BOTOX OR NOT....???

Actors should age gracefully & naturally, yes! But once in a while the face-lifts & botox are so damn essential! You don't need to play the pretty damsel from college,stick to your age & just be confident about it! Now here's something to learn from Kareena Kapoor who was bang on in the recently released Ki & Ka!As always her stylists have done a great job.If u observe keenly, nowhere the make up artist has tried hiding her dark circles or the wrinkles from the contours of her eyes.In most of the scenes, Kareena is sporting minimal makeup, thanks to her healthy looking skin.No smokey eyes,no eyeliner or kajal! Just a tinge of brown eye shadow on the lids as well on lower lash line, some facial bleach, some mascara and its done!

Now...Once upon a time, way back during 1997 when i was actually besotted with Madhuri Dixit, i was eagerly waiting for Mohabbat where she was cast with Akshaye Khanna, 10 yrs younger to her! Now that didn't deter me at all, in fact the hugely popular song 'Don't break my heart' was actually good, they looked good together, but the day i saw the film,gosh! i cried! the chemistry was so pale,they were terribly bad together & for the first time i felt Madhuri looked so old & so odd! From her makeup to the ill fitting clothes, the unnecessary jewelries, her rear profile....everything about her was so so bad & for some reason she looked so lethargic throughout the film! Given the production house of this film i am sure they couldn't hire the legend Mickey Contractor to work his magic on her skin & tone (which thankfully he did so in Madhuri's very next release Dil to Pagal Hai).

That rainy night scene where she meets Akshaye Khanna for the first time, where, thanks to the 90's, probably when we had less number of water proof make up & accessories, her pancake had all come off with the splashed water & you can't stop cringing while looking at her wrinkles & lines! Now am not blaming her, aging is a natural phenomenon & women's skin loses its firmness more sooner than men! Madhuri at present has aged gracefully but what our actresses had lacked during those times, the present Gen X newbies have got it. A little bit of nip & tuck , some lifts, some cover ups here & there probably doesn't harm after all specially when you are a part of the glamour business !