Friday, December 3, 2010

“MS Dhoni signs a 26 crore deal with Vijay Mallya’s UB Group” plus 7 more

“MS Dhoni signs a 26 crore deal with Vijay Mallya’s UB Group” plus 7 more

MS Dhoni signs a 26 crore deal with Vijay Mallya’s UB Group

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:35 AM PST


The captain of the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni has joined hands with Vijay Mallya's United Breweries Group, for an endorsement valued at about Rs. 8 crore per year. Dhoni had signed a deal for three years with the UB group, making it the biggest endorsement deal for an Indian Sportsman.

“UB plans to activate the deal just before the Cricket World Cup kicks off in February,” an official said.

The deal brings Dhoni in level of the Bollywood superstars like Shahrukh Khan, but has just missed from Amir Khan who had signed 30 crore deal with Etisalat, a telecom Operator. According to the officials, Dhoni will be associated with McDowell's soda, however the deal includes a lot more other than endorsements.

The Indian captain after leading the victory in the 2007 World Twenty20 championship, was rated by the Forbes Magazine as the highest paid player last year. Sources say that, last year Dhoni had earned about $10 million.

Shooting of Kannada movie ‘Super’ completed gracefully

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:35 AM PST


After capturing a lot of footage at the launch function, the multilingual movie Super, starring Kannada actors Upendra and Nayantara, the film makers have gracefully concluded the shooting of movie. Sources say that, the movie has been shot in some of the exotic locations like London, Dubai and Bengaluru.

With cameraman Ashok Kashyap, some of the shots of the movie are still pending. The film was directed by the actor cum director Upendra and was produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The crew of the movie had been London about 20 days ago to shoot the first half of the movie. Sources add that a along with some sequences of the movie a song has also been shot in London.

Certain sequences have been shot in Dubai, while the second half of the movie was shot in Bengaluru. The pending shots of the movie will be complete in a time span of 10 to 12 days.

Producer Venkatesh, who spent Rs. 25 lakhs just for the launch of the movie, has a lot of expectations from the movie. Sources also say that it is said to be one of the big budget Kannada films of the year 2010.

BSEB 2010 results announced on Thursday

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:52 AM PST


The results of the supplementary secondary examination 2010 were declared on Thursday by the Bihar School Examination Board. The BSEB chairman, AKP Yadav announced that the overall percentage of students who passed the examination is 61.5%.

About 60.3% of girls and 62.6% of boys passed in the examination. “SSE results will be uploaded on the BSEB website within two days and provisional certificates, mark-sheets and other certificates will be sent to all schools within a week,” Yadav said.

According to sources, about 79,785 students had appeared for the examination, which was held from 7th October to 11th October 2010. The examination was conducted at 106 centres within the state.

The highest scorer was recorded in the Munger District with a percentage of 77.5%. And the second position was grabbed by Saran with a score of 68.4%. The chairman also announced that on the occasion of birth anniversary of Dr, Rajendra Prasad on Friday, 15 highest scoring students of the Bihar board examination will be felicitated including the toppers of the intermediate examinations 2010.

Abdur Razzaq picks up hat-trick against Zimbabwe

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:11 PM PST


Abdur Razzaq became the second Bangladesh bowler ever to pick up a hat-trick in ODI cricket when he achieved three out of three in the second ODI against Zimbabwe at Dhaka.

Watch the Abdur Razzaq hat-trick highlights here.

In the process, Razzaq also picked up five wickets in the match and  restricted the Zimbabwean side to 191 all out.

Zimbabwe were going really well in the innings and were 189/6 with the last six overs to go but Razzaq picked up his hat-trick, spread across two different overs to get the Zimbabweans bowled out for 191.

Bangladesh had lost the first match of the series to Zimbabwe in a thriller. Razzaq had picked up four wickets in that game as well to bring his tally in the series up to nine from two games.

Shakib al Hasan had earlier won the toss and decided to field first.

BrahMos new version successfully test fired at Chandipur

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:01 PM PST


A new version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with a range of 290 km, was succesfully test fired. The test was conducted at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur near the Orissa coast.

The Director of the ITR SP Dash said,

"Block III version of BrahMos with advanced guidance and upgraded software, incorporating high manoeuvres at multiple points and steep dive from high altitude was flight tested successfully from Launch Complex III of ITR,”

A distinguished defence scientist and CEO and the Managing director of the BrahMos Aerospace also confirmed the success of the missile test. Sources say that the missile can travel 2.8 times the speed of sound and can also carry regular warheads up to 300 kgs.

The Brahmos can be launched from various platforms like ship,submarine and aircraft and land based Mobile Autonomous Launchers. The missile is reportedly ready and operational in the Indian Army. The Indian Navy has also made preparations to install the first version of BrahMos missile system in its warships from 2005.

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey Review, trailer video – a story of freedom fighters

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:54 AM PST


There is no doubt that 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey' will be the favorites of the freedom fighters of the country. Director Ashutosh Gowarikar himself is having doubts about the movie's success.

The movie is about a revolution during the British rule, in Chittagong in 1930. Sources say that the movie is based on the book 'DO and DIE' written by Manini Chatterjee. The story showcases the successive attacks by the heroes, at the British to threaten them.

Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone play the lead roles in the film. Director Ashutosh Gowarikar, though has doubts about the film's success has hopes from the audience to accept it. The movie has received a U/A certificate from the censor board.

The movie is jointly produced by Ajay Bijli, Sanjeev Bijli and Sunita Gowarikar. KHJJS is all set to hit the silver screens on 3rd December, while all the actors and producers have their fingers crossed for the movie's success.

Watch the movie trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8wKmLRrXU

Coffee Bar movie review, trailer video

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:48 AM PST


Coffee Bar is a Telugu movie directed by Geetha Krishna, who has made some successful movies like Sankeerthana, Kokila and Keechurallu. The director is known for his unique style, which reflects in his movies. The shooting of the movie is in process right now and is said to release on 14th of January 2011.

The story is about two youngsters whose life changes after they come to know about some terrorist plans in a coffee bar. The movie is also spiced with some romance which ultimately gives them a scary experience. The audience is expecting a lot from the movie as it is said to set a new trend to the world of cinema.

Actors like Shashank, Biyanka Desai along with other actors will be starring in the movie. Krishna is said to produce as well as compose the songs of the film. Prakash is said to handle the camera while the lyrics will be given by Vanamali.

Check the trailer of Coffee Bar below here

Rakta Charitra 2 review, trailer video

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:40 AM PST


Ram Gopal Verma has ventured the second part of Rakht Charitra within a few weeks of its release. The second part, Rakta Charitra 2 will be simultaneously released in Tamil,Telugu as well as Hindi.

However, the movie will be released in 2 parts, because the entire length of the movie is said to be 5 hours long. The second part will be released within three months after the release of the 1st part. On the other hand, the Tamil version of the movie will be released in 1 part only.

The story is about the true life of a political leader of Andhra Pradesh, Paritala Ravi. Bollywood Actor Vivek Oberoi will be playing the role of Paritala Ravi.

The story speaks about the conspiracies which were made to kill Paritala Ravi in the year 2005. Director Ramu feels that the 2 part release of the movie will appeal the multiplex audience.

Posted by Suresh at 8:06 AM

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