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NEWSMAKERS: 1-15 November
2001
Arshad Zakaria has been made
co-president of the Corporate and Institutional Client Group (CICG) of Merrill
Lynch. At 39, Zakaria is one of the youngest Indians to be elevated to this
coveted position. He along with his colleague Roy will manage the CICG business
which accounts for almost half of Merrill Lynch’s revenues of $ 27 billion (Rs
129,600 crores). DSP Merill Lynch’s Indian chairman Hemendra Kothari said
Zakaria’s appointment is an achievement to be proud of as it is yet another
recognition of Indian brain power at global level. Arshad Zakaria is the son of
Dr Rafiq and Fatima Zakaria. His brother Fareed Zakaria is the editor of
Newsweek International. Eloquent like his father and a boy who measures his
words, as his parents describe him, Arshad is a product of Cathedral School in
Mumbai where he topped in every subject. He was also fond of sports and excelled
in cricket, tennis and football. After school, Arshad wrote the SAT and got
admission in every ivy league university in the US. He went to Harvard and
graduated with summa cum laude, the highest distinction in applied mathematics.
Arshad then went to Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and
recipient of the Loeb-Rhoades Fellowship in France. He worked with First Boston
before moving on to Merill Lynch in 1987 in investment banking. He was made
managing director in 1991.
Fardeen Khan, star actor is now new face for Provogue. He has been paid
an eight-figure sum for endorsing the label. ’As Provogue is all about
redefining fashion, Fardeen is the best new man on the block. He is ideal
choice, as he has got the panache, the look and most important, the right
attitude, says Salil Chaturvedi, Head of Marketing and Merchandise, Provogue.
Fardeen Khan, who himself wears nothing less than Armani or Gucci, says, ’Provogue‘s
formal range has a timeless elegance matched with that trendy look and that is a
great combination. ‘ A big fan of Big B, Amir and Shah Rukh, Fardeen loves
fast cars and is sure if he were not an actor he would be making movies.
Provogue started out as an export-oriented unit, with markets in Ireland, UK and
France, and began its Indian operations in 1994. The company is run by two
brothers Salil and Nikhil for stylish fashion garments.
Lucky Ali is now busy as he plays three-in-one role in Kya Main Ab Bhi
Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon. He was also busy in giving final touches to a qawwali
which he has composed for the film. Junoon is supposed to render the qawwali,
but the Pakistani group has run into visa problems, explains Lucky, who plans to
go ahead and record the qawwali with Adnan Sami. Lucky’s interest in music
dates back to the time when he was 13 and his mother presented him with a
guitar. But it was the acting bug which drew him to the film industry. Maqsood (Lucky’s
real name), is the second son of comedian Mehmood. Lucky Ali was born as Maqsood
Mehmood Ali, but he was soon renamed Lucky after Mehmood’s popularity at the
box-office coincided with his birth.
Veteran music director Naushad would be provided land by the government
of Maharashtra for his Academy for Indian Music, in recognition of the master
composer’s six-decade-long contribution that has enriched Indian film music in
a big way. Speaking at a felicitation function organized to honour Naushad for
his contribution to Indian cinema, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said, ‘Sixty
years is a long time, but the immortal melodies composed by Naushad can still
make us swing. He may be 82, but his songs are always young.’ The government
is a patron of arts and culture and is duty-bound to appreciate the efforts of
the likes of Naushadji for the conservation of Indian music,’ Deshmukh said
promising to provide land for the academy in the city. Accepting the
felicitation, Naushad, who came to Mumbai in 1937 to begin his music career,
said, ‘I want to set up the academy here because Maharashtra made me the
Naushad everybody knows today.’ Veteran actor Dilip Kumar, while speaking
about his long association with the composer of such great melodies as ‘awaz
de kahaan hai’ (Anmol Ghari), ‘Afsana Likh raha Hoon’ (Dard) and ‘Pyar
Kiya to Darna Kya’(Mughal-e-Azam), said in chaste Urdu ‘Naushadji’s
generation had quality, ethics of their own, which is reflected in the music, in
his timeless compositions.’
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