11/22/08

HomeShop18 Kids Special Show

HomeShop18, the 24-hour home shopping channel from Network18, has launched a weekly show Kids Special which will be aired every Saturday at 1:30 pm and Sunday at 3:30 pm.

Says HomeShop18 CEO Sundeep Malhotra, “Children are a large audience in India. Kids Special will appeal to kids for the innovative toys that they can find on the show. At the same time, parents will like it as the merchandise helps in attracting kids to new hobbies.”


The half an hour show offers products like kids laptop, remote controlled toys, kids puzzles, paper recycling mini factory and art and craft products.

In addition, every episode will have experts from varied fields like psychology, education addressing various issues and problems faced by kids across the country.

Also every episode of Kids Special allows parents to win a Zenith computer through a lucky draw.

11/21/08

MOVIE REVIEW | 'TWILIGHT' The Love That Dare Not Bare Its Fangs

TWILIGHT

Opens on Friday nationwide.

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke; written by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer; director of photography, Elliot Davis; edited by Nancy Richardson; music by Carter Bruwell produced by Greg Mooradian, Mark Morgan and Wyck Godfrey; released by Summit Entertainment. Running time: 2 hours 1 minute.

WITH: Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie Cullen), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Cullen), Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen), Cam Gigandet (James/Nomad Vampire), Taylor Lautner (Jacob), Anna Kendrick (Jessica), Michael Welch (Mike Newton) and Justin Chon (Eric).

t’s love at first look instead of first bite in “Twilight,” a deeply sincere, outright goofy vampire romance for the hot-not-to-trot abstinence set. Based on the foundational book in Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling multivolume series, “The Twilight Saga” (four doorstops and counting), this carefully faithful adaptation traces the sighs and whispers, the shy glances and furious glares of two unlikely teenage lovers who fall into each other’s pale, pale arms amid swirling hormones, raging instincts, high school dramas and oh-so-confusing feelings, like, OMG he’s SO HOT!! Does he like ME?? Will he KILL me??? I don’t CARE!!! :)


And, reader, she doesn’t, the she being Bella (for Isabella) Swan, played with tremulous intensity and a slight snarl by Kristen Stewart. A sylph with a watchful, sometimes wary gaze who’s often cast in daughter roles, Ms. Stewart transformed from an appealing actress into something more complex with her brief, memorable turn in the 2007 movie of Jon Krakauer’s book “Into the Wild.” As the child-woman whose longing for the ill-fated wanderer Christopher McCandless is largely expressed through piercing looks and sensitive strumming, Ms. Stewart gave form and feeling to the possibility that the search for freedom and authentic experiences can be found in the embrace of another human being. This was a girl worth living for, if not for that film’s lost soul.

Since living really isn’t an option for Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), the moody, darkly brooding vampire who catches Bella’s eye and then her heart, she becomes the girl worth fighting for, a battle that, as in the book, involves not just malignant forces, but also ravenous appetite. Like all vampire stories, “Twilight” is about repressed desire and untamed hunger and the possibility of blood, the blood that flows from violently pierced necks and that, from John Polidori’s 1819 short novel “The Vampyre” to Alan Ball’s new HBO series, “True Blood,” represents ravishment of a more graphic kind. This is the ravishment that, in its pantomime of seduction and surrender, transforms innocence — like that of Bram Stoker’s sacrificial virgin, Lucy, in “Dracula” — into “voluptuous wantonness.”

11/10/08

Dhoni asks Dada to lead the team

Nice gesture by MSD to ask Dada to lead the team in the final moments of Dada's career...and Dada took this opportunity with open arms..enjoy watching the Bengal tiger as acting captain in this video.. Dada , we will miss you .

11/8/08

Audi R8 sports car for India

The Audi R8 sports car is coming to India.

Audi India’s Vice-President marketing, Martin Birkner said that the German luxury car maker would roll out its sports car R8 in India in October-November 2008.

Audi Rs India launch soon

Audi has refused to offer any information on the price of the R8 in India as of now. The Audi R8 will be the ccompany’s flagship model in India. The mid-engined Audi R8 would come with 420 bhp engine produced by a 4,163 cc petrol engine. It features Audi’s legendary Quattro all-wheel drive system, and a 6-speed R-tronic transmission with paddle-shift, for 0-100 kmph figures of 4.2 seconds. Top speed is a mind-boggling, (and in India highly illegal) 300 kmph. Maximum torque is 430 Nm between 4,500 and 6,000 rpm. Rumors are that the price of the R8 might go as high as rs 1 crore, making it uaffordable for everyone but millionnaires.


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Here is our latest story on the Audi car in India

Prior to the announcement of the upcoming launch of the Audi R8, the company revealed that it sold 350 cars in India during 2007. In 2008, Audi plans to triple that number, mainly banking on the Q4 sedan which launched in India just a week back. Audi expects to sell 1000 units of A4 in the first 12 months of its launch. The prices of the new Audi A4 start at Rs 29 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai).

Apart from the A4, the other Audi models currently available in India are the A8, Q7, A6 and TT. Currently, Audi has 7 dealerships in India.

The company meanwhile has ruled out the launch of its small car, the A3, in India at the moment. It is a known fact that Audi makes its A6 at its Aurangabad assembly plant on a completely knocked down unit. It is doing the same with A4 by this October. The model is currently being imported.

11/7/08

Top 10 most expeted upcoming movies



Endhiran





The Robot has begun moving. All that a Superstar and Shankar movie promises is sure to be there.

HIGHS:
Superstar, Shankar, Aishwarya Rai, A.R.Rahman- do we need to say more?

LOWS:
Maybe, the unfortunate demise of Sujatha.







Marma Yogi




Kamal’s next after Dasavatharam. A medieval epic on a large canvas, it doesn’t get much bigger.

HIGHS:
Casting and almost everything else.

LOWS:
Not applicable.











Mani Ratnam





Mani Ratnam, the master, is at it again. After the huge success of the biopic of an industrialist, he now goes for a modern interpretation of one of India’s greatest epic.

HIGHS:
Mani, Madras Talkies, Aishwarya Rai…..

LOWS:
Will it be tailor made for a Hindi audience?








Vaaranum Aayiram






Gautham returns to team with Surya, can the Kakka Kakka magic be recaptured?

HIGHS:
The return of the victorious team, great music and multiple roles….

LOWS:
Can the expectations be too much?











Kanthaswamy




Susi Ganesan’s first truly big one. Vikram in multiple roles with Shriya for company.

HIGHS:
Vikram’s roles and the eye catching trailer.

LOWS:
Are Vikram’s films few and far apart?




Villu





The hit team of Pokkiri returns for an encore.

HIGHS:
The Pokkiri memory and Vijay-Nayan pairing.

LOWS:
Are the expectations unrealistic?





Ayan





K.V. Anand returns to direction after Kana Kandein with Surya in the lead.

HIGHS:
Six pack Surya.

LOWS:
Not many, might depend on Vaaranum Aayiram.






Naan Kadavul





Bala’s return with a subject that has hoisted more controversy than anything else in Kollywood.

HIGHS:
Bala’s mastery of the craft and the curiosity factor.

LOWS:
Will it ever make it to theaters?





Aayirathil Oruvan




Selvaraghavan teams up with Paruthiveeran Karthi, what a combination! Sparks should fly.

HIGHS:
Dream team, great expectations.

LOWS:
Tired of waiting.






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Cast: Siddharth, Tamanna, Bhatia
Music Composer: G V Pragash Kumar
Director: A R Gandhi krishna
Producer: Oscar V Ravichandran
Year:2008


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