Jimmy goes to Hollywood
SUDESHNA BANERJEE
Calcutta, Aug. 27: Bappi Lahiri’s Jimmy has disco danced its way to Hollywood.
Adam Sandler’s latest flick, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, which hits the halls on September 19, features Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja, a chartbuster from the 1983 superhit film Disco Dancer. The song was picturised on Mithun Chakraborty.
“They are keeping the original song as was sung by Parvati (Khan). The situation is supposed to be a Bollywood night with people dancing. I have asked them to send me the DVD,” Lahiri, who earned the sobriquet “disco king” for his music in films like Disco Dancer and Dance Dance, told The Telegraph on Wednesday.
Columbia Pictures, the producers of Zohan, have taken the requisite permission from Saregama, which holds the rights for the music of Disco Dancer.
“A publishing company called The Royal Network represents our catalogue in the West. The deal was handled by them,” said Atul Churamani, vice-president, Saregama.
Lahiri has reasons to feel relieved at being given credit by the West. In 2002, he had to fight a $500 million case in US courts against Dr Dre, the producer of a single called Addictive by R&B singer Truth Hurts, for unauthorised sampling of his song Kaliyon Ka Chaman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He had won a court injunction halting the album’s sale.
Since then, the West seems to be handling Lahiri with care. Last year, a London-based singer, M.I.A, recorded a remixed version of Jimmy Jimmy, which carried the line “Written by Bappi Lahiri”. The album reached the top 10 on the UK charts.
Saregama is happy its archives are yielding a fresh source of revenue. “Melody writing is dying worldwide. With India becoming cool, our older songs, rich in melody, are finding new takers,” Churamani said.
Saregama owns 20 per cent rights to The Black-Eyed Peas number Don’t Phunk With My Heart, which uses the tune of the Asha Bhonsle number Aye Naujawan from the 1972 film Apradh.
Zohan is the story of a Mossad agent, Zohan Dvir, who fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York as a hair stylist.
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wanted Review
Wanted ReviewCast: James McAvoy , Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Review: Wanted
Anupama Chopra, Consulting Editor, Films
Wanted is the ultimate male fantasy. A mousy office accountant, played by James McVoy, lives a meek, miserable life. At work, his fat boss brutalises him and at home, his girlfriend, who happens to be sleeping with his friend, nags him.
He tells us that the only thing he cares about is the fact that he doesn't care about anything.
And then one day, Angelina Jolie, shows up and informs him that his father was one of the greatest assassins who ever lived and now he must continue the legacy.
Our accountant, trained by a thousand-year-old fraternity of assassins, then transforms into a buffed-up, kick-ass killer and he even gets to lock lips with the divine Ms Jolie who looks like she has descended from some superior race of beings.
As I watched her, all sexy smirk and tattoos, I thought: She's definitely not one of us.
Wanted is the Hollywood debut of Russian film director Timur Bekmambetov, who earlier created the vampire blockbusters Day Watch and Night Watch.
This film also features hypnotic action, a propulsive pace and stunning images. You might think you've seen every kind of movie violence there is but have you ever seen a bullet exit slowly from a man's forehead and watched how the blood curls up behind.
Bekmambetov's audacity and imagination propel the first half hour of the film but beyond a point, the style cannot disguise the silliness. The film originates from a comic-book series so we're not expecting subtext or nuances but the plot twists here require you to check-in logic at the gate.
By the time, Morgan Freeman, in yet another God-type role, pointed at a giant loom and declared: this is the loom of fate, I was laughing out loud.
Wanted is giddy on guns, violence and adolescent machismo. For a certain demographic - men under 25 - its manna from heaven but the rest of us can do quite nicely without it.
Source: http://movies.ndtv.com/
Chamku (Hindi) : Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Ninad Kamath
Chamku (Hindi)
ShubraGupta
Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Ninad Kamath
Director: Kabeer Kaushik
Chandrama Singh urf Chamku sees his father shot in the head right in front of his eyes. From that moment on, he is a fugitive, and a target — both of those who break the law with impunity, and those who make those laws.
Kabeer Kaushik, who comes to his second film after the wonderful but unsuccessful Sehar, clearly isn’t following his instincts which tell him to be faithful to the spirit of his story. Chamku is produced by Sunny Deol, who’s been in desperate search of a hit for a long time now.
And it has his young brother in the lead, which translates into compromised story-telling. Bobby is meant to play an illiterate Naxalite, on the run from the dark interiors of Bihar, but his real self — suave, urban — keeps coming through.
If it had built on its terrific opening, Chamku may have been the film the director had set out to make. But it peters away into predictable patterns: a Bobby practising menace, a painted Priyanka, the Irrfan-Ninad duo trying to keep things moving, and too much gratuitous blood-letting.
Source: http://www.screenindia.com/news/Chamku--Hindi-/355355/
ShubraGupta
Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Ninad Kamath
Director: Kabeer Kaushik
Chandrama Singh urf Chamku sees his father shot in the head right in front of his eyes. From that moment on, he is a fugitive, and a target — both of those who break the law with impunity, and those who make those laws.
Kabeer Kaushik, who comes to his second film after the wonderful but unsuccessful Sehar, clearly isn’t following his instincts which tell him to be faithful to the spirit of his story. Chamku is produced by Sunny Deol, who’s been in desperate search of a hit for a long time now.
And it has his young brother in the lead, which translates into compromised story-telling. Bobby is meant to play an illiterate Naxalite, on the run from the dark interiors of Bihar, but his real self — suave, urban — keeps coming through.
If it had built on its terrific opening, Chamku may have been the film the director had set out to make. But it peters away into predictable patterns: a Bobby practising menace, a painted Priyanka, the Irrfan-Ninad duo trying to keep things moving, and too much gratuitous blood-letting.
Source: http://www.screenindia.com/news/Chamku--Hindi-/355355/
Olympic heroes' names missing in invitation
Olympic heroes' names missing in invitation
BHIWANI: The names of seven Beijing Olympians including shooter Abhinav Bindra, who are to be honoured by the Haryana government at a function on August 30, are missing from the invitation card.
The invitation, however, has the names of 13 others including chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the chief guest, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi as guest of honour and Haryana sports minister Kiran Chaudhary who would preside over the function.
The name of Rohtak MP Deepinder Hooda, who is also the son of chief minister, and six ruling party MLAs has been mentioned.
The invitation has been issued by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department of Haryana in the name of three bureaucrats TL Sathyaprakash, deputy commissioner, OP Singh, director , sports and Sarban Singh, commissioner and secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare Department.
But the invitation for the public reception in honour of heroes of Beijing Olympics, 2008 makes no mention of those to be honoured at the state level function.
The state government had earlier announced that besides gold medalist Bindra and Bhiwani boxer Vijender Kumar, who won the first bronze medal for India in the event, two other boxers from the state, quarter-finalists Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar would also be honoured with cash rewards.
Delhi's Sushil Kumar, who won bronze in wrestling, and sportspersons Saina Nehwal and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt would also be honoured with cash reward varying between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 50 lakh.
Boxing coach at Bhiwani Jagdish Singh would also be showered with a cash award of Rs 25 lakh for promoting the game.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
BHIWANI: The names of seven Beijing Olympians including shooter Abhinav Bindra, who are to be honoured by the Haryana government at a function on August 30, are missing from the invitation card.
The invitation, however, has the names of 13 others including chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the chief guest, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi as guest of honour and Haryana sports minister Kiran Chaudhary who would preside over the function.
The name of Rohtak MP Deepinder Hooda, who is also the son of chief minister, and six ruling party MLAs has been mentioned.
The invitation has been issued by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department of Haryana in the name of three bureaucrats TL Sathyaprakash, deputy commissioner, OP Singh, director , sports and Sarban Singh, commissioner and secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare Department.
But the invitation for the public reception in honour of heroes of Beijing Olympics, 2008 makes no mention of those to be honoured at the state level function.
The state government had earlier announced that besides gold medalist Bindra and Bhiwani boxer Vijender Kumar, who won the first bronze medal for India in the event, two other boxers from the state, quarter-finalists Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar would also be honoured with cash rewards.
Delhi's Sushil Kumar, who won bronze in wrestling, and sportspersons Saina Nehwal and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt would also be honoured with cash reward varying between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 50 lakh.
Boxing coach at Bhiwani Jagdish Singh would also be showered with a cash award of Rs 25 lakh for promoting the game.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
C KKompany Movie Review
C KKompany Movie Review
Director : Sachin Yardi
Music : Anand Raj Anand and Bappa Lahiri
Lyrics : Anand Raj Anand and Shabbir Ahmed
Starring : Mithun Chakraborty, Tussshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Raima Sen, Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar, Mahesh Bhatt
By Martin D'Souza, Bollywood Trade News Network
Probably upset at various producers and directors taking pot shots at her serials, Ekta Kapoor decided who better than herself to do justice to running down her very own serials and the way Balaji Studios function. While its good humour, just like a few Laughter Challenge contestants who have the innate ability to laugh at themselves, and make others laugh as well, you can't take this 'serial reference' beyond a point.
There are quite a few laughable scenes but overall, it's a colossal waste of talent. Tushar Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Rajpal Yadav all live in the C wing of a particular building. They bond well and share each other's problems. To teach Anupam's son a lesson, the trio decide to make an extortion call using a gangsters name. And before you know it, they go on to form their own 'C Kkompany' making threat calls, mostly to help citizens get their due.
Tushar delivers a few punch lines with elan while Rajpal Yadav is his humourous best. I just get the feeling he has taken over Johnny Lever's vacant slot, because the veteran is nowhere to be seen. As for Anupam Kher, he saunters into yet another insipid role. Mithun Chakraborty too makes his presence felt in a role reminiscent to that of the recently released DON MUTHUSWAMY. But while DON MUTHUSWAMY had some meat, this one here is downright silly. A hackneyed plot and a waste of Raima Sen as well.
While his cousin Abhishek Kapoor has directed the successful ROCK ON, which incidentally released on the same day, Tushar will have to wait another day for another script...
Source: http://www.glamsham.com/
Director : Sachin Yardi
Music : Anand Raj Anand and Bappa Lahiri
Lyrics : Anand Raj Anand and Shabbir Ahmed
Starring : Mithun Chakraborty, Tussshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Raima Sen, Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar, Mahesh Bhatt
By Martin D'Souza, Bollywood Trade News Network
Probably upset at various producers and directors taking pot shots at her serials, Ekta Kapoor decided who better than herself to do justice to running down her very own serials and the way Balaji Studios function. While its good humour, just like a few Laughter Challenge contestants who have the innate ability to laugh at themselves, and make others laugh as well, you can't take this 'serial reference' beyond a point.
There are quite a few laughable scenes but overall, it's a colossal waste of talent. Tushar Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Rajpal Yadav all live in the C wing of a particular building. They bond well and share each other's problems. To teach Anupam's son a lesson, the trio decide to make an extortion call using a gangsters name. And before you know it, they go on to form their own 'C Kkompany' making threat calls, mostly to help citizens get their due.
Tushar delivers a few punch lines with elan while Rajpal Yadav is his humourous best. I just get the feeling he has taken over Johnny Lever's vacant slot, because the veteran is nowhere to be seen. As for Anupam Kher, he saunters into yet another insipid role. Mithun Chakraborty too makes his presence felt in a role reminiscent to that of the recently released DON MUTHUSWAMY. But while DON MUTHUSWAMY had some meat, this one here is downright silly. A hackneyed plot and a waste of Raima Sen as well.
While his cousin Abhishek Kapoor has directed the successful ROCK ON, which incidentally released on the same day, Tushar will have to wait another day for another script...
Source: http://www.glamsham.com/
KK Birla: A titan of Indian industry
KK Birla: A titan of Indian industry
NEW DELHI: Legendary industrialist Krishna Kumar Birla was a man of many facets, with an equal passion for not just expanding his well-known, and much respected, business empire founded by his father, but also towards philanthropy and education.
Birla was for long considered the force behind the Indian sugar industry, which he joined as a 22-year-old. Besides media and sugar, his empire spans some 40 firms in fertilizers, chemicals, heavy engineering, textiles and shipping.
The companies include Zuari Industries, Chambal Fertlizers, Paradeep Phosphates, Sutlej Industries, Birla Textile Mills, Oudh Sugar Mills, Texmaco, Simon India, India Steamship, ISG Novasoft, and Hindustan Times Media.
In his innings at the helm of Indian industry, he also headed several institutions like the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) and the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC).
"He was an outstanding visionary, a great parliamentarian, a business leader par excellence and a builder of modern educational and scientific institutions," said Ficci president and Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Born in Pilani in Rajasthan on Oct 12, 1918, he was the person responsible for building and expanding the reputed Birla Institute of Science and Technology - which has often been rated on par with the Indian Institute of Technology.
He was the eldest surviving son of industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla.
Along with another legendary second-generation industrialist, late JRD. Tata, Birla had co-authored what is called the “Bombay Plan” that outlined the role of businesses and the government in building a nation.
The seeds of corporate social responsibility in India were sown in that document which also spoke about the role of industries, entrepreneurs and policy makers in modernising and developing what was then a backward India.
He also had an equal passion for charity. It is not, therefore, surprising that the landmark Lakshmi Narayan temple in the capital - visited by hundreds every day - is also referred to as Birla Mandir.
A former member of the Rajya Sabha for 18 consecutive years, KK Babu, as he was referred to by his associates and admirers, was also the chair of the Hindustan Times group, which is one of the largest circulated national dailies.
The stylish and well-groomed industrialist, whose suits and shirts came from London's Jermyn Street and Saville Row, also wrote highly readable reminiscences on his many foreign travels with his wife for the Hindustan Times till about a month ago.
His close associates said he just could not bear the separation from his wife Manorama Devi who died in Kolkata July 29. He is survived by daughters Nandini Nupani, Saroj Potddar and Shobhana Bhartia, the vice chair of Hindustan Times.
Birla was so comfortable with change and transformation that even when the country started the ambitious economic liberalisation programme in the early 1990s and dispensed with the regime of licences and quotas, he was fully supportive - unlike many others who even formed an informal anti-liberalisation lobby group called the "Bombay Club".
“There were many business leaders who were worried, who were apprehensive, who were nervous about the changes,” recollected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who as India's finance minister then was the architect of the reforms programme.
“But Birla understood the importance and the relevance of what we were doing and I valued his support then as I value it now,” Manmohan Singh recalled last December, while releasing Birla's autobiography - “Brushes with History”.
The book, published by Penguin, has vignettes of his relations with some legendary Indians like Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Jayaprakash Narayan and Morarji Desai.
Penguin said Birla inherited a legacy in which the creation of wealth, philanthropy and political leadership were all regarded as part of nation-building.
“Spiritual strength and moral values were part of the personal credo.”
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
NEW DELHI: Legendary industrialist Krishna Kumar Birla was a man of many facets, with an equal passion for not just expanding his well-known, and much respected, business empire founded by his father, but also towards philanthropy and education.
Birla was for long considered the force behind the Indian sugar industry, which he joined as a 22-year-old. Besides media and sugar, his empire spans some 40 firms in fertilizers, chemicals, heavy engineering, textiles and shipping.
The companies include Zuari Industries, Chambal Fertlizers, Paradeep Phosphates, Sutlej Industries, Birla Textile Mills, Oudh Sugar Mills, Texmaco, Simon India, India Steamship, ISG Novasoft, and Hindustan Times Media.
In his innings at the helm of Indian industry, he also headed several institutions like the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) and the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC).
"He was an outstanding visionary, a great parliamentarian, a business leader par excellence and a builder of modern educational and scientific institutions," said Ficci president and Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Born in Pilani in Rajasthan on Oct 12, 1918, he was the person responsible for building and expanding the reputed Birla Institute of Science and Technology - which has often been rated on par with the Indian Institute of Technology.
He was the eldest surviving son of industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla.
Along with another legendary second-generation industrialist, late JRD. Tata, Birla had co-authored what is called the “Bombay Plan” that outlined the role of businesses and the government in building a nation.
The seeds of corporate social responsibility in India were sown in that document which also spoke about the role of industries, entrepreneurs and policy makers in modernising and developing what was then a backward India.
He also had an equal passion for charity. It is not, therefore, surprising that the landmark Lakshmi Narayan temple in the capital - visited by hundreds every day - is also referred to as Birla Mandir.
A former member of the Rajya Sabha for 18 consecutive years, KK Babu, as he was referred to by his associates and admirers, was also the chair of the Hindustan Times group, which is one of the largest circulated national dailies.
The stylish and well-groomed industrialist, whose suits and shirts came from London's Jermyn Street and Saville Row, also wrote highly readable reminiscences on his many foreign travels with his wife for the Hindustan Times till about a month ago.
His close associates said he just could not bear the separation from his wife Manorama Devi who died in Kolkata July 29. He is survived by daughters Nandini Nupani, Saroj Potddar and Shobhana Bhartia, the vice chair of Hindustan Times.
Birla was so comfortable with change and transformation that even when the country started the ambitious economic liberalisation programme in the early 1990s and dispensed with the regime of licences and quotas, he was fully supportive - unlike many others who even formed an informal anti-liberalisation lobby group called the "Bombay Club".
“There were many business leaders who were worried, who were apprehensive, who were nervous about the changes,” recollected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who as India's finance minister then was the architect of the reforms programme.
“But Birla understood the importance and the relevance of what we were doing and I valued his support then as I value it now,” Manmohan Singh recalled last December, while releasing Birla's autobiography - “Brushes with History”.
The book, published by Penguin, has vignettes of his relations with some legendary Indians like Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Jayaprakash Narayan and Morarji Desai.
Penguin said Birla inherited a legacy in which the creation of wealth, philanthropy and political leadership were all regarded as part of nation-building.
“Spiritual strength and moral values were part of the personal credo.”
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
Zenith Announces Sub-15K Laptop and Desktop
Zenith Announces Sub-15K Laptop and Desktop
Zenith Computers, today announced the launch of a new laptop and desktop under the brand name 'EcoStyle'. According to the company, the Zenith EcoStyle laptop priced at Rs. 14,999, will be the lowest priced Windows OS enabled laptop in the market; while the desktop PC will be available at Rs 11,999. The EcoStyle PC and laptop will be available across India through Zenith's chain of authorized dealers and exclusive showrooms will stock these computers.
The laptop is Net enabled, and comes preloaded with the Microsoft productivity suite: an Operating System (Windows XP Home Edition), Microsoft Works (includes Word Processor, spreadsheets and PPT viewer), and Microsoft Windows Live Suite (Includes Email Client, Messenger and Family Safety from Windows Live OneCare).
The EcoStyle PC will give the customer an option of choosing Windows Vista Starter or Microsoft Windows XP Home. The laptop weighs 2.2 kg and has dimensions of 185mm x 250 mm x 70 mm. The desktop will also come preloaded with the Microsoft productivity suite.
The company further states that in addition to the portability and the relevant content, both the computers have an added advantage of reduced power consumption and on an average, they consume 30 percent less power.
Source: http://www.pcworld.in/
Zenith Computers, today announced the launch of a new laptop and desktop under the brand name 'EcoStyle'. According to the company, the Zenith EcoStyle laptop priced at Rs. 14,999, will be the lowest priced Windows OS enabled laptop in the market; while the desktop PC will be available at Rs 11,999. The EcoStyle PC and laptop will be available across India through Zenith's chain of authorized dealers and exclusive showrooms will stock these computers.
The laptop is Net enabled, and comes preloaded with the Microsoft productivity suite: an Operating System (Windows XP Home Edition), Microsoft Works (includes Word Processor, spreadsheets and PPT viewer), and Microsoft Windows Live Suite (Includes Email Client, Messenger and Family Safety from Windows Live OneCare).
The EcoStyle PC will give the customer an option of choosing Windows Vista Starter or Microsoft Windows XP Home. The laptop weighs 2.2 kg and has dimensions of 185mm x 250 mm x 70 mm. The desktop will also come preloaded with the Microsoft productivity suite.
The company further states that in addition to the portability and the relevant content, both the computers have an added advantage of reduced power consumption and on an average, they consume 30 percent less power.
Source: http://www.pcworld.in/
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