How was it working with David Dhawan in MainTera Hero?

I know he is my father. But in my sec-ond film [after debuting in Student OfThe Year (SOTY) in 2012, to work witha director who has made 40 plus films,is a very, very big thing for me.

Did you face any difficulty inworking under David Dhawan?

Well, he kept treating me as if I hadcome to him after doing 40-50 films. Hejust forgot that it was only my secondfilm. So the first two-three days of shootwas bizarre. There was no preparationtime, no discussions. He would just ask tome do the scene and expect me to under-stand and deliver accordingly.

Have you ever got screwed in love forreal just like in Main Tera Hero?

You have not been in love if you have not beenscrewed in love. So, at sometime, everybody getsscrewed. But the idea is to get screwed and thenstrike back. That's what Main Tera Hero is all about.It's a boy's journey.

Filmmaker Karan Johar launched you andnow in your second film you have David Dhawandirecting you and Ekta Kapoor producing thefilm. Was it planned or simply luck?

I have been really lucky for sure, but nothing wasplanned.

Born to David Dhawan, do you have an incli-nation towards comedy films?

When I started off, I had many things in my head… I wanted to do dark cinema because I lovewatching films and shows like Dexter (Americantelevision drama series). But at the end of the day,comedy is in my blood. That is something I am bornwith. I have grown up watching Govinda, SalmanKhan and Akshay Kumar films. That's like reflexaction.

You, Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotradebuted in the same film (SOTY). Now yournext films, though different genres, are alsoreleasing almost at the same time (Main TeraHero, Highway and Hasee Toh Phasee). Sodo you three talk about competition?

Right now, Alia and Sid (Sidharth) aremore nervous for me than I am. That's howour relationship is. Alia and Sid's films arereleasing in the same month, mine a littlelater. I have loved the promos of Highwayand Hasee Toh Phasee. And yes, we discusscompetition. When you do your first film withsomeone, the bond just forms for life. Theybecome your family and you tend to overlookthese things. I just have a lot of love in my heartfor them.

Who in Bollywood do you consider to bea complete hero?

I will answer it my way. I think the common man whogets up so early in the morning, toils so hard to earn hisbread, is the real hero. I know it sounds like a film dia-logue but that's the truth. And then, each of us has a

hero within us, we just need to realize that and get itout there at some point of our life. There is another heroin my life … my brother Rohit Dhawan (filmmaker). With-out my brother, I wouldn't have been an actor. He has sac-rificed so much for me to get my second film happen. (TWF)

Varun Dhawan is a born star - it took him only twofilms to graduate himself from a 'student' to a 'hero'. Sreya Basu chats up with the actor in Mumbai on hisupcoming romance-comedy Main Tera Hero, being

screwed in love and competition.

Shahnaz Husain

Make-up cosmetics can actuallyhave undesirable effects on the skin,especially if they are left on for toolong. For one thing, they have a dry-ing effect on the skin by causingmoisture depletion. Wearing make-up for long hours also clogs the poresand can lead to problems like black-heads and pimples. Some peoplecan also develop an allergic reactionto make-up cosmetics.

Cleansing the skin at night, beforebedtime, is very important, in order toremove make-up, along with dirt, pol-lutants, oil and sweat deposits andother impurities. At night, the poresshould be left free and unclogged.The skin should not be smotheredwith heavy make-up or cream duringthe night while we sleep. The repairand restoration work of the bodytakes place at night, while we sleepand the skin should be clean whilethis goes on.

The best way to remove make-upis to use a cleansing cream or gel. Itis better than soap and water, as acleansing cream or gel helps to soft-en and dissolve the make-up andallows easy removal. It also keepsthe skin lubricated and soft and isuseful for removing eye make-up andlipstick. The skin around the eyes andon the lips is delicate and thin. There-fore, a cleansing gel should be used.

To remove foundation and blushon, apply the cleanser on the facewith a light massage and then wipeoff with moist cotton wool. We recom-mend a cleansing gel containing aloevera and lemon. Aloe vera is a pow-erful moisturizer, while Lemon is apowerful natural cleanser. Therefore,it helps to cleanse the skin withoutdisturbing the moisture balance. Italso softens and dissolves make-upcosmetics, including eye make-up,and facilitates their removal.

If you have an oily skin, use a

cleansing lotion, or cleansing milk toremove make-up. Apply it on the faceand wipe off with moist cotton wool.However, for the area around eyes,a cleansing gel would be more suit-able.

The area around eyes should bewiped gently, without pulling orstretching the skin. Using your ringfinger, apply cleansing gel and wipeoff gently with moist cotton wool.Wipe in one direction only and notback and forth. To remove mascarafrom upper lashes, put cleanser on

moist cotton wool and wrap it aroundyour index finger. Brush the cottonwool through the lashes from under-neath. To remove mascara from thelower lashes, use a cotton bud, whichhas a little cleanser on it. Also cleanthe corners of the eyes with a cottonbud.

To remove lipstick, put cleanseron moist cotton wool and gently wipein an inward direction, from the cor-ners to the center. I would advise thatlipstick be removed every night witha cleansing gel, containing aloe vera.It would be better than using soap. Acleansing gel helps to dissolve make-up and facilitates its removal. Aloe

vera also helps to nourish the skinand keep it soft and smooth. Aftercleansing, an almond cream shouldbe applied on the lips and left onovernight. We have seen that it alsohelps to lighten the skin colour ondark lips if used daily over a period oftime. Or, apply pure almond oil dailyat night and leave on, to soothe theskin and avoid dryness.

Here are some home madecleansers:

Cleanser for Dry Skin: For acleanser for dry skin, take half a cup

of milk and add five drops of any veg-etable oil (til, olive or sunflower oil).Put this in a bottle and shake well.Apply it on the skin using cotton wooland then wipe off with moist cottonwool. Keep left-over mixture in thefridge. Remember that home recipesshould not be kept for more than 4 to5 days.

Cleanser for Oily and Combina-tion Skin: To one-fourth teaspoon oflemon juice, add one teaspoon eachof cucumber juice and rose water ORcool milk. Apply on the face and washit off with plain water after 15 minutes.However, for the area around eyes,use the cleanser for dry skin.

Dr Navin Pandey

Prof. Gupta, Medical Superintendent-cum-Professor &Head, Department of Hospital Administration started hisacademic career as faculty at AIIMS, New Delhi in 1988and later joined PGIMER, Chandigarh as Medical Super-intendent and Head, Department of Hospital Administra-tion in January, 1996 where he is working since then. Hehas brought tangible improvement in the functioning ofHospital Services with regard to quality, productivity, dis-cipline, order and accountability among 5000 employeesworking with him. Under his dynamic leadership there hasbeen tremendous development of hospital services withmassive infusion of state of the art technology and tech-nically trained manpower in the Institute. He has activelyparticipated and supported development of a number ofcenters of excellence which came up in the last twodecades at PGI.

Prof Gupta is an alumni of Jammu Medical College andAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Del-hi. He is trained in U.K. and obtained a certificate in Med-ical Educational Technology at Dundee University,Dundee, Scotland. He was awarded Commonwealth Med-ical Fellowship for one year in 1991-92, availed at Univer-sity of Liverpool, U.K. He has been short term consultantto World Health Organization (SEARO), New Delhi andhas provided training/consultation in Hospital Administra-tion to the doctors belonging to Governments of Nepal,Maldives, Indonesia.

Prof Gupta is the longest serving Medical Superinten-dent cum Professor and Head in the faculty of hospitaladministration in India. On the academic front, he took theinitiative and started postgraduate course in HospitalAdministration at PGI, Chandigarh. In a span of 10 years,the Department of Hospital Administration has made a

mark and is now one of the best training centres for postgraduation in Hospital Administration in the country. Hehas organized a number of symposiums, workshops andconferences on Hospital Management and given aroundtwo hundred guest lectures at various places throughoutthe country.

Prof .Gupta has forty two publications in reputed jour-

nals, a book on hospital administration to be published by

Elsevier (USA), five chapters in other books, fifty five sci-

entific paper and poster presentations in India and abroad,

has chaired scientific sessions in twenty five national lev-

el conferences. He was the principal investigator in World

Health Organization (WHO) sponsored project "Develop-

ment of Nehru Hospital, PGIMER as a Health promoting

Hospital" from April 2011 to December 2011. Also, he has

been a research guide in thirty thesis studies of post grad-

uate students, the outcome of which has resulted in prepa-

ration of a hospital "Infection Control Manual" and "Hospi-

tal Disaster Plan" etc. Besides this, he has been the Exter-

nal Examiner for the award of postgraduate degree in Hos-

pital Administration to many universities viz. AIIMS New

Delhi, AFMC Pune, NIMS Hyderabad and National Board

of Examinations, New Delhi. In fact for his excellent knowl-

edge and tremendous contribution to the field of hospital

administration, he is popularly known as "Teacher of

Teachers".

Prof. Gupta has been involved as Expert Member in

various high level Committees of Government of India viz.

Permanent Special invitee in Project Management Com-

mittee under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha

Yojana of Govt. of India (PMSSY); Member from 2005-

2010, Technical Evaluation Committee under Pradhan

Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, Govt. of India; Cardiac

& Cancer Hospital Project, Bhatinda and Mohali, Advisory

committee LRS Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory dis-

eases, New Delhi; Chairman etc. Within the Institute he is

the chairperson for various committees and member of

numerous others.

Prof. Gupta has many awards to his credit. The Govt.

of UT, Chandigarh on the eve of Republic Day on 26th

January, 2000 and 2006 had awarded him Commendation

Certificates for devotion to duty and rendering outstanding

services. Prof. Gupta has been associated with various

social organizations viz. Rotary Club, Blood Bank Society,

Punjab Red Cross, Lifeline and has helped in organizing

many blood donation camps at PGI, Chandigarh. For the

poor patients suffering from cancer, eye and other dis-

eases, philanthropists have been motivated, regular dona-

tions worth millions of rupees has been mobilized by Prof.

Gupta over the years continuously for these patients.

Dr. Jitendra Singh

For an average middle class person with limited sourcesof income and more so for the one living below poverty line,it is getting increasingly difficult to afford the cost of treat-ment of Diabetes and its complications particularly when thetreatment is usually prolonged and often lifelong. As a result,a large number of diabetes affected individuals are con-strained to be irregular in taking medication which not onlylands them in incapacitating complications or disabilities butalso further increases manifold the cost of managing com-plications that may call for expensive procedures like kid-ney dialysis, eye laser, foot amputation etc.

The fund allocated to health sector is a very small frac-tion of the Govt of India’s annual budget of which muchsmaller fraction is earmarked for Diabetes control and pre-vention programmes.

Very little is being discussed or planned about the enor-mous economic impact of Diabetes in a developing coun-try like India which is, in next 15 years, predicted to be thehome for nearly 80% of world’s total diabetic population.The cost liabilities of diabetes treatment are a burden notonly for the individual suffering from this disorder but alsofor his family and infact the society in general.

Pathetic StateSometime ago, there was this news report in the Vijay-

wada edition of “Indian Express’’. A diabetes affected manin the prime of his life developed a “diabetic foot’’ whicheventually led to gangrene. A fruit seller by vocation, thisman soon discovered that his customers, one by one,beganturning away from him because of the foul smell emanat-ing from his gangrenous foot thus resulting in a suddendecline in his daily earnings and making it difficult for himto sustain himself and his family. He approached one hosp-tal after the other but could not arrange the money requiredto carry out surgical amputation of the foot advised for him.In desperation, finally, this young son of India placed hisfoot on a rail track and allowed a train to run over it thusaccomplishing a self-emputation of the limb. The storysums up the pathetic state of poor economic infrastructureavailable in this country to help an average Diabetic man-age himself.

As per WHO estimates, Diabetes requires a significantpercent of health budget by way of cost towards direct dia-

betes care and diabetes related disabilities. Diabetes asso-ciated complications account for 60% of diabetes relateddirect health care costs and almost 80 to 90% of indirectcosts. The most appalling fact is that in India, the per capi-ta expenditure on health care is only 6.4% of the averageworld spending even though India accounts for 23.5% of theworld’s disability adjusted life years lost due to Diabetes.

According to recently published data, India present-ly has an annual estimated diabetes treatment cost ofRs 10,000 to 12,000 crore which is likely to witness arise up to as much as Rs 1,26,000 crore by 2025. Thisfigure includes direct costs incurred in treatment, lab-oratory tests etc, indirect costs resulting from absen-teism, lowered productivity etc and cost involvingmanagement of diabetic complications by modestmeans.

AWARENESS CAN REDUCE MANAGEMENT COSTSFrom whatever data available regarding the eco-

nomic cost of Diabetes, it is clear that Diabetes infuture will pose a severe burden on the under-resourced health care system in India. Therefore, it isimportant to emphasise that public awareness aboutDiabetes coupled with initiative and action in early daysof Diabetes can prove highly beneficial not only interms of promising a better quality of life but also beingmore cost effective especially if it can prevent hospi-talisation.

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Diabetes treatment getting costlyBEAUTY TIPS

BOLLYWOOD BUZZ

Make-up Removal

Teacher of TeachersPERSONALITY

HEALTHLINES

'Comedy is in my blood'

Very little is being discussed or planned about the enormous economic

impact of Diabetes in a developing country like India which is, in next

15 years, predicted to be the home for nearly 80% of world’s total

diabetic population. The cost liabilities of diabetes treatment are a

burden not only for the individual suffering from this disorder but

also for his family and infact the society in general.

Prof .Gupta has forty two

publications in reputed journals,

a book on hospital administration

to be published by Elsevier (USA),

five chapters in other books, fifty

five scientific paper and poster

presentations in India and abroad,

has chaired scientific sessions

in twenty five national level

conferences.

Prof Anil K Gupta was recently awarded by the State Government on the occasion of Republic Day forhis contribution in the field of Medi-cine. Mr Gupta , the son-of-soil wasborn in Jammu to Dr UC Gupta and MrsKamla Gupta. He did his Primaryschooling from Model Academy nearRaghunath Mandir, and subsequentschooling from Light House PublicSchool Chowk Chabutra, GGM Science College and Govt MedicalCollege Jammu.