Final Take

It’s the season of scandals, it seems. The high-profile victim of the defencedeals scam, Samata Party’s Jaya Jaitly, went underground as soon asthe news of her involvement filtered through. Rumours have it that the hideout wasson-in-law in waiting, Ajay Jadeja’s flat. Is that what they callsharing and caring?...Another scam, another victim. The colourful Ketan Parekhis also learning things the hard way. All the celebrity friends of the man are now claiming that they never knew him...For some, scandals work and how! Take Nagma. The actress had been long in hibernation but Sourav has turned things around. She is back in demand in the Hindi film market with the producers queuing up to sign her on...Talking of films, after Mammootty it’s Mohanlal’s

turn to head northwards. He has been signed on to play an "ips officer from the South" in Ram Gopal Verma’s new venture, Company...Lastly forsome good news. We hear that 42-year-old Amar Singh is going to be aproud papa soon. Congratulations...

It was a Comedy of Errors albeit forced on the media by a mischievous actress.Sakshi Shivanand played this prank about her twin sister Shilpaswapping roles, made it to page one of Bangalore’s dailies for three days, and thencleared the confusion. Shilpa was not her twin, being younger by twenty months... But forformer chief minister J. Jayalalitha, it’s Tale of Two Citiesas she has made it a point to spend her time equally between Chennai and Hyderabad... Forthe two communist parties, it has become Much Ado About Nothing as the AIADMKrefused to increase the number of seats beyond eight each... Jayanthi Natarajan,the fiery TMC MP, is called the Goblets of Fire as she is spewing venom against her formercolleague P. Chidambaram...However, for actor-turned-editor-turned-MP ChoS. Ramaswamy this is a season for Midsummer Night’s Dream as he managed toretain the advisory role for Jayalalitha, Moopanar and the BJP...And foractor Rajnikanth it’s Far from Madding the Crowd, as he isspending his holidays in Himalayas.