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Written by Rahul on 04 September 2009
Hyderabad, Sep.4 (ANI): Forty-eight hours after the tragic death of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, a fierce succession race has begun notwithstanding the Congress party’s decision to put off the selection of a new leader till early next week.
Seeking to cash in on an emotional wave of sympathy, loyalists of the deceased chief minister have reportedly unleashed a strident campaign for making his son, Jaganmohan Reddy, the new chief minister.
“Jagan knew the mind of Rajasekhara Reddy. He alone can finish the unfulfilled agenda of his father,” said government chief whip Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka who is marshalling the MLAs in favour of Jagan.
Congress sources in Delhi have thrown up other names as possible successors. They include Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of State for Defence M. Pallam Raju, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N T Rama Rao’s daughter and junior Union minister Purandeshwari Devi and acting chief minister M K Rosaiah.
Almost all the state ministers, about 22 MPs and several Congress legislators have pitched for Jaganmohan Reddy through the media even as hundreds of party workers gathered at the secretariat,
CM’s camp office, Gandhi Bhavan and various traffic intersections are vocally making a similar demand.
The Jagan group has reportedly met Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily at the Lake View guest house to pursue their demand even as many Congress MLAs faxed individual memorandum to the party headquarters in New Delhi in support of Jaganmohan Reddy as CM.
They also called on Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari and submitted a list of 122 signatures in support of him being made the chief minister.
According to sources, there was even an attempt to pressure the governor to swear in Jagan as acting CM immediately, but that was abandoned as Rosaiah had already been sworn in by the time the loyalists reached Raj Bhavan.
Jagan, 36, is a first time MP from Kadapa and is merely 100 days old in politics. While Veerappa Moily made it clear that Rosaiah was only an interim CM and that the Congress high command will chose YSR’s successor in the next few days. (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 22 August 2009
New Delhi, Aug.22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday evening called on senior leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Rajnath Singh here at their residence to discuss the leadership issue in the State.
Just before leaving for her meeting with Advani from her Delhi-based house Scindia Villa, Raje said that she was in the national capital as per schedule to meet party leaders after the three-day Chintan Baithak (brainstorming session) of the BJP.
“I can’t understand whole of this because I respect … people in the party, the senior leaders of the party and I was always meant to come after “Chintan Baithak”, I am here… No speculation…,” Raje said.
Though Raje didn’t prefer addressing the media after any of the two meetings but she is expected to have discussed the issue of her stepping down from the position of Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly and leadership issue in her State threadbare with Advani. She had about one-hour meeting with Advani.
Also, Raje is expected to have apprised Rajnath Singh about her mindset and probably about her timing to step down from the post of the Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan State Assembly, as directed by the BJP recently. Her meeting with Rajnath Singh lasted for about 30 minutes.
On Thursday, BJP President Rajnath Singh said he had advised Raje to step down but set no timeframe. Reportedly, BJP had asked Raje to step down due to poor performance of the party in the recent national and state assembly polls.
After a week-long drama which saw her virtually defying the BJP’s central leadership, Raje on Friday left for Delhi with scores of her supporters. Along the way, she received a rapturous welcome from her supporters, suggesting that she enjoys huge popularity in Rajasthan.
Raje has been asked to resign from the post of Leader of Opposition in the wake of the party’s dismal performance in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls.
After her defiance last week, the BJP Parliamentary Board had last Sunday endorsed the decision against her but kept no deadline for it.
In Shimla, on Friday, senior BJP leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj indirectly hinted that if Raje failed to back down, she could be removed from the party on grounds of indiscipline.
Without directly confirming plans to remove Raje, Swaraj alluded at a press conference that: “The BJP has removed the party’s state level leadership in those states where it performed poorly in the last (state and general) elections.” (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 17 August 2009
London, Aug 17 (ANI): Former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona has ignored the requests of friends to go to rehab after recent disclosure of her use of drugs, and has instead decided to go for a boozy holiday.
The troubled mother of four kids apparently plans to spend some time with her kids and husband Mark Croft at Tenerife, a Spanish island in order to “clear her head”.
However, similar trip in the past had turned out to be a disaster for the couple.
“Mark and Kerry have already been to Magaluf this summer. That ended in alcohol-fuelled arguments and snaps of Mark cavorting with strippers,” the BBC quoted a source as saying.
The insider said: “A boozy resort is the last place she should be heading. Everyone is worried sick but she won’t see sense.”
Katona was recently filmed snorting a line of what appears to be cocaine in her bathroom, while her children were present in the house.
The footage can lead her to face social services probe over her fitness to look after her children.
A source said: “Kerry’s attitude towards the footage beggars belief. She needs to stay and face her demons but she’s running away to hide. Kerry’s kidding herself that this will all blow over. Everyone hopes she will ask for help but she seems more interested in finding out who planted a camera in her bathroom.” (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 14 August 2009
Tottenham, Aug 14 (ANI): Tottenham Hotspur striker Jermain Defoe is suing the police claiming that he was “unlawfully” stopped in his Range Rover and held for several hours at a police station in Harlow, Essex.The claim arises out of Defoe’s wrongful arrest for driving whilst disqualified last month,” The Sky News quoted Nick Freeman, Defoe’s solicitor, as saying.
“At the time the police were advised by Defoe, and on no less than five occasions by my office, that Defoe was not disqualified and that his detention was unlawful,” he added.
Freeman further said that Defoe had to face lots of trouble following his arrest and accused the police of misplacing his car.
“Instead, in addition to being locked in a cell, the police were unable to recall where his car had been impounded and were not prepared to return his car keys (which also contained house keys) until he produced documentation to his vehicle,” he added.
Freeman also said that the claim was not for money, but for principle and any damages awarded to Defoe would be donated to charity.
Meanwhile, Essex Police has apologised for the issue, and informed that an official investigation is being carried out to sort of the mistake.
“We’ve formally apologised, acknowledging our mistake, which was due to an inputting error. An internal investigation is under way to determine why this error occurred and to ensure that a similar mistake is not repeated in the future,” an Essex Police spokesman said. (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 13 August 2009
Islamabad, Aug 13 (ANI): An 80-year-old woman in Pakistan was allegedly raped by a 70-year-old ‘hakeem’ in his clinic after he intoxicated her.
The elderly woman registered an FIR against the accused Ahmed Din and Kot Lakhpat police arrested him on her complaint, charging him with rape, unnatural offence and intoxication, reports the Daily Times.
The complainant, Fateh Bibi, in her application submitted stated that she went to Ashraf Dawakhana in Awami Colony for medicine for her headache.
She said the hakeem gave her some medicine and advised her to take it right then, saying that it would relieve her of pain immediately.
Fateh alleged that after taking the medicine, she fell unconscious and the hakeem tied her up and undressed her.
She said the accused raped and sodomised her. She requested the police to take action against the accused for raping her and hurting her by giving her a poisonous substance.
Kot Lakhpat Police Station House Officer (SHO) Farooq Ahmed said the police had registered an FIR against the hakeem and arrested him. He said the medical examination of the woman had proved the allegations.
He said above all, the accused had confessed his crime. The police would produce him in the court today (Thursday) to get his physical remand. He said police were interrogating the accused, who had not confessed to any other crime yet.
He said the accused seemed to have committed such a crime for the first time.
Rana Muhammad Shabbir advocate said the offences mentioned in the FIR could amount to capital punishment.
He said if the offences were proved in the court, punishment for rape under Section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) should be death or imprisonment for 25 years and should also be liable to fine.
He said punishment for committing unnatural offence under Section 377 of the PPC was life imprisonment and should be liable to fine.
Punishment for hurting someone by means of poison under Section 337-J of the PPC was imprisonment up to 10 years, he added. (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 13 August 2009
London, Aug 13 (ANI): A huge new UFO mystery has started after a string of sightings of bright orange lights in the night skies over East Anglia were spotted.
The dazzling light shows have bewitched and intrigued eyewitnesses all over Norfolk and as far south as Ipswich, Suffolk.
John Young, 43, of Sprowston, near Norwich, who was stunned when he woke up at about 3.30am and looked out of the window, grabbed his camera after spotting a strange shining light on August 5.
“I glanced out of my bedroom window to see a bright light in the sky, much like a star except slightly larger in appearance and considerably brighter,” the Telegraph quoted Young as saying.
“It didn’t move but when I played it back on my computer I was surprised to see the object was a perfect sphere with a hole in the middle.
“You can even see it appears to rotate clockwise for maybe 20 seconds then anti-clockwise for the next and so forth.
“I’m perplexed as to what I saw. Maybe there’s a simple explanation but I haven’t a clue what it was,” he said.
Young had spoken out after dozens of mysterious orange lights were spotted all over Norfolk, including Norwich, Dereham, Downham Market, Holkham and Caister.
Andrew Goodchild, 42, a helicopter pilot, was baffled by an unidentified orange light he saw over Norwich just before 10pm on August 2.
Goodchild, who has flown since 1991, said he initially thought it was a low-flying chopper but quickly realised the light was unusual.
Malcolm Vicary, of Old Catton, Norwich, said he was also intrigued by the suspected UFO that night.
“At first I thought it was a hot air balloon because of the orange glow,” Vicary said.
“It suddenly changed direction for a short distance then resumed its original course.
“The orange glow then went out. It then started to descend quite fast in the direction of St Faith’s, very close to Norwich airport.
“I’m sure it wasn’t an aircraft because there were no navigation lights or sound,” he added.
Other witnesses to the bright light were Dennis Sayer, of Dereham and his wife.
“Me and the wife spotted an orange light passing our house here in Dereham from the Windsor Park area at about 11.15 on Monday night,” Sayer said.
“We were looking out from a bedroom window and it was coming from the Norwich area heading toward Fakenham/Wells way.
“It did not appear to be going that fast – about the speed of a helicopter or less.
“I tried taking a picture of it with my mobile but the light was not bright enough.
“It was orange and pulsing and what looked like other coloured lights within it, but the main colour was orange,” he added. (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 10 August 2009
Washington, August 10 (ANI): Nicole Richie is not letting her pregnancy take a toll on her work schedule, for the socialite is continuing to toil hard for her fashion range.
The mum-to-be, who is expecting her second child with rocker boyfriend Joel Madden, said that she wanted to make sure her fashion empire reached the pinnacle of success.
“I have my second collection of House of Harlow 1960 (jewellery range) coming out in November, and my regular clothing line coming out in Spring 2010 along with my shoe line,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling People magazine.
“I’ve been working extremely hard. It’s amazing,”
The ‘Simple Life’ star recently launched a new line of maternity wear for clothing company “A Pea in the Pod”. (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 10 August 2009
Hindaun (Rajasthan), Aug.10 (ANI): A small town in Rajasthan has made a remarkable growth in the last one decade. It could be possible due to its sandstone industry, which has brought this place popularity not just across India but also in different parts of the world.
Today Hindaun town in Rajasthan’s Karauli district holds a prominent position on global map for processing fine quality sandstone. It is exported to foreign countries in a good quantity.
The town has also given employment to a large number of persons. There are over 30 Gang Saw units here where around 10,000 individuals have gained direct employment.
One of the main reasons why this industry has thrived over the years here is the availability of sandstones in abundance. Also, the reason behind this success is the availability of raw material and its connectivity with main Delhi-Mumbai rail network.
Rough sandstone is brought from the surrounding places like Badi, Basedi, Bharatpur and Dhaulpur and is processed in Hindaun
Processed sandstones are exported to countries like United Kingdom, the United States and the Middle East countries.
“Our sandstone industry is very big. There are 25 units (of sandstone processing) here. There is a huge potential in this industry. We export sandstones and also supply to cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore. A lot of people visit here with queries and place orders,” said Mahesh Singhal, a trader of processed sandstones, Hindaun, Rajasthan.
The granite industry here has provided ample employment opportunities to the local residents. Some people say it has grown five times over the years.
“The (sandstone industry) has grown five times over the past 15-20 years. Earlier, we were using small machines but since the work is on a large scale now, we have large units using bigger machines,” said Panna Lal Gupta, owner of a sandstone-processing unit.
Rajasthan is the biggest exporter of sandstone in the country and the majority of its part is contributed by Hindaun town.
Sandstone mined in the area of Bharatpur and Karauli district are in great demand and is giving close competition to white marble.
In world stone market, 27 percent production of stone is done by India alone which employs around 1.5 million people in our country.
Indian stones are also leading the global market and India has become the third largest exporter of stones.
The exporting countries of sand stones from Hindaun are Dubai, UK, USA, and Gulf, where in a year more than 200 crore rupees worth sand stone items are exported.
Sandstone reserves in Rajasthan, estimated at 900 million tons, are spread over in the districts of Bharatpur, Dholpur, Kota, Jodhpur, Sawai-Madhopur, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Bikaner, Jhalawar, Karauli, Nagaur and Jaisalmer.
Prominent clusters of sandstone activity in the state are Dholpur, Karauli, Hindaun City, Sikandra, Bijolia and Jodhpur.
Many major historical landmarks in India like the Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Parliament House, India Gate, Umaid Bhawan Palace, Fatehpur Sikri etc. are made of sandstone from Rajasthan. By Lokendra Singh (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 29 April 2009
Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Mel Gibson’s alleged lover Oksana Grigorieva’s racy new photos have surfaced on the web.
Sizzling photos of Oksana, who’s the mother of former ‘James Bond’ star Timothy Dalton’s son, have surfaced on gossip site Radaronline.com.
Grigorieva has been held responsible for breaking Gibson’s 28 years of marriage with Robyn, after she was allegedly photographed embracing him in Costa Rica earlier this year, reports Fox News.
The site also reports that model has since been putting up in a four-bedroom house paid for by the “Braveheart” star. (ANI)
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Written by Rahul on 28 April 2009
His debut venture KAL KISSNE DEKHA is yet to be released but Jackky Bhagnani has already started working on his next film. To be kick started after the release of his first film which is being pitched as a ‘romantic musical thriller’, Jackky’s next film will belong to the same genre (romantic musical comedy) as JAANE TU YA JAANE NAA and warrant a similar characterization and narrative.
The film would yet again be produced by his father Vashu Bhagnani and initial work on casting has already begun.
Says a source from the production team, ”Jackky has just started off as a lead hero and he wants to work in films that are young and energetic. Moreover, he wants to be looked as someone who belongs to the youth and is one of them. He doesn’t want to distance himself from his target audience i.e. youth by being aloof and unapproachable.”
This is the reason why a worldwide contest has been launched where youngsters can approach the production house and get lucky by being selected in the project.
Confirms the man of the moment, Jackky Bhagnani, ”Yes, we are launching our next film on a big scale. It will be having all the ingredients of a young entertainer and will be on the lines of JAANE TU YA JAANE NAA. I loved the film for its simplicity. Also, the very fact that each of the characters in the film was so identifiable and real is what makes me love it even more.”
There is good news for at least five newcomers as the film is looking at introducing three boys and two girls (all Indian though) from across the world. Jackky will of course head the cast while the leading lady opposite him is yet to be finalized.
Considering the fact that JAANE TU YA JAANE NAA was not just centered on Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza but a horde of other friends as well, how much of opportunity can youngsters expect in Jackky’s film?
”At least the same if not more”, promptly says Jackky, ”Yet again, each of these five youngsters will also be an important part of the film. The focus will definitely not just be on me. We are looking at a wide scale search for these young newcomers.”
Vaishali Desai is the leading lady who makes her debut with KAL KISSNE DEKHA that also stars veteran actor Rishi Kapoor. Incidentally, the campus setting warrants a horde of youngsters in this film as well like Akshay Kapoor, Bhairavi Goswami, Kunal Kumar, Rachna Shah and Nushrat Bharucha.
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Written by Rahul on 28 April 2009
‘After being in the industry for more than a decade, the least I know is to gather the pulse of the audience. I guess every actor from deep within his heart knows whether his film would work or not. In case of TERA MERA KI RISHTA, my heart told me every time that it would work big time. And the moment I returned from my road trip for the film in Punjab, I caught the pulse of the audiences and was reassured that they won’t let me down”, exclaims Jimmy Sheirgill, the lead hero of the film, who can barely conceal his excitement as his Punjabi film has turned out to be one of the biggest hits of his career.
The film was released primarily in the North belt of India and that too on selected screens. Moreover, since EROS has distributed the film, it didn’t really find premium multiplex chain for itself. Also, except for Punjab, the film didn’t see many theaters for itself in Delhi NCR, a region where TERA MERA KI RISHTA could have potentially found good audience.
”The idea was to go slow and release the film in select theaters to begin with. We hand-picked theaters in India while giving it a good release in overseas as well. The demand for the film has been overwhelming wherever it has been released. The target audience has loved the film which is already on a profit making zone”, says a source close to the production house.
Jimmy Sheirgill has the final word, ”Let’s stop blaming recession for all our flops. As the adage goes, a good film will always work. In the times when conventional Hindi films are being shown the door, mainly because they are poor products, a good film like TERA MERA KI RISHTA turning out to be such a huge success is a silver lining. It has further reassured me, especially after A WEDNESDAY that big ideas matter more than anything else.”
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Written by Rahul on 21 April 2009
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
It’s a massacre situation out there at the box office. Bollywood has witnessed flops earlier as well but a) the volumes have been a little lesser and b) they are interspersed by at least one average runner a month. However, the state of Bollywood today is unbelievable to say the least. Of course the quality of movies has been terrible but its then audiences too are not even willing to give any chance whatsoever to them which is resulting in a horrible state of affairs.
This is pretty much reflected in the way last week’s releases have fared at the box office. EK SE BURE DO, COFFEE HOUSE, PAL PAL DIL KE SSAAT, SCHOOL DAYS and ROYAL UTSAV – each of these six films has struggled to complete a one week run at theaters, hence adding on to the pile of disasters. Collections of most of the films have been so pathetic that numbers read in thousands, let aside lakhs. In fact it appears like quite time has passed by when a film crossed the 1 crore mark at the box office. And to think of it, till about a few months, records were being created for the best first week total (remember SINGH IS KINNG, RAB NE BANA DI JODI and then GHAJINI?).
The downfall of big films started with CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA and from there on all biggies like BILLU BARBER, DELHI 6 and most recently 8X10 TASVEER fell flat at the box office. Such was the after effect of these movies that smaller films were also not spared, something which is reflected in six disasters that have been seen in the week gone by.
With this week’s releases DASHAVTAR and MERI PADOSAN too failing to find an audience, it is only going to be addition of two more disasters in the Bollywood report card this year.
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Written by Rahul on 21 April 2009
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Nine-year-old Chandan Singh was an avid watcher of MTV’s reality show ‘Roadies’ and never missed an episode. But Saturday night’s episode was to be his last. The boy hanged himself accidentally while imitating a stunt on the show.
Chandan, a Class 3 student, had watched the episode where two female contestants, Palak and Phalguni, were made to stand on a wooden stool with their hands tied. A rope was also placed around their neck. Another semi-finalist, Noman, was then given three minutes to save one of them.
‘He watched the episode on the third floor of our house along with his friends and tried to imitate the stunt after his friends left. After hearing a loud noise, I rushed to the room and found Chandan hanging from the ceiling fan,’ his uncle Bhagat Singh told media persons.
Inspector Jaganath Saroj of Vikas Nagar police station said: ‘According to his uncle, Bhagat Singh, with whom he used to live in the Vikas Nagar locality, Chandan never missed any episode of the show.’
Chandan was taken to a nearby hospital but was declared dead by the doctors.
‘The incident was reported to us Sunday morning and the body has been sent for post-mortem,’ Saroj added.
Chandan’s father, a native of Pithauragarh, is a farmer.
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Written by Rahul on 21 April 2009
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Jiah Khan may be out of UTV Motion Pictures’ ‘Yahoo’, but the young actress has quite a few reasons to cheer. Not only has she been roped in for a separate two-film deal by the same production house, she has also signed a three-film contract with ‘Ghajini’ producer Madhu Mantena.
‘I think I owe her that,’ said Mantena. ‘Specially after the way she has been treated.’
Things didn’t work out between UTV and Jiah as it was felt that she didn’t suit the character in ‘Yahoo’ opposite Shahid Kapur.
‘God has a unique way of evening things out. I must admit I was very low after what happened. When Madhu’s call came it was like a sign from heaven,’ said Jiah.
The actress has met up with the producer and one of the films that she has apparently been signed on for is the much talked-about sequel to ‘Ghajini’, the action hit that had Aamir Khan in the lead.
But Jiah does not want to reveal much at this early stage.
‘It’s much too early to talk about what we’re doing together. But the important thing is Madhu came forward when he thought I was in a situation. UTV, whose film ‘Yahoo’ I lost, have also signed me for a two-film deal,’ the actress said.
Why sign Jiah for two films after the ‘Yahoo’ fiasco?
‘I’m too small, too new and too much of an outsider to comment on why UTV did what they did. I did work for almost two years on ‘Yahoo’. I performed a very difficult dance number with Shahid. And I was very proud of matching steps with Shahid. Like I said it’s not mine to question why.’
Jiah has also signed Sajid Khan’s ‘House Full’ where she has two other leading ladies – Deepika Padukone and Lara Dutta – fighting for Akshay Kumar’s attention.
‘But I’ve my own track. And I get to do comedy for the first time. I was very good at comedy in acting school,’ the youngster quipped.
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Written by Rahul on 21 April 2009
Film: ‘Yagna’; Director: Krishna Brahma; Cast: Sree Murali, Priyanka, Om Prakash Rao, Jayaprakash Reddy, M.S. Narayan and L.B. Sreeram; Music: Murali Krishna; Rating: *
‘Yagna’ was publicized as an action-oriented horror film, but it ends up as a horror of horrors. This Kannada film is illogical and uninspiring and seems to have gone terribly wrong in every department.
Two things become apparently clear after seeing director Krishna Brahma’s ‘Yagna’ – firstly a talented actor like Sree Murali, who had a great beginning with a film like ‘Chandra Chakori’, seems to have perfected the art of choosing wrong subjects. And secondly, Krishna Brahma needs to brush up his narratorial skills.
‘Yagna’ lacks freshness and its narration is pedestrian. Producer Shankar has taken the storyline from actor Charmmee’s successful Telugu film ‘Manthra’, which released just a year ago. Krishna has just made some cosmetic changes to present his own version of ‘Manthra’.
To make the project economically viable, producer Shankar has included many Telugu artists like Jayaprakash Reddy, Venu Madhav, M.S. Narayan and L.B. Sriram.
Krishna Brahma repeats the same old stereotypes associated with almost every other horror flick – door locks being opened, curtains oscillating, antique objects shown in different angles – and nothing of these gimmicks take you to the edge of your seat.
And many sequences of the film are predictable. The film comes into life just before the climax, but the director has floundered in this as well.
The film is about Anji, a carefree youngster who works for a city-based don. Known to be a daredevil, Anji is sent to a haunted house by the don, who wants to usurp the property. Anji goes into the cursed house with his friends and is witness to the weird goings-on in the house.
In the meanwhile, Yagna, a music student,, comes to the house along with her friends on a project. But a murder in the house forces Anji and Yagna’s friends to leave the house.
As the story progresses, Yagna declares her love for Anji and wants to marry him. She also reveals that she is the legal heir of the disputed property.
But Anji goes ahead with his investigations into the murder and it is later revealed that he is actually a police officer.
Sree Murali may have to refuse projects like ‘Yagna’ now onwards. He is good in action sequences, but his efforts are wasted because of the poor narrative. Debutant actress Priyanka indulges in a lot of skin show in the song sequences.
The so-called comedy by Om Prakash Rao and a galaxy of Telugu artists are in poor taste.
Krishna Brahma has also failed to bring the best out of the technicians. Music director Murali Krishna, who gave a few good tunes in his first film ‘Neene Neene’, has fumbled in his compositions. Nothing special can be written about Niranjan Babu’s camera work either.
‘Yagna’ is an ordinary film. It may not be liked even by fans of the horror genre.
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Written by Rahul on 20 April 2009
Washington – A small plane plunged into a home in Florida on Friday shortly after taking off from a nearby airport.
The twin engine Cessna crashed in Oakland Park after taking office from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, a police spokeswoman said. There was no preliminary information about fatalities.
“We are waiting to hear word of possible injuries or possible casualties,” Veda Coleman Wright, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office, said.
Firefighters were on the scene dousing flames in the gaping hole the plane left in the house. (dpa)
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Written by Rahul on 15 April 2009
Vipul Shah’s latest film, Action Replayed, was reported to be a remake of the recent Hollywood film The Curious case of Benjamin Button. In fact, Warner Brothers have reportedly been issuing advertisements, where they have stated that they would sue anybody making a film having a similar script, screenplay or even storyline. Hollywood seems to be waking up to the creative thefts that are so prevalent in Bollywood.
Shah’s production house has reacted to these ads appearing in print and have stated that their film is not based on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In fact, Hollywood seems to be getting very vigilant about its intellectual property rights. They had taken issue with producer Sajid Nadiadwala as well when there were reports that he was planning on making a film based on The Departed. Even before that, there was the curious case of the film, Hari Puttar: A Comerdy of Terrors. The issue even went up to the court with the Delhi court ruling in favour of the Indian film. It had been argued that the name was too similar to the Harry Potter series. With Bollywood suddenly being in the spotlight, it is to be expected that the days of casually ‘lifting’ stories, songs etc may soon be a thing of the past. Of course, there are many production houses in India which seem to happily go through life, ‘lifting’ ideas from all over. It is high time they get their act together.
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Written by Rahul on 15 April 2009
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) It’s a dry spell at the box office thanks to the ongoing tussle between the producers and multiplex owners. Movie buffs, deprived of their usual dose of entertainment, are looking for other options.
‘Every week I would end up watching a film with family and friends. But now that there aren’t any movies worth watching, I’m planning to go to an amusement park, something that was being delayed for quite some time now,’ averred 22-year-old Leena Hiranandani working with a chartered accountancy firm.
The producer-multiplex tussle is over revenue sharing.
While the producers and distributors forum decided last month not to push any new releases in multiplexes after April 4, the films released in single screen theatres have not been worth watching.
‘Ek se Bure Do’, ‘Coffee House’, ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Pass’ and ‘Royal Utsav’ – all received a cold shoulder from the audience.
‘People really need a good breather on weekends. And because of this fight between the producers and the multiplexes we are not getting what we really need – entertainment. Now I have no other option but to watch some classic movies at home,’ said Karan Sachdeva, a 24-year-old media professional.
Priyanka Anand, a housewife, said: ‘We love watching movies on weekends. But now that no new films are coming, I don’t know what to do. So finally we have decided to visit the monuments in Delhi.’
BPO professional Karma Saxena said: ‘I used to watch films with friends at weekends. Now when there are no films, I spend time with my family.’
Delhi-based post-graduation student Shweta Sharma is a Hindi film aficionado and going to the nearest multiplex with friends to catch a film was her idea of fun.
However, the present situation has left her weekend without any activity.
‘Watching movies is my passion. Every Friday I wait for new films. But it’s been long that I have gone to see one because of the multiplex tussle. It’s a sad situation for someone like me. Now I don’t have anything to do on the weekend,’ she said.
After a disastrous first quarter of 2009, this seems to be the industry’s worst dream coming true with hardly any films being confirmed for the next two months except ‘Kal Kissne Dekha’, releasing May 1 and ‘Kambakkth Ishq’, scheduled to open May 29.
According to filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt, Bollywood is bleeding.
‘We (the film industry) are bleeding. This strike is affecting the industry and we are suffering colossal losses,’ Bhatt, chairman of the United Forum for Bollywood Producers and Distributors, told IANS.
On being asked about the approximate percentage of loss that the industry is expected to suffer, he said: ‘As of now, we are not doing any number crunching but we are sure the loss will ultimately be huge.’
With no definite date till when the strike is supposed to be on, moviegoers would miss their share of entertainment for quite some time.
‘It’s such a sad situation that I’m not getting my dose of entertainment. I’m just hoping that the dry spell gets over soon. However, till then I’ll explore markets that I haven’t done for some time now. I’m sure shopping is the only thing that I can pass my time with, if there are no films,’ said 30-year-old Niharika Dhar.
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Written by Rahul on 14 April 2009
While bigger producers are battling it out for equal rights with multiplexes and refraining from releasing any new films, relatively smaller producers have a different take on the situation. While this Friday saw the arrival of as many as six films – TERA MERA KI RISHTA, EK SE BURE DO, COFFEE HOUSE, PAL PAL DIL KE SSAAT, SCHOOL DAYS and ROYAL UTSAV, even in weeks to come there would be something or other trickling in at theaters. One such film which has made its plans quite clear in advance is 99 which is certainly arriving on 1st May.
Says a source attached to the film, “The response to the theatrical promo of 99 has been amazing and we have all the plans for reaching out to the audience. We have kick started promotion on quite a few popular Bollywood portals and social networking sites. The promo has come in for quite some good feedback and movie buffs have been appreciating the super slick, fast-paced and funny feel of this comic thriller.”
Produced by Anupam Mittal and Aditya Shastri of People Pictures, 99 is directed by debutants Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK and promises to be an original concoction of crime, comedy and coolness.
“Ours is an original story inspired by real events between 1999 and 2000″, says Krishna, “It is as much “what could have been” as it is “what really happened.” In other words, it is historical fiction. It may all sound a little tricky on paper but the treatment has been kept simple enough for audience to grasp the film’s graph. You would know exactly what we have tried to get into the narrative once you see the film.”
Starring Kunal Khemu and Soha Ali Khan in lead with Cyrus Broacha and Simone Singh playing an integral part of the film, 99 is touted to be an unpredictable and hilarious ride spread over two cities with colourful characters, unbelievable circumstances, small time crooks, big time conspiracies, fateful car crashes, loads of coffee, a briefcase full of money, a budding romance and a historical controversy brewing in the background!
All set to arrive now on 1st May, the film also features the trio of Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar, and Vinod Khanna in important parts.
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Written by Rahul on 10 April 2009
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Police have arrested 12 men in parallel raids in Manchester, Liverpool and Clitheroe in Lancashire.
Witnesses in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, described what they saw.
One woman who lives next door to a terraced house where two men were arrested said she saw a man being hauled down the street by officers.
Bushra Majid, 33, a housewife, said: “I opened the door and four or five policemen were on top of a man. They were dragging him along the street and he had no shoes on.
“They shouted at me, ‘Get inside. Get inside’. There was a policeman on each corner of the street. They were dressed in black and had machine guns.
“I heard lots of noise inside the house, like people running up and down the stairs.”
The mother-of-four said the house next door was rented and there were always people coming and going.
“There were about six or seven men living there for the last six months.
“Some were aged 45 to 50, others were aged in their 20s. They used to go to the local al Falah mosque daily.”
Witnesses at Liverpool John Moores University said two Asian men in their mid to late-20s were held by armed police outside the main library on Maryland Street.
They described how the suspects were stopped as they walked past the main entrance and ordered to lie on the ground.
Students were held inside the library for up to 30 minutes as the two men were searched by officers before being taken away.
Craig Ahmed, 24, a business student from Maghull, Merseyside, said: “Suddenly there was all shouting and commotion outside so I went to the window and saw about eight police officers.
“One of them was armed and was pointing his gun at two men who were ordered to lie face down on the ground. “For about half an hour they held the men on the floor. The police were shouting things at them but I couldn’t hear what was being said.
“They looked like students, one was wearing tracksuit bottoms and a hooded top and the other had a Puffa-style jacket on.
“The library Tannoy came on telling everybody inside to stay away from the windows and not to go outside.
“They said it was for our own safety and people inside were getting quite stressed about it. There was talk that they had a bomb and it spread like wildfire around the building.
“After some time the police then searched a satchel belonging to one of the men and a carrier bag belonging to the other one. The two men were then searched as they were on the ground and cuffed and taken away.”
In Clitheroe, Lancashire, up to 100 officers swooped on the Homebase store and arrested two security guards as stunned work colleagues looked on.
Police simultaneously raided the nearby Brooklyn Guest House in Pimlico Road where the two men were staying.
An eyewitness said: “About 50 vehicles filled the car park and the police stormed in and quickly brought the two men out.
“They seemed to know who they were looking for. It looked a well planned operation.”
Adam Howard, who lives opposite the guest house in Pimlico Road, said he was shocked at the arrests.
He said: “I saw about 15 officers go in the front and the back of the house. It was a bit of a shock. You don’t expect this to happen in a market town.”
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