Saif gets a new look for Kurbaan’s promotional video

Nov.05.2009 Un Categories (0)

The promotional video of Kurbaan, which was shot weeks ago, shows Saif Ali Khan in a completely new avatar.

It has been made to the tune of The title track Kurbaan Hua.
It’s different

Director Rensil D’silva sheds light on the concept, “I wanted to make an abstract video. Something very different than putting six girls in a line and making them dance. I mean that’s also fine, but Kurbaan is a very different film. The genre is dark and intense so the Kurbaan Hua video is in keeping with that mood. Saif’s look is very different from anything he’s done before and the credit goes to Bosco for directing it so well.”

The video is a collage of abstract images of a man in torment and pain. “There are scenes where Saif is whipping himself. We have used the elements of the earth, wind, fire and water. Then there are also references to Adam and Eve, with Saif biting into an apple only to find it’s rotten.” (read more …)

Soha was ready for 1 kiss, not 2

Nov.05.2009 Entertainment News (0)

Soha Ali Khan tells about her role and experience working with actor Emran Hashmi in Tum Mile What did you like most about Tum Mile?
Tum Mile is special for various reasons. I have never done a contemporary love story. So it was refreshing change for me, being the lead girl in the movie. The nature of the love story is also fresh, the dialogues, the scenes, the way the couple fight, how they make it very ‘intimate’ without showing any physical exposure. And last but not the least there is the ‘flood’, which is an unusual backdrop. That’s set the movie apart from other movies visually. The water, the underwater shots, the action has give an altogether different look to the movie.

What was most difficult for you as an actress while shooting for Tum Mile?
For me, the underwater sequences were the most difficult and scary ones. I have never ever spent any time doing underwater swimming. The atmosphere on the sets was uncomfortable, dirty and painful. That was a physically torturing experience for me.

How was Emran Hashmi as a co-star? (read more …)

India need their batsmen to fire in crucial 5th ODI

Nov.05.2009 Un Categories (0)

HYDERABAD: With the seven-match series tantalisingly poised 2-2, India will have to overcome its batting shortcomings when they go into the
Sachin, Sehwag

crucial fifth cricket One-dayer against a spirited but depleted Australia on Thursday.

The Indians, seeking to dethrone Australia from the number one spot in world rankings, will be strengthened by the expected rerun of Gautam Gambhir, who had to skip last match due to a neck injury.

Although the left-hander Gambhir’s presence will lend solidity to the top order, the worrying factor for the hosts has been the lack of good starts in the series so far. (read more …)

Obama to American students: Take on folks in Beijing and Bangalore

Nov.05.2009 Un Categories (0)

Take on folks in Beijing and Bangalore, Obama tells students:
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has hit the road to push a new $4.35 billion grant programme to encourage American schools to develop
internationally competitive standards to let its students take on “folks in Beijing and Bangalore.”

The “Race to the Top” fund is one of the largest federal investments in school reform in US history, Obama said on a trip to Wisconsin Wednesday. It is being financed with money made available through the economic stimulus plan enacted in February. (read more …)

33 observers for GHMC polls

Nov.05.2009 Un Categories (0)

HYDERABAD: The State Election Commission (SEC) has appointed 33 senior IAS/IFS officers as general election observers to assist the Commission in conduct of a free and fair poll.

Each observer has been allotted five to six wards to oversee proper conduct of elections and ensure strict compliance of the code. (read more …)

Rajdhani Express blocked, again

Oct.31.2009 Un Categories (0)

KOLKATA: Close on the heels of the Maoist-PCPA siege of the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi train, a crowd of officegoers blocked a Howrah-bound Rajdhani
on Friday to demand right of way for suburban trains. It seems to be just another indication of the lawlessness creeping into parts of Bengal as state passes through uncertain times. The officegoers who held up the Rajdhani at Dankuni on Friday had ‘‘suffered’’ (read more …)

Another great escape for Rivera

Oct.30.2009 Un Categories (0)

NEW YORK — Someday, the magic runs out. Because that’s what it is, right? Magic. The ninth inning is the Chinese Water Torture Cell. The ninth inning is handcuffs and shackles and a burlap sack and a solid oak box with shiny steel chains and seven unbreakable locks keeping those chains tight. The ninth inning is for escape artists, and escape artists grow old, and the magic runs out. Someday (read more …)

Canadian folk singer killed by coyotes

Oct.30.2009 Un Categories (0)

Second coyote in attack still on loose

A rising Canadian folk singer was killed by coyotes this week in a national park in Nova Scotia, a park spokesman said Thursday.

Taylor Mitchell, 19, was at the beginning of the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Tuesday afternoon when she was attacked, according to Chip Bird, the Parks Canada field unit superintendent for Cape Breton.

Bird said hikers saw the coyotes attacking Mitchell and called 911. She was airlifted to a hospital in Halifax, where she died about 12 hours later, he said. (read more …)

Big fire in IOC depot near Jaipur

Oct.30.2009 Un Categories (0)

JAIPUR: A massive fire that broke out in the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot in the Sitapura Industrial Area on the outskirts of the Rajasthan capital on Thursday night claimed at least four lives. More than 150 persons are being treated in various hospitals in the city for burn and splinter injuries (read more …)

Rosaiah promises houses for flood victims

Oct.30.2009 Un Categories (0)

Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Tuesday announced that the State government would acquire about 12 acres of land for constructing houses for flood victims. He, however, did not elaborate when and where the land would be acquired. He made this announcement at Ibrahimpatnam near here during his visit to the flood affected Ferry village. However, Mr. Rosaiah sounded categorical in his view that the people living in ‘low-lying areas’ should move to safer places (read more …)