Thursday, February 25, 2010

SSC student found dead

GUNTUR: A 15-year-old student, Chennu Gopi, studying 10th class at the Zilla Parishad High School at Gullapalli near Cherukupalli allegedly committed suicide on Thursday. His body was found hanging from a tree near his house.
Cherukupalli SI A. Amarachari said that the police recorded the statements of his classmates and his parents. The SI said that while the boy’s parents blamed the teachers for allegedly disallowing him from writing the practice examinations, the students told the police that the boy was sent out after he did not pay heed to the teacher’s directive asking the boy to bring his parents for abstaining for the exam held on Wednesday.

National Science Day

 The department of Education will observe the National Science Day on February 28, according to District Education Officer P. Srinivas. In this connection, painting competition on ‘Save Earth’, essay writing on ‘Science and technology and rural development’ and elocution contest on ‘Space research and human development’ will be held at GMC Balayogi park from 10 a.m. on Friday . The schoolchildren from Class 3 to Class 10 are invited to take part in the competitions to be held under the junior and senior categories.

A night at SRK's residence


A night at SRK's residence
In the hour of adversity, Shah Rukh Khan opened the doors of his home to Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur . The cast and crew of Vishal Bharadwaj’s movie Kaminay were shooting outdoors at Marine Drive on November 26 when terrorists attacked several hot spots of the city. Learning about the attacks, the unit packed up hastily and left for home.

However, according to reports now emerging, when Priyanka and Shahid were going home, they learnt of another terror attack in Juhu, where they were headed. With nowhere left to go, the duo reportedly called Shah Rukh whose bungalow Mannat was nearby.

The superstar invited them home and did not let them leave the place until morning when the police had surrounded the terrorists and the Juhu attack turned out to be a rumour. Reports say SRK and Gauri Khan played good hosts. Priyanka has on more than one occasion said that she is very fond of SRK with whom she has worked in Don . She is also doing a song appearance in SRK’s Billu Barber .

I love Kareena to death: KJo

I love Kareena to death: KJoJLo is probably eating her heart out. ‘Coz the new toast of the debonair circuit has slightly different initials — KJo.

But envy won’t get her (or anyone else) anywhere, simply because Karan Johar has worked his butt off — planning, focusing and making his dad, Yash Johar’s banner, Dharma Productions, proud. Suddenly it’s an unstoppable juggernaut. Dostana, Wake Up Sid, now Kurbaan with My Name Is Khan and Stepmom to follow, even as his team of directors is plotting the next scripts.

“These young directors today, Tarun, Ayaan, Rensil, Siddharth and others directing for Dharma, they’re geniuses,” says the stylish producer. “They’re steps ahead of the way we thought earlier. They’ve taken cinema to another level. Look at the themes — comedy (Dostana), adolescence (Wake Up Sid), terror-sensitivity (Kurbaan), poignancy (MNIK) ... it’s incredible. I only wish dad was with us today. To see us take his legacy of honesty and credibility forward. Yes, hits help us financially, but we’re not greedy. We also want to give back quality cinema with conviction and good viewing. Otherwise, right now I have only Kurbaan on my mind. I’m very excited about it because it has been a subject close to my heart for a while now and I’d been tossing it around in my head. Then I asked Rensil (D’Silva) to write it and develop it for me. And I was so taken by his passion for the subject, that I asked him to direct it himself. And the result is crackling.”

Elaborating on the November 20th release, Karan says, “The story addresses the perpetually looming threat of terrorism, the film lends emotion into that graph. It has a point of view. That’s the path. Of presenting this threat in a logically, emotionally, sensitively cinematic manner. I’m quite delighted with the final product.” But there had been a thought in Karan’s mind, some time ago, to cast SRK in the lead role in this subject? “Maybe it was a thought a long time ago. Simply because SRK is emotionally a part of everything I do. Even before I wake up to box office figures, Shah Rukh calls asking, ‘How’re the collections dude? ... How’s it going?’ He’s part of Dharma. However, that said, after the way the film has shaped out, Saif and Kareena are ideal casting,” smiles KJo.

And how dissimilar is My Name Is Khan from this subject? Isn’t that Karan-directed venture also a ‘terrorism’ subject?

“Not at all. My Name Is Khan is totally different inasmuch it doesn’t deal with terrorism at all. That’s all media conjecture. Wait for that one as well.” What we couldn’t wait for was his response to Kareena’s recent joke that KJo was like a ‘witch’, that everything he said was almost prophetic. Karan couldn’t stop laughing: “We have this strange Karmic Connection and I feel the need to be as protective about her as ever. I love Kareena to death. We fight too. We didn’t speak for a year. I hurt her and she hurt me. But one only fights with those one loves. Now that we’re past the initial hurdles, we’re the best of friends. And you have to see her in the film to believe what she’s capable of. As for the ‘witch’ part, I wish I could prophesize the success of Kurbaan for starters ... that’s all I pray!”

Actress Stands In Hot 'Topless

She is Mona Chopra who has been discovering new ways of wooing the senses of men. She has been the Viagra of sorts for many and she is well known with her bikini poses. But freshly she posed this way in topless. She covered her blossoms with her silky hair and there is nothing else on her top. It’s artistically erotic pose indeed.

Trisha’s Smooch And Romance With Simbu

This could be true if our sources from Kollywood are to be believed. The petite beauty Trisha who is all set to arrive with her new Tamil movie ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya’ has been hitting the gossip mills big time. This is due to her rather ‘special’ friendship with co-star and friend Silambarasan. News is that both have indulged in a steamy lip lock sequence and unit members say that chemistry is seen off the sets as well. As usual, Trisha has denied these reports quoting Simbu is just a friend and not her type in terms of romance. But only time will tell whether she is right or not…

Ramcharan’s Marriage Plans By Allu Aravind

Now that NTR jr is all set to tie the knot, it is heard that the crafty movie maker Allu Aravind has begun to make plans for a wedding in their family. Interestingly, he is said to be keeping his focus more on Charan than Arjun. It is said that Charan is now being seen as the next icon from the Chiru clan.
So sources say Allu Aravind is getting in touch with the Kapu biggies so that the best of the best alliance can be brought for Charan. Already, the Sreeja- Sirish issue gave them a jolt so both Chiru and Aravind are keen on not taking any further chances for their kids.
It is also said that Aravind has got his focus on his three sons and is keeping in track of their movements. As it is, they have an active social life so the chances of straying are quite strong. So now, Allu has become the ‘pelli pedda’ for all the four youngsters of their family.

Director Gowtam Menon Reveals 'Manjula-Secret'

Ye Maya Chesaave is releasing tomorrow and its director Gowtam Menon in an interview revealed his strife with producer Manjula.
He said, “Manjula agreed to pay me the proposed check and also promised fifty percent of the profits of the film. I finished the film in 55 days but she could not sell the film and later demanded my salary back and filed a complaint against me in the producer’s council. I gave her back the 1. 6 Crores and now she is releasing the film herself. I regret doing a film with people who have no passion or knowledge of good cinema. But it was an eye-opener and will not do the film that we were supposed to do with Mahesh Babu in the lead”.
This is certainly raising curtains to the new controversies. Manjula popularly known as daughter of Ghattamaneni Krishna and sister of Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu is alleged this way by a top director just a day before the film’s release. We have to see how this issue will be settled and what Manjula will do to correct her image.

Reel Talk: 'Color Mayabazar' On Blue Ray

Technology is the most happening thing right now and its impact can be felt strongly in the film industry. One classic example for that would be the coloration of the Black and White legendary hits and one can see the response from the crowds when a good quality product such as ‘Mayabazaar’ comes out.
Now, there is news that this venture would take a different turn as the Goldstone Technologies have decided to release ‘Mayabazaar’ the color version in the Blue Ray format. This could have been the first one in Telugu before ‘Magadheera’ but since it is in running across theatres, the plan was delayed.
Sources say that the Blue Ray version would be released shortly and many of the avid Telugu classics movie buffs are eagerly waiting to get their hand on this one. Depending on the response, the company is looking to add more few more to the library and create a new wave.

Enjoy Every Colour of Holi- HAPPY HOLI: HOLI WALLPAPERS

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Exclusive: GVK Pays Rs 50 Cr To KCR

Some of the staunch Telangana seekers believe that K Chandrasekhar Rao is the messiah for them who can bring a separate state and make it a ‘Haritha Telangana’ state. Well, perhaps they should have a look at this before they end up falling onto the ground with a heavy heart.
Keeping the name of ‘Telangana’ in between, the TRS head has been busy with extortion. A reliable source has revealed that G V Krishna Reddy had to shell out a whopping Rs 50 crores just to save his properties from being destroyed and damaged by the goons of KCR and his other party members.
News has also been arriving from other bureau reporters that it is not just GVK but many other industrialists and noted businessmen who had to fill the pockets of KCR like a ‘protection money’ so that their set ups are not affected. Well, so much for a ‘Telangana Udyamam’ and burning the state folks.

when yagam going to release?


Anil Kapoor`s second honeymoon

Anil Kapoor`s second honeymoonAfter an exhilarating time at BAFTA (The British Academy of Film & Television Arts) on Sunday evening where he hobnobbed with Matt Damon, Mickey Rourke and Harvey Weinstein, Anil Kapoor took off for Paris on Monday night with his wife Sunita for what qualifies as a second honeymoon.

Getting uncharacteristically romantic and nostalgic, the actor suddenly takes a journey into his courtship days. “During our student days, Sunita and I had gone to Nice in France with friends.”

It was there that love really blossomed. Anil blushes as he recalls, “Those were the days. We had no money. I remember I had 10-15 francs in my pocket and I wanted to show Sunita the entire city on that! We’d have a hearty breakfast in the hotel and I’d stuff the bread from the hotel in my pocket to eat later for lunch.”

Anil had vowed he would take Sunita back to France one day. Says the actor, “We’re taking a train from London to Paris. It’s all very romantic. It’s a rare holiday for us. Though Paris is Sonam’s favourite city, she couldn’t accompany us because she’s shooting.”

Anil had done his round of socialising before he took off with his wife. He describes the evening at BAFTA, “Do you know, I shook hands with and congratulated Katheryn Bigelow the minute she got the best director award? It was such a glorious moment for women directors. Everyone thought James Cameron would get it for Avatar.”

Anil also got to spend time with his friend Mickey Rourke. The two got close when he was promoting Slumdog Millioniare at the Oscars in Los Angeles.

Anil also got to meet and spend time with Matt Damon. “In fact,” says Anil excitedly, “Matt and I were on the same table and spent a lot of time discussing cinema. Of course, he has seen Slumdog... It’s astonishing how much Matt knew about Indian cinema.”
The other actor Anil hugely enjoyed fraternising with was Christopher Waltz who won the best supporting actor award for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds. Anil says, “I loved Christopher’s speech.

He said if there was no Quentin, no Brad Pitt and no co-actors and technicians, he wouldn’t be there. I’ve always believed in that work ethic. Filmmaking is a team effort and an actor is just a part of that team.”


Salman Khan slaps Ranbir Kapoor


Rumors have it that Sallu Bhai slapped young actor Ranbir Kapoor in a party. However, how true is this news, nobody knows. But, be it his ill fate or something, he has always been surrounded by controversies. He at times, because of his bad image gets punished or accused for things that he hasn’t done. This time he is accused of slapping Ranbir. It might also be believed, as controversy has always dogged Salman Khan. And he has also been called everything from a spoilt brat, hot-tempered, brash and badly behaved man.

Kat flies to New York for date with Ranbir!

Kat flies to New York for date with Ranbir!
While the whole world believes that Katrina is recuperating in London with her family, a reliable London source tells us that she is actually in New York. 
Incidentally, Ranbir Kapoor is also in New York shooting for Sajid Nadiadwala’s Anjaana Anjaani. Coincidence? We don’t think so.

Post her surgery in Mumbai, Katrina flew off to London claiming to spend New Year’s Eve with her family. Katrina, who ushers in the New Year with her mother and siblings each year, was particularly thrilled about the family reunion this time round, because she was looking forward to playing with her sister’s little son. But apparently, family has been sidelined in favor of some companionship.

One can’t help but wonder how she planned to keep her jaunt to New York a secret. It’s a small, small world after all. When we called her grandmother’s place in London, a relative said, “Oh, but Katrina is in New York.”

However Katrina said, “I’m very much in London. It’s a joke in my family about me being in New York because I’m harassed by many calls.”

Kaif also skipped beau (or is it seriously ex-beau now) Salman Khan’s birthday in favour of New York. Ranbir and Katrina met on the sets of Raajneeti but their friendship really took off when they shot Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. For the last few months, Ranbir has been in an on-off relationship with Deepika Padukone while Katrina’s relationship with Salman Khan has slowly ground to a halt.

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in a stylish avatar

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in a stylish avatarThey believe in making stylised products.

They believe in setting trends, not aping anyone. Tips, whose November 6 release is the eagerly awaited rom-com Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi with heart throbs Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor have once again given their product a kind of sophistication that is their hall mark. Ramesh Taurani, the producer of APKGK knows the pulse of his audience; and he says that today’s audience that has been exposed to Hollywood films, are keen to borrow a similar sheen for the local fare.

“Keeping this in mind my creative producer Jay Shewakramani, the director Raj Kumar Santoshi and I sat together to give APKGK also a definitive look. If you recall our earlier films like Soldier, Race and even Kismet Konnection, you would have noticed that we spared no expense in shooting our films on virgin locations abroad. Besides concentrating on the story aspect, we have always made sure our films look slick.’’ Taurani feels that a younger audience is always looking to borrow styles from films...and hence, a good looking film is like a magnet that draw an audience.

Oxford's latest Advanced Learner's Dictionary out

The Oxford Writing Tutor at the back of the volume makes the latest edition unique 

NEW ADDITION:Abhay Maurya, Vice -Chancellor of EFLU, releasing the new Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary in Hyderabad on Wednesday. At right is Alison Waters, Publishing Manager, English Teaching Dictionaries, Oxford University Press. HYDERABAD: The world's most trusted dictionary just added another edition to its list. Oxford's latest offering, the eighth edition of the Advanced Leaner's Dictionary was launched here on Wednesday.
The countless words, carefully constructed word-families, generously scattered ‘grammar points' and well-chosen synonyms are likely to answer any muddle over the English vocabulary.
1,000 new words
The 1,000 new words, amusing in parts but always informative, make for an interesting perusal.
But what makes it unique is the Oxford Writing Tutor, tucked away in the back of the bulky volume.
Stretching over 30 pages, it is a practical guide to improve writing among students, job applicants and working people.
“It's best to use simple definitions,” says Alison Waters, Publishing Manager for the English Teaching Dictionaries brought out by the Oxford University Press. “I love that English is so flexible,” she told The Hindu in an interview hours before the launch. “The vocabulary is always growing, borrowing from everywhere.”
How does Oxford keep track of new additions, slang, changing meanings and dying words? That would be the work of the two-billion-strong digital corpus.
“It tracks fiction, newspaper reports, court transcripts and all kinds of communication in English,” she explains.
“But the brand new feature this time is the writing tutor,” she says.
She flips through the pages that help write college essays, summaries, formal emails and covering letters for resumes. She points to the guide to oral presentations. She spends time on how easy it is to analyse graphs.
‘Word families'
Then there are the ‘word families' - groups of words related to subjects like finance or fine arts. Highlighted ‘grammar points' catch your eye and explain why well dressed is different from well-dressed. New words like ‘vuvu-zela' teach you about a trumpet popular among football fans in South Africa. The word is bound to be heard once the soccer world cup kicks off.
CD-ROM
The dictionary comes with a CD-ROM which has all of this and something more – an integrated thesaurus. “The dictionary will be available online but it's no substitute,” says Ms. Waters.

Model EAMCET

Kakinada: Adarsh College of Engineering, Chebrolu, conducted a model EAMCET on Wednesday to acquaint the students with the pattern and create confidence in them.
Some 1,000 students from various colleges appeared in the test.
The test result would be announced on March 1 and prizes given the same day during the College Day celebrations.

Katrina Kaif Wants Sexy Saree in RAJNEETI !!






Katrina Kaif, the sizzling hot babe of bollywood who plays the part of a widow politician in Prakash Jha’s upcoming prestigious project ‘Rajneeti’ opposite Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan and Nana Patekar, had a fight over the color of her saree in the film.

Katrina Kaif, who knows that the audiences love her for sizzling hot looks, wanted to wear a sexy saree for the role but director Prakahs Jha was adamant on forcing an off white saree, so that she could look demure in the film. In fact, director Prakash Jha had given a saree to Katrina Kaif keeping in mind her character (which is largely based on Congress President Sonia Gandhi) in the film, but sexy Kat would have none of it and a fierce argument followed on the sets.

Katrina’s argument was that she did not have any objection in wearing saree for the scene but it should be lively and bold colored, as she had worn in several of her films with Akshay Kumar. However, Prakash Jah told her that in India, widows, and that too, politicians, do not use such bold and lively colors for their outfit, and if she insisted on using them that would rob the flick of its authentic feel. When director continued to stick to his guns, Katrina relented and went in accordance with Prakash Jha’s wishes.

Sources from the set of the ‘Rajneeti’ say that it is for the first time that Katrina Kaif would be seen in a completely deglamourized look in the film. Katrina’s role is completely opposite to what she had been doing till now in her flicks. Her role is not only meaty in the film, but is also likely to delineate a new path to her bollywood career.

Katrina Kaif has done a terrific job in the film even in the presence of such seasoned actors like Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan etc. The lady has fully justified the confidence posed in her by the ace director Prakash Jha and come out with a winner performance.

During a recent promotional event for the film in Patna, Bihar, Katrina Kaif even tried to speak a few words of Bhojpuri language before the audiences. Though her speech had only few words of Bhojpuri like ‘Ka Haal ba Patna’, but it sent the crowed in to frenzy and they danced with joy.

The major portion of the film has already been completed and post- production is going on in full swing. Katrina Kaif and other stars of the flick are doing dubbing in full speed and the movie is expected to be released very soon.

Hrithik-Katrina: Harper's Bazaar Magazine- March scans

Illeana looking smoking hot