Silver lining

Filmmakers are chasing her with offers after the success of Baghban, but 8216;dreamgirl8217; Hema Malini is very serious about the new rol...

Filmmakers are chasing her with offers after the success of Baghban, but 8216;dreamgirl8217; Hema Malini is very serious about the new role she has taken up 8212; that of a Parliamentarian.

8216;8216;Would they filmmakers leave me after Baghban?8217;8217; said the actress, speaking to The Indian Express, after attending her first 25-minutes in the House. But that, she said, wouldn8217;t deter her from coming here regularly.

Pretty as a picture in a maroon-gold silk sari, without any makeup, she said: 8216;8216;Only this month, I am committed to some dance shows.8217;8217; But she would like to make herself 8216;8216;relevant8217;8217; by speaking up for the cause of art, culture, dance, films and women8217;s issues. And for that, she has given her name for the select committee in these fields. The noisy scenes got too much for her. 8216;8216;They were all fighting, shouting at each other all the time. Frankly, I could never imagine people could be so uncouth.8217;8217;

Hema8217;s colleague from Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar, also made one of her rare appearances. Wearing her trademark white sari and diamonds, the melody queen covered her ears with her palms as the decibel levels rose.

Lata said it won8217;t be possible for her to frequent Delhi for Parliament. 8216;8216;I have to shuttle between Mumbai-Pune to oversee the work of the hospital being built in the memory of my father Late Dinanath Mangeshkar.8217;8217; She has cut down on her singing assignments too, she said.

Untouched by the controversy her absence from the House raised the last time, Lata assured: 8216;8216;I will be here for three days this time.8217;8217; However, she wasn8217;t as shocked by the unruly scenes. 8216;8216;The first time I came, it was noisier.8217;8217;

For wrestler-actor Dara Singh, the chaos was a mere 8216;8216;lafzon ka dangal battle of words8217;8217;. 8216;8216;I am into physical wrestling,8217;8217; he said after his day one. 8216;8216;But I was given to understand that Rajya Sabha is the House of Elders and such hungama does not take place there,8217;8217; he said.