Alia Bhatt opens up about her fears

She might be one of the bankable actresses in the tinsel town, but Alia Bhatt has got her fears as well. READ: Alia Bhatt: I'm protective about Shahid Kapoor Opening up about her fear, the 22-year-old actress said that the fear of failure is what she ...

Happy Birthday Ranbir Kapoor: Katrina Kaif has a surprise

Despite a list of hits and critical acclaims like Barfi, Rockstar and Wake Up Sid to his name, Ranbir Kapoor is at present facing a lean patch and, as a result, his fair share of brickbats. As much in news for his work as for his off-screen pairings with present girlfriend Katrina Kaif and ex-turned-friend Deepika Padukone, this Kapoor scion was spotted in London with Kat over the weekend.
Ranbir turns 33 on Monday and had a quite, working birthday planned for himself. He had even told media during Tamasha trailer launch last week that he would be working on his special day.

However, Katrina appeared to have surprised her beau and the couple was spotted in London together on Monday, where Ranbir is shooting for his next.
Earlier, at the Tamasha trailer launch, the actor -- who turns 33 on Monday -- had said he preferred working birthdays. “I don’t believe in birthdays. It makes me feel sad. I know most people feel special on this day. But I am happy when I am working. It’s great to do work,” Ranbir had said.
When his Tamsha co-star Deepika was asked what she would gift him, she said, “He has everything... lots of good wishes, love and happiness to him.”




Tamsha’s director Imtiaz suggested that Deepika should give Ranbir a cheque. To which Ranbir jokingly said, “I would prefer cash.” On being asked if he would have a dinner with his family and rumoured girlfriend Katrina Kaif, he had said, “We have had lots of nice family dinners. My parents (Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh) are in India they have come back from London.”

A Poor Couple lived in a Small Village in India. They had only 1 Son.

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Priyanka Chopra was sceptical to sign 'Quantico'

American TV series “Quantico” is a big break for Priyanka Chopra in an international scene but the actress had second thoughts about signing the show as she felt it would require a long commitment.

The 33-year-old actress, who bagged the show during the shooting of “Gunday”, had her kitty full with back-to-back releases like “Mary Kom”, “Dil Dhadakne Do” and two upcoming projects “Bajirao Mastani” and “Jai Gangaajal”.

“I was a little sceptical initially because it’s a long commitment. I had to balance television and Hindi films. The script was incredible and I just couldn’t say no to it,” Priyanka told PTI in an exclusive interview over phone.

“I was shooting ‘Gunday’ when Kelly Lee, who is into casting, came to meet me. Then I had to go to LA and read the 25 pilots that they had picked for me and tell them the ones I liked. I am happy that I got my first pick, which was ‘Quantico’,” the actress said.

The show revolves around a group of young Federal Bureau of Investigation recruits, who are training at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Priyanka plays the lead character of Alex Parrish, who becomes the FBI’s prime suspect.

The former Miss World feels the viewers will like the mystery aspect of the series. “The audience would discover with me the various twists and turns,” she said.

Priyanka said her team and the people in the US have been warm to her.

“They are all amazing people. I am having a great time shooting for the show. They are treating me well,” she said.

The “Fashion” star cannot wait the audience to watch “Quantico”, which goes on air today in the US.

It will premiere in India on October 3 on Star World and Star World Premiere HD.

“I am excited as well as nervous. I am waiting to see the reaction of people. I am hoping people will like it. I have worked hard for this show. I just hope the audience loves it as much as I do,” Priyanka said.

The actress credits Bollywood stars like Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan for paving way for other Indian actors to get work in Hollywood.

“It is a great shift for Indian actors today. Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan have paved the way for us to be there by doing amazing work. I am happy we are getting the opportunity to show our talent to the world,” she said.

The National award-winning actress feels happy to have come a long way in her career.

“The world has become this big global family… The horizons are expanding. For me, a girl, who comes from (a small town like) Bareli, I see it as an incredible time for me after reaching here. I feel if I can do it, why can’t others,” Priyanka said.

Often Indian actors are not recognised for the cameos they do in Hollywood films or international TV shows but the actress is not bothered about this and prefers quality over quantity.

“I have learnt this from Amitabh Bachchan that the length of the role shouldn’t matter, the quality should. One should impress people with their presence. I feel all kind of work should be respected. I feel fortunate to have got this opportunity,” Priyanka said.

Kerala Government Website Hacked, Server Safe

 The official website of the State government was hacked and defaced by unidentified hackers early morning on Sunday. Visitors to the website www.kerala.gov.in were greeted by the image of a burning national flag and slogans “hacked by Faisal 1337”, “Pakistan Zindabad” and “We are team Pak Cyber attacker” and “security is just an illusion”.

Officials of the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), the government agency that maintains the website, said the hackers could not access the server and the website would be restored soon.

The hacker adopted the SQL injection technique to subvert the homepage of the site around 1 a.m. The cyber cell of the state police have initiated a probe into the incident. Assistant Commissioner of the Cell Vinayakumaran Nair said they have asked for the log details from the state IT Mission.

The officials said the identity of the hacker could only be ascertained after a detailed probe and the “pro-Pakistan” slogans could be an attempt to mislead. In similar incidents in the past, the officials said, the hackers had operated from the country itself.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters that the government views the incident seriously.

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, in his Facebook post, said a security audit of all government websiteswould be conducted by the Cyberdome of the state police, which would start functioning soon. The Minister added that hacking occurs “worldwide”. Five months ago, about 30 websites of the state government agencies were hacked. The government has asked the State IT Mission to put in place necessary security arrangements to prevent such incidents in the future.

Kerala State IT Mission director Mohammed Safarulla said the hacking of website would not affect government’s e-services as the portal contained only general information. He said the website would be restored on Sunday night.

The government website is hosted at the State Data Centre-I. The data centre hosts crucial e-governance applications of the state and the hacker’s access to the official website has raised serious security questions.

Cow's killing celebrating Eid al-Adha.

గూగుల్ సాయంతో 500 రైల్వే స్టేషన్లలో ఉచిత వైఫై: ప్రధాని మోడీ డిజిటల్ ఇండియా కల త్వరలో

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India’s all-time highest grossing film Baahubali

I recently sat down with the technical gurus behind India’s all-time highest grossing film Baahubali to ask one simple question: “How did you pull it off?”

If you’ve seen the film you know it’s a visual feast that infuses virtually every scene–whether romantic, intimately dramatic, or heart-poundingly violent–with breathtaking CG images. As the former COO of a major Hollywood visual effects company I know how difficult it is to pull off this sort of magical spectacle with a $150 million production budget, let alone the relatively miniscule $30 million budget the Baahubali team had at their disposal.

Meeting with me to explain their techniques and strategies were Pete Draper, the Co-Founder and Division Head at Makuta Visual Effects, the VFX house that oversaw the majority of Baahubali’s 2,500 effects shots; Raja Koduri, head of the Radeon Technologies Group at Sunnyvale, California-based AMD, which provided key technologies and hardware to the film; Roy Taylor, AMD’s Corporate Vice President for Alliances;  and also the film’s director, S.S. Rajamouli, and its producer, Shobu Yarlagadda. We convened at the Raleigh Studios Cafe in Hollywood prior to their AMD-sponsored screening of the international cut of Baahubali: The Beginning in Raleigh’s Charlie Chaplin theater.

When I put my question to Mr. Rajamouli, he replied that on a project of Baahubali’s scale, it was very important that he have the right technicians. In addition to having a superb multi-talented visual effects supervisor/artist/vfx producer in Srinivas Mohan and great concept artists at Makuta, he explained that the individuals assembled before me were no ordinary group of graphics technicians. Koduri, who happens to be Rajamouli’s cousin, is an engineering wizard who played an instrumental role in bringing the Retina Display to market during a prior stint at Apple, and who has also been a pioneer in the field of graphics processor units (GPUs), the specialized electronic circuits designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of video images. Draper, a transplanted Brit, founded his Hyderabad India-based studio 7 years ago with a major contribution from Rajamouli, and was a close technical collaborator with the director on his previous films Yamadonga, Magadheera, and Eega.

Rajamouli explained that the results his technical team delivered “seemed like a magic trick to me. The budget was very low, but the audience doesn’t care, the film still had to look great. I can’t run a subtitle on the screen with a disclaimer saying ‘We didn’t have enough money to do this right.’ We had to get great results. Our motto was ‘Achieve 90% of the quality of a Hollywood film for 20% 

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'Facebook, Twitter, Instagram new neighbourhoods of the world,' Modi charms Silicon Valley

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Calendar Girls review !!!

There’s a scene in Nisha Pahuja’s documentary The World Before Her when a Miss India contestant whimpers that she doesn’t want whatever Dr Jamuna Pai wants to inject into the young girl’s face. It’s going to make her lips plumper, Pai promises. “Please let me do it,” says Pai in a voice that’s so polite and so uncompromising that it will give you chills.For those who have seen The World Before Her, Madhur Bhandarkar’s new film Calendar Girls packs a punch with its very first shot. There on screen, with her upper lip plumped to artificial perfection, is Ruhi Singh from The World Before Her. She’s playing a young model from Rohtak who's been selected for a much-publicised modeling event. The similarities between Singh’s real life and the role she has in Calendar Girls are unmistakable.  The parallels are a reminder that Bhandarkar may be lamentable director and a terrible actor, but the reason he can’t be dismissed is his ability to spot interesting stories in real life. He’s shown this skill ever since Chandni Bar and it’s why actors like Tabu, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra have worked with him. It's also the reason Bhandarkar has so many National Awards to his name.Unfortunately, Bhandarkar’s nose for stories isn’t matched either by his writing or directorial talent. It doesn’t help that he chooses to collaborate with people like his writing partner on Calendar Girls, Rohit Banawlikar. There are a lot of people who work hard to make Calendar Girls worse than it could have been, like the sound department that not only layers the film with a terrible background score, but also makes it painfully obvious that the dialogues were dubbed. However, few can match Banawlikar’s contribution toCalendar Girls’ downfall. His dialogues are so awkward and stilted that you will feel physical pain while listening to the actors struggle with their lines. This is particularly disappointing because – brace yourselves – a lot of the conversations in Calendar Girls pass the Bechdel Test. Much like in real life, the women chatter a lot about work. They're ambitious, hardworking, and a credible mix of good and bad qualities. They're all friends who accept each other's quirks with an eye roll and a grin. Barring their terrible make-up and wardrobe, these women are all surprisingly normal, which is a huge improvement from the last time Bhandarkar wandered into the world of glamour, in the godawful Fashion.Mayuri from Rohtak, Paroma Ghosh from Kolkata, Sharon Pinto from Goa, Nandita from Hyderabad and Nazneen from Lahore-via-London are the calendar girls of the title. All of them come to Mumbai with dreams of success. None of them wants to return to the stifling worlds they've left behind. There’s one moment where someone asks Sharon (Kyra Dutt), “Isn’t the glamour world all about booze, drugs, sex and orgies?” Sharon drily replies, “I really hope so.”There are moments of insight that Bhandarkar sprinkles in Calendar Girls that will make you desperately wish this film had been attempted by a better director. For instance, Mayuri (Ruhi Singh) from small-town India is keenly aware of social media and adept at using it. She also gives us a hilarious description of a make-out session in a tabela. Nandita (Akanksha Puri) from Hyderabad giggles and confesses she’s ‘experimented’ with a girl. It’s poignant that Nandita is the first to rush into marriage. You can't help but remember how vehemently and unconvincingly she'd protested, "I'm straight" when she'd first mentioned her lesbian experience. It's almost as though she's being goaded into marriage by an anxiety that she may not be straight.At the same time, Calendar Girls gives us bowtie-wearing photographers named Timmy (one expects a Pomeranian, but sees Rohit Roy instead); a Bengali family (with ghastly non-Bengali accents) that could be out of a soap opera; and every cliché you can imagine. Suhel Seth does his best to be Vijay Mallya (La Martiniere Kolkata has given us such great, great men). Ashoke Pandit also has a cameo, as a hardworking CBI officer. A rich, aristocratic home has a replica of David's "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" and fake Greek columns are randomly scattered around the dining room.