Friday, February 27, 2009 A BYTE OF LIFE FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 3 8 SHOOT AT SIGHT Ergo takes you to the first paintball arena in Chennai » PAGE 03 H H O O M M E E , , B B U U T T N N O O T T A AL L O O N N E E A.R. Rahman returns to Chennai, two shiny Oscars in tow. Ergo follows him around, right from the moment his plane touched ground to the never-ending line of meetings held through the day. » Pages 4 & 5 P H O T O : S . S . K U M A R P H O T O : R . R A V I N D R A N
Read OnThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by MarkHaddon will be read at The Madras Terrace House on February28 at 6 p.m. The book is a murder mystery. The reading will befollowed by a discussion on autism, its awareness, etc.
This is for all theKerala foodies.Southern Spice atTaj Coromandel ishosting the MoplahFood Festival. Friedsh nger, Calicutmoplah briyani ,Malabar avail anddesserts like pal ada
and pal pradaman ,to name a few, willfeature on themenu. The fest is ontill March 8. For reservations call 6600 2827.
ASAP Productions is presenting TheVillage, a comic fable, on February 27 and28. The play is directed by Amit Singh andwill be staged at the Museum Theatre at7.30 p.m. For details call 98411 17773.
Patiala salwars,Rajasthani suits,Hyderabadi tops... there is lot tochoose from atthe LePakshiCraft Bazaar. Amust-visit for allyou shopaholics.The sale is ontill March 1 atYMCA Grounds,Royapettah.
Stagefright Productions presents A Night at the Musical on February 27, 28 and
March 1 at Chinmaya Heritage Center.Directed by Freddy Koikaran, the showfeatures the best of Broadway. Tickets arepriced at Rs. 100, Rs. 200 and Rs. 350. For
passes call 98409 07755.
Taste Bengali cuisine like never before.Daram Tala (Kolkata) Street Food Festivalpromises to give you a real feast with itsexotic mix. The fest is open only for dinner,till March 8. To reserve a table call 2834 3030(Extn:1827/18230)
Koothu-p-Pattarai presents Arjunan Thapasu inTamil. The play is scripted by N. Muthuswamyand is inspired by the Mahabharata. The playwill be staged on February 27, 28, March 1, 6,7, 9, 13, 14 and 15 at 7 p.m.Donor passes are priced at Rs. 50 and areavailable at the venue. For details call 65373633/ 9941446543.
The Crafts Council of India welcomes you to‘Vishwakarma’, an exhibition-cum-sale of craftsfrom all over India. Most of the participants areaward-winning artistes.The sale is on till March 3 at Apparao Galleries,No 7, Wallace Gardens, Nungambakkam.
There is awomen’sshoppingfestivalopening todayatValuvarkottam.So drop in withyour walletsfull. The sale ison till March 1.
Rajasthani foodis here todelight you.Deccan Plaza ishaving aRajasthani foodpromotion. Thefest is open forlunch and dinneron weekends,
A re you one of those thrill-seekers who are awestruck in inspiration by Holly- wood icks like Comman-
do, Navy Seals or Rambo ? Well,here is your little chance to expe-rience the heat of combat that you were dying for.
Paintball, the world-famouscombat game of eliminating youropponent with paint-lled pelletsto capture a ag, is now here forChennaiites. Planet Adventure, inassociation with The PaintballCo, New Delhi, has brought thebattle game named PaintballGaming Destination to the Ko-tivkkam beach. Spread over an8,500 sq ft area, the play areabeams colourful inated bunkersto provide cover to the player.
A team sport, Paintball featuresthree or more ghters in a team who are all armed with a Paintballgun (also called the ‘Marker’) andguarded by protective gear in-cluding a jumpsuit, chest-guard,face mask, gloves and shoes whilecoming in the line of re frompaint-lled pellets.
Craig Dominic, Business De-veloper of Paintball Gaming Des-tination, says the game that cameto India in 2006 is gradually gain-ing popularity, especially among youngsters in Delhi, Mumbai andBangalore. “We introduced thegame in Chennai at IIT Saarang as a promotional event and laterstarted it fulltime on January 26,2009, at our facility in Kotivak-kam,” Craig adds.
The Paintball arena is openseven days a week, with wee-kends witnessing the maximumturnout. Games like ‘Capture theFlag’, ‘Centre Flag’ and ‘Zombie’can be played, out of which therst is advised for beginners. Two
ofcials called Marshalls, for eachof the two teams competing, willofciate in the game.
“The response for the game hasbeen good so far and we are plan-ning to start the Paintball leagueand tournaments in the near fu-ture,” informs Craig, who alsoplans to introduce night paintballunder lights from mid-March.
So all those combat-spiritedsouls, run to Kotivakkam, grab your gun and hit bull’s eye.
What is Paintball?Paintball is a combat game
usually played outdoors, wheretwo teams comprising up to veplayers each involve in a paintballgun battle against the opponent
team. Players take cover behindinatables called bunkers. Theteam that captures the ag plant-ed on the opposite side andbrings it to their respective postrst wins the game.
When and where toplay?
Paintball Gaming Destinationis at No. 8, Sri Krishna Enclave, Water Land drive, Kotivakkambeach (near Bella Ciao restau-rant). Open on weekdays (3 p. m.to 6. 30 p. m.) and weekends (10a. m. to 6. 30 p. m.), paintball en-thusiasts should preferably make
a booking in advance to avoilast-minute disappointments.
Playing fee Anyone above the age of
years can play. Players can opt fopackages of Rs. 250 for 25 painballs, Rs. 375 for 50 paintballs anRs. 500 for 75 paintballs. Tamount is for a single player.
Football Manager 2009PC, MAC, PSPwww.footballmanager.comWith every player having had a full 3D makeover, this is thebest-looking Football Manager yet. Don’t get too excited,though – the crowds haveabandoned the stadiumsand players of the ball lookdrunk, even if training andtransfer systems have bothimproved.LOVE: The usual FM things,plus 3D graphicsHATE: The usual FM things
DidoSafe Trip HomeIt’s one thing to be talented and it’sanother thing to make the best of it.Now Dido may not seem to be thekind of singer that appeals toeveryone, but her talent isundeniable. She is on top of hergame right now with this album.Themes of urban pathos seem to tperfectly well with her velvety albeit
slightly soft voice. This album is farmore personal and mature with references to her pastcreeping through. All through she is happy in her comfortzone; she is still extremely good at the music she makes, sothere are no complaints here.The queen of chill out has her basic beats down in a well-produced venture, which includes great songs like Don’t Believe in Love, Grafton Street, It Comes and It Goes andthe smashing Let’s Do the Things We Normally Do .However, one song to really look out for is Northern Skies,which encapsulates everything that is truly Dido: it’svulnerable, expressive, powerful and introspective.Sound advice : Here is something that slows down the paceof life and gives you a breather. Truly relaxing andextremely thought provoking at the same time, Dido hasreally gotten it right here.
RocknrollaWham! You just got hit in the face bya Guy Ritchie lm. You realise this assoon as you walk out the theatredoors and you nd that your mouthis still open. Was it the plot? Was itthe characters? Was it the slickness ofthe movie? You may never know.Rocknrolla is yet another example ofRitchie’s brilliance with a great cast and a fantasticallycomplicated plot. The narrative is handled with ease andthe actors seem to slip effortlessly into their exaggeratedcharacters. It’s yet another tale in London about anorganised criminal who dreams of becoming a crime lord,but there are things that stand in the way.Replete with many storylines such as that of our friend,One-two, who is a small-time hoodlum in big-time trouble,a strangely seductive accountant, and a confused Russianbillionaire, the movie does not really stop for even aminute. Then there is the infamous Johnny Quid, aseemingly deranged rock star who never seems to die. Hisfrightening and excessive approach to life accentuates hisrock star status. Do not miss performances by TomWilkinson, Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Mark Strongand the inspired Toby Kebbel. There will be a sequel andthere is even talk of a trilogy in the making! Ace!
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was greater and it created an im-pact. But whenever I work for asong, I want it to be my master-piece. But regarding the Oscars I just had ve percent expectation,even on the eve of the award cer-emony,” Rahman said.
Rahman, who has got a few Hollywood offers, said that he will continue scoring music for
found success in his life amidstruggles. “I don’t think the mo-vie degraded India by showing the slums. In fact, the movie hasbrought the attention of whole world on Dharavi and I heard thatit has already become a touristspot. I liked the subject and ac-cepted the offer. Though the bud-get allocated for the music wasmeagre, I wanted to be associated with a legend like Danny Boyle.To tell the truth, there was evenno one to buy the movie in thebeginning. Now you all know thestatus of the movie”.
On a question about naming the movie Slumdog, Rahman saidthat though the word dog is of-
fensive for us, for Americans dog is a pet which they adore a lot.“So they didn’t do any wrong innaming like that as the movie isabout an underdog.”
Admitting that Jai Ho is not amasterpiece, Rahman said thatthe song appealed to the Amer-icans as “it was a release of ex-traordinary energy. So the appeal
A long with two Oscars and afew Hollywood offers, theMozart of Chennai A. R.Rahman is back home.
Though busy for the past twoweeks, the calm and composed
Rahman did not show any weari-ness at all, instead replied to thequeries of journalists with a smileat a press meet held at HotelGreen Park on Thursday evening.
Crediting Danny Boyle for thesuccess of the movie, Rahmansaid he was drawn to Slumdog Millionaire because it was a mo-vie about an underdog who
Indian lms but the scripts had tobe good. At present Rahman i working on Thirukkural and Kunnankudi Masthan Sahib’s poems.
Expressing happiness for thkids from the slum who acted inthe movie, Rahman said that themovie has given a new lease olife for them.
Rahman also chose not to skipthe volatile question on the SrLankan Tamil situation. When avernacular journalist urged himto express his views on the ongoing strife in the island nationRahman said: “I am not here topoliticise the issue. But I wanpeace in Sri Lanka and I will prafor that.” ■
Triumphant music wizard sheds his shy image and takes on even toughquestions at a press conference in Namma Chennai on life post Oscars
“I don’t think the movie degraded India byshowing the slums. In fact, the movie hasbrought the attention of whole world onDharavi and I heard that it has already become
a tourist spot.”
“Jai Ho was like a releaseof tremendous energy”
‘‘ The movie for which I expected anOscar was Aamir Khan-starrer Lagaan.
Leading from the frontNewly appointed Pakistani skipper Younis Khan notonly helped himself to a rare triple hundred on aplacid track in Karachi but also went home onemillion Pakistani rupees richer. But more than themoney or the sheer number of runs Younis’Herculean effort put Pakistan cricket back on theworld cricket radar and this time for good reasons.With international teams refusing to tour thetrouble torn country, Pakistan playing their rstTest match in 14 months did well to claw back intothe game after the Sri Lankans had posted amammoth rst innings total and the skipper’s 313 isthe third highest score by a Pakistani after HanifMuhammad’s (337 against West Indies at Barbadosin 1958), and Inzamam-ul-Haq’s (329 against NewZealand at Lahore in 2002).After reaching the feat, on the fourth day of thematch, Younis said that he wanted to break BrianLara’s record of 400 not out, but missed out on theopportunity. For the time being he wants to build astrong team in the mould of the one put in placeby former skipper Imran Khan.
(Each week we feature a player who has deed odds and come out as a winner during the past week. If you have achoice for next week send it to us at [email protected])
Williams suffers sponsorship blowWilliams Formula One team suffered a huge nancial blow when one of its major backers pulled the plugon a deal believed to be worth around 10 million pounds (11.2m euros) a year. The ailing Royal Bank ofScotland (RBS), which is expected to report today a staggering loss of around 28 billion pounds, said thedecision was sparked by the global economic downturn. Team principal Sir Frank Williams, whose group hasbeen a permanent xture on the grid for 30 years, said they would battle on.
Anand falters againWorld champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocked defeat againstNorwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen in the sixth round to slump to jointfourth of Magistral Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Withhis second loss in the rst six rounds, Anand has now three points out ofa possible six and will have to do a lot of catching up in the remainingeight rounds of the Super Grandmasters tournament.Anand now shares
joint fourth spot with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine while AlexanderGrischuk of Russia shot into sole lead on 4.5 points after shocking LevonAronian of Armenia in another sensational result.Aronian and Carlsenshare the second spot on 3.5 points each while Lenier Dominguez ofCuba stands sole sixth on 2.5 points, a half point clear of Wang Yue of
China and Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan.Carlsen has been tipped by many experts as thefuture world champion not without reasons. The Norwegian showed immaculate techniqueto beat Anand for the rst time ever in a Classical game.Anand, who rallied from a hopelessposition to score a victory against Ivanchuk in the previous round, had also lost to Aronianin the second round.Clearly the world champion was not at his best form and Carlsen tookfull advantage of that in the game which lasted 77 moves.
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Tendulkar to bat for KiwisBatting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik will play inFriday’s International Masters Game, the curtain-raiser to the Twenty20 Internationalbetween India and New Zealand at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. The duo, who are not
in India’s Twenty20 squad, were drafted into the New Zealand andAustralian Masters’ teams respectively after discussions with the New
Zealand Cricket Players Association (NZCPA). Tendulkar will turn outfor NZCPA Masters while Karthik will wear opposition teamAustralian Cricketers’ Association Masters’ colours in the Twenty20game which will see retired players of New Zealand and Australia,
including Stephen Fleming, Dion Nash, Darren Lehmann and Ian Healy,in action.
“This is a great opportunity for Tendulkar and Karthik to have afew hits in the middle. We are happy to work with the Players
Association to bring them into the masters teams,” said Indiacoach Gary Kirsten. There was also a proposal of Rahul Dravid,VVS Laxman, Murali Vijay, Laxmipathy Balaji, Amit Mishra andnew fast bowling nd Dhawal Kulkarni turning out forprovincial teams in New Zealand domestic championship togain match-practice before the three-match Test series startingon March 18. The move had got support from New ZealandCricket Chief Executive Justin Vaughan but the NZCPA hadrefused changing the rule of inclusion of overseas players inprovincial teams halfway in the domestic season.
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Boxing event fallsprey to CWGconstruction delay Construction delays for the 2010Commonwealth Games in New Delhihave caused the Commonwealthboxing championships to be put backuntil early next year, the Indian BoxingFederation (IABF) said on Thursday.The event was originally scheduled tobe held in December this year, but theIABF requested a postponement as thevenue might not be ready in time. “The Commonwealth boxing federation has agreed toour request to postpone the Commonwealth boxing championships,” IABF secretarygeneral P.K. Muralidharan Raja said in a statement. “The IABF has now requested theInternational Boxing Association to allot a suitable date in February-March 2010.”Commonwealth Games organisers are under pressure because of delays in several projectsfor the games, which are scheduled to take place from October 3-14 next year.Construction delays also forced this year’s world badminton championships to be movedto the southern city of Hyderabad.
‘‘ We feel very condent, and the team wants to emerge the winner. That isour goal. We have been working very hard for it, and we want to give
our best in the biggest tournament.India skipper Jhulan Goswami on their chances of winning the World Cup in Australia
Liverpool clinched a 1-0 win at RealMadrid on Wednesday while Chel-sea ruined former coach Claudio Ra-nieri’s return to keep alive English
hopes of seeing four clubs in the Cham-pions League last eight.
Liverpool, ve-time winners, stunneda packed Bernabeu and claimed a valua-ble away goal to take into the second leg of their last 16 tie when Yossi Benayounheaded home in the 81st minute.
At Stamford Bridge, Didier Drogba wason target as Chelsea, runners-up to Man-chester United last season, edged Juven-tus 1-0. Elsewhere on Wednesday,Bayern Munich crushed Sporting Lisbon 5-0 in Portugal while Pa-nathinaikos drew 1-1 at Villearreal.
Matadors humbled
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres, who was signed from Real’s bitter rivals Atletico, was close to stunning the Ma-
drid crowd with a long-range, dipping drive which was acrobatically saved by Iker Casillas. Xabi Alonso then cameclose with a cheeky lob from halfway which almost embarrassed Casillas.Torres, who missed six weeks of the sea-son with a hamstring injury, then pickedup another knock and was replaced onthe hour mark by Ryan Babel althoughthe Spanish striker was far from happy ashe trudged off to the bench. Real pressedand Arjen Robben unleashed a ercedrive after 70 minutes which Pepe Reinasaved. But Liverpool grabbed the goalthey deserved in the 81st minute. GabrielHeinze gave away a free-kick on the edgeof the box. Fabio Aurelio sent over anin-swinger and Benayoun headed pastCasillas.
“We worked very hard and we scoreda very good goal,” said Liverpool
coach Rafael Benitez who added that
he took off
Torres as a precaution. “He hurt his an-kle in the rst minute so he wasn’t fully t. I took him off because he could be atrisk for the next few games.”
Real coach Juande Ramos said histeam were still optimistic for the returnleg at Aneld on March 10. “We were un-lucky to concede and now we need to win at Aneld. We are behind in the tiebut it is far from over,” said Ramos.
Blues hit back At Stamford Bridge, Drogba, back in
the starting line-up under new coach Gu-us Hiddick, after his stormy relationship with Luiz Felipe Scolari, scored the only goal in the 12th minute. Salomon Kalou’spass found Drogba who took one touchand scored in the corner past GianluigiBuffon in the Juventus goal. PavelNedved came close for the Italians in thedying moments with a long-range drive which was deected past Petr
Cech’s post.
Liverpool and Chelsea made it twogood evenings for English sides after Ar-senal had defeated Roma 1-0 on Tuesday while Manchester United drew 0-0 at In-ter Milan. “We created enough chancesto score more but it’s very important wekeep a clean sheet at home,” said Chel-sea midelder Frank Lampard.
French international Franck Ribery scored twice as Bayern Munich beatSporting Lisbon 5-0 to virtually guaran-tee a quarter-nal place. Ribery openedthe scoring in the 42nd minute and add-ed a second from the penalty spot in the63rd minute after Philipp Lahm waschopped down by Fabio Rochemback.
In between, Miroslav Klose scoredfrom a Luca Toni ick to register his sixthgoal in this season’s tournament. Toniadded two late strikes for Jurgen Klins-mann’s men. “Everything just slotted to-gether for us tonight,” said Bayern teammanager Uli Hoeness.
Villarreal, semi-nalists in 2006, fellbehind at home to Panathinaikos whenGiorgios Karagounis found the target af-ter 59 minutes, but the Spaniards werelevel eight minutes later when GiuseppeRossi converted a penalty awarded for afoul on Robert Pires by Jakub Wawrzy-niak. ■
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Victorious Liverpool and Chelsea keep English Champions League hopes on courseWinning ways
Liverpool’s Israelimidelder YossiBenayoun (left)celebrates afterscoring againstReal Madrid duringtheir ChampionsLeague match atSantiago Bernabeustadium in Madridon Wednesday.PHOTO: AFP
It’s fashion’s an-swer to the Rubikcube. Or, perhaps,the geometric
stained glass paintings that adorncathedral windows.Colour-blocking is
the technique of adding a new colour to a fabric bycutting it where the new colour is required and sewingthe other fabric to it to create a uniform ow betweenthem, giving an appearance of different hues on a col-our palette – something akin to a collage of fabrics.
One of Yves Saint-Laurent’s most memorable items ofclothing is the Mondrian-inspired shift dress, whichdrew inspiration from the Dutch artist’s grid-based
paintings in blue, red and yellow on a whitebackground. The YSL Mondrian dress,with black seams separating the colours,has been declared iconic enough to win aplace in the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York. Diane von Furstenberg had
her own version of the Mondrian dress,with black, white and beige replac-
ing blue, red and yellow. Also,the Mondrian dress, which
ance in 1965, is probably the mostof colour-blocking.ws have used colour-blocking on a
e of Holland’s Autumn/Winter 2009hion Week almost entirely resortedSo did designer Agatha Ruiz de lad at the Autumn/Winter 2009-2010drid Fashion Week in Spain. Forgetcessories like boots and clutches.ure Week in Paris, Felipe Oliveiraer mix of digital prints and colour-rom primary and neon shades, as islour-blocked garments, Marcel Os-
d jewel tones to create a more sub-
s line at New York Fashion Weekcolour-blocked. Other labels to useecent days are Chado Ralph Rucci
en out, Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy,n Paris, and Christopher Shannon
day of London Fashion week usedOnly, while the former was subtle,ing but that. ■
Friday, February 27, 2009
Nirvana TemptationsNirvana’s Temptations line ofdiamond jewellery is an interplayof black stones and diamonds.Contemporary and chic,Temptations features a range ofdiamond earrings, pendants andrings set in white gold. Availableat all leading outlets.Price: Rs. 8,000 onwards.
Red Door Shimmerfrom Elizabeth
ArdenRed Door Shimmer from Elizabeth
Arden is a modern orientalfragrance that celebrates thespirit of the season with sparklingfruits, shimmering orals andwarming woods. Infused withnotes of Japanese pear, Yuzu leaf,blackberry, pink pepper, gardenia,Casablanca lily, peony Tonkabean, red amber, musk,sandalwood and vetiver roots,Red Door Shimmer has beencreated by master perfumerClement Gavarry. Available atleading departmental stores.Price: Eau de toilette spray (100ml) – Rs. 3,200Eau de toilette spray (50 ml) – Rs.2,600
The magic had to come to an endsometime. The eighth and nal movie in theHarry Potter series is to be released July 15,2011, the Hollywood Reporter tradenewspaper reported Wednesday, citingWarner Bros studio. The studio is splittingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , theseventh and nal book in the series aboutthe boy wizard, into two movies because ofits length. Part I is to debut Nov 19, 2010,while the nal movie comes out eightmonths later. If the nal lm keeps to itsrelease date, it would have to compete withThe Avengers, a superhero action moviestarring Robert Downey Jr that is also todebut that weekend.
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Slumdog childactors to get new
homesThe two main child actorsfrom Slumdog Millionaire areto receive new homes from theIndian authorities after thesmall-budget movie swept theOscars, winning eight AcademyAwards. The Mumbai homeswill go to Rubina Ali andAzharuddin Ismail, who playedthe young roles of the movie’scentral characters, Latika andSalim, in the rags-to-richesromance about a poor Indianboy competing for love andmoney on a TV game show.
Reuters
Clint Eastwood accept-ed a special award for hisstoried career fromthe Cannes lm fest
Wednesday, saying hewas “attered” while be-ing sure to correct thepresenter on the kind of gun Dirty Harry used.
“I’m very, very at-tered,” the 78-year-old actor and lm-maker said during abrief ceremony inParis where he re-
ceived the specialPalme d’Or fromfestival organis-ers.
After Cannesfest presidentGilles Jacob pre-sented the award
with a glowing tribute to East- wood’s career, the Dirty
Harry star said: “Though you did diminish the size
of the Magnum I usedfrom a .44 down to a.38, it seems like eve-rything else was pretty accurate.”
Eastwood had never won the prestigious
Palme d’Or for bestlm during the an-nual festival, butlast year’s jury led
by actor Sean Pennalso presented him with a lifetimeachievement
award.The California na-
tive was in Paris for Wednesday’s release of his lat-
est movie Gran Torino , which hedirects and also stars in the lead-ing role.
In his rst return to acting since the Oscar-winning MillionDollar Baby , Eastwood plays aprejudiced Korean War veteran who befriends a troubled Hmong youth who tried to steal his car, aFord Gran Torino.
Eastwood reminisced Wednes-day about his rst time in Paris inthe 1960s for his lm A Fistful of Dollars , which he called “a very small lm with an unknown di-
rector and an unknown actor....Fortunately, it went over.” With his wife and two of his
children nearby, he thanked theFrench lm community for sup-porting him early on, saying thesame appreciation was not al- ways apparent in the United
States. “When I rst directed lm in 1970, 39 years ago, criticencouraged me to go on, wherein my own country people weremuch more reticent.... Everybody was saying we’re not sure even like this guy as an actomuch less as a director.”
His directorial debut was ththriller Play Misty For Me went on to receive widespreaacclaim, particularly with Un given in 1992.
In the coming days, Eastwoo will begin lming his next projec
in South Africa, a movie based oNelson Mandela and his appear-ance at the 1995 Rugby WorlCup nal, seen as a turning pointin the country’s post-apartheidhistory. Matt Damon and MorganFreeman will star in the lm.
Cannes honoursEastwood
Spider-Man’s Broadway debut in 2010Bono and The Edge’s musical based on the Marvel comic book hero Spider-Man will open onBroadway in 2010, according to reports. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will include the story of thesuperhero’s origins and will feature music and lyrics by U2 members, reports Contactmusic. The showis reportedly the most expensive Broadway production ever, costing $40 million.
Dev Patel, the Slumdog Mil-lionaire star, will appearon the quiz show “WhoWants to be a Millionaire”
to raise money for street kids.Thesun.co.uk reports that the
18-year-old Dev will appear onthe show along with directorDanny Boyle. They will raisemoney for Britain’s childrencharity - Railway Children.
A spokesperson for the showsaid: “We were approached byRailway Children about doingthe special and we think it wouldbe fantastic. Danny and Devwould play together, as with all
our celebrity specials, but lmingdepends on their availability.”
A source added: “Danny andDev are keen to keep on givingback to the street kids and havebeen talking to Railway Childrenabout appearing on ‘Who Wantsto be a Millionaire?’ Filming ofthe special depends on whenboth are available, as they are inhuge demand following theirOscar success. But we hope it willhappen later this year. To haveDev back in the Millionaire hot-seat would be brilliant, andwould do a lot for the charity.” ■
IANS
Life imitates Art
Myskkin’snext, a horror ick?Grapevine is abuzz with rumours that directorMyskkin, who is slated to do a lm with Suriya,might pull off a quickie with his staple Narain. Saidto be a low-budget horror ick, the movie isexpected to roll and nish before he starts lminghis big budget Suriya-starrer Mugamoodi . Thedirector’s Nandhalaala , which features maestroIllayaraja’s music, meanwhile is ready for releaseand if all goes well could well hit the theatres nextmonth.
Simbu as SlumdogNaanum Kodeeshwaran , the Tamil version of multiple-Oscar-winner movie
Slumdog Millionaire , is scheduled to hit the screens Friday.The lm will open in the state with 100 prints, said its distributorsFalcon Films in a press statement Thursday.The Tamil version of the movie will be screened for the benet ofprisoners before Saturday, according to Director General of Police
(Prisons) R. Natraj.
“We also expect Rahman to pay the high security Puzhal Prison a visit toinspire the underprivileged section of society,” Natraj told IANS.Actors Silambarasan, Radha Ravi and singer-actor S.P. Balasubramanian
have lent their voices to the characters played by Dev Patel, Irrfan Khan andAnil Kapoor respectively, the press statement added. ■
IANS
Samuel L. Jackson to be part of Iron Man 2Samuel L. Jackson is set to reprise the role of Nick Fury in as many as nine lms for Marvel Studios, includingIron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers and The Shield as well as potential sequels. Jackson made abrief appearance at the end of the rst lm when Fury asked Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to join hisespionage unit the Shield.
Cine City
SlumdogMillionaire’sDev Patel toappear on‘Who Wantsto be aMillionaire’ for a cause
Thursday’s Question: Your biggest goof up on stage at a culturalevent.■ At the end of the dance show myself and my friend were about to lifta girl but unfortunately she fell down from our hands. Then she lost herconscious
Sunil, TCS-eServe
■ Forgot the actual dialogue when I was acting in a drama and justmanaged it with different dialogue and it has become a big laughter atthe end
Arunkumar, TCS
■ Fell inside the stage in my college as one of the wooden blocks cameoff
Raj, CSS
■ Performed in MITaFEST’03 in my rst year. Sung a duet song leavingmy co-singer in the centre stage and taking a corner place in bandevent. Listening my goofed up offbeat cracky singing, the listenersformed a train and came near the stage requesting to stop. I continuedstill. After I performed the event team displayed a slide "Why blood?Same blood!
Mukund, SCB Scope International
■ It was my school annual day and me giving a welcome speech wherein between I made a mistake and said ‘chi chi’
Senthil, Wipro
■ When I sang a mixture of 4 hit songs in my previous company culturalevent where people never stopped from whistling and the claps soundhit the sky
Lavanya, Wipro
■ For the rst time I participated in dance competition and danced withmore mistakes but that is a memorable moment in my college life
Sindu, Ford
■ I was playing a saint in a school annual function and my wig droppedoff midway. I played the balance as a saint with a nice haircut
Sridhar.R, STG
■ During our group dance at college culturals our friend Goki threw adandiya stick (by mistake) at the judges who were sitting in front of us.But she managed well even after that
Nivi, Sumi Wipro
■ I danced like a devil in my college and jumped from the stage were Ifell on my lady professorDinesh Rajan, Wipro
■ My friend read Tamil news in assembly, instead of reading ’nooru perbali (hundred people killed)’ he read it as ’hundred per bali’
Ram, HCL
■ It was on the freshers day party when I was asked to perform a groupdance.I had completely forgotten the steps the minute stepped onstage.Ihad to cut a sorry gure.
Priya Soundar, Tata Consultancy Services
Today’s Query: Your favourite childhood fairytale and why?
Karthik from Caliber Point Business Solution has nominated VVSteam & friends as Partners in Crime.
Santhosh from TEMENOS has nominated his friends as Partnersin Crime..They clicked this pic at Kodaikanal.
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■ Hi Balaji (Swaminathan)...On this special day, I just want to say ’Happy Birthday Thambi’... Wishing you goodhealth and happiness in life.
With love, Urs Akka : )
■ Dear Sundari ,From the beginning,Of our childhood years.You stood by my side,Like a shorelines high tide.You loved me ever so much,That I always knew.And I couldn’t have asked for a better older sister,Than you.Happy Birthday My dear Sister.
With loads of love,Srimathy.
■ Hey Bismi,I’m so blessed 2 have a friend like u this comes with many loving thoughts & warmwishes i send 2o may ur day be lled with laughter on this ur special day & maythe nest things in life always come ur way happy birthday!
Wishes From Prem■ Dear Eshwari ,How thankful I am to have you in my life.Every year is another yearlled with the special joys you bring
just by being yourself.Happy Birthday To You My Sweeeeeeet heart
With Luv,Shakthee :-)(-:
■ Dear Chaithanya,May God shower his blessings on you, today and for evermore!!! Wishing you abeautiful married life ahead!!! Have a fun-lled wedded life!!!
Friends, New Age Software and Solutions
■ Dear Dadhu ,Wish you many more Happy returns of the day….!!!May your Birthday be lled with lots of Love,joy and Happiness
Best Wishes, JM
■ Dear Manju (Karakattakari)To love is nothing.To be loved is something.To love, and be loved, is everythingHappy birthday to lovable Kovai sarala
Regards,Fun committe
WIPRO
■ Dear Nishchala ,Wish you all the very Best! Hope you have a rocking time and a memorable stay!Cheers! From All We Friends!
Regards,Shaheena
■ Hi Divi ,Wishing U Advance Happy Birthday . Have A Successful Year Ahead!!! We cherishevery moment spent with you....Have A Blast...Keep Rocking!!!! :)
With Luv,Sow,Sugan,Mano
Sethupiran from WiproTechnologies has beennominated as Ofce Angelby his team mates.
He is a much talented and a helpful person. He is the
energy icon of our team. His commitment to work is
unmatchable and asset to our concern. Despite of his work
load, he will share others burden too. We always have
good time with him.
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Senthil of Hewlett Packardclicked thisower at thesmall rosegarden inMunnar with hisCannon SD1000.Hobbies:Reading,travelling andmusic.
You might have high expectations from yoursuperiors and colleagues. Don’t let theseexpectations lead to disappointment. Finish opending work rather than dealing with otherimportant projects. Beware of emotional dist
Today Ganesha nds you relying heavily on factor. You seem to be ready for compromiseachieve desired results in matters related to wOn the love front as well, you will have a sosacricing attitude.
You might encounter confusions at work todaEven if you expect perfection at work, it migdifcult to achieve. Personal life is pleasantland you might spend a wonderful evening wbeloved.
Your mind will be active and full of ideas; hyou will excel in creative tasks. You may takit comes and this will help you to maintain grelations with close ones. You will be able tomaintain good relations with everyone aroun
You may spend your time in good company,more or less you will feel like keep a low pwork today. The day does not seem very goodeveloping good relations with the opposite married couples though, the day will be plea
In spite of domestic affairs bothering you, yonot let your work suffer due to this. Your ofwork will keep you busy throughout the day.ofcial meetings, you might have to agree toview points of other people.
For those handling technical and developmenwork, the day is favourable for growth. Howfor people in the administrative sector mightthe day to be average. You may remain activfull of life at work today.
A lucky day for new things. New ventures machieve success and new projects will rapidlprogress towards completion. On the romantiGanesha feels you will be more intense and express possessiveness.
You are usually a go-getter at work who is fenergy, but today something might spoil youGanesha advises you to balance your emotio
focus on work. You will experience a strong of emotions with your beloved one.
Ganesha nds your thoughts wagging rapidlyhence creating an ‘intellectual conict’ in yoYou may start thinking about contradictory thDo not worry as this won’t last till evening. may spend a wonderful evening with your fr
The day may begin with routine activities buin the day you might have to take up moreimportant tasks. Ganesha feels you will be acarry out all the tasks perfectly. Your life parmoral support will keep your spirits high.
Ganesha encourages you to revitalize yoursemay think of doing something new but the wahead might become very confusing and difYou might try to balance you personal andprofessional life to please your beloved.
Word’s worth“Ravigote” (rah-vee-gawt) the herbs tarragon, chervil, chives, andburnet, which, when used together, were supposed to have thepower of resuscitation. From a French word meaning ‘to inviograte.’
Unusual sightingA “ying saucer” spotted in Romaniaon a Google Earth map turned out tobe an abandoned water facility.
My Daddy Strongest!Resul Pookutty’s son looks surprisedseeing the reception his father gets.Actor Irrfan Khan is on his right. PHOTO: PTI
Cradle SongChild actor Rubina Ali is carried by herfather into a waiting car. PHOTO: AFP
Enough of this,I am tired!Mohammed Azharuddin is lifted byrelatives and well-wishers. PHOTO: AFP
Oscar celebrations have just begun back home.Some snapshots from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, where theaward-winning team landed on Wednesday night.
