Dhoom 2 was surely one of the most stylish and sleek film to come out of Bollywood. And after entertaining the masses in India, the action packed film has now also made a name for itself on the international level. The Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan starrer film has been nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards taking place in LA on May 20.
Dhoom 2 is the first Indian movie ever to be nominated in Foreign Film Category of the Taurus World Stunt Awards. Its stunt director Allan Amin has been invited for the award ceremony. The list of other foreign films is yet to be announced. While the films nominated in main category are ‘MI3’, ‘Casino Royale’, ‘Déjà Vu’ and ‘Fast and Furious 3’.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
MOVIE PREVIEW: TARA RUM PUM ...
Saif Ali Khan as Rajveer Singh (RV)
Hi. I'm RV. The best race car driver in the world! Sounds nice to be able to finally say that, especially since I've wanted to be one, ever since I was a little boy, racing model cars around my room. Racing has always been my dream, and after Mom & Dad died, I worked even harder towards that goal. Since I never really had much interest in studies, I dropped out of college & started working in the pit-crew of a racing team: the only way I could be near race cars! My life seemed to be going smoothly along this loveless still-nowhere-near-driving-a-race-car track, until one momentous cab ride later, everything changed.That's when I met Harry (my future manager) and Radhika (my future wife), all in the space of 5 minutes. One crazy trip later, I was the new race car driver for 'Speeding Saddles'; and a couple of chance encounters (and my first win in a race) later, I was in love: with the most beautiful & intelligent & talented & creative & …… (you get the picture…) woman who ever came out of West Bengal to live in New York. A music student & a racer don't somehow seem like the best of matches, but sometimes the cliché works. Opposites do attract and we were quite possibly the happiest couple in Manhattan. And that's how Rajveer Singh the pit-crew tyre changer became RV the racer. I was a man with a new job that I had been dreaming about my entire life, a love that I kept dreaming about and everything that I could have asked for. And then my kids arrived on the scene. Princess and Champ - the two people who suddenly gave my life a new meaning. I didn't think I could be happier, but I was! My career took off much like my car when the starter flag goes down, and my family was the backbone that kept me going. Seeing them cheer me on at every race that I won was what made the dream even more beautiful in its reality.
Hi. I'm RV. The best race car driver in the world! Sounds nice to be able to finally say that, especially since I've wanted to be one, ever since I was a little boy, racing model cars around my room. Racing has always been my dream, and after Mom & Dad died, I worked even harder towards that goal. Since I never really had much interest in studies, I dropped out of college & started working in the pit-crew of a racing team: the only way I could be near race cars! My life seemed to be going smoothly along this loveless still-nowhere-near-driving-a-race-car track, until one momentous cab ride later, everything changed.That's when I met Harry (my future manager) and Radhika (my future wife), all in the space of 5 minutes. One crazy trip later, I was the new race car driver for 'Speeding Saddles'; and a couple of chance encounters (and my first win in a race) later, I was in love: with the most beautiful & intelligent & talented & creative & …… (you get the picture…) woman who ever came out of West Bengal to live in New York. A music student & a racer don't somehow seem like the best of matches, but sometimes the cliché works. Opposites do attract and we were quite possibly the happiest couple in Manhattan. And that's how Rajveer Singh the pit-crew tyre changer became RV the racer. I was a man with a new job that I had been dreaming about my entire life, a love that I kept dreaming about and everything that I could have asked for. And then my kids arrived on the scene. Princess and Champ - the two people who suddenly gave my life a new meaning. I didn't think I could be happier, but I was! My career took off much like my car when the starter flag goes down, and my family was the backbone that kept me going. Seeing them cheer me on at every race that I won was what made the dream even more beautiful in its reality.
PROBE INTO VIP TREATMENT TO BACHCHAN FAMILY AT TIRUPATI
Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) Authorities at Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh Thursday ordered a probe into the VIP treatment given to the family of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan during their recent visit to the temple.
K.V. Ranachary, executive officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has been asked to probe the issue, which caused severe inconvenience to thousands of devotees.
Amitabh's actor son Abhishek and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai had visited the temple to seek the blessings of Lord Venkateshwara April 22, two days after their high-profile marriage in Mumbai. Amitabh, his wife Jaya Bachchan, their daughter Shweta and her family members, industrialist Anil Ambani and his family members had also accompanied the newly- wed.
The group comprising about 30 people were given VIP treatment and were taken to the sanctum sanctorum through VIP entrance by some TTD officials in violation of the temple rules.
TTD, which manages the affairs of the country's richest temple, met in Tirupati Thursday and took serious note of the incident in the wake of complaints by devotees.
More than 50,000 devotees, who were standing in queues were barred from entering the temple for four hours during the visit by Bachchan family.According to TTD sources, the meeting that was presided over by TTD chairman B. Karunakar Reddy, asked the officials not to accord VIP treatment to film personalities and industrialists. It reiterated that under the TTD protocol rules only ministers, MPs, MLAs and judges should be given VIP treatment.
K.V. Ranachary, executive officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has been asked to probe the issue, which caused severe inconvenience to thousands of devotees.
Amitabh's actor son Abhishek and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai had visited the temple to seek the blessings of Lord Venkateshwara April 22, two days after their high-profile marriage in Mumbai. Amitabh, his wife Jaya Bachchan, their daughter Shweta and her family members, industrialist Anil Ambani and his family members had also accompanied the newly- wed.
The group comprising about 30 people were given VIP treatment and were taken to the sanctum sanctorum through VIP entrance by some TTD officials in violation of the temple rules.
TTD, which manages the affairs of the country's richest temple, met in Tirupati Thursday and took serious note of the incident in the wake of complaints by devotees.
More than 50,000 devotees, who were standing in queues were barred from entering the temple for four hours during the visit by Bachchan family.According to TTD sources, the meeting that was presided over by TTD chairman B. Karunakar Reddy, asked the officials not to accord VIP treatment to film personalities and industrialists. It reiterated that under the TTD protocol rules only ministers, MPs, MLAs and judges should be given VIP treatment.
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