Famous tollywood lyricist Veturi Sundarrammurthi died at around 9.30PM today (22 may 2010) with a cardiac arrest.
He worked for many notable and memorable songs and his last cinema is 'Varudu'.
May his soul rest in peace.
THE GREAT TELUGU CINEMA LYRICIST VETURI SUNDARARAMA MURTHY PASSED AWAY.
Famous tollywood lyricist Veturi Sundarrammurthi died at around 9.30PM today (22 may 2010) with a cardiac arrest.
He worked for many notable and memorable songs and his last cinema is 'Varudu'.
May his soul rest in peace.
Air India Plane Crash: Read the Detailed Latest Description over the Accident .
Mangalore: A survivor of the Mangalore plane crash said that the tragedy happened when the plane reached the runway.
"Within two seconds this happened," said Ismail Abdul Puttur, one of the few persons to survive the crash that took place in Mangalore on Saturday morning.
"When I saw the left side (of the aircraft) open, I jumped outside. I pulled two persons from there," said Puttur.
Officials involved in the rescue and relief operations say that only eight people out of the 166 on board survived the crash.
Kasturba Medical College and Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Mahesh said that Puttur injured his knees as he jumped off from the plane.
"The survivor told me there were five survivors. One of the survivors rescued two others," Dr Mahesh told CNN-IBN.
He added that one of the survivors had badly injured his spine.
The Mangalore bound Air India Express flight coming in from Dubai with 166 people on board crashed early on Saturday killing 158 people. The Air India Express IX-812, operated by a Boeing 737-800, had 160 passengers and six crew members on board overshot the touchdown point on the Mangalore airport runway by 2000 feet on Saturday at 6:30 AM while attempting to land.
Mangalore Helpline Numbers: 0824-2220422, 0824-2220424
Delhi Helpline Numbers: 011-25656196, 011-25603101
Air India Express Dubai Airport Telephone Numbers: 00971-4-2165828/00971-4-2165829
The list of survivors: Moin Kutty, Krishnan, Ummar Farooq, Ismail Abdul Puttur, Dr Sabrina Haq, Pardeep.
Venice honour for Mani .
Celebrated Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam will be honoured at the 67th Venice International Film Festival
In recent years, the award has honoured other major world filmmakers like Takeshi Kitano, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnès Varda, and Sylvester Stallone. The Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller says, “Mani Ratnam used to make movies only in his native tongue, Tamil, but has been one of a handful of filmmakers to successfully handle the transition to the all-India market. One of the great innovators in contemporary Indian cinema, he helped introduce the auteur concept to contemporary Bollywood. His movies display precision and poise, and have always been removed from the bombast and bluster of massproduced regional cinema. The lavish musical numbers in his films, some of the best-tailored in Mumbai and Madras in recent years, have influenced the style of many others (as well as the design of commercials and music videos). Ratnam’s most celebrated films have become part of the cinematic imagination of the sub-continent.”
On the occasion of the award ceremony, the Mostra will present the festival premiere of Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film Ravaan will take place. It will be attended by the director and Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram and AR Rahman
“Ravaan will enchant audiences with its stirring drama and entrancing musical sequences. We are proud to be hosting the festival premiere of this wonderful film, which will be presented at the 2010 Mostra in both the Hindi and the Tamil version,” says Mueller.
‘BARBARA’S THE BEST ACTOR I HAVE WORKED WITH’ "Hrithik"
South American-born, Mexican actress Barbara said that she actually baulked when Rakesh Roshan showed her Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodhaa Akbar in Los Angeles. “Hrithik was so stiff. I thought, ‘I don’t want to do a film with an actor like that.’ I hated Hrithik in it,” said the actress whose magical green eyes have a searing honesty in them. But Barbara told Rakesh and director Anurag Basu that she would give Kites a serious thought because she loved the script. And she was excited about a prospect in Bollywood.
Like most love stories that start with indifference and go on to passion, the Barbara-Hrithik saga, too, took a similar route.
When she saw DVDs of his Kaho Na... Pyar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya, Lakshya and Dhoom2, she fell in love with his screen persona. “Those are movies I could relate to,” she admitted. “I couldn’t take my eyes off Hrithik and I was excited about doing a film with him.” And now that Kites is all set to soar, Barbara said everything about the film is exciting to her. “I have my fingers crossed the film becomes a huge hit,” she said.
Does Hrithik believe Kites is the most passionate Bollywood film ever made? “This is the result of two-and-ahalf years of my heart and soul’s investment,” he said. “Physically, too, a lot of my blood and sweat has gone into this film. I am sure everyone will take back something from the film.’’ Thanking Anurag, he added, “I had seen his films. They are my kind of films and I knew he had a vision that I would connect with.’’
And, of course, Kites wouldn’t be the enjoyable journey had it not been for Barbara, Hrithik admitted, “Barbara’s conditioning has been from another world. And her approach to her art is different. There is no manipulation when she caters to the camera or to the audience concerned. I think Barbara is such a mature performer. She is the best actor I have worked with.’’
MORNING LAILA.
SHE'S a twisting, turning, raging, moving, speeding circle of winds.
She's Laila, severe in her intensity, a cyclonic storm that's lashing Andhra Pradesh and districts along the Tamil Nadu coast from the wee hours of Thursday, after lying low, centred in the Bay of Bengal, for most of Wednesday. Authorities in Andhra Pradesh had by Wednesday evening evacuated thousands of people to safe locations.
Oil rigs and ports were on high alert.
Disaster management teams had been called in. Two oil refineries and India's biggest gas field besides coal ports were also on alert, including the Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd.
"Sea conditions will be high to phenomenal along and off Andhra Pradesh coast and very rough along and off north Tamil Nadu coast," the weather office said on Wednesday.
Fishermen were advised not to go out to sea. According to reports, cautionary signal No.7 (the highest intensity) has been hoisted in Kalingapattinam, Gangavaram, Kakinada, Visakapattinam, and Machillipattinam ports in Andhra Pradesh and No.3 (medium intensity) at ports in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Scores of boats, an Indian Coastguard vessel and two boats of the Coastal Security Group of Tamil Nadu Police, sustained heavy damage as strong winds lashed the Pamban and Mandapam Coast on Wednesday night and throughout the day.
A Soft-Centred Tough Guy.
National Award winner Atul Kulkarni on his latest flick Bumm Bumm Bole
HIS character as C Shriram Abhyan kar, a Brahmin who is part of a Hindu militant group determined to fight the Muslims' malice in Hey Ram cannot be forgotten. Pothya Sawat in Chandni Bar too remains memorable. Both these roles won him the National Award. Atul Kulkarni, the man who has played critically acclaimed roles in films like Rang De Basanti, Mansarovar and Page 3 was born in Karnataka. He has acted in almost all Indian languages. After some rave reviews, Atul Kulkarni, who plays Darsheel Safary and Ziyah Vastani's father Khogiram in Bumm Bumm Bole says, "This is the first time I am working with Priyadarshan, and it is like a dream come true. I often feel that he ed its the film even before the shooting is over (laughs). An actor feels at ease when he is working with Priyadarshan, be cause he does nearly 80 per cent o f a n a c t o r 's job."
Speaking of Darsheel Sa fary he smiles, "Kids these days are very talented. The exposure they get is tremendous. Darsheel Safary is one such boy . At this age, he has got the exposure of working with a great actor like Aamir Khan. Even as I observed him, I went on a flashback mode and compared my childhood with his and wondered whether I had the same maturity. And I rea lised that he knows so much.
I like his innocence," he says.
Atul has been seen in Kollywood flicks like Padikath Aruvadai, Kedi, Manavan, Aruvadai madhan and Run. Elaborating on his experience he says, "During Hey Ram I realised what a great actor and human being Kamal Haasan is. I admire him and am looking forward to doing more projects with him."
What next? "I am doing two films in Hindi called Blackboard and Chalees Chaurasi and a couple of projects in Kannada.
Atul has been also doing theatre since high school. He later joined Natya Aradhana, an amateur theatre group. "I have taken great pride in acting in plays penned by Gulzar, Kharashein. I have especially Kharashein not been able to do justice to theatre for quite some time owing to my film com mitments. I must make a special mention of the characteristics of theatre in Tamil cinema. And I earnestly wish that even Marathi cinema attains that level someday ."
Commenting on the trends in parallel cinema he says that the discrimination hardly exists. "In the last six years, the discrimination has disappeared completely."
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