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WEEKENDS SO DIRTY
YOU’LL HAVE TO
YAMI
IN A SHOOT WILD BEYOND IMAGINATION

BURN
YOUR KIT GAUTAM
BARES HER SHOULDERS & WRISTS

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CARMEN
ELECTRA
15 YEARS AFTER
BMW 3 SERIES GT BAYWATCH
ROVER SPORT AND SHE’S STILL GOT IT!
TRIUMPH TRIPLE
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ON FAN FANGS
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YAMI GAUTAM
AND THE ART
OF THE FULL
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Is it sporty or a Range Rover? p30 Waterproof. But FHM Proof? p98

Paparazzi hunting with Speed Triple p36 D-I-Y chicken wings! p100

Cabins you can see through! p38 Yami Gautam in her hottest shoot to date. Yes bare shoulders and all! p76 How to make your own viral video p112

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04 HAPPILY SINGLE
AND STILL HAVING
THE BEST TIME
15 years on since Baywatch,
Carmen Electra gets out of our
highschool fantasies and into the
magazine. Booyah.
16 GIRL NEXT DOOR
She is a DJ, is as hot as the Indian
summer and loves taking selfies.
18 THEY CAME, WE
SAW, WE RAVED
5 films that released with no big
names, zilch marketing budgets
and still swamped the box office.
20 BUY HER THE
PERFECT PRESENT
Chitrangda Singh spills the beans
on the gifts that would make your
lover fall for you, head over heels.
26 FOR THE LOVE OF
BLUES!
FHM chats up with a hot Blues
band from India - Soulmate and
gets into an argument about
playing covers.
28 PRO TWITTER TIPS
How to tweet the best sh!t from
the writer of epic-ly funny series
like Family Guy, Ted and The
Cleveland Show - Alec Sulkin.
32 #DRIVEN: AUDI
A8L IN DUBAI
We sit down with a calculator to
figure there are 91, 908
combinations it can be ordered in!
40 NIC CAGE
Nicolas Cage tells us he wants to
have our babies. Well, not really, he
talks about motorsports!
47 THE BIG FAT
FOOTBALL FEATURE
THIS is what June is really about -
watching a match that starts at 3 in
the morning, drinking too much
beer and showing up with
presentations with two hours of
sleep. We came up with a feature
too awesome to be described.
68 40 VIDEO-GAMES
THAT CHANGED THE
WORLD
We’ve wasted countless nights,
have bollocksed our eyesight, and
fought with the family for the love
of them. FHM ranks the most
important games of all time.
76 YAMI GAUTAM
On bikinis, sperm donors, political
correctness and hopeless flirting.
Plus a dozen hot pictures. Drool!
96 TUXEDO
DILEMMAS #ACED
Look dapper and invincible with
these pro-tuxedo tips.
102 A MAN’S GUIDE
TO CHEESE
How to tell cheddar from
camembert, why wine goes with
gouda and why mozzarella goes
over a pizza better than
gorgonzola.
110 BATTLE DE CURVE
We grill two curved TVs to
decipher whether they make any
sense. AT ALL.
114 GET A PROPER
HAIRCUT
The unkempt wind kissed tresses
are beginning to look more bum
tahan Boho. Get out. Get a trim.

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CARMEN
IT’S GREAT
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ELECTRA
15 years on from Baywatch, the blonde bombshell still rules the
waves. FHM learns some life lessons from the ultimate pin-up

Dan Jude Emily Shur

WHO
SHE?
Age: 42
Born in: Ohio
Real name: Tara Leigh
Patrick
Claim to fame:
Baywatch, Pussycat
Dolls, Playboy and
parody movies like
Scary Movie
Twitter:
@carmenelectra

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 ack in 1991, a 19-year-old dancer
from Ohio moved to Hollywood
to become a celebrity. Like every
other bright-eyed and bushy-
tailed teenage, hopeful, pitching
“Don’t say
up in Los Angele’s, with dreams
of superstardom, Tara Leigh
Patrick was convinced that she
anything too
was the real deal. Since
childhood, people had always
told her she was destined for big success, and
opinionated,
she believed it.
Tara Patrick was a brilliant dancer and a
decent actress and singer. But she had the sort
and you can’t
of face – and body – that doesn’t just turn
heads, but makes grown men bite their fists.
Most importantly, she possessed (in the
piss anyone off.”
language of the TV talent shows that hadn’t
even been created then) what Simon Cowell
would describe as the X factor – that magical
aura of superstardom that only a lucky few
emit.
Little did Tara know that she’d go on to
become such a global megastar that some 20
years later, she’d be appearing as a judge on
the world’s biggest TV talent shows, let alone
dating the Lord Master of television, Simon
Cowell, himself. But before all of that, before
the red swimsuit and the Hollywood career
spanning more than two decades, Miss Patrick
had to change her name. Not her decision, but
that of the pop legend, Prince, who first
championed the artist who would thereafter
be known as Carmen Electra.

GOING SOLO
“I was dancing for Prince in a nightclub called
Glam Slam in LA .” says Carmen, like it’s no
big deal at all. “Then I had the opportunity to
audition for this all-girl group that he was
putting together. I didn’t hear anything at first,
so I assumed I didn’t get it, and I just kept
working on demos. Then I remember receiving
a call from him and he said, “I think you should
be a solo artist. I don’t think you should be
backing anyone up.” I couldn’t believe what I
was hearing. It just blew me away for someone
like him to believe in me at such a young age,
at such an early stage in my career.”
Prince had so much faith in the teenager
that once she’d changed her name, he gave
her a solo record contract. Her debut album
performed unspectacularly, but a star had
been born, and from that moment on there
was no stopping her. Besides helping make
Baywatch one of the most iconic TV shows of CARMEN’S LIFE THIS MONTH
all time (more on this later), Carmen has
starred in some 42 movies. She has appeared
on more FHM and Playboy covers than any
other person in the world. She has been in The
Pussycat Dolls. She has been married to and
divorced basketball player Dennis Rodman
and musician Dave Navarro. You name it, and
it’s likely that over her 22-year career, Carmen
has done it. Hell, she even has a fly named
after her (the Carmenelectra shechisme) on
account of her ‘splendid somal structure’ (aka
banging body).

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What is most remarkable is that through this
roller-coaster life, Carmen has never really
changed who she is. Which, given the
accepted commandments of achieving
longevity in showbusiness, is perhaps her
biggest achievement of all.
ENDURANCE TEST
The first rule of celebrity survival is that you
must reinvent to remain famous. Trace a
pop-cultural line from Madonna in the ’80s to
Gaga and Cyrus today and you’ll find a trend:
in order to stay relevant, most female
performers have, at some point, undergone a
fhmindia.com
radical metamorphosis. A change in hair
colour, in style, in personality. Not selling
enough records? Try twerking. Haven’t signed
any big movie deals recently? Cut all your hair
off. In Hollywood, reinvention is the cure for
irrelevancy, an instant tonic for public
indifference.
There are, however, a very small number of
celebrities who are so pop-culturally iconic,
held in such high esteem across multiple
generations, that reinvention isn’t necessary.
Their appeal is themselves, not whatever their
latest look or fad is. Not only does the public
not need them to change, the public doesn’t
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want them to change. Over 20 years, Carmen
Electra has stayed true to what made her so
adored in the first place. “So badly, throughout
my career, I’ve wanted to make drastic
changes,” she says. “I’ve wanted to change my
hair, my make-up, whatever. But when I’m
hired, there’s a certain look that they want and
it’s a look I’ve had for a long time.”
Carmen, has never really stopped being
relevant. Critics will complain that she only
gets jobs because of her looks and her boobs,
but the public will continue to watch films she’s
in and buy magazines she appears on the
covers of.
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 While models model and singers sing,
Carmen is a jack of all trades. She is, as much
as anything else, a brand. You realise the
extent of this when you talk to her at length
– she’s as media-trained and savvy as a
politician in an electoral campaign. You get a
lot of, “I’m always grateful”s and “It’s important
to be true to yourself”s, and it can be hard to
really see the real Carmen Electra. It’s the Kate
Moss approach: don’t say anything too
opinionated, and you can’t piss anyone off.
But regardless of what she says in interviews,
people will form an opinion and, in the Twitter
age, this means putting up with plenty of
abuse along with the praise.
“I usually stay away from Twitter because I
feel like I want to do what I want to do and,
after a while, when you’re constantly reading
criticism, that can affect you.”
Does it affect you?
“I try not to let it. I want to be myself, I
always want to be myself. I don’t want to
change.”
Do your famous friends see what people are
BRA AND GARTER, WHAT KATIE DID; SHORTS, TOPSHOP; SHOES, JIMMY CHOO
saying about them on Twitter?
“I have friends in the business and they read
every single comment and they’ll be sad about
it. I say, ‘Just don’t even pay attention. You’re
part of social media, post what you want.’
Obviously, I really want to connect, especially
on Instagram, and I do read some comments
just so I can stay in the know, and connected.
But it can be hard.”
LIFE BEGINS AT 40
At 41, Carmen is officially the oldest Access
Girl in FHM ’s history – not that she looks it. Is
8 June 2014
it harder modelling in your forties than in your
twenties? “I feel more comfortable now,” she
says. “Less nervous. I feel like I’m in a really
good place in my life and just being in that
space makes me feel sexier. FHM has
supported me throughout my career.
“The secret to being sexy starts on the
inside. I think it’s all about embracing yourself.
I love being on shoots because you can get
into the fantasy of it all. I love getting into new
outfits, stuff I wouldn’t normally wear.”
Of course you can’t discuss outfits with
Carmen Electra without bringing up that red
swimsuit. The one that made her – as well as
co-stars Pamela Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth
– a global pop-culture icon. “I still have the red
swimsuit,” Carmen proudly says of her famous
Baywatch one-piece. “The whole Baywatch
experience was just crazy, because it was such
a new phenomenon at the time. It was really
exciting and I learnt a lot on that show.”
Did she have to run in slow motion in the
audition? “No, but I had to put the swimsuit
on. I was really nervous. And then it all got a
little weird: we all had to swim. It was definitely
the most unusual audition I’ve ever done!”
Unusual it might have been, but Carmen
nailed it, got the part, and went from being a
bit famous to really bloody famous – at its
peak, Baywatch pulled in a global audience of
more than one billion. These days, she gets
recognised so frequently that she has to go to
Disneyland in disguise. “I was there recently – I
love roller coasters – but I do get approached
a lot for photos, so I have to throw on a
snapback and glasses and try to blend-in by
dressing super casual.”
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‘Super casual’ isn’t a look that Carmen
Electra embraces in most of her cinema
performances. Across the spoof movie
franchise (she’s starred in Scary Movie, Date
Movie, Disaster Movie and Epic Movie),
Carmen sends up not just the genre but
herself, playing the part of the ditsy, pillow-
fighting, sexed-up bimbo that many people
assume she embodies in real life. “I’ve just
always loved comedy,” she says. “Even when I
was a little kid, I loved to make people laugh
and act stupid and do loads of silly things. So
it’s fun to do spoof movies because you can be
really silly.”
After auditioning for Scary Movie, the
casting agents were so impressed, they
rewrote the role to fit around her. “Once I got
the part, they tailored the dialogue around me
and my personal life a little bit, which was
awesome,” she admits. “I think sometimes you
can be really critical of yourself, so being part
of those parody movies with that humour is a
really nice balance to all that.”
Now that she’s conquered the worlds of
modelling, film and television, what’s next for
Carmen Electra? Well, there’s the perfume
industry (she’s launching a new fragrance later
this year), as well as a second stab at the charts
with the release of a new record some 21 years
after her first... Not to mention the small
matter of FHM’s 100 Sexiest. “Obviously it
would be great to win, but there have been so
many amazingly sexy girls in FHM over the
years. My vote goes to Beyoncé – she’s just
been so hot for so many years and she looks
better than ever now. But it’s always fun to see
how high you get on the list!”
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company, Aerofex, has priced the product at an estimated $85,000
and is already accepting advance bookings in the form of refundable
deposits of $5,000 on its website www.aerofex.com.

A SOFT TOY FOR

CASSETTE MAY SOON BE BACK COMPANY
It’s been a while since the cassette’s obituary was written and A restaurant in Japan has come
it was forced to march into the sunset. Now the makers of out with a way to kill eating-alone
such pioneering defunct technology as blu-ray discus - Sony, is -blues. Their solution, which is
bringing the magnetic tape back. The magnetic tape in it’s new equal parts creepy and equal
avatar can store 148 GB of data in just one square inch of the parts welcome, is offering its stag
tape. Going by the calculations of the company, a cassette will diners a free soft toy that would sit
be able to hold 185 terabytes of data which is equal to 3,700 with the diner while they eat. The
Blu-ray discs or more than 500,000 CD quality albums. Moomin House Café offers
stuffed animal companions, called
Moomins, a family of white hippo-
like characters created by Finnish
illustrator and writer Tove
Jansson. There is a similar cafe in
New York for quite sometime
now. Let’s see when India gets it?

`98,000 DOUGHNUT
World’s most famous doughnut
maker, Krispy Kreme, unveiled
the world’s most expensive
doughnut in London recently. It
took three days to ready this
£1,000 worth doughnut that’s
made with 23 carat gold and
500-year-old Cognac. The crust
of the doughnut is filled with a
Dom Perignon vintage 2002
champagne jelly, and topped with
SNAKE BITES WOMAN IN TOILET BOWL raspberry and Chateau d’Yquem
A housewife in Singapore was bitten by a python that was hiding in crème. It also has an edible
her toilet bowl. The 34-year-old woman, Noraslinda Asat, felt a 24-carat gold leaf and 23-carat
severe pain in her right thigh while she was using the washroom and gold-dusted chocolate lotus
then she discovered that the 6-footed snake had planted its fangs flowers and edible diamonds.
in her thigh. Drool?

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 JOKES
ACCESS
ULTIMATE
SHOWDOWN
Managing director during
inspection visit asks a
manager, “Yes smarty, what
do you do?”
Manager (calmly): “Sir, I’m
the sexual advisor to the VP.”
Pin drop silence ensues,
everyone stops work. The
MD glared at the VP.
VP (cursing the manager),
speaks with the pent up
energy, “explain your last
remark manager.”
Manager (looking at MD):
“Actually sir, whenever I say
something, the VP says, “
WHEN I NEED YOUR
FU****G ADVICE, I’LL ASK
FOR IT.”
GRAND PRIZE
A man calls a local FM Radio
to participate in a contest.
The RJ says,
“Congratulations on being
our first caller, all you have to
do is answer the following
question correctly, to win our
grand prize.”
“That’s fantastic!” he shouts.
“Feel confident?” she asks.
“It’s a maths question.”
“Well, I’ve got a Masters in
maths and have been
teaching for 35+ years,” he
shoots back.
“Ok then, to win our grand
prize of two front row seats to
Himesh Reshamiya’s new
movie and to meet him back
stage: What is 2+2?”
“7,” he says and hangs up.
SAUDI MARRIAGE
COUNSELLING
A Saudi couple, Ahmed and
Layla, while preparing for
their wedding, meet with a
priest for counselling. The
priest asks if they have any
last questions before they
left.
Ahmed asks, “We realise it’s
tradition in Islam for men to
dance with men, and women
to dance with women. But, at
our wedding reception, we’d
like your permission to dance
together.”
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“Absolutely not,” he says “It’s
immoral. Men and women
always dance separately.”
“So after the ceremony I
can’t even dance with my
own wife?”
“No,” answered the Mullah,
“It’s forbidden.”
“Well, okay,” says Ahmed,
“What about sex? Can we
finally have sex?”
“Of course!” he says “Allah
Akbar! Sex is ok within
marriage to have children!”
“What about different
positions?” asks the man.
“Depends which positions.”
“Woman on top?” Ahmed
asks.
“Sure,” says the Mullah. “Go
for it!”
“Doggy style?”
“Sure!”
“On the kitchen table?’’
“Yes, yes!”
“Can I do it with all my four
wives together on rubber
sheets with a bottle of hot
oil, a couple of vibrators,
leather harnesses, a bucket
of honey and a porno video?”
“You may indeed.”
“Can we do it standing up?”
“No, absolutely not!
NEVER,” says the priest.
“Why not?” asks the man.
“Because that could lead to
dancing!”
MUMS KNOW IT ALL
5-year-old boy: I love you
mom.
Mom: Awww! Love you too.
16-year-old: I love you mom.
Mom: Sorry! I have no
money.
25-year-old boy: I love you
mom.
Mom: Kaun hai? Kahan rehti
hai wo ?
35-year-old man: Mom, I
love you.
Mom: Beta pehle hi bola tha
us chudail se shaadi mat
karna.
And The Best One is...
45-year-old man: Mom, I
love you.....
Mom: Beta main kisi bhi
paper pe sign nahin karungi.
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AT A LOCAL PUB
BAD PICKUP LINES
DID THE SUN COME
OUT OR DID YOU JUST
SMILE AT ME?
“Gee, Sam, wish you were here
“And you are definitely not in
Paris.”
with me.” “But Tom, I am. Look “Nope.”
see, I’m right in front of you.” “If you’re not in New York City,
“No you’re not.” Montreal or Paris, then you must
“Yes, I am.” be someplace else.”
“Prove you’re not. Bet you $5.” “Yea, that makes sense.”
“You’re on.” “Well, if you’re someplace else,
“You’re not in New York City, are you can’t be here. So pay up, let’s
you?” have the $5.”
“That’s true.” “Can’t.”
“And you’re not in Montreal.” “Why not?”
“Can’t argue with you there.” “I’m not here.”
AN UPSET MAN GOES
TO A SEX THERAPIST
Man: Doc, you gotta help me. While returning home from office
Please! I bang my girlfriend in my car.
Doc: Sure dude, what’s your While at home, I f**k my wife till
problem? she is half dead. After dinner
Man: It goes like this. Every she gives a nice blow job to
morning I get up, give my wife finish of my day.
hot sex and then leave for office. Doc: Well, you seem to have an
I give a lift to my girlfriend and amazing sex life, I don’t see any
while going to office she gives problem.
me an amazing blowjob. Man: There is a problem doc.
While in office, after lunch, I Doc: And what’s that?
give my secretary a quickie Man: It hurts a lot when I
behind my table doggy style. masturbate at midnight.
After I finish work, I have Doctor: JUST GET THE F**K
steamy sex with a call girl whom OUT OF HERE, YOU
I order everyday. MOTHER F****ER.
SHARE GAGS, EARN CASH.
K N OW A N Y F U N N Y J O K E S ? E V E RY G AG U S E D
E A R N S YO U ` 2 5 0 ( H A H A ) . S E N D T H E M TO
F H M @ M A X P OS U R E. I N
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Glad to see Neha Back
on the cover
Thanks guys for bringing Neha back to
the cover! From the time Julie released
in 2004, I have always felt that there
was never a hotter Miss India than
Neha! She has got real curves. Hope
FHM can do two things - one, convince
her to do an even bolder Julie and
secondly, fix me a date with her! Who
knows what that might lead to!
Joseph Kunnirickal, via email
Joseph,
We will pass along your request to Ms.
Dhupia let’s see what she says. In
exchange the least you can do is to ask
your friends to vote for her for 100
Sexiest. Its only fair!
All that matters is
thought and
imagination
This month, I was most intrigued by
the story on super villains of the
2000s and the paperman Atamjeet
Singh Bawa. I would even rate these
stories higher than cover girl Neha
Dhupia and other bigger stories of the
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05/14
issue. There is no doubt that in the
age of selfies, Dhupia made for an
interesting cover, but the manner in
which filmmakers use their thought
and imagination to create super
villains, and Atamjeet uses
something as basic as a piece of
paper to create marvellous paper
models is far more commendable.
Anjali, Delhi
Anjali,
Even we were quite blown away with
the paper RPG. BTW settle a debate
who’s the best Spiderman villain ever?
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Beautiful camera work
Ashok Sapra on cover girl
Smoking hot
Christopher Jones on cover girl
Seductive!
Vamsi Kumar on cover girl
Drool
Ronak Agarwal on cover girl
Va Va Voom
Jehangir on cover girl
Letter
of the
month
Only Dhupia could
have pulled it off?
Neha Dhupia may not be a fine actor,
her career may have been marred by
lazy films but she has her loyal set of
fans who will never question her
credentials irrespective of how her
films fare at the box office and what
critics have to say about her. I don’t
think anyone else has the oomph and
attitude to pull off a shoot like this
other than Neha. She was mind
blowing in Phas Gaye Re Obama, which
I am sure, not a lot of people watched.
Neha will surely prove to be a winner
for her films’ financer one day.
Ravi Saran, Gandhinagar
Amen. We loved the movie too.
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 JUNE
GIRL NEXT DOOR

AKANKSHA
POPLI
SHE IS A DJ. AND NOT ONE OF THOSE, ‘IS ALSO A DJ IN THE PART TIME KIND OF A DJ’,
IT’S ANOTHER MATTER THAT SHE MANAGES TO DO IT LOOKING LIKE SHE DOES.
Words: KUMAR SAURAV; Photographer : SPS KALRA; MUA: RATUL; Styling: ANUJ LALWANI;
Agency: LA MODELZ MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTIONS PVT. LTD

Aren’t you too hot to be a DJ?
Don’t you think nice music, a sexy DJ and old
whiskey always rock the floor?
So, what are the tracks that you are
playing these days?
Every track of Yo Yo.
And what is the genre that you play?
Bollywood, EDM and Arabic.
Your FB wall is rather active with some
rather smashing pictures. You must be
getting a lot of ‘Will you make frandship
requests.’
Surprisingly. I don’t.
What does a man have to do to get onto
your friend list?
Just send me a request. My FB account is
always crowded, so If I missed an invite it
wasn’t intentional.
How are you as a person – cut and dry and
dismissive or nice to everyone?
Varies from person to person, but mostly I am
very sweet to everyone.
If you have a thing for a boy, how far will
you go to woo him?
Everything and anything, you just think of it,
and I will do it.
What are the films you’ve just watched?

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 WHO’S
SHE?

DOB: April 26
AGE: 22
Born: Gurgaon
Claim to fame:
Splitsvilla winner

The Wolf of Wall Street and I

just loved it. Once I am done
watching it a hundred times, I
will watch other films.
Are you into books too?
Nah. Not too much.
Is there a number at the back
of your head about the selfies
you post everyday?
Actually no. I try posting as
much as I can.
Why?
I love myself, and I want my
followers to love me too.
How seriously do you take the
compliments on your selfies?
Comments, good or bad, are
healthy feedback, and I take
them very seriously.
What are you going to do
immediately after this
interview gets over?
Will hit the console.

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 THE

UNDERDOG
FILMS
It’s the year of the underdog. It
smacks you in the face when even
Salman Khan can’t make a dent at
the box office. We make a list of our
five favourite underdog movies
Words: Kumar Saurav

MANJUNATH: If we watch three films a month just for the sake

of entertainment why can’t we watch one film that has its heart at
the right place, but isn’t well promoted or flawlessly made? Such
films not getting an audience indicate how we don’t really give a
shit about serious cinema. Rant aside, the film, directed by
Sandeep Varma and produced by Viacom 18, is a biopic on
Manjunath, an Indian Oil sales manager, who was killed in 2005
after he threatened to revoke the licence of a petrol pump owner
in Lakhimpur Kheri for selling adulterated fuel.
Budget: Unavailable
Earned: `20 lakh on the first day and `40 lakh on the second

KYA DILLI KYA LAHORE: Vijay Raaz is a fine actor, and

his first outing as a director isn’t that bad. The film deals
with the subject of partition as two soldiers, one of Indian
origin from Pakistani army and another of Pakistani origin
from Indian army, exchange bullets and subsequently find
themselves on the threshold of an emotional outburst.
Budget: `1 crore
Earned: `70 lakh in the first week

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 QUEEN: Films like Rajjo, Rascals and MISERABLE
Dhamal 2 would vouch for the fact that ATTEMPTS
Kangana Ranaut has done a lot of films
just for the sake of her bills, and lest we
think she wouldn’t be able to carry a
film on her shoulder and then Queen
happened. It’s the story of a girl who
finds herself after her marriage falls
through at the last minute.
Budget: `16-17 crore
Earned: `48 crore

MASTRAM
It could have been a
popular film but its
makers couldn’t identify
the thin line between
erotica and filth. The
original literature was
bang on at a time when
television was a luxury
and internet was hardly
there. The film simply
looks like a censored
YAARIYAN: Frankly, it’s a baseless porn film. Nothing else.
film, but still managed to net some real Only if Akhilesh
good business. Barring the T-Series tag Jaiswal, writer of Gangs
that Yaariyan’s director, Divya Kumar of Wasseypur, would
Khosla, carried, every odd was against approached his
this film that featured an array of new directorial debut a bit
comers with negligible acting skills or more seriously.
screen presence, but it comfortably
sailed through. Courtesy good
soundtracks and a bunch of KHANDELWAL’
eye-soothing bikini girls. CHARAC S
Budget: `11 crore SAMRAT &TECOR IN
Earned: `40 crore CALLED ‘STD’.. IS
HAHA HAHAH

HAWAA HAWAAI: Amol Gupte weaves his films around kids, but they
are not necessarily films for kids. Remember the heart-wrenching Taare
Zameen Per that he wrote and the not-so-successful but super solid
Stanley Ka Dabba? His latest attempt at the box-office is a touching tale
is about how we undermine our talent and stop relating with the
champion that resides in us. Hawaa Hawaai is doing brisk business and
that too without a superstar.
Budget: ` 15 crores SAMRAT & CO
Earned: `5 crore in four days, and still running. Just because actor
Rajeev Khandelwal’s
debut Aamir worked
THE BEST OF 2013 wonders for him, he has
made sure that atleast
KAI PO CHE SHIP OF THESEUS BA PASS THE LUNCH BOX SHAHID the names of all his
films (Table No.21,
Shaitan, Soundtrack)
should be interesting if
not the film. Samrat &
Co is a poor man’s
version of Sherlock
Holmes at a time when
people are hooked onto
a Sherlock and
Elementary.

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 GET HER THE
PERFECT
PRESENTChitrangda Singh

1
TIMETELLER: A watch
from Casio’s Sheen range
and a watch that can be
swiped as a credit card as
well. “Carrying credit card details
are too exhausting,” she says. So
to make life a little easier for her, get
her a watch into which you can feed
the information about your credit card!

2
A PUP: It is always a good present if you
are serious unless she got bit by a dog in her
childhood and screams at the sight of one.
“A Springer Spaniel without a tail,” she isn’t
too fond of the wagging. Miss Singhh
might get into trouble with PETA for or
saying this, but tailless dogs are quite
te
the rage in the UK right now.

3
A SANDBAG: “Get her a nice
sandbag to learn kick boxing on
and a trainer to train her,” she says.
If your GF is anything like Miss
Singh here she’d be chuffed to bits at the
idea of at doling out a few good punches.

4
A DIAMOND: Yes all women love
diamonds. And yes, there can always be
one bigger than the one you got her.
“Only a tear shaped, yellow
w diamond
would rock,” she warns burning a
manhole size hole in your credit
card and self esteem.

Chitrangda Singh is the brand ambassador of

Sheen, a new range of women’s watches by Casio.
As told to Sayanti Banerjee

These watches are a fine blend of premium

materials like sapphire glass leather and Swarovski
elements

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 ARE YOU A SAM?
(SELFIE-ADDICTED MORON)
Before you fill your Facebook with a billion summer
selfies, take heed: you could be falling into one of these
dangerous image-obsessed pitfalls…
Ever since the first caveman
painted an image of himself,
wielding a spear on a big night
out, man has been fond of the selfie. Skip
forward a few millennia and this pastime
has become a worldwide epidemic, an
addiction that risks a fate worse than death
– becoming a full-on moron.
Everyone’s got a smartphone, Facebook
and, unfortunately, a face – put the three
together and you’ve got a recipe for
face-flaunting hell. Most of the Indian
smartphone owning population has taken
one and Instagram holds over 79 million
photos with the #selfie hashtag.
More worryingly, newspapers in Europe
are reporting that the trend has led to an
increase in people seeking plastic surgery.
But even if you’re not planning on going
under the knife, there’s still a major reason
to be concerned. Why? Because, if you fall
into one of FHM’s 11 SAM diagnoses,
you’ve crossed the line to full-on
addiction, and are dicing with injury and
even death.
THE SLEB STALKER
The symptoms: Waking up early to be
first in line to see the bloke who did the
original voiceover on Mahabharat opening
a shoe store; your first restraining order.
THE TOTES INAPPROPES
The symptoms: Court order preventing
you from going within 50m a corpse, or
funeral procession; swelling round eye
after being repeatedly thumped.
THE ME AND MY DINNER
The symptoms: Disappointment after
spending so long composing the perfect
shot of your Sunday pasta it’s gone cold;
embarrassing attraction to girlie cupcakes.
THE SIX-PACK STRAINER
The symptoms: Chronic backache from
always arching your back at 45 degrees for
maximum abs definition; almost passing
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out from holding your breath.
THE BEDROOM GANG$$$TA
The symptoms: Repetitive strain
injury from overuse of finger guns and
nonsensical gang signs; ink poisoning from
colouring your teeth with gold marker.
THE SMUG LOVERS
The symptoms: Being known only by
a mash-up of your and your girlfriend’s
name, ie KaPri; continuing to be known as
KaPri after Pri’s left you for the guy in
marketing who just got sacked.
THE FAST AND TEDIOUS
The symptoms: Damage to your bumper
after failing to notice pedestrians in your
path; nasal pain from having your mobile
imbedded in your face after bending your
Fiesta round a lamppost.
THE SHIRTLESS CRUSADER
The symptoms: Your elderly neighbours
slipping a Big Bazaar leaflet under your
front door with an offer on curtains circled;
the inability to keep your bloody shirt on.
THE TACTICAL BRAGGER
The symptoms: An urge to feature your
costly possessions ‘accidentally’ in every
pic; taking items back to Home Store
because they don’t fit in an Instagram
frame.
THE I’M ON BLOODY HOLIDAY
The symptoms: Lack of enjoyment
of actual trip; constant need to feature
any object/person/landmark/dancing
monkey in shot to prove to jealous mates
you’re actually abroad.
THE ZZZZELFIE
The symptoms: Abject misery coursing
through your veins that life has come
to this: using one of man’s greatest
innovations to take a picture of yourself,
looking like shit, in your fucking bed.
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 MAN FA WHO IS THE
23.1
WOM % INDIA
CT
ULTIMATE SELFIE-
MEN EN DIS N
WH LIKE OBSESSED
SELF O TAKE
IES* CELEBRITY?
The rich and famous are
notoriously SAPpy. But whose
Instagram-feed is the most
narcissistic of the lot?

THE TWERKER
Miley Cyrus

THE BRAGGER
Justin Bieber

THE POUTER
Helen Flanagan

Words: Gary Ogden. Illustrations: Sam Taylor. Ideas: Ben Hughes

*Survey by Shaadi.com among 6,500 urban Indians

THE BOSS
Barack Obama

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 Entertain your brain

01
15 must-knows for the month ahead

DRAMA

FUGLY
Fugly is a fast paced
masala thriller set in the
lanes of Delhi. A story of
4 friends: Dev, Devi,
Gaurav and Aditya who
are just out of college
and find themselves at
the cusp of their lives and
love. Enter ‘kahani mein
twist’ courtesy an
evil-beyond-words,
Satan’s-brother-from
another-mother in Khaki,
SHO Chautala aka
Jimmy Shergill.
The film will see Olympic
boxing champ Vijendra
Singh in his Bollywood
outing.
Out on June 13

02ACTION

HOLIDAY: A SOLDIER IS
NEVER OFF DUTY
The movie Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha coming together, yet again.
Akshay plays the role of a military officer and an undercover intelligence
agent, who along with his military regiment, comes to Mumbai on vacation.
As things would have it, a bomb explosion on a bus throws the vacation off
track and sets him out on a mission to nab the terrorist group behind the
heinous crime. Sonakshi Sinha plays the role of a boxer, while Govinda plays
the role of a Akshay’s senior commanding officer. Out on June 6
03 ROY
ROMANTIC THRILLER
A typical stereotyped Bollywood romantic thriller — the
story revolves around Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and
Jacqueline Fernandez. In typical/atypical terms, Kapoor and
Rampal fight over Ms Fernandez in the scenic landscapes of
Sri Lanka. There is a twist here too — someone dies. Or do
they? Out on June 20

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 04 AGE
TRANSFORMERS:
OF EXTINCTION
ACTION
The film is the fourth in the Transformer franchise and picks up four
years after the invasion in Chicago. A mechanic and his daughter
make a discovery that brings down the wrath of Autobots and
Decepticons - and a paranoid government official - on them and
Earth. As the other Transformers editions, this one should be packed
with action and bots, err, robots with only one minor change – there’s
MARK WAHLBERG in it. Out on June 27

05ROMANTIC THRILLER EK VILLAIN

What happens when you set out to make a thriller using actors normally
reserved for romantic movies or slapstick comedies? Ek Villain would
probably be bang at the bottom of your guess list. But that’s what Mohit
Suri has done Ek Villain showcases Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha
Kapoor as protagonists and Riteish Deshmukh as the antagonist. We are
told there are some heavy-duty action packed sequences performed by
Sidharth too.
Out on June 27

06 COMEDY

HUMSHAKALS
Get set for a comedy of errors
and mistaken identities as Sajid
Khan releases the mad comedy,
showcasing Saif Ali Khan, Ram
Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh,
all in triple roles. The lady
brigade is headed by Bipasha
Words: Nishant Nayyar

Basu, Esha Gupta and the

leggy Tamannaah Bhatia —
who, as per trusted sources,
have all donned bikinis in the
movie.
Out on June 20

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 Entertain your brain
June
07
Bands We Love
SOULMATE
Ask someone under 25 to describe a Blues
evening and odds are it would begin and end
with a rant about white eyebrows, pot bellies
and Sinatra. Switch conversation to an Indian
Blues Band and you can imagine the sort of
reaction it still gets. With that at the back of
your head meet Soulmate. An Indian Blues
band which doesn’t only do covers. A band
which is now on their third album.
26 June 2014
Shillong, Moving On and Ten Stories Up
- you  are  now  three  albums  old,  how  how have you seen the music scene
does  it  feel?
Initially, the challenge we faced with ‘Ten
Stories Up’ (our 3rd album), was about how we
were going to come up with the finances to
pay for the recording and mastering of the
album...that done, our challenge now is to get
as many people as possible to hear our album.
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Blues. In India. And its
not all Sinatra.
You came together as a band in 2003,
progress in the last 9 years?
First of all, the biggest change has come from
the audiences that go to live concerts. Their
acceptance of Indian bands, writing and
playing their own music has made it possible
for a lot of talented musicians and songwriters
to play gigs and maintain fan bases in
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 in s pir e d f r om
different parts of the country. Because of this, there We wereears of singing
the tenayying the Blues e
are a lot of really good Music Festivals happening
around the country, as well as at quite a few venues

and pl eping them aliv

that promote live music. This is great for those of us
who’ve made a career out of this. We need this kind

and kea.
of infrastructure and support to sustain the live music
scene in India. THE
Has  the  association between you two (Rudy
Walland and Tripti Kharbangar)
been ideal for Soulmate?
in Indi EQUIPMENT
THEY USE
We have a chemistry that is rare to find... as you can „Tripti (aka Tips) uses
see, we’re still alive and kicking, ten years down the Gibson guitars and
line! Here’s looking forward to another 20! plays a Les Paul Studio.
How  do  you build the setlist to ensure that it  She favours a Twin
turns on the magic for everybody in the band? In the recent years, we’ve seen a huge outburst Reverb on stage.
We have a ready to play song list of over 100-125 of homegrown talent, but even then something D’addario (.010-.046)
songs; originals as well as covers that we can perform seems to be holding them back. What do you are her strings of
anytime, anywhere! Before we go for a gig, we make a think it is? choice.
tentative set-list and rehearse according to that. As career musicians we feel that as far as the industry

Words: Nishant Nayyar; Soulmate was a part of VH1 Sound Nation tour; Pictures by: Elvin and Masucok
Before a show, we may suddenly decide to change is concerned, it’s the belief that ‘only if you’re in „Rudy uses Fender
songs on the list, depending on our mood at the time Bollywood your career will ‘explode’. Those of us guitars, D’addario
or the feel of the crowd at the venue. We find this making western music have to work really hard to Strings (.011-.052) and
exciting and it keeps our performances fresh... we keep afloat. It’s not easy...but audience that is the best Xotic Pedals and plays a
need this little sense of uncertainty... It’s good! judge of one’s worth as a musician I guess. Plus even Fender Custom Shop
Blues are very easy on  the  ears, is it also easy to now, big record labels don’t want to take a chance Startocaster through a
play and write? with rock bands or metal bands or blues bands. They Fender Supersonic 22
Blues is a feeling. Playing and singing it is never really do not want to invest any money in recording and combo. Effect pedals
easy. One has to become emotionally naked on stage promoting a band no matter how good the band/ are EP Booster, DD3,
or it doesn’t work. You can’t fool the Blues! talent is. It’s a ‘risk’ for them and no one wants to lose T- Rex Tremster, MXR
Whats  the  inspiration  behind  the  new  album  money. 6 band EQ, Keeley TS9
Ten  Stories  Up?  What  is next for Soulmate? Mod Plus, Xotic AC
The inspiration is - our trials and tribulations through We will be sending our album Ten Stories Up to Booster, Thomas Organ
the ten years of singing and playing the Blues and Memphis as an entry for the Blues Music Awards for Wah (Modded by
keeping the Blues, alive in India. 2015. We would also love to tour the US, Canada and Geoferry Teese) or the
In the age of  internet  convergence,  what  do  Japan, for which we are working really hard. Wish us Dunlop Classic Wah
you feel sells well - an album every  3  years  or  an  luck on that! and last but not the
EP  every  3  months?  Any  new  promising  artists  that  you’re  least, a TU-3 Tuner.
It depends. It could work both ways. In this day and currently hooked  onto?
age, we have an audience that wants new stuff Blackstratblues , Nischay Parekh and Tajdar Junaid „Soulmate endorses
constantly, they get bored very easily. But we feel that come to mind at the moment. AKG, wireless guitar
with a full length album, you get a story as well; to us systems, In ear
that would be more meaningful. Even to fans of Blues Soulmate appeals to all their fans and lovers of the monitors and
music and that includes us, we would rather have a full Blues to not download the album for free or copy it off microphones.
album by a Blues artist rather than a one off song. It someone else’s personal copy... Please buy their album
carries a lot more meaning. and support the music!

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08 Big flick
LEARN TWITTER FROM THE
WORLD’S FUNNIEST MAN
You may not think you know
Alec Sulkin, but you do. Ever
laughed at Family Guy? Ted?
The Cleveland Show? A Million
Ways To Die In The West is out
now is one of the writing
geniuses behind all of those, not
to mention one of the greatest
tweeters ever
Hey Alec. What are you up to?
It’s noon here in LA and I’ve already dropped
one of my dogs off to doggy rehab.
Doggy rehab is the most LA thing we’ve ever
heard of.
She got into heroin again. Nah, she’s had
surgery, so she has to have acupuncture
and swim.
So, did your new film A Million Ways To Die
In The West make you want to ditch the
writing and become a gun-slinging cowboy?
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Actually the opposite. It was so dirty and
everyone’s always covered in shit or blood,
fighting the whole time over dumb stuff. I think
it’d be too much for me. I’d have had a really
weak nickname, too, like The Runaway Bunny.
The film features a lot of comedy deaths. Of
all the ways you off people in the film, which
way would you most like to go?
There’s one shot where a guy gets crushed in the
face by a huge block of ice. There were so many
ways to die slowly: you get gut shot or smallpox,
and you’re dying for ages. Anything instant is
good. Ice to the face is a glorious death.
You’ve been named one of the funniest guys
on Twitter and earned half a million followers.
What pisses you off about it?
That it exists. It’s such a fucking burden.
Everyday, someone’s like, “What happened to
you? You used to be funny.” There’s pressure to
be funny 100% of the time. I can’t be anything
else now.
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Now watch me win that
knock-off stewie doll
What should we do to get funnier in those
140 characters?
It’s important to know what’s funny about you
and your flaws. I think Brits are the funniest.
British people in their best state are a
combination of Monty Python and Pink Floyd:
that wacky half-gay side with that sad ‘our
empire is dying’ side. Once people find your
self-deprecation funny, spread your wings and
be funny in different directions.
You’re well placed to tell us when too far is
really too far…
Man, it’s more bizarre than you know. In
America, you can’t show someone smoking a
cigarette, or say ‘Jesus’ if you drop something
on your foot. You can only say it when referring
to Jesus Christ. But it’s cool to joke about anal
sex. America is so fucked up.
A Million Ways To Die In The
West is running in cinemas
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THE LARGE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM IS QUITE GRIPPING

TAIL LAMPS ARE QUITE SMALL AND SEEM LIKE A LETDOWN

09 Test drive

1700-WATT MERIDIAN SPEAKER SYSTEM STANDS IMPRESSIVE

RANGE
ROVER
SPORT
We test the opluent SUV that has
the right blend of luxury and
off-roading capabilities.
REAR LEGROOM AND SEATS COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

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R
ange Rover Sport was a car for soccer
moms, the kind who would find
themselves on BBC shows like
Footballer’s Wives, ladies who found
the Range Rover just too cumbersome for
their annual grocery run. So when the Sport
launched in 2004 it hit the nail on the head
and did something better - it towed the line
between consumer expectations and critical
psyche and it towed it well. The second
generation (the one we drove), however, takes
a step further, with all new styling and a revved
up engine. At the first sight, the new Sport is
reminiscent of the measly looking Evoque in
terms of body style, but a closer look shows
you just how terribly wrong you are.
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Car Specs
RR SPORTS
Price `1.09 crore (Ex-show Delhi)
Power: 288 BHP
Mileage: 10.8 kmpl
Transmission: 8-Speed AT
Displacement: 2993 CC
From the outside, the RRS strikes the perfect
balance of an edgy, modern-looking car, true to
the ethos of a Range Rover. Standing 62mm
longer and 55mm wider than the previous
generation model, the RRS teases the onlookers
with an easy-on-the-eye profiling and
streamlined curves. With this, the company has
successfully junked the bulkiness of the previous
models. Aerodynamically, the car looks more
intact, with front grille seamlessly meeting the
bonnet and the hood, ending with the
undeviating hues till the taillights. The DRLs
(daytime running LEDs) give a distinctive yet
soft profiling to the front of the car. Sadly some
of this gets undone at the back courtesy the
small and discrepant taillights.
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THE WIDTH AND THE BREADTH OF
THE CABIN IS BROUGHT TO LIFE
COURTESY MASSIVE 1700-WATT,
23 LOUDSPEAKER MERIDIAN
SOUND SYSTEM
Inside, all-beige leather upholstery
welcomes you. The seats are beyond just being
comfortable and even while negotiating rough
terrain, the ride is plush — this is a Rover after
all! The thigh-supports on the back row could
have been a shade better, but that being said
they don’t throw you about on a messy road.
The instrument panel is reminiscent of the
Range Rover family, and centrally mounted
infotainment console, with a large touch
screen is a brilliant treat for those used to
luxury sedans. The cabin’s equipment, both at
the front and in the back, is easy to use. A
panoramic view sunroof that’s becoming the in
thing on most luxury cars ensures you get a full
view of the stars. The width and the breadth of
the cabin is brought to life courtesy massive
1700-watt, 23 loudspeaker Meridian sound
system. To say the system is phenomenal
would be an understatement. Five digital
cameras give you almost a 360° view of the
outside world, so you know what’s happening
without bothering to step out - EVER.
Under the hood, an impressive 3 Litre v6
diesel engine churns 288 BHP and vrooms
from 0-100 in less than 8 seconds. What
really caught us off the guard though was the
agility and sheer responsiveness of the
engine, which makes this huge and heavy car
(2,144 kgs) zip through tarmacs with ease.
Truth be told, there is some initial hesitation
when you floor the throttle, but the engine
soon finds its sweet spot.
Despite the big stature of the car, its easy on
handling, turning around the corners and
overseeing heavy traffic, and this is contrary to
popular belief of big cars demanding bigger
space and needing to be driven with extra
caution. Perhaps, what makes one forget the
sheer size and structure of this SUV, is the
robustness of the engine. What comes in as
more of a surprise is the braking prowess - you
don’t need a brick wall to stop it. From
zooming at 150 km/hr to a completely halt is
confidence inspiring. A new air suspension
hydraulic system lets you choose the right
height of the car, bringing a sigh of relief to
those who aspire for heavy off-roading and
all-terrain exploring.
VERDICT
Albeit, there would be lesser buyers for a crore
Words: Nishant Nayyar
plus car in the naive Indian automotive market,
this car undoubtedly sits at the top of our
wish-list. There aren’t any direct competitors
either except maybe the Porsche Cayenne.
The Cayenne, however, could be a boy’s
dream car the Sport is the Man and his wife’s.
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10
Test drive

AUDI
A8 L
We drive the longest car
from the Audi stable on the
wrong side of the road.

T
here are those who get snowed down
under options buying a sandwich –
first you have to pick between brown,
whole wheat, white, debate whether
you need salami, ham, bacon, turkey or
chicken, and then whether or not you want
tomatoes and onions. Then one of the most
important questions of your life awaits you –
whether to pick mustard, honey mustard, chilli
sauce or mayo. If you’re one of those who go
back and forth between the Mayo and the
honey mustard and can’t decide between the
bacon and the ham while the restless line
behind you grows, the A8L will keep you up at
nights for weeks together. Yes, someone at
Audi did shoot themselves after they read the
analogy.
The A8L is for the people who know exactly
what they want in painful excruciating, specific
detail. It is available in 111 colours, there are 23
interior options, 27 customisable parts, 12
wooden inlay options and three engine
options. Audi calls it infinite. But considering
we are as hard working souls as we are, we
figured out that this basically means there are
91,908 variations on offer (if you don’t count
the 27 customisable parts). Add to this the
fact that its matrix LED headlights deliver
close to a billion illumination configurations and even though the driver’s seat is something light up the road for you.
mean this is a nightmare for the man who that will be rarely acknowledged on the ones The 50 minutes drive from downtown Dubai
doesn’t know what he wants. that sell in India, are a truly spectacular place to the desert resort of Bab al Shams was
So when Nicolas Cage, at the launch, said he to be in. The redone headlights are now uneventful – even though we did manage to
wanted the car in Mamba Black metallic paint, composed of 25 LEDs which work in have a lot of fun with the car despite the fact
Nutmeg Brown Valcona leather and dark conjunction with the on-board computer and that we were driving a car with a steering on
brown Walnut Wood he might not have camera and can be individually controlled. For the wrong side, on the wrong side of the road.
realised but it might have been his bravest instance, the car automatically detects another Despite being 5.14 metres long and 1.95
decision yet. And this is a man who does his car coming from the opposite direction and metres wide, the A8L is terribly nimble on
own stunts. dims the LED which might blind the other its feet.
We drove the car for close to 120 kms in Dubai driver, while at the same time continuing to The 1.29 crore A8 is hell bent on taking the

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 (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): PLUSH INTERIORS COUPLED WITH COMFORTABLE SEATS MAKE THIS CAR A TRUE
WINNER, MATRIX LED HEADLIGHTS ARE A TRUE STUNNER, WOOD FINISH CENTRE CONSOLE GIVES THE
CABIN A POSH FEEL, BANG AND OLUFSEN SPEAKERS GIVE A TRUE EAR-GASMIC EXPERIENCE!

Car Specs
AUDI A8 L
Price: `1.12 crore (ex-show Delhi)
Engine: V6 diesel engine
Transmission: 8 speed tiptronic
Power: 250 BHP
Displacement: 2967 CC

MAN FA
BOOK YOUR AC8T
L IN
91,908
VARIATIONS

fight to the BMW 7 Series that costs `1.03
crore and the king of the hill - the Mercedes
Benz S Class which carries a price tag of `1.36
crore. At most levels the A8 isn’t an entirely
new car but a facelift one with major design
changes. It’s slightly heavier than the version it
generate 35 bhp more than the previous 3 litre
diesel and 15 bhp more for the 4 litre petrol.
All options have Quattro, Audi Drive Select
option and adaptive air suspension as
standard.
The interiors apart from the customizable
the A8 you can choose from a executive
package, upgrade your Bose music system to a
Bang & Olufsen, a park assist, panoramic
sunroof and even more excitingly – a head-up
display.
The A8L is more than equipped to take the
Words: Kabeer Sharma

replaces but Audi has decided to plonk a 4.2
litre diesel that generates 385 hp into the bay
apart from the standard 4 litre petrol (churning
out 435 hp) and 3 litre diesel which churns out
250 hp. All engines have been re-tuned to
options are a properly luxurious place to be in.
There are a wide range of options for the front
seats including ventilation and a five
programme massage system. But for the rear
seat where most of the action will happen in
fight to the S-Class, the only shame is its too
good a car to sit in the backseat of. It wins that
rounds over the S-Class, it makes you want to
take over the steering. Let’s hope their
demographic feels the same.

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11 Test drive

BMW 320D
GRAN
TURISMO

The 3 Series GT is a lot of things

but it ain’t the half way house of
anyone.

T
he Chinese are strange people. Apart
from what they’ve done to the
electronics market, they have also
done something strange to the
automotive market – they have forced luxury
car manufacturers to increase their wheelbase
to suit the them. Why a country where the
average male height is between 5 ft 5 and 5 ft 8
would need more leg room than Germany
where the average male height is about 5 ft 10
inches is anybody’s guess. But sometimes, it
throws up rather spectacular treats – like the
3-Series Gran Turismo.
The 3 Series GT is based on the longer
wheelbase 3-Series which is sold in China and is
a car that not just sits pretty between the
3-Series and the 5-Series, it also sits pretty
between a sedan and a hatch and yet it’s not
what Indians hate from their core – a station
wagon or what they love to bits – an SUV. Even
then it’s a truly spectacular car. The general
consensus amongst hacks have been to call it a
half way house between the 3 Series and the 5
Series which is neither charitable nor entirely
true. The fact is that the larger GT concept is
something unfamiliar to us. Try telling some of
the new owners of these cars that they are built
for long-distance cruising and they will look at
you with a question mark hanging over their
head – isn’t a sedan for cruising and an SUV for
the times when you need to load in a lot of
luggage? So then what does the GT do?
Not much in this scenario – which is great for
precisely the same reason it’s bad - it is its very
own car. Its wheel base is bigger than the
3-Series (almost 300 mm longer), it’s taller and
you get a lot more space in the cabin for the six
odd lakhs you spend on it over the top end
3-series. The car is close to 200 mm longer than

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 CLASSIC GTs

TOYOTA 2000 GT, LAUNCHED IN ‘65, SHOWED THE WORLD THAT JAPS COULD MAKE A PROPER SPORTSCAR

1962 FERRARI GTO IS A CLASSIC GRAN TURISMO, WITH TOTAL NUMBER OF PRODUCTION STANDING AT 39 UNITS

Car Specs
BMW 3 SERIES GT
Price `42.75 (Ex-Show Delhi)
Torque: 380 Nm
Mileage: 16 kmpl
Transmission: 8 Speed AT
Displacement : 1995 CC

BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT, INITIALLY LAUNCHED IN 2003, IS THE FIRST BENTLEY TO BE MASS PRODUCED

the 3-Series, the seat heights have been raised
to almost the same height as the X1. True, the
acceleration has suffered thanks to carrying
around the extra weight but the 100 still comes
up in 7.9 seconds as opposed to 6.1 in the
3-Series Sport. Currently available only in
diesel, the 320 D comes with a 2 litre engine
mated with an 8 speed automatic transmission
gull-wing and the interior has acres of space
over its entry-level sedan sibling.
On the boot lid sits a first of its kind active rear
spoiler for a BMW. It automatically deploys at
110 kmph, increasing downforce, lending the car
more stability at high speeds. Apart from the
standard equipment that you come to expect
on a BMW – it has Dynamic Stability Control,
retract the panoramic sunroof all of that seems
to melt away, unless of course it’s as sunny as it
is these days in which case you are screwed.
The larger wheel base, though, has inspired
comments that the GT isn’t as stable while
cornering as the 3-Series but we were unable to
verify this on our short drive.
As for the question you always wait for us to
Words: Kabeer Sharma

(this is the same engine that runs the 5-series)
and you can choose between its three driving
modes – Eco Pro, Comfort and Sport. The GT
comes with frameless doors, which is our
second most favourite kind of doors after
Dynamic Traction Control, Cornering break
control and six airbags.
The general complaint from the GT is that its
on board iDrive screen is smaller and seems less
premium than the 3-Series, but the minute you
answer before you buy a new car (sic) – should
you get it? Well, for just Rs 3.5 lakhs less than
the 5-Series you get a different non-run-of-the-
mill pulling-out-of-all-driveways BMW.
So why not?

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12
TRIUMPH
SPEED TRIPLE Tom Cruise rode one, so did Pam Anderson and
Angelina Jolie, it’s time FHM had a go.
T
here are two bike nuts in the FHM
team (one now, the other one
moved pastures last month) and
several discussions over endless
cigarettes and Parle Gs of late have
involved Triumph. You see, we’re fan boys here
at FHM which is why we are deeply concerned
about the British bike manufacturer. First, they
arrived late, second, the dealership network is
still not in place (but they are working on it),
and last but not the least, the buzz that they
had created during the Auto Expo two years
ago by launching of 10 drool-inducing models
has somewhat died. So, the day we rode the
Speed Triple, the task was simple – to explore
whether this would be the bike that would do it
for Triumph.
Which is why we are happy to report that the
Speed Triple is a devastatingly good, no frills
man bike. No matter how old you are, how
mundane your life is or how hassled you have
been all week, when you ride a Speed Triple,
the boy in you comes kicking out. And, there
are several reasons for it. Needless, to say it
has speed, its exceptional handling, build
quality but what’s even more amazing is the
pure ease of it all. Somehow it just makes
sense. There is not one thing out of place.
Generally sales representatives of
manufacturers insist on giving you a pre-test
ride spiel, when they explain in painful often
excruciating detail about how you need to
press the clutch, wait for that indicator near the
speedometer to turn green or for that blue
light to check for the ABS. With the Speed
Triple, they give you just two instructions -
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first, it’s a very heavy bike so you need to be
extra careful with the speed and handling.
Second, keep safe distance with other
commuters on the road because they tend to
come too close in their hunt for a picture and
toss you the key. In times when bikes are
competing with sportscars for buttons and cup
holders – Speed Triple is a phenomenally
uncomplicated bike.
That said, FHM ’s first five minutes on this bike
were spent just getting used to the weight of it,
which is 214 kgs (it’s still lighter than most of
the sports bike like a Suzuki V-Storm 1000),
which means on U-turns, you pretty much end
up reversing it like a car. Once you get
somewhat used to the weight 70...80...100..120
kmph come up in quick time.
The downside in the ride was that, on our test
drive commuters on the Delhi-Jaipur highway
got too close for comfort while trying to take a
picture. The Triple as we found out first hand is
quite the amatuer Papparazzi favourit.
Compared to the last three motorcyles we
rode - Suzuki Inazuma, Indian Chief Classic
and Harley Street 750 the brakes of Triple were
the sanest. The bike is stable, and even if you
ride it recklessly while cruising on the highway
while your driver plays catch up in your
Bimmer, it gives you a huge amount of
confidence, and that’s why we liked it. The
headlight of the Triple downplays its
dimensions – which is a good thing or a terrible
one, depending which side of the fence you
are on. In all, Speed Triple, is a damn good
weekend bike, a huge ego boost for manic
monday.
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SPEED TRIPLE ABS
Price: `10.4 ex-showroom
Torque: 111NM @ 7750
Engine type: Liquidcooled,
12 valve, DOHC, inline
3 cylinder
Gearbox: 6 speed
Displacement : 1050cc THE PULSE OF NUDE BIKES IS IN ITS HEADLIGHT

THE SIMPLISTIC SPEEDOMETER WAS AN INSTANT HIT WITH US

ITS REAR IS WHAT MAKES THE TRIPLE STAND OUT Words: Kumar Saurav

IT’S A POWERHOUSE, THE SIDE PROFILE SAYS IT ALL

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June
THE MAN WHO MADE A
SEE THROUGH CABINWell, almost! Meet Phillip K Smith III who made his cabin disappear!
How did you come up with this idea?
I’ve owned this 5-acre property for about 9
years. I would come up several times a year to
visit to spend time out in the raw of the desert.
It was only about 8 months ago or so that I
finally decided that it was time to do something
on the property. And so, when I sat down to
draw what I wanted to create, I drew what you
see at Lucid Stead almost immediately. The
idea had been slowly brewing for 9 years
unconsciously. When it was time to
conceptualise the project, I knew exactly
what i wanted it to be.
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How is the project powered?
Hot Purple Energy in Palm Springs donated a
6-panel solar array. This was a really important
aspect of the overall project. I worked hard to
ensure that there were no visible connections,
no screws, nothing that explained clearly how
the project actually existed. This allowed the
experience to be very pure. The energy source
of the lighting was part of this. I didn’t want the
hum of a generator to pull you away from the
purity of the experience. Solar power not only
ensured efficient, clean energy, but, most
importantly for this project, quiet energy.
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What is on the inside of the shack?
Lucid Stead is an exterior experience. At the
interior of the shack are custom built
electronic boards and Arduino with custom
programming that sets the pace of the color
change and the particular movement from
specific color to specific color.
Was the shack existing?
Yes. When I purchased the 5-acre property, it
came with the existing shack. It is believed to
have been built in the 1940’s as a homesteader
shack. The project has really been a
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PLANE HA BUS
TRANSPARENST
CABIN
collaboration with the 70 year-old structure.
The splitting wood, the bent nails, the
dimensions of the openings are all untouched.
What do you intend to do with the shack?
Building a project of this scale, as the artist, you
have particular expectations. You hope this or
that experience will happen as planned…or that
a particular effect will be revealed as intended.
With Lucid Stead, I can say that all of my
expectations were met and they were also far
surpassed. Entire projects and new concepts
have been revealed to me. So, to answer the
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question…my intent is to study what I have
made. It is my goal to spend time with the
project and to document it fully through
photography, drawing, writing, and other
methods. This is much of the reason why I have
decided to rent a property just a ½ mile from
Lucid Stead, which will be my Joshua Tree
studio outpost for the next year.
Will there be more Lucid Steads?
While inquiries from various institutions might
warrant the purchase, moving or
reconstruction of Lucid Stead, I am not
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When I purchased
the 5-acre property, it
came with the
existing shack. It is
believed to have been
built in the 1940’s as
a homesteader shack.
interested in creating duplicates of this project
due to its site specific nature in the desert of
Joshua Tree. With that said, there are Lucid
Stead based concepts that could be carried to
new sites that could inform new, site specific
installations. Whether that next project is a 20’
high x 8’ wide mirrored surface that becomes a
hovering plane of light or a converted shack
Words: Kumar Saurav
on Martha’s Vineyard that employs corten and
plate glass, that is yet to be defined.
Ultimately, I am interested in furthering the
concepts of “Lucid Stead” via the specifics of
new locations across the globe.
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14
FHM Hero

FHM BOMBARDS

CAGE Face-Off, Con-Air, Gone in 60 Seconds…odds are a man’s list of

all time favourite movies will have a Nicolas Cage movie on it. So
it really doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why we would
jump at the chance of an interview.

W
hen FHM meets one of air and trying to bite me on my neck. She
its favourite Hollywood really made me nervous and then she came to
actors for all time what the airport with her passport in her hand
happens? You’d reckon thinking that she was going to board the plane
some smashing with me. That was crazy!
conversation, some That is pretty nuts. But have you ever
rounds of beer followed by body shots? Yeah. thought about what you’d do if you were
That didn’t happen, but we still managed to not an actor?
chat with him about his motorsports career My first love is the ocean, I knew that if I was
and certifiably insane fans. not going to make it as an actor I had to do
What is the weirdest thing a fan has said to something on the water, whether it was a be a
you? fisherman or be a merchant marine on the
I was in Romania, which is near Transylvania boat, I just wanted to be on water and may be
and there was this woman jumping up in the like Herman Melville writing the great ‘Moby

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 Entertain your brain
June Dick’, or try to fantasise that I could be
like that great writer – that of course is
probably stretching it.
Would you have ever thought about
taking up a sport?
Well, I do enjoy motor sports, I used to
race a little bit out of Villa Springs,
California and I think if I was in any
kind of sport it would be car on a
motorboat racing. Which is also one of
the reasons I was very happy to launch
the new Audi A8L. The second was that
I grew up with an Audi in my family. My
grandfather had an Audi and I have great
memories in that car with my granddad,
so I am very happy to do this.
If given the chance where would you
drive it?
In Mumbai no doubt. I want to be seen
through the streets of Mumbai in this
car and I have already got my colour
picked out!
But since the motorsports career is
not happening, you can tell us how
your cinema career kicked off.
Well, it all began when I saw James Dean
in a movie East of Eden, directed by Elia
Kazan. I was 15, and I realised the power
of film performance and had no doubt in
my mind that is exactly what I wanted
LEFT BEHIND to do. Then I went off and worked in a
movie theatre, I sold popcorn and
tickets and I looked at the movies, and

HIS BEST FILMS then I thought about how am I going go

from this – to that. Thankfully it all
worked out.
Were there any other role models
apart from James Dean?
I loved Marlon Brando my father took
me to see Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon
when I was a child and that was
amazing. I have had a lot of influences.
Did you also have multiple mentors?
Sean Connery was a great mentor for me
when we were doing ‘The Rock’. I used
to walk with him to the sets and refer to
VALLEY GIRL MOONSTRUCK him as ‘Maestro’and ‘Sir Michael Caine’.
So, I have had some great people to work
with.
Do you have a favourite co-star?
I can’t pick one to be honest. I loved
working with Sean, I loved working with
Angelina and I loved working with
Joaquin Phoenix. Come to think of it I
have been blessed to work with some
really talented people.
So, which is your favourite movie
RAISING ARIZONA THE ROCK outside of a Nicolas Cage movie?
I am still amazed by what Stanley
Kubrick was able to accomplish with
2001 back in those days. I mean you still
look at the movie now; it is just like
virtual reality, what he could do with the
technology then, just blows my mind.
And was there a movie you have had
the most amount of fun shooting?
I made this movie years ago with Sarah
FACEOFF LEAVING LAS VEGAS Jessica Parker called Honeymoon in
Vegas and we were in a beautiful part of

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Amos & Andrew
Ghost Rider
I JUST NEEDED TO BE INVITED, SO ALL YOU YOUNG FILMMAKERS OUT
THERE AND OLDER FILMMAKER, JUST GIVE ME A CALL. I FLY DOWN TO DO
A MOVIE WITH YOU.
Hawaii, Kauai and then we went to Las
Vegas and we all had a very good time
and I think that was the most fun I ever
had shooting a movie.
But you are known for action, so the
Nicolas Cage we see jumping over cars
and firing bullets – is he the real deal
or a stunt double?
I try to do all my stunts as far as
possible – well as many as the studio
will let me do. There are some stunts
they just do not want any actor to do
because they want you to finish their
movie as they have got a lot invested in
it. But I try to do all my stunts. So, when
you do go to see one of my movies, it is
most often me doing those things.
Have you heard much about Indian
cinema?
NC: Well, I do want to make a movie in
India and do the dance where they
change the light bulb. I like changing
light bulbs and petting puppies. They
are my favourite things to do!
Nicolas Cage, in a Bollywood movie.
Yes, or No?
Unequivocally yes, I want to make a
movie in India and I want to have that
experience and I want to see what great
Indian director can do with me and what
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HIS GREATEST
MEMES
Trapped in Paradise
The Wicker Man
I do in terms of performance and I want
to have an experience being in the
culture and being in the place, I am sure
that would inspire me. I just needed to
be invited, so all you young filmmakers
out there and older filmmaker, just give
me a call. I fly down to do a movie with
you.
Any plans to come down to India in
the near future even just for a visit or
for a holiday?
Well, I must and it is something that I
haven’t had a chance to do yet, I came
close I almost did a movie called
Darjeeling Limited, my cousin wrote the
script for it along with Wes Anderson. I
think I might just go on a holiday with
my family, I think that would be the best
way for me to go for the first time.
What would you want to see?
Well, I want to see all of it, I want to
experience all of it. The magic of India,
the culture and learn something and of
course all the food is divine, I love the
lamb, the naan bread and the tikka and
yes I am very passionate about Indian
food.
Nicolas Cage was present to
launch the Audi A8L in Dubai.
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Game Geek
OVERDOSE
ON MAGIC
MUSHROOMS
In 1981, when Nintendo’s landlord
rapped on the company’s door
demanding overdue rent, the
world came close to losing a
legend. But that landlord, one
Mario Segale, would become the
namesake of a 2D, overall-wearing,
moustachioed plumber who would
go on to sell more games than
your brain can deal with. Mario
had arrived, and a new generation
of character gaming was born.
Fast-forward 33 years and
Mario’s gone from an 8-bit
left-to-right-running mass of pixels
to a hand-gliding, shell-flinging A brief history
3D petrolhead, taking the wheel in
Mario Kart 8 – a game that’s had
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excitement. We’ve been promised Super Mario Kart (SNES) Super Mario 64 (N64) Mario Kart: Super Circuit Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
puts Mario and seven welcomes Wario to the (Game Boy Advance) (GameCube) sees two
underwater levels, anti-gravity, new other characters behind line-up, as well as 3D enters the handheld players per kart, and the
characters and floating bikes. But the wheel for the first graphics and the golden system, taking Mario arrival of Waluigi and King
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from top gaming site CVG. “And Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) goes Mario Kart 7 (3DS) puts Mario Kart Wii introduces Mario Kart DS (Nintendo
you can play it whenever. I play it bonkers, adding you right behind the mushrooms to make you DS) allows struggling
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to my cousins on it, too. Everyone into the mix. the player view in and thunder clouds to power-up to gain a few
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 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2014

WORLD CUP
BRAZUCA CAXIROLA 22.00 BALOTELLI
Brazuca the match ball of the 2014 WC The rattle was banned after being used FIFA has banned players from
has 135,000 twitter followers as a missile, forcing a friendlier version displaying messages under their tees.

14-16 BN USD
is the amount this world cup has cost
which is more than the last two world
cups put together

35 MN USD
is the amount that the winner of the
World Cup will take home. MESSI
Valued at 139.6 mn Euro, Messi is the
SAMBA most expensive footballer at WC.

At 507.8 mn Euro, Brazil is the most

expensive team at the WC.

KLOSE
Germany was not impressed by Klose has scored 14 goals at the WC
Brazil’s facilities created a
complex which is named
CLAUDIA LEITTE and eyeing Ronaldo’s 15 goal record.

Campo Bahia which contains 13 houses

and 65 rooms.
The official WC song will be performed
by Pitbull, J.Lo and Claudia Leite
FLIP FOR MORE
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 WHEN YOU
HAVE REACHED THE
SEMI-FINAL OF ALL RECENT
TOURNAMENTS YOU ARE
ALREADY AMONG THE
FAVOURITES. AN ALL GERMAN
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL,
LAST YEAR HAS BOOSTED
OUR CONFIDENCE
PHILIPP LAHM, GERMAY

FAB FOUR
TO PUT
YOUR
MONEY ON
FO R THE
WORLD
CUP
ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, GERM
AN
PICK. BUT WHAT’S NEW YO Y AND SPAIN ARE OUR
U ASK? LOOK INSIDE!

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 I THINK WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
SHOW... ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SUPPORTERS
AND FANS - A VERY
IMPORTANT WEAPON IN
OUR HANDS.
WE KNOW THAT NEYMAR, BRAZIL
BRAZIL ARE THE
FAVOURITES BUT WE
ARE WELL PREPARED
AND OF COURSE OUR
AMBITION IS TO RETAIN FOR US IT WILL BE
THE WORLD CUP. IMPORTANT TO WIN THE
XAVI, SPAIN
FIRST GAME, TO START
WELL, TO GIVE THE TEAM
CONFIDENCE BECAUSE IT
CALMS YOU TO WIN THE
FIRST GAME.
MESSI, ARGENTINA
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 DIE MANNSCHAFT CONSISTENCY
By reaching the semifinal or PERSONIFIED
the final in the last four major
tournaments and then
consistently failing to win a
cup is Joachim Loew’s main
headache. But the good news
is that in the past five years,
they have lost just three
matches. No doubt Germany
have the most balanced team
with shotstopper Manuel
Neuer and the world’s best Adidas AG is the longstanding kit
fullback Philipp Lahm. The provider to the German team, a
team is also gifted with sponsorship that began in 1954.
midfielders like Bastian This German brand was founded
by Adolf Dassler in 1924.
Schweinsteiger, Mario Goetze,
Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil who
create chances and score
goals. But unfortunately they
still rely too much on veteran
trigger man Miroslav Klose,

GERMANY while others just fill in the

empty slots. They may not
have the most agile defenders
but Mats Hummels
and Per
Mertesacker are
rock solid. Franz Beckenbauer is the only
player in the history of World
Cup to have won the title as a
player and coach for Germany.
MANUEL NEURER He led Germany to their title in
1974 as a player and than again
won the title in 1990 as the
Germany coach.

uer
With Nipep Lahm e
il v
and Phy may just haide in
s
Germanst balancedent,
the mothe tournam ely too
t th ey still r lose
bu uch on K Lothar Matthaus, considered
one of the greatest defenders
m ever, has the most caps for
Germany - a ridiculous 150! He
played on the national side from
1980-2000.
BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER

PHILIPP LAHM Germany is the only country to

have won both the men’s and
women’s World Cups. The
women, in fact, have won the
last two World Cups.

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 DIEGO COSTA
LA FURIA ROJA SPAIN
Ever since 2006, Spain have
been tagged as chokers but
now they are looking at
creating history by breaking
their own record by winning
four consecutive
international tournaments.
The extremely talented team
is a well oiled machine and
even played matches in the
Euro 2012 without a striker.
Spoilt for choice with a
variety of mid fielders like
Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc
Fàbregas and Pedro and with
defensive leaders Iker
Casillas, Gerard Pique and
Sergio Ramos, Spain looks
like a team which can tackle
all challenges. It would be
wrong to say that Spain
don’t have good strikers but
the injuries and lacking form
has made players as
Fernando Torres, Fernando
Llorente and David Villa
liabities. There is Alvaro
Negredo but he too is not a IKER CASILLAS
natural fit. Manager Vicente
del Bosque has ensured that
the Barcelona-Real Madrid
rivalry has not resulted in
the team’s self destruction
as has kept the unit focussed
only on winning. Now the
pressure in on del
Bosque to choose the
correct combination
to defend their
World Cup title.
ANDRÉS INIESTA

SPAIN’S KNIGHTS IN SHINING TIGHTS

Fernando Torres started out as a
goalkeeper but quickly made
the switch after losing his two
front teeth, going down to
collect a ball.
FIFA ranked Spain 1st before
the 2010 World Cup - it was the
only team ever to have reached
number 1 without winning the
World Cup.
Juan Mata, who bagged three
goals in Spain’s qualification,
studied to become a journalist,
while playing for Real Madrid
reserves.
Iker Casillas was so young when
he broke into Real Madrid team
that he had to use public
transport to get to training, he
was too young to drive.

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 NEYMAR

OSCAR

BRAZIL

SAMBA BOYS
Being at home will give them an advantage,
or at least that is what history suggests. Also
one can’t ignore the fact that every World
Cup in South America has been won by a DAVID LUIZ
South American team. There is plenty of Bo
depth, quality and experience starting from year’slstered by la
C st
Cup titonfederation
goalkeeper Julio Cesar to defenders Thiago
Silva, David Luiz and Dani Alves. Front men
Neymar, Fred and Hulk have tasted victory by manag le, Brazil’s s
winning the Confederations Cup last year focuss ement hav
and now they know how to handle pressure. thingsed on keepine
a g
squad round the
Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari too has the
experience of winning the World Cup but
his current team lacks blue collared mid calm.
fielders who made the difference.

FIVE-TIME WORLD CUP WINNERS

Brazil is the only soccer team to
win 5 World Cup tournaments,
with the hope of winning a sixth
in 2014 when they host the FIFA
World Cup.
Ronaldo became the all-time
highest goal scorer in World
Cup events in the year 2006,
when he outnumbered German
legend Gerd Muller.
Pele is the most successful
World Cup player, winning the
title 3 different times with
Brazil.
Cafu holds the joint record with
French legend Zinedine Zidane
for picking up the most cards at
World Cups. He was booked a
record six times.

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 LA ALBICELESTE
The team is not all about Messi,
ARGENTINA GOD’S
OWN TEAM
contrary to the public perception.
There are many stellar world class
performers like Gonzalo Higuain,
Sergio Aguero, Erik Lamela, Angel
Di Maria and Rodrigo Palacio. No
other team can flaunt or even
match up to Argentina’s attacking
options. The mid field might look
thin but with the experience of
Javier Mascherano and Pablo
Zabaleta, they have a solid cover Gabriel Batistuta is Argentina’s
to their goal post. Attack has all-time leading scorer with 56
always been their best defence goals. He played from
and it looks like history is about 1991-2002, racking up 78 caps
to repeat itself. along the way.

Along with France, Argentina is

the only team to win the World
Cup, Confederations Cup and
Olympics.

LIONEL MESSI

In 1986 World Cup Diego

Maradona show-cased his street
urchin powers by the ëHand of
Godí effort, which is one of the
most controversial goals in
history.

Goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea

has the record of most penalty
saves in a World Cup: 5 in 1990
SERGIO AGUERO ANGEL DI MARIA Italy.

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 BELGIUM: FRANCE:
With world-class Unpredictability has
youngsters such as been their downfall.
Eden Hazard, Romelu They have failed to go
Lukaku and Thibaut beyond group stage in
Courtois, this team can 2002 and 2010. With
dispose many players like Franck
powerhouses. Spain and Ribery, Karim Benzema
Italy are potential
opponents in the last
eight, so get ready for
some possible upsets.
DARK HORSES IN THE RACE
THE FOUR JOKERS IN THE PACK WHO MIGHT SPOIL THE FAVOURITES’
and Paul Pogba at their
disposal and a kind
draw, they can go all the
way to the final.

PARTY IN BRAZIL

RUSSIA PORTUGAL
The Italian who ruffled Qualifying the group
many feathers during stage will not be a
his stay in England is an problem but beating
astute reader of the the best in knock out
game. Having kept phase will be a real test
superstars and huge for the team. Tagged as
egos on a tight leash at chokers when it matters,
England, AC Milan and the formula for success
Real Madrid, he will be wearing
certainly knows how to Cristiano Ronaldo’s
get the boys working. jersey.

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PETR Cech has played each and
every qualifying match for Czech
republic but conceded nine goals in 10
matches as his side finished third.
THEO Walcott had a strong season for
Arsenal but it was cut short with a left knee
injury. Unfortunately due to this the English
winger will miss the World Cup.
THE BETTING ODDS, JUST IN CASE
BRAZIL 11/4 ARGENTINA 9/2
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TOP PLAYERS TO MISS
THE WORLD CUP
CALL IT FATE BUT THESE SUPER STARS WILL BE
MERE SPECTATORS THIS WORLD CUP
ROBERT Lewandowski could not book a
berth for his team to Brazil. Though at a
friendly game they held against Germany,
Poland lacked consistency and finished last.
GERMANY 11/2
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ZLATAN Ibrahimovic missed out
after the Swedes failed to qualify. Last
heard some players were signing a
petition to get Zlatan to Brazil.
IT was the same old story for Gareth Bale
as Wales failed to qualify for the World Cup
despite boasting of brilliant names in the
line-up.
BELGIUM 18/1
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 SERGIO AGÜERO HIS PLAY WITH MESSI COULD BE ARGENTINA’S GREATEST EDGE
Argentina have a very strong attacking
squad with Messi, Higuain and you. Do
you think your team has an edge over
others, especially the European teams?
We are confident that we have the players to
win The World Cup – of course we are. I am
not sure if we have an edge over the
European teams, though. I think people are
trying to make a big thing about a European
team having never won The World Cup in
South America – but teams like Germany
and Spain are capable of winning anywhere.
How excited are you for Brazil?
I think if you speak to any professional
football player – they will tell you playing
in a World Cup is as good as it gets.
Do you think it’s unfair that Brazil is
touted as the favourites to win the World
Cup and Argentina is made to play catch
up?
I don’t think it is unfair – Brazil has a very
strong team – and with the tournament
being played in Brazil I think it is only
natural that they are favourites. Sometimes,
though, being the favourites is not the best
thing – it can create pressure.
You and Messi have played for Argentina
for a long time. Do you think the hype
around Messi, being the world’s best
player, is justified especially
when there is a certain
Cristiano Ronaldo in the
picture?
I think often people
want to compare
Messi and Ronaldo
– but it is not fair
because they are
both great players
who will go down in
history. For me Messi
is the best player I have
ever seen or played with
though.
Manchester City have
struggled to show their
class in champions league.
What do you think the team
lacks?
I don’t think we lack anything. It
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is still a new competition for the club – and
every season I expect us to get stronger and
progress further in it.
This season has been the tale of two
Manchester managers - Manuel Pellegrini
and David Moyes. From being champions,
United have crumbled while City has gone
from strength to strength. What is the
secret behind City’s success?
I don’t think there is any secret. We have
great players in all positions over the
field – and a world class manager, who
the players all like and want to play for.
You have had a terrific season even
though you have been injured off and
on. What makes you a nightmare for
defenders as you are literally unstoppable
when is comes to scoring goals?
I train hard and have been playing well –
but it would not be possible without my
team-mates. I play with some of the best
players in the world at Manchester City
– and they help create many goals for me.
There are talks that Real Madrid are
planning to make you their prime target
during summer transfer. How big a
temptation will that be for you?
I am very happy at Manchester City – I am
happy with my team mates and the coach
– and believe we can go on and win many
more trophies. It is very exciting for the
team. But all that after the WORLD CUP.
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 FOR ME MESSI ISN’T
JUST THE BEST IN THE
WORLD – BUT THE
BEST I HAVE EVER
PLAYED WITH

WHAT SETS
HIM APART!

BOASTS OF
MARADONA AS
DAD-IN-LAW

FAMOUS FOR
SCORING IN EXTRA
TIME

PLAYS AS A PERFECT
SECOND STRIKER

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 LUIS
SUÁREZ
WITH 31 GOALS IN LAST SEASON’S PREMIER LEAGUE
CAMPAIGN, URUGUAY’S FRONTMAN IS SET TO SIZZLE AT
THIS EDITION OF WORLD CUP

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 Now I have the chance to go
and do something special for
my country.
You have never been far from
controversy, but this season
people have been talking about
you as one of the best players
in the world. What changed?
I will admit that I have made
mistakes, but I don’t want to
keep looking back. This season
has been a good season for me
personally and also for Liverpool.
Now I have the chance to go and
do something special for my
country at The World Cup – and
it is a chance that I want to take.
Do you feel that sometimes
you are treated unfairly
because of your reputation?
It is not something that I have
any control over. All I can do is
play my best for Liverpool and
Uruguay, and hope that most
people can leave my mistakes in
the past where they belong.
Uruguay go into The World
Cup with one of their best
squads in recent history, what
are your expectations from
Brazil?
I don’t want to set specific
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targets, but what is the point of
turning up at The World Cup if
you don’t aim to win it. I am not
saying it will be easy, but with
the quality of the squad we have,
we have to at least believe that it
is possible.
Who will be your main rivals
at The World Cup?
Of course there are many good
teams who will think they have a
real chance, but I think you need
to look at Brazil and Spain. Brazil
have a good team and have the
big advantage of playing at home,
and of course Spain have been
setting the level at international
football for a lot of years now.
Liverpool will be back in The
Champions League next season
– how big is that for you?
It is very important for the club
and the fans. The Champions
League is where I want to be
playing – and it is where this
club should be playing. We have
a strong tradition in the
competition – and it is one I
hope to win in my career.
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SUAREZ
ON THE FIELD
ENTERTAINS WITH
HIS ANTICS
HIGHEST
GOALSCORER FOR
URUGUAY
KNOWS HOW TO
SCORE FROM
NOWHERE
It is a long season with all the
games for Liverpool then The
World Cup, how will you relax
after it is all over?
I will go and have a nice vacation
on a beach with my family, but I
don’t even think of the season as
being long. It is THE WORLD
CUP! For a player there is
nothing more exciting that
representing your country there.
How are you enjoying life in
England?
I am very happy – the only
problem is my tiny little
daughter now speaks better
English than me. When I say
something incorrectly she is like
“papa that is not how you say it.”
What are your aspirations for
next season?
I think Liverpool is now at the
level where they will compete for
any competition that they are in.
It is very exciting that we will be
back playing in Europe next
season – but I just want to do
well for Liverpool in all
competitions.
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 MANUEL
NEUER
WITH A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR AT MUNICH, THE
GERMAN NUMBER 1 IS IN HIS FULL FORM TO WIN
MORE ACCOLADES FOR HIS COUNTRY

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 AT THE WORLD CUP
IT IS ALWAYS
IMPORTANT TO GET
OFF TO A GOOD START
Your first game at The World Cup is
against Cristiano Ronaldo’s
Portugal, how important will that
game be?
At the World Cup it is always
important to get off to a good start. In
2010 we got off to a great start – and if
you open the group with a win, it puts
you in a great position to progress.
Ronaldo is just one of the many great
players Portugal have and it will not be
an easy game – but we are hopeful of
a win.
Do you think it is a given that
Germany and Portugal will be the
teams to progress out of Group G?
I don’t think anything is a given. Both
USA and Ghana did very well and got
out of their groups in 2010 – and they
will believe they have a real chance
again. We have got three very difficult
games in the group stage – and we will
need to be at our best if we want to win
the group, which is of course our aim.
Germany are a nation with great
tradition at The World Cup – how do
you handle the pressure?
Football is the number one sport in our
nation – so of course people’s
expectations are always going to be
high. We have a great coach and great
players – and our aim is to meet the
expectations of our fans. Nothing but
winning the tournament would be
considered a success.
No European team has ever won The
World Cup in South America – is
that something you are thinking
about?
Not at all – of course the weather
conditions are going to be something
we have to adjust to – but as
professional players that is just
something we have to deal with.
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Europe has some very strong national
sides at the moment – so to discount
us just because it has never been done
before is not sensible.
There is always the chance of a
penalty shoot-out once you are out
of the group stage – do you give
extra attention to that in training?
As a goalkeeper, of course, penalties is THE SAFEST
something I practice in training
anyway – but during The World Cup
HANDS IN THE
where a shoot-out becomes more likely,
it is something you specifically need to
WORLD CUP!
practice for. Not just me as a
goalkeeper – but also the outfield
players who would be taking the
penalties put in a lot of practice on the
training ground. But, you can put in all
the practice you want – but nothing
will prepare you for a penalty shoot-
out in a World Cup Final. BOASTS OF
UNMATCHED
You have had a long season for REFLEXES
Bayern Munich fighting for all
competitions – how do you make
sure you don’t tire yourself out
before Brazil?
This is The World Cup we are talking
about – it is the biggest prize in
football – and you only get to play in it
once every four years. Tiredness is not
SUPER QUICK WITH
even a thought – everybody is excited BALL COLLECTION
to represent their country in such a AND DISTRIBUTION
great competition. After The World
Cup is over you can go and have a
relaxing vacation with your family –
but during the tournament you are just
running on adrenaline and excitement.
What will you do during down time
in Brazil?
When you are not training or playing a AT 28, FIT AND
game, is important to rest for the next YOUNG ENOUGH
challenge. I really like to listen to the TO SEE HIS TEAM
band U2 – so I will put some music on THROUGH EVERY
MINUTE OF THE
and just relax in my hotel room. WORLD CUP
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 EDEN HAZARD
ALL EYES WILL BE ON THIS BELGIAN WONDERKID, WHO IS KNOWN TO
CHANGE THE COURSE OF ANY GAME WITH HIS ATTACK AND PACE
A lot of people are talking about
Belgium as being the dark horses to
win The World Cup in Brazil – do
you agree?
Everybody is talking about this being
a golden generation for Belgium –
and yes, we have very good players;
but we must also remember this is a
very young team. We have got to try
and stay down to earth – and not let
the praise go to our heads.
Are you saying Belgium cannot win
The World Cup?
I am saying the first thing we need to
do is get out of the group – that must
be our first goal. If we can do that
then I think it would be a massive
achievement for this generation – if
we were able to make it to the quarter
or semi-finals of The World Cup.
You were unbeaten in your World
Cup qualifying group, does that
give you confidence going into the
tournament itself?
It was good to be unbeaten in
qualifying because you are
right it gives the team
confidence when you are
playing well. That means
very little going into The World Cup
though. We’ve done very well in our
qualifying group – but Brazil will be
another step up in quality. If we
are able to get out of our group
then we will be facing some of
the strongest nations in the
world – they will provide
the real test for us.
What does The World
Cup mean to the
people of Belgium?
The people of
Belgium love
their football
and this is the
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first World Cup we have qualified for
in 12 years, so, of course the nation is
very excited. We have many good
players so expectations are high for
this team, but as players it is
important that we stay focussed and
just take the tournament one step at
a time.
Many experts say that you are the
top Belgium player and if they are
to do well in Brazil, then you need
to be at the top of your game. Is
that added pressure on you?
I think that is far from true, if we are
to do well then we have to play well
as a team. We have some of the best
young players in Europe at the
moment, it is not about me. I am not
interested in personal glory at all; I
am an unselfish player who just
wants the team to do well. If I have to
win a game on my own then I will –
but it is the whole team who needs to
perform well in Brazil.
Is there pressure on you from the
Belgium fans?
Yes, there is pressure on me – they
haven’t forgotten that Chelsea
decided to pay 40 million euros for
me. But, I am ok with the pressure.
There is also pressure to achieve big
things at Chelsea too– so I accept
that there will be expectations of me
with the national team as well.
You are now one of the greatest
players in the world, who was your
hero, growing up?
I loved Zidane, growing up – he was
my role model. The way he played the
game was amazing to watch. When
he started saying nice things about
the way I played, I almost could not
believe it. I had to make sure a player
like that saying such complementary
things didn’t go to my head.
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 THE BEST
WINGER OUT
THERE!

AN EVOLVING
PLAYMAKER;
CHELSEA WOULD
SECOND THAT

WE’VE DONE VERY WELL IN OUR

QUALIFYING GROUP – BUT BRAZIL WILL
BE ANOTHER STEP UP IN QUALITY.
SCORED 23 OF 71
GOALS FOR THE
BLUES THIS
SEASON

A SHARP PLAYER,
WAS ON FRANCE’S
RADAR FOR ITS
NATIONAL TEAM

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 [06]

FOOTBALL’S
COMING HOME! SCREW BRAZIL: HOST THE WORLD CUP IN YOUR
FRONT ROOM IN STYLE

[01]

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 01 COOL DOWN
[12]
Beer coolers are big and ugly.
Until they’re stocked with
ice-cold brews by your sofa, that
is. Then they’re the most
beautiful things ever.
Coleman Xtreme 50 quart
wheeled cooler, `9870, Blacks
02 SUCK THEM BACK
Leave the standard lagers in the
fridge door – this is a once-
every-four-years occurrence, like
getting a double yolker or doing a
sneeze fart, so crack open your
greatest craft beer goodness. You
deserve it. Sixpoint beers, `592
for two, JD Wetherspoon
03 TAKE YOUR SEATS
No need to break open the shed
for spare chairs. These guy-
cushions will serve your friends’
rumps just fine. Cushions, `3,947
each, Obey at Urban Outfitters
04 FEEL THE BURN
No football food spread should
be without a solid, spicy dip.
Drop hot sauce into Greek yogurt
and watch your screaming mates
fall silent for a good few minutes.
Hot sauce, `527,
[13] doublekicksauce.com
05 COME TO THE CRUNCH
A party lives and dies by its snack
quality. Ditch the cheese balls and
go for these new gold medal-
winning posh crisps. The sweet
potato, cheese and jalapeño ones
are incredible. Crisps, prices vary,
[14] leightonbrown.co.uk
06 SUPPORT THE UNDERDOG
And the award for best-looking
kit at the World Cup with a slick
’80s totally on-trend jungle print
goes to… Cameroon. Good work,
Africa. Men’s Cameroon home
jersey, `5920, puma.co.uk
[15] 07 PROJECT THE FUTURE
Even Messi will look like a 7ft
Greek wrestler when he’s
splashed up on your wall with a
projector. This new one expands
to a whopping 100 inches, works
with 3D and projects upwards, so
you don’t even need a huge room
to use it. Philips Screeneo HD 3D
projector, `1,47,996, Currys
[16]
08 RAISE THE ROOF
Turkey’s Galatasaray fans hold
the record for the loudest footy
crowd roar ever, at 131 decibels –
louder than a pneumatic drill.
Hear all the chants and crunching
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slide tackles with this impeccable
sound set-up. Playbar, `59,100;
Play:1 wireless speakers, `16,674
each, all sonos.com
09 LIGHT ’EM UP
Nothing smells of victory quite
like a mouthful of burning
fermented tobacco served in a
flip-flop ashtray, so look no
further when toasting England’s
triumphant win/miserable defeat
(delete as appropriate). Cigars,
prices vary, sauttercigars.com
10 NERD OUT
Clear everything from your coffee
table and put this nerdy-yet-cool
book on tactics centre stage.
Inverting The Pyramid by
Jonathan Wilson, `888,
orionbooks.co.uk
11 STICK AT IT
Because we know you’re still
having nightmares about being
one Des Walker shiny away from
completing your book as a kid.
World Cup sticker book, `148,
paninionline.com
12 HIT THE WALL
An arty print containing 35 of
the world’s best footy players in
’60s-style trading cards is exactly
what your man-den needs.
Football Legends print, `3,947,
thefloodgallery.com
13 CRACK YOUR KEGS
Don’t be a giant buzzkill and run
out of booze by half-time: grab a
couple of delicious emergency
kegs and rest easy when the
tinnies are finished. Mini casks,
`3,157, for two, adnams.co.uk
14 SHOOT LIKE A BRAZILIAN
The most popular spirit in the
host nation, cachaça tastes a bit
like rum, tequila and vodka. Ideal
for settling some nerves when it
goes to extra time at midnight yet
again, then. Ypióca Cachaça,
`1,875, Sainsbury’s
15 WASH YOUR UNDIES
Make sure your lucky boxers are
fresh for match day. If you’re
going to soil anything during the
penalties, it should probably be
these. Boxers, `2763, sunspel.com
16 GET THE LITERATURE
Who’d have thought the coolest
football mags would come from
the US of A? We’re still not
calling it soccer, though.
Magazines, 8by8mag.com
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 YOU ARE A TRUE FOOTIE NUT, ONLY IF YOU PASS THIS

FHM FOOTBALL QUIZ

1How many times has
England contested the
World Cup final?
4 Which of these countries
managed to finish in the
top 4 at the 1982 World Cup
7 Which of these countries
finished in the top 4 at the
1930 Word Cup?
Final?
A 1 A BRAZIL A FRANCE

B 0 B ARGENTINA B ENGLAND

C 2 C SPAIN B ARGENTINA

D 3 D FRANCE D SPAIN

2 Which city hosted the

1954 World Cup Final,
between West Germany and
5Which of the following
teams will play at the 2014
World Cup?
8 Which of these countries
has never played in a
World Cup Final?
Hungary?
A BERN A GREECE A RUSSIA

B GERMANY B SWEDEN B UKRAINE

C ZURICH C NORWAY B POLAND

D BONN D AUSTRIA D BELARUS

3 Which of these teams will

play at the 2014 World
Cup, being held in Brazil?
6 Which country won the
FIFA Fair Play Award at
the 1990 World Cup?
9 Who will USA face in their
opening match of World
Cup 2014?

A VENEZUELA A LIONEL MESSI A GERMANY

B JAMAICA B GERRARD BUTLER B GHANA

C HONDURAS C CHRISTIANO RONALDO B ARGENTINA

D GUYANA D PHILIPP LAHM D IRAN

CHECK YOUR SCORES AND FIND OUT IF YOU REALLY ARE A FOOTBALL NUT
IF YOU SCORE: ABOVE 6 YOU ARE A CHAMP | 4-6 YOU ARE GETTING THERE | LESS THAN 4 STICK TO CRICKET
Answers: 1A, 2A, 3C, 4D, 5A, 6A, 7C, 8D, 9B

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CHANGERS

40 VIDEO
GAMES THAT
CHANGED
THE WORLD
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 THEY’VE BRUISED OUR THUMBS,
BOLLOCKSED UP OUR EYESIGHT AND STOLEN
OUR CHILDHOODS – AND WE LOVE THEM
FOR IT. FHM RANKS THE MOST IMPORTANT
VIDEO GAMES OF ALL DAMN TIME…
40 CRAZY TAXI
(DREAMCAST) 1999 38 INTERNATIONAL
SUPERSTAR SOCCER
(NINTENDO 64) 1997
35 SUPER METROID
(SNES) 1994 34 BOMBERMAN
(NES) 1985

Producer Kenji Kanno’s original
intention for the game was to
reflect the daily routine of a cab
driver. What we ended up with
was the daily routine of a cab
driver with a flagrant disregard for
company policy and, quite
possibly, live breaker-cables
hooked up to his nipples.
Adrenaline-fuelled lunacy.
Ditching realism in favour of
soaring scorelines, button-mashing
mayhem and Alan Partridge-
esque commentary (“a decisive
kick!”), it may not be as preened
and pretty as
its more recent rivals, but it
still stands up today as an
unbeatably fun kickabout.
A combination of Mario’s platform
jumping and the open-world
roaming of Zelda, the cold and
spooky Metroid games are
nevertheless Nintendo’s most
un-Nintendo-y franchise. Super
Metroid, which was inspired by
creator Gunpei Yokoi’s love of the
Alien movies, is the best of the
bunch.
Blowing shit up is great. Blowing
your friends up while dressed as a
spaceman is better. On the back
of this infallible logic and
combining multi-player action and
puzzle solving, Bomberman has
blasted its way on to
almost every single console
for nearly three decades.

39 GOLDEN AXE
(MEGA DRIVE) 1989 37 NBA JAM (SEGA GENESIS) 1994

A game so manly, it’ll make It takes something special to make

you cry bacon bits. Based on
1982’s machismo-soaked
masterpiece Conan The Barbarian,
it features a speedo-
clad sword swinger called Ax
Battler and a truly awesome 16-bit
soundtrack that Example (among
others) has name-checked as a
musical influence.
the British public give
a shit about basketball, and
this was it. As an arcade game, it
was the first to generate
$1 billion in quarters and was also
notorious for being so beloved by
Shaquille O’Neal, he’d have
machines shipped to wherever he
was in the country. Words Nick Pope, Mike Rampton Photography Andy Parsons

36 GHOULS’N GHOSTS
DRIVE) 1989
(MEGA

Not just hard, but throw-the- MGS : ESSENTIALLY HIDE AND SEEK WITH GUNS
controller-at-the-wall-then-cry-
METAL GEAR SOLID
yourself-to-sleep hard. It involves
you controlling a little cartoon
man running desperately through
33 (PLAYSTATION) 1998

a relentless hailstorm of weird,
gothic shit and, 15 years after its
release, it’s still considered the
gold standard in difficulty.
WHEN THE GAME WAS RELEASED ON MULTIPLE CONSOLES,
WE’VE CHOSEN THE ONE (WE RECKON) IT WAS BEST ON
The brief for the company who made MGS was simple: create the greatest
PlayStation game ever. A lot of people think they succeeded. Pioneers of the
now-massive stealth-action genre, the developers were also trained to use
weapons and explosives by an actual Californian SWAT team, so they’d know
how to make the gun play ‘feel’ real.

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THE DUCK HUNT DOG: THE OSAMA BIN LADEN OF 8-BIT TECHNOLOGY
32 DUCK HUNT
(NES) 1987
Video games often divide opinion, but there’s one thing that we can
all surely agree on: the Duck Hunt dog is a dickhead. In spite of this,
the 8-bit game still managed to become a worldwide success upon
its release, and has blazed the trail for every arcade-style shooter
ever since.
26 STREETS OF RAGE 2
(MEGA DRIVE) 1992
Its neon-drenched, chip-tuned
influence can be seen and heard in
everything from Tinie Tempah’s
songs to Ryan Gosling film Drive.
Its immediate success also forced
rival developers Capcom to pour
all their resources into making a
beat-’em-up. The result was Street
Fighter II.
25 SNAKE(NOKIA 3210) 1999
As addictive now as it ever
was, this sparked our love affair
with mobile gaming. The first
known personal computer version
of the game, titled Worm, was
programmed in 1978 by Peter
Trefonas, but its spiritual home will
always sit within the indestructible
shell of your trusty, dust-coated
Nokia.
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27 WIPEOUT 2097
(PLAYSTATION) 1996
The racing game that reached out
to clubbers and showed the
masses that sitting on a sofa and
pressing buttons could be (sort
of) cool. Developed by a bunch
of ravers from Liverpool and
Sheffield and featuring a
soundtrack that included Daft
Punk, The Prodigy, The Chemical
Brothers and Underworld,
Wipeout 2097 brought the
psychedelic essence of a futuristic
warehouse party right into your
living room.
24 RESIDENT EVIL
1996
(PLAYSTATION)
For six months, horror nut Shinji
Mikami worked on Resident
Evil totally alone, convinced that
no one apart from himself could
do justice to the terrifying vision
that resided in his head. The
unholy result showed for the first
time that computer games could
be as shit-your-pants scary as
any film.
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31 FARMVILLE
(SMARTPHONE) 2009
Fun, time-wasting game or sinister
money-draining force for evil?
Making a lot of money from
people who aren’t typical gamers,
publishers Zynga are obsessed
with increasing the number of
people who spend more than
$10,000 on in-game purchases a
year – apparently referred to as
‘whales’.
30 FINAL FANTASY VII
(PLAYSTATION) 1997
Known in Japan as ‘the game that
changed everything’. You can
reduce certain grown men
to tears just by humming its
haunting theme tune.
23 TEKKEN 3
(PLAYSTATION) 1998
The first fighting game that
allowed you to step not just back
and forth, but also up
and down, meaning you were
tenderising your mate’s virtual face
in three dimensions. All
the characters were motion-
captured by genuine martial artists
too, so the whole thing looked and
felt as real and
fluid as a Jackie Chan film.
21 SHENMUE
(DREAMCAST) 1999
With production costs of
$47 million, Shenmue was for
a long time the most expensive
game ever made. It offered
players their first real taste of
a fully immersive world (OK,
Japanese town), something that
would later become the calling
card of the GTA series. Shame no
one bought it.
29 GRAN TURISMO
(PLAYSTATION) 1997
Taking a 15-man team more than
five years to create, there
were moments when designer
Kazunori Yamauchi wondered
if they’d ever finish the award-
winning racing simulator. “We
could not see the end,” he said.
“I’d wake up at work, go to sleep at
work. I estimate I was home only
four days a year.”
28 GUITAR HERO
(XBOX 360) 2005
The music game transformed
mild-mannered office
workers into snake-hipped
rock gods upon its release almost
a decade ago.
PAUL
PHOENIX:
HALF-MAN,
HALF-BROOM
22 GRAND THEFT AUTO
(PLAYSTATION) 1997
The blueprint for what would
become the biggest series in the
history of anything nearly didn’t
see the light of day, according to
developer Gary Penn. “Every
week, they wanted to kill it, and we
had to argue to keep it going,” he
says. And thank god – a world
without Michael, Trevor and
Franklin doesn’t bear thinking
about.
20 DOOM(PC) 1993
A groundbreaking blend of
spine-tingling visuals, mouth-
watering weaponry and face-
melting death-metal, Doom is
credited with pioneering the
first-person shooter genre and for
being installed on
more PCs than
Windows was in 1995.
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WII SPORTS
18 (WII) 2006
Having shifted more than a
staggering 80 million copies, Wii
Sports is the second-bestselling
video game of all-time and
credited with giving the entire
industry
a shot in the arm with its
innovative motion-sensing
controls and (more importantly)
broad, lady-friendly appeal. It
hauled us
up from our arse-cheek-cratered
sofas and propelled us around
the living room, colliding with
plants, stereos and elderly
relatives as we desperately
attempted to perfect our wicked
backhand.
15 MANAGER SEASON 01/02 14
CHAMPIONSHIP MARIO KART 64
(PC) 2001
Held by many as the standout
chapter in its celebrated history,
Championship Manager 01/02
remains the perfect way to fritter
away a lazy weekend. Set in an age
before sugar-daddy oligarchs and
£100 million transfers, this edition
is the purest and most engrossing
incarnation of the beautiful game
the world has ever seen.
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19 SUPER
STREET
FIGHTER II TURBO
(DREAMCAST) 1994
Street Fighter II
essentially created
the one-on-one
beat-’em-up genre.
By the time Turbo
came out (which let
you control the four
bosses) the original
had already
dragon-punched its
way to £1.5 billion of
revenue worldwide.
Studies show that to
a lot of people, each
of the original eight
characters is as
recognisable as
Mickey Mouse.
ANGRY BIRDS (SMARTPHONE)
16 2009
Just before releasing Angry
VIDEO Birds in 2009, Danish creators
GAMES Niklas and Mikael Hed were on
ARE AS the brink of bankruptcy and
NUANCED considering quitting the video
AND RICH game business for good. The
AS ANY app, which asks you to catapult
BOOK kamikaze birds at bulbous green
pigs, has since gone on to
become a global sensation,
played by over 30 million weary
17 QUAKE
(PC) 1996
commuters a day around the
world and drumming up over £70
million in profit for the previously
The game that single-handedly revolutionised everything you love about cash-strapped cousins. Never
running through 3D mazes, blasting your mates with plasma rifles. It has there been a more
introduced radical online technology that’s still used today, and entertaining or addictive way to
pioneered 3D graphics for first-person shooters. It also had avoid human interaction.
a rad soundtrack, provided by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor.
(NINTENDO 64) 1996
Repeatedly voted the most
influential game of all time, Mario
Kart 64 is the best in
a brilliant series. It introduced the
powerslide feature and was the
first game where director Hideki
Konno claimed he’d perfected the
weapon system. “In a race, you’ll
always get a natural separation,”
he said. “What we were trying to
do was push them back together.”
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 NOT SO MUCH A GAME AS A MUSICAL EDUCATION

TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER

10 (PLAYSTATION) 1999

It’s weird to think about anything that had come

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 now, but once upon a time, before. While it would be
13 (MEGA DRIVE) 1992 Tony Hawk’s name was
only known to actual
an exaggeration to credit
the huge skate resurgence
Sonic is fast. So bloody fast, in fact, that programmer Yuji Naka was forced to skateboarders. This of the early 2000s entirely
decrease the iconic hedgehog’s sprinting speed after suffering from motion changed in 1999, when the to THPS, the platinum
sickness while working on it. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 will go down as the most Gary Lineker of the skate sales figures didn’t exactly
adrenaline-filled platformer of all time, and the definite peak of the spiky blue world was approached by hurt, and tons of people
bastard’s career, which has since lost its famous momentum. Activision to work on a new who wouldn’t previously
skateboarding game, have known an ollie from
starting a franchise that a kickflip found
would make over half a themselves well versed in
COMMAND & CONQUER: TOMB RAIDER
12 RED ALERT
(PC) 1996
11 (PLAYSTATION) 1996
billion coconuts.
Unlike, say, the 1987
console classic California
skate lingo.
Then there was the
soundtrack, which
Designer Toby Gard based Lara Games, where all the introduced a generation to
The first game to let you fire Croft on ’90s pop star Neneh skateboarding took place the punk bands like Dead
shit-tons of artillery at your mates Cherry, and made her animations in a clean, nice-looking Kennedys and The Vandals.
over the web, this is the slow so the player would half-pipe, THPS had you Kerrang! magazine editor
undisputed daddy of the strategy empathise with her more easily. skating in schoolyards, James McMahon reckons
genre. Also responsible for He also boosted her breast size by army bases and roofs, the game says a lot “about
inspiring StarCraft – essentially 150% by mistake, but it proved so fucking shit up in a how important getting on a
the national sport of South popular with his work mates that manner far more like game soundtrack can be for
Korea. he kept it. actual skateboarding than a band”.

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME

09 (NINTENDO 64) 1998

When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child Metacritic of 99/100. An absolute shutter-upper

living in the Japanese town of Sonobe, he would
regularly explore the surrounding countryside.
One day he found a cave in the middle of a
forest. The experience of discovering it remained
with him, and years later when developing the
Zelda games, he tried to recreate it, combining it
with a love of the Wild West and a colleague’s
love of chanbara (Japanese sword-fighting)
movies.
Developed concurrently with Super Mario 64
but released two years later, Ocarina
Of Time is the fifth Zelda game and the
best-loved – it holds the highest-ever score on
of anyone that claims
video games can’t be art, it’s a beautiful
experience, and definitely features the
best horse in any game ever.
The easiest way to appreciate the legacy of
Ocarina Of Time is through Google image search
– have a look at how many tattoos there are,
celebrating it. There was even a notable increase
in the sale of actual ocarinas when the game
came out (looks like a shell, sounds like a
recorder, was used on the awesome solo on The
Troggs’ original Wild Thing).

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08 POKÉMON RED/BLUE
(GAME BOY) 1999
When Satoshi Tajiri was a
kid, he collected insects.
He wasn’t a weirdo or
anything; it was the 1970s
and there was bugger-all
else for children
to do. When he grew up,
he noticed that he didn’t
see kids collecting insects
any more – the urban
sprawl of Tokyo had paved
over the fields of his
youth. This planted the
seeds for what became
Pokémon, the idea that a
new generation could
enjoy the feeling of
collecting. And when he
saw a Game Boy link cable,
everything fell into place.
Tajiri wanted the game
to be non-violent, as he
felt there were enough
violent titles around, and
thought the link cable
could be used for two
players to trade and share
rather than compete with
one another. The game
took six years to develop,
during which Tajiri didn’t
take a salary.
He compared the
finished game to a new
bike that everyone could
take somewhere different.
Pokémon became the
bestselling RPG and
handheld game series of
all time (as well as a
lucrative television and toy
franchise), and ended up
making Nintendo so much
money that to this day, the
company could run a
deficit of $250 million
every year and still survive
until 2052.
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07 SUPER MARIO 64
(NINTENDO 64) 1996
Starring the face of Nintendo
and acting as the launch title for
their new console, Super Mario
64 had high expectations to
meet, but ended up as one of
the most influential games ever.
It hurled gaming into the 21st
century by providing the model
for all subsequent 3D games.
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto
gave everyone’s favourite
05 WORLD OF WARCRAFT
(PC) 2004
The highest-grossing game
of all time, at its peak in 2012,
WOW, was being played by
12 million people at once, all
paying a monthly subscription.
MMORPGs (massively
multiplayer online role-playing
games) meant players could live
huge chunks of their lives in-game,
forming relationships that had
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non-porno plumber a fully
explorable 3D world, complete
with an innovative player-
controlled camera system that
seems really unexciting now,
because every game in the world
copied it.
It didn’t feel like a game so
much as inhabiting a world, where
flight was possible and everything
looked like sweets.
nothing to do with geographical
proximity and everything to do
with big bloody swords. Also, you
can’t smell people over the
internet.
The time-sucking nature
of the game has led to claims that
up to 40% of players
are addicted, and there are
thousands of ‘Warcraft widows’.
06 THE SIMS
(PC) 2000
“I’ve got an idea, a billion-
dollar idea!” “Shut up, Will.”
“No, no, I’ve got a billion-dollar
idea!” “Look, just fuck off, Will,
yeah?”
It didn’t go exactly like that,
but The Sims creator Will
Wright was repeatedly shot
down and mocked when he
tried to get his idea for a virtual
doll’s house off the ground.
Despite his success with the
hugely influential SimCity,
Wright had to get sneaky to get
anywhere, working with one
designer in secret. Eventually,
EA begrudgingly green-lit The
Sims, known internally as ‘the
toilet game’, expecting fewer
than 200,000 sales.
However, the game was an
enormous hit, becoming the
bestselling PC title ever and
appealing to gamers and
non-gamers alike, with its
accessibility and sense of fun
(and toilets). Of the 100
bestselling PC games ever, 20
are Sims titles. Bonkers.
NONE OF
THESE PEOPLE
HAVE JOBS OR
MEANINGFUL
RELATIONSHIPS
A thriving black market
economy also means lazy players
can buy their way through the
boring bits by outsourcing the
work to China. ‘Gold farming’ is
said to be worth up to $200 million
of
real dosh a year – that’s a real
economy being shaped by
non-existent gold. Wow.
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04 MINECRAFT
(PC) 2011

At the same time that major
studio’s budgets have gone
through the roof (Grand Theft
Auto V cost £170 million to
develop), there’s been a quiet
revolution in the indie gaming
world, where micro-budget
games made by tiny teams
have often outgrossed and
out-awesomed big-bucks
corporate products. Nothing
has demonstrated this more
than Minecraft, which started
off as one dude’s spare-time
project and has sold 35 million
copies so far. Bear-like bearded
Swede Markus ‘Notch’ Persson
went from working on
Minecraft around his day job,
to quitting in order to work on
it full-time, to now being
valued at over £100 million and
having to enlist bodyguards
when he visits video game
conventions.
In the first month the game
was on sale, a million copies
were sold, spreading almost
entirely through online word of
mouth rather than through
traditional advertising. PayPal
even froze Persson’s account at
one point because he was
making so much money so
quickly, it looked dodgy as hell.
A weird and awesome combo
of game, toy and tool, Minecraft
has ended up being used for a
variety of educational and
charitable uses as well as keeping MINING: STILL CAPABLE OF
a lot of very excited fat guys up GALVANISING A STAGNANT ECONOMY
very late at night. The anything- Markus Persson was named as
goes nature of the ‘creative’ the second-most influential person
mode is like having access to an in the world by Time magazine in
infinite supply of Lego in an 2013, which was possibly partly due
infinite world, which you can use to his handy surname, but mainly
in as simple or as complex a way due to how Minecraft has pretty
as you wish. Lego itself even much taken over the planet by
produced its own Minecraft set letting people build their own
in 2012, which was brilliant. worlds within worlds. Whoa!

03 TETRIS
(GAME BOY) 1989 (ORIGINAL VERSION: 1984)

The most popular video game of Tetris has since appeared

all time nearly didn’t make
its creator a rouble. Alexey
Pajitnov was working for the
Russian Academy of Sciences
when, along with a few pals,
he created a game based on
arranging falling shapes into lines,
naming it after the prefix tetra,
meaning four, and tennis, his
favourite sport.
Tetris went apeshit-crazy, with
Soviet Russians desperate for
something to do other than eat
goulash and drink vodka. An
enterprising British publisher who
heard about it decided
to get on board and was
soon selling the rights (which he
didn’t have) to global developers.
And, since Pajitnov was working
for the Russian government at the
time, they were up for selling the
rights as well… It all became a
giant legal mess, one Pajitnov got
nothing from (until 1996, when he
set up The Tetris Company, finally
acquired the rights and relocated
to Hawaii).
Nintendo bought the rights
in 1989 and made Tetris
the launch title, bundled with
every Game Boy. Its simplicity
appealed to both gamers and
non-gamers, kick-starting the
puzzle game genre, without which
the modern mobile gaming
market would be a barren place.
on every gaming platform
imaginable, and is the most
downloaded paid-for mobile
game, with more than 100 million
phone downloads.
Careful, though. Some
scientists warn about the
Tetris effect, where playing
it a lot leads to seeing Tetris
shapes everywhere like a madman.
They might have a point. Vladimir
Pokhilko, one of the game’s
co-creators, eventually killed his
wife and son before killing himself,
leaving a suicide note which read,
“I’ve been eaten alive. Vladimir.
Just remember that I am exist.
The davil.”
02 MORTAL KOMBAT II
(MEGA DRIVE) 1994

The first Mortal Kombat to torrents of blood lasting benefits though,

game isn’t bad at all – it
introduced the world to
now-iconic characters like
Sub-Zero, proved that the
letter K was kooler than the
letter C, and also included a
few Fatalities
– semi-secret over-the-top
finishing moves that were
way gorier and bloodier than
anything anyone had seen in
fighting games ever before.
For the sequel, they went
bigger, bolder and badder
with the Fatalities,
introducing finishers like
Jax’s arm-rip, where he
yanks his opponent’s arms
clean off their body, leading
spunking out. This tongue-
in-cheek ultra-violence,
combined with ever-
improving graphics, caused
a mahoosive controversy,
with parental groups calling
for bans. This led to the
formation of the
Entertainment Software
Ratings Board, the video
game equivalent of the
BBFC’s U, PG, 12, 15 and 18
rating system. MKII became
the first game to carry a
‘mature’ rating, and was
banned in Germany after
being deemed harmful to
young people. The
controversy didn’t have any
with Mortal Kombat II
becoming the bestselling
game there had been up to
then.
The presence of Fatality
alternatives like Babality
(transforming your
opponent into a baby) and
Friendship (which nobody
ever chose to do, obviously)
led to rumours of more
hidden modes like Sexuality
and Nudality. They didn’t
actually exist, but the
prospect of seeing what
lay beneath Mileena’s
cloak can’t have hurt sales.
More like Phwoar-tal
Kombat, right? Right?

OFT IMITATED,
NEVER BETTERED;
THE CAUSE AND
RUIN OF A BILLION
FRIENDSHIPS

01 GOLDENEYE 007
(NINTENDO 64) 1997

GoldenEye 007 had no right to be anything
other than shit. It was a film tie-in coming out
two years after the film, a first-person-shooter
for a console which, at the time, was
universally regarded as a waste of time, and
eight of the 10-strong team that made it hadn’t
ever made a game before.
Then it came out, and it was fucking
magnificent, the team’s inexperience coming
through as excitement and ambition, leading
to some amazing ideas. “Because it was most
people’s first game, we did things we might
not do again,”
said Graeme Norgate of the development
team later. “If something sounded like
a good idea, it was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it!’ Only
afterwards would you find it was a world of
pain.”
The team ended up working 80-hours a
week, to come up with innovative ways
of cutting corners. The physics to have objects
show battle damage proved so complicated
that they decided to make everything
explosive instead, inadvertently making
everything more super-awesome. A coding
problem meant that characters who got blown
up did so with a tiny delay, giving their deaths
a South Park-esque quality, again upping the
fun stakes.
GoldenEye isn’t the highest critically rated
game of all time. It’s not the bestselling, nor
the most awards-laden, but it’s the best in a
way that numbers can’t prove; a way that
comes from the heart rather than the head.
Because you know what happens to heads?
They get shot.

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 FOR THOSE WHO GOOGLE
YAMI GAUTAM+HOT
AND GET ZILCH HERE’S

YAMI
GAUTAM IN HER HOTTEST SHOOT EVER. BARE SHOULDERS, PERFECT
DERRIERE AND ALL.
Words by KUMAR SAURAV; Photography by ROHAN SHRESTHA
Styling: SANJANA BATRA; Hair & make up LOVELEEN
Production: MADMOTH

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 he next time your
father gives you
one of those
‘impossible is
nothing’ lines ask
him to convince
Yami Gautam to pose in a bikini
for FHM, or for that matter even
for a sequence in Steven
Speilberg’s film! In over ten
different ways, we coaxed her to
say yes to wear bikini, but she
refused to budge. “NO. I won’t
wear a bikini. Not even for Steven
Speilberg. If he ever approaches me
for a film, it will be more on the
basis of my acting skills, and not
on the basis of the two-piece.”

It’s her denial that has kept her

away from FHM and those Google
pictures searches of her chaste. “I
was apprehensive about shooting
with FHM, the clothing part
worried me a bit. If I shoot with
FHM, I should be able to do justice
to your content and in some way
add to your immense popularity. If
I am not able to do that, what’s the
point of me being on the cover! I
am not comfortable with the bikini
image because that’s not what I
am. Also, I didn’t want to portray
myself as someone who is
desperate for being called a ‘hot
chick’ because you guys have
helped a lot of women break their
stereotypes. Being on your cover is
of great importance and I didn’t
want to take it lightly. So, we had
to come to a consensus where you
get something hot, and I get to
keep my existing image intact.”

That’s for the bad news, the good

news is that the 25-year-old isn’t
under some lifetime oath to wear
clothes that cover her wrists and TOP: ZARA
ankles. “People change so do their SHORTS: ONLY

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 If I shoot with
FHM, I should
be able to do
justice to your
content. If I am
not able to do
that, what’s
the point of me
being on the
cover?.

BUSTIER: HEMANT AND NANDITA;

SKIRT: BEBE;
RING: CURIO COTTAGE

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 I would never date anyone who donates sperm
to earn money, might still consider someone who
does it for charity...
opinions, so I wouldn’t really say that I will
never wear a bikini, but as of now, it’s a dead
NO.” For Now. Yes, we did add the ‘for now’.
Yami is not new to the FHM fold, she has been
pretty clued to our covers. “I loved every cover
of Katrina Kaif. Also, the one that you guys
shot with Nargis was brilliant.”
As for work, the Himachal born, Chandigarh
bred girl is completely focused, she is busy like
never before and is still fine-tuning herself to
the slaving life of Mumbai. Infact, she is so
busy that this interview of hers was
rescheduled thrice from happening at 10.30 am
on a Sunday to late in the evening that day and
finally happened at 3.45 on a Monday. When
we finally spoke to her she was travelling to
Pune. “I am now living every word of those
interviews that I read of film stars about how
Mumbai occupies you completely. I know it
sounds like a cliché, but I am never not
occupied in something or the other.” Even in
her prayers, something that is as much part of
her daily routine as rushing from one shoot to
another, all she does is pray about getting more
and more work.
Yami has come a long way in her life from her
initial appearances in television commercials
and soap operas your mother watches. She has
also gotten way past the stage of thinking being
called ‘Yummy is cute’. “Oh God! Calling me
Yummy is so cheesy. I am used to of being
called Yami to Yummy to Yemen from school
days, so I have given up. When I was in school,
I would fear my name being announced on the
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stage because the boys would later take my
trip. In fact, a childhood friend called me
Yemen, I don’t why, but she did.”
Yet somehow, for someone who made a huge
splash with her debut film Vicky Donor she’s
had a slightly uneventful couple of years. Her
next movie after Vicky Donor, Total Siyappa
tanked at the box office, but such is her hold on
the audience that they have now moved their
attention and expectation to her next release
Action Jackson, which co-stars Ajay Devgan,
Sonakshi Sinha and Kunal Roy Kapoor.
She hasn’t forgotten how much of her success
she owes to VD, “I wouldn’t have been on your
cover if Vicky Donor wasn’t my film.
Everything that I have today is because of
Shoojit. Working with him will always be my
priority.” As for other film that she is currently
filming, there is no point talking about them
because everything has to be protected like
Nuclear launch codes, so we picked on her for
the flak that she received on twitter for
endorsing fairness creams, “Endorsing a
fairness product isn’t debatable nor do I need
to defend it. I endorse them because that’s my
job. Whether a celeb uses a product that he
endorses or not completely depends on them,”
she shoots us down.
45 minutes down the interview, we asked her
something we’ve been itching to for a while -
would she date someone who is a sperm donor,
only to have her freak out mid question. “I
would never date anyone who donates sperms
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RING: TONIQ ACCESSORIES;
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 to earn money, might still consider
someone who does it for charity.
When the script of Vicky Donor
was being read out to me, I was
just saying ok...ok...okay and even
the narrator was giggling all the
while. I came back home and I told
my mom about the film and even
she was like ‘okay’. No one knew
how to react, so you can
understand why dating a sperm
donor isn’t as cool as you think.”

And what are the other kinds of

men you will never date? “I can
never be with a man who fantasises
about Carmen Electra, Cindy
Crawford and Pamela Anderson.”
This is where the conversation got
a bit doozy for us because as you
know there is Carmen Electra
heating up the front of the book as
the Access Girl this month. But
then full disclosure is for fools.
“Certainly Ben Affleck. If there is
an embodiment of how my man
should be, it has to be Ben. If you
are seriously match making then I
would like to take things forward
with someone who is a bit
different from me, adventurous and
open minded, but again, he
shouldn’t be a Pam (Anderson)
fan,” she says ruling out anyone
born in the 80s.

And what about the films that

come to her, how does she select
them. “Firstly, I look at my
character, then the story and then
the director.” But shouldn’t it be
like story first, then the director
and then the character. “Not really.
A script may not always be
impressive. A film like Barfi, do
you think, it would have sounded
as promising to the actors on the
papers as it turned out to be?”

By the time we finished our chat,

she had reached half way to Pune,
we were still moping about bikinis
and she was talking about how
much she’d love to be in a remake
of DDLJ. “It’s impossible to
imagine DDLJ without him,” she
says. We continue to mope about
the bikini. Or the lack of it. GREY CROP TANK: ZARA;
SHORTS: GUESS

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 I can never be
with a man
who fantasizes
about Carmen
Electra, Cindy
Crawford
and Pamela
Anderson..”

LEATHER BUSTIER: ZARA;

SHORTS: GUESS;
BRACELETS: STYLISTS OWN

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THE LIST IS STILL BEING MADE

…WHO IS THE SEXIEST WOMAN

OF THEM ALL
 WIN AT LIFE

EDITED BY DANIEL MASOLIVER

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 FIRE, ICE, EXPOSED ELECTRIC WIRES AND MUD. LOTS OF MUD.
PREPARE TO GET DOWNRIGHT NASTY AT THE NEXT GENERATION
OF ADVENTURE RACES…
The world has gone dirt crazy, thanks to an
explosion of muddy challenges that are
helping guys and girls to get fit, filthy and a
little bit flirty outdoors. Just take your pick:
Photography: mybibnumber.com, epic action imagery,
there are mud runs, which serve up post-
apocalyptic hell zones of barbed wires,
flames and icy water; military-style obstacle courses,
Bruce Viaene Photography, harri hytÖnen
full of greasy walls and spooky tunnels; and multi-
sport adventure races that let you paddle and climb
through epic Instagram-friendly landscapes. Filthier
than a drawer full of Miley Cyrus’s latex undies, they
have boozy after-parties and festival vibes, so you can
get buff, hang out with your mates and meet mucky
girls.
There are now more than 200 mud-and-obstacle
races and 300 adventure races around the world, each
year: over 2 million nutters from 22 countries will take
part in a Spartan Race – a global brand of obstacle
courses – in 2014 and the global gunge industry is
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valued at half a billion Yankee dollars. So why is
everyone suddenly so desperate to splash about in
muddy puddles?
“This stuff is in our DNA,” explains Selica Sevigny,
co-founder of Spartan Beast. “We want people to
return to the days of hunter-gatherers. Sitting at a
computer or being a couch potato is not what our
bodies are designed for. We're designed to be active, so
it feels good to rediscover your warrior instinct.”
Plus, if you’re bored by the zombie-shuffling
monotony of 10k runs, or fear bike races will leave
you with the physique of a weeny pre-pubescent
boy, these races will beef you up and give you
superhuman mental strength. “You'll face your biggest
Words Mark Bailey
fears and cross the finish line a completely different
and more confident person,” promises Sevigny.
To get you started, here’s a round-up of the best
events and all the sordid secrets you’ll need in order
to become a grime-splattered hero…
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 WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
Rains, fog, and a 5+ kms
muddy trail with over 21
obstacles. the Mud Rush aims
to send you running like ‘Guy
Explorer’ from Temple Run
through mud, hay and water!
The prize at the end of the
road? The winners will be
treated with kegs of frosty
beer, and medals. Besides this
they throw one hell of a bash
because that’s exactly what
your aching bones need -
dancing!

FILTHIEST PART?
Stretched across a 5 km+
muddy trail the track has
grimy yet intensive obstacles
like climbing over of 30 feet
stacks of hay, water bodies, 8
feet barrier walls, 100 feet
stretch of tires, 45 degree hill
climb, and did we mention a
whole lot of mud?

WHAT DO THE
ORGANISERS SAY?
The all-terrain race is not
intended only for the super
athletic, but for the entire
family. The organisers
encourage families to take part
in the race, along with
sporting some unique
costumes, outfits and
uniforms. However, that being
said, people shouldn’t take
MUD RUSH, PUNE, AUGUST this as a fancy dress
competion race. Participants
have to give their and other
participant’s safety top
priority.

HOW DO I SHAPE UP?

The terrain is spread out with
various obstacles which is why
its is imperative that you
strenthen your core. Whether
or not you spend a lot of time
in the gym, you need to spend
a lot of time doing HIIT
besides cross training.

SIGN ME UP
This edition will be held in
Pune, Maharashtra in the
monsoons. To participate
you have to pay 2500 bucks
and be prepared to sacrifice
your clothes and knees.
For dope on important topics
like cost, shoe requirements,
start timings, warm up
zones, baggage, visit
themudrush.com.

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A N C I E N T WA R R I O R W O R K O U T
SPARTAN BEAST, EAST SUSSEX, 11 OCTOBER
WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
Whether you’re more likely
to have a six pack of abs or a
six pack of Dr Pepper, this is
your chance to mimic 300
movie legend Gerard Butler
as Leonidas. Part of a global
series with events in South
Korea, Australia and Mexico,
Spartan Beast is a 20km
battle with 26 obstacles (like
chucking spears and tackling
giant washing-up liquid-
covered slides) designed to
test the bravery of a warrior
– crimson capes and beards,
optional. The course is kept
top secret and the race is
always timed to encourage
you to get Andy Murray-
level competitive.
FILTHIEST PART?
Grabbing your balls. Spartan
racers have to manoeuvre
giant Atlas balls made of
stone, which makes you feel
like a proper beefcake
powering through the
World’s Strongest Man
contest. It’s worth checking
your nads are still there
every now and then anyway
– there’s a solid chance
they’ll have been severed
with a pointy spear.
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WHAT DO THE
ORGANISERS SAY?
“We wanted to take people
away from their 9 to 5 jobs to
find fitness in the
wilderness,” says Selica
Sevigny. “The Spartan theme
is inspiring – men were the
ultimate warriors and
women were respected.
There's a new challenge
every few hundred metres, so
you don’t get bored.” The
courses often feature 30ft
rope climbs and mile-long
sandbag carries. “At the end,
happy, broken people still
want to do it again.”
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HOW DO I SHAPE UP?
Functional fitness is key as
you won’t know the course
until race day – 3 x 10
squats, deadlifts, kettlebell
swings and box jumps will
warrior-proof your body in
preparation.
SIGN ME UP
Spartan Beast (20km) takes
place in East Sussex on
11October, from `5,456.
Spartan Sprint (5km) and
Super Spartan (13km)
A TRIP TO
events take place in London
from 30-31 August.
Visit uk.spartanrace.com.
THE BOG
CONNEMARA CHALLENGE,
IRELAND, MAY ‘15
WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
A 32.5km run-cycle-kayak
threesome in the Guinness-
black peat of West Ireland, the
Connemara Challenge is a
short ‘sprint’ distance
adventure race. You’ve missed
it this year but don’t worry its
on next year too. You dash
through the course in 3-6
hours, so it’s spot-on for
adventure-racing newbies.
You’ll stumble through a Lord
Of The Rings-style land of
mountains and rivers, merrily
covered in Ireland’s finest crap.
FILTHIEST PART?
The quickie in the bog.
Competitors start with a 4km
run through the foot-sucking
Connemara bog. A little longer
than the quickies you’re used
to, and almost as messy.
HOW DO I SHAPE UP?
To survive 14.5km of bogs,
you’ll need the luck of the
Irish. Failing that, joint
stability and balance should
see you through. Train with 3 x
12 single-leg lunges, Bosu
squats and single-leg dumbbell
deadlifts.
SIGN ME UP
The race sets out from Killary
Adventure Centre on 10 May,
from `5,231. The price includes
post-race soup and bread.
Visit gaelforceevents.com.
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 MAINE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, USA, 17TH JUNE - 22ND JUNE, 2014
WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
Mud biking, hiking,
rappeling and kayaking in
the shadow of Mount
Katahdin through a network
of reserves and protected
wilderness makes Untamed
New England Expedition
Race equal parts spectacular
and dirty. Wabanaki Indians
called this territory the
“Dawn Lands” and it served
as their ancestral home.
FILTHIEST PART?
Mountain bikining through
extreme terrian followed by
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hikes that push the limits of
human endurance. The 322
km course has no stops, with
no designated rest periods or
aid stations. Teams have to be
be self-sufficient, responsible
for their own food and water
from the start to the finish of
the race.
WHAT DO THE
ORGANISERS SAY?
“We eat, live, and breath
adventure racing. You may
not be ready for us, but we’re
ready for you!” people
incharge claim.
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HOW DO I SHAPE UP?
Contestants have been
building fitness and skills
for years before reaching the
Untamed New England
starting line...so try onlyif
you are a hardcore adventure
junky.
SIGN ME UP
Untamed New England
allows teams of 2, 3, and 4
racers and the fee are as
4-person team: `2,07,410,
3-person team: `1,81,484,
2-person team: `1,55,558
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 M I L I TA R Y
MIND GAMES
TOUGH MUDDER, YORKSHIRE, 2-3 AUGUST
WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
A mucky, military mess in
the Yorkshire Moors, this
16 to 19-km course from
Tough Mudder, whose gooey
worldwide events attract half
a million loonies each year,
was designed by ex-military
special forces eager to polish
your mental steel. Obstacles
like Arctic Enema (a skip
filled with ice), Smoke Chute
(smog-filled tunnels), and
Electroshock Therapy (a net
that zaps you, repeatedly)
test the size of your cojones,
but also demand soldierly
camaraderie. You can’t
complete Tough Mudder
alone – you need leg-ups,
human chains and motivating
bum pats along the way.
FILTHIEST PART?
The Dong Dangler – so called
because you shuffle along a
slippery rope with your crotch
submerged in freezing water,
one slip away from cheese-
wiring your pee-stick off.
WHAT DO THE
ORGANISERS SAY?
“Tough Mudder gives you an
amazing sense of achievement
and team spirit,” says top dog
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John Fidoe. “We challenge
your mental strength, grit and
determination by tackling your
fears of tight spaces, darkness
or heights. But we don’t time
people and it’s all about having
fun: triathlons get boring
because they’re samey, but
people want to spend time
with friends, which is why
80% of people sign up as
part of a team. Everyone
helps each other out and
hangs around afterwards
drinking beer. We even offer
free haircuts with a choice of
mullet, mohawk or skinhead.”
HOW DO I SHAPE UP?
Besides watching Rambo: The
Complete Collection repeatedly,
you’ll need to prepare yourself
physically. A 3 x 10-minute
bodyweight circuit of push-ups,
jumping jacks, squats, ‘jump
rope’ (because it sounds harder
than ‘skipping’), burpees and
pull-ups will get you into
tough-and-ready shape.
SIGN ME UP
Tough Mudder Yorkshire is
held at Broughton Hall on 2-3
August, from £69 plus £10
insurance. The price includes a
free headband and a pint. Visit
toughmudder.com.
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ENDURANCE QUEST, FINLAND, FROM 23 JULY

CONQUER
MOTHER
N AT U R E
TOTAL WARRIOR, LAKE
DISTRICT, 2-3 AUGUST
WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
Awarded the Best All-Round
Experience going by obstacle-
racing website Mudstacle,
Total Warrior’s amazing Lake
District location spices up its
two courses (10km or 10
miles) with natural obstacles
like mahoosive hills, freezing
rivers, soggy moorland and
back-breaking boulders.
Competitors also face 25-30
man-made beasties, like the
flaming logs of Human BBQ
and the tangled ropes of
Spider’s Web.
WHAT’S THE DIRTY
DEAL?
This top-level Finnish
adventure race, which covers
600km over three to four
days, doles out more
discipline than a dominatrix
Jessica Ennis. Planned by
former adventure race world
champ Petri Forsman, it
features running, cycling,
kayaking, abseiling,
kickbiking (part-bike, part-
toddler’s scooter),
coasteering, rowing and even
inline skating, and is set
around the awesome Turku
Archipelago – a coastal
wonderland of 20,000 islands,
castles, neat wooden huts and
friendly Finnish yokels.
FILTHIEST PART?
Riding blow-up toys with a
group of sweaty men.
Athletes slide into a packraft
(a kind of inflatable rubber
dinghy) and paddle upstream.
HOW DO I SHAPE UP?
Unless your major muscle
groups already resemble
Commando-era Arnold
Schwarzenegger, toughen
up for the 150km of paddling
with 3 x 10 chin-ups, leg
presses, bicep curls and
triceps extensions.
SIGN ME UP
The race, based between
Turku and Helsinki in
Finland, starts on 23 July.
Entry costs `2,17,262 for a
team of four. Visit
endurancequest.com. Ryanair
flies to nearby Tampere and
Lappeenranta from `3,273.

FILTHIEST PART?
ACTION-RACE ESSENTIALS
The Worm Muncher. Crawl
on all fours under barbed
wire, hovering between a
faceful of sludge and a
shredded noggin.

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 YOUR

No matter what Indian comedians tell

you it is possible for Indian men to
wear tuxedos and not look like waiters.
Here’s how.
As told to Kumar Saurav

NOT JUST
BOND THINAG

Tuxedo: `25400,
www.niveditasaboo.com

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 FAT, SLIM, TALL...
WHO SHOULD
WEAR A TUXEDO:
As long as it fits you
right, a tuxedo suits all
body types. Available in
various styles, the tux
has always been synonymous with
sophistication. Be it the classic shawl
collar, the suave pointed peak collar,
the ‘James Bond-ish’ notch lapel style
or the regular buttons down, it is the
perfect choice for well dressed
gentlemen. Terrible for TV
appearances, especially if you are
discussing politics.
TUXEDO VS A
JACKET
1. A blazer and a coat
don’t necessarily come
with a pair of trousers
and hence can be paired
with various bottoms
like a pair of jeans,
chinos, corduroys, etc.
Also, they come with
metal buttons and
patch pockets. A Tux doesn’t.
2. The lapels in a tuxedo jacket are
made of satin while in a suit, it is of the
same fabric as the suit.
3. The tuxedo trousers have no loops
for a belt whereas a suit’s trouser has
loops. A tuxedo is traditionally worn
with a cummerbund or a low cut vest
whereas a suit has a belt for an
accessory.
4. The buttons on a tuxedo jacket are
made out of fabric while in a suit jacket
they can be of other materials.
5. Shirts worn with a tuxedo have
French cuffs for cuff-links and studs. A
suit can be worn with a regular dressy
shirt.
6. Tuxedos are usually black, dark grey,
navy or white with black trousers. A
suit can be made out of the same fabric
for the jacket and trousers, and can be
in various colours.
BUYING A
TUXEDO? READ
THIS FIRST
The fit: A tuxedo is all
about the right fit.
Hence, care should be taken when
investing in a perfectly fit tuxedo, as it
can either make or break the look.
The style: Always look for a style that
compliments your silhouette. A good
tuxedo lasts a lifetime and getting
expert advice is recommended in
choosing the right one for you.
The fabric: The most fundamental
element in making a good tuxedo,
choosing the right fabric is paramount
in getting an immaculate fit.
The accessories: A perfect tuxedo has
got to have the right kind of
accessories that complete the look. 5 TIPS FOR
From the shirt, bow-tie, pocket square
to the right kind of shoes, every
minute detail has to be taken into B U YIN G THE R I G H T
consideration for the look to come
together.
F RAM E
The comfort: Investing in a tuxedo that SUNGLASSES COST A LOT OF
not only fits well but feels well too is MONEY AND ARE VERY USEFUL
imperative. A made-to-measure tuxedo TO HIDE BLACK EYES AND
jacket should be comfortable and feel HUNGOVER EYES
just like second skin.
01 KNOW YOUR FRAME SIZE:
HOW TO CLUB A Because if you don’t, you will feel
TUXEDO as uncomfortable as you feel in
Shirt: A crisp white tight briefs. Also, a suitably sized
pleated dressy shirt frame complements your face by
with a stiff winged highlighting all the right features
collar with French and hiding the not so good ones.
cuffs. Classic yet stylish you can’t go
wrong with this. 02 WEAR YOUR STYLE: Buy
Trousers: A black pair of trousers with what you want to wear,
a satin stripe running on the outside something that reflects your
leg is a conventional style. style sense.
Socks: Black
Belt: A cummerbund would be 03 TRY DIFFERENT FRAMES:
more apt. When there are so many options
Shoes: Well polished, patent leather in frames, why limit yourself to
black lace-up shoes. just one form. Go experiment, it
Watch: A nice and sturdy leather or will make you look differently
metal watch. stylish.
SKIN TONE PLAYS 04 CAREFULLY SELECT THE
ITS PART FRAME MATERIAL: No one pays
A classic black is so much attention to the material
common for all. A deep used in the frame, but we all
navy blue is also a great should because your skin might
colour for all skin be allergic to certain metals.
tones. Shades of gray
are very popular too 05 SELECT THE APPROPRIATE
but darker skin tones LENS COATINGS: The glasses,
should avoid them as without any second thoughts, are
gray can just make important. Protective UV coating
things way too dull. and anti-scratch make a lot of
sense and are not just marketing
WHILE gimmicks.
DRESSING UP IN
A TUXEDO
1. White or light
coloured socks are
death. RECOMFHM
2. Be very specific about shoes. Don’t Stylis
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MENDS
experiment. &a
Titan ffordable
3. Avoid wearing excessive jewellery. Glare
4. If you’ve been putting off your s
grooming regime now is the time.
FHM EXPERT
Nivedita Saboo has
suited Bollywood
celebrities like
BEYOND AVIATOR
Randeep Hooda. If you don’t intend to pay a bomb for an
eyewear, Titan has just launched these
www.niveditasaboo.com affordable set of glares for you. Try them.

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 THE DROWN TEST
FHM takes Sony Xperia Z2 and Samsung S5 for a shower and Moto E for a sponge bath.

SONY XPERIA Z2 `48990

There is something about water-resistant
phones, that keep you guessing till the time you
actually put them to a dunk test which you
probably never will. Which is why we’ve had our
eyes on the Z2 ever since it was launched. The
phone boasts of an IP58 rating does manage to
withstand a puddle of water. The Z2 is water
resistant in a depth of 1.5 mts (almost 5 ft) for 30
mins. The phone rings too, its another matter
that you can’t answer them because the screen
locks down. Moreover, below that depth there
would be no network either. The Z2 achieves
this thanks to an internal rubber seal that
protects its components and concealed ports
which all recieve their own rubber plugs.
Once we pulled it out of the dish we realised why
we loved the phone - it was the chassis of it.
Despite being 5.2 inch screen, the phone fits
well into the hand and has a powerful 2.3 GHz Superb
processor that makes multi-tasking a breeze. build quality,
The OS, that has been heavily tweaked by Sony,
gives you a rich and powerful Android
breathtaking OS
experience. We also like the intuitive keyboard, performances and
the camera and the claimed battert back up of a decent snapper
30 hours. However, an hefty marked price would makes this phone
leave us in two mind to actually buy it. a go-to product.
Android v4.4 (KitKat); Qualcomm
Snapdragon Quad Core 2.3 GHz Processor;
20.7 MP Camera; 5.2-inch Full HD Display; 3
GB RAM; Waterproofing (IP58 and IP55)

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 SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 `40000
This was the second phone after Xperia Z2 to take the drown w
test and passed it without any hassles whatsoever. The
water-resistent claim works effectively provided you clip thee
back cover properly. As per the phone, we are not yet sure if
you should buy it, or wait for the iPhone 6, which is scheduled
ed
to hit the market in August. For people who take joy in openen
platforms like Addroid, S5 isn’t a bad deal even though by
pure aesthetics, it’s unimaginative and ancient. But hold on!
S5 is still one of the most awaited phones of the year. The 5.1
inch full-HD screen with super AMOLED display is brilliant, t,
the audio output is so loud and clear that you might want to o
put your earplugs back into the box, and it has a camera thatat
no other phone has ever come close to. Even in low light.
5.1-inch Full HD Display; Android v4.4.2 (KitKat); Heart
Rate Sensor; Ultra Power Saving Mode; Adonis Prime2
(Quad 1.9 GHz + Quad 1.3 GHz); 16 MP Primary
CameraIP67 Certificated Dust and Water Resistant

MOTO E `7000
At the first instance, you would outrightly
ridicule a 7K Android phone. Well, that is what
happens with the homegrown brands like
Micromaxx and Karbonn. But that is not the
case with the Moto E. The phone is a stunner,
considering the price point it is lauched at. The
smooth plastic body, is in keeping with Moto’s
design principles. In fact, we are yet to see a
phone so beautifully crafted for this price.
Another detail that got us raving about the
phone is its brilliant 4.3 qHD screen that is a
steal at this price. Under the hood, the phone is
powered by a 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor, that
doesn’t sound impressive on paper, but doesn’t
lag in terms of multi-tasking. Though, flipping
through apps isn’t as swift as on the high-end
Androids out there, but it’s comfortable to give
you a decent Android experience. There is a
microSD support of upto 32Gb, coupled with
various third party cloud apps that would come
Sam
is kno sung in handy. The phone, in particular, flaws with its
overt wn for its camera, with no front camera on offer. The
u
that m se of plastic 5MP camera falls short of impressing us, and
the lack of a flash makes it an even harder point
most igh ,
of us, t tick the to sell. The screen is water-resistence as well,
there c onside making this one of the best budget Android
a
doing re metal bo ring phones in the market.
th d
days, e rounds th ies 1 GB RAM; Android v4.4 (KitKat) OS; Wi-Fi
but th ese Enabled; FM Radio; 1.2 GHz MSM8x10 Dual
makes ec
this p amera Core Processor; Dual Standby SIM (GSM +
h
steal one a GSM); 5 MP Primary Camera; 4.3-inch
Touchscreen

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 THE REAL EASY

STICKY BBQ CHICKEN WINGS WITH BLUE CHEESE DIP

Lear
to co n
ok

THE RECIPE

COOKING TIME 45 minutes

INGREDIENTS (FOR BBQ

CHICKEN WINGS)
ēƎChicken wings 6 pcs
ēƎPaprika powder 10 gms
ēƎCajun spice 15 gms
ēƎSalt 4 gms
ēƎPepper 6 gms
ēƎThyme (few)
ēƎOil 10 ml
ēƎGreen onions for garnishing
(few slices)

INGREDIENTS (FOR BLUE

CHEESE DIP)
ēƎBlue cheese 6 gms
ēƎFresh cream 20 ml
ēƎChives (few)
INGREDIENTS

Step 02
Mix all the ingredients and make a blue cheese dressing.

Step 01
Take blue
cheese, fresh
cream and
chives in a
bowl.
Step 03
Raw chicken wings

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 Step 04 Step 05
Marinate the chicken wings using oil, cajun spice, chopped garlic, Using deep fat fryer, fry the
crushed black pepper, paprika, salt, thyme and parsley chicken wings

Step 07
Step 06 Mix chopped garlic, barbeque sauce, green onion, salt, chicken stock,
Roast it in a pre-heated oven for 5 minutes oil, black pepper and Tobasco sauce to make spicy BBQ sauce

Step 08 Step 09

Words: Nishant Nayyar; Recipe and pictures by Tilt All Day, Kamala Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai
Remove the chicken wings from the oven and Pop it on a plate,
toss them in the sauce. Remove it from the fire throw in green
when the wings are coated with the sauce. onions, serve
with blue cheese
dip.

MAN FACTS Chicken Wings can be mixed and matched with a lot of
flavours. We say you pair these along with stuffed jalapenos.
ABOUT Just take jalapenos, split in half, de-seed and take the ribs out.

CHICKEN Fill with cream cheese and wrap a slice of bacon around each
half. Place a toothpick through and cook on the grill until the
bacon is done. Since the World Cup is around the corner, we
BBQ WINGS suggest you finish them off with a couple of glasses of beer
- considering most of the match viewing will happen at home.

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 Emmantal cheese

No cheese tasting is
complete without olives

Cheese on crackers can

make a delectable pair

A MODERN MAN’S GUIDE TO CHEESE

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 Brie [bree]
A soft cheese with a off-white hard
rind, usually produced in the shape
of a flat disc. This kind of cheese is
usually of the cream colour and
made from cow-milk. Brie tastes
You have to be a wonderful when baked with
sour puss not to love strawberries and crackers. It has a
gerkins slightly sweet and pungent flavour.
Goes best with red wine.

Edam [ee-duhm, ee-dam]

A semi-hard cheese with a red wax
coating is usually produced in a
shape of a ball. Edam is typically
yellow and can be made out of cow
or goat’s milk, depending on the
origin of production. Edam is a
fantastic cheese on a cheese platter
and to be sliced into a sandwich as
it holds together very well. Has a
very mild, neutral taste. Goes best
with beer.

Chevre [shev-ruh]
An extremely soft crumbly cheese
wrapped in plastic that has some
moisture as well. Traditionally,
chevre is available in white colour.
It’s made from goat-milk. Chevre
is a salty, earthy and tart cheese
and can easily be spread on tarts or
mixed with a salad.
Goes well with red wine.
With inputs from Chef Swasti Aggarwal, Foodhall

A Gorgonzola knife
can be used for soft
cheese

…and what it goes with. Because not all cheese goes on a

Pizza and the side of a glass of wine. So here’s some help
figuring out what is what!
Words Nishant Nayyar

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 Se
appe rve as an
EMMANTAL [em-uhn-tahl] past tizer, pu [fet-uh] FETA
Made from the milk of cows that are on Ma, in salad t on T
This cheese is made
id s
led up to the Alps to graze, over pizza dle Easte or ou
out of goat milk and
. Pair r
multiple seasons, Emmantal can be white with n is classified as ‘Feta’
easily recognised with the laden wine on
only if it comes from
bubbles in the cheese. This cheese mainland Greece.
has a certain sweetness with a Tangy and moist,
piquancy that hits the back of the ffeta can range from
tongue on the finish. ccompletely crumbly
co
to moderately
Comes in 200 gms block or larger ccreamy.
crre It reminisces
blocks; From Switzerland with our very own
desi paneer, albeit
softer.

Comes in tubes,
200 gms blocks;
From Greece

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and g és, salad , soft cheese known
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with s well to mankind,
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r Taleggio has a soft
thin rind that is
edible, and dons
pungent flavours
and even more
GOUDA [gou-duh] pungent surface
A semi-hard to hard cow-milk cheese, smells.
typically from Holland. Only variants
that are aged for close to six months Comes in blocks
Se
or more, live up to the name. Flavours of 2 kgs or more: des rve as a
usually vary from wildly mild to deep From Italy with sert chee
flavour, owing to the aging period.
fruits se
You can easily spot a Gouda owing to
salad , or on
s
its pale yellow colour.

Comes in small wedges or small

wheels; From Holland, but
some expats are making it in MOZZARELLA
Kashmir now [mot-suh-rel-luh]

Mozzarella is a fresh,
pulled-curd cheese
made from the milk
of water buffalo.
Mozzarella is prized
for its soft texture
and mild creamy
flavour.

It is usually rolled
into a ball of 80 to
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 Try
bake melted o ROQUEFORT [rohk-fert]
CHEDDAR dp n
[ched-er] stuff otatoes, Hailing from South of France, the
chick ed in
Cheddar cheese own en or on cheese is white, tangy, crumbly and
made in traditional with its slightly moist, with distinctive veins
fashion is dry and breadcrusty of green mould. It has a characteristic
crumbly in texture, odour and flavour with a notable taste
with a deep, tangy, of butyric acid; the green veins
nutty flavour. provide a sharp tang.
Typically deep
yellow in colour, A ty
typical
ypical wheel of Roquefort
some of the weighs between 2.5 and 3 kgs:
variants are From France
available in ivory
colour as well.

Comes in 200 gms

blocks or blocks
above 3 kgs; The
best from UK

PARMIGIANO REGGIANO
Another name for
Parmesan cheese
[pahr-muh-zahn]
Aged for a minimum of 12
months and a maximum of
36, it’s a hard, dry, crumbly
cheese that has great
crunch and deep
caramel-y, nutty flavour,
and not to be confused
with other hard cheese,
making the rounds by the
Us name of ‘Parmesan’.
gra ually
sprin ted and Comes in blocks more
k
pasta led over than 5 kgs for institution
and s dishes use; From Italy
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bakin sed in
souffl g, pasta
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with es well
liquo
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BLUE CHEESE
Arguably, the best cheese in the
world, it is characterised by its blue
or blue-green veins that occur due to
mould spores from Penicillium
roqueforti. It can be easily spotted for
its sharp salty flavour, with a creamy
off-white inside.
Available in 100 gms or 1 kg blocks;
From France, Belgium or Italy

MANCHEGO
[mahn-CHAY-goh]
Made from the
milk of Manchega
sheep, manchega
has a buttery, rich
texture that
borders on
With inputs from Sudha Kukrejal, Fresh Meat Co.

creamy, while the

aged version
develops a deeply
salty flavour and
crunchy tyrosine
crystals as it Exce
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dehydrates. l
past ettes, sherr r with
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Comes in barrel-
or aua dishes and m, port
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 1 2

HOW’S THAT FOR A

BOAT PARTY?
AXE hosted one hell of a sundowner on a boat last month.
FHM attended of course. Front and centre. 3

7 4

1. EDM+Yo Yo = Smashing party;

2. Evelyn Sharma and Archana
Vijaya go toe-to-toe with the Axe
Angels; 3. Archana Vijaya tries on
a pair of wings and wants you to
vote for her on 100 Sexiest; 4. Ash
Chandler with Junelia; 5. Models
at the party. Tragically, we were
too busy ogling to take their
names; 6. DJ Candice Redding;
7. Miss Malini with Surily Joseph
6 5

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HOW I DID IT..
James Holder, 43, co-founder of style-behemoths Superdry
I was madly into comics as a kid – Judge
Dredd and 2000 AD. I’d sit at a table with my
dad and he’d sketch out the characters for me.
He was an accountant and a ferocious
workaholic, and I’ve definitely got that drive to
work from him. Not his maths skills, though.
You’d have found me hanging out at
Southsea skatepark as a kid. There was a real
BMX and skate phenomenon when I was
growing up and everyone moved in tribes,
turning up at places on mass. I idolised skate
teams like the Bones Brigade and Powell-
Peralta, and BMXers like Bob Haro – all their
VHS video stuff is still so wicked.
This all started out in the back of my mum’s
Austin Metro. I went to Leamington Spa art
college, nicked all the materials and created
garments in my old dear’s shed. Then I’d take
them to BMX contests and sell them from the
boot of her car.
I’m still punching the clock, working all the
hours God sends us. I look like crap, with big
bags under my eyes, but I love what I do. You
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As you’d have noticed, we’re trying to get more cultured here at FHM.
The Cheese and the ‘De’ in the headline of this article would attest to
that. But the question is – do you really need a f**king curved TV.

There are two rather obvious questions
– it’s curved right? So there must be a
sweet spot to watch TV? Would that by
definition make these one person
devices? Turns out they are as much
full family entertainment as Hum
Aapkey Hain Kaun. Both, the LG and
Samsung TV’s curvatures have been
made in a manner that they let you see
the full screen.
The TVs are curved at an angle of 35
degrees, that in fact, enhances the
viewing experience, owing to its curved
panel as opposed to a flat panel on an
LED/LCD. A typical flat screen only
focusses on the images in the centre,
and makes them seem larger, while the
images in the edges get faded out easily.
With a curved TV, the edges are
protruded closer to you, bringing in a
theatrical effect, and giving a definite
better viewing experience. The images
do stand out with the increased depth
and leave the viewer with a feeling of
being enclosed inside the display. It’s
the closest you can get to experience 3D
without those ugly 3D glasses.

STAND
LG’s TV rests on a unibody stand, which
bends like a curve in the middle of the stand
to give a better grip on the base, whereas LG
Samsung rests on a metal stand, just like
their previous models of the LED series.
While Samsung’s metal stand is not from the
20th century, LG’s TV seems more appealing
as the design aesthetics have definitely upped SAMSUNG
the ante for lifestyle products.

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E CURVE
DESIGN
LG’s TV is made from a slim OLED
panel atop a curved plastic base –
which makes the TV very fragile – so
if you have kids who run around and a
maid with balance issues avoid. And
with no frame/bezel around the upper
side of TV, this product seems more
prone to breakages/cracks etc. On the
other hand, Samsung’s TV is nestled
in metal bezel covering the OLED
panel completely from all sides. This,
definitely makes the edges and the
panel less fragile.
CABLE INPUT
LG has vested its external connection
points at the rear side of the TV, saving on
space and making the product easier to use.
Samsung TV, on the other hand, sports an
external connection box, similar to their
2013 curved model, that doubles up as the
brain of this TV, but also clutters the area
around it. It also houses a considerably
more powerful ‘brain’: a Quad Core Plus
1.8GHz system that apparently runs twice
as fast as last year’s 1.3GHz engine. Based
purely on design aesthetics, LG’s TV looks
sharper and more lifestyle oriented. LG
SAMSUNG
SOUND QUALITY
LG flaunts its Clear Speakers that
deliver clear audio output, despite
looking small. Samsung, on the other
hand, over-delivers as they are known
for producing TVs with unimpressive
sound output. This time around,
Samsung has equipped a duct system
that runs along the rear of the TV, giving
the speakers more room to breathe and
ultimately producing crisper sound.

LG SAMSUNG LG SAMSUNG

REMOTE
The remotes are one criterion where
both the TVs are (almost) evenly
matched. LG flaunts a remote that
seems to have popped up from
‘Transformers’ franchise.It also sports
a trackball, while Samsung’s dons a
trackpad kind of feat in the middle.
Both TVs have motion sensors
equipped, to make navigation simpler,
besides using voice commands etc.
FUTUE READY
In comparison with the LG’s Curved TV,
Samsung is easier to control, work, surf
and video-chat on. Samsung’s got the
edge because of its live TV integration
and content recommendation engine.
Also, with the marked up price of less
than half that of LG’s, Samsung
definitely wins over the race to curved
TV marathon.
PRICE:
LG 55 inch: `9,99,000 (but you can
expect a serious cut in the price
soon, owing to the global discount
that LG has rolled out; prices
should soon be cut by half of the
marked price)
Samsung 65 inch: `4,49,000

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 D-I-Y VIRAL VIDEO
UNLESS YOU’VE SPENT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS LIVING UNDER A ROCK YOU’D KNOW VIRAL VIDEOS ARE THE NEW
FACEBOOK. THIS RAISES ANOTHER VALID QUESTION – HOW TO MAKE ONE FOR YOURSELF.

STEP 1 STEP 2 COPY/STORYLINE DEVELOPMENT

IDEATION

The first rule is to think of content that would, in the most likelihood Initially, you can pull off stuff that has the potential to go viral just
not go viral. Though it sounds bizarre and absurd, but the by trusting your instincts. But the online world is re-inventing itself
fundamental of viral content creation starts with this rule of thumb. every day. You also need to keep the scripts tight and to the point.

IDEATION to. Ex: 3 idiots is COPY/STORYLINE in the script” says

“The entire TVF team of
15 people sits together,
jam over ideas and select
the ones which’re
approved by the majority.
Choosing the right idea is
as simple as choosing a
film or story of script
which people can relate
relatable, but AAP KA
SUROOR is not,” says
Arunabh Kumar of The
Viral Fever
PRO TIP: Don’t fall in
love with your idea, be
open to criticism and
cynical rebukes.
DEVELOPMENT
“The basic idea is like a
seed sowed in the soil.
It goes through a
number of people from
interns to head of
content, and everyone’s
creative inputs are
addressed and adapted
Arunabh.
PRO TIP: There is no
secret of writing great
scripts. Just keep
writing. The chances of
you zeroing to the best
script could be one in
fifty or vice versa.

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 SET A BUDGET
STEP 3 SETTING A BUDGET The guys at TVF have found
a way to do a chunk of the
TVF’S TOP 4
work in-house by building
up their own rigs and
VIRAL VIDEOS
devising a way to execute
expensive VFX sequences in
about 10% of the price.

PRO TIP: Use lesser props,

make use of engineering
background till you build up
a pool of your own props.
The budget, like in traditional films, is set depending on the This will help keep the
script. Since the medium is majorly web, which is still not costing down.
generating too much cash, work on a small budget.

GET THE DIRECTOR BOLLYWOOD AAM ADMI PARTY

STEP 4 GETTING THE DIRECTOR “Everyone is given a chance
to show their creative skills 3.4 MILLION HITS
in the production process.
This enhances every
individual’s know-how of
the skills required and thus
increasing their credibility.”

PRO TIP: A good director

isn’t just creative, he’ll also
know how to do the job in
less money.
Shortlisting a director is crucial. A good director is someone
who can absorb the script and produce the intended results with
his own creativity, since the target audience is induced via web.
ROWDIES 9
2.7 MILLION HITS
STEP 5 PRODUCTION PRODUCTION
“You need phenomenal
actors and directors. Instead
of swanky locations, go for
affordable, less fancier and
more basic locations. This
eventually leads to less
production hassle.”

PRO TIP:
Take out unnecessary pauses
between actors’ dialogues.
Try using different camera
angles while shooting
People often tend to think there is a unique way to go about sequences.
this, but there isn’t. There is a flip side though, feedback is GANGS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
instant, so odds of you getting away with bad work is very little.
2 MILLION HITS
STEP 6 UPLOAD
“You have to be consistent
with the content you upload.”,
UPLOAD hints Arunabh. Ex: spoofs on
politicians around the election
time, spoof on examinations
around the exam time, etc.
The idea is to find a relation to
your content with events from
daily life, he points out.

PRO TIP: Make sure you

The rule of the thumb is to upload a lot of quality content (say
update your channels regularly EK THI BEHAN
a series of spoofs on the same topic or interrelated topics) with
the series of real-life events.
and not in fits and starts.
1.7 MILLION HITS
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 1 HUNGOVER
If you are the attention seeker
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dishevelled cut is what you should
carry.

PRO TIP
“This is a visual hairstyle, so it is key
to constantly move around and
view the shape from all angles
whilst styling.”

HAIRCUTS FOR THE SEASON

Out of bed looks sexy only on women and your dishevelled haircut leaves you looking more bum than boho. So here’s some help.

FHM EXPERT
Kieron Webb is
International Creative
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specialises in men’s hair
styles and grooming.
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 NO FUSS

WIND SWEPT
2 WAYS TO TAKE CARE
It’s good to be a winner, but it’s
even better if you look like one.
By lifting the hair away from
your face, this cut brings out
the best features of your face to
the forefront.
PRO TIP
Use a small round brush for
areas that need extra tension
to create a slightly more
polished feeling to the ends.
O F YO U R S K I N
Yes men use grooming products too. Get
over it. The Old Spice man is dead, has
been for a while. Here’re some tips
01 CLEANSE: No matter what your father
told you, soap is not always a good idea,
excessive use of it can cause skin
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so first, buy a cleanser that goes deep into
the skin to remove dead cells and open
clogged pores.
02 Wash your face once a day: If you
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Pat dry, don’t rub your face like you rub
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03 Remove the products before you go

to the bed: Sunscreen and other face
product ruin your skin during the night so
let the skin breathe and remove them
before calling it a day. If at all necessary,
use a night cream.

04 Exfoliate every few days: Dead cells

and dirt that water and cleanser can’t
remove can only be removed with a
scrub. Exfoliation will also soften your
beard hair so it won’t hurt her quite as
much when you make out.

3
BOND/MAFIOSO
Look smooth and sleek with
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When you look back at your life – how
far do you think you’ve come?
When I was staying in New York, I didn’t
know what to do with my life. I wanted to
do everything, but now I have a direction in
my life, I know where I want to be.
And what is that?
My first love has always been music, so I
would like to sing and dance a lot. And act
too.
Cinema ambitions?
Yes, that’s the next stop.
It’s so hot outside, doesn’t it annoy
you?
It doesn’t really annoy me anymore…I’ve
gotten used to it I guess.
Hats off to you. We’ve still not
managed to get used to the heat…
See, when you are out in the sun for so
many days at a stretch, heat doesn’t really
bother you. Yes, with the make-up and the
dress when you are hosting the IPL, the
sun does get tough to handle because we
have to keep retouching the make-up.
You must be privy to a lot of off-screen
gossip about cricketers – you know
who hates who and who is dating who?
There is no gossip as such that I know of…
to be honest.
Why is that? Aren’t you bang in the
middle of everything?
We don’t interact with players apart from
the time that we are on air.
That answer must be up for a national
record in political correctness...
No really. Obviously there are after-parties
and chat sessions, but who has the time.
The moment a match is over, we pack-up,
come back to the hotels and get ready for
the flight next day. Its not a flowery life
that we lead. It might look like a glamorous
job, but we do quite a lot of running
around so there isn’t much time gossip.
If you were looking for a date…which
one of the cricketers would tickle your
fancy?
Obviously there are good looking
cricketers around, and interesting ones too,
but who has the time to think about them.
Ever got hit on by a cricketer? TIME
No. TO
You don’t need to name them...
Even then, no.
What’s the most uncomfortable KNOW HER
situation that a lady host can get in on
the field?
MORE
None really. It’s quite safe these days.
Not even with the crowd? Born: January 9
You need to be careful with the big crowd, From: Pune
but they are mostly very supportive Anchored: After
because they know us. Hours on Zee
Now that the IPL is over, what are you Cafe, Men 2.0 on
looking forward to in months to come? AXN, ZoOm’s
Bollywood. I’m most excited about that. Let’s Design,
What are you aspirations at this point Twitter: @
of time? shibanidandekar
I want so much of work that I don’t get time
to sleep.

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 Do you think you have done well
for yourself, or you think you
could have done better?
I think I have done well. However, I
do think that I should have come to
India a lot earlier than I did because
then I would have done much better
than what I am doing right now.
You and your siblings are quite
popular, who is the nuttiest of
you all?
Has to be Anusha. She is so damn
wild that’s it’s hard to manage her at
time.
And the bossy one?
I am. I have always been. I keep
telling them what to do and what not
to.
And Apeksha?
She is the calm one. She is very
sensible.
So, we at FHM , are right now
asking people to vote for the
sexiest women in the world? Who
according to you deserves the
title?
Beyonce.
Why?
Beyonce is a beautiful, full figured
woman, who has a positive image, is
self made and is extremely
comfortable in her own skin.
If you were a boy, who would you
fantasy?
Beyonce.
C’mon ‘Positive image’ or
‘self-made women’ isn’t the only
criteria for us?
So then what kind of women do men
fancy?
Maybe Cindy Crawford or
Pamela Anderson?
Hmmm. I will have to think about it.
Take your time.
Hmmm. Gosh! I can’t even
remember one name. Can I text it to
you.
If you are gonna take this long,
then yes, why not!
Thanks.
So, as an anchor, do you ever fall
short of words while talking to
legendry players or actors like
Shah Rukh Khan?
I did once when I was interviewing
Amitabh Bachchan in New York, but
never again.
How come.
See, I don’t interview them in a
question and answer format. What
will you talk with Shah Rukh Khan if
you are having a cup of coffee with
him? It’s these kind of conversation I
try to have when I am interviewing
such people.
Before we part, would you like to
say something to our readers?
Do vote for me for 100 Sexiest.

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 I’d vote for
Beyonce. She’s
beautiful, has a
full figure and is
self-made.

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 NINE THINGS YOU WON’T PACK FOR YOUR HOLIDAY BUT TOTALLY SHOULD
09
A cask of ale
At some point you’re going to tire of drinking blue
cocktails with pornographic names and the slightly
flat Kingfisher that comes in 6-pint buckets for eight
hundred bucks. Soothe your homesick tastebuds by
bringing along a cask of Heineken and some red-chilli
flavoured cashews from Goa.
08
A shit phone
There’s absolutely no reason to
take your next-level, 6G-enabled
smartphone on holiday.
Overseas data-roaming charges
will bankrupt you in minutes and,
anyway, the chances of you
making it through two weeks of
weapons-grade boozing without
losing the fucker are, let’s face it,
minimal. Buy one of those
disposable ` 889 Nokias and
stick your sim in it.
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07
A second book
Many people take a book with
them on holiday, but few
entertain the possibility that their
holiday read may turn out to be a
load of horsewank. If it transpires
that your book is unreadably
crap, you’ll spend all your
downtime mindlessly flicking
and re-flicking through an
October 2011 copy of India
Today that you find in a
bedside-table drawer. Take two
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books. At least. Most books are
rubbish.
06
Lots of pants
If you’re packing one pair of
pants for every day you’re on
holiday, you’re making a
schoolboy error of the most
pubeless and blazer-wearing
kind. Real holidaying pros know
that, after a hard day getting
slo-mo drunk in 34-degree heat,
swapping your baking-hot,
squelchy undercrackers for a
fresh, chilled pair is the most
invigorating thing you can do
before stepping out for the
evening. Mmm. Comfy balls.
05
Painkillers
It’s inevitable: on the first night
of your holiday, your luggage will
barely have hit the hotel-room
floor before you’re swigging your
first pint, and you’ll be so
overcome with the thrill of being
temporarily free of all
responsibilities that you’ll keep
drinking pints until you can’t
remember your name. The next
morning you’ll awake to a
life-threatening hangover, and
the very last thing you want to
be doing is staggering around
strange streets and wincing at
the vicious sunshine as you hunt
for a chemist.
04
Condoms
Should you pull on holiday, you
don’t want to be scurrying off to
the toilets in the bar to find that
the machine has probably never
been stocked. More so over,
having a pack of rubber handy
boosts your confidence, as you
wouldn’t have to bother about
this petty essential amidst the
course of action. Tragically for
you, cinema security will insist
you chuck it out if they find you
with it.
03
A massive bag of
marshmallows
There’s no real use for these,
but at some point during your
holiday you’re going to pull
them out of your bag and go,
“Holy shit, I totally forgot I’d
brought these!” Everybody in
the vicinity will go, “Fucking
yeah!” and you’ll be a total hero
for about 10 minutes.
02
Two power adaptors
You might think you’re Bear
Grylls-level prepared just
because you packed a power
adaptor, but you’re forgetting
that it’s not 100 years ago and
you’ll probably want to use
more than one electrical item
at once. Bring two adaptors
and you’ll be able to dry your
hair and charge your phone at
the same time, like some kind
of glorious champion king
from the future.
01
A pillowcase
Pillowcases are one of those
things you don’t really notice
until you’re forced to deal with
a truly bad one, and unless your
holiday accommodation is of
the fancy variety, chances are
your bedding will feel like it’s
made of foil and scorched dog
hair. So use your own to encase
your hotel pillow – when you’re
waking up next to familiar
100% cotton rather than itchy
Words: Joe madden
polyester, you will thank us.
Also, for those who would like
to travel extensively, travel
pillowcases come in handy
while travelling via planes,
trains or rickety buses.
See
you nex..t.
month
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