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Monday, December 15, 2008

Back to the cinema hall, after interval

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The News is that audiences have begun to return to the cinema halls. After the 26/11 terror attacks, movie ticket sales had plummeted not only in Mumbai but all over India.

All films that released in the immediate weeks tanked. Trade reports confirmed that some shows were cancelled because not even one person turned up. The films that bombed were Sorry Bhai, Dil Kabaddi and Maharathi.

The gloom cleared this Friday with the return of moviegoers to the cinema halls for Aditya Chopra’s Rab ne Bana di Jodi featuring Shah Rukh Khan.

It has evoked mixed reactions, but is on its way to be counted among the hits of the year. Made on an estimated budget of Rs 35 crore, it is expected to recover its investment and some more.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

King Khan in crosshairs now

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He game of one-up man ship between the feuding Thackeray cousins - Raj and Uddhav has put Bollywood actors in their crosshairs.

With Raj taking on Jaya Bachchan for what he termed an insult to Maharashtrians, his uncle Bal Thackeray, Uddhav's father - threatened with losing the 'Marathi manoos' agenda picked on Shah Rukh Khan for calling himself a "Dilliwala" through the party mouthpiece.

Jaya asking Maharashtrians to forgive her for speaking in Hindi at a music release gave Raj, head of the Maharashtra Naynirman Sena (MNS), the perfect excuse to again rake up the 'Maharashtra for Maharashtrians' issue.

And he forced the Shiv Sena to extend its attack to another star "Mumbai made Khan a baadshah (king), but he still calls himself a Dilliwala. If that is the case, why did you come to Mumbai?"

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Ramadoss gets Ramdev boost in fight for good health

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Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has just won a famous friend in his battle against alcohol, tobacco and junk food. Yoga and lifestyle guru Swami Ramdev, who commands a huge following across the country, has offered to help the Union Health Ministry to get the masses off unhealthy addictions.

"We've been in touch and we'll work together," Ramadoss told HT.

Winning support for his clean lifestyle initiative from people other than public health experts is a first for Ramadoss. He has a track record of antagonising many famous people, from Shah Rukh Khan for smoking in public to Vijay Mallya for naming his IPL team after an alcohol brand.

Ramadoss and Ramdev now appear to have patched up differences over the curative powers of yoga for AIDS. "Even when I criticised yoga for treating AIDS because of lack of scientific proof, I maintained that Swami Ramdev was doing a public service by promoting this ancient exercise form," said Ramadoss. "Prevention is better than cure and if a healthy lifestyle that includes yoga can reduce the risk of dis- ease and early death, I'm all tor it."

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Jaipur Triumph

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Too often and too loosely events in cricket are described as historic or epochal. When the Indian Premier League began, fans weren't sure what to make of it, cricketers weren't clear if they were making enough from it and the media didn't quite know how to cover it.

At the end, everyone agreed on one thing this will change the way cricket is governed and consumed around the world. Is that good? Is it the worst thing ever? Time will tell, but it's crystal clear that change is here.

When franchises sit down with their balance sheets after the dust has settled and the cheerleaders have gone home, we'll know more about whether the financial model is robust enough - profits in the first year may just be expecting too much.

For the tournament to be a hit, two things were crucial the players had to take the games dead seriously, and the fans had to buy into the concept.

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