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Paathshaala Upcoming movie synopsis

The film with a message that tries to answer several questions related to the sanctity of today’s education system. It promises to “shed light on the shortcomings and wrong doings in today’s schools where the high morals and basic ethics associated with the teaching profession seem to have taken a back seat. The film attempts to challenge several harmful notions that threaten our children’s future and thus our society.

Review of Paathshaala

Source – http://www.starboxoffice.com/movie/Synopsis.aspx?bid=2012/January/reviews_20120122_5&m=Paathshaala

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley, R. Madhavan, Dhruv Ganesh, Shraddha Kapoor, Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar, Saira Mohan, Raima Sen

Teen Patti Movie Reviews

Looking for some entertainment you have already burned your fingers with duds like Toh Baat Pakki and Click, last week. This week you have two options- Teen Patti and Karthik Calling Karthik. I assume you are interested in the former (thanks to the hot item babe and the slick teaser) that’s why you have landed on this page.

Now given a choice to make a switch between the two movies, how many of you would like to trade their options? Here Mr. Monty Hall’s proverbial paradox comes handy and recommends you to make a switch and there is a greater probability that you’ll end up as a winner.

I, however, wasn’t lucky enough and went ahead with Teen Patti and I guess Monty Hall has been proved right once again. I chose a wrong movie.

Teen Patti is the story of Prof. Venkat Subramaniam (Amitabh Bachchan), a maverick but a genius nonetheless, who has devised an obscure theory of probability. One day, back in his village he receives an invitation from another Mathematics genius Perci Trachtenberg (Sir Ben Kingsley) to visit him.

The twain meet at the prestigious Cambridge University and Venkat narrates him the horrors of his ingenious discovery turning into a nightmare marred by greed and deception.

Dejected and ridiculed by his colleagues Venkat roped in junior professor Shantanu (R Madhavan) and three students Aparna aka Apu (Shraddha Kapoor), Sid (Siddharth Kher) and Bikram (Dhruv). They all go to the down market gambling dens, play the game employing the theory and win it.

But soon greed comes in and gets them all into trouble. An unknown blackmailer starts calling Subramanium and demanding a big share in the money they make from their games. The blackmailer even starts dictating which games they should play next.

Meanwhile, another richie rich student Abbas (Vaibhav) too joins the game. Subramanium starts suspecting the blackmailer to be one amongst his group members but soon a situation arises where he gets convinced it is none of them but someone else who is playing the game on him. What happens next makes up this amorphous flick.

The script is totally erratic. Lead characters keep mouthing contradictory dialogues, burst into fits of anger, hurl abuses at each other at the drop of the hat. Amitabh Bachchan leads the gang but fails to save the desultory story.

Madhavan seriously needs to work on his love handle before handling the hotties like Saira Mohan onscreen.

Brat pack (Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar) and their floozie Shraddha Kapoor look raw and at times completely lost just like film’s screenplay. Cameos by Raima Sen, Barry John, Jackie Shroff, Ajay Devgan and Shakti Kapoor don’t help either. Don’t expect another Gandhi from Sir Ben. He has been reduced to a mere listener here.

We hear that Leena Yadav had roped in the services of a Hollywood editor over and above her desi editor Kaushik Das. Hughes Winborne who has won an Oscar for his editing in Paul Haggis’s Crash has done the ‘re-edit’ of Teen Patti.

Has it helped the film? Yes, Winborne makes director Leena Yadav’s feckless effort to end in little over 2 hours and you thank your stars on your way out.

Let’s call spade a spade, Teen Patti is a big bluff and 21 gone wrong.

Source – http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=34810

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he is such a messy person that he wants only cleaning products for his 20th birthday.

Radcliffe, who celebrates his birthday on July 23, admits that he realised he had messy habits only after he moved into his own home, and did not have his parents picking up after him.

“Within the last year or so I’ve been living on my own, which is fun but you suddenly realise how much your parents have to deal with for years of bringing you up,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

“I’m an incredibly messy person and I don’t take very good care of my flat which is why one of my birthday requests is a handheld vacuum,” he added.

The sixth movie from the eight series of Harry Potter will release in India july of 17th. Already release in uk, usa and japan the movie got 200% popularity, of course the movie will be super duper hit. The Indian fans can see the star Daniel Radcliffe very soon once again.

The synopsis from movietickets.com

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates! And then there’s Hermione, simmering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

Movie review of Kambakkht Ishq

Believe it or not, a KAMBAKKHT ISHQ mania has swept across the nation. The film has opened to an overwhelming response and at the end of Day 1, it was clear that the film would surpass the opening weekend business of SINGH IS KINNG and at places, would be at par with GHAJINI, especially in North India. In fact, the film could well turn out to be Akshay’s biggest opener so far. While the industry response is mixed [like always… what's new about it?], the audience feedback is very positive.

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Today i am going review on movie ICE AGE 3

The characters from “Ice Age” are back and this time around they have dinosaurs for company. Not just that, they enter Dino-land for an adventure that is far better than what one saw in the first two instalments, courtesy a new character called Buck, who perks up the story.

To add to that, the film is presented in 3D, something which gives an edge to this animation flick that keeps viewers of all age groups happy.

“Ice Age 3″ entertains, and how! The scenes are even more lovable this time around, one liners have that punchy humour to them and characters are much more identifiable. Even for those who may have missed the earlier instalments of “Ice Age”, it’s a no pain situation. This is because the writers draw up their character sketches well and present them all over again without making audiences restless.

So we have the members of the ‘mammals’ gang, the mammoth couple, getting ready for the delivery of their first baby. They have their friendly tiger for company who gets into a little depression that he is ‘losing his edge’ and may lose his friends once they move on to parenthood.

It’s a different matter though that he gets into form once he heads out with his friends to search for Sid, who has been transported to Dino-land, courtesy his sudden love for parenthood that has made him look after three baby dinosaurs.

The fun only continues with the arrival of Buck who is their guide, guru and philosopher, all rolled into one. He has a sole ‘Dino tooth’ as a weapon that he earned as a saviour, courtesy his near death experience in a fierce battle with a dinosaur a few years back.

Fun and action move at a great pace and are enhanced with some cool 3D animation that brings in a unique movie-watching experience. Volcanoes erupt, rock slides happen, dinosaurs strike, bridges collapse, trolleys snap and laughing gas makes them all uncontrollable even as Buck entertains them all through his high-on-action flashback.

In this almost perfectly packaged entertainer, what lets the film down a little is an extended end. Just when you thought that the film was over, “Ice Age” goes on to continue for some more time.

This is done in an attempt to ensure that the story of each and every character comes to a logical conclusion. However, it becomes a little boring and unnecessary.

Leaving aside this minor blemish, there is something else worth pondering over. Ten minutes into the film and you end up telling yourself that all said and done, Indian animation has a long way to go before it matches up to its Hollywood counterparts.

The problem is not just with the quality of animation but also the fact that we have seldom come up with a storyline that is imaginative, expressive and entertaining enough to cater to all segments of audiences.

Yes, we do have an occasional “Hanuman” but ever since then, we have only come up with countless rehashes of mythological tales like “Bal Ganesha” and “Dashavatar“. Also, when we have tried combining animation with live action like in “My Friend Ganesha” and “Maruti Mera Dosst”, the results have been clearly sub-par.

No wonder, audiences continue to love the likes of “Shrek“, “Ice Age” and many more and the trend will continue until we get the storyline right. Till then, we would love to go back to the sequel, which is pretty much on the cards as clearly indicated in the way “Ice Age 3” ends.

Source – santabanta.com

This is very sensational news about gay pride march in delhi , a 700 to 800 people is taking part in this delhi gay march. Some political reaction about this gay march in delhi. Some people are behind colorful rainbow in this gay march is going in delhi and metro.

Delhi Queer Pride ‘09 parade

Some hid their faces behind rainbow coloured masks but others flaunted their sexuality unabashedly. The second edition of Delhi’s gay pride march was a riot of colours, and had the marchers dancing and shouting slogans in unison.

‘Free hugs!’ screamed the banner of one of the marchers, who smiled and opened his arms to anyone who came to him. The muggy day was no deterrent and he got hugs by a dozen.

Demanding repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which makes homosexuality a crime, the marchers – dressed in a whole range of fancy attires – screamed: ‘We want justice.’

Holding a massive rainbow coloured flag – symbolising the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community – Ranjini, a transgender, said: ‘It feels so good to be able to walk the streets freely, without having people looking down upon me with a weird look. Yes, I am queer and I am proud of it.’

Holding aloft a rainbow flag, clicking photographs and sometimes breaking into a jig, Rebecca Loo, a tourist from Britain who participated in the march, said: ‘I am glad I could make it – never mind the heat! I came to know about the pride (march) from an acquaintance through Facebook and decided to come along. It’s really cool.’

Even as people, a number of them tourists from abroad and other foreigners, carried banners saying ‘Hetero-Homo bhai-bhai’, ‘Help me take my mask off’ and ‘Yes, I am queer and am proud of it’, a wedding band played along the route of the march from the Tolstoy Marg in Connaught Place in the heart of the capital.

The march, which saw 600-700 people participate, culminated at Jantar Mantar.

Similar pride marches took place in other metros as well.

In what sounded like good news to the gay community, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily had earlier said the government would discuss the controversial Section 377 of the IPC.

Moily told reporters: ‘The home minister (P. Chidambaram) is planning to convene a meeting of the health and law ministers over this issue.’

However, leaders of other political parties have sounded wary over changing the law.

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member M.K. Pandhe said: ‘Generally we don’t support homosexuality but I cannot say further on the issue because our party has not discussed the matter.’

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi went on to say that the government should not take hasty decisions.

‘We are living in India, not in a European country. These issues are very important and sensitive. A thorough discussion is needed on this issue,’ Naqvi told IANS.

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Proud to be happy and gay

25-year-old Amrit (who goes by his first name), a city-based fashion editor, had been waiting for Sunday to celebrate who he was. Clad in body-hugging yellow tee shirt and cream trousers, golden/pink sparklers glowing on his face, the waif-thin Amrit held a 1 foot by 1 foot placard – “Queer and loving it” – and blew kisses at his male “friend”.

With a pair of translucent, sky blue butterfly wings hugging his back, and a paper flag displaying the “rainbow colours” bobbing out of his shirt’s pocket, Amrit was among the hundreds of others who had gathered at the Barakhambha Road-Tolstoy Road junction Sunday evening to participate in the Delhi Queer Pride ‘09 parade. The “gay” parade, an annual event organized by a coalition of countrywide gay rights organisations including the Humsafar Trust and the Naz , was held to demand the abolition of the article 377 of the Indian Penal Code that awarded a 10-year jail-term to those indulging in oral/anal sex.

“We, who belong to the LGBTI (lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community are treated like criminals, subjected to violence rape/blackmail by the intolerant bullies including the police,” said Amrit in his clipped English. Moments later, at 5.30 pm, the parade’s organizers indicated to the participants that the 800-metre “march” to Jantar Mantar would begin.

Their polite instructions were lost to the revellers who had packed the road stretch and intent on some serious revelry: women and men – the upper-half of their faces covered partially by flamboyant masks, their bodies clad in their tee shirts and jeans -blew into their red soccer ball-shaped whistles, shouted “Article 377, quit India” and swayed to a Bollywood number as the members of the Asha Musical brass band played on. Amrit said he discovered his preference for “boys” when he was a “13-year-old”.

Sameet Arora (name changed), a 38-year-old Indian Institute of Management graduate now working in an MNC as “finance manager”, came from Mumbai to walk the walk but had kept a little aloof from the rest. He wore a blue mask, but unlike the others, he was clothed in the less cheery colours – black jeans, grey shirt.

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It was bigger than the first.

[Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Delhi’s second gay pride parade, held on the evening of June 28th, 2009, could never be as historic as the first but it was bigger in scale. “Almost 3,000 people came this time compared to less than 1,000 in the last march,” said a participant who did not wish to be named. Queer activist and key event organiser Ms Lesley A Esteves was thrilled with the growing success of the pride march. “We had two months to prepare for this one, while for the last one we had just two weeks,” said a visibly happy Esteves, who put the number of participants at over 2,000.

The large crowd at the parade looked just as cheerful. Drag queens danced to dandiya numbers; masked homosexuals flaunted their orientation but not their identity; and many others who could be straight, gay or bisexual joined in the revelry. Curious onlookers watched the ‘show’ from their bikes, autos, cars and buses. “There were more placards this time, more well-heeled people, and more gay people came with their friends and families,” said the anonymous participant.

Celebrity presence was supplied by designer Mr Suneet Varma, who energetically waved the rainbow flag, the symbol of the pride march. “I was not there in the first parade because I was abroad,” said Mr Varma. “But I’m so happy to see so many gay and transgender people walking together with their mothers, sisters and brothers.”

The signboards were as interesting as the flashy sarees of eunuchs who too marched in the parade. A few slogans demanded the withdrawal of Section 377 from the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexual intercourse.

The Delhi Walla caught up with Mr Anitra Choudhary, a Calcutta native, who was resting on the road divider. “I’m not gay,” he said. “But I’ve come here to be with all those who believe that being gay is not equal to being a freak.”

There was a carnival like atmosphere even though the evening was extremely hot and humid. As the parade made its way from Barakhamba intersection in Tolstoy Marg to Jantar Mantar, the marchers, a few in elaborate headdresses, went on blowing their whistles. “I walked all the way,” said Mr Sumantha Roy who came from Amar Colony to take part. Is he, too, not gay? “No, I’m a big hijra,” replied Mr Roy.

Apart from Mr Varma, there were a few other celebrities present including Prince Manvendra Gohil and Hindi film actor Steven Baker. Mr Steven Baker, creative writing instructor in the British Council who portrayed a gay character in the Bollywood film Dostana, was very busy during the parade. “I gave lots of interviews to the media and had my picture clicked many times,” Mr Baker told The Delhi Walla. Being a British citizen, he was quick to point out the differences in the nature of gay parades held in India and England. “In London, the gay pride focuses on fun and frivolity whereas in Delhi it is much more a political demonstration,” he noted. “In the Bombay pride in 2008, most marchers were in masks and disguises,” Mr Baker added, “whereas in Delhi, people are much more comfortable in showing up as they are.”

Indeed, Mr B, a call center worker, danced all through the street with his face exposed for the entire world to see. Since he is not ‘out’ at his workplace he requested his name not be used. “I’m 25… how long would I be lying to people” he asked. “So I decided not to disguise myself in the parade and if somebody comes to know about me being gay, so be it.”

Each day should be like this day

Shock & Awe

Getting ready

A quiet dignity

Happy ‘n’ gay

Me too!

Many identities

You both an item?

We’re queer

I’m the way I’m

Mr Steven Baker (in the middle)

Take it, or leave it

Drop it

Dancing boys

The march starts now

Love and let live

Gay Pride Delhi

Gay Pride Delhi

Gay Pride Delhi

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Gay Pride Delhi

Fashion designer Mr Suneet Varma in Gay Pride Delhi

It’s my day(Gay march delhi, delhi gay pride march)

Is love a crime?(Gay march delhi, delhi gay pride march)

Let’s dance together(Gay march delhi, delhi gay pride march)

We too are for the cause(Gay march delhi, delhi gay pride march)

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Queer activist Ms Lesley A. Esteves (Gay march delhi, delhi gay pride march)

Gay Pride Delhi

Will love, not be scared

Very queer people