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May 25, 

2013 

Sound of success 

The response to Qatar Foundation Radio’s new frequency launched 

in February has been extraordinary. 

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Saturday, May 25, 2013 

Scott Boyes 

LEZIMA GOMES 

DOHAQATAR Foundation Radio 

listeners wake up every 

morning to his voice and 

his choice of music. Scott 

Boyes, the leading voice of 

Qatar Foundation Radio, 

supplies us the early morning 

dose of infotainment on the programme 

called Rise. Boyes who grew up 

in Saudi Arabia never thought that he 

would be able to become a radio jockey 

(RJ) one day when he graduated with 

a degree in plant science. But the man 

who worked as software trainer for 

several companies suddenly stumbled 

into his dream job. He spoke to 

Qatar Tribune about his work and 

how it has been getting there. Excerpts 

from the interview. 

Q. Tell us about your association 

with Qatar Foundation Radio and 

how the journey has been so far? 

A. Working for QF Radio has been 

the most fulfilling job I’ve ever had. It is 

also the hardest and most difficult, but 

I’ve never been happier. We’re a small 

team of dedicated people who work 

closely together and make whatever 

sacrifices are necessary for the success 

RJ’s job is tough, 

but satisfying too 

of the station. Sixteen-hour days are not 

uncommon. We work hard, but the creation 

of something that the community 

can enjoy makes it all worth the effort. 

You are the helm of the programme 

Rise. How do you keep 

your audience tuned in? 

You’ve touched on the biggest fear 

that I wake up to almost every morning. 

There is a delicate balance that must be 

kept on the programme. We are primarily 

a talk radio station. However, international 

news and local events need to be 

balanced with enough entertainment to 

keep people coming back. No one wants 

to listen to me talk for two hours straight. 

The audience doesn’t like hearing the 

same thing every day, but at the same 

time does like to know what’s coming up. 

Rise is an early morning show 

when most people are grumpy. 

What is your mantra to be up and 

pumped up? 

I make a concerted effort to ease 

listeners into the day. It’s important to 

be upbeat, but not overly excited. No one 

likes to be yelled at through their radio 

just after 7:00am. On the flip side, I’m 

genuinely enjoying myself and hope that 

it rubs off on the audience. When I’m 

having fun I’d like to think that others 

are having a good time as well. Using 

good judgment about what’s appropriate 

is the key and I do not always get that 

right. 

What is the most gratifying aspect 

of being a radio jockey? 

The most gratifying part of the job 

is interacting with the listeners. I love 

to get text messages, tweets, and phone 

calls from people expressing their opinions. 

Sometimes it’s a few kind words 

about the show. Sometimes it’s a request 

to do things differently. Whether 

we get good feedback or bad it lets me 

know people care about the programme 

enough to make the effort. That’s the 

biggest reward to me. 

Did you always want to be an RJ? 

How did you land your present 

job? 

I did, but it always seemed like 

something that I could never be a part of 

for a variety of reasons. I think I always 

thought people in radio broadcasting 

world had something I didn’t have. That 

is why I tried to pursue other interests.


The best thing about being 

a presenter is that I get to 

meet so many fascinating and 

thought-provoking guests… I 

can honestly say I’ve walked 

away from each and every 

discussion having learned 

something I didn’t know before. 

It’s invaluable experiences 

like those that make the job 

so fulfilling 

It wasn’t until I decided to experiment with voice acting 

that things started falling into place. I took some classes, 

made a demo, built my own home studio, and started 

approaching people needing freelance voice work. I 

was eventually hired by a voice-over company that sells 

custom voice spots to commercial clients. Customers go 

to the website, choose a voice from the samples provided 

(hopefully mine), and email me the script. I record it 

and send it back. This was great experience because the 

opportunities were so diverse and the customers included 

doctor’s offices, tour companies, schools and corporations 

needing everything from advertisements for 

products and services to phone trees (“Press 1 for questions 

about your bill”). It didn’t take me long to realise 

that it was more fun than anything I had done before. 

Flash forward a couple years and I was in Doha visiting 

a friend. I passed by the QF Radio studio hoping I might 

be able to do some work for them remotely. They could 

send me scripts, I’d record them at home and send back 

the files. By chance I was able to meet the Media Centre 

Manager, Saad al Hudaifi. He listened to my demo and 

explained that they were looking for someone to complement 

their team with a very specific skill set, a good 

voice, who also had a solid understanding of the culture 

of the Middle East. It seemed promising, but almost too 

good to be true. Much to my surprise, there was an application 

waiting in my email by the time I got home. A 

few months later I was on my way to Doha. 

How has your style evolved over the years? 

I like to think evolution has come from being more 

comfortable. In the beginning, my highest priority was 

just not letting the audience make out how nervous I 

was. Once being live behind the microphone became 

more routine, I tried to concentrate on subtle things like 

intonation and inflection. Listening back to the recorded 

shows is a big part of improving professionally. If I’m 

bored just hearing myself then the audience will be too. 

Evolution never stops. 

What is the scope of radio in Doha? 

Some might disagree, but I would say it’s wider than 

it seems when we talk in absolute terms about radio 

across the country. I think it appears small because the 

existing stations are catering to different audiences Arabic 

or French or English. If all of those stations spoke 

the same language then the extent of our radio media 

would be more apparent. Within QF Radio we are doing 

our best to create diverse content throughout our programming. 

That goes for both our English and Arabic 

frequencies. We are fundamentally a talk radio station 

and our primary focus will always be to educate and 

inform the public about the world, but we are also aware 

of the need to provide some entertainment. 

How is radio jockeying in Doha? Is it different 

from what you have done before? 

Before coming to Doha my work was limited to recorded 

voice-overs. Despite the years of practice without 

an audience there isn’t much that can prepare you 

for being live on the air. There’s no going back to edit 

my mistakes. There’s no safety net where I can stop and 

think about what I want to say. Earlier, I would stroll 

into the studio at home, read through what the client 

wants, record a few versions, edit them to sound perfect, 

and send it off. Those luxuries don’t exist here. The 

biggest change is being prepared well in advance and 

still having a back-up plan for when things don’t go as 

expected. Even with all that preparation there are still 

times when it all falls apart. But that’s live radio. Learning 

from those moments and modifying the strategy for 

next time is all you can do. 

What is the best thing about being a presenter? 

The best thing is that I get to meet so many fascinating 

and thought-provoking guests. We’ve interviewed 

CEOs, artists, scientists, politicians, charity officials, 

musicians… The list is long. I can honestly say I’ve 

walked away from each and every discussion having 

learned something I didn’t know before. It’s invaluable 

experiences like those that make the job so fulfilling. 

What special talent does one need to be a good 

RJ? What advice would you give to RJ aspirants? 

You need to be able to talk. If you’re unable to keep a 

conversation flowing then it should be your first priority 

in terms of self-improvement. You should also work to 

be a student of as many subjects as possible. A big part 

of the job is being able to comment on anything that’s 

thrown your way. Get honest opinions from friends or 

family. Be objective as possible. Getting a job can be 

tough so be willing to work for free. Yes, I said for 

free. Experience is necessary and getting it can be hard 

if you don’t already have it. Volunteer to do voice work 

for small companies or charities. Anything you can do to 

get your first paid job will be worth it in the end. Finally, 

keep expanding your skill set to be more valuable to an 

organisation. I edit all my audio, write script for promos 

and advertisements, and help out with anything that I 

can. If you think you shouldn’t have to carry equipment 

to and from an event or mix music into your recordings 

then you’ll always lose out to someone who will. Make 

yourself valuable. 

How is the audience’s response here? 

The response to the new frequency has been extraordinary. 

People from all walks of life have gone out 

of their way to let us know how much they enjoy the 

fresh content and programming. I’ve been blown away 

by the words of encouragement and support that the 

public has expressed since the launch in February. But 

it’s also a testament to how hard the QF Radio team has 

been working to make the station something special. 

Our management is still looking ahead and we have big 

plans in the coming months.


Bradley back for one last 

Hollywood Hangover 

A still from the film The Hangover. 

REUTERS 

AFTER years of struggling to 

break into the Hollywood 

A-list from television, actor 

Bradley Cooper has gained 

some serious recognition for 

his work on the silver screen. 

Cooper returns to the comedy franchise, 

The Hangover, which skyrocketed 

his career, after dramatic roles that 

earned him an Oscar nomination and 

praise for his more dramatic talents. 

The 38-year old actor has been on 

TV since 1999 and landed some supporting 

film roles. But it wasn’t until he was 

cast as the cocky Phil in the 2009 buddy 

comedy, The Hangover, that he found 

mainstream success. 

The movie, about four men who try 

to piece together the events of a wild 

bachelor party in Las Vegas, became an 

unlikely hit, grossing more than $467 

million at the worldwide box office and 

spawning a franchise. 

After The Hangover Part II took the 

actors - Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis 

and Justin Bartha - to Thailand 

on yet another wild bachelor party, they 

decided to return one last time in The 

Hangover Part III, out in theatres on 

Friday. 

“We really didn’t let any day pass 

without taking stock of what we have 

because of these movies, and how special 

our bond is,” Cooper said about filming 

the final instalment. 

“It really is a once-in-a-lifetime thing 

and to be able to do a third one and go 

out knowing it’s over, hopefully we’re 

going out on a high note.” 

In the final film of the franchise, the 

wolf pack is unwittingly lured back to 

Las Vegas in a full circle from the first 

film, in a hunt for the elusive and eccentric 

Mr Chow (Ken Jeong). 

The movie, about four 

men who try to piece 

together the events of 

a wild bachelor party 

in Las Vegas, became 

an unlikely hit, grossing 

more than $467 

million at the worldwide 

box office and 

spawning a franchise 

Cooper said that while the first two 

films had become box office hits with 

similar storylines, it was important that 

the third film found a new plot. 

“There was a lot of pressure to make 

sure it was going to be fresh, that it was 

going to deviate from the structure of the 

first two,” the actor said. 

After landing leading roles in 2010’s 

reboot of The A-Team and 2011 action-thriller 

Limitless, Cooper reached a 

career high this year with an Oscar nod 

for best male actor for his role as bipolar 

Pat in Silver Linings Playbook. 

Cooper credited the film for changing 

perceptions about his talents. 

“There were people going ‘wow, I 

didn’t know you could do that,’ and I 

thought ‘yeah, did you think I was Phil?’ 

It was interesting,” he said. 

The Place Beyond The Pines saw 

Cooper in a rare dramatic role, playing a 

police officer struggling to come to terms 

with killing a suspect while on duty. 

Cooper said the role was “really 

tricky” and came to him at the right time 

in his career, when he was looking for 

a challenge and wanted to take risks 

with a complex character. 

“It was not the role that a young 

male leading man would want to 

take, because there was nothing 

flashy...but it was a great acting challenge,” 

Cooper said. 

The actor, who was thrust into the 

spotlight in 2011 as People Magazine’s 

‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ said he 

has set his sights on stepping behind 

the camera one day, though for now, 

he is in demand for roles in 

upcoming films by 

Steven Spielberg 

and Cameron 

Crowe. 

“I can’t 

pass that up, 

but at some 

point I have 

to direct, because 

that’s 

really the 

only way 

I think,” 

Cooper 

said. 

Bradley Cooper

HOLLYWOOD 


Blake 

Shelton 

Blake putting together Oklahoma benefit show 

AP 

B 

LAKE Shelton and NBC are putting together 

a benefit for Oklahoma tornado 

victims. 

Shelton told reporters about the fundraising 

effort after Tuesday night’s episode of The Voice. 

Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the 

thousands affected by Sunday and Monday’s tornadoes 

by performing an acoustic version of the 

hit Over 

You with wife Miranda 

Lambert. 

He said the benefit would be held soon in 

nearby Oklahoma City. 

At least 24 people, including nine schoolchildren, 

were killed on Monday afternoon in 

Moore, Oklahoma, when an F-5 tornado with 

200 mph winds touched down for 40 minutes 

and destroyed entire neighbourhoods. 

Toby Keith, a native of Moore, also is planning 

a benefit. His sister’s house was hit by the 

tornado. 

Gwyneth 

Paltrow 

Paris Hilton to 

marry soon 

IANS 

S 

OCIALITE Paris Hilton says her 

wedding can happen soon. 

The 32-year-old star has 

been dating model River Viiperi, 21, 

for eight months now and she thinks 

they will tie the knot in the near 

future, reports femalefirst.co.uk. 

She said: “It could happen soon. 

I trust him with my life and that 

means the world to me more than 

anything.” 

She also admitted that she is keen 

on starting a family with Viiperi. 

She said: “I can’t wait to have little 

Parises.” 

SCENE UNSEEN 

I live for Jolie, kids: Brad Pitt 

BRAD Pitt says he was 

wasting his life on 

drugs before he met 

Angelina Jolie. The actor 

admits he now lives 

for his partner and 

their six children. 

“For a long time 

I thought I did too 

much damage - drug 

damage. I was a bit of 

a drifter and wanted 

to see things. But then 

Brad Pitt 

I got burnt out and 

felt that I was wasting my opportunity. This was about 

a decade ago. It was an epiphany - a decision not to 

squander my opportunities,” thesun.co.uk quoted Pitt 

as saying. 

“I have a handful of close friends and I have my 

family - and I haven’t known life to be any happier,” 

said Pitt. The actor also said he loves the mayhem that 

comes with having a large family. 

“I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I 

wanted to do it big. I wanted there to be chaos in the 

house. There’s constant chatter in our house, whether 

it’s giggling or screaming or crying or banging. I love 

it,” he added. 

Paris Hilton 

JLo to perform on 

Britain’s Got Talent 

IANS 

A 

POP star Jennifer 

Lopez 

will reportedly 

perform on the 

semi-final 

episode of music 

reality show 

Britain’s Got Talent, 

and sing her 

latest track Live 

it up. 

Pop star 

Demi Lovato 

might also sing 

her new single 

Heart attack, 

reports thesun. 

co.uk. 

Jennifer Lopez 

Other performers include singer-songwriter 

Ellie Goulding, who will sing her recent releases 

Explosions and Anything can happen. 

Olly Murs will sing track Right Here Right Now, 

while last year’s show winners Ashleigh and Pudsey 

will also make a special appearance. 

The live semi-finals will kick-off on May 27, 

whereas the final will be aired on June 8. 

Gwyneth pockets 

millions for fragrance 

campaign? 

CTRESS Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly earned $2 million 

for the campaign of Hugo Boss’s latest scent 

- Boss Jour Pour Femme. 

The ads will not be aired in the US and Paltrow will be 

flying from London to Spain for the launch, a source told 

eonline.com. 

The Iron Man 3 actress might have earned a lot from the 

brand’s campaign but she likes to stock up her closet with 

numerous perfumes. 

“I am one of those people who have a whole closet full 

of perfume. I love it. I have always loved it and have always 

had a wardrobe full of scent,” she said. 

Stewart, Swift new best friends? 

Taylor Swift (left) and Kristen Stewart 

ACTRESS Kristen Stewart was reportedly nursing her broken heart by 

spending an entire day at singer Taylor Swift’s house. 

Stewart, 22, is once again going through a rough patch in her relationship 

with Robert Pattinson after he moved out of their love nest. It 

is said that he caught the actress’ messages to director Rupert Sanders, 

with whom she had a fling in July last year. 

Stewart was spotted being driven to Swift’s pad by a female friend 

and she looked relaxed on her way, reports popsuger.com. 

Swift herself had been through a tough time when she broke up 

with singer Harry Styles in January this year, after a much-hyped relation 

of few months. She was later linked to her close friend Ed Sheeran.


BOLLYWOOD 

Ishkq In Paris 

feel good, frothy 

Film: Ishkq In Paris 

Rating: 

Director: Prem Raj 

Starring: Preity Zinta, Rhehan Malliek, 

and Isabelle Adjani 

NOW PLAYING IN DOHA THEATRES 

IANS 

LOVE, as the sages say, is a many-splendoured 

thing. You can look at it as an occasion 

for stress and heartbreak (which is why 

we fall, never rise, in love). Or love can be a 

celebration of life. 

Director Prem Raj’s debut film Main Aur Mrs 

Khanna took a quaint capricious look at love during 

times of adultery. On this occasion (Ishkq In Paris) he 

takes flight in a Parisian paradise where two strangers, 

both single attractive and commit-phobic, spend the 

night together. 

No, not doing what you think in your dirty minds. 

They roam the cobbled mysterious pleasurable lanes 

of Paris in pursuit of a good time and then decide 

“never” to meet again. 

If you’ve seen how Kareena Kapoor affects the 

sober, staid and repressed Shahid Kapoor in Jab We 

Met, you’d know that feminine exuberance is a hard 

aphrodisiac to resist, specially if you are a closet-romantic 

like Akaash (Rhehan Maliek) who in no time 

at all (first five minutes of this crisp and delightful 

slice of love-life comedy) is eating out of Ishkq’s lovely 

hands. 

Ah, Ishqk! She is that kind of a girl. Half-French 

and fully desi, Ishqk fills up the frames with an unbridled 

joie de vivre. I can’t think of a role better written 

for Preity Zinta. Missing from the screen for a couple 

of years, she bounces back with a performance that 

derives its zing and sparkle from the actress’ inbuilt 

zest for life. 

Preity takes her character Ishqk beyond her own 

personality. From frame one we see Ishkq as a girl 

trapped in self-deceptions that leave her unnecessarily 

wary of relationships. Ishkq hides her real emotions in 

romantic nonchalance. This is not the first time Preity 

plays a repressed character. In Nikhil Advani’s Kal Ho 

Naa Ho, Preity had to make a ‘spectacle’ of her character 

Naina to bring out her commitment phobia in the 

absence of a father, who abandoned her when she was 

young. 

Here in this Parisian homage to all things romantic, 

Preity’s character blossoms before us without 

props and yet looking immensely fetching. It is a 

non-accessoried performance, very basic and liberated 

from humbug. 

Preity brings out the highs and lows in her emotionally 

awash character without taking flamboyant 

leaps of on-camera conceit. It’s a beautifully written 

and directed part, replete wth restrained resonances 

that give the actress a chance to show her skills in 

subtle ways. 

Rhehan as Preity’s ‘other’ gives the actress just the 

right cues. Confident and yet not cocky, Rhehan seems 

poised for a satisfactory innings in Hindi films. 

Looking at how well Rhehan partners the screenfilling 

Preity on the screen, one wonders if this bighearted 

romantic-comedy would have worked with 

any other two actors! These two may not be mad for 

each other (at least, not until we leave them at the end 

of the film). But by Cupid, they are definitely made for 

each other! 

Prem Raj allows the couple plenty of space to let 

their feeling breathe freely and easily into the narration. 

The two protagonists may be in a hurry to get 

somewhere, the film is not. 

The exquisite camerawork by Manush Nandan 

sweeps languorously through the neon-lit seductive 

night-life of Paris and the daytime bustle of the streetside 

cafes without getting into touristic awe. 

One shot where Preity treats Rhehan to the wondrous 

sight of all the lights coming alive in the Eiffel 

Tower stays with you. If only love could be captured 

and frozen in its most majestic manifestations! 

Interestingly, the narration is fashioned like a fable 

with the legendary French actress Isabelle Adjani telling 

us about Ishkq’s brief encounter with Akaash and 

its aftermath without letting us in to her own role in 

the romance. It’s a cute little secret kept away from us 

for a while in a film where the main protagonists play 

out their emotions in full view and with disarming 

transparency. 

Preity, Paris and Prem Raj whip up a souffle romance. 

Fresh, frothy feel good and, yes, look good, 

and with a solid undercurrent of emotional frisson to 

guide the love story to its heart-warming culmination 

Ishkq In Paris makes you thankful for that 

thing called love. The tone of narration is umistakably 

European. 

A still from the film Ishkq 

In Paris. 

Here in this Parisian 

homage to all things 

romantic, Preity’s 

character blossoms 

before us without 

props and yet looking 

immensely fetching. It 

is a non-accessoried 

performance, very basic 

and liberated from 

humbug


Sports was clean during father’s time: Deepika 

IANS 

OLLYWOOD actress Deepika 

Padukone, daughter of badmin- 

icon Prakash Padukone, says Bton 

sports was pure and clean during her 

father’s time. She rues how malpractices 

such as spot-fixing can give any 

sport a bad name. 

Following news of actor 

Vindu Dara Singh’s association 

in the recent spotfixing 

scandal of the 

Indian Premier League 

(IPL), Deepika says it is 

sad how because of a few people, several 

others come in the ambit of doubt. 

“It gives a bad name to the sport. It 

is unfair just because of a few people 

following this malpractice, you start 

doubting everybody else. As a country if 

you want to shine or if you want to be on 

the same level economically or otherwise 

(with others), I think it’s important that 

sports people in our country do really 

well and this (spot-fixing) is not really 

helping that,” Deepika told reporters at 

an event. 

“It’s sad. I have grown up in a generation 

where I have seen my father (play), 

and sport at that time was so pure and 

clean. So, to see it go down this route is 

very disappointing,” she added. 

Calling the spot-fixing scandal 

“shameful”, Deepika’s Yeh Jawaani Hai 

Deewani co-star Ranbir Kapoor said: 

“IPL has become such a great entertaining 

platform for the world right now and 

when such things crop up - like people 

playing dirty, it’s unfortunate.” 

“There is no justification to it and I 

hope people who are concerned in this 

mischief should be punished. It is not 

fair to the people who are playing the 

sport with the right intention,” he added. 

Deepika 

Padukone 

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani ties up with hair oil brand 

IANS 

A 

HAIR oil brand, endorsed by Bollywood 

actress Deepika Padukone, 

has come on board as the official 

partner of her forthcoming movie Yeh 

Jawaani Hai Deewani. 

Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie, 

which stars Deepika and her former beau 

Ranbir Kapoor, is produced by Dharma 

Productions. 

A TV commercial highlighting the association 

between Parachute Advansed 

Tender Coconut Hair Oil and the movie was 

unveiled at an event. Winners of a contest 

organised by the hair product company got 

a chance to meet Ranbir and Deepika. 

The contest required people to share 

their ‘Tender Love and Care’ moments, and 

the best ones were handpicked by Deepika 

herself, said a statement. 

“I am happy to have met the winners 

of the contest and feel privileged that they 

shared their tender love and care moments 

with us. Both Parachute Advansed Tender 

Coconut Hair Oil and Yeh Jawaani Hai 

Deewani hold a very special place in my 

heart,” Deepika said. Yeh Jawaani Hai 

Deewani, releasing on May 31, also stars 

Kalki Koechlin and Sidharth Roy Kapoor. 

Deepika Padukone with a fan at Yeh 

Jawaani Hai Deewani promotional event. 

SCENE UNSEEN 

Soha Ali Khan wraps up 

shooting of War Chhod Na 

Yaar 

AFTER filming 

in Delhi’s 

scorching 

heat, actress 

Soha Ali Khan 

is happy to 

having completed 

the 

shooting of 

her upcoming 

movie 

War Chhod Na 

Yaar. 

The film, 

written and 

directed by 

Soha Ali Khan 

Faraz Haider, is being tagged as India’s first 

war comedy. It also stars Sharman Joshi, 

Javed Jaffrey and Mukul Dev. 

“After a 2 day shoot in 46 degree heat 

in Delhi, War Chhod Na Yaar is finally at an 

end... Time to hang up my dusty boots, put 

on some heels,” Soha posted on her Twitter 

page. 

Sherlyn Chopra grooves in Indian 

attire at Cannes 

ACTRESS Sherlyn Chopra grabbed the paparazzi’s 

attention by grooving at the 66th Cannes International 

Film Festival wearing a white and gold Indian 

lehenga choli. She is there to promote her new 

movie . 

The film’s director Rupesh Paul said how Sherlyn 

was “very excited and she grooved for the 

paparazzi without any hesitation”. “It was the midnight 

screening of an Italian movie. Sherlyn was in 

a lehenga choli and the French media 

asked Sherlyn to pose. When the paparazzi encouraged 

her, she started dancing to my surprise,” said 

Paul. 

“It was one of the choreographed numbers, 

which we trained her to shoot,” he added. Sherlyn, 

flaunted south Indian-style jewellery with the 

outfit, and donned minimal makeup. 

This was her second time at the red carpet this 

year. The film’s team is there since May 15, when 

the fest took off, to unveil the second trailer of their 

film. 

Before leaving for Cannes, Paul had said that 

they will also be revealing the name of the Hollywood 

actress who will be the lead in the movie’s 

sequel at the fest. 

I don’t have a comfort zone, says 

Ameesha Patel 

AMEESHA Patel, who is 

leaving no stone unturned 

to make sure her 

career takes off after her 

last release Race 2 rang 

the bell at the box office. 

The actress is excited 

as she has few films 

to hit the theatre this 

year. Ameesha will be 

seen essaying different 

characters in films like 

Shortcut Romeo, Run 

Bhola Run and Desi 

Magic. On being asked Ameesha Patel 

about her comfort zone, 

Ameesha stressed, “I don’t have a comfort zone and its 

doing different roles every time.” 

“I am fortunate that I can also do variety of roles 

and people accept me in different roles. I think that’s 

the challenging part of films and so I don’t want to be 

comfortable. I have miles to go,” added the actress. 

Ameesha will be seen playing a negative character 

in Shortcut Romeo which is all set to release on 

21st of June. 

Sherlyn Chopra


NATURE 

Digital camera gives 

a bug’s-eye view 

NYT SYNDICATE 

INSECTS have a wide field of 

view and are acutely sensitive 

to motion, as anyone who has 

tried chasing a housefly knows. 

Researchers have now created a 

digital camera that mimics the curved, 

compound structure of an insect eye. 

These cameras could be used where wide 

viewing angles are important and space 

is at a premium – in advanced surveillance 

systems, for example, or in unmanned 

flying vehicles and endoscopes. 

Insect eyes are made up of hundreds 

or even thousands of light-sensing structures 

called ommatidia. Each contains 

a lens and a cone that funnels light to 

a photosensitive organ. The long, thin 

ommatidia are bunched together to form 

the hemispherical eye, with each ommatidium 

pointing in a slightly different direction. 

This structure gives bugs a wide 

field of view, with objects in the periphery 

just as clear as those in the centre of 

the visual field, and high motion sensitivity. 

It also allows a large depth of field 

– objects are in focus whether they’re 

nearby or at a distance. 

The biggest challenge in mimicking 

the structure of an insect eye in a camera 

is that electronics are typically flat 

and rigid, says John Rogers, a materials 

scientist at the University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign. “In biology, everything 

is curvy,” he says. 

The new device, which Rogers and 

his colleagues describe in Nature, comprises 

an array of microlenses connected 

to posts that mimic the light-funnelling 

cones of ommatidia, layered on top of a 

flexible array of silicon photodetectors. 

The lens-post pairs are moulded from 

a stretchy polymer called an elastomer. 

A filling of elastomer dyed with carbon 

black surrounds the structures, preventing 

light from leaking between them. The 

lens is about 1 centimetre in diameter. 

“The whole thing is stretchy and 

thin, and we blow it up like a balloon” so 

that it curves like a compound eye, says 

Rogers. The current prototype produces 

black-and-white images only, but Rogers 

says a colour version could be made with 

the same design. 

This is the first time researchers have 

made a working compound-eye camera, 

says Luke Lee, a bioengineer at the University 

of California, Berkeley, who was 

not involved with the work. The trick, he 

says, was building and integrating all the 

parts of the ommatidia. “Usually people 

This structure gives 

bugs a wide field of 

view, with objects in 

the periphery just as 

clear as those in the 

centre of the visual 

field, and high motion 

sensitivity 

just show one part, the lens or the detector,” 

says Lee. In 2006, for example, 

Lee’s group made arrays of artificial ommatidia 

that had microlenses and lightguiding 

cones, but no photodetectors. 

He says that Rogers made the device 

work by predicting the mechanics of how 

his designs would stretch before building 

them – to make sure that the lenses 

would not be distorted when the device 

was inflated, for example. 

Rogers describes the camera as a 

“low-end insect eye.” It contains 

180 artificial ommatidia, about 

the same number as in 

the eyes of a fire ant 

(Solenopsis fugax) 

or a bark beetle (Hylastes nigrinus) 

– insects that don’t see very well. So far 

the researchers have tested it by taking 

pictures of simple line drawings. 

With the basic designs in place, Rogers 

says, his team can now increase the 

resolution of the camera by incorporating 

more ommatidia. “We’d like to do a 

dragonfly, with 20,000 ommatidia,” he 

says, which will require some 

miniaturisation of the components. 

Alexander Borst, who 

builds miniature 

flying robots at the Max 

Planck Institute of 

Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany, 

says that he is eager to integrate the 

camera into his machines. Insects’ wide 

field of vision helps them to monitor and 

stabilise their position during flight; robots 

with artificial compound eyes might 

be better fliers, he says. 

Rogers says that his next project is 

to go “beyond 

biology,” by 

inflating or 

deflating the 

camera to 

adjust its 

field of view.

FOOD 


A fresh approach to 

soft-shell crabs 

For the sweet first crabs 

of the season, I like to 

keep it quite simple, 

searing them quickly 

in a cast-iron pan, with 

butter, salt and pepper 

NYT SYNDICATE 

I 

ONCE worked for an old-school chef 

who claimed that everything sold 

better with the name “amandine” (or 

“almondine” as it was called, incorrectly, 

on the menu). 

And it’s true. With many fish dishes, it’s 

hard to go wrong with a sauce of browned 

butter, lemon and some kind of toasted 

nut - almonds, hazelnuts or pecans. Many 

a trout, sole or halibut steak has been enhanced 

in this crowd-pleasing way. Though 

it may seem trite, pedestrian or downright 

old-fashioned, when it’s executed well, it can 

be awfully good. 

This time of year, with Chesapeake softshell 

crabs in season, perhaps that’s just 

the method to choose. Soft-shell fanatics 

would disagree. No sauce, some say, only 

lemon. One camp wants Old Bay seasoning 

(not me), while others insist there must be 

Tabasco. 

Well, to each his or her own. I’m not 

that dogmatic. I have eaten soft-shell crabs 

just about every way imaginable: pan-fried, 

deep-fried, tempura-battered and grilled. 

I’ve had them on a bun, on top of spaghetti 

aglio e olio, even in gumbo. 

The most important thing with softshell 

crabs, of course, is that they be utterly 

spanking fresh and lively, still wiggling if 

possible. You must buy them the day you 

plan to eat them, preferably from a reliable 

fish merchant who received them that morning. 

They begin to deteriorate rapidly, so 

it’s important to keep them on ice, because 

there’s nothing worse than a crab that’s gone 

off. OK, perhaps there are worse things, but 

if you can’t get perfectly fresh soft-shells, 

it’s better to buy frozen or forgo them altogether. 

For the sweet first crabs of the 

season, I like to keep it quite simple, searing 

them quickly in a cast-iron pan, with butter, 

salt and pepper. After a few rounds of such 

purity, I usually think it’s time to branch out 

a bit and introduce other flavours. 

The other day, from out of the past, the 

aroma of buttery toasted almonds seemed 

to waft through my mind, along with lots of 

parsley and lemon. I nearly 

succumbed, but the memory 

somehow inspired 

a slight twist. How 

about preserved 

lemon instead of 

regular lemon, 

and why not use 

chopped cilantro, 

too? 

With pinches of 

cumin, coriander and 

cayenne, my soft-shells 

were now acquiring quite a 

different profile, not very Yankee at all, but 

there was no turning back. 

SOFT-SHELL CRAB WITH PRESERVED 

LEMON AND ALMONDS 

Time: 30 minutes 

Yield: 4 servings 

(Note: Cleaning crabs involves cutting off the mouth and eyes and removing 

the gills and apron. Your fishmonger can do this for you.) 

Ingredients 

1/2 cup all-purpose flour 

1 teaspoon ground cumin 

1 teaspoon ground coriander 

1/8 teaspoon cayenne 

2 teaspoons paprika 

1 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning 

4 soft-shell crabs, cleaned with gills and apron removed (see note) 

8 tablespoons (1/4 pound) butter, melted 

1/2 cup sliced almonds 

2 tablespoons diced preserved lemon 

2 tablespoons chopped cilantro 

Lemon wedges, for serving 

Method 

1. Season the flour for dredging: mix together flour, cumin, 

coriander, cayenne, paprika and salt in a shallow bowl. 

Quickly dip both sides of the crabs in flour mixture and 

shake off excess. 

2. Put 4 tablespoons melted butter in a large, wide 

cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. When butter is 

hot, carefully put in the crabs, top side down. Cook for 

about 2 minutes per side, until well crisped and cooked 

through. Remove crabs to a warmed platter. Sprinkle 

lightly with salt. 

3. Add 4 more tablespoons melted butter to pan and 

add sliced almonds. Stir to coat and cook until lightly browned, 

1 to 2 minutes. Add preserved lemon and cilantro and turn off 

heat. 

4. Spoon butter sauce over crabs, surround with lemon 

wedges and serve immediately.


HEALTH 

Dark chocolate a day, 

keeps doctor away 

Physicians suggest dark chocolates are good 

for the heart, and they help reduce cardiovascular 

ailments as they contain potassium and 

copper. High in iron content, dark chocolates 

also cure anaemia 

IANS 

CRAVING for chocolates, but 

don’t want to gain those 

extra pounds? Worry not! Go 

for a dark chocolate, which 

contains a good amount of 

vitamins, minerals, iron, potassium and 

magnesium. 

Physicians suggest dark chocolates 

are good for the heart, and they help 

reduce cardiovascular ailments as they 

contain potassium and copper. High in 

iron content, dark chocolates also cure 

anaemia. Whereas, magnesium prevents 

high blood pressure, and diabetes. 

An online study indicates that a person 

should consume two or three grams 

of sweet candies a week to reap its health 

benefits. The research also suggests that 

if you eat a bit of dark chocolate as a dessert 

after your meals, it is likely to curb 

weight gain. 

Following are benefits of dark 

chocolates: 

Controls blood pressure: Having 

a little dark chocolates at least thrice a 

week improves blood flow and prevents 

blood clotting,” says Sonal Arora, a Delhi-based 

dietician. “It also lowers blood 

pressure and arteriosclerosis (hardening 

of the arteries),” she adds. 

Good for brain: Since it improves 

the blood flow in the body, it helps improve 

cognitive function, and also reduces 

the risk of a stroke. Arora also said 

dark chocolates contain phenylethylamine 

(PEA). It’s the same chemical that 

our brain creates when a person falls 

in love. The chemical helps the brain 

to release endorphins, which results in 

making a person happier. 

Controls blood sugar: Dark 

chocolates keep blood vessels healthy 

and help control diabetes. “Dark chocolates 

contain a chemical called flavonoid 

which reduces insulin resistance and encourage 

body cells to function normally,” 

adds the dietician. 

Loaded with antioxidants: 

Antioxidants help release free radicals, 

which damage cells. A human 

body develops free radicals when a 

person grows old. These radicals 

can also cause cancer. Dark 

chocolates lower the signs of 

ageing and reduce cancer 

risks. 

Reduces stress: 

“Dark chocolates help 

reduce stress as they contain 

a good amount of cocoa, and 

cocoa helps reduces stress 

hormones,” says Arora.


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amid fears of a coup 

1994: Russian writer Alexander 

Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after a 

20-year exile in the West 

2003: The Israeli cabinet officially 

accepted the Palestinian claim to 

eventual statehood for the first time 

Picture: Associated Press 

© GRAPHIC NEWS


SUDOKU 

Thursday’s Answer 

Star Talk 

By King Features Syndicate, Inc. 

ARIES [mar 21 – apr 19] TAURUS [apr 20 – may 20] GEMINI [may 21 – jun 20] CANCER [jun 21 - jul 22] LEO [jul 23 – aug 22] VIRGO [aug 23 – 22] 

Travel plans might be delayed or 

canceled today. Alternatively, an 

unexpected trip suddenly might fall 

in your lap. (It could go either way.) 

Keep an eye on your bank account 

today, because unexpected events 

might occur (like an overdraft). 

On the upside, you might receive 

a gift or a favor from someone. 

Who knows? 

You can expect to meet someone 

unusual today, perhaps a real 

character. Or possibly, someone 

you know well will do something 

bizarre or unexpected. 

Home routine will be interrupted 

today. This could come from the 

introduction of new technology or 

perhaps technological breakdowns. 

Staff shortages or someone new 

on the scene might make waves. 

This is a mildly accident-prone day 

for your kids, so be extra vigilant. 

Unexpected flirtations might make 

your heart go pitter-patter. Sports 

events might have surprising 

turnarounds. Curious day! 

Stock the fridge because surprise 

company might drop by. Or your 

home routine will be interrupted 

because small appliances will 

break down or minor breakages 

will occur. Oops. 

LIBRA [sept 23 – oct 22] SCORPIO [oct 23 – nov 21] SAGITTARIUS [nov 22 – dec 21] CAPRICORN [dec 22 – jan 19] AQUARIUS [jan 20 – feb 18] Pisces [feb 19 – mar 20] 

Be careful of everything you say or 

do today, because this is a mildly 

accident-prone day for your sign. 

However, you will meet stimulating 

situations and new faces! 

If shopping today, count your 

change and keep your receipts. 

You might find money; you 

might lose money. Be vigilant. 

You feel restless today. You want 

to do something different, 

because you feel that you need 

a change of scenery. Quite likely, 

this actually will happen. 

Something hidden or behind the 

scenes might force you to take 

a detour today. Stay light on 

your feet, and pack a lunch. 

Friends will surprise you today. 

However, some of you will meet 

someone new who amazes you. 

(A real character.) In fact, this 

new acquaintance might make 

you rethink where you’re headed. 

Something unexpected might occur 

today in your relationships with 

bosses, parents and authority 

figures. Hopefully it’s a pleasant 

surprise. If not, don’t be lippy. 

Just let this surprise pass.


MOVIES IN QATAR 

Fast & Furious 6 

(Action) 

Agent Luke Hobbs enlists Dominic Toretto and his team to 

bring down former Special Ops soldier Owen Shaw, leader of 

a unit specialising in vehicular warfare. 

Star Trek Into Darkness 

(Action) 

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable 

force of terror from within their own organisation, 

Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to 

capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. 

CITY CENTRE CINEMA 

VILLAGGIO CINEMA 

LANDMARK CINEMA 

MALL CINEMA 

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 10.30 PM, 11.30 PM, 1.30 PM, 

2.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 10.30 PM, 

11.30 PM, 1 AM. [VIP GOLD]: 11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM 

STREET DANCE ALL STARS (COMEDY): 12.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 5 

PM, 7.15 PM 

IRON MAN 3 (ACTION): 11.45 AM, 2.45 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.45 PM, 

11.45 PM (3D) 10.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.45 PM, 7.45 PM, 10.45 

PM, 1.15 AM 

STAR TREK 2 (ACTION) (3D): 12.45 PM, 3.30 PM, 6.15 PM, 9 

PM, 11.45 PM, 1 AM 

THE CALL (THRILLER): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM, 

11 PM 

THE GREAT GATSBY (DRAMA): 12.15 PM, 3 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.30 

PM, 11.15 PM 

PAIN & GAIN (ACTION): 10.30 AM, 3 PM, 7.30 PM,9.30 PM, 

12 MN 

THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 1 PM, 5.30 PM, 10 PM, 12 PM 

AURANGZEB (HINDI): 12 PM, 2.45 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 

PM 

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN (MALAYALAM): 11.15 AM, 2.15 PM, 

5.15 PM, 8.15 PM, 11.15 PM 

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 

PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 7 PM, 8 PM, 9 PM, 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 

MN, 1 AM 

STREET DANCE ALL STARS (COMEDY): 11.30 AM, 1.45 PM, 4 

PM, 6.15 PM 

IRON MAN 3 (ACTION): 11.30 AM, 2.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 

11.30 PM (3D): 10.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 10.30 

PM, 1 AM 

STAR TREK 2 (ACTION): 1 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.30 PM, 9.15 PM, 12 

MN, 1 AM (3D): 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 PM 

THE CALL (THRILLER): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM, 10 

PM, 12 MN 

THE CROODS (ANIMATION): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM 

SAMEER ABU EL-NEEL (ARABIC): 11.30 AM, 1.45 PM, 4 PM, 

6.15 PM, 8.30 PM, 10.45 PM 

THE GREAT GATSBY (DRAMA): 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45 

PM, 11.30 PM 

PAIN & GAIN (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 

11.30 PM 

THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY):11.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 3.45 PM, 

5.45 PM, 7.45 PM, 9.45 PM, 11.45 PM 

AURANGZEB (HINDI): 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM 

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 2.30, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 

11.30PM 

THE LEGEND OF SARILA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM 

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (3D) (ACTION): 2.30 PM 

STREET DANCE ALL STAR (COMEDY): 5 PM, 7 PM 

THE GREAT GATSBY (3D) (DRAMA): 9 PM 

IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 11.30 PM 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (MALAYALAM): 5 PM, 8 PM, 

11 PM 

ROYAL PLAZA 

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 

9 PM, 11.30 PM 

THE LEGEND OF SARILA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2 PM, 4.30 

PM 

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (3D) (ACTION): 2 PM, 5 PM 

STREET DANCE ALL STAR (COMEDY): 9.30 PM, 11.15 PM 

IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 6.30 PM, 11.30 PM 

THE GREAT GATSBY (3D) (DRAMA): 8.45 PM 

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 

11.30 PM 

THE LEGEND OF SARILA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.15 PM 

STREET DANCE ALL STAR (COMEDY): 5 PM, 7 PM 

THE GREAT GATSBY (3D) (DRAMA): 9 PM 

IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 11.30 PM 

ISHQ IN PARIS (HINDI): 2.30 PM 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (MALAYALAM): 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM 

NOTICE: Timings are subject to change without prior notice. 

OVER THE WEEK IN QATAR 

ENTERTAINMENT 

‘THE STARS GALA’ BALLET SHOW 

Venue: Al Majlis, Sheraton Doha 

Resort & Convention Hotel 

Date: May 25, 2013 

Time: 3:30pm 

Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention 

Hotel in cooperation with Mademe 

Isabelle Mojansky (Ballet teacher 

and Choreographer) presents ‘The 

Stars Gala 2013’ ballet show. 

Tickets are available at F&B offices from noon to 4pm. 

For more information, contact 4485 4071. 

CRAFT WORKSHOP 

CHILDRENS’ CRAFTS WORKSHOP 

Venue: Katara Art Centre, Katara Cultural village 

Date: May 25, 2013 Time: 4pm to 5.30pm 

Fees: QR75 per child 

Join the designers from PenguinCube for a childrens’ crafts 

workshop at Katara Art Center. In this two-hour long session, 

children will create sand clocks using only recycled objects 

from around the home. Be sure to bring things from around 

the house that you’d normally throw away, like: 

• Bottles (of water, juice, milk) 

• Egg cartons 

• Cereal boxes 

• Plastic bags (the kind you use for frozen french fries and 

vegetables, etc.) 

We’ll be recycling them in fun, creative ways — be sure to 

bring as much as you can! 

For more details contact 44080244 

For events, opinions and suggestions contact: chillout.qt@gmail.com Phone: 44422077

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