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Today I saw latest hollywood movie 'The Dark Knight' , it may be sort of sequel of 1989 Batman Begins. The character of Batman as well Joker has been developed in it more intricately, Jokers's actions are spine chilling this time.No doubt, 'The Dark Knigh't is extraordinary, an amazing piece of filmmaking that rockets the Batman legacy to heights never imagined, fueled by Heath Ledger's amazing re-invention of The Joker. After re-invigorating the Batman movie franchise by taking him back to his beginnings three years ago, director Christopher Nolan again tweaks the superhero movie genre and turns it on its ear with this riveting and brilliantly executed sequel. You could safely say this is The Godfather II of comic-book movies because at its dark heart it really plays like a crime movie, more L.A. Confidential than Iron Man. Joining a triumvirate to eviscerate crime in Gotham City, Batman (Christian Bale) teams with Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and crusad...

Kismat Konnection is a feel-good NRI love stories having a customary Indian narration in some foreign location. The kinds where every person the hero even randomly stumbles upon speaks to him in Hindi. Remember Raj malhotra! it is a name fixed eternally in films from Chopra Camp. Red Chillies has adopted the same hero's name,same NRI Lubho business model, of course cheaper as instead of locales of America shot in Toranto (canada) shoot The kinds where the hero is still named as Raj Malhotra. Where's the story you ask? Left to chance.. fate, destiny, luck or Kismat as you may call it. Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor) is the university topper but somehow luck isn't favouring him. Five years post graduation he is still jobless and waiting for his first assignment as an architect. Kismet connects as he comes across Priya (Vidya Balan) who happens to be his lucky charm. In her presence even the impossible turns achievable for Raj. Raj desperately seeks her company in all his endea...

I had recently received a red color Member ID card alongwith a commie kind of letter , for a moment I thought that either CPI or CPM has coopted me as a cardholder, but closer scrutiny revealed that it is an inviattion for KAAN MIRCHI AWARD for creative radio commercials/ public interest campaigns. This is the fifth year in a row, by now the advertising fraternity eagerly awaits these awards. Opening Scene/ stage at Grand Hyaatt Balroom was almost like communist party adhiveshan, and the advertising fraternity crowd was also looking like young party workers: cat calls shouting, cheering reminded me highscool annual function. Initiated in the year 2004 by Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, Mirchi Kaan Awards is the only awards for honouring creative excellence in radio advertising. This year organisers recevied overwhelming response with more than 700 entries across 15 categories. India's leading advertising firms battled it out with each other for the Gold, Silver & Bronze award which ...

News is what somebody, some where, want to supress. - Lord Northcliffe, Publishing Baron Yesterday I got an opportunity to visit a very different kind of Museum in the heart of Down Town Washington DC. It is called Nuseum, probably world's most interactive museum devoted to NEWS. This is a place where one may witness the entire history of news papers. One may start feeling to be a part of news making/ presenting and above all touch and feel news.Located in 6 floor building on 555, Pennsylvania avenue, only a stroll away from U.S.Capitol and White House, this museum has 14 major gallaries and 15 theatres capable to immerse the visiter in the world's greatest stories-the people, the places and the times. Initially, it was opened at its first location in Rosslyn, Virginia, on April 18, 1997, where it admitted visitors without charge. Its stated mission is "to help the public and the news media understand one another b...

Written and directed by Andrew Stanton, WALL-E, is a pleasant surprise of the year. You have rightly guessed Andrew Stanton is the same person who made us fall in love with a bunch of goofy fish in "Finding Nemo," He said to a magazine that idea about WALL-E came about when his Pixar gang was having lunch back in '94 while working on the blockbuster hit that announced the arrival of CG animated movies in no uncertain terms – "Toy Story." The whole idea of the movie is simply brilliant, those creative people at Pixar have accomplished the near impossible – they've outdone themselves once again. Story In the not so distant future, humans have quite literally trashed the planet to the point it's uninhabitable. With no means to sustain themselves – the plants have all died or are buried under miles of garbage – humans have fled in luxurious spaceships where their every whim is satisfied by robots. After hundreds of years living in space not having to move ...

Those who have enjoyed TV serial Sex and the City will definitely enjoy this movie because adoption of the plot and its compression in movie format is nearly perfect. For those of you, who have not got an opportunity to watch the TV Serial, I give the background.It's been four years since we last saw columnist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her faithful best friends--Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall). The years have been kind to them: Charlotte is living her dream life with her loving husband Harry (Evan Handler) and adoptive 3-year-old Chinese daughter; Samantha has moved to L.A. to manage her boy toy Smith's (Jason Lewis) acting career and give monogamy a chance; Miranda is a working mom in Brooklyn, juggling her demanding career and her marriage to Steve (David Eigenberg); and finally Carrie, now a bestselling author who has settled into domestic bliss with her beloved "man friend" John James Preston, aka Mr....

एनिमेशन फिल्मों के बाजार मे जो फिल्में आ रही हैं उनमें अब तक की सबसे बेहतर और नई फिल्म है घटोत्कच। इसकी वजह है कि इसमें एक ऐसे पात्र और चरित्र की बात की गयी है जिसके बारे में बच्चों ने सुना तो है पर वे उसके बारे में अधिक नहीं जानते। कहानी ऐसे शक्तिशाली बच्चे (घटोत्कच) की है जो जंगलों में अपने पिता से अंजान अपनी माँ (हिडिंबा) के साथ रहता है। लेकिन वह अपनी ताकत और पराक्रम से अंजान है। घटोत्कच के बाल्यकाल में होने वाले चमत्कारों और अजूबों से परिचित होने के साथ साथ उसके महाभारत काल में महत्व की अग्रिम सूचनाओं को दिखाने वाली फिल्म है घटोत्कच। फिल्म में समीर के लिखे गीत हैं और इसके निर्देशक और संगीतकार श्रीनिवासन राव के संगीत वाले इसके गीत पहले ही लोकप्रिय हो चुके हैं खासतौर से मैं हूँ घटोत्कच, मैं दुनिया में सबसे निराला जैसा गीत। हनुमान के बाद जंगलों में विचरते घटोत्कच को जंगली जानवारों के साथ गाते नाचते देखना बच्चों को खासा प्रभावित कर सकता है। दरअसल एनिमेशन फिल्मों के बारे में जो सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात है वह है उसकी कहानी पात्रों और चरित्रों को वास्तविकता के करीब लाना। लेकिन, श्रीनिवासन रा...