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Gautamiputra Satakarani team to Madhya Pradesh
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Prestigious 100th film, Gautamiputra Satakarani team is currently on a break for director Krish’s marriage. The team has completed three schedules so far in Georgia, Morocco and Hyderabad. The next schedule of the film will begin in Hyderabad in the third week of August.
Once the schedule is complete, the team will be heading to Madhya Pradesh for a major schedule. By the end of Madhya Pradesh schedule, most of the movie’s talkie part will be complete. The makers are shooting non-stop for the film so as to make sure the movie releases on January 12th, 2017 release as Sankranthi Special.
The recently released first look poster of the film is greeted to good response and increased hype on the film. The makers have roped India’s best costume designer and three times National Awards winner Neetu Lulla to design the costumes and ornament in the film. Devi Sri Prasad is the music composer.
Kabali Music Director for Venkatesh
Victory Venkatesh’s Babu Bangaram is gearing up for release on August 12th as Independence day Special. The actor after this film is going to work on the remake of Bollywood film, Saala Khadoos. The director of the original, Sudha Kongara will be wielding megaphone for this film as well.
Santosh Narayanan, the music director of Kabali is scoring music for the film. The music director had started the music sittings of the film. We are also told that Rama Jogayya Sastry penned an inspiring song for the film. The movie will feature Ritika Singh, the boxer turned actress who starred in the original.
Venkatesh started preparation for his role in the film. He started bulking up his physique. He even joined boxing classes to prepare himself for his role of a rugged and intense boxing coach. The film’s official announcement is likely to come up after the release of Babu Bangaram
China top court warns of criminal liability for SCS violators
In a bid to nullify the international tribunal’s verdict that struck down its claims over the disputed South China Sea, China’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a regulation reaffirming the country’s jurisdiction over its territorial seas warning foreigners of criminal liability for violations of its sovereignty.
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued a regulation of judicial interpretation to clarify China’s jurisdiction over its territorial seas, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.The explanation provides a clear legal basis for China to safeguard maritime order, marine safety and interests, and to exercise integrated management over the country’s jurisdictional seas, it quoted an SPC statement as saying.
The regulation, taking effect on Tuesday, stated that Chinese citizens or foreigners would be pursued with criminal liability if they were engaged in illegal hunting or fishing, or killing endangered wildlife in China’s jurisdictional seas.The SPC statement said “judicial power is an important component of national sovereignty. People’s courts will actively exercise jurisdiction over China’s territorial waters, support administrative departments to legally perform maritime management duties, equally protect the legal rights of Chinese and foreign parties involved and safeguard Chinese territorial sovereignty and maritime interests”.
The judicial explanation, based on Chinese law, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and judicial practices, further clarifies China’s maritime jurisdiction.According to the regulation by the SPC, jurisdictional seas not only include inland waters and territorial seas, but also cover regions including contiguous zones, exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.
The SPC move is seen as an attempt to provide legal cover to China’s maritime claims over almost all of the South China Sea in the backdrop of the July 12 judgement of the tribunal appointed by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) quashing China’s nine-dash-line claim over the SCS.
It also upheld the Philippines’ rights over the area claimed by Manila. China has rejected the verdict delivered in response to the petition which the PCA said is binding.While Beijing said the tribunal’s verdict was null and void as it is illegally constituted, Tuesday’s regulation by the top court was expected to provide a legal cover for Chinese military and coast guard to effectively implement China’s claims over nearly 90 per cent of the SCS and back the rights of its fishermen to continue fishing in the region.
Besides Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan contests China’s claims over the area with counter claims.The court regulation followed assertions by the Chinese military to protect the country’s maritime rights and interests in the backdrop of increasing tensions over the SCS after the PCA tribunal struck down Beijing’s clams.
Trump attacks media; calls CNN “Clinton News Network”
Lashing out at American media, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump termed CNN as “Clinton News Network” and called the New York Times “dishonest” for allegedly favouring his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.“You look at CNN, it’s called the Clinton news network.
All day long, Trump, Trump —— all day long, CNN, Trump, Trump, such a bad guy,” Mr. Trump on Monday said at a town hall in Columbus, Ohio.Targeting the New York Times, Mr. Trump said, “the New York Times is really, really dishonest, and it’s failing. I don’t think they’ll be in business more than two or three years.
Look at their numbers. They’re failing”.
The Republican presidential nominee alleged these newspapers write stories favouring his rival Hillary Clinton.
“Crooked Hillary they write beautifully about,” he alleged.
Mr. Trump accused CNN of “inaccurate information”, and said he won’t be doing any of their shows until they “straighten up”.“I think their ratings are going to go down really sharply now. They’ve been asking me to go on for months. I won’t do their shows. When people finally realise that I’m not doing their shows they stop watching. That’s what happens,” Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump alleged media outlets, except Fox are very tough on him.
“Fox has at least been fair. So at some point, at some point we’re just gonna keep barrelling through,” he said.Referring to the recent decision of his campaign to revoke the press credentials of the Washington Post, Mr. Trump said the newspaper “got a little bit better lately”.
The billionaire from New York who claims to have 22.5 million followers on Twitter and Facebook, said that he would continue to use Twitter.“You know who says don’t use Twitter? Your enemies. Why wouldn’t I use it? Why wouldn’t I —— if I have all these millions of people, and it’s a great way to get a message out.
“So when they write falsely, or say something totally false on the Today Show, or Good Morning America, I’ve put out a tweet. And you’ll see all over television —— we have breaking news,” he said.“I may be tweeting from bed. OK? It’s true. It’s instantaneous. If I put out a beautiful, long, perfectly scripted press release like I did yesterday nobody puts it out. If I put out a 140—character tweet they go crazy. They break into every story. So you got to use it,” Mr. Trump added.
For that ultimate gaming experience
The gaming circuit constantly evolves and undergoes changes every year which makes it an extremely diverse industry. The Nintendo may have disappeared (and still remains a classic) but new rigs have come in to replace them. When it comes to games and gadgets, this industry has a mind-boggling variety of options to offer. While some review games, others see themselves as ‘architects of the experience’, as they build gargantuan rigs to give hardcore gamers, the ultimate gaming experience. Almost a niche category in itself, building custom-made PCs and gaming rigs for high-end consumers and professionals have become quite a head-turner now.
Ahmer Mohammed, an entrepreneur at MvP Gaming, has been a gamer for as long as he can remember. While at college, he and his friends started witnessing the fragmented nature of the PC gaming industry. Rather than creating a customisable machine, assembly shops priced rigs first and then thought of specifications later. “Getting together a gaming rig meant endless hours of research on component benchmarks, ratings and mixing/matching components to arrive at the right configuration. The problems didn’t end there. If you were in a Tier 2 city, many components aren’t in stock and take weeks to arrive.” Ahmer came to the realisation that there were more people out there who didn’t have access to gaming rigs and that is how he started MvP Gaming, a platform to customise rigs and offer quality gaming experiences.
Starting out
As MvP started setting up, Ahmer realised that the market for gaming PCs in India, was divided into three distinct categories — Entry level, Performance level and Enthusiast level. “We decided not to open up a store-front, because it just added to cost, and doesn’t help us in reaching a pan-India audience. This was a big decision, as many customers are reluctant to spend beyond Rs. 50,000 on a gaming rig online, especially since we’re not really Amazon or Flipkart. But we feel that that bet paid off, considering the initial responses that we’ve had.”
So what kind of numbers are involved in PC gaming? The team at MvP feels that the beauty of PC gaming is that it fits any budget. A good rig could cost you anywhere between Rs. 20,000 – 30,000 to over Rs. 2 lakh. If they were to put a number of a state-of-the-art rig, you’d be looking at shelling out a whopping 1.6 lakh for a total enthusiast build. “For a regular budget conscious build, which doesn’t want to compromise on performance — you’re looking at a range between Rs. 50,000 – 80,000, anything above that, you’re in overkill territory.”
A big market
Khwaja Faraz, a visual content creator and strategist for photography, videos, 3D animation and design, has helped research and build medium and higher-end computers for friends. He is of the opinion that building rigs aren’t the most complicated part, but making sure there are no bottlenecks is. “There are very niche companies in India who make proper gaming and workstation computers,” says Khwaja. “The builds that the more popular companies have are either too expensive or are not powerful enough. There are boutique computer builders who do specialise in building high-end rigs but they are very few. India has a huge vacuum in this area, and to my knowledge, there are no big companies in India making proper peripherals for gamers, and that is a pretty big market.”
What it takes
If you’re an engineering student or a computer enthusiast looking to work with customising rigs and personalising gaming for customers, then you may need to have a good understanding of computers, hardware and networking. “The ability to learn quickly, and understand the technical aspects is vital too,” says Khwaja. “A deep love for tinkering helps. Hardware and networking certifications will help as well. To really make one-of-a-kind rigs, design knowledge is an added plus. Being able to work with metal, acrylic and glass will really make you stand out.” Sharing the same sentiment, Ahmer too believes that going crazy with a screwdriver works. “Find out how every individual piece of hardware works. Read up on it as much as you can, troubleshoot your friends’ tech problems, and like with most things, the Internet is a great place to start.” Being an engineer and having studied with some of the brightest minds in the country at NIT Trichy, the one thing that he really values from his academic experience is working with paper-thin deadlines. “Being a start-up, this has helped us immensely, without work pressure ever getting too much to handle.”
Demands
A lot of Indian origin engineers are already helping drive hardware innovation, states Ahmer. “All major hardware manufacturers have research centres in India where a lot of R&D goes into improving upon previous generations of hardware. The future looks bright, with more broadband penetration and a burgeoning middle class — you can expect to see a steady rise in hardware demand over the years, even if conventional forecasting suggests otherwise. The major problem Indian consumers looking for PC hardware face is choice — a dearth of local manufacturers and not all major manufacturers having distribution channels throughout the country. This is bound to change in the near future.”
Trends
The Indian gaming PC market is quite small compared to the rest of the world, simply because of the number of gamers vis-a-vis other countries. “When we look at popular gaming platforms like Steam, India accounts for 850000 active gamers, v/s China who have 9 million gamers for a comparable population,” says Ahmer.
“And looking at global trends, the PC market itself has been shrinking for the past two years on the back of rising smartphone sales. However, gaming enthusiasts are positive about the PC segment being stable and even predicting a geometric growth over the last few quarters. Most of the large PC manufacturers are creating their own gaming lines for PCs and laptops to chart sustainable and profitable growth.
The gamer’s POV
Ranjith Nair, an avid gamer, says that as someone on the other side of gaming, he is always on the lookout for new products. Before buying hardware for a game, he searches for the product that interests him, proceeds to look for alternative models and comes down to specific choices to suit his needs. “I also explore user reviews and videos on unboxing that shows the cons of each product,” says Ranjith. Chennai has a good multi-player platform with a lot of FIFA and DoTA players. He, however states that it has been a while since there was a thriving gaming atmosphere, compared to a time when there were large tournaments that brought together gamers from all parts of the city.
As a gamer, Ranjith looks for good visuals and is prepared to invest in the tech that gives him what he needs. “Budget is another concern but building a good rig will definitely cost you much more than just buying a Playstation 4 or an Xbox One. However, the experience is unparalleled.”
Lenovo K5 Note launch in India: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, LeEco Le 2, Oppo A37 and other alternatives for shoppers
Lenovo successfully launched its latest premium budget smartphone, K5 Note, in India on Monday at an attractive price starting at just Rs. 11,999.
Ever since Lenovo K4 Note ruled the premium budget segment, several companies launched upgraded devices such as Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, LeEco Le 2, Huawei Honor 5C and Oppo A37 to attract a wider audience. While the K4 Note’s popularity started to fade, Lenovo returned stronger than before and launched the K5 Note.
Lenovo launched two versions of the K5 Note, one with 3GB RAM and the other with 4GB. The entry-level variant competes against all the popular smartphones in the similar price range. The 4GB model is priced at Rs. 13,499 and targets performance-driven users. There are several smartphone options within Rs. 15,000 price range and below are some of the most popular ones for shoppers.
In terms of specifications, Lenovo K5 Note is a pretty fair deal. It boasts a 5.5-inch Full HD display with scratch resistant glass, 13MP primary camera, an 8MP front snapper and a metal unibody. It is powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6755 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage with microSD card support and a 3,500mAh battery. The handset runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has fingerprint scanner, dual SIM support, 4G LTE along with VoLTE support.
As for its rivals, below are the ten possible alternatives for shoppers that are worth considering.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD screen
Camera: 16MP primary camera with dual LED flash and a 5MP front snapper
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB
Battery: 4,050mAh
OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop-based MIUI 7
Add-ons: Metal unibody, fingerprint scanner, dual SIM, 4G LTE, VoLTE
Price: Rs. 11,999
LeEco Le 2
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD screen
Camera: 16MP primary camera with dual LED flash and an 8MP front snapper
Processor: 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB eMMC5.1
Battery: 3,000mAh
OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow based eUI 5.8
Add-ons: Metal unibody, fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C port with CDLA, dual SIM, 4G LTE, VoLTE
Price: Rs. 11,999
Lenovo ZUK Z1
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD screen
Camera: 13MP primary camera with dual-LED flash, OIS, and an 8MP front snapper
Processor: 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 64GB
Battery: 4,100mAh
OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop based Cyanogen OS 12.1
Add-ons: Fingerprint scanner, dual SIM, USB Type-C, metal frame
Price: Rs. 13,499
Oppo A37
Display: 5-inch HD IPS screen with 2.5D curved glass and Gorilla Glass 4
Camera: 8MP primary camera with LED flash and 5MP front snapper
Processor: 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 16GB, expandable
Battery: 2,630mAh
OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop-based ColorOS 3.0
Add-ons: Dual SIM, 4G LTE, Ultra HD camera mode
Price: Rs. 11,990
Xiaomi Mi Max
Display: 6.44-inch Full HD screen
Camera: 16MP primary camera with dual-LED flash, PDAF and 5MP front snapper
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 hexa-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB
Battery: 4,850mAh
OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow-based MIUI 8.0
Add-ons: Metal unibody, fingerprint scanner, dual SIM, 4G LTE, VoLTE
Price: Rs. 14,999
Motorola Moto G4 Plus
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD screen with Gorilla Glass 3
Camera: 16MP primary camera with PDAF, dual LED flash and 5MP front snapper
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB, expandable
Battery: 3,000mAh with TurboCharger
OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Add-ons: Fingerprint scanner, dual SIM, 4G LTE, VoLTE
Price: Rs. 14,999
Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)
Display: 5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen
Camera: 8MP primary camera with LED flash and 5MP front snapper
Processor: 1.5GHz Spreadtrum quad-core CPU
RAM: 1.5GB
Storage: 8GB, expandable
Battery: 2,600mAh
OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Add-ons: Smart Glow, Turbo Speed Technology, dual SIM,
Price: Rs. 9,750
Meizu M3 Note
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD screen with 2.5D curved glass
Camera: 13MP primary camera with PDAF, dual LED flash and a 5MP front snapper
Processor: 64-bit class MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB
Battery: 4,100mAh
OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop-based FlymeOS
Add-ons: Metal unibody, fingerprint scanner, mBack button, dual SIM, 4G LTE
Price: Rs. 9,999
Panasonic Eluga Note
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD IPS screen
Camera: 16MP camera with triple LED flash and 5MP front snapper
Processor: 1.3GHz MediaTek octa-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB
Battery: 3,000mAh
OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Add-ons: dual SIM, 4G LTE, VoLTE, 3G with HD Voice
Price: Rs. 13,290
Asus Zenfone Max
Display: 5.5-inch HD IPS sreen
Camera: 13MP primary camera with dual-LED flash and 5MP front snapper
Processor: 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core CPU
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB
Battery: 5,000mAh
OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow based ZenUI
Add-ons: Dual SIM, 4G LTE, Asus TruVivid technology, Bluelight Filter for eye care
Price: Rs. 12,999
WOW! Akhil and Pragya
Mega hero Varun Tej’s Kanche heroine Pragya Jaiswal posed for a Hyderabad magazine cover WOW along with Akkineni young hero Akhil. Pragya Jaiswal looks slim and fit, and she said to no to Manchu Hero Manoj for his new movie.
Akkineni Akhil is getting ready for his second movie in the direction of Hanu Raghavapudi, who scored a hit with Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gadha with Nani.
Devi Sri Prasad did not exit Megastar 150
The other day, we have published a rumour that Devi Sri Prasad has walked out of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s Prestigious 150th film. But it is emerging that the rumour is not true. On the occasion of Devi’s Birthday today, Konidela Production Company Twitter Account tweeted Birthday wishes to Devi.
“Wishing our Music director Rockstar @ThisIsDSP a very happy birthday! #Chiru150 #Megastar #Chiranjeevi” they posted on Twitter confirming that he is still with the team. The movie is currently being shot near Chevella where a fight is being canned. The schedules are chalked out in a way there are no big resting periods as Chiranjeevi is keen to release it for Sankranthi 2017. Kajal Aggarwal is selected as the female lead in the film.
The yet to be titled film is the official remake of Tamil blockbuster, Kaththi starring Vijay. VV Vinayak who recently bagged a failure with Akhil – The Power of Jua is given the chance to direct the film. Ram Charan and his mother Surekha are producing the film on their Konidela Production Company.
Excerpts from Sabu Cyril’s Interview about Baahubali
National Award winning Art Director Sabu Cyril is erecting the necessary sets for Rajamouli’s magnum opus film, Baahubali. Sabu Cyril revealed several interesting things about the work for the film which is just beyond the sets. We are bringing the excerpts of that interview to our readers.
-> Daily around 300 to 500 of workmen is on the sets of Baahubali-2, from painters and carpenters to moulders, welders, construction workers and artists.
-> “Baahubali is undoubtedly the biggest film of my career. It’s like working in 10 films at the same time. It’s one of the most challenging films for me, but I am enjoying the challenge”, says Sabu Cyril
-> The makers have allocated a bigger budget for sets in Baahubali-2. Sabu Cyril is researching heavily from books, the Internet and interactions with experts to get them perfect.
-> Sabu Cyril is so connected and busy with Baahubali, that he had to give up several offers including Shankar’s 2.0 starring Rajinikanth
-> Even the snakes, horses and elephants are not real in Baahubali. They are made by Sabu Cyril mechanically. They are not real animals or Computer Graphics
-> Carbon Fibre a material that is used in helicopter blades was extensively used for armours and weapons of the actors. Carbon Fibre is lightweight but strong as steel. The material is expensive but still being used so as to make sure the actors are not hurt.
Manchu Manoj Producer Physically Assaulted
In an unfortunate incident, Producers of Manchu Manoj’s next were physically attacked by a local goons while they are shooting in Vishakapatnam. Manoj is shooting there for the last two weeks for a film introducing a new director and being bankrolled by new producers Achchi Babu and SN Reddy.
The goons barged in to the location demanding that their men should be taken to work for the film. But the producers clarified them that as per industry rules, they have to pick only those local junior artists in Vizag who are enrolled with Federation. Since those men are not registered they can not be taken.
The goons got in to a verbal war with the producers and finally assaulted them. Achchi Babu is physically assaulted while SN Reddy escaped from the scene. Manoj filed a case with Vizag police and called for the local media informing them about the incident. Police Investigation is going on.
