Preity tries to break the world record, but fails

Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta has finally taken a first step towards her television debut. She has started shooting for the promos of Guinness World Records - Ab India Todega, the show that she will be hosting on Colors Channel.

The actress tried to break an international record at Film City herself!

In a promo video while pulling a truck she says, “Australia ka Derek Boyer ka Guinness World Record aaj main toodoongi.”

Later she stated, “Chaliye main naa kar saki toh kya hua? India kar ke dikhadega. Ab garv se har Hindustani bolega, Guinness World record, Ab India Todega.”

This is a desi version of the international show, produced by Miditech and will be aired later this year.

According to the channel, the never-say-die attitude of Priety echoes the concept of the show and it also represents the spirit of new India. She will try to encourage all the viewers to take a plunge to make or break records.

Surily Goel will be styling Preity for this show. Surily says, “I am excited to style Priety for her television debut. A show like Guinness World Records will be a great platform to experiment with various looks. Her personality is quite sporty, energetic and adventurous, and hence, I will style her keeping her personality in mind. I have given her a waistcoat over a casual shirt teamed with boots and gloves especially for the promo shoot.”

KJo is the wedding planner

Karan Johar

Finally, Imran Khan and Avantika Malik have turned to Karan Johar to plan their wedding and wedding functions. The director is more than happy to help them. Initially the bride-to-be wanted to do things on her own, but as the wedding date came closer, it hit her that she is getting stressed with all the planning and needs help.

She did not know whom to ask. The groom was of no help, as he is busy shooting the next movie of Yash Raj productions. A souce revealed, “Avantika was getting stressed about everything from her wedding trousseau to the menu. Imran was in conversation with his I Hate Luv Storys producer and mentioned how his sweetheart was panicking and KJo immediately offered to look at the list and help her with all the suggestions. When he sat down with Avantika and saw her plans, he was not very happy with a few things. So the veteran of all things Shaadi took the reins in his hands and became the unofficial wedding planner for the couple.”
The first and the most important thing was the trousseau. Karan asked Varun Bahl and Manish Malhotra to design the clothes of the couple. Karan was very specific with the details. He asked Avantika to wear a burnt orange color lehenga and not only this, he picked a green colored Maang Tikka for her as well.

Imran confirmed saying, “Karan has been very helpful. He has been an excellent mentor and a friend to Avantika. He has helped us immensely and sorted our lives. I did not have time for planning but he really helped Avantika in all the planning.”

SRK: ‘If Salman is upset with me, then it is my fault’

Shahrukh Khan

Karan Johar completely broke down when SRK started speaking about his former friends Farah Khan and Salman Khan. The episode of Koffee with Karan will air on January 2.

A source on the sets says, “SRK’s episode with KJo is emotional where Shahrukh Khan has been caught in a mellow, introspective mood. He is emotionally vulnerable, revelaing things that have hurt him in the last year.”

The source continued to add, “When Karan pointed out people feel that old friends Farah Khan and Salman have problems with Shahrukh Khan, SRK said, ‘I don’t know how to make friends and if I did and I have no clue how to keep them. If Salman and Farah are upset with me then it is 100 percent my fault, but I can’t pick up the phone and say sorry. I cannot apologize because I have ego issues, but because I cannot say get myself to ask people to come back to me. Once I did ask my parents to come back to me and they did not.”

He also admitted that one of his biggest enemies is his cell phone as many of his friends have complained that he does not take their calls and ignores them. At one point Karan had tears in his eyes when SRK said, “I feel it is understood that I love them if I have said it once, I cannot keep repeating it. I have some problem in saying ‘I Love You’ twice and thrice and keep repeating those words. Even in my movies I can never keep saying ‘I Love You!’”

KJo said, “It was totally a different cup of coffee this time. it is really awkward to discuss and recreate all those intimate scenes normally again. Till date I have never become emotional on the sets of Koffee with Karan, because that has never been the tone of the show. It is usually controversial and spicy.”

When asked about SRK on the couch he says, “SRK is one of the warmest human beings I have seen in this industry, he has spoken openly about his family, friends and relationships. There is some strength in what he said. He is beyond any kind of issues. You can feel that he has risen above every situation and this comes beautifully through this show. This coffee on the couch episode with SRK was emotionally unplugged and more than humor unplugged. It has a new impact!”

Mobile numbers, addresses on Facebook 'a security risk'

Sydney, Jan 17 (ANI): A security expert has warned that users should remove their home addresses and phone numbers from their Facebook accounts.

Graham Cluley said the website now gives third parties access to that information.
The website said in a blog post at the weekend that it would give developers of applications access to the contact information of users who install their apps.
"These permissions must be explicitly granted to your application by the user via our standard permissions dialogs. Please note that these permissions only provide access to a user's address and mobile phone number, not their friend's addresses or mobile phone numbers," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Facebook's Jeff Bowen as saying.
However, Sophos security expert Cluley, has raised doubts over the move.
"You have to ask yourself - is Facebook putting the safety of its 500+ million users as a top priority with this move?" he said.
"It won't take long for scammers to take advantage of this new facility, to use for their own criminal ends."
Cluley advised that users should take personal info such as home addresses and mobile numbers off their pages.
"You can imagine, for instance, that bad guys could set up a rogue app that collects mobile phone numbers and then uses that information for the purposes of SMS spamming or sells on the data to cold-calling companies," he said. (ANI)

Yamla Pagla Deewana – Deol Pariwar da Dhamaal

 

By Raam
Director: Samir Karnik
Banner: Top Angle Productions
Writer: Jasvinder Singh Bhatt
Cinematagrophy: Kabir Lal, Binod Pradhan
Editor: Mukesh Thakur
Music: Pyarelal, Anu Malik, RDB, Sandesh Shandilya, Rahul Seth, Sanjoy Chowdhary
Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Anupam Kher, Nafisa Ali, Johnny Lever, Puneet Issar, Kulraj Randhawa, Himanshu Mallik, Sucheta Khanna, Emma Brown Garett
Grade: A – Wah! Kya Film Hai
After the melodramatic APNE in 2007, Dharam paji ka pariwar is back together in Samir Karnik’s Yamla Pagla Deewana once again. And the outcome, well I never thought I would be able to say this about a Samir Karnik film – BRILLIANT. The film doesn’t fail to entertain for one single moment and the audience are definitely in for a wonderful laugh riot, a rarity in Hindi Cinema nowadays.
Story: The story starts with Ajay Devgan providing the voice-over about the films of the seventies where the family splits under very unusual circumstances and everyone is reunited once again for a Happy Ending (the footages of B.R. Chopra’s Waqt, Nasser Hussain’s Yaadon ki Baarat and Manmohan Desai’s Amar Akbar Anthony are shown). Understandably, this is supposed to belong to that cliched genre, yet a successful seventies Hindi Cinema formula.
Paramveer Singh Dhillon (Sunny Deol) is a Indian settled in Vancouver (Canada) with two kids, a foreign wife and mother (played by Nafisa Ali). He is leading a happy and comfortable life except that he does not know the whereabouts of his father Dharam Singh (played by Dharmendra) who runs away with his brother Gajodhar Singh (played by Bobby Deol) during his childhood.
One fine day, a family who newly moves into his neighbourhood visits them and one of the members from the family recognises Dharam Singh from the photograph hanging on the wall. He complains that he was robbed by this man when he was in Benaras not less than six months ago. So, Paramveer sets off to Benaras to find his missing brother and father.
The rest of the story is about how he finds them and how he tries to reunite his family with a to be solved brother’s love story problem which leads to event after event that has everybody in splits.
Performances: The story had enough scope for all the lead cast and nowhere in the movie would one feel that the Deols were forced into the script. Each one delivers thir best. It was a respite to watch the veteran Dharmendra (our He-Man) back on screen with a bang. Dharampaji delivers a brilliant performance which includes a lot of funny one liners.
Sunny Deol was at his usual ease with the character of a Sardar. There is no yelling of dialogues that we usually get to see in his performances. Sunny Deol understood his role well and delivers a subtle and niche performance. All his soft dialogues are well compensated by his macho fights, not to forget the scene in the climax where he just shouts and the goons begin to fly.
Bobby Deol was very good as both a conman and lover boy. He is absolutely comfortable when acting alongside his brother and father. The re-enacting of the tanki scene from Sholay and the Gabbar style scene are nice.
Kulraj Randhawa (Saheba), whose earlier works were only in Punjabi makes a neat and clean debut and she is at ease.
Anupam Kher as Joginder Singh is simply brilliant. A wonderful role for the veteran performer after a long time and he makes sure that the audience love this Sardar’s character absolutely. His scenes with a revolver in his hand at all times are simply superb.
Johnny Lever does a cute little cameo and he is impressive. Sucheta Khanna (Poli), the heroine’s brothers and their friend Binda (played by Amit Mistry), Emma Brown Garett (as Mary), the two kids and Puneet Issar are all good.
Technical Aspects: This is not a new story and since the story involves the Deol pariwar, the audience might feel they know what they are in for. But, let me tell you – you will be surprised with what you will get. Instead of an action-packed melodrama, director Samir Karnik wields a wonderful comedy and the audience are sure to walk out of the cinemas with a sense of satisfaction.
The music was good with the title song standing out. Cinematography and screenplay are decent. Editing could have been better. Fights are both hilarious and filled with action. Watch out for the luka-chupi episode in the climax – wonderful.
This Lodhi, watch Yaadon ki Baarat and Amar Akabar Anthony the Andaz Apna Apna style.
Word of Advice: Do not miss it!
Janta janarthan ka kya grade hai????
A: Wah! Kya Film Hai , B: Paisa Vasool , C: Ek Baar Chalta Hai , D: Bakwaas , E: Poora time Waste

സര്‍വവ്യാപിയായി എന്‍വിഡിയ; ഇന്റലും നോക്കിയയും എവിടെ ?

കാലത്തിന്റെ ചുവരെഴുത്ത് വായിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയാത്തവര്‍ കാലഹരണപ്പെടും. അത് വിധിയാണ്. ലാസ് വേഗാസില്‍ 'കണ്‍സ്യൂമര്‍ ഇലക്ട്രോണിക്‌സ് ഷോ 2011' ന്റെ കൊടി താഴുമ്പോള്‍ തെളിയുന്ന പാഠം ഇതാണ്.

ലോകം മൊബൈലിലേക്ക് മാറുന്നു എന്നതിന്റെ പ്രഖ്യാപനമായി മാറിയ ഈ പ്രദര്‍ശനത്തില്‍, ലോകത്തെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ മൊബൈല്‍ ഫോണ്‍ നിര്‍മാതാക്കളായ നോക്കിയയുടെ പൊടിപോലുമില്ലായിരുന്നു. എന്നാല്‍, മോട്ടറോളയും അസ്യൂസും എല്‍ജിയും സാംസങുമൊക്കെ പുതിയ മൊബൈല്‍ ഉപകരണങ്ങളുമായി പ്രദര്‍ശനം കീഴടക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

പ്രദര്‍ശനത്തില്‍ കാര്യമായ ഒരു ചലനവും സൃഷ്ടിക്കാത്ത മറ്റൊരു കമ്പനി, ചിപ്പ് നിര്‍മാണത്തിലെ ലോകനേതാവായ ഇന്റലായിരുന്നു. അതേസമയം, മൊബൈല്‍ ചിപ്പിന്റെ പുത്തന്‍ സാധ്യതകളുമായി എന്‍വിഡിയ (NVIDIA) ഇലക്ട്രോണിക്‌സ് ഷോയില്‍ നിറഞ്ഞു നില്‍ക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഭാവിയിലെ 'ഇന്റല്‍' എന്ന് പല നിരീക്ഷകരും എന്‍വിഡിയയെ വിശേഷിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ മടിച്ചില്ല.

നൂറിലേറെ ടാബ്‌ലറ്റ് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറുകളും മൊബൈല്‍ ഫോണുകളും ത്രിഡി സങ്കേതങ്ങളും ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് ടിവികളുമെല്ലാം അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ട മേളയില്‍, ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ സാന്നിധ്യം സൃഷ്ടിക്കാനാവാത്ത മറ്റ് വമ്പന്‍മാരുമുണ്ട്. മൈക്രോസോഫ്ട് ഉദാഹരണം. ഡെസ്‌ക്ടോപ്പ് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറുകളുടെ കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞതോടെ, മറ്റ് പലരും കളിക്കളം കീഴടക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നു എന്നാണ് ഈ മേള വ്യക്തമാക്കിത്തന്നത്. കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങിന്റെ പുതിയ യുഗത്തിന് വിന്‍ഡോസ് പോലുള്ള സോഫ്ട്‌വേര്‍ വേണമെന്നില്ല, ആന്‍ഡ്രോയിഡ് പോലുള്ള ശക്തമായ സൗജന്യ സോഫ്ട്‌വേറുകളുണ്ടെന്ന് മേള കാട്ടിത്തന്നു.

കണ്‍സ്യൂമര്‍ ഇലക്ട്രോണിക്‌സ് രംഗത്തെ ആഗോള ഭീമനായ സോണിയാണ്, മേളയില്‍ കാര്യമായ ചലനം സൃഷ്ടിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയാതെ പോയ മറ്റൊരു കമ്പനി. പരമ്പരാഗത സോണി ഉപകരണങ്ങളുടെ കാലം കഴിയുന്നുവെന്ന് മേള വ്യക്തമാക്കി. എന്നാല്‍, ത്രീഡി ടിവി, ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് ടിവി എന്നിവയില്‍ പുതിയ ഉത്പന്നങ്ങള്‍ സോണിക്ക് അവതിരിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞു. സോണിയെ അങ്ങനെ എഴുതിത്തള്ളാനാകില്ലെന്ന് സാരം.

പങ്കെടുത്തില്ലെങ്കിലും ഇലക്ട്രോണിക്‌സ് ഷോയില്‍ നിറസാന്നിധ്യമായ ഒരു കമ്പനിയുണ്ട്-ആപ്പിള്‍. മേളയില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഓരോ ടാബ്‌ലറ്റ് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിന്റെയും അളവുകോല്‍, ആപ്പിളിന്റെ ഐപാഡായിരുന്നു. ടാബ്‌ലറ്റ് രംഗം അടക്കിവാഴുന്ന ഐപാഡിനെക്കാള്‍ എന്തെല്ലാം തരത്തില്‍ തങ്ങളുടെ ഉപകരണം മെച്ചപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് വിവരിക്കാനാണ് ഓരോ കമ്പനിയും ശ്രമിച്ചത്. അതുപോലെ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു സ്മാര്‍ട്ട്‌ഫോണുകളുടെ കാര്യവും. ആപ്പിളിന്റെ ഐഫോണിനെ കടത്തിവെട്ടുന്ന ഫോണുകള്‍ എന്ന നിലയ്ക്കാണ് അവ അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടത്.

നോക്കിയയ്ക്ക് സംഭവിച്ചത്

ലോകമെങ്ങും മൊബൈല്‍ ഫോണ്‍ വില്‍പ്പനയില്‍ ഇപ്പോഴും ആധിപത്യം പുലര്‍ത്തുന്ന നോക്കിയയ്ക്ക് എന്താണ് സംഭവിച്ചത്. നിരീക്ഷകര്‍ ചൂണ്ടിക്കാട്ടുന്ന പ്രധാന സംഗതി ഇതാണ്- സ്വന്തം വിജയത്തിന്റെ ഇരയായി മാറിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന കമ്പനിയാണ് നോക്കിയ. കാലത്തിനൊത്ത് മാറാനോ, മാറുന്ന കാലത്തിന്റെ ശീലങ്ങള്‍ മനസിലാക്കി അതിനനുസരിച്ച് പുതിയ ഫോണുകള്‍ രംഗത്തെത്തിക്കാനോ അവര്‍ക്ക് കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. അതേസമയം, മറ്റ് കമ്പനികള്‍ ശക്തമായി രംഗത്ത് നിലയുറപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

ഇന്റലിന്റെ കാര്യവും ഏതാണ്ട് ഇതിന് സമാനമാണ്. മൊബൈല്‍ രംഗം ലോകത്തുണ്ടാക്കാന്‍ പോകുന്ന വിപ്ലവം മുന്‍കൂട്ടി കാണാന്‍ ഇന്റലിനായില്ല. അതിനനുസരിച്ച് പുതിയ ചിപ്പുകള്‍ രൂപകല്‍പ്പന ചെയ്യാനുമായില്ല. അതേസമയം, എന്‍വിഡിയ ആ രംഗത്ത് അസൂയാര്‍ഹമായ വിജയം നേടി. ഇലക്ട്രോണിക്‌സ് ഷോയില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിച്ച ഭൂരിഭാഗം ഉപകരണങ്ങളിലും എന്‍വിഡിയയുടെ ചിപ്പുകളാണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നതെന്ന് പറയുമ്പോള്‍ കാര്യം വ്യക്തമാണല്ലോ.

നെറ്റ്ബുക്കുകള്‍ക്കും ടാബ്‌ലറ്റുകള്‍ക്കും പാകത്തില്‍ വിന്‍ഡോസിനെ പുനര്‍രൂപകല്‍പ്പന ചെയ്താണ് മൈക്രോസോഫ്ട് വിന്‍ഡോസ് 7 ഉം വിന്‍ഡോസ് മൊബൈല്‍ 7 നും അവതരിപ്പിച്ചത്. എന്നാല്‍, വിന്‍ഡോസ് 7 ടാബ്‌ലറ്റുകള്‍ക്ക് എന്തെങ്കിലും കാര്യമായ സവിശേഷത അവതരിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ മൈക്രോസോഫ്ടിന് കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. മാത്രമല്ല, ഫുള്‍ടച്ച് സ്‌ക്രീനോടു കൂടിയ അത്തരം ഉപകരണങ്ങളിലെ 'സ്​പര്‍ശനാനുഭവം' അത്ര മികച്ചതല്ലെന്ന് ടെക് വിദഗ്ധര്‍ അഭിപ്രായപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്തു.

കാലം മാറുകയാണ്, കളിക്കാരും....!

Ranveer Singh: Anushka and I are very good friends

 

Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma

The newcomer in Bollywood Ranveer Singh recently made his debut in Band Baaja Baaraat opposite Anushka Sharma and confirmed that they both are very good friends. He does not bother about the rumors, which claim that they both are romantically involved. Ranveer told, “She and I are very god friends. How do I change the truth just because it sounds clichéd? Neither of us are affected about what people are saying.”

As for the rumors that are floating in the air these days, he says, “I was too much into my work to even pay attention to the rumors. I just want to perform well and this has been my only concern. In fact, I was casually dating a girl and a call from Yashraj changed my life. So far I have never been in a serious relationship and my career has just started.”

He continued saying, “We come from different schools of filmmaking. I am a trained actor and she has never been to an acting school. As a model she has faced the camera several times and is two films older to me. She is a one-take actor and I believe in a lot of rehearsal, which was the only thing that annoyed Anushka the most. Because her first take was always the best. We had to come to a middle ground before we both could take off. Now, I feel that I was rehearsing more than required because it was my first movie. She is the one who taught me how to be spontaneous. But the fact is we had to be complete loggerheads on screen and this was helped with our constant friction on the sets regarding the approach of acting.”

When asked about his first release Band Baaja Baaraat he says, “I think after this movie I have to do something with a completely contrasting character. Someone who is not opinionated, loud and unsophisticated.”

One call from Yashraj changed my life, “It was completely out of the blue from the casting director Shanu Sharma. I distinctly remember that I was out on a date and that day Shanu kept calling me. I tried to avoid her calls for as long as I could because I had different things on my mind that moment. Imagine if I had not received her call from Yashraj that day for a fling, which had lasted only for ten days! Anyways the next day I went to Yashraj and did two scenes and they gave a call back within three days. Later, Adi Sir told me that he had made up his mind about me immediately.”

There have been rumors that his father had financed the film, he says, “Yes such rumors do hurt me a lot. And such ugly things take away my pleasure of being the first solo hero to be launched by Yashraj. The pride of my family that I made it on my own got blunted, it was like snatching my little achievement from me. I am proud of myself and I believe in destiny so no rumor can even affect me.”

Ranbir Kapoor voted as the Sexiest Asian Man

Ranbir Kapoor

The Rockstar of Bollywood, Ranbir Kapoor has finally clinched the Sexiest Asian Man title, beating some strong competitors like John Abraham and Hrithik Roshan.

This Kapoor scion, who is famous for his high profile romances, topped the survey, which was conducted by the London Weekly, Eastern Eye.

The 28-year-old heartthrob of the nation says, “If the women did not like me I would feel that something is wrong, but it does feel good. I do understand that the fans I have comprise mainly of women, it feels good to be wanted by so many women.”

Meanwhile the editor of Eastern Eye said that the actor had claimed for this title with an overwhelming margin. The editor said, “Usually it is a closely fought contest, where as this year there was only one clear winner. Winning by large margin is remarkable when you take into consideration the very high profile men who were in the list.”

Ranbir made his acting debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya. He has been going strong post his launch and has tasted every bit of the commercial success with hits like Rajneeti, Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani.

The Bollywood hunk John Abraham missed this spot and landed second on this. Hrithik Roshan got the third spot while R&B star Jay Sean got the fourth spot.

Surprisingly, the ladylove of Ranbir’s life also topped the list of the hottest women in the world.