First Take

Vetetan Tamil movie director K. Balachander, whose century-break PaarthaleParvasan did not do well at the box office, is set to turn an actor in KaadhalVirus, a movie that also features actress Sonali Bendre. Thetitle means ‘love virus’... While discussing the glamour world, here’s newsfrom Femina Miss India Sara Corner, a glam girl from Bangalore whorepresented India in the Miss World contest in 2001. She’s taking up a job in Dubai.As for sashaying down the ramp, Corner says she would "pick and choose"assignments... All’s not well with A.K. Antony’s government inKerala. First the government’s broke. Then there was this row with the oppositionabout hens, rather the revenue from the sales. Now the International Standard Dialing(ISD) connections at offices of ministers have been withdrawn. Now only Mr Antony and thechief secretary would have the privilege of making ISD calls from their offices.