PAA

PAA is an amazing experience. It makes you realize two things. One, the Hindi film industry is also capable of narrating fresh stories. Two, Amitabh Bachchan is truly the most accomplished actor this side of the Atlantic. Talking from the business point of view, PAA has been made in a sensible and reasonable budget [approx. Rs. 17 crores, including P & A expenses], which should easily be recovered from multiplexes alone. In the final tally, here's a film that should win awards [for Auro] and also box-office rewards, given its low costs. A film that should strike a chord with every paa, maa... just about everyone with a heart!

India-Hapenning Part 1

Cricket:First of all congrat India beat NZ by 10 wickets to win 1st Test in Hamilton, lead series 1-0. This is India’s first win in NZ since 1976,Again Tendulkar create magic and score wonderful hundred that led pillar for creating History.but still things not good for IPL,The tournament showcasing the truncated version of cricket may itself get truncated. With the Centre unwilling to bend
on security concerns and states cautious about underwriting policing, the high-profile IPL T20 tournament may well be cut to less than a month with matches being held during a 27-day window in May, by when two of the five phases of polls would be over. The government has clearly indicated its reluctance to allow IPL to be held in April, pointing to the Election Commission's requirements for paramilitary and the need to maintain reserves. It has also made it clear that states hosting IPL matches will have to give specific undertakings that they are prepared to provide requisite security.
Some Election News:The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formally announced that Varun Gandhi is its candidate for the Pilibit constituency in the upcoming general elections.The BJP, while declaring Varun Gandhi to be their candidate for Pilibhit, also urged the poll panel to take back the notice served on the party over the speeches.TOP JD(U) leaders and prominent members of the National Democratic Alliance, George Fernandes and Digvijay Singh, may defy their party's decision not to give them election tickets this year. Both have expressed their intentions to contest as independents from their respective constituencies. According to party sources, there is considerable opinion within the JD(U) that 79-year-old leader is not fit enough to take on the rough and tumble of election this time. But, Fernandes, unshakeable as he is, thinks otherwise. Fernandes said that if not as a JD(U) candidate, then he will fight as an independent from his constituency Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
Bollywood News:Bollywood could face a virtual shutdown after a dispute on revenue sharing between multiplex owners and film producers, leading to a freeze on marketing and release of all films after April 4.
While film producers are demanding a 50:50 share in box office revenues, multiplexes favour a performance-linked revenue sharing model, based on the film's budget, star-power and other such criteria.
"Marketing and distribution of all new films set to release from April 4 onwards has been suspended," producer Mukesh Bhatt, told reporters on Monday, on behalf of Mumbai's film producers.
On Tuesday, multiplex owners responded to the freeze, saying the producers were being unreasonable in their demands, and that grading a film on the basis of its box office performance was the best revenue-sharing model.
The city's Hindi film industry produces around 1,000 films a year.
Several big budget films were set to release in that period, and as much as 2.5-3.0 billion rupees riding on the first quarter on these films, Priti Shahani, Vice President of Indian Films, said.
Trade analyst Komal Nahta said the two sides had no choice but to reach a settlement on the issue.
Business News:Hold cash, mkts to fall 10-20% from here: Experts:Dhiraj Agarwal, Director Institutional Equities at Anand Rathi, feels the market, whcih has so far been moving in tandem with the global market, will break away for a while post elections. He expects market action to be stock-specific for the next one-two years and sees a secular trend in the market.
Jyotivardhan Jaipuria of DSP Merrill Lynch believes fundamentals are still weak and expects the market to give away its gains in the last 15 days soon. The Midcap Index may not outperform over three months, he said.
Agarwal and Jaipuria both believe the markets would hit new lows prior to the election this time around as fears will mount ahead elections given the huge uncertainty of the outcome. They added good election results could lead to a rally.

Pathan Brothers

Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan led India to a thrilling three-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
World champions india relied on a late blitzkrieg by Pathan brothers Yusuf and Irfan to snatch a thrilling three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 International on Tuesday.

The Best time to Earn Money 2009

Alternate days up and down and that is what we have seen today as well. The Sensex was up 300 points on Wednesday, then 300 points down on Thursday and then 300 points up on Friday. So, a seesawing market, which has left us flat by the end of the week, just about 1% odd down on the Nifty. But the last three days of trade have each produced 3% moves in the market in opposite directions.

That was the big story of the day. It suddenly turned volatile in the last three days and today was a very largecap kind of day. Volumes were very thin for a day that produced a 3% move, there was just Rs 40,000 crore of trade, which is very unusual to say the least. So, today’s move was not backed by volumes neither by great breadth but with some very interesting performances from the largecap space like Reliance Industries, NTPC, SAIL, Bharti, R Comm, ONGC, ICICI Bank, the key blue-chips that you would expect to move when the Nifty moves as much as it did today — all of them moved.

The exception as always was real estate. So, Unitech and DLF did not quite participate in the largecap move. But the others did. So, it is a good closing for the Nifty for the week under the circumstances. But it still doesn’t give you that level of conviction because of the market’s internals.

Ghajini

The Movie has just said,before starting it i like to recollect my favourite moment of film when sanjay singhania (aamir khan)enter chandanwadi with ziah khan riding bike to climax where aamir does the damages work,Great climax fantastic revenge in the end

Aamir Khan's Ghajini is breaking box-office records in almost all possible ways. The film had one of the biggest box-office openings possible in the country. To garner opening collections as big as Rs 7 crores which is almost four times the biggest opening for any Bollywood film is an achievement in itself. Add to it the film has collected a worldwide gross of Rs 200 crores in just 2 weeks which clearly slots Ghajini in the list of all time blockbusters. No wonder Ghajini happens to be the first film to celebrate its second success party. In times of global recession when films are not even in a position to celebrate a single success party, this Aamir Khan film just goes one step ahead.

Slumdog Millionaire

We’ve been reading the following lines in newspapers, TV, net etc almost everyday – ‘The world has given its verdict on Slumdog Millionaire , now it awaits India’s reaction’. Slumdog Millionaire is all set to release in India on January 23 and while the world is raving about it, is Mumbai ready to see its underbelly being exposed in the most brutal way on the big screen that too by a British director? Anil Kapoor who is also a part of the film reacted, “ Slumdog Millionaire has captured the pulse of Mumbai like never before. The film does not only show poverty stricken India but is a tale of hope for millions of those who are happy inspite of being poor. It’s an honour for me to be a part of this film.” Director Danny Boyle gave his point of view by adding, “Most of my films explore extremes of experience – drug addiction, or murder; the end of the world as we know it, or the intense isolation of outer space. Slumdog is no exception. It’s a story of a boy from the most extreme city of the world – Mumbai. Mumbai they say - ‘all life is here’ and I have captured the crazy energy and vibrancy and exhilaration of this city. I have shot the beauty as well as the ugliness and unpredictability of this city.” Director Sudhir Mishra expressed his opinion strongly by adding, “What’s wrong in showing the truth? If India and Mumbai has slums, what’s wrong if someone shows it on celluloid? I showed it in my film Dharavi . Slums are unsafe, people who reside there are exploited and that is the truth no matter how bad it sounds.” Another director Irfan Kamal who’s soon to release film ‘Thanks Ma’ revolves around abandoned kids in Mumbai’s slums said, “India cannot ignore the fact that it’s major chunk of population lives in slums! My film was too shot in slums and when I screened it at the Goa film fest, women came to me and complimented my work. Slumdog is not an Indian film and just because its director is British the film is getting talked about! Many films like Satya, Salaam Bombay, Parinda have been shot in the slums of Mumbai before but nobody made a hue and cry out of it!” A Mumbaikar who’s a diehard movie fan however said, “Of what I have heard and seen of Slumdog Millionaire , the film definitely looks promising but one of my French friends saw the film in the US and asked me if I travel on elephants in India! I hope people understand that there is more to India and Mumbai then slums and dirt.” Only Slumdog’s release in India will tell how well Indians will accept this award winning British film with Indian star cast. We wonder what do Indians have to say on this topic...