Fall in Canada is splendid. Around September to early October, for a couple of weeks every year, the changing leaf colours attract thousands of visitors. Two years ago, Dow India chairman Vipul Shah and his wife decided to take a trip to see the sight. There is this one train that goes to this place in Ontario, where the colours are at their best. It leaves early in the morning and returns from the small town of Sault Ste Marie.
The Shah couple was staying at a hotel across from the station to catch the early train. "We went down for dinner in the restaurant at the hotel. Both of us follow a totally vegetarian diet. So we asked the waiter what they could offer us," says Shah. "Give me a minute," said the waiter.
In a couple of minutes, the French-Canadian chef came out and listed the options: Vegetable curry, naan and basmati rice, with papad and mango pickle! The Shahs were stunned. Just as they were recovering, he dealt the coup de grace. "Or would you prefer a Jain meal?" he asked.
The chef revealed the secret a few minutes later. Sault Ste Marie, in Algoma district, had only one large employer: Algoma Steel. When the company went bankrupt, the town was in real crisis. That was when Essar Steel rode in from the East....
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11:55 PM, May 06, 2013
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11:32 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Actor Vidyut Jamwal, who is back with Vipul Shah's 'Commando' after playing the bad guy opposite John Abraham in Nishikanth Kamath's 'Force', feels that action is his forte. ...
05:05 PM, Mar 16, 2013
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03:09 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Producer Gaurang Doshi is all set to churn out a sequel to his hit heist film Aankhen, with only megastar Amitabh Bachchan being retained from the original cast. The 2002 film directed by Vipul Shah, starred Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen in lead roles. It was about a bank robbery by three blind men. "We have been working on this idea of a sequel...
12:29 PM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: Producer Vipul Shah is shocked at the claims of Pandit Bhagwat Guruji, who said that he got actors John Abraham and Genelia D'Souza married off while shooting for a wedding sequence in their new film Force, and says the priest is just looking for his 15 minutes of fame. "Countless number of weddings have been performed in Hindi cinema, but this is the first time that I have...
09:22 AM, Jul 11, 2011
Mumbai: Actress Shefali Shah, who is all set to surprise the audience with her new avatar in the upcoming film 'Kuchh Luv Jaisaa', says she would never do a kissing scene. Directed by Barnali Ray-Shukla, 'Kuchh Luv Jaisaa' will see Shefali not only wearing revealing clothes, but she has shot some intimate scenes for the film too. "I have always gone with the demand of my character in the film,...
05:28 PM, May 22, 2011
Mumbai: Aishwarya Rai, who plays a 'typical' girl of the 1970s in the retro comedy Action Replayy, says she didn't try to imitate any particular actress, but picked from the looks and mannerisms of all reigning heroines of that era. "There isn't any particular actor whom I followed. In terms of visual styling, make-up and hair, there are lots of actresses from that time. There is no signature reference of...
12:56 PM, Nov 07, 2010
New Delhi: Vipul Shah loves bringing plays to the silver screen and he is doing the same with his new film Action Replayy. The hit Bollywood filmmaker feels it is a successful proposition as theatrical productions are a testing ground for scripts. "I have been adapting my plays for the screen. My first play that was adapted into a movie was Aankhen. Then I adapted Aatish Kapadia's play as Waqt',...
01:08 PM, Nov 03, 2010
Filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah, whose forthcoming film
Action Replayy has an extra "Y" in its spelling, cited numerological reasons for it. "It's because of numerology that we have altered the spelling of the film. We all are superstitious, so we have kept the name according to numerology," Shah said while showcasing the first look of
Action Replayy. Directed by Shah, the movie stars Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Neha Dhupia, Randhir...
01:21 PM, Sep 10, 2010
![Shefali Shah's play premieres in Mumbai]( "Shefali Shah's play premieres in Mumbai")
Quite a few Bollywood personalities turned up at the event ...
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Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya speak on their new film together ...
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Director Vipul Shah gets talking about the actress and the film ...
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A real-time press meet was organised by Studio 18 for
London Dreams. ...
01:18 PM, Oct 27, 2009
Salman says he had to learn the
Hanuman Chalisa for the film. ...
04:59 PM, Oct 25, 2009
Vipul Shah is all set for his big release,
London Dreams, this Friday. ...
01:21 AM, Oct 25, 2009
Salman Khan's
London Dreams hits theatres this Friday. ...
01:20 AM, Oct 25, 2009
