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Mancation: a no women party.
2008-05-10 15:29:00
Just a few days back I have come across a new term- Mancation. This is the name given to the felling when men find themselves pulled between their secret desires and an attack of conscience. One can find solace in the fact that most men think along the same lines. So what?s a male only vacation about? Well ask any man and he will answer the same way. It is all about engaging in sports, camping, gambling, chasing women and most of all drinking. There should be no wives, mistresses or girlfriends. It allows men to get in touch with their male- primal roots. This word was supposed to have originated by Vince Vaughn in the film THE BREAKUP in which he splits from his partner and wants to get away without his female friend. Though one cannot say that this was the actual origination place of the word but one thing is for sure that MANCATION is the latest buzzword in the tourism sector. Also this concept has travelled very quickly from Hollywood to India. When asked men partying in no wo...
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POWER CUTS- WELCOME SUMMERS
2008-05-09 15:17:00
Summers are here and like yester years, once again entire nation is all set to face power cuts. One of the major shortcomings of our system in this season. This would apparently add to the other existing problems during the season like water shortage, mosquitoes, malaria & dengue. With a joint venture of NTPC-SAIL commissioned in Bhilai in the month of April for an added 250 mega watt of supply. We are yet to see the months of June and July when the heat would be at its peak. God knows what would be situation.  Though the Power minister said that the government has a target of adding 335 MW of power for the month of May. Government is monitoring closely the targets of May to ensure there should be no backlogs.   Officials acknowledged that for yet another month power generation is set to fall short which raises concerns about the ever widening gap of demand and supply of power levels. The government though set a 310 mega watt capacity in addition to the existing levels fo...
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CONTROL INFLATION PLEASE!
2008-05-08 17:39:00
The major challenge the Government o f India is facing today is the inflation. Though the growing economy of the country has withstood higher rates of inflation in the past and anything like 7.5% is not a great trouble if it did not precipitate even a higher rate of inflation tomorrow.  Most importantly, there is no time for pulling each other?s leg as to who is responsible for this situation and who must accept the blame as is the situation in the political arena of the country. The economic growth of the country and the welfare of common man have to suffer heavily if the situation remains the same. This crisis may turn uncontrollable if appropriate measures are not taken that too in timely fashion. RBI other than the measures like controlling liquidity and suppressing demand should look how to raise the confidence of the investor and reverse the expectations about continuing inflation. The first cause which is constrained supply, which actually is controlling liqu...
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CONDOTELS: A NEW CONCEPT
2008-05-08 17:35:00
How would like to own a hotel? Can?t afford it? No problem- what about owing a room in a hotel? If this prospect sounds interesting, here?s the low down on the concept of a Condotel. A relatively new phenomenon that is fast ?catching fire? in realty circles, as a safe and secure ?investment?, Condotel are as good as any commercial hotels, but are jointly owned by a group of people whose stake is usually limited from 1-2 rooms in that hotel. So, a 300-room Condotel could have as many as 300 unit owners. It works like this. A company normally decides to come up with a Condotel and launches the project to the public. It then invites investors to won a stake by purchasing rooms in the hotel. Condotel units are generally sold during the pre-construction phase of development. They are often built on prime locations, such as facing a beach or in the heart of a city and often in places where the flow of tourists is really high. The difference between a hotel and a Condotel is...
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ARTICLE 370: IS IT STILL IMPORTANT?
2008-05-07 17:35:00
It has been more than 60 years since independence of India; this state has been accorded a special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. Yes, we are talking about Jammu & Kashmir. It is this article which originally granted an unprecedented degree of autonomy to India?s only Muslim majority state. This article confines the writ of central government to defense, foreign affairs and communication only. It also has the power to permit the state to determine which feature of the Constitution of India could be extended to it. This article still remains a matter of debate to rest of India. For some it is inevitable and desirable to erode the provisions of Article 370.Since the first State assembly ratified in 1954, the accession of Kashmir to India, so there is no reason to maintain the status quo. They hold it mandatory for the integration of the country. There are some that hold government should respect the wishes of the populace there and should not ...
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A LOT HAPPENED OVER CUP OF COFFEE.
2008-05-07 17:30:00
More than just a drink- that?s what coffee is. For that first date of a hesitant Indian teenager, it has long been an excuse. For the intellectuals of 1970?s it was a fuel, who raised storms over injustices committed, brought out anti- bourgeois literature and consecrated to change the world. All this happened over a cup of coffee. A life style statement, drinking coffee is a wifi- connected chill zone where you have to 10 times more than what the cup actually cost. This is because in the new culture of disposable incomes and shrinking spaces, social life is measured in coffee spoons. The habit of coffee drinking was restricted to the beans growing areas only in the country which primarily has been a tea- drinking nation.  Smell of leaves brewing instead of beans mixing owes thanks to the colonial lineage which resulted into the lack of coffee culture. With 80,000 tonne of annual consumption of coffee in the country, per capita consumption in India is only 80 Gms. ...
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THAT STAGNANT REVOLUTION
2008-05-06 17:04:00
In 1966, India was besieged on another front, almost an year after the war with Pakistan: daunting food insecurity, worsened by the failure of monsoons. With food grain imports, mainly from the US, spiralling to 10 million tonne, India was forced into a ship-to-mouth existence.  India imported 18,000 tonne of wheat seed from Mexico, which turned self-sufficient in wheat production by the late ?50s by growing dwarf, high-yielding varieties of the grain. 2.5 lakh bags of 10 kg each were transported by road to Punjab and distributed before the Rabi season of 1967. Two Spanish varieties, Lermarojo and Sanavra-64, were sown across the state.   Market arrivals leapfrogged from three lakh tonne to 16 lakh tonne in April 1968 as farmers reaped a bumper crop of wheat. The schools were being shut down so that their buildings could be used to store the produce before distribution to food grain deficit states. The green revolution marked the deliverance from food imports and Punjab?s soci...
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A PLOT OF HIS OWN
2008-05-06 16:53:00
A small farmer, who owns five acres of land on which he grows maize and ribbed gourd. Now, it is in three holds in Babaguda village in the northern suburbs of Hyderabad but he wants to consolidate them into one plot which would be easier to cultivate. Under the Andhra Pradesh Government?s e-governance system, which involves using computers for registry of land, has made his task easier is the ease of verification of land records and registry Referred to as, Computer-Aided Administration of Registration Department CARD, this initiative has radically changed the way the subregistrar?s offices (SROs) throughout the state deal with registry of land.  At any of the 387 SROs, a citizen can register a document for a nominal fee, provided it pertains to the geographical domain of that office. Now, one can present the papers, go shopping to the local market and return after four hours to collect the final document and go home. During the days registry was done manually, one had to make ...
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Zayed Khan
2008-05-04 16:14:00
Zayed Khan was born on 5th July, 1980 to Sanjay Khan and Zarine and grew up in Mumbai before moving to Dehradun and later, Kodaikanal to complete his schooling. His family roots in acting took him to the London film school which he attended for his acting to be taken seriously.   His Bollywood break came opposite her childhood friend Esha Deol in the thriller ?Chura Liya Hai Tumne? which also saw the cricketer Salil Ankola among its cast. The film did not perform exorbitantly at the box office but definitely caught good attention of the media. His next movie ?Main Hoon Na? broke a goof number of records for performance at the box office and Zayed Khan rose to instant fame. He was seen playing an honest cop in his next movie ?Dus? where he chooses to die in order to save the city. As expected, the movie performed well and Zayed Khan became.   Zayed?s later releases like ?Rocky: The Rebel?, ?Shabd? and ?Vaada? did not do well but his upcoming projects like ?Mission Istanbu...

Esha Deol
2008-05-03 16:50:00
Esha Deol is the daughter of Bollywood superstars Dharmendra and Hema Malini and half-sister of Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. She had represented India as a National football player. Under the supervision of her mother, she started practicing Bharatnatyam and Odissi at a very early age and is now a very accomplished dancer. She has also attended a 2 month course in United States in jazz dance and ballet. Her debut was with ?Koi mere dil se pooche? for which she won the Filmfare best female debut award. The movie was on the bold topic of marital violence and blue films where Esha co-starred with Sanjay Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani. Her first major hit was ?Dhoom? alongside Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham. Fortune started favoring her and she delivered hits like ?Kaal?, ?No Entry?, ?Ankahee?, ?Dus? and ?Darling?. She got great reviews for her role in ?Ankahee? and ?Darling? where she played an obsessive character and a ghost respectively. She was showered with critical acclaim for...
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Mohit Suri
2008-05-03 16:31:00
Mohit Suri was born in 1981 and is one of the youngest directors in the industry at the moment. He started his career as an assistant director of the Bhatt family and worked with Mahesh Bhatt closely who also happens to be his uncle. He worked in ?Foothpath?, ?Awara paagal deewana? and ?Kasoor? as an assistant director.   He debuted as a director with the movie ?Zeher? which starred Emran Hashmi, a cousin of his. Out of his four movies released till date, Emran Hashmi was acted in three of those which include ?Zeher?, ?Awarapan? and ?Kalyug?. Mohit seems to be a strong believer in family bonds which is yet again proven by the fact that he chose to cast his cousin Smilie Suri in ?Kalyug?. The script of ?Kalyug? was written by Mohit Suri himself. His movies have enjoyed moderate success at the box office. Two of his films ?Awarapan? and ?Kalyug? were appreciated critically but only the later achieved commercial success. Among the major failures of his was ?Who lamhe? starring...
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Vivek Oberoi
2008-05-03 16:11:00
Vivek Oberoi had a dream debut in Ram Gopal Verma?s ?Company? for which he received the Filmfare best debut and the best supporting actor awards. The movie was a great success and also, received much critical acclaim making him one of the best debutant in the industry in the last decade.   He followed up ?Company? with power packed performances in ?Road?, ?Dum? and ?Saathiya?. Each of these movies brought him fame and huge appreciation of his talent while the movies enjoyed moderate success at the box office. He changed gears to star in a comic role in the movie ?Masti? which became a box office hit. Fortune seemed to be smiling for Vivek as his performance in the critically acclaimed movie, ?Yuva? was again well received followed up by the successful ?Kaal?. His roles in ?Omkara? and ?Shootout at Lokhandwala? won him public acclaim again and Vivek?s role received special mention for the later at almost all the award functions. Vivek was not lucky to escape a few flops durin...
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Kunal Kohli
2008-05-02 16:29:00
Kunal Kohli?s career began as a host on a Zee TV show ?Chalo Cinema? reviewed the box office performance of Bollywood movies. Meanwhile, he got a few lucky breaks to direct the music videos for a few albums of Bally Sagoo, Bali Brahmabhatt, Shaimak Davar and Hema Sardesai. But destiny had bigger plans for Kunal who then, joined the Yash Chopra camp as a director. He has worked on three of their projects with the first one being ?Mujhse dosti karoge? starring Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan which released in 2002. The movie bombed at the box office but Chopra camp?s faith in him did not.   Year 2004 saw him return with ?Hum Tum? which became one of the biggest hits of the year and won five Filmfare awards. Kunal himself received the award for the best director defeating his own mentor Yash Chopra. Controversies did not escape his next movie ?Fanaa? as the movie got banned in Gujarat due to protest against the lead man of the movie. But such hiccups did not aff...
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Upen Patel
2008-05-02 16:08:00
Upen Patel was born in India on 16th August 1980 but has been brought up in United Kingdom. He is a computer science graduate from Hertfordshire. He started out as a model for numerous brands like Hugo Voss, Paul Smith and Zegna but the desire to make an entry into Bollywood inspired him to shift to the music video industry where he featured in the video of a remix song alongside the female actor, ?Udita Goswami?.   Such efforts were good enough for him to be noticed and he debuted in the murder mystery film ?36 China Town? which also starred Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. The film enjoyed good success at the box office and his role as a Casanova was very much appreciated. His next venture, ?Namastey London? was a huge hit and though his role was a supporting one in the movie but the success of the movie can equally be attributed to Upen as well. His only movie till date as the lead ?Shakalaka Boom Boom? did not boom and was declared a flop. His upcoming pro...
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Celina Jaitley
2008-05-01 16:44:00
Celina Jaitley is one of the few personalities who were born abroad in Kabul, Afghanistan on 24th November, 1981 and went on to become Miss India in 2001. Her mother was also a former Afghan beauty queen. Her brother is following in their father?s footsteps and is serving the Indian army. She spent a major portion of her childhood in Kolkata.   She began her career as a model and then, made foray in music videos industry where she featured in a few albums including Bombay Vikings? ?Zara nazroon se kehdo?. Her first feature film was ?Khel? opposite Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty and the famous cricketer Ajay Jadeja where she played Jadeja?s love interest. Her other movies include ?Janasheen?, ?Silsiilay?, ?No Entry?, ?Jawaani Diwani?, ?Tom Dick and Harry?, ?Apna Sapna Money Money? and ?Shakalaka Boom Boom?. Most of these movies had hit music and so did moderate business.   She is currently working on her first international movie ?The Quest of Sheherzade? which has been shot i...
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Farhan Akhtar
2008-05-01 16:26:00
What happens when your family background includes the likes of a scriptwriter, poet, lyricist, screenplay writer and an actress? Farhan Akhtar was born on 9th January, 1974 to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani and went on to become an actor, writer, producer and director. His entry in Bollywood as a director was with ?Dil Chahta Hai? which wooed the youth world over and earned him a Filmfare nomination for the best director. Though Farhan did not earn the award but the movie won a few awards including the Filmfare best screenplay award. ?Dil Chahta Hai? is considered by many as one of the greatest movies ever made in Bollywood.   His next movie ?Lakshya? starring Hrithik Roshan which was appreciated by critics released in 2004. The movie saw the father-son combination work as director-writer together. The movie was nominated for Filmfare best director award as well but the same still allured Farhan. Among his other popular projects was the remake of 1978 classic ?Don? which saw Sha...
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Shahid Kapoor
2008-05-01 16:06:00
Shahid Kapoor started his career as a dance artist, since was trained under Shaimak Davar, working in various music albums and also, as a background dancer in movies like ?Taal?. He also featured in a Pepsi ad opposite Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee in 1998. His debut as the lead actor of a movie came in 2003 in the movie ?Ishk Vishk? opposite Amrita Rao and he won both the IIFA and the Filmfare best debut award for his role in the movie. He had seven more releases before he had his first major box office success with Suraj R. Barjatya?s ?Vivah?. Meanwhile, he earned great reviews for his roles in ?Fida?, ?36 China Town? and ?Dil Maangey More?. He established his superiority over other new comers with ?Jab we met? which had unprecedented success at the box office and has also earned him nomination for the best actor from both Filmfare and IIFA. Among his other appreciated roles is the one in ?Shikhar? even though the movie was a big flop. ?36 China Town? and ?Chup Chup K...
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Ayesha Takia
2008-04-30 16:41:00
Ayesha Takia was born with an Anglo-Indian Muslim origin on 10th April, 1986 in Mumbai and started acting by the time she was 18 and therefore, never enrolled for graduation. Her onscreen debut was a child artist for Complan alongside Shahid Kapoor with whom she later starred in three movies. She featured in two music videos: one with Falguni Pathak but the other one ?Shake it daddy? made her popular.   Her debut movie was ?Taarzan: The wonder car? and despite the disastrous performance of the movie, she won the Filmfare Best Debut award that year. Most of her movies have failed at box office, but her roles have stood out in almost all of them. Her moist powerful role till date remains in ?Dor? where she played a young widow who wants to enjoy her life despite the death of her husband. She won much acclaim and awards for her role.   ?Socha na tha? was supposed to be her debut movie but got delayed and by then, she was a two movie veteran. Her other movies include ?Dil Ma...
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Apoorva Lakhia
2008-04-30 16:22:00
Apoorva Lakhia is one of those Indian directors who have done most of their initial projects in Hollywood as an assistant director. He started his career as an assistant director in the movie ?Kama Sutra: A tale of love? and then, left for Hollywood projects where he worked on movies like ?The ice storm?, ?A perfect murder? and ?Addicted to love?. Having earned exposure to great learning projects abroad, he came back to India to work as an assistant for Ashutosh Gowarikar?s Oscar nominated movie ?Lagaan: Once upon a time in India?. His resume caught the attention and fancy of many producers and he finally got the big break in 2002 with ?Mumbai se aaya mera dost? starring Bachchan Jr. His next movie saw the Big Bachchan joining the cast as he tried to remake ?Man of fire? in Bollywood as ?Ek ajnabee?. ?Shootout at Lokhandwala? became his most successful box office movie and was a multi-star cast with both the Bachchans appearing together this time. This movie was based on the life o...
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Sanjay Suri
2008-04-30 16:03:00
Sanjay Suri started his career as a model when he reached New Delhi and promoted brands like Gillette, Nilkamal Furniture and Times of India. He made his Bollywood entry with ?Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi? with co-actors Dino Morea and Rinkie Khanna. His supporting role in the movie was highly appreciated even though the movie flopped.   Success at the box office eluded Sanjay despite power packed performances in all of his movies since ?Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi?. His releases during that period included ?Daman: A victim of marital violence? with Raveena Tandon and ?Filhaal? and ?Dil Vil Pyar Vyar?. All his roles established him as a great actor but the movies bombed. Another release of his, ?Pinjar? with Urmila Matondkar was set on a story line during the Indo-Pak partition and earned critical fame but commercial success still remained a dream.     His success at the box office came with the movie ?Jhankaar Beats? where he played the lead opposite Juhi Chawla and succeeded i...
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Dia Mirza
2008-04-29 16:50:00
Dia Mirza was born on 9th December, 1981 to a German-Bengali couple in Hyderabad. The actress retains a Muslim name though she practices Hinduism. She became Miss Asia Pacific 2000 after being a second runner up in the Miss India competition that year.   Dia gave up her graduation in Arts as she got busy with her modeling assignments and movies. Her Bollywood entry was far from a dream one as most of her movies were disastrous at the box office. Her first film was ?Deewanapan? closely followed by ?Rehna hai tere dil mein? opposite Madhavan and Saif Ali Khan. Her other projects were ?Tumko na bhool payenge?, ?Tehzeeb?, ?Pran jaye par shaan na jaye?, ?Dum?, ?Stop?, ?Tumsa nahi dekha?, ?Kyun! Ho gaya na..?, ?Blackmail?, ?Parineeta?, ?Dus?, ?Phir hera pheri?, ?Lagey raho Munnabhai? and a few others. Among these movies, ?Dum? is the only hit movie with her as the female lead. Her performance as a supporting artist was well appreciated in the movies ?Dus?, ?Parineeta? and ?Lagey r...
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Amrita Rao
2008-04-29 16:38:00
Amrita Rao was born on 7th June 1981 in Mumbai and did her schooling and graduation in Mumbai. She is a graduate from Sophia College in psychology. During her college years, she moved to modeling and promoted brands like Fairever Face Cream, Perk and Bru. These movies earned her calls from directors but she refused the offers in lieu of studies. After graduation, she debuted in ?Ab ke baras? opposite Aryan Babbar but the movie did not click. She re-appeared in Bollywood in the love story ?Ishk Vishk? and her performance was very much appreciated and she was nominated as the Filmfare best female debutant and won the IIFA award as well. She appeared all set to step in the big shoes of Bollywood lead actresses with spectacular success in ?Masti?, ?Main Hoon Na? and ?Vivah?. ?Vivah? brought her back with her ?Ishk Vishk? lead Shahid Kapoor and remains her most successful movie till date. She also earned a Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for her performance in ?Vivah?.   Meanwhile she ...
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Anubhav Sinha
2008-04-29 16:22:00
Anubhav Sinha is a 42 year old veteran who has showed lots of promise and potential but is yet to hit homerun on the celluloid screen. Anubhav Sinha was born in Allahabad and did his early schooling in Allahabad and Varanasi before going on to become a mechanical engineering graduate from the Aligarh Muslim University. After trying his fortunes as an engineer, Anubhav realized his true dreams and started as an assistant director in 1990. Four years of experience served as an ideal launch pad for him to start as an independent director.   His talent was first appreciated with ?Shikasht? and he got selected for a TV show ?Sea Hawks? on UTV. The show went to don the TRP ratings for thirty five weeks across all the networks. Having conquered the silver screen, he went about establishing a niche for himself in the music video industry and worked on 75 music videos. Bollywood seemed to be the only hurdle left in India and with that goal set, he went about his business.   His f...
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Ritesh Deshmukh
2008-04-29 16:03:00
Ritesh Deshmukh was born on 17th December, 1978 in Latur to Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, present chief minister of Maharashtra. He completed his schooling and graduation in Mumbai before moving to New York to join the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.   His Bollywood debut was in 2004 against Genelia D?souza in the movie ?Tujhe meri kasam? which enjoyed moderate success at the box office. It was only in his third movie ?Masti? that he became a known face and was established as a good comic leads in movies. He tried serious roles in movies like ?Bardaasht? and ?Naach? but later decided to take comic roles rather than serious ones.   His popular movies which established his rank as a comedian and also, impressed the box office charts include ?Kya kool hai hum?, ?Mr ya Miss?, ?Bluffmaster?, ?Malamaal weekly?, ?Apna Sapna Money Money?, ?Hey Baby? and ?Dhamaal?.  ?Hey Baby? remains his most successful movie till date where he plays a Casanova who later changes completely after ad...

Amisha Patel
2008-04-28 16:34:00
Amisha Patel delivered three consecutive super hits including ?Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai? and ?Gadar: Ek Prem Katha? and announced her entry in Bollywood . Both the movies did handsome business and Amisha was also shown thumbs up by the critics. She won the best debutant award for ?Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai? at almost all the award functions. She was also awarded a Filmfare Special Performance award for Gadar. But then, her magic touch was lost and she had to wait till 2006 for appreciation of her acting talent in the movie ?Ankahee?. Another hit of hers was ?Bhool bhulaiya? where she starred opposite Akshay Kumar. Meanwhile, she appeared in ?Humraaz? as well which was turned out to be a hit. Her long list of flops includes ?Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar?, ?Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai?, ?The Rising?, ?Mere Jeevan Saathi?, ?Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai?, ?Teesri Aankh? and ?Aap ki khatir?. ?Ankahee? worked as a straw to save her sinking career. The story was inspired from her ex-boyfriend?s real life and she played the ...
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Anant Mahadevan
2008-04-28 16:16:00
Anant Mahadevan is an actor who later became a director. He started his career with the television serials and made his way up into the movies. He acted in serials like ?The sword of Tipu Sultan? and then, went to feature in character roles in more than 50 Bollywood movies, the latest being ?Eight by Ten? by Nagesh Kukunoor.   His career as a director began with the TV serial ?Indradhanush? in 1989 but he had to wait till 2002 to get a break as a movie director. His first film ?Dil Vil Pyar Vyar? with Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill and Sanjay Suri was highly appreciated though did not perform as expected at the box office. His later projects included a few movies with Emran Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Jimmy Shergill and Shahid Kapoor like ?Aksar?, ?Aggar?, ?Victoria no. 203? and ?Dil maange more?. Other movies in the pipeline include ?Meeting se meeting tak? and ?Anamika?. Anant will work with Akshay Kumar for the first time in Anamika though Ayesha Takia had worked with him earlier in...
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Aftab Shivdasani
2008-04-28 15:56:00
Aftab Shivdasani was born in Mumbai on 25th June, 1978 (he shares his birth date with his father) and did his graduation from H R College of commerce. Even during his school days, he was actively involved in movies and featured in various movies as a child artist. His earliest movies were ?Mr. India?, ?Shahenshah?, ?Chaalbaaz? and ?Insaniyat?.   His career as a senior lead artist started when Ram Gopal Verma gave him a break in his movie ?mast? in 1999 opposite Urmila Matondkar. The movie did not do any wonders but he was awarded the Filmfare best debut award for his role in the movie ?Mast?. After ?Mast?, he appeared in many movies, most of which enjoyed moderate success at the box office though none of them went on to become a super hit. His much appreciated performances were in ?Kasoor? where he played a negative role and won the award for best actor in a villainous role in 2002, ?Awara Paagal Deewana?, ?Hungama? and ?Masti? where he played comic roles.   A few of his...
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CREDIT COUNSELING - Peace Of Mind
2008-04-21 11:42:00
 Inflation has led to payment pressure which in turn has increased debt burden. People have to now cut their expenditures in different areas rather in some instances, to manage their position with the available funds; some have changed lifestyles as well. Credit counseling, thought not very popular is the need of hour to handle situation in a profitable manner.     If an individual has taken or is planning to take a debt burden, the process of explaining the impact of this burden is called Credit counseling. An individual is also explained the ways to address the debt burden and is showed a path to come out of it.  Regular interaction to understand an individual?s position and to gain his confidence to assure the required steps are taken is the key to the success of credit counseling.  Debt, asking for regular service, is always a problem if it is unmanageable. In tough financial state, it often becomes hard to cope with the interest and repayments. Restructuring or changing...
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Realty India -Challenges Ahead
2008-04-20 11:10:00
Listing of real estate companies has brought a turnaround in the business and towards the perception about the sector. It has, for the first time highlighted the challenges the sector is facing. The urban planning is one of the major concerns this sector has to deal with. Economic growth forcing infrastructural development is an imperative. Reforms are required in Land acquisition because of saturation of good land bank in metros. Real estate finance growth is for sure in terms of public and private equity and debt. High net worth individuals, mutual funds, close ended and PE funds, leads the markets currently in private equity space. Entry of global players in collaboration with national players in the industry may result in landscape change. Success in the emerging market bet on emerging trends and defining strategies accordingly.Urbanization today is driven by educated, professional workforce joined by rise in the middle class with higher disposable income, which is favouring th...
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KNOW THE GAME-IPL_T20
2008-04-19 12:41:00
It was fast batting this time coupled with bowling which helped KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS defeat BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLANGERS??easily. This opening match of cricket?s richest tournament ever played ($2bn) got a breathtaking start with fireworks and lasers in the sky; acrobats, rockers, dancers and cheerleaders on the ground.   One thing which I think everyone forget to look at is the rule book which I am sure would surprise the players and the viewers equally since this new format of the game has some strange rules clubbed with it. Have a look: 8-MINUTE RULE: If the player is absent from the field for longer than 8 minutes, he shall not be permitted to bowl in that innings after his return until he has been on the field for at least that length of playing time for which he was absent. He shall also not be permitted to bat unless or until, he has returned to the field and/or his side?s innings has been in progress for at least that length of playing time for which he has been absent or, i...
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