Ubisoft's popular video-game series of the same name gets adapted for the big screen in this sweeping fantasy adventure starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton. The setting is sixth century Persia. A nefarious nobleman covets the Sands of Time, a legendary gift from the gods that allows its possessor to turn back time. Whoever owns the Sands of Time has the power to rule the world, and this villainous lord would use that power to enslave all of humanity. The only person capable of defeating this tyrant and saving the world is Dastan (Gyllenhaal), a youthful prince. Now, with plucky princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) by his side, Dastan will attempt to prevent the Sands of Time from falling into the wrong hands. Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) directs a script penned by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Jordan Mechner, and Boaz Yakin.
Leading Tamil star Surya is surely going places. Very soon he will play the lead role in Ram Gopal Varma's Hindi film
Ratha Charithra. Impressed with the story line of Radha Charithra, the actor accepted the offer immediately.
"The film will be in two parts and I will be introduced in the climax scenes of the first part and the second part will be based on my character," said Surya in his recent interview. The film starring Vivek Oberoi will revolve around the life of a notorious murderer.
RGV had reportedly said that the film would start soon after Surya returns from his Aadhavan schedule.
இதிகாச காவியமான ராமாயணத்தில் வரும் கதாபாத்திரங்களில் மாற்றம் செய்து இந்த நவீன காலத்திற்கேற்ற முறையில் படமாக எடுக்கிறார், பிரபல டைரக்டர் மணிரத்னம்.
தமிழ் மற்றும் இந்தியில் ஒரே சமயத்தில் தயாராகும் இப்படத்திற்கு இந்தியில் ராவண் என்று பெயரிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. முக்கிய வேடங்களில் அபிஷேக்பச்சன், ஐஸ்வர்யாராய், விக்ரம் ஆகியோரும், துணை வேடங்களில் கோவிந்தா, ரவி கிஷண், நிகில் திவேதி, தேஜஸ்வினி கோல்காபூர், பிரியாமணி ஆகியோரும் நடிக்கின்றனர்.
இந்தப் படம் வரும் ஜுன் மாதம் வெளியாக உள்ளது. தமிழ், இந்தி தவிர்த்து தெலுங்கு உள்ளிட்ட மற்ற மொழிகளிலும் ஒரே சமயத்தில் டப்பிங் செய்யப்பட இருக்கிறது.
படத்தின் இறுதிக்கட்ட காட்சிகள் ஒகேனக்கல்லில் படமாக்கப்பட்டது.
படத்தின் கதைப்படி, 90 அடி உயரத்தில் இருந்து கீழே சீறிப்பாய்ந்து ஓடும் ஆற்றில் அபிஷேக்பச்சன் குதிப்பது போல் ஒரு காட்சி அமைக்கப்பட்டு இருந்தது. அந்த காட்சியில் அபிஷேக்பச்சனுக்கு பதில், `டூப்' நடிகரை வைத்து படமாக்க மணிரத்னம் திட்டமிட்டு இருந்தார்.
ஆனால் அந்த காட்சியில், நான்தான் நடிப்பேன் என்று அபிஷேக்பச்சன் பிடிவாதம் செய்தார். ஆற்றுக்குள் மிகப்பெரிய பாறைகள் இருக்கக்கூடும். அதில் மோதினால், உயிருக்கே ஆபத்தாக முடியும் என்று மணிரத்னம் எச்சரித்தார். என்றாலும், அபிஷேக்பச்சன் பயப்படாமல், அந்த காட்சியில் தானே நடிப்பதாக கூறினார்.
படப்பிடிப்பில் உடன் இருந்த ஐஸ்வர்யாராயும், கணவர் அபிஷேக்பச்சனிடம் அந்த காட்சியில் நடிக்க வேண்டாம் என்று எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்தார். அவரை அபிஷேக்பச்சன் சமாதானப்படுத்தினார்.
ஒகேனக்கல்லை சேர்ந்த குழந்தைகள் கூட இந்த உயரத்தில் இருந்து குதித்து விளையாடுகிறார்கள். அந்த குழந்தைகளுக்கு உள்ள துணிச்சல் என்னிடம் இல்லையா?என்று கேட்டு மனைவியை அடக்கினார். பின்னர், அந்த காட்சியில் நடிப்பதற்காக 90 அடி உயரத்தில் உள்ள மலையில் ஏறினார்.
படப்பிடிப்பு குழுவினர் அனைவரும் `என்ன ஆகுமோ?'' என்று பயந்து கொண்டிருக்க, அபிஷேக்பச்சன் வெற்றிகரமாக அந்த காட்சியில் நடித்து முடித்தார். அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக அவருக்கு ஒன்றும் ஆகவில்லை.
When Aishwarya Rai got married to Abhishek Bachchan, there were speculations that actor Salman Khan just might marry his long-time girlfriend Katrina Kaif soon - implying that he couldn't get Aishwarya back anymore. Now that the actor has crossed 40, his family members are more than eager to watch him settle down.
Girlfriend Katrina Kaif's mom flew down from London recently and had a nice conversation with Salman Khan's family. This had only increased the rumors of a marriage that was soon going to happen. Now that Salman has finally got himself out of all the legal mess that he was involved in, he too is not rejecting the idea.
There is only one problem now. The actress is finally being recognized for her work. She is getting plenty of new film offers. You don't suppose that she wants to spoil it all by getting married now, do you?
FOXBORO - Perhaps the Patriots were sick of Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis tormenting them during 2009. Last night, they may have drafted their own version.
With the 27th selection of the NFL draft, coach Bill Belichick selected Rutgers cornerback Devin McCourty, a physical player who could go a long way in easing their woes against pass-happy teams last season.
After trading down twice from their original selection at No. 22 while picking up a third-round pick, Belichick settled on McCourty, a player who didn’t expect to be selected that quickly. He is a special teams star, as well.
The 5-foot-11, 193-pounder is roughly the same size as Revis. Both toiled away from publicity in the Big East, with Revis at Pittsburgh and McCourty at Rutgers.
“When you turn on the TV in this area, Revis is always on,” McCourty said last night. “He was one of the top cornerbacks in our conference, and when you have a guy that good in your conference, you just watch him on film. And obviously, he’s on a lot now and especially in the playoffs. I looked at him for what I can add to my game.”
Added Belichick: “That’s a positive trait, a player who works on his game.”
McCourty made 80 tackles - 7 for a loss - with just one interception in 2009. He also blocked seven kicks on special teams.
“Coach (Greg) Schiano always said you can be even on offense and defense, but special teams can be the tiebreaker,” McCourty said. “I take that very seriously.”
As for Belichick, he said McCourty was “the player with the best value for us.” He would’ve taken McCourty at 22 if he’d stayed there.
“I think the end of the first round worked out about as well as we could’ve hoped,” Belichick said. “He’s a very tough, good four-down football player. It’s hard for me to picture a player who can do more that.”
In many ways, the pick was surprising. McCourty said he was in the bathroom when the phone rang, leading his twin brother Jason (a Tennessee Titan) to bang on the door and say, “Answer the phone!”
The Pats have cornerback Leigh Bodden, Darius Butler and ShawnSprings on the roster. And defensive end Jared Odrick and outside linebacker Sergio Kindle were available. Instead, Belichick sought pass-coverage help, especially with the rest of the AFC East loading up on offensive weapons. Butler appeared excited, saying in a tweet, “That’s a good pick! Can’t have enough CBs, especially Big East ones.” Instantly, ESPN analyst Jon Gruden lauded the selection: “McCourty will give them a lot of versatility.”
Trading out of the 22nd pick (Denver) and then the 24th pick (Dallas), the Pats landed at 27 with so many defensive targets still available. They also acquired the 90th overall pick, a third-rounder they had lost in the Derrick Burgess trade.
Not sure if he was going to be picked last night, McCourty erred on the side of caution.
“It was really up in the air,” McCourty said. “I didn’t want to have my hopes too high, but it was an incredible feeling. My mom and I cried a little bit. We’re just so happy now.”
McCourty hadn’t gotten a strong feeling if the Pats would select him. But he did have a one-on-one meeting with Belichick when the coach spoke at a clinic at Rutgers. The two went over some film, and Belichick handed out some pointers.
When they spoke last night, Belichick said, “Are you ready to become a Patriot?” McCourty responded, “Coach, I’m ready.”
If you’re a certain kind of red-meat action movie fan — you know you who are — then you’re already counting down the days to Sylvester Stallone’s orgy of macho mayhem, The Expendables, on August 13th. Sure, we understand that the former Italian Stallion’s output these days has been decidedly hit or miss. But The Expendables is destined to be a classic. Why? Because it features the once-in-a-lifetime summit of the Big Three action czars of the ’80s: Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“It took probably eight months to pull it off because of everyone’s schedules,” says Stallone, who also directed and co-wrote the $55 million throwback to man-on-a-mission classics like The Dirty Dozen. “With Arnold especially, we’d plan a date and then there’d be a fire or a budget crisis and he’d have to go back to Sacramento.”
Stallone says the big scene between the three icons serves as little more than a cameo for his A-list pals. But, he adds, “it really sets the hook for the movie.” Willis plays a shady mogul who hires Stallone’s band of mercenaries — which includes Jason Statham, Jet Li, mixed-martial-arts champ Randy Couture, and former NFL player Terry Crews — to overthrow a Latin American dictator. In a twist that smacks of Reagan-era box-office showdowns, Schwarzenegger plays Sly’s longtime rival, a fellow soldier of fortune. “Arnold and I talked about how it takes a while to start up the engines these days,” laughs the 63-year-old Stallone.
“It’s the three of us going nose-to-nose,” Stallone continues. “Bruce and Arnold just got it. It’s so funny because you get there and it’s like, We’ve all seen each other socially, but this is different. It’s like meeting a fellow athlete in the ring. Oh, okay, everyone knows how to work the camera and what angles work for them. It was just fantastic. They’re such pros. Because it’s probably never going to happen again.”
For Stallone’s younger costar, Statham, who grew up weaned on the films of these three stars, the prospect of watching these three in the same scene is like catnip. “I’ve actually seen the scene with the three of them and it’s the best scene in the film,” he says. “I was almost in tears with how funny it is. It’s worth every dollar.”
Stallone says also approached his onetime marquee mates Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme to join the cast, too. But it wasn’t to be. “Seagal had complications because he was busy with his TV show. But Van Damme just had complications about the…a lot of this has been blown out of proportion. Supposedly, he said ‘What is the character’s motivation?’ And I supposedly said, ‘Well, we’re making lots of money!’ Which I never said. I’ve never said that in my entire life! I said, ‘It’s about you and Jet Li. He defeats you.’ And he says, ‘That’s impossible!’ And I go, ‘It’s a movie.’ And he goes, ‘But it could never happen!’ And he said, ‘Why don’t you think of doing some other kind of movie? Maybe something that has to do with inner-city politics? And I go, ‘Well, that’s a little removed from where I’m at. So you hang in there and keep punching.’ A lot has been made out of it. He’s going in a whole different direction with his career and he just didn’t want to go there. I wish he had. There’s always a sequel, so who knows?”
Newly-single actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is eyeing to romance Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson.
The 'Heartbreakers' star recently ended a year-long relationship with comedy actor Jamie Kennedy, and insists she's ready to find love again, AceShowbiz reported online.
"His features are so striking. I love that he has such a soft voice," Hewitt said.
However, to win over the British actor would be a tough game for Hewitt as he has constantly been linked to his 'Twilight' co-star Kristen Stewart.
This is not the first time the 31-year-old actress has expressed her love for Pattinson.
"There is not a girl in the world who's not Team Edward! Have you met girls who are not Team Edward? Well, they are not girls! They're aliens from another planet who should not be allowed to exist,"Hewitt had said in an earlier interview.
Gerard Is Not In 'Saat Khoon Maaf', Says Priyanka :
Scottish actor Gerard Butler is not playing one of Priyanka Chopra's seven husbands in Vishal Bharadwaj's upcoming flick "Saat Khoon Maaf".
The National Award winning actress clarified this through her Twitter page.
The actress posted, "Guys just to clarify things... Gerard Butler is not in 'Saat Khoon Maaf'. I don't know where these fictional stories come out as news."
Recently, a Mumbai newspaper had published that Miss Chopra had used her personal relationship with Gerard to sign him in for "Saat Khoon Maaf".
And she is quite miffed.
While Bollywood isn't exactly known for sex in its films, but it has been an important part of the storyline of many a Bollywood flick and this isn't just in the B-grade stuff. There have been a number of mainstream Bollywood films in which sex played a privotal role in the narrative as our list shows.
Actress Udita Goswami is all set to woo her co-actor Anuuj Saxena in Jag Mohan Mundhra's Chase.
Here are more than a handful of Bollywood films that had a sex flavour about them.
Arya, after his performance in Naan Kadavul, has bagged several projects and has established himself quite well in Kollywood. The actor has now signed up an interesting offer in Tollywood. Reportedly, Arya will be playing a villain in a Telugu film that will directed by Gunasekar. Sources close to him state that Arya took up the villain role because it has equal footage to that of the hero’s character. Incidentally, Telugu star Allu Arjun plays the lead role. The director said that shooting of this film will commence today and will be
completed in a couple of months. Arya definitely seems to be on a experimental spree.
The World Malayalee Council was formed in April 1995. It was inaugurated on 3rd July 1995 at the first ever World Convention of Non Resident Malayalees.
The main objective of this organization is to provide a non-political forum to bring together the widely scattered community of people of Malayalee/Kerala origin and strengthen the common bonds of culture, tradition and way of life. The charter of the organization recognizes the revolutionary transformation taking place at global levels as a result of quantum leaps in technology. WMC works towards an international brotherhood of Malayalees/people of Kerala origin to bolster their cultural, artistic and social uniqueness and give resilience and understanding towards other cultures with which they have to co-exist and interact.
To translate these avowed goals, WMC has constituted world wide Regional and Provincial Councils with eminent Malayalees who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally. At different organizational levels suitable and committed persons with vision and integrity are elected . WMC is responsive to the needs of the diverse multi racial geographical milieu in which Malayalees move about.
This organization with a global network provide opportunities and capabilities for people of all age group to provide leadership and service to the community they live in and to the motherland Kerala/India. WMC gives special emphasis to the development of the new generation of expatriate Malayalees who feel cultural and social alienation in their adopted country.
Ashwariya Rai’s commitment to Robot came in for some heavy discussion yesterday. Nearly all sections of the media had recently carried reports of Ash being offered the female lead role in Robot for an astounding sum, making her the top paid actress in the entire country. But only yesterday reports were floating around of Ash pulling out of the
Aishwarya Rai
movie, citing her pregnancy as a reason. Robot, a 24 month project, was too long a time for her to be away from home, seemed to be the implication.
Dispelling these reports strongly, Ash today said that she is committed to Robot; that she admires Shankar for always being a step ahead of any other filmmaker when it came to making cutting edge techno savvy movies. Excited about working with Rajinikanth, she had nothing but praise for him. Rajini is an institution personified, she added, and she would never miss out on an opportunity to work with him.
And here’s further proof of Ash’s commitment to the film industry: The actress, along with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, will star in one more Mani Ratnam film. And no! This is not a Tamil film but Hindi.
Wikileaks and the Internalized National-Security-Virtual-State :
For many people, at least those living in the United States and other highly industrial and technologically advanced societies, the social and cultural environments of the Electronic Age have come to mean more than real flesh-and blood. In other words, the virtual world of mass media and its larger-than-life entertaining personalities are the images people carry around in their heads. Communications experts have also discovered that for most people these celebrities, politicians and news pundits are socially real and extremely influential. In fact, people act like them, dress like them, speak like them, behave like them, and talk to them-at least in their minds. (This explains the popularity of some talk-show hosts and the surges that mimic their words and views.)
I was reminded of this when Wikileaks released a 2007 video showing a U.S. gunship massacring unarmed civilians in Iraq. (They plan to release another video of U.S. aircraft bombing a Afghan village killing 140 civilians.) It was reminiscent too of when some of us, years ago, challenged U.S. hegemony and wars in Latin America. I once had the chance to travel with Ed Haase throughout Guatemala. He was a radio-journalist from Kansas City and after making frequent trips to Central America, he reported about the consequences U.S. militarization and the reoccurring atrocities. On one occasion, while returning from Nicaragua, he was detained by U.S. Customs officials. FBI agents interrogated him and seized his notes, diary, address book, and other Central American documents.
Not only did U.S. officials harass and question hundreds of other U.S. citizens returning from Nicaragua, but from other nations. I can still recall coming back to the U.S. from Guatemala and Custom officials photocopying my notes. Others were taken to private rooms and interrogated. Just as demoralizing were fellow citizens who did not want to hear about how U.S. military aid and advisers, including corporations and private security firms, were committing human rights abuses, assassinations, and massacres throughout Latin America. Many Americans had internalized the values of hyper-patriotism and the feelings of fun, entertainment, and I-don't-want-to-know-what-my-government-is-doing.
Ed Haase, a dedicated radio-journalist, eventually decided to leave the United States. He was an investigative journalist working in a corporate-owned and virtual world. The goal was to make people feel good, so they would buy the next advertised product and war. Ed Haase was critical of the news media, for it had imprisoned people in a virtual cage of feel-good and entertaining news and information. Instead of listening to others experiences or traveling and searching for certainty, for many a media-oriented virtual experience became the ultimate reality. Independent thinking and objective beliefs based on real and global experiences were replaced with manufactured thinking and contrived beliefs.
The magnetism of U.S. censorship is that people "think" they are free and knowledgeable, but they do not "know" they have internalized and have been imprisoned by a national-security-virtual-state. It purports fear, ignorance, confusion, misinformation and is highly selective in regards to the past and present. It induces false values and incorrect thoughts, which are far removed from the realities of the rest of the world. Wikileaks is to be commended for shattering a de-contextualized and virtual world, along with confronting those in the political, military, academic, and intelligence establishments. Already, at least one member has been detained and questioned and there have been numerous threats.
Wikileaks has also gained the attention of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who condemned the group by claiming the military footage that showed U.S. forces killing civilians were out of context and provided an incomplete picture. They are also under surveillance and have probably been infiltrated. As they try to expose a secretive and clandestine government and its misguided military operations, let us hope U.S. citizens will be able to listen, observe and understand the realities and sufferings of others, especially in nations that are still being occupied by the United States.
Mars Experiment Design Competition Focuses on Teamwork:
Before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon, NASA wanted to learn more about Earth's closest celestial body. So, it sent probes and rovers to check out the conditions. The space agency has sent similar missions to the Red Planet, only now it is turning to future explorers to help learn how to live and work on Mars long before humans travel there.
Space Florida recently announced the names of three winning school teams in Florida for the Mars Experiment Design Competition, which will bring the nation one step closer to the Martian surface.
LakeNona Middle/High School in OrangeCounty: Team "Geeky Lions" will perform geology and biology field studies with its experiment called "Can Water Plus Martian Soil Equal Life?"
MulrennanMiddle School in HillsboroughCounty: Team "TechPlayZone Red Voyagers" will study human factors with its experiment called "Emotional Dynamics."
Golden GateHigh School in CollierCounty: Team "Big Red Mission Crew" will study mission operations with its experiment called "How to Produce Energy."
Space Florida received 32 completed entries in this scientific design competition, which invited Florida middle and high school students to design scientific experiments to send to the Mars Desert Research Station, or MDRS, in Utah in March.
The MDRS is one of four such facilities throughout the world, and is operated by The Mars Society. Each facility can simulate the environmental and geological conditions encountered on the planet.
Three judges -- all recognized experts in their field of study -- closely examined the entries and agreed that scientific standards were very high.
"We are grateful to everyone who participated. It is obvious that teachers and students worked very closely together so as to come up with these innovative Mars experiments," said Tony Gannon, Space Florida director of education.
The winning teams will now focus on refining their experiments before they are shipped to the facility.
In the spring, and with cooperation from Kennedy and its Digital Learning Network, or DLN, NASA personnel will transmit scientific results obtained from the experiments to the three winning teams. During these transmissions, each team will have an opportunity to interact directly with NASA engineers. They also will take a virtual tour of Kennedy.
Dr. George Yoakum, science teacher and "Geeky Lions" team leader at Lake Nona Middle/High School said, "Perhaps most importantly, students learned to recognize the strengths of their teammates, peers and mentors, and became comfortable organizing these resources to reach high-quality decisions."
New Delhi: 9th April 2010: We are pleased to announce that PepsiCo and Tata Tea Limited have today signed a non binding Memorandum of Understanding, with the intention of exploring the formation of a joint venture in the area of non-carbonated ready-to-drink beverages, focused on health and enhanced wellness. More details will only be available once the definitive agreements for the joint venture are finalized and executed, which is expected to be done over the next few months. The transaction will be subject to corporate and statutory approvals as may be required. The proposed joint venture is not intended to conflict with any existing arrangements of either party. About Tata Tea Limited
Tata Tea is a leading player in the global beverages market with significant presence in over 40 countries. The company has steadily transformed itself from being a plantation business to emerge as a key player in the branded segment. Tata Tea’s operations spans the entire value-chain in tea, including research and development, tea cultivation, manufacture of black and instant tea, blending, packaging, branding, marketing, sales and distribution. India is a large market for the Tata Tea group and one in which Tata Tea has volume leadership. India is expected to continue to drive future growth for the company. Tata Tea has begun its journey of transformation into the ‘good for you’ liquid beverages company with the launch of Himalayan, natural mineral water and T!ON an active refreshing drink made from fruit juice, tea extracts and ginseng. About PepsiCo
PepsiCo entered India in 1989 and has grown to become the country’s largest selling food and beverage business. The group has built an expansive beverage, snack food and exports business and to support the operations are the group’s 41 beverage bottling plants in India and 3 Foods plants. PepsiCo offers a large and diverse portfolio of food and beverage products, including 19 different brands that generate more than $1 billion in annual sales each. PepsiCo’s businesses – Frito-Lay, Quaker, Pepsi-Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade – also make hundreds of other nourishing, tasty foods and drinks that bring joy to our consumers in over 200 countries and generate close to $60 billion revenues. PepsiCo’s business is based on its unique commitment to sustainable growth, called “Performance with Purpose”. Please visit www.PepsiCo.com
