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Sunday, 09 September 2018 | Pioneer

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Food for digital reality

After the success of shows like India's Digital Superstar, SOS (Survivors of Suicide), The Spice Traveller and Hitched, One Digital Entertainment has announced the launch of India’s first ever digital food reality show India’s Digital Chef with none less than Sanjeev Kapoor hosting it.

With acclaimed chefs like Kapoor, Saransh Goila and Amrita Raichand judging it, the core aim of the show will be to hunt for the best home chef in India who not just  cook great food but bring health and happiness to the family in the process.

The response that has come in thus far, the channel says, is astounding. Enthusiasts from all corners of the country have reached out to show makers at with videos of diverse recipes.

Sixteen shortlisted contestants will be competing for the title on the show. The first episode went live on August 31 and 15 more will follow a biweekly format and go online every Tuesday and Friday, promising interesting recipes and entertainment directly from the show’s Faceboook, YouTube and Twitter handles, as also Sanjeev Kapoor's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/sanjeevkapoorkhazana .

‘All my films should be banned’

Writer-producer Twinkle Khanna, who made her Hindi film debut with Barsaat in 1995 and thereafter featured in a series of unsuccessful films like Itihaas, Zulmi and Mela, when asked which of her films should be remade, she jokingly said: “I haven't given a single hit. I think all my films should be banned.”

She quit acting after getting married to Akshay Kumar in 2001. While interacting with the media at the launch of her third book Pyjamas Are Forgiving,along with husband Akshay Kumar, mother Dimple Kapadia and other celebrities, Khanna said: “This is my third book and when I look at everything I do, it's always about women finding their place in the world. To me, what I personally find interesting is that, here is a woman who is interested in finding redemption and not finding a man. It also has an interesting premise because it's in stringent Ayurvedic retreat and in a confined environment like the Bigg Boss as when you are in a closed place, all the emotions run high and that was interesting for me.”

Earlier, Twinkle wrote a book titled The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad which was a collection of short stories — one of which was adapted for Akshay's Pad Man, produced by Twinkle. Asked whether she thinks that a film can be made on her latest book as well, she said: “I don't think that a film should be made on each story of mine. I’ve done my job by writing the story and that is all I am interested in.”

Taiwan Film Festival comes to Delhi

The Taiwan Film Festival 2018 will be held in Delhi from September 10-17, showcasing to the Indian audience five award-winning Taiwanese movies and documentaries on various topics including political satire, homosexuality, ghost culture, anatomical donation and immigrant workers. The festival will begin with The Village of No Return followed by Small Talk, The Tag-Along, The Silent Teacher and will close with The Road To Mandalay.

The event's co-organiser Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (TECC) believes that by screening these five top-notch movies in their respective genre, the Indian audience will have a deeper understanding of Taiwan's diversified culture and witness its natural and social beauty as well as the developments in its entertainment industry, read a statement. TECC also expects the week-long festival to act as a suitable contact lens that would provide novel perspectives to certain significant issues in the contemporary world.

All these films will be screened with English subtitles at the fest, where admission is free and seats will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis.      

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