\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Guns blazing<\/strong> Quentin Tarantino <strong>Photo:<\/strong> AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cause and Effect<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nAs India struggles with Bollywood\u2019s misogyny after the Delhi gangrape, the US faces a similar moment of introspection. Do its movies foster a culture of violence responsible for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown? <em>Django Unchained<\/em> director <strong>Quentin Tarantino<\/strong> is having none of it. When an interviewer asked whether his enjoyment for violent films has now decrea &#8211; sed, he responded angrily: \u201cWould I watch a kung-fu movie three days after Sandy Hook? Maybe, because they have nothing to do with each other\u2026 I think it\u2019s disrespectful to (the victims\u2019) memory to talk about movies.\u201d<br \/>\n[\/box]<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tough Turf<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-75346\" title=\"Mohammad Shami Ahmed \" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohammad.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Shami Ahmed \" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>Ahmed\u2019s Cricket Training<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mohammad Shami Ahmed<\/strong> is the toast of the nation after bowling four maidens on his ODI debut, denying Pakistan a clean sweep in the dramatic third match of the series at the Kotla. Shami kept his head under tremendous pressure to bowl a wicket maiden in the 48th over, helping India squeeze out a 10-run win. The pressure is nothing new for the pacer. He repor tedly grew up playing cricket for rival ganglords in the UP badlands.<br \/>\n[box]<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_75362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75362\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Rajinikanth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75362\" title=\"Rajinikanth\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Rajinikanth.jpg\" alt=\"Rajinikanth\" width=\"250\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Leading the ranks<\/strong> Rajinikanth<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Money Talkies<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nOn 7 January <strong>Rajinikanth<\/strong> joined a hunger strike by Tamil film industry professionals, against artistes, directors and choreographers having to pay service tax. They cite the waiver given to producers, exhibitors and distributors a few years ago, and argue that it should be extended to them as well. Not all of them get offers every year and they are overburdened. Meanwhile, <strong>Kamal Haasan<\/strong> has lodged a police complaint after being threatened to not release his next film, <em>Vishwaroopam,<\/em> on DTH a day before its theatrical release.<br \/>\n[\/box]<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SAPNA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-75365\" title=\"Sapna Bhavnani\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SAPNA.jpg\" alt=\"Sapna Bhavnani\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>\u2018Salman Khan is not God\u2019<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sapna Bhavnani<\/strong> (<em>Fires a shot on her eviction from <\/em>Bigg Boss 6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caught in the crossfire between high and low culture. 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