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Sony TV’s Indian Idol Desh Ki Awaaz coming with season 5. Season 5 of Indian Idol is in promising conceptualization stage but will be on air by summer of 2010.

Indian Idol Season 5 Auditions

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Venue and Dates Announced

3-4 March – Kolkata
9-10 March – Delhi
15 March – Indore
19 March – Ahmedabad
23-24 March – Mumbai

Om Puri



Om Puri
(born 18 October 1943) is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian Cinema films as well as art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has also received an honorary OBE.

Om was born in Ambala, Punjab, India and spent the early part of his life living with his maternal uncle in Sanaur, Punjab, India. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. He is also an alumnus of the 1973 class of National School of Drama where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student
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Career

Puri has worked in numerous Indian films and also in many films produced in the United Kingdom and the United States. He made his film debut in the 1976 film Ghashiram Kotwal, a film based on a Marathi play of the same name. He has recently claimed that he is paid "peanuts" for his best work.[2] He has collaborated in many films with Amrish Puri as well as Naseeruddin Shah,Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil in art films such as Bhavani Bhavai (1980), Sadgati (1981), Ardh Satya (1982), Mirch Masala (1986) and Dharavi(1992).

He has also been active in Punjabi cinema. In the 1980s Puri also made two highly successful Punjabi films called Chan Pardesi (1980) andLong Da Lishkara (1986). After nineteen years, Puri returned to Punjabi cinema with the film Baghi (2005). He recently acted in another Punjabi film, Gurdas Mann's Yaariyan (2008).

He also had a film called east is east. He was critically acclaimed for his performances in many unconventional roles such as a victimized tribal in Aakrosh (1980) (a film in which he spoke not a single line of dialogue, save for during flash-back sequences), Jimmy's manager in Disco Dancer (1982), a police inspector in Ardh Satya (1982), where he revolts against life-long social, cultural and political persecution and for which he got the National Film Award for Best Actor the leader of a cell of Sikh militants in Maachis (1996), and as a tough cop again in the commercial film Gupt in 1997.

Puri also had a cameo in the highly acclaimed film Gandhi (1982, directed by Richard Attenborough). In the mid 1990s, Puri diversified to play character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema, where his roles are more tuned to mass audiences than film critics. He also became known internationally for starring in many British films such as My Son the Fanatic (1997), East is East (1999) and The Parole Officer (2001). As well as these he appeared in Hollywood films including City of Joy (1992), opposite Patrick Swayze; Wolf (1994) alongside Jack Nicholson and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) opposite Val Kilmer. In 2005 he starred in the film, The Hangman. In 2007, he appeared as General Zia-Ul-Haqin Charlie Wilson's War, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

He has also worked in Hindi TV serials like Kakkaji Kaheen (1988) (roughly meaning "Uncle says") as a paan-chewing 'Kakkaji', which was a parody on politicians and Mr. Yogi (1989) as a suave 'Sutradhaar' who enjoys pulling the protagonist's leg. These two serials underlined Om Puri's versatility as a comedian. He also essayed comic roles in Hindi films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron which reached a cult status, followed byChachi 420 (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Chor Machaye Shor (2002) and Malamaal Weekly (2006).

His more recent Hindi film roles include Singh Is Kinng, Mere Baap Pehle Aap and Billu Barber. Om Puri will be seen in the role of Mohammad Ali Kasuri in Road to Sangam, which is expected to be released in December of 2009.


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Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Dharmendra remained a top Hindi film star for three decades creating an influential image as a markedly North Indian (Punjabi) macho man devoted to his mother and committed to upholding the honour of his family or the village.

He was born Dharam Singh Deol in Phagwara, Punjab and was fascinated with films right from childhood, often traveling miles to frequent the touring cinema. He was married at the age of 19 and took up a job with an American Drilling Company boring tubewells. Fortunately for him, he was noticed in a Filmfare spot-the-talent contest and came to Bombay to become an actor. He was signed by Arjun Hingorani for Dil Bhi Tera, Hum Bhi Tere (1960), his first film as hero for Rs 51 as signing amount and a daily breakfast that was to contain strictly of tea, two toasts and butter but no jam! Ironically, after all the struggle he went unrecognized at the premiere of the film and sneaked back home on a train.

However strong, supporting romantic lead roles in women oriented films like Anpadh (1962) with Mala Sinha, Bandini (1963) and Soorat Aur Seerat (1963), both with Nutan brought Dharmendra to the fore. A liaison with Meena Kumari saw the two of them starring together in a series of films.

Phool Aur Patthar (1966) finally made Dharmendra into a star. Most of Dharmendra`s earlier films were soft romantic films. He mainly played the nice, romantic, handsome hero and was in fact voted as one of the five most good-looking men in the world in the 1960s. Satyakam saw Dharmendra giving perhaps his greatest ever performance as an idealist seeing his dreams crumble after Indian Independence. The scene in which he is dying where he just had to emote with his eyes as his estranged father berates him, represent some of the the finest moments in Dharmendra`s acting career.

The 1970s saw Dharmendra take to the action genre like a fish to water. (Aankhein (1968), Phool Aur Patthar). He was prefect as the pistol packing hero threatening the villain - No one could tell the villain, "Kaminey, Main Tera Khoon Pee Jaoonga!" more convincingly than`Garam Dharam!` Films like Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971), Jugnu (1973), Kahani Kismet Ki (1973), Yaadon ki Baraat (1973) and Sholay (1975) swept the box-office largely due to Dharmendra`s brawn show!

Sholay (1975) and Chupke Chupke (1975) revealed another facet of Dharmendra - his flair for comedy. Even though the former was a large scale action drama, Dharmendra`s comic scenes with Hema Malini - feeling her up on the pretext of teaching her how to fire a gun or speaking to her as the `voice of God` or of course his `soo-cide` scene with her aunt, him atop a water tank and threatening to jump if she didn`t marry her niece to him - were among the many highlights of the film. And Chupke Chupke saw him single-handedly carry Hrishida`s whacky comedy of a botany professor who impersonates a driver to spend some precious time with his wife at her brother-in-law`s place! It is a masterful performance with razor sharp comic timing.

Dharmendra also formed a hugely successful pairing with Hema Malini, the two of them doing a string of hit films together - Naya Zamana (1971), Raja Jani (1972), Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Jugnu, Dost (1974) and Sholay among others. They fell in love and Hema became his second wife. Dharmendra and Hema went on to have children as well but so strong was her morally upright image that she was able to go through the marriage without being slandered by press or public which in fact more than accepted the union.

Dharmendra has successfully launched both his sons Sunny (Betaab (1983)) and Bobby (Barsaat (1995)) as leading men and today his daughter from Hema Malini, Esha Deol, too is all set to make her debut in films. Though he shockingly won no major awards throughout his entire career, Dharmendra was awarded the Filmfare Life Achievement Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema.

Source: www.santabanta.com

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge (2009)

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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge (2009)

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge is the newest installment of the popular Indian Sa Re Ga Ma Pa vocal contest shown on Zee TV. This show is a seven-week long competition among eight teams representing eight different states and consisting of total 24 talented contestants from past seasons of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. Since October 30, 2009, two teams are competing against each other each week to head towards the finales. The show was made to celebrate the 1000th episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, and the Grand Finale on Dec 12, 2009 will mark the 1000th episode of this great singing competition - a historic moment for any show on Indian television. Notable Indian singers and musicians are selected for each of the episodes to make the decisions as the judges.

The final was between West Bengal (Abhijit Ghoshal, Keka Ghoshal and Sanchita Bhattacharya) and Maharashtra (Vaishali Made, Kaushik Deshpande and Rohit Raut) where the latter team was declared as a winner. Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar and Pyrelal were seen as the panel of judges for the grand night.

Judges

The judges are:

  • October 30 & 31 - Asha Bhonsle
  • November 6 & 7 - Sadhana Sargam and Pritam
  • November 13 & 14 - Suresh Wadkar and Alka Yagnik
  • November 20 & 21 - Salim-Sulaiman and Pyarelal
  • November 27 & 28 - Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Bappi Lahiri and Kavita Krishnamurthy
  • December 4 & 5 - Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan
  • December 11 - Jatin Pandit, Anand ji, Daler Mehndi
  • December 12(1000th episode) - Sonu Nigam, Pyarelal and Suresh Wadkar

Hosts

The hosts of Mega Challenge are:

  • Vipul Roy and Manish Paul
  • Karan Singh Rathore and Archana Jani (only for the first week of Oct 30-31)

Karan Singh and Archana Jani are Radio hosts, called "Radio Jockey" or "RJ" in India. They presented impressive Hindi voices in this show, but may have fallen short on expectations of TV audience.


Contestants

The contestants/captains who participate in this show are:

Name State SRGMP-year
Parthiv Gohil Gujarat 1997
Sumedha Karmahe Madhya Pradesh 2007
Twinkle Bajpai Uttar Pradesh 2005
Vaishali Made Maharashtra 2009
Joy Chakraborty Assam 2007
Tarun Sagar Punjab 2009
Raja Hassan Rajasthan 2007
Abhijit Ghoshal West Bengal 2004

Teams

Assam:

  • Captain: Joy Chakraborty
  • Anamika Choudhari
  • Abhigyan Das

Gujrat:

  • Captain: Parthiv Gohil
  • Deepali Somaiya
  • Prachi Shah

West Bengal:

  • Captain: Abhijit Ghoshal Runner up of Mega Challenge
  • Keka Ghoshal
  • Sanchita Bhattacharya

Madhya Pradesh:

  • Captain: Sumedha Karmahe
  • Amir Hafiz
  • Pratibha Singh Baghel

Maharashtra:

  • Captain: Vaishali Made Winner of Mega challenge! 1000 episode winner!
  • Kaushik Deshpande
  • Rohit Raut

Punjab:

  • Captain: Tarun Sagar
  • Harpreet Deol
  • Rohanpreet Singh

Rajasthan:

  • Captain: Raja Hassan
  • Dilshad Ali
  • Priyanka Maliya

Uttar Pradesh:

  • Captain: Twinkle Bajpai
  • Hemant Brijwasi
  • Poonam Yadav

Versus

  • October 30 & 31 - Maharashtra vs. Uttar Pradesh
  • November 6 & 7 - Madhya Pradesh vs. Gujarat
  • November 13 & 14 - Assam vs. Rajasthan
  • November 20 & 21 - West Bengal vs. Punjab
  • November 27 & 29 - Gujarat vs. Maharashtra
  • December 4 & 5 - West Bengal vs. Assam
  • December 11 & 12 - Maharashtra vs. West Bengal

Source:www.wikimapia.org

2012 (2009) English Movie Review

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2012 (2009) English Movie Review

Will the world really end on December 21, 2012? Nobody has a clue. But thank god, the Mayan prophecy gave the makers of this solar-plexus-aimed colossal spectacle a chance to pull out all stops and design the greatest grandmother of all disaster epics.

Everything that we've seen in the genre, including Roland Emmerich's own hefty contribution to invoking large-screen disaster in "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow", pales into insignificance as the doomsday prophecy becomes a takeoff point(quite literally) for a huddle of characters trying to escape to safety in a world that had decided to end.

The plot is frequently trite and predictable. The characters are uni-dimensional. The broad heroics are so outlandish and over-the-top, we are often looking at the spectacle not as a facsimile of life but a comic-book world come to panoramic life.

For sure, the uncertainties about the plot gradually wane and recede, as the world as we know it and as Emmerich's cinema defines begins to peel, crack up and fall apart at the seams right before our bewildered eyes.

Would it be right to say the stunning cinematography and special effects preside over this passionately-constructed pyramid of disaster escape and redemption.

The suspense element is as steep as some of the vertical heights that the narrative climbs and slips away from, as layer after layer of lavish longitude lumbers before our eyes.

Awesome is the word for what Emmerich has achieved in the film. The core group of characters naturally escape unscathed even when the world collapses inches away from them. But that's okay. The film never lets us forget the cinematic splendour of the director's vision.

Emmerich designs the canvas as a big and bewildering ode to biblical grandeur of the motion picture. Mountains explode, seas collapse and skyscrapers crumble like house of cards. There is never a dull second in the scintillating synthesis of stunning stunts and heart-warming moments among characters who are this close to death.

There are two heroes in the plot. John Cusack as the estranged husband and father who gets a chance to rescue his family, and Chiwetel Ejiofor holds the vast cast's anxious motivations in place. The supporting actors are all experts at making the devastation hold together.

"2012" is a roller-coaster ride into a modern day Noah's Ark where space shuttles take handpicked humanity to safety away from the destruction of civilization as we know. But before apocalypse, there is this film.

Rating:
3 stars


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