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Cricketers Come In A Big Way For Chennai
Not just Indians, Sri Lankan cricketers are also contributing for Chennai flood relief. While veteran spinner Muralidharan announced 1 Crore, other retired Sri Lankan cricketer Sangakkara offered 65 lakh donation. Indian One Day cricket team captain MS Dhoni has announced Rs 75 lakhs donation. Chennai players Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay said they have been pained by the loss of life in the disaster and will try to help the affected after the series against South Africa.
Ashwin and Vijay are part of the Indian team which is currently playing the fourth and final Test against South Africa here. Over 200 people have lost their lives and the city of Chennai has been left paralyzed by the floods resulting from heavy downpours in the past few weeks. We know that, Dhoni was captain of suspended IPL Team Chennai Super Kings. Other cricketers are also expected to announce their donations after the ongoing test series.
Meanwhile, India already won the test series and is in a good position to win the last test. If India wins this match, then it will take second place in ICC test rankings.
First Look: Ram’s Nenu Sailaja
Notwithstanding his recent duds like Shivam, Masala, Ongole Githa and Endukante Premanta, hero Ram is unfazed and moving ahead. Ram is currently working on his next Nenu Sailaja. The film’s first look has been released.
Directed by newcomer Kishore Tirumala, Malayalam girl Keerthy Suresh is pairing up with Ram. Apparently, the story is narrated by hero Ram (Hari) in the film and hence it’s been titled as Nenu Sailaja.
Recently, the film’s Goan schedule is wrapped up. Ram looked simple in this avatar. If all goes well, the film would hit the screens by the end of January. Ram is pinning hopes on this that it would overturn his fortune.
Kona Got Balayya Fans Shivering
Being hailed as Tollywood’s top writer, Kona Venkat penned stories for ultra high budget entertainer Bruce Lee and gave dialogues and screenplay inputs for Akhil, also Kona penned the screenplay for horror-thriller Tripura and also written and produced the Friday release Shankarabharanam. In fact, Kona even gave himself the credit for ‘direction supervision’ in Shankarabharanam.
Now, all the 4 films released within a gap of less than two months and bombed heavily at the box-office. This got Kona’s brand value and reputation as a successful writer at a huge stake. Now, Kona’s back-to-back flops have got Balayya’s fans shivering. And the reason is the Sankranthi release Dictator, which has been penned by Kona Venkat.
During Shankarabharanam promotional interviews, Kona claimed that he will prove Tollywood that he can also write new-age scripts without using the done to death ‘making villains bakra’ plot. But Kona skipped his promise and used the same old plot for Shankarabharanam and critics panned him for such a routine screenplay for an interesting plot.
Now, Balayya fans are highly worried that Kona might have used the same routine template even for Dictator, which might push Dictator to a corner. Kona’s back-to-back disasters will also show a negative impact on the pre-release business of Dictator and Gopichand’s Soukhyam, opine the trade analysts.
Dream of being a bird?
Cambridge: With a few flaps of his arms, Kip Fenton soared into the New York City skyline, veering around a sea of skyscrapers as the wind whistled in his ears. Then, all too soon, the goggles came off and he was back in a bright white room near Boston, no longer a bird but a 59-year-old software developer in blue jeans and a green plaid shirt. Outside a tall window, a man with a cellphone stopped to snap a photo of Fenton and the odd contraption that had given him the sense of flight. “I’ve always wanted to fly,” said Fenton. “It’s sort of one of those fantasy things where, if I could be an animal, I would be a bird.” The human fascination with flight is what inspired Max Rheiner, a Swiss artist and scholar, to invent the flight simulator that Fenton tested on Thursday. Called Birdly, the prototype is being exhibited through Saturday at Le Laboratoire, a small art and design center tucked in Cambridge’s sprawling technology hub.”Birdly is actually the dream of flying come true,” said Rheiner, who has been taking his invention around the world since the summer of 2014.
It looks like a futuristic examination table with wings. Users climb on, belly down, and stretch their arms out to either side, resting their palms flat against tilting boards that act as the flight feathers. After they slip on a set of headphones and virtual reality goggles, the machine tilts forward to bring their legs farther off the ground.Suddenly, the goggles fill up with a bird’s eye view of Manhattan and everything is moving. During his test run, Fenton rotated his palms upward to climb toward the sky, the whole machine tilting his body upward, and then he reversed the motion to take a downward dive. To speed up, he flapped his long arms over and over. The whole time, a nearby fan rustled his hair, and the sound of wind whirred in the headphones. When he turned his head, he had a sweeping view of the entire horizon. “That was great. I loved it,” he said afterward. “The turning and the diving was all pretty straightforward.” Because there’s no way to know how a bird feels in flight, Rheiner and his team tried to replicate human dreams of flying.
Pic Talk: Katrina Kaif Opens Up
Latest cover page of GQ India is shaking India’s winter with its hotness. As the fog uncovers itself each day, this hottest cover page featuring Katrina Kaif in a boldest avatar is as stunning as it could be.
Probably the text of the cover story, “Katrina Kaif (Finally) Opens Up”, is a tricky revelation. Dressed in a sleek black designer bra, she’s giving a hottest treat of her bosom in this spicy photo shoot.
As Kat unveils that hotness, should we now feel that she opened up her glamour quotient and sex appeal or she opened up about something about her personal life? Before finding out what Ranbir Kapoor’s girlfriend has opened up, maybe it’s time to feast on this open-heart glamour.
Is Hyderabad Air Safe?
With the ever growing industries and construction of high-rises, the air pollution in Hyderabad is increasing at alarming levels. In the latest Air Quality Index recorded by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) at 4 pm on Thursday, Hyderabad’s AQI has been proved to be ‘satisfactory’ with the city’s AQI being 91.
However, the pollution levels keep varying from day to day and from satisfactory to moderate. Environmental experts opine that Hyderabad’s air still poses certain dangers to older people, infants and kids and those with chronic breathing related diseases like Asthma and may even aggravate heart diseases.
Hyderabad’s air is polluted by a deadly mixture of Sulphur Dioxide and fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5). In a consolation, Hyderabad’s pollution is several levels lesser compared to some major Indian cities like Delhi (321 – Very Poor), Mumbai (126 – Moderate), Pune (211 – Poor) and Varanasi (302 – Very Poor) etc. Surprisingly, the IT city Bengaluru recorded the lowest level of pollution with (59 – Satisfactory).
No More Baahubali And Rudramadevi!!!
Baahubali is the biggest budgeted Telugu film ever, while Rudramadevi is a film made on history after long time. Leaving their whims and fancies as giants aside, both these films had a fair share of hurting other small budgeted films in the race, because of their clarity-less planning over the release date.
Without confirming that July 10th is their date, Baahubali has looked at various slots from April thereby confusing many other films like Vishnu’s Dynamite and Mahesh’s Srimanthudu which are aiming at some dates. And then, Rudramadevi is the baap of all postponements as a new date was announced almost four times due to some issues related to financial stuff.
If their personal reasons for postponements are justified, what about the domino effect of these release date miss-outs? Films like Shankarabaranam got postponed for nearly 2-3 months due to Rudrama’s bad planning. As these biggies didn’t declared their release date firmly, other small films are confused when to start their promotions. By the time small films kick-started their promotion, fixing particular date, these biggies suddenly joined the race by postponing their dates.
Except Bruce Lee that got fixed on October 16th as their date nearly 4 months in advance, all other biggies juggled their dates upsetting other films. How to tackle this issue anyway? Can small film makers feel a touch of security by laying strict conditions over release dates for biggies? Maybe it’s possible. In Bollywood and Kollywood as well, films bigs or small, have to fix their date two months in advance and will not be allowed to defer it by a week or two.
If they miss the date, they need to wait for a month in Chennai, while 2-3 months in Hindi arena. Telugu producers are now planning to bring same rule into existence for Tollywood with effective from January 1st, 2016. Also if someone want release date change, next possible date should be picked only after leaving four Fridays. So, there will not be a chance of freehand to films like Baahubali and Rudramadevi to alter their release dates as per their comfort and choice.
Photo Feature: Dripping Hotness From All Sides!
Katrina Kaif definitely knows how to make an appearance. Earlier with her Van Heusen+GQ Fashion Nite’s black gown, she made a point that when it comes to hotness; she can even give sun a run for the money!
Kat really knows that when she lets her hair down, she’s set to own the hotness meter! And now with latest picture of her magazine shoot, she’ll make you go weak in your knees! She kneels on the beach with black trousers and a bra, we can’t help but bow down in front of this sextress!
Gabbar Singh Girl Pairs Up with Sundeep!
Remember Anisha Ambrose? Well, she is none other than the girl who supposed to romance Pawan Kalyan his popular Gabbar Singh franchise. Anisha who was announced as female lead opposite Pawan in Sardaar was later replaced by Kajal Aggarwal. While it was a huge disappointment for her, she hasn’t got good offers for a while and she was written off.
In a relief to her, she has been cast as a female lead opposite Sundeep Kishan in his next. Anisha will be pairing up with Sundeep in the Telugu remake of Tamil Superhit Neram. While Sundeep steps into the shoes of Nivin Pauly, Anisha reprise Nazriya role in the original.
Tentatively titled as 123, Anil Kanneganti, who shot to fame with Manchu Manoj’s Mr Nookayya, is wielding the megaphone for this film. Sai Karthik is going to render the tunes. Anil Sunkara is going to present the film under AK Entertainments.
Maruti Suzuki Baleno Crosses 40,000 Bookings
India’s leading car manufacturers Maruti Suzuki Baleno launched its latest car, the Baleno, in October and the hatchback version sold 4,229 units by the end of October. As per the latest reports, the Maruti Suzuki Baleno bookings have already crossed the 40,000 mark. The craze for this new variant is such that at least 1,000 cars are being booked on an average every day.
Since its launch, the Baleno has been taking on leading brands like Volkswagen Polo, Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20. After making its presence felt in the Indian market, the Baleno is also planning to hit the global market with exports to nearly 100 locations in Europe, South America and Japan etc starting 2016.
To keep the expectations rising for Baleno, Maruti Suzuki is contemplating the addition of a more powerful iteration of the 1.3-litre Multijet 200 DDiS diesel engine as against the current 1.2-litre VVT petrol and a 1.3-litre DDiS diesel engine with 83bhp and 74 bhp respectively. Currently, the Baleno’s mileage is rated at 21.4 Kmpl in the petrol and 27.39 Kmpl for the diesel versions.
Chennai Floods: When Reel Heroes Became Real Heroes
Chennai: With Tamil Nadu reeling under the worst floods to hit the state in a century and with rescue operations getting underway, actors Siddharth and RJ Balaji, popular among Tamil audiences, turned out to help the people. Siddharth was one of the victims of the rains. His house in the city was submerged, but that didn’t stop him from stepping out and helping those in need. Along with Balaji, who is also a popular radio jockey, the “Rang De Basanti” star formed teams to help stranded people in different parts of the city. People came forward and lent their cars which were used to rescue people from the flooded areas. Siddharth was soon joined by actors Vishnu Vishal, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Karthi, Khushbu Sundar and Vishal Krishna Reddy. Popular multiplexes like SPI Cinemas and AGS Cinemas opened their doors to offer shelter. The two-member team grew bigger with the support of many volunteers, mostly from the common people. “It was heartening to see Siddharth and Balaji come out and help people. We were touched by their gesture and thus wanted to help too,” Ram Kumar, who joined Siddharth and his team of volunteers, told IANS. The teams went around the city collecting food packets, 50 to 100 per batch, and other essentials and getting them delivered to people. Those who couldn’t come out and volunteer were requested to send donations to Chennai Micro Fund trust, which was used to carry out relief work.
Social media played a pivotal role in this movement, helping the city to get back on its feet. Rescue and relief operations were carried out with the help of Twitter. Since most telecommunication networks took a hit due to the heavy downpour, people used the social media platform to reach out to one another. From updating people about the situation on the ground to tracking somebody’s whereabouts with the website chennairains.org collating all information, social media played a big role. Support also came from maestro Ilayaraja who, on learning that the Little Flower Convent catering to visually challenged, deaf and mute children was under four feet of water, immediately paid them a visit. The 72-year-old insisted on meeting the children, despite being warned of the high water level. With life yet to return to normal in the state, these stars continue to work round-the-clock doing their bit to help those in need.
