VARUDU , A movie worth watching for understanding the values of the INDIAN culture.ALLU ARJUN(Sandeep)a guy with the modern thoughts but has the basic principles of the INDIAN culture and the devotion to your parents .
Sandy keeps on helping his friends who are in love,but when it comes to his life he wants to completely rely on his parents.As per his trust they get a bit distracted becaused of thier nature of not being in love.They search a girl for him who is exactly the same in the character as SANDY.
Sandy wishes to get married over a period of 5 days as the traditional way goes,Sandy sees his soulmate for the first time on the marriage mantap,and both fall in love.Then its as usual there is a villian but this villian is a bit theatrical kind...rest follows how Sandy gets his suppoesed to be wife from the cluthes of AARYA(Diwakar).BHANU MEHRA(Deepti) the new face of Tollywood is really a promising actress,done complete just to her role
Music is really one big plus point for the movie,there was surrounding a lot of suspense surrounding the herione as the herione was not revealed,dont miss the climax its a treat to watch ALLU and AARYA FIGHT
OVERALL
MOVIE - 3/5
MUSIC - 4.5/5
STORY - 3/5

"AAPTHARAKSHAKA" true to his name DR.VISHNU VARDHAN

"AAPTHARAKSHAKA"
AAPTHARAKSHAKA............the much awaited movie of 2010 in kannada industry finally was released this friday the 19th of feb 2010,which brought with it reasons to be happy and also to be sad...HAPPY for giving the kannada audience the best scripted movie...SAD because that was the last movie in which SAHASASIMHA would be seen.
AAPTHARAKSHAKA starts from the place it left AAPTHAMITRA...yes the famous RA...RA...,here NAGAVALLI's pic keeps floating in air gettin deviated from all the devotional monuments...landing up at the foot of a poor and a hard working painter which in turn,which in turn leads to take his life.
Then thye picture is sold to some vendor...which then lands up in a dance competion with SARASWATI(LAKSHMI),which in then shifts to 5 years later to the third daughter of the elderly couple GOURI(SANDHYA), NAGAVALLI's trouble still continues even with second daughter GEETA(BHAVANA). So the family head asks ACHARYAji(AVINASH) to look into the matter,after proper analysis of the conditions ACHARYAji tell that he need to figure out who is the troubled one in the household and then
comes our CAPTAIN(DR.VISHNUVARDHAN),,with a awesome entry song (chamundi thayi aane)
and the movie goes on unveiling the different folds of the story interrogating all the people.
In this movie we get to know the real story of NAGAVALLI and the RAJA VIJAYENDRA BAHADUR...SAHASASIMHA really excels in double role...whatever happens never miss the climax awesome ending to the movie...it has all action,songs, comedy thriller all are catered well...200 movies and he is excelled in all movies,one of the best gift given by DR.VISHNUVARDHAN TO ALL KANNADIGAS
MUSIC...............3.5/5
SCRIPT..............4.5/5
STORY...............5/5
performance.........5/5
OVERALL.............5/5
SAHASASIMHA YOU ROCK

INDIA humilious exit from WORLD T20 CUP...THIS IS CRICKET...!!!

CRICKET in INDIA is a kind of religion , people may not know who si the president of INDIA but they will surely know who is TENDULKAR that is the temperment of our people
After 2007 t20 wc INDIANS had become world famous in the cricketing world have been defeating AUSTRALIA and PAKISTAN in fainals there was no looking back for us so riding on that success, we entered this year's world cup, with bit of controversy of course about sehwag and gambhir, though rohit sharma did his job pretty well as a opener.
But there were many problems with dhoni not finding his form ,even was a issue for him regarding his order in the batting line up, so though we won the starting league matches, we lost miserably in the super 8's,which left us to be looked like a under performing team in the tournament hope we would gather ourselves and bounce back...
JAI HO

SRK VS AAMIR KHAN

The eternal comparison between King Khan and "Ace" Khan have been flooding every discussion forum and community on Orkut. While fans of both swear by their respective superstars, this is a debate that just seems to have no end!

Or does it?

List based on authentic collections and box office data alone from reliable sources, that tracks the success stories of both Khans, in a career spanning around two decades, who is it that has captured the audience all over? Who is it, that is the commerically "successful" actor all over?

Ghajini might have turned out to be the highest grosser in Indian cinema and a monstrous hit for Aamir Khan, but the total package speaks an entirely different story.

Here is a look at the success story of both the Khans, based on the box office verdict alone!

SHAH RUKH KHAN
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ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTERS(2)

*Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge(the longest running movie in Indian cinema)
*Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hain

BLOCKBUSTERS(5)

*Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
*Om Shanti Om
*Karan Arjun
*Chak De India
*Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

SUPERHITS(2)

*Veer Zaara
*Dil To Pagal Hain



HITS(all India)(10)

*Main Hoon Na
*Darr
*Baazigar
*Kal Ho Naa Ho
*Mohabbatein
*Devdas
*Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna
*Don
*Pardes
*Deewana


REGIONAL(SEMI) HITS(4)

*Josh
*Yes Boss
*Chalte Chalte
*Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam

TOTAL: 23 With 17 All India Success
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Now lets rewind back to the success story of Aamir Khan!


AAMIR KHAN
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ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTERS(2)

*Ghajini(highest grosser in Indian cinema)
*Raja Hindustani

BLOCKBUSTERS(0)

*none

SUPER HITS(3)

*Fanaa
*Taare Zameen Par
*Dil

HITS(4)

*Rang De Basanti
*Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
*Lagaan
*Dil Hain Ke Maanta Nahin

REGIONAL(SEMI) Hits(8)

*Dil Chahta Hain
*Sarfarosh
*Ishq
*Rangeela
*Ghulam
*Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
*Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
*Mangal Pandey

TOTAL: 17 With 9 All India Success

The verdict is clearly out , based on box office collections and commerical success alone, there is only one true Badshah of Bollywood, none other than King Khan SRK himself!

And as a prominent fan and logical analyst of the community, Zaphod correctly pointed out if overseas collections are taken into account ,SRK could very well be sleeping for the next five years and still wind up on top.

The debate for the bigger superstar will always go on, but as far as hard facts and collection figures go, King Khan is easily poised at the top by a long shot.

JAI HO...!!!

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE









SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE


Slimdog millionaire is a movie directed by Danny Boyle which is adapted by the book Q&A written by Vikas Swarup,which is co directed by Loveleen Tandon in INDIA.
After its world premiere at telluride film festival and subsequent screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Slumdog Millionaire initially had a limited North American release on 12 November 2008 by Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, to critical acclaim and awards success. It later had a nationwide release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and in the United States on 23 January 2009. It premiered in Mumbai on 22 January 2009. The DVD and Blu-ray versions are set to be released on 31 March 2009.

Whats the plot...???

Set in 2006, the film opens with a police inspector (Irrfan Khan) in Mumbai, India, interrogating and torturing Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a former street child from the Dharavi slums. In the opening scene, a title card is presented: "Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees. How did he do it? A) He cheated, B) He's lucky, C) He's a genius, D) It is written (which could mean either the show is predetermined by destiny or that the show is scripted)." At the end of the film, the answer is given. Jamal is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati) hosted by Prem Kumar (Anil Kapoor) in which he was on the show and won 5,000,000 rupees. Jamal has made it to the final question, scheduled for the next day, but the police are now accusing him of cheating, because the other possibilities, that he has a vast knowledge, or that he is very lucky, both seem unlikely.

Jamal then explains that, while at least the question about Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was very simple, he knew the answers of most questions by chance, because of things that happened in his life. This is conveyed in a series of flashbacks documenting the particulars of his childhood. This includes scenes of him obtaining Bachchan's autograph, the death of his mother during the Hindu anti-Muslim violence, rekindling the memory of the 1993 anti-Muslim attacks in Mumbai by Hindu nationalists in the slums,^[7] and how he and his brother Salim befriend Latika (Freida Pinto) (he refers to Salim and himself as Athos and Porthos, and Latika as the third Musketeer.)

The children are eventually discovered by Maman (Ankur Vikal) while they live in the trash heaps. Maman is a gangster (a fact they do not actually know at the time they meet him) who "collects" street children so that he can ultimately train them to beg for money. Salim is groomed to become a part of Maman’s operation and is asked to bring Jamal to Maman in order to be blinded (which would improve his income potential as a singing beggar). Salim rebels against Maman to protect his brother, and the three children try to escape, but only Salim and Jamal are successful as Salim purposely lets go of Latika's hand as she tries to board a train they are hopping while trying to escape. Latika is re-captured by Maman's organization and raised as a culturally talented prostitute whose virginity will fetch a high price.

The brothers eke out a living, traveling on top of trains, selling goods, pretending to be tour guides at the Taj Mahal, and picking pockets. Jamal eventually insists that they return to Mumbai since he wishes to locate Latika. When he finds her working as a dancer in a brothel, the brothers attempt to rescue her, but Maman intrudes, and in the resulting conflict Salim draws a gun and kills Maman. Salim then uses the fact that he killed Maman to obtain a job with Javed (Mahesh Manjrekar), a rival crime lord. Salim claims Latika as his own and when Jamal protests, Salim threatens to kill him and Latika intervenes, accepting her fate with Salim and breaking Jamal's heart.

Years later, Jamal has a position as a "chai-wallah" (a boy or young man who serves tea) at a call centre. When he is asked to cover for a co-worker for a couple of minutes, he searches the database for Salim and Latika. He gets in touch with Salim, who has become a high-ranking lieutenant in Javed’s organization. Jamal confronts a regretful Salim on tense terms. Salim invites Jamal to live with him and, after following Salim to Javed's house, he sees Latika living there. He talks his way in as the new dishwasher and tries to convince Latika to leave. She rebuffs his advances, but he promises to be at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station every day at five p.m. for her. She tries to discourage him, but on the first day that Jamal waits there, Latika attempts to rendezvous with him, but is recaptured by Salim and Javed's men. One of the men then slashes her cheek with a knife, scarring her as Salim drives off, leaving Jamal with the onlooking crowd.

Jamal again loses contact with Latika when Javed moves to another house. In another attempt to find Latika, Jamal tries out for the popular game show because he knows that she will be watching. He makes it to the final question, despite the hostile attitude of the host who feeds Jamal a wrong answer during a break. At the end of the show, Jamal has one question left to win two crore, or 20 million rupees (£281,301, $388,275 U.S.) and is taken into police custody, where he is tortured as the police attempt to learn how Jamal, a simple "slumdog," could know the answers to so many questions. After Jamal tells his whole story, explaining how his life experiences coincidentally enabled him to know the answer to each question, the police inspector calls Jamal's explanation "bizarrely plausible" and, knowing he's not in it for the money, allows him to return to the show for the final question.

At Javed's safehouse, Latika watches the news coverage of Jamal's miraculous run on the show. Salim gives Latika his phone and the keys to his car. He urges her to run away and to "forgive him for what he has done". When Jamal uses his Phone-A-Friend lifeline to call Salim, Latika answers his phone and they reconnect. She does not know the answer to the final question either but, believing that "it is written", she tells Jamal in unsubtitled Hindi, "I'm yours" right before the phone connection is cut. Jamal guesses the correct answer (Aramis) to the question of the one Musketeer whose name they never learned, and wins the grand prize. Simultaneously, Salim is discovered to have helped Latika escape and allows himself to be killed in a bathtub full of money after shooting and killing Javed. Salim's last words are "God is great." Later that night, Jamal and Latika meet at the railway station and they share a kiss. It is then revealed that the correct answer to the opening question is: D) it is written, or implying that it is destiny. In a scene reminiscent of many Bollywood musicals, they then dance, along with dozens of bystanders and even the juvenile versions of themselves, in the train station during the end credits.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Slumdog Millionaire won 8 academy awards which is popular as oscars, for best picture,best director,best adapted screenplay,best cinematography,best sound mixing,best film editing,best original score and best original song. The film also won all four of the Golden Globe Awards it was nominated for, including Best Drama Film; five of the six Critics' Choice Awards for which it was nominated; and seven of the eleven BAFTA Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Film.

Formula 1 ...life on a race...!!!

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport world's governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets, the most famous of which is the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual World Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors.
The cars race at high speeds being able to travel at up to 360 km/h (225 mph), and are capable of pulling up to 5g in some corners. The performance of the cars is highly dependent on electronics, aerodynamics, suspension and tyres. The formula has seen many evolutions and changes through the history of the sport.
Europe is Formula One's traditional centre; all of the teams are based there and around half the races take place there. In particular the United Kingdom has produced the most number of Drivers' Champions (12), and the vast majority of Constructors' Champions (32). However, its scope has expanded significantly in recent years and Grands Prix are now held all over the world. Events in Europe and the Americas have been dropped in favour of new ones in Bahrain, China, Malaysia and Turkey, with Singapore scheduled to hold the first night race in 2008 and India being added to the schedule starting in 2010. Of the eighteen races in 2008, nine are outside Europe.
It is a massive television event, with millions of people watching each race worldwide. As the world's most expensive sport,citation needed its economic effect is significant, and its financial and political battles are widely observed. On average about 55 million people all over the world watch Formula One races live. Its high profile and popularity makes it an obvious merchandising environment, which leads to very high investments from sponsors, translating into extremely high budgets for the constructor teams. Several teams have gone bankrupt or been bought out by other companies since 2000.
The sport is regulated by the FIA. Formula One's commercial rights are vested in the Formula One Group.

Bangalore n its TASHAN...!!!

Bangalore is known as the "Garden City of India" because of its greenery and the presence of many public parks, including the Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park. Dasara, a traditional celebratory hallmark of the old Kingdom of Mysore, is the state festival and is celebrated with great vigour. Deepavali, the "Festival of Lights", transcends demographic and religious lines and is another important festival. Other traditional Indian festivals such as Ganesh Chaturth, Ugadi, Sankranthi, Eid ul-Fitr, and Christmas are also celebrated. Bangalore is home to the Kannada film industry, which churns out about 80 Kannada movies each year. One of the most notable contributors to Sandalwood, as the Kannada Movie Industry is referred to, was the late Dr. Rajkumar.

The diversity of cuisine available is reflective of the social and economic diversity of Bangalore. Roadside vendors, tea stalls, and South Indian, North Indian, Chinese and Western fast food are all very popular in the city. Udupi restaurants are very popular and serve predominantly vegetarian, regional cuisine.
Bangalore is also a major center of Indian classical music and dance. Classical music and dance recitals are widely held throughout the year and particularly during the Ramanavami and Ganesha Chaturthi festivals. The Bengaluru Gayana Samaja has been at the forefront of promoting classical music and dance in the city. The city also has a vibrant Kannada theater scene with organisations like Ranga Shankara leading the way. Bangalore is also known as the "Rock city of India" and sometimes called as the "Pub Capital of India",life as they say in bangalore is hectic is true to a certain extent...but not always... .As for most of them sunday is really a funday...with friends n lots of partying...moving around...

SHAH RUKH is the king in Amsterdam

Amsterdam loves Shah Rukh Khan. The fact was driven across by a full house at the Ahoy in Rotterdam on Saturday night where he performed for his Temptations Reloaded show. The show, organised by the Moranis, ran to a full house despite the fact that most people in Holland were in mourning over their defeat to Russia in the Euro 2008 quarter finals. The Moranis were so thrilled by their successful show that they are now planning another Temptations Reloaded with King Khan in October in Germany.Says Ali Morani, "Shah Rukh is a huge craze, not just in India but also abroad. The Rotterdam show on June 21 with SRK, Kareena, and Katrina was a huge hit." He confirms that they are planning a similar show in Germany in October, "We are working out the modalities with Shah Rukh and the rest of the team. Going by the success of the Rotterdam show, the emails we get every day and the feedback across the Dutch border for Shah Rukh, we decided to have another show in October in the four main cities of Germany as of now Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Munich. We have had enquiries for a SRK's Temptation Reloaded show even from Paris but we will have to go along with a piecemeal tour as we don't have Shah Rukh's dates for a month-long one."

25 years of INDIAN cricketing legacy

The 1983 Cricket World Cup (aka Prudential Cup, 1983) was the third edition of the tournament. It was held 1983-06-09 – 1983-06-25 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.
The matches consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.
The countries participating were:

Australia

England

India

New zealand

Pakistan

Sri lanka

West indies

Zimbabwe

The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Underdogs India and Zimbabwe scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favourites West Indies qualified for the semifinals.

In the first semi-final, at Old trafford on 22 June, England won the toss and batted first. The English batsmen mistimed many balls and used the bat's edge frequently, as the restrictive Indian bowling led England to score 213 (all out, 60 overs). Graeme Fowler (33 from 59 balls, 3 fours) top scored, and Kapil Dev took 3 for 35 in eleven overs, with Mohinder Amarnath and Roger Binny taking two wickets each. In reply, Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls, 8 fours) made half-centuries, as India reached their target in 54.4 overs, winning by 6 wickets in an upset victory over the previous tournament's runner-ups. Mohinder Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) picked up the man-of-the-match award for his all round performance, which saw him add 46 runs to his earlier bowling success (2/27 in 12 overs).

In the final, India lost the toss and were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Only Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) and Kris Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) put up any significant resistance as Roberts, Marshall, Joel Garner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported by Gomes. Surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to compile 183 (all out, 54.4 overs). Only three sixes were hit in the Indian innings, one from Srikkanth, one from Sandeep Patil (27 from 29 balls), and one from Madan Lal (17 from 27 balls). However, the Indian bowling exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to bowl out the best batting lineup of the era for 140 from 52 overs in return, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Amarnath and Madan Lal (3-31) each took three wickets, and one memorable moment was the sight of Kapil Dev running a great distance to take a catch to dismiss Richards, West Indies top scorer with 33 from 28 balls. Amarnath was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs from his seven overs while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1983.