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2010-04-13T12:54:00.003+05:30

TENNIS-CRICKET MARRIAGE

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in Hyderabad on Monday in a ceremony that was open to just family and close friends. The newlyweds had a special guest too - Sahara boss Subroto Roy. The mehendi ceremony will be held on Tuesday, followed by the sangeet and a reception on April 15.

The marriage took place after a few hiccups and a quick divorce for Shoaib from his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui.

The 23-year-old Indian ace and 28-year-old Shoaib were scheduled to wed on April 15, but the family advanced the date.
The Indian tennis ace was dressed in a red sari, the one her mother Nasima wore for her nikaah25 years ago.
Shoaib, a former Pakistan captain, wore a blacksherwani, designed by Shantanu and Nikhil, for the nikaah ceremony, held at hotel Taj Krishna.

The mehandi ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, the sangeet will take place on April 14 and reception on April 15.

Shoaib agreed to Rs 61 lakh as meher amount to Sania at the time of the nikaah.In the Muslim community, the wife is given a set financial sum at the time of the marriage, which is written down as a term of the nikaah or marriage contract.

But all is well that ends well...At last after all the controversies,fatwaas,FIR etc,SANIA AND SHOAIB got married and i hope that they live a happy life.

2010-04-13T12:50:00.001+05:30

MY VIEWS ON-PRINCE

CAST

Vivek Oberoi - Prince

Aruna Shields - Maya

Nandana Sen - Maya

Niroo Singh - Maya

Isaiah - Sarang

Director: Kookie V Gulati

Producer: Kumar Taurani

Written by: Shiraz Ahmed

Vivek Oberoi starrer Prince has proved to be a shot in the arm for the actor as the film has got above average response at the box office. The film has also elbowed out Ritesh Deshmukh-starrer Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai that fell flat courtesy its weak content.

In spite of frenetic editing and tiresome action sequences, the narrative lacks the energy that one expects from a thriller. The music of the film is insipid; more suited to the skin fest music videos that one was subjected to on television a few years ago. Director Kookie Gulati sets up some spectacular Hollywood style sequences but doesn’t do much with his actors.

The cast awkwardly stumbles its way around Sukant Panigarhy’s impressive sets.
Oberoi seems influenced by Tom Cruise in 'Mission Impossible' & 'Minority Report' and the script seems influenced by Oberoi's dire need of a hit film. Everything possible that can be done to project Oberoi as a super hero is done, including the Bondesque ploy of accessorizing him with three pretty newbie’s, super gadgets, hot wheels and loaded guns. The film even has an evil villain that sports re-bonded hair and a mechanical hand.
It is a one time watch film,if you want to see some good hollywood style action.
RATING-**1/2(2.5 stars)

2010-03-08T15:22:00.005+05:30

ACADEMY AWARDS ANNOUNCED

OSCAR 2010-WINNERS AND NOMINEES

1.BEST PICTURE

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

2.BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

3.BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

4.Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'nique, Precious

5.Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

6.Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentino Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, Up

7.Best Animated Film

Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Princess and the Frog
The Secrets of Kells
Up

8.Best Foreign Language Film

Ajami, Israel
El Secretro de sus Ojo, Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
Un Prophete, France
The White Ribbon, Germany

9.Best Art Direction

Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

10.Cinematography

Avatar Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon Christian Berger

11.Editing

Avatar Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Joe Klotz

12.Sound Mixing

Avatar Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

13.Sound Editing

Avatar Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds Wylie Stateman
Star Trek Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

14.Original Score

Avatar James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer
Up Michael Giacchino

15.Original Song

Almost There from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Loin de Paname from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
Take It All from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

16.Costume

Bright Star Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Monique Prudhomme
Nine Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria Sandy Powell

17.Documentary Feature

Burma VJ Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove Nominees to be determined
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon PapersJudith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa

18.Documentary (short subject)

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

19.Makeup

Il Divo Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

20.Animated Short Film

French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death Nick Park

21.Live Action Short Film

The Door Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

22.Visual Effects

Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

2010-03-02T13:37:00.002+05:30

My take on karthik calling Karthik

Producer	Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar
Director	Vijay Lalwani
Music	Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa
Writer	Vijay Lalwani
Lyrics	Javed Akhtar

Acting wise, Farhan Akhtar once again proved himself. He is excellent. Deepika looks gorgeous and acts very well. Ram Kapoor is fantastic. Shifaali Shah is excellent. A good script and stroy as well.
Overall its a very nice movie with a different concept. This is really a creative and intelligent film.
On the whole, Karthik Calling Karthink is a complete product. This is an intelligent film. Excellent work by Debutant director Vijay Lalwani.

My rating-3.5/5

It was a good entertainer and could be watched once.

2010-03-02T13:24:00.003+05:30

Indian budget 2010-2011

India's budget for the year 2010-2011 was announce by our honorable finance minister Pranab Mukherjii.It was a mixture of goods and bads.People call it average.It had many gud things like decrease in tax slab and bad things like increase in price of petrol and diesel.Read the whole budget from the official Indian budget site-
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2010-11/ubmain.htm.

2010-02-18T21:27:00.006+05:30

INDIA DEFEATED SOUTH AFRICA IN SECOND TEST

India defeated S.A in the second test here at kolkata by an innings and 57 runs.
With 4 centuries in the first innings by indian batsman india managed to get a massive lead over the visitors.
India got a lead of 347 runs in the first innings.
With this victory,india has retained the top position in tests.
SCOREBOARD-
SOUTH AFRICA(1st innings)-296 (Amla-114)
INDIA(1st innings)-543 (sehwag-165,sachin 106,laxman 143* dhoni 132)
SOUTH AFRICA(2nd innings)289 (Amla-127* harbhajan-5/59)
India won the match by an innings and 57 runs and retains the NO.1 position in test
Man of the Match-Hashim Amla

2010-02-14T13:12:00.001+05:30

BLAST IN PUNE

Blast in pune yesterday killed 9 people,threatening Pakistan talks.

A bomb in a crowded bakery popular with foreigners killed nine people and wounded 57 in western India, prompting a call by Hindu nationalists Sunday to cancel peace talks with India's rival Pakistan.

The explosion, caused by a bomb left in an unattended bag, was the first major terrorist attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The blast Saturday night ripped open the German Bakery in the city of Pune. This german bakery was close to osho ashram once visited by David headly before he was caught.Out of 9 people dead 4 were foreigners.The blast occurred at 7:30 p.m. Saturday after one or two people acting as customers left a backpack with a bomb inside behind, officials said.

2010-02-11T19:41:00.002+05:30

LATEST TWEETS OF SHAHRUKH KHAN

This is all SRK tweeted on the issue between MNIK and Shiv Sena

1.i have no ego or false sense of pride. my words have been benign & without ill will to any person (s) or my nation.

2.i also hope with wot i write & say i have not hurt anybody's sensibilities or sentiments. my intention is never to do so.

3.hope peace prevails. hope misunderstandings get cleared. hope nobody is hurt. hope all leaders & activists have largesse of heart. hope...

4.white snow shining. black coffee steaming. sleep depraved.greying stubble.rave reviews. journey about to end. new beginnings.missing home.

5.p.s...to all channels translating this...please get it right without adding the dramatic music. drama leave it to the films.

6.my name is shah rukh khan... and i think it is more than just a name. my mother & father had told me so & my son & daughter believe it so.

7.if my partners lose so be it. if i lose so be it.my stardom is transient.my integrity in non negotiable...my being indian unquestionable.

8.anyone asks me about this issue anymore...they can read my tweets. now wot happens with the releasethe film, is the films fate.

9.i want to enjoy my film everywhere. i want to enjoy it within myself. and to sickos who think this is for publicity..2 words SHUT UP !!

10.this also is the last time i clarify or say anything on this topic. this is not a justification, its just reiterating the facts.

11.nobody wants the mumbaikers or their property hurt & destroyed. least of all me.

12.i hope my tweets (using the word first time) clear this cloud of confusion. i hope peace prevails & the city is at rest.

13.i may not have the same ideologies as the sena but on the question of me being a patriot, i dont think there should be any confusion.

14.feel awful that balasahib & udhav have misconstrued my words. the reactions of the sena workers seems to make me believe that.

15.dont want mayhem anger and violence cos of our beautiful film...which talks about repairing a bruised & divided world.

16.writing not to justify but to spell out clearly who i am & my beliefs. seems otherwise i am misunderstood. should i write in block letters ?

17.i have never hurt anybody's sentiments..religious,nationalist or personal wittingly. i am pro relationships but not at cost of my nation.

18.hate: anyone or anything that threatens my country. wish : world peace, education for all, goodness & no poverty.

19.nationality: indian. born in : delhi. owe everything to: mumbai. loves: my country india, my family & freedom. desire: entertain all.

20.i am shah rukh. age 44. favourite colours :black & white. job : performing atriste. likes : to make people smile. profession : father.

21.do i say things which r wrong. my wife tells me so. do i not make myself clear.some friends feel so.am i political or politically incorrect?

22.ironic & sad. a film made for world peace has led to so much angst in my own house.my city.my country. let not anyone be hurt is all i pray.

2010-02-11T19:22:00.002+05:30

MNIK protest: Over 1200 Shiv Sainiks arrested

What is the matter all about?

Actually,SRK after the IPL auction,spoke in favour of the pakistani players,as none of the IPL playes have been included in the 3rd season of IPL.

That's it!!Shiv Sena needs a thing to make themselves popular.So they picked this topic!What the heck is this!

After this incident Shiv Snahas been continuously protesting against SRK and his film MY NAME IS KHAN!

In last 24 hours more than 1200 Shin seniks hace been arrested by the Mumbai police.

Due to this violence Theatre owners of Mumbai have refused to show MNIK in their theatres.Which is quiet a big thing for SRK and whole MNIK's Crew.

Theatres under a dilemma....

Fun Cinemas: Won’t release till matter is resolved
Cinemax: undecided on whether to screen film
Lets hope for the best and pray that this matter resolves soon.

I DONT BELONG TO ANY PARTY OR SOMETHING.I AM NEUTRAL,AND I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF SHAHRUKH.!!!!

2010-02-11T19:09:00.001+05:30

ISSUE ON MY NAME IS KHAN

What the heck dude!!!!!what's going on!!!!Will MNIK release in MUMBAI tomorrow?

Some people refuse to it..even the media!

But KARAN JOHAR Tweeted that it would release in Mumbai tomorrow!!What is the matter?

2010-02-10T19:51:00.003+05:30

India looses the first test against South Africa

Hashim amla's double ton in SA first innings and steyn's 10 wicket in the match,leads South Africa to win the first test here at nagpur against India.
SA won by an innings and 6 runs,which is quiet sad from India's point of view.SA lead 2 match test series 1-0.
India will have to win the next test at kolkata starting on 14th feb,in order to stay on the top of the rankings.
Scorecard-
SA(1st innings)558/6 -Amla-253,kallis-173

India(1st innings)233/10 sehwag-109,badrinath-56(styen7-52)

India(2nd innings)319/10 sachin-100 (steyn 3-57)

SA won by an innings and 6 runs.
Man Of The Match-Hashim Amla

2010-02-08T17:10:00.001+05:30

SAVE TIGER PROJECT

You all must have seen the latest advertisment on television about SAVE TIGER PROJECT.
Then you all must have seen that only 1411 TIGERS are left!!!We need to do something.!
We need to join the roar and save the national animal of our country.
Pls join the roar at http://www.saveourtigers.com/

2010-02-05T21:28:00.002+05:30

http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/haiti/

please support and do something for HAITI

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January. It has primarily affected the capital Port-au-Prince and other areas in the West Province which has an estimated population of 2.2 million.

Thousands of Haitian Red Cross volunteers and hundreds of Red Cross and Red Crescent staff from other countries continue their work to help the country heal.

More than 640 tonnes of Red Cross Red Crescent aid and 21 emergency response units (ERUs) have been mobilized.

Red Cross Red Crescent emergency appeal seeks 105 million Swiss francs (103 million USD/73 million euro) to assist 300,000 people for three years.

More than 10000 people have died in the earthquake.People need some help.

MAKE A DONATION !!!!!!!

Donate online http://donate.ifrc.org/

Bank transfer http://www.ifrc.org/helpnow/bank.asp

I am not frauding by using IFRC's name to make donation.I am totally supporting IFRC as i want to help the people of haiti.The above address is a website of IFRC.ITS TOTALLY IFRC's PROGRAMME.This is not false thing from APNABLOG.COM.As the owner of this blog i support IFRC and urge you to please make a donation for HAITI and help IFRC.

2010-02-04T16:56:00.000+05:30

My take on ISHQIYA

Producer	Vishal Bhardwaj, Raman Maroo
Director	Abhishek Chaubhey
Music	Vishal Bhardwaj Cast Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan

Ishqiya is a film directed by debutant director Abhishek Chaubey. The film can relate to Omkara.But still somethings make it different from omkara.

Acting wise, Vidya Balan is top. She has given an excellent performance in this film. Arshad Warsi is back in form with his powerhouse performance as Babban. Naseeruddin Shah as Khalujaan puts life in the character. He is just excellent. Pakistani actor Salman Shahid is impressive.

On the whole, Ishqiya is a tangy, spicy and sizzling stuff. There are unpredictable moments in the film. The film is really worth a watch.

RATING-3/5

2010-01-25T20:03:00.000+05:30

My take on VEER

Director: Anil Sharma
Cast: Salman Khan, Zarine Khan ,mithun chakroborty,sohail khan

Veer has many things going for it and the most important one being the conviction and hard work that Salman and Anil Sharma have lent to it. The battle scenes are terrific and so is the cinematography. There are many applause worthy moments for the masses to enjoy, be it the extremely well shot daring train robbery sequence.

Veer, however will work big time in the single screens and small towns, especially in the North. It is a paisa vasool movie just for watchingSalman Khan alone. Do check it out if you want to experience a pleasure entertainer.

My rating 3/5

2010-01-19T17:11:00.002+05:30

My take on CHANCE PE DANCE

Plot is weak and the script writing is very poor. Dialogues lack the intensity which is required to pull the audience. First part of the movie is manageable but towards the second half, Ken seems to be in a hurry to wind up. Since, it is a dance-driven movie, it should have got some really catchy songs. Instead Adnan Sami and Pritam fail to create any magic.

Screenplay by Ken Ghosh lacks the dramatic graph and hence makes the entire plot boring

. Shahid has done a good job as usual and he is the lone factor to be watched out in the movie. Genelia is cute though turns to be screamy at some parts of the movie. The couple looks hot and wins the admiration of the audience.

To sum up, ‘Chance Pe Dance’ gives you no chance

to dance at all!

RATING 1.5/5

2010-01-11T19:50:00.001+05:30

My take on Pyaar Impossible

Movie: Pyaar Impossible
Director: Jugal Hansraj
Starcast: Priyanka Chopra, Uday Chopra, Dino Morea, Anupam Kher.

The story of Yashraj Films' 'Pyaar Impossible' has been written by actor Uday Chopra. The story of the film revolves around a beautiful college girl Priyanka Chopra and a geek Uday Chopra.
Uday plays Abhay and Priyanka Chopra plays Alisha in the film. You can book you ticket to enjoy the weekend.
It can be watched once.
There is nothing special idea. As usual old Bollywood story. Priyanka is at her best once again. She looks gorgeous in the film. The role suits her image. While Yashraj has made last attempt to establish Uday Chopra as an actor.
Anupam Kher and Dino Morea appear as special appearance.
RATING-2/5!!!

2010-01-11T19:28:00.001+05:30

My take on DULHA MIL GAYA

Movie Review: Dulha Mil Gaya: Star cast: Fardeen Khan, Sushmita Sen, Ishita Sharma, Mohit Chaddha, Tara Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan (Sp. App); Director: Mudassar Aziz; Rating: * 1/2 - Is a predictable bore.
Fardeen puts in the efforts and delivers an okay performance. Sushmita Sen was also good!!Her comic timing was very good.finally SRK gave his superstar glimpse.The superstar puts in his 100% for this boring film.Don't watch it guys unless you are a hardcore Shah Rukh Khan fan who doesn’t mind sitting through a 150 minute bore only to catch a few sequences he succeeds in holding your attention in an otherwise boring film.

My take on 3 IDIOTS

2010-01-07T13:55:00.000+05:30

3 IDIOTS

I watched the movie yesterday.I really liked it.It was awesome, fantastic,fabulous....!!!!!!GREAT!!!!!!!

Everything was fantastic.The story,casting,music,comedy...and the way AAMIR,SHARMAN,MADHVAN acte was mind-blowing.

My rating to the movie out of 5 is 5.....

A must watch film...Go watch it...