Interesting, but I doubt it will increase your chances with her, sorry
Billy. :-P
On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:43 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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A day at the ashram of 'sadhvi' Julia
Sumi Sukanya, TNN 23 September 2009, 05:34am IST
GURGAON: Call it the western fascination for Oriental mythology or a
genuine gesture to
appreciate Indian spirituality, Hollywood actress Julia Roberts in
Haryana for a film shoot
has renamed all her three children after Hindu Gods and a Goddess.
Swami Dharam Dev, president of the Ashram in Pataudi where the film
`Eat, Pray, Love' is
being shot, on Tuesday told Times City: "Julia came for my blessings
this morning along with
her children. She told me that she has named her five-year-old twins
Hazel and Phinnaeus
as Mahalaxmi and Ganesh. Her two-year-old son Henry will now be
known as Krishna Balram.
'' But the Swami has no clue whether the name-change has been for
good or not.
When Times City visited the Ashram on Tuesday, it saw the crew
working on the `pray' part
of the film. "A langar was organized on Sunday, for the script
required Julia to be present in
the langar with devotees of the Ashram. She seems to have
metamorphosed herself into a
sadhvi for the role. I asked Julia to step into sadhvi's role in her
real life whenever she is
in self doubt,'' the Swamiji said.
Julia on Tuesday shot a cooking scene in the mess of the Ashram on
Tuesday. "She was seen
cooking food along with other woman sadhvis for the film. In another
shot, she performed
kirtan in the Mandir hall of the Ashram,'' said an inmate.
The 25-acre Ashram, otherwise a quiet place hosting a Sanskrit
Mahavidyalaya with 500 students,
hostels for boys and girls, a hospital and a 100-bed old-age home,
is suddenly bustling with
activities and will be in the thick of action for at least 20 days.
But Swami Dharam Dev is not
complaining. He was all praise for the cast and crew of the film.
"They have not disturbed
the sanctity of the Ashram even as they complete everything as per
schedule,'' he said.
The Laxmi Narayan Mandir on the campus is the main shooting area. "A
wooden extension has
been erected at the Krishna Niwas on the first floor. A small, white
marble mandir has been
erected at the Atithi Niwas where some of the scenes will be shot,''
said an inmate.
The shooting has brought relief to the inmates of the Ashram. "The
Ashram has turned into an
air-conditioned fortress as the crew can't tolerate the searing
heat. Thanks to them, we now have
uninterrupted power supply. Normally, there is no power back-up and
electricity keeps playing
hide and seek,'' said one of the inmates.
The film, being produced by actor Brad Pitt's company, is about New
York resident
Elizabeth Gilbert's search for everything across Italy, India and
Indonesia. Gilbert arrives in
India on a spiritual tour after her four-month stay in Italy and
then proceeds to Bali in Indonesia.
The 41-year-old Roberts is playing Elizabeth Gilbert who gives up on
her pretty home near
New York, a comfortable life and a husband when she realises that
she is not happy with life.
Directed by Ryan Murphy, the film is based on the international
bestseller memoir,
`Eat, Pray, Love' by Gilbert.
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