Sep 12, 2010 6:51 PM

Kalki in Venice

*It always cheers me up to see this exceedingly unlikely person so visibly enjoying her improbable life.

http://www.superstarsindex.com/2010/09/kalki-koechlin-looks-lovely-at-venice.html

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*It's also touching to see the Bollywood web scene referring to her as "our very own Kalki." It's the truth, although no novelist would have had the nerve to invent her.

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