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Blending is a fine art

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I remember when I was in college, one fine morning gone for a picnic with some classmates of mine to a place Girjia close to Ramnanagr (now in Utranchal). After taking bath in pure and cold water of Ramganga river, and visiting Girjia Devi Temple on a small island admist the river, picnickers thought of some macho things brought a bottle of 'sharab', any nondescripive kind of rumor whisky I do not remeber now , asked me also to sip a glass of that macho drink. i refused to oblige, my first question was which brand it is , they were not sure, for them it is sharab so a macho drink that is good enough. My case was silghtly different. My Dad was very fond of quality drinks and used to keep good stock of foreign brands and in fact he was the one who offered me my first glass of beer and painstakingly explained on that day about finer difference among whisky, rum, gin, beer, wine, brandy, highland blends, lowland potions of Scotland. So as an arrogant young spirit expert refused ...

Kaise Hai Aloo Chaat

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Comedy flicks never go out of fashion. The latest flick is 'Aloo Chaat', starring Aftab Shivdasani (seen on-screen after a long time). The movie introduces Aamna Shariff, on the big screen. She has acted on small screen in the soap opera 'Kahin To Hoga'. The supporting cast includes Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Manoj Pahwa, Dolly Ahluwalia, Meenakshi, Sanjay Mishra, Brijendra Kala, Kailash Soni and Chandan Anand. Robby Grewal has directed the movie. The Film is produced by Anuj Saxena, A. P. Parigi and Gary S. The movie released on 20th March 2009. It is based around the perplexing situation being faced by Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani). A part of a Punjabi family, living in the capital city of Delhi, he has just returned from US. In the States, where he went to complete his studies, Nikhil met a muslim girl (Aamna Shariff) and fell in love with her. Nikhil comes to India for a vacation, his parents start showing him Punjabi girls for wedding, since he is...

Real meaning of Oscar to Slumdog Millionaire

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Director Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches story of an Indian boy who makes it big on a game show, is favored to take home many Oscars at the Academy Awards on Feb. 22. It's already a winner in India, where it has broken new ground as the most successful example yet of the local film industry teaming up with Western partners. The movie is based on Q&A, a book by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup, was directed and produced by British professionals, filmed in India with a Bollywood cast and music score, and distributed by a Hollywood company, News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox Searchlight. Win or lose at the Oscars, Slumdog's success at the box office (it's brought in more than $80 million) will give a major boost to efforts by Western studios to get a foothold in the Indian film industry, which is the world's most prolific with 1,000 films a year. Over the last two years, major studios from Sony Pictures and Disney (DIS) to Warner Brothers, and Paramount h...

Billu Barber : Krishna Sudama Tale in modern perceptive

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Bigtime Bollywood meets small-town India with quietly entertaining, finally moving results in Billu Barber. Simple tale of friendship cleverly manages to bring together superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in full-on pin-up mode, with Irrfan Khan, who's developed into one of the industry's best character actors, in a movie that straddles both mainstream Hindi cinema and more specialty fare. Released in Mid-February , produced by Khan's own company, Red Chillies, won't approach the grosses of his last starrer, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, but is way more engaging on an emotional level. The Times of India gave the film three stars and said, "The film may not have done well in its Tamil version (Kuselan), but Priyadarshan has suitably peppered it with some heart-tugging moments to make it a moving ode to friendship and ordinariness. It is simplistic, well-meaning take on a familiar story, and Billu — perhaps inadvertently — ends up being a naive little children's film. Rating : Act...