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  • So whats next for director Ayan Mukerji

    His first film "Wake Up Sid" had light-hearted romance and his next "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" (YJHD) too falls in the same category. But director Ayan Mukerji says he does not want to stick to the genre forever. "I absolutely don't intend to make these relationship films forever. If I get the opportunity to make my third film, I want to step away from this genre. I would love to make a Superman ...

  • 35 arrested for burning man in Bihar

    Thirty-five people, including 20 women, were arrested from a Bihar village Saturday on charges of burning the husband of a village head over a land dispute, police said. Jainandan Mandal, husband of Kishanpur Baluwa village head Chimo Devi, was first beaten up and then thrown into his brick kiln in Kurkron village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, Friday. "Police have arrested 35 ...

  • Friction in Congress as Chandy Chennithala camps spar

    Is Kerala politics all about camps? The polarisation between V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan loyalists in the opposition CPI-M is old news, but the ruling Congress appears to be no better with the increasing friction between the Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala factions. The question whether Chief Minister Chandy would include party president Chennithala, it seems, has destroyed the ...

  • Film editors job starts in pre-production phase

    A film editor is no longer part of just the post-production team. In fact, the work begins from a movie's pre-production phase itself, says southern editor T.S Suresh. "Today, editing has become a very important facet of filmmaking. Filmmakers require an editor's assistance even before going on floors - right from the pre-production phase. Filmmakers and editors have begun working in ...

  • Jairam points out irregularities in jobs scheme in Odisha

    Pointing out several irregularities in the implementation of rural jobs scheme in Odisha, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to address them urgently. In a letter to Patnaik Friday, the union minister said he has received 14 complaints pertaining to serious irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) ...

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Umberto D. [DVD]

Umberto D. [DVD]

Film scholar and critic Andr Bazin captured perfectly the essence of Italian neorealism when he described it as an ideal synthesis between the rigor of tragic necessity and the accidental fluidity of everyday reality. Ironically, he wrote these words in response to a screening at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival of Vittorio De Sicas Umberto D., which most historians date as the last neorealis ... ...

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  • AFTER 11Political storm in Himachal averted

    Ahead of the Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh, a political crisis sparked by the purported resignation of a Congress minister who was miffed with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh withered away in less than 24 hours. Transport Minister G.S. Bali, who sent his resignation to the party leadership in New Delhi Wednesday, backtracked very soon and said that he had merely apprised ...

  • Dravid to retire from IPL

    Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid has indicated that he will retire from the Indian Premier League, after the Champions League T20 later this year. "I am 41 and 12 months are a long way ahead," was Dravid's reply to a media query on whether he will play the next season of the IPL. With the Royals qualifying for the Champions League T20 beginning Sep 17 in India, Dravid said he may not play ...

  • Dravid hopes spot fixing truth will be revealed

    Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid hopes that investigators "get to the bottom of the mess and reveal the truth" about spot fixing. "I believe truth sets you free. I sincerely hope that we get to the bottom of this mess and reveal whatever the truth is, no matter how painful it is," Dravid told media persons after his team went down fighting to the Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier ...

  • `Liqour ban on Goa beaches will save Russian lives

    Goa has received a pat on the back from Russian Ambassador Alexander M. Kadakin for banning consumption of hard liquor on the state's beaches. He said it will "help save" Russian lives. "No hard drinks should be sold on beaches. It will add safety to the lives of Russians who come here. It will help save their lives," Kadakin told IANS at the inauguration of a consular office here ...

  • Gurunath spends night in lock-up to be produced in court

    After spending a night in the crime branch lock-up, Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan is likely to be produced before a magistrate for remand here Saturday afternoon, police sources said. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said early Saturday that Meiyappan, who was arrested around midnight, would be produced before a court within 24 hours. "We have ...

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