Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Miranda Kerr's Healthy Land Down Under Lifestyle


An avid supporter of a healthy lifestyle product line, said 29-year-old blonde beauty, "Lucky You juice is the first port when I arrive in Australia These cold-pressed juices are essential for a miracle for their own health and well-being, full of nutrients and antioxidants. ".


The theme of healthy lifestyles, Miranda was just talking to Harpers Bazaar about her dietary advice, which he revealed, "and not a diet with my family instilled in me a real appreciation and a passion for healthy and organic life. I agree with 80/20 rule. to 80% good, 20% of compliant and works for me and my body in person. I love food and enjoy eating fresh organic produce. "

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Burn After Reading

Joel and Ethan Coen comedy Reading CIA agent Osborne Cox Jet Black (John Malkovich) after the burn begins to lose their jobs. The long-suffering, unfaithful (Tilda Swinton), his divorced wife asks for a lawyer to contact. Osborne wrote a book about his exploits decided, but the initial draft of their work in a gym where the obtuse (Chad and Brad Pitt (Linda Frances McDormand) nuts, plastic surgery, in the end lost ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi starts with the affair.

Disc one of two unscrupulous gym employees who conducted the CIA to try to end up selling memoir does not contain the agent.


Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, and Brad Pitt. It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and it was released on October 17, 2008 in the United Kingdom. The film had its premiere on August 27, 2008, when it opened the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

Faced with a demotion at work due to a drinking problem, Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) quits his job as a CIA analyst and resolves to write a memoir about his life and career. When his pediatrician wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) finds out, she sees it as a justifiable opportunity to file for divorce and continue her extramarital affair unimpeded. Taking her lawyer's advice, she copies financial records and several other files from her husband's computer onto a CD.


When the CD gets left on the locker room floor of Hardbodies, a local gym, by a careless law firm employee, it falls into the hands of personal trainer Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and his co-worker Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), who mistake the numerical data in the Cox's bank records and the cryptic first draft of Osbourne's memoir to be highly sensitive government information. After getting the data traced back to Osbourne, Chad and Linda plan to give the disc back to him for a reward, with Linda planning to use the money to pay for cosmetic surgery. But when a phone call and subsequent in-person meeting with Osbourne goes horribly wrong, Chad and Linda turn over the disc to the Russian embassy, offering more information in return for monetary compensation. With no other data to give them, Linda persuades Chad to sneak into the Cox home to get more files from their computer.


Meanwhile, Osbourne's increasingly erratic behavior - aggravated in part by his encounters with Chad and Linda - prompt Katie to move ahead with the divorce proceedings. She changes the locks on their house, forcing Osbourne to move onto the sailboat they have docked on Chesapeake Bay. With her husband out of the picture, Katie invites her lover, Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) to move in. A womanizing Treasury Department employee and U.S. Marshal, Pfarrer is coincidentally also secretly seeing Linda. When he finds a strange man hiding in a bedroom closet in Katie's house - actually Chad in search of more documents for Linda - Harry panics and shoots him point blank in the face. Seeing that Chad has no identification or labels in his suit, Harry believes he has just killed a spy and quickly disposes of the body by dumping it in the bay.

Two days later at the CIA headquarters, an official named Palmer (David Rasche) and his director (J. K. Simmons) learn that information from Osbourne has been given to the Russian Embassy. They are perplexed and decide to maintain observation until the situation "makes sense."


Harry, increasingly anxious after killing a man he believes was a government spy, gets into an argument with Katie and decides to leave the house. On his way out, he spots a man who has been trailing him for the past several days. After tackling him to the ground, Harry finds out that the man is a process server tasked with giving him divorce papers from his wife Sandy (Elizabeth Marvel), who is having an extramarital liaison of her own. Harry is devastated and goes to see an agitated Linda, who confides in Harry that her friend Chad is missing; he agrees to try to help find him (unaware that Chad is the man he killed in Cox's home).

The next morning, Harry and Linda meet in a park, and she provides him with more information about Chad's disappearance. When Harry realizes that Chad is the man he killed, he flees in terror, assuming Linda is also a spy. Linda then turns to Ted Treffon (Richard Jenkins), the kindhearted manager of Hardbodies, who has unrequited feelings for her. Believing the Russians have kidnapped Chad, he agrees to go to the Cox home to search Osbourne's computer. Unemployed and having spent the past several days living on a small boat, Osbourne becomes unhinged when he finds out that his wife has emptied his bank accounts, and, no longer having keys, decides to break into the house to get some of his personal belongings.


Finding Ted in the basement, Osbourne initially takes him to be Katie's lover and fires a gunshot at him. Ted manages to get out of the house, only to be fatally attacked by a hatchet-wielding Osbourne.

At CIA headquarters a few days later, Palmer and his director try to understand what exactly happened. It is revealed that while trying to board a flight to Venezuela, Harry was detained because his name was on a hot list, Ted's body has been disposed of and the CIA are holding Linda who is promising to keep quiet about everything if they will pay for her cosmetic surgery.


A CIA agent shot Osbourne during his hatchet assault on Ted and the bullet has put Osbourne in a coma. The director instructs Palmer to let Harry fly to Venezuela, saying that the US has no extradition treaty with Venezuela, decides the CIA will pay for Linda's surgery and postpones considering Osbourne's situation until he regains consciousness, which is not likely. The director tells Palmer that they didn't really learn anything.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Mallika Sherawat lies about Kamal's 'Viswaroopam'

Mallika Sherawat lies about Kamal's 'Viswaroopam'
Mallika Sherawat who is well famous for her “less clothes more comfort’ attitude is all set to make her comeback into Kollywood with a Tamil movie “Vishwaroopam”. If reports are to be believed, the actress is claiming that she was offered a role by Kamal Hassan for his movie ‘Vishwaroopam” which is likely going to feature actress Deepika Padukone on lead.
The seductive beauty is mellowing to her near and dear that from September 2011, she will be busy for almost 20 days in a Kollywood project of Kamal Hassan. The actress who played a cameo in “Dasavaataram” of Kamal Hassan will do a similar stunt in his ‘Vishwaroopam” as well.
However, close to sources to Kamal Hassan reveal that, the versatile actor, who is now directing the movie has not approached Mallika sherawat and it is the actress, who is self claiming to be offered a role, in Kamal Hassan project in order to gain some free publicity.
Sources say that, Sonakshi Sinha mother who played spoilsport and refused to some proposed on screen kissing scenes for Sonakshi Sinha with Kamal and so Kamal Hassan is opting for more broad minded beauty like Deepika Padukone or Anushka Sharma in his project.

Kareena Kapoor refused to act with Ajay Devgan

Kareena Kapoor refused to act with Ajay Devgan
Kareena Kapoor has really become a busy bee these days. And this even forced her to loose out on an opportunity to star in one of the best commercial project the remake of the south Indian hit Maryada Ramanna opposite Ajay Devgn.This has made not just directors but also producers unhappy in Bollywood.

Bebo as she is famously called in Bollywood does not even have enough time for Agent Vinod which is almost like her own movie starring Saif Ali Khan as a RAW agent. The remake of the movie Maryada Ramanna is so big that it has made heads turn as to how Kareena Kapoor could afford to miss this.The story revolves around a normal man who is being chased for a murder his father committed.

The man meets a girl who says she is in love with him and then how he takes care of the threat on his life and his girl forms the rest of the story. NR Pachisia is directing this movie and Ajay Devgn stars in the lead role. Kareena Kapoor is currently busy with the projects of Ra.One starring Shahrukh Khan, Short Term Shaadi with Imran Khan, Bodyguard with Salman Khan and a film which is yet to be titled with Aamir Khan.It is said that she can't give dates to anyone for the next 8 months or so as she is neck deep in commitments. No wonder why she had a rift with Saif Ali Khan as she was not able to give him enough time.

Fan calls Hrithik 'dumbass', the star replies with love!

Fan calls Hrithik 'dumbass', the star replies with love!
When u get gud comments and praises, then Twitter is great, but when u get bad comments and abuses then Twitter is bad. Hrithik is the latest Bollywood celebrity abused on Twitter.

One of his followers, who's known to post abusive messages at celebrities, called the actor 'dumba$$' in response to an interview that was put up online. 'Ek adha emotion apni acting me bhi laa dumbass!' the follower posted on Hrithik's page. The actor instantly acknowledged it by retweeting it and said, 'Am trying. Will try harder...love.'

Most celebrities when abused online go into a shell or get into a verbal 'tu tu main main' with the haters or trolls (nicknames for those who indulge in abusing online), but actor Hrithik Roshan is probably the first Bollywood actor to respond to an abuse in an unique way on Twitter.This development was unlike any of Bollywood celebrities in the past. Most chose to go offline when faced with a situation like that, the recent being actor Shah Rukh Khan.

When contacted, Hrithik admitted that he has been subjected to abuses online, but decided to face it instead of resorting to knee-jerk reactions. "There are some people who might not say things that you like. Some might be a little too harsh. But how you choose to react to a situation is completely in your hands. I am a very non-reactive person that way. It is very hard to get me to react harshly to anybody," says Hrithik.

The star says that it is really hard to get him angry. "It hurts, but that doesn't mean that you hurt people back. Nor do I think that fighting or getting angry solves any problem. One needs to think logical when you want to solve a problem," he adds.It is the same belief that holds him in stead during extreme criticism. "You need to accept criticism with a smile. People criticise you because they love you and they want you to do better. If you want to do well in life this is one thing that you must take positively. Criticism has always prompted me to strive better and outdo myself," he concludes.

Source Code Movie Review

Source Code
Groundhog Day with the inevitable comparisons. Influential action film, which takes the hero of the brave. Complete mastery of the case develops. 12 Monkeys is one that in mind.

There will be a lot of loose ends, but do not remove them more about the secrets of evoking the film. Humans respond to their situations. This camera allows us to study up close.

Almost half of the film is played with haunting camera. Back to the point of view through the furnace. When we look at the most to show, there is no evidence of an audience. As a viewer, we are the Deutschland-voyeurs.

Source Code
How movies work normally, if somewhat playfully and self-consciously about the Outlook. We hop between mind and reality.

A story with no plot, "one mind" It becomes more and more like a story.

Why are so snobby? Common reference point for extended discussion.

Wittgenstein loved movies, they also clean shower after your day job is found.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

New Wrong Turn 4 Poster | Wrong Turn 4 in production

New Wrong Turn 4 Poster
Killer debut (coming out on DVD 17th October), the film is a prequel: Just when you thought it was safe to wander off the beaten path once again, killer Hilliiker Brothers Wrong Turn Four with a go-round are coming back to "WT3" Director Declan O'Brien looks back on the director's chair. March BD. Get the full report in.

Being a resident of Southern California, I experienced -20 degree weather this past March, courtesy of the Fox visit, I Winnipeg, Canada was hoisted "Wrong Turn 4" visit the dubious privilege not enjoyed the set, studio long-running franchise killer - the latest installment in the village.

Winnipeg but I said yes, I did not?way.

Asylum - the former Brandon Mental Health Centre - is bad, in fact, was not abandoned to hospitals. Fully only in 1999, the empty, crumbling it, terrible ugliness I hope the film is set in view of my previous experiences in the isolated structures was not left vacant for several decades. Peeling paint and decaying stairwells were in short supply here, because if all the doctors, patients and nurses was raised and left years ago instead of only premises.

Rain, African Queen, Sunset Blvd singing in days, set an upper floor where I hosted the screening of staff of a classic Hollywood imagery was located in an old auditorium. (That last one, perhaps, be the product of some rebel orderly sick joke).

Included six questions about the film's young cast members a little bit and I imagine each of their characters as I saw them - sexy, brunette slut, porcelain simplicity, hunky boyfriend. It went a little something like this:

Regardless radiates love him as he regards with suspicion, his pressed lavender blend v-neck with his female partner winter wear pastel tones well. Slut, by L 'Oreal her long hair cascading in waves of perfection is standing by idly.

Suddenly, a stage has reached the other end of the dark room. It is a small bundle wrapped jacket, twirling through the air and a hollow roll across the wooden floor tumbling. Group all at once his sight as it spins around (clumsy, simplicity, loving, long-limbed model type with specific African) side of the register, instantly integrated into the alarm state of the sudden.

The bundle comes to rest a dozen feet away. They stare at it, uncomprehending. Jackets their missing friend, simply claim seriously.

Bundle as the others follow slowly behind him, in a tight half circle around the house with fingers trembling as she kneels unwraps the simplicity. Fall off the edges, he suddenly screams echoed against the walls of high-ceilinged room, regardless of his friend's severed head lying in the center of the garment to be drawing all eyes - its cleaved ragged borders a dark meat, huge margin encircling the blood and sinew of his neck where a thick clump of raspberry jelly to be used as a spread.

Ingnue bundle to scream as he recoils and stumbles away from the floundering of terror continues in a sudden storm, she cries jagged cut through the stale air of the auditorium as he staggers back against the boyfriend and bone white fingers If it clings together. His eyes, his alarm, his fine style - just by force of a sudden, her body tensed against her bangs numbly at the sharp angles of the object remains fixed ...

Around a movie that spins 30 minutes of story in a completely new direction, a phenomenon marks the screenwriting terminology, just the first act of the event described in the "plot point" can be labeled.Engaging young adults in their dark place seems abandoned, dangerous characteristics picked up soon and perceptive members of the group, shit hits the fan shortly thereafter.

New Wrong Turn 4 Poster
Twenty-something friends as a last hurray before his college graduation to go on a snowmobiling trip a group: paradigm that more or less "WT4" 'is expressed in the basic plot. They soon find ourselves in an unexpected snowstorm after getting lost are trapped in an abandoned mental hospital. But not really left the hospital, some of his former patients still live there. Three guesses which of them are former patients, and the first two (cough, killer mutant Hillbillies) does not count.

It is also noted that the movie is a prequel, a range of franchise entry that apparently no longer the sole domain of big budget science fiction film should be. Later, we briefly director Declan O'Brien (also the third installment) helmed coming down with something special.

"I Wrong Turn 3 'has ended and you know very well, it sold well, I was happy with him," O, a young, bright-eyed appearance, which my late 30s I as being measured or in the early 40s. "And Fox called again and said 'Hey, you want to Wrong Turn 4? And you know, [they] said." Well, maybe you can bring back three-finger, I like him and I'm six died way [] Wrong Turn 3 'Sunday, there is no way he's coming back. Give me a weekend . think about the story and I get back to you. " "

That is why it is evident how the previous movies became mutant assassins who they decided to go the prequel route.

In short, fans of the three (Sean Skene) Finger, sawtooth (Scott Johnson) and ophthalmic (Sean's brother Dan Skene, both of which are also under the direction of stunt coordinator Rick father worked as stunt actors) to see will get to - Hilliker Brothers aka - flashing forward several years later as they embark on their innocent wayward civilian massacre ever before in all my pre-pubescent glory (?).

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Big Brother 13 Premieres Tonight on CBS; Early Bird Special on Live Feeds Ends Today

Big Brother
“BIG BROTHER” PREMIERES JULY 7 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK…AS WELL AS ONLINE, ON SHOWTIME(R) AND ON NEW MOBILE PLATFORMS


Newest Offering Includes Mobile App with 24/7 Live Feed for Android Smart Phones and Tablets

Mobile and Online Platforms Also Feature New Fan Interactive Games, Cast Bios and Photos, Access to BIG BROTHER Fantasy Teams and the Latest Videos and Behind-the-Scenes Clips

CBS Partners Again with RealNetworks for Live 24/7 “All Access” Feeds from Inside the House, and SHOWTIME for “BIG BROTHER: After Dark”

Another summer of BIG BROTHER begins July 7 on the CBS Television Network, bringing with it a host of companion presentations via cable, online and mobile platforms.

For the 11th consecutive summer, RealNetworks SuperPass members who are registered as premium users will have access to exclusive live streaming video 24/7.

For the first time, live streaming from inside the BIG BROTHER house will be available on mobile devices. Fans can catch all of the action on a new app for Android(TM)-based mobile phones and tablets*. Fans can subscribe through RealNetwork’s SuperPass at www.real.com/bigbrother.

This summer marks the first time that a reality show will provide a live feed of their program for mobile users. The mobile app will be available for download on Android-powered mobile devices following the show’s premiere via the Android Market(TM). The tablet app will be available for download later in the month.

All users of the BIG BROTHER app will have free access to the following features:

· BIG BROTHER cast bios and photos, the latest videos and behind-the-scenes clips.

· Management of CBS.com BIG BROTHER Fantasy Teams directly through the app.**

· A Fan Central destination where fans can chat with each other, follow the latest Tweets from BIG BROTHER fans, participate in weekly polls and monitor all of the latest BIG BROTHER news.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Top 10 Photo Editing Sites In All Over The World

Top 10 Photo Editing Sites In All Over The World
Cameras have come a long way, but photo editing was something which became commercialized only 10-15 years ago. When we had no means to edit a photo, we saw posters and ads made on a painter's canvas, creative photographers edited or manipulated their photos by piecing two negatives of different shots together. At the dawn of Digital photo editing, we saw some amazing creativity on magazines, banners and posters. But still the layman had no idea what digital processing/editing was.

And then almost 10 years ago, when Photoshop was available commercially, people realized the power of a photo editing tool. As years passed by, countless photo editing tools became available. But at the same time, they were being sold at a higher price.

With digital cameras making the scene, almost every person developed a hobby in editing their own photos, and social networking sites gave them the opportunity to showcase their work.

But after shelling out for an expensive digital camera, the consumer is forced to shell out some more money to buy these digital editing softwares, putting the hobby on hold. But there are a few free websites which offer some amazing tools for photo editing. Here’s listing out a few.

Website: www.pikipimp.com

Pikipimp is targeted for the social networking users. It’s just the perfect site to edit someone’s picture into something hideous and funny.


What we found good: You can change any person’s look using the preloaded 'elements', otherwise known as filters or effects. There are a handful of fun effects like beard, hair styles, eyes, ears and many more. And for the naughty people out there, there is a kinky effect - bikinis (I’m really curious to see how people make good use of this effect).

What we found bad: It is ONLY for editing photos for the social networking sites, so enthusiasts and professionals can find themselves a bit disappointed.

Website: www.fotoflexer.com

The User Interface (UI) of fotoflexer is easily one of the best UI's seen in a photo editing site. A very clean and easy to use flash based UI, makes it the ultimate site for novice photo editors to learn the basics. Personally, we found fotoflexer the best photo editing site. There are so many good features on this site, we would have to write a special review for it.


What we found good: The simplistic buttons and menu will let the users do some fun work from the start, without spending most of their time trying to find out what a specific tool is meant to do. From adding text to glitter to photo effects, fotoflexer does most of the best of editing with the click of two buttons, for which other sites and tools may have a complex procedure.

What we found bad: The only thing that this site was missing was the marquee and the magic wand tool.

Website: www.lunapic.com

Lunapic may not appeal to users at the first look. The homepage gives a feeling that this site would not be good at all. But as they say, never judge a book by its cover. Lunapic is the perfect photo editing site for amateurs and professionals alike.


What we found good: Lunapic is all about the tools and effects provided on the site. By just looking at the arsenal of tools and effects on the site, any person’s imagination will start to work and will be busy for hours in editing various photos. Lunapic provides tutorials in the form of forums. This is a very good idea, because imagination has no limits and various users keep posting walkthroughs about something very creative.

What we found bad: Not all effects are good looking and cannot be aligned as per choice, for example - lens flare.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Movie Review: Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap

 Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap
 Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap
Director Puri Jagannath's Bbuddah...Hoga Terra Baap (Old, Must Be Your Father) reiterates the commonly used phrase "old in age, but young at heart" with 68-year-old Amitabh Bachchan as a rebellious flamboyant hitman.

Releasing on Thursday, it'll see Big B splashing colour and giving youngsters a run for their money in his own inimitable style on a Harley Davidson.

With the film, the angry young man of the '70s and '80s returns to re-live various roles that he played in his successful hits. Interestingly, in the action comedy, his screen name is Vijay and is likely to be the most flamboyant character of the year.

You have known him as THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN of 70’s. His screen name has mostly been Vijay. You have seen him as a cop, a victim, an actor, an activist, a gangster on loose but for the first time you’ll see AMITABH BACHCHAN as AMITABH BACHCHAN. That’s right for the first time BIG B is encashing on his brand value in Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap (Buddha Hoga Tera Baap). He’s singing and dancing to his old tunes in Go Meera Go. He’s mouthing his popular dialogues again– Hum jahan khade hote hai line wahin se shuru hoti hai sending a clear message to his not-so-contemporaries that listen Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap (Buddha Hoga Tera Baap).

We all are aware of Amitabh’s colossal image, his poignant figure, then why Mr. Bachchan wanted to come out so strongly, so aggressively in Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap? Why he did something that is so contradictory to his modest attitude? May be he did for his fans, may be he realized that’s time to get rid off the attitude and declare that he’s the biggest showman alive in this business. Or may be he wants to declare – that actors will come and go but he’s here to stay. Whatever are the reasons there’s one thing for sure, that Mr. Bachchan rules Bollywood! And to testify that- you have Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap where right from the first frame anxiety levels run high, as you can’t wait to see Mr. Bachchan on screen.

BHTP is more of a family saga than a thriller though the storyline suggests the latter. ACP Karan (Sonu Sood ) is after a mafia gang who are involved in serial blasts in Mumbai. Viju (Amitabh Bachchan) is hired to kill ACP Karan. Is Viju an assassin or a saviour? Find out when you watch Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap (Buddha Hoga Tera Baap). The screenplay is refreshing in bits and pieces specially the climax that provides enough dozes of laughter. The ending however is bit emotional as you would never, ever want Big B to say goodbye! Raveena Tondon’s so called comeback is charismatic. Hema Malini can still give young actresses a run for their money in a simple Saree. And no, Mr. Bachchan and Hema Malini’s chemistry is no where close to their chemistry in Baghban, except the song Haal-e-dil which is so similar to Main yahan tu wahan of Baghban. The title is more of a catch phrase and bears no relevance to the story. Overall the movie is a good package that incorporates action, emotions and laughter, but if it wasn’t for Mr. Bachchan multiplexes would never witness so many senior citizens walking in. Just like the director we too thank Mr. Bachchan for entertaining us for many years through his body of work.

Ratan Ka Rishta 3 July 2011 Watch Online Episode 31 - DVD Quality

Ratan Ka Rishta 3
Watch online DVD Quality Video of Episode 31 of NDTV Imagine's Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta on Sunday 3 July, 2011. Episode Uploading will begin at 8:15 pm onwards.

Part 1 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 2 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 3 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 4 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 5 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 6 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 7 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 8 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 9 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 10 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Part 11 - 3 July: Swayamvar Season 3 - Ratan Ka Rishta Episode 31

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Rakhi Sawant prays for Aishwarya

Rakhi Sawant
Item girl Rakhi Sawant is elated to hear that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is expecting and she said that she is praying this to Lord Jesus for the last eight months.

Rakhi Sawant said, "Aishwarya has everything in life - success, fame and money. I'm sure she wanted to experience motherhood. I love the Bachchan family and my best wishes are with them." Is she also thinking to settle down? "Not at all. I still have a few more years left to work before I settle down in life and take a sabbatical. Mujhe pata hai heroines ki kya right age hai shaadi karne ke liye. Of what we have seen so far, 34-35 is perfect for anyone to get married. Fortunately, I still have about five more years to invest in the industry," she says. "Swayamvar ke baad se toh vishwas shaadi se uth gaya. Har kisi ki kismat Aishwarya Rai, Shilpa Shetty jaisi nahin hoti. They are lucky to have found the right life partner. It is scary to get married to a person who wants to use you for personal gains”.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Telugu film review: 180 is emotional torture

180 Movie Review
180 is two and a half hours of emotional torture that is so brutally assaultive in its determination to extort sympathy from viewers that it practically leaps off the screen and into their laps in order to get to it. This film is completely contrived and uneven; by the end we are screaming to yank our eyes and ears away from all that overtly dramatic music, glycerin tears, the super sensitive subject choice and the crushing lack of sensibility. Siddharth’s heartfelt performance and the exquisite cinematography can't redeem the dramatic fallacies surrounding this mess.

Mind you, 180 has a rather intriguing first act, but by the end it just left me mourning the movie that might have been.The idea of a young character facing death can’t help but be compelling in a way, but director Sarma and his writing collaborator Umarji Anuradha aren’t satisfied with telling the story in a clean and straightforward manner. Instead, they adopt a structure that tells the story from the shifting memories of the central character, (though on close inspection it’s a technique they ignore as often as they follow it).

A stranger who calls himself Ajay (Siddharth) arrives in Kasi on a spiritual journey. After a super duper ultra slow motion bath in the river, he moves to Hyderabad and stays as a paying guest with an elderly couple (Mouli and Geetha). Ajay indulges in weird things like selling moong falli on the streets, helping slum kids deliver newspapers and standing up for the common man. Photo journalist Vidya (Menen) is smitten by Ajay’s saintly attitude, and she wastes no time in expressing her feelings for him. Ajay, who hides a traumatic past, rejects her and suddenly leaves the city – it’s when Jayendra pulls the rug from under our feet by involving one of the characters in a terrible accident.The frightening escalation of Ajay’s past is glimpsed in vivid flashbacks, but the result is a laughable jumble.

Moreover, Jayendra and Anuradha ratchet up the mawkish quotient mercilessly. It’s not simply that they go for the jugular in scenes like the inevitable one where the hero wants to make one last visit to his lady love.It’s that they ladle on the plot holes with grotesque profusion. A character who suffers from a broken spine is shifted from Hyderabad to San Francisco for an emergency surgery. Another sees death – which is portrayed as a sidey black man wearing trench coats and carrying ropes. And while a patient battles life and death, we’re transported to the romantic flashback between Ajay and Renu (Anand), which includes a picturesque joyous song sequence, then an obligatory sad cameo from Ajay’s mother who dies, which is almost immediately followed by a wedding and another romantic number.

Tonal inconsistencies be damned, 180 suffers from sheer sloppiness of script that results in scenes of comedic frivolity.The dramatic turns in the second half are so conceptually off-kilter that they really succeed as unintentional hilarity. A prime example of the latter would be a scene where ‘Death’ (the black dude) stands on a flowing river, and points and laughs. Not to mention the big reveal – the scene is hysterically overlaid with a dramatic song so as to dampen its persuasive power. It's as if Siddharth had to convince even the filmmakers of his plight.

Priya Anand’s performance — talk about people going overboard in an effort to make an impression. I can understand why she would want to take this role, but her work here is so shrill and overbearing (even beyond the demands of the character) that it just becomes embarrassing. Nithya Menen comes off as painfully forced for most part of the film. The best performance is given by Balasubramaniam’s high speed camera that captures some truly amazing, detailed slow-mo nuggets (although why those sequences existed in the movie remains a mystery).

180 feels like there was an explosion at the sob story factory and little pieces from dozens of different films were jammed together into one dreadful mutant. The whole terminal illness melodrama attacks your chest so relentlessly, that by the time it's over you’re forced to beg for a defibrillator.

Dabangg Bags Four IIFA Awards

Salman
The Best Screenplay Award, at the ongoing IIFA Awards in Toronto, went to Abhinav Kashyap and Dilip Shukla for the Salman Khan blockbuster Dabangg. Mamta Sharma won the Floriana IIFA Award for best playback female singer for her song Munni badnam hui... from Dabangg at the 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Toronto (June 25).

"I love you so much...Lalitji I love you so much...Shah Rukh I love you much... Toronto I love you so much,'' said Mamta Sharma, as Arshad Warsi announced the award at the show co-hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Shah Rukh Khan.

The award for the best playback song went to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere mast mast do nain... from Dabanng.

For music direction, the award went to Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit for Dabangg.

For lyrics, the IIFA award went to Niranjan Iyengar for Sajda.. and Noor-e-Khuda.. in My Name is Khan. The award was accepted by Karan Johar on his behalf.

My Name Is Khan also bagged the Best Story Award for Shivani Bhatija.

Other winners at the IIFA are:
• Best Costume Designing - Niharika Khan - Band Baaja Baaraat
• Best Action - S. Vijayan - Dabangg
• Best Makeup - Banu (For Rajnikant) - Robot
• Best Background Score - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy - My Name Is Khan
• Best Song Recording - Vijay Dayal and Ainvayi Ainvayi - Band Baaja Baaraat
• Best Choreography Award - Farah Khan - Munni Badnam for Dabangg
• Best Editing - Namrata Rao - Band Baaja Baaraat
• Best Sound Recording - Pritam Das - Love, Sex Aur Dhokha
• Best Sound Re-recording - Leslie Fernandes - Dabangg
• Best Cinematography - Sudeep Chatterjee - Guzaarish
• Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril - Robot
• Best Special Effects -Indian Artists - Robot

Vidya Balan is getting hotter!

Vidya Balan
Seems like the sizzling quotient in her new movie, Dirty Picture is already giving Vidya Balan the fever.

The acclaimed actress was to do a series of reading workshops with Tusshar Kapoor over the next couple of days, but unfortunately for her, Viddy woke up on Thursday morning with high temperature and unbearable body ache, informed a unit member.

Since director Milan Luthria couldn't hold the workshop without his onscreen Silk Smitha, he has cancelled the sessions until she recovers.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com

Aamir Khan's 'hair-raising' item song in Delhi Belly

Amir Khan
Besides having sported a retro look for his much-talked-about item song in his forthcoming production, Delhi Belly, Aamir Khan also seemed to have adopted a peculiar mannerism.

He is seen consciously caressing his seemingly overgrown chest hair!

This reminded us of Austin Powers and when we pointed out the resemblance to Hollywood actor Mike Myers' over-the-top trait, the actor quipped, "No no, it is inspired by Anil Kapoor." and then he quickly added, "I hope he doesn't get angry with me now."

Also, at a recent press meet the actor-filmmaker revealed a secret he wanted to hold on to, until the film releases on July 1 he has also lent his voice for the item number I love You Like I Hate You.

Aamir further added that he was inspired by many yesteryear's actors to do this number.

"Like the hairstyle is inspired by Amitabh Bachchan, the dancing moves are an influence of Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty and Govinda," he explains.

Watch out for a sexier Katrina

Katrina
The actress bags a role in the film and is already going through a special training to fit the part

It is confirmed. Katrina Kaif is the next Dhoom girl. Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra were also in the running for the role but it was Kats who finally bagged the project.

She will star opposite Aamir Khan in this Yash Raj banner's next to be directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya.

Esha Deol and Bipasha Basu went through a complete make over and wowed the audience with their super hot bods and bikini look in the earlier editions of the movie.

It is to be seen now whether Aditya Chopra can convince Katrina to let go of her inhibitions and don a bikini in this one.

A source informs, "Kats will have a sexy makeover for the film, as per the tradition. A Dhoom girl is supposed to look extremely sensous.

Though she has great body but for this film she will have to undergo special training and tone up a bit more."

YRF's favourite

The model-turned-actress seems to have become the latest blue-eyed girl of the Yash Raj Films. Dhoom 3 will be her fifth film with the banner.

The actress has just wrapped-up Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and is soon to start shooting for Kabir Khan's Ek Tha Tiger with Salman Khan. She is also doing Yash Chopra's next with Shah Rukh Khan.

As of now, barring Zindagi Na Mile Dobara, Kats is only doing films with YRF.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com

Salman Khan caught Smoking in public again !

Salman With Cigrate
Looks like actor Salman Khan has again got back to his trouble lander mode. Days after he was fined for smoking in public, Bollywood’s ‘dabangg’ actor Salman Khan was seen flouting the rule. Salman, who is shooting for the film-Bodyguard in Patiala was seen smoking at Sarhind Road.

This public figure, who is enjoying the success of Ready got into trouble while shooting in Punjab earlier for smoking a cigar in public. Salman and the producer of the upcoming film were slapped a fine when they were caught smoking in Baradari based Hotel Neemrana a few days back.

While shooting for his film Bodyguard in Punjab, Salman was penalised by the local administration for smoking in public place at a hotel. Taking a photograph as a proof, which was published in a daily, the Patiala district administration issued a notice (challan) to Salman Khan, which was ironically observed as World No Tabacco Day.

Reportedly, a Patiala-based NGO has also decided to serve a legal notice to Salman for smoking in public. In January 2009, Salman was issued two notices for smoking at a public place in Kurali town in Punjab's Mohali district earlier.

The star cast of the film including Kareena Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Asrani and Aditya Pancholi are camping in Patiala for the film’s shooting, which will continue till July 15.

Is Katrina Kaif The Next Item Girl For Dhoom 3?

 Katrina Kaif
But after much speculation, India's sexiest woman Katrina Kaif again proved that he is still the most sought after sexy actress when it comes to making the numbers.