WEB SWINGERS

The film versions of the saga of the two superheroes-Spiderman and Superman-now have an Indian footnote. While Kal Penn acts as Lex Luthor's sidekick in Superman Returns, two Indian-American children, Jack Dave and Shradha Amin, make their mark in the forthcoming Spiderman 3. The duo, seen on location in downtown Manhattan, was picked from 500 children in an audition. Way to go.

A New Leaf

ITEM BRAWL

Nandinii Jumani wants to be the latest "music video sensation". And what better way to get publicity than through controversy? Nandinii a.k.a. Krazy Kat, who appears in the remix video of Yamma Yamma, has launched an attack on Rakhi Sawant: "She is fake from head to toe." We wonder what motor-mouth Sawant has to say. Do we see a catfight in the making?

Kick Start

She is a Persian beauty from Los Angeles who is all set to become Bollywood's first "action heroine". Nina Stone, who teaches an exotic Afro-Brazilian martial art called Capoeira in Mumbai, is soon to debut in Iqbal Rizvi's football-inspired film 90 Minutes. In an action-packed role, Stone, who has picked up a smattering of Hindi, will display her amazing martial art skills. "I have studied acting under Eric Morris who has taught Johnny Depp," she says.

-Compiled by Kimi Dangor

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