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The new IPL team of the Sahara India will be known as ‘Sahara Pune Warriors’ as the corporate house unveiled the name and logo of its franchise at a grand ceremony here on Saturday.

The team will make its debut in the 2011 season along with the Kochi franchise.

Speaking on the occasion Subrata Roy, Chairman Sahara Group said, “It is a moment of great pleasure for us to present the identity of the Pune IPL team for the people of the city and cricket enthusiasts across the world.”

“We have just started journey and in the short span the support and affection received from the people here is very heartening and makes me feel that Pune is my second home”.

Announcing various measures of financial assistance for Pune district, Subrata Roy said the Sahara Group was committed to promoting young talent in the city and also have plans of setting up of an International Sports Academy at its Amby Valley project in the vicinity.

The home matches of the Pune IPL team will be played at the MCA stadium currently under construction about 25 kms from the city.

Darling Movie Review

Movie Name Darling (3.75/5) Banner Sri Venkateswara Cinechithra Producer B.V.S.N. Prasad Director Karunakaran Music G.V. Prakash Photography Andrew Story Karunakaran Dialouge Swamy Lyrics Ananth Sriram Editing Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Art Ashok     Choreography Kalyan Action Peter Heins Star Cast Prabhas, Kajal, Prabhu, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, M.S. Narayana, Aahuthi Prasad, Srinivas Reddy, Prabhas Seenu, Raja Sridhar and others.

Prabha (Prabhas) alias prabhas is the son of lawyer Hanumanta Rao (Prabhu). His junior Nisha(Shraddha Das) expresses her love for Prabhas. He refuses to accept it. Failed in her love, she tries to commit suicide. Her father (Mukesh Rishi), a big don, brings him to his place through his professional goons. He warns to kill him if he doesn't love his daughter. To escape this torture, Prabhas lies to him that he is already in love with his childhood pal Nandini (Kajal Agarwal), who stays in London. Believing his fake story, the don releases him. Fact is that, Prabhas has a childhood friend Nandini staying in Switzerland. Her father Viswanath (Ahuti Prasad) and Prabhas' father are very good friends. Viswanath, Hanumantha Rao and many of their old pals meet together and Nandini too is present there. Prabhas starts to meet her. What events take place between Nandini and Prabhas, do they really love each other or not forms the rest of the story. This film reveals the affection that exists in a childhood friendship. The bond between a father and a son is shown in a very affectionate way. Sensible humor without any vulgarity is a rarity these days. This film has great and clean comedy to entertain the audience. Karunakaran is famous for his sensible touch of sentiments. Credit goes to the director for the beautiful narration of the story.  Scenes in Switzerland have great scenic beauty. The fake story of the hero to escape from the villain is a novel and humorous idea. And there enters the girl in the second part of the film, very similar to his description to the villain. This increases the audience interest towards the film. At last we have a summer breezer film for the story starved telugu audience. The director must be congratulated for the well narrated film and providing a hit for Prabhas as well. Action:- Prabhas:- Gave a great performance in the lead role. Improved expressions and dance moments add to his performance. Kajal Agarwal:- Nice character as Nandini, it involved her sensible and glamorous performance. She gave great performance.  Prabhu:- Tamil actor, director Prabhu performed as the father of Prabhas. The bond of father and son is well performed by the two actors. Prabhu's performance proves to be an added attaraction. Other character actors like Chandramohan, Ahuti Prasad, Mukhesh Rushi, Tulasi, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam and  others did justice to their characters. Technical Department:- Music:- by G.V. Prakash is an added high light. All songs are well tuned. Back ground music too is well composed. Direction:- Karunakaran's films are known for their love, sentiment oriented stories. He succeeded in making a well performed love story with action oriented hero Prabhas.

RRKK releasing on May first week

Producer Dil Raju’s upcoming Srivas directed Rama Rama Krishna Krishna, starring Ram in the lead role, has been scheduled to grace the screens during the first week of May, the makers informed. The audio of the film was released recently by Jr. NTR at Durgam Cheruvu, Hyderabad.

At present the re-recording works are going on. A song is left to be completed and it would be canned in a few days. Ram plays the role named Ramakrishna. Bindhu Madhavi and Priya Anand are the heroines. The film has music by MM Keeravani. Dil Raju said that the film has all the elements to entertain all sections of the audiences.

Sehwag out of World Twenty20

Indian opener Virender Sehwag has suffered a shoulder injury which will rule him out of the ICC World Twenty20 beginning in the West Indies on April 30. Sehwag has been advised rest for three to four weeks and has been replaced by Tamil Nadu batsman M Vijay in the 15-man squad, the BCCI said in a statement.

The BCCI statement, however, did not mention how or when Sehwag sustained the injury. Sehwag played all 14 IPL league matches for Delhi Daredevils, scoring 356 runs at an average of 25, his last appearance being on April 18. He was deemed fit when included in the World Twenty20 squad so it's likely the injury occurred during Delhi's IPL campaign.

The blow is similar to the one India suffered before the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Sehwag had sustained a shoulder injury during the 2009 IPL in South Africa, shortly before the World Twenty20 was due to begin. He travelled with the squad to England but was not able to play a game and India were eliminated without winning a game in the second round.

His replacement, Vijay, has been in aggressive form for Chennai Super Kings, scoring 417 runs, including a century, at an average of 38. He has been India's back-up opener for Tests and ODIs as well.

Salman refuses Abhishek's film

It’s not an admission many leading stars would make, but 45-year-old Salman Khan is no longer reluctant to admit that he can’t be expected to play a young boy any longer. Recently, he turned down Ahmed Khan’s assistant Abhishek Dogra’s film as he felt he was a bit too old for the role.

Abhishek met Salman at his residence at Galaxy Apartments, Bandra to narrate the story of his film. The meeting lasted for an hour-and-half. After Abhishek finished his narration, Salman said he wouldn’t do his film and suggested that he cast a younger actor instead.

A source says, “While that’s what he said, it could have been that Salman actually refused Abhishek’s film because it is a three-hero project and he didn’t want to share too much screen space with two other actors.”
However, Abhishek didn’t leave completely empty handed. “Salman suggested a different ending to the script and the aspiring filmmaker agreed that it made for a far better climax than what he had envisaged. Abhishek is incorporating Salman’s input.”

But while he won’t be working with Salman in this film, Abhishek is keeping his fingers crossed for the future. “I’m earnestly looking forward to work with Salman one day. But I must say I don’t know how to thank him enough for his extremely valuable input to my script.”

Google Chrome users beware of unsolicited emails

BitDefender's warning to people who use Google Chrome and its functionalities to browse the net and to organize information. Cybercriminals are setting their minds on exploiting this environment to spread malware and steal user information.

The story goes like this: Users may receive an unsolicited e-mail which announces that a new extension of a browser has been developed to facilitate access to documents from e-mails. Apparently unsuspicious link is provided, and the recipients are advised to follow it in order to download the new extension. Once they click the link, they are redirected to a look-alike of the Google Chrome Extensions page, which, instead of the promised extension, provides them with a fake application that infects their systems with malware.

Although the sham application has the same description as that of an original Google Chrome Extension, the first sign the more inquisitive users will get about it not being what they were looking for should be the fact that instead of the expected ".crx" extension, it features a flamboyant ".exe" tail.

BitDefender identified it as Trojan.Agent.20577 the application modifies the Windows HOSTS file in an attempt to block access to Google and Yahoo web pages. This allows the malware creators to intercept the victim's calls to reach the respective sites. Through this, the innocent users will be redirected to the cybercriminal's own malware-laden versions of those sites.

Telugu films news in April 20

Vedam on 20 May
Krish who shot to fame with Gamyam has completed his second project Vedam. Vedam is the first multistarrter in the modern times of Telugu cinema and it revolves around five main characters out of which three are donned by Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka. MM Keeravani composes music. Gnana Sekhar handles cinematography. Prasad Devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda are jointly producing this movie on Arka Mediaworks banner. Vedam is all set to release on 20 May.

Puli in June 1st week?
As per the sources of idlebrain.com, the release date of Puli might fall in the first week of June. The music of Puli will be released by Sony BMG in the first week of May. There are concerns by fans of Chiranjeevi about possible clash of Pawan Kalyan’s Puli and Allu Arjun’s Vedam. It is learnt that there will be a safe gap of 3 weeks between these two releases.

DSP music to Naga Chaitanya
Naga Chaitanya is going to act in a film to be produced by Allu Arvind on Geeta Arts banner. This film will be directed by Sukumar (Arya fame). Devi Sri Prasad who composed music for all Sukumar’s moves in the past will score music for this movie as well. This film will go to floors on 19 May.

Prasthanam trimmed
Deva Katta’s Prasthanam is running with good mouth-talk. After getting the negative feedback about songs becoming obstacles to the consistent tone of the movie, the director has decided to chop off four songs on the movie which brought down the runtime by 20 minutes. The film is being more appreciated after removing the songs.

K Viswanath’s film title
K Viswanath is currently directing a film with Allari Naresh and Manjari Fadnis in the main leads. Sumadhuram is one title that was leaked to the media. However, it is learnt that Jhummandi Naadam, Subhodayam and Madhuram Madhuram are the titles under consideration. This movie is being shot in Vijayanagaram at present. Hari Gopala Krishna Murthy and Sheela Neela Tilak are jointly producing this movie.

'SIMHA' AUDIO SUCCESS MEET

Yuvaratna Nandamuri Balakrishna is gearing up to arrive with his new venture ‘Simha’ and it has been creating enough roars even before it is coming. Recently, the audio release of the film took place and it has got a massive response from the masses. 


So now, the team of ‘Simha’ has decided to have its audio success meet and this will be happening at Rock Garden in Hyderabad. The date has been fixed as the 16th of this month and the chief guests for that would be Chandrababu Naidu and Dasari Narayana Rao.


The film is gearing up to hit the screens on the 30th of this month and the success of the audio is a good signal to the film. Chakri from his end is quite relieved as he was under tremendous pressure working for a big gun like Balayya.

Award for Sehwag, once again

Virender Sehwag was named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second time in a row on Wednesday.

He fought off England captain Andrew Strauss and Sri Lankan Tillekaratne Dilshan for the award. Apart from Sehwag, England’s Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Graham Onions, Stuart Broad and Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke were the ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’ chosen by the magazine.

Sehwag averaged 70, with a strike-rate of 108.9, in Tests played last year. In ODIs, Sehwag had a strike-rate of 136.5 while averaging 45.

SURENDAR REDDY TO DIRECT UNDER RAM

Surendar Reddy is all set to direct the Telugu movie “Oosaravalli”. It will be produced by none other than Ram under his home banner Sravanthi Movies. The movie was recently launched and thus has become official. 

According to sources, Ram was extremely impressed with Surendar’s work. He was happy with the way Surendar had treated the characterization of the hero. Even the treatment of the script seems to have impressed Ram. 


Surendar has already delivered a hit with “Kick” which had Ravi Teja as the hero. Hence the expectations from this movie are high and the efforts to make it a hit are also high. The music will be composed by Chakri.

''GHARSHANA'' TO BE REMADE IN HINDI“

“Gharshana” was one of the most popular movies in Telugu. Made by Gautam Menon, it starred Venkatesh in the lead and Asin as the heroine. It was a remake of the Tamil super hit “Kakka Kakka” which had Suriya and Jothika in the lead. 


Now the movie is going to be remade in Hindi. This version will have John Abraham playing the lead role of the encounter cop. Gautam decided not to direct this version and hence it will be directed by Nishikanth Kamath and produced by Vipul Shah. Meanwhile sources claim that Asin will repeat her role in this version as well.


Now Asin achieved tremendous popularity when she repeated her role in “Ghajini”. Will she achieve the same popularity by repeating her role in “Gharshana”, we have to wait and see.

Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 and Net Framework now in India

In line with the global launch, Microsoft today announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and.Net Framework 4 in India and that Silverlight 4 technology will be released to the web later in the week.

"Together, these technologies simplify the entire development process, enabling developers to build new platforms and build high-quality applications", S Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corportion said delivering the keynote address at the TechED 2010, a technology conclave which commenced here on Monday.

"Visual 2010 is going to help developers to accelerate design, develop and deploy", he said.

Microsoft's top 50 partners have also made available products and solutions based on its latest wave of developer technologies, he said.

The Visual Studio 2010 and.Net Framework 4 ensures enhancements for every developer. For the first time, developers have integrated access to SharePoint functionality into the visual studio integrated development environment, he said.

Somasegar said with .NET Framework four client profile, the runtime has been decreased by over 80 percent.

Silverlight four offers powerful media and business applications capabilities that enable developers to deliver compelling application experiences on the web.

P Vasu remaking 'Aaptha Rakshaka' in Telugu‎

BANGALORE: Kannada Movie icon Vishnuvardhan's posthumous release "Aaptha Rakshaka" is doing so well at the box office that director P. Vasu has decided to remake it in Telugu.

The news is that the Telugu version of "Aaptha Rakshaka" will be remade with Venkatesh in the lead. Being produced by Bellamkonda Suresh, the film will go on floors April 28.

Confirming the news in a conversation with IANS, Vasu said that the success of "Aaptha Rakshaka" has prompted many producers to buy its remake rights.

"Bellamkonda Suresh approached me first and the deal was settled. We have already finalised top heroine Anushka to play the lead in the film," said Vasu who is busy with the pre-production work of the Telugu version.

"Aaptha Rakshaka", Vishnuvardhan's 200th film, is in its sixth week and has grossed over Rs.30 crore in the state. It is yet to be screened abroad and other state capitals which may fetch more revenues for producer Krishna Prajwal.

"Aaptha Rakshaka" was scripted and directed by Vasu, who had earlier directed its prequel "Aaptha Mithra". Starring Vishnuvardhan and Soundarya, it was a big hit. Later

Vasu remade it in Tamil as "Chandramukhi" with superstar Rajnikant and Jyothika in the lead roles. The film ran for 800 days in Chennai.

Incidentally, "Aaptha Rakshaka" was also shown to Tamil Superstar Rajnikant and "Chandramukhi" producer Sivaji Prabhu. Since Rajnikant is busy completing his most awaited film "Endhiran", he turned down the offer.

"Rajni sir liked the film very much. He also said that he was feeling that his friend Vishnuvardhan was still alive and talking to him. Rajni sir also told me many a time that he had felt that he was watching one of his own films," said Vasu.

Vasu, however, says he can do the Tamil remake of "Aaptha Rakshaka" after the release of the Telugu version.

Young Rebel Star to debut in Kollywood!

Young rebel Star, Prabhas will soon be debuting in Kollywood as a lead hero. Prabhas has proved his mettle in Tollywood with successful films such as Varsham, Chatrapathi and Bujjigadu is all set to prove his talent in Kollywood industry too. Samuthirakani who had directed 'Sambho Shiva Sambho' in Telugu will make this bilingual film in Telugu and Tamil. Speaking about this the director said, "I will be making a bilingual, which will have Prabhas in the lead role. The film will be based on popular writer Indira Soundararajan's novel "Sivam". I am currently penning the screenplay and dialogues." Talking about Telugu film industry, he said, "Working in Tollywood was a wonderful experience. I am happy that the film won huge appreciation. Top actors like Ravi Teja and Allari Naresh acted in the movie, with Roja doing a special role." Hope the movie becomes success in both tollywood and kollywood too.

Srikanth injured While Shooting

Actor Srikanth was injured while shooting for his forthcoming movie "Ranga The Donga". He fell off from bike and was admitted in KVR Hospital in Filmnagar. He sustained injuries to his forearm and leg. Doctors advised a week's rest and discharged him after treating him for the injuries. Srikanth was participating in a bike-scene, when brakes failed and he fell from the bike. 

Jagapathi Babu's Confessions About Trisha

Recently in an interview Jagapathi Babu spilled out his feelings about Trisha. He said that Trisha is a beautiful girl and he wants to work with her. Jagapathi Babu openly putting forth his wish has become a hot topic in the industry. Usually it is the heroines who say that they wish to act with a certain hero, but Jagapathi Babu has started a new trend. Possibility of other heroes following Jagapathi in future is not ruled out. However, it is well known that some heroes put forth their demands with producers and directors to cast heroines of their choice.

"Rama Rama Krishna Krishna" Audio Released

With Ram, Priya Anand, Bindumadhavi and Arjun in the lead roles, Dil Raju's movie on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner directed by Srinivas, is "Rama Rama Krishna Krishna". Its audio was released in a grand function held at Durgam Chruvu in Hyderabad on 09-04-10. M.M. Keeravani provided its music and incidentally it is his 200th movie as music director. Speaking on the occasion flick's producer Dil Raju said "I am feeling very happy because Keeravani has scored music for 200 movies and the 200th movie is from our banner." Keeravani said "I give my suggestions to the directors based on the working experience that I have. Rajamouli used to comment that my music is very slow. But in this film the tunes are at par with Ram's energy." NTR, Prabhas, Dil Raju, Keeravani, SS Rajamouli, Bellamkonda Suresh, D Suresh Babu, Sri Vasu, Vamsi Paidipally,Meher Ramesh, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, Ram, Bindu Madhavi, Priya Anand graced at the event. NTR unveiled the audio album while Prabhas received the first copy.

Siddharth cheers Deccan Chargers

Siddharth has taken off from his busy schedule and went to Nagpur to cheer Deccan Chargers. He spent the entire day with the team. Eventually, Deccan Chargers won comfortably against Chennai Super Kings. Despite of being Tamilian, Siddharth preferred to cheer DC over CSK because he made Hyderabad his home. Way to go Siddharth!

RaNa next film

RaNa next film from 1st May

RaNa’s next Telugu movie will be directed by Selva Raghavan. This film is a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu. D Rama Naidu will produce this movie on Suresh Productions banner. GV Prakash will compose music. This film will be launched on 1st of May. RaNa is currently doing a Hindi click titled ‘Dum Maro Dum’ in the direction of Rohan Sippy.

Mahesh – Seenu film for Sankranthi

Mahesh – Seenu film for Sankranthi

Mahesh Babu’s next movie in the direction of Seenu Vytla will be launched in the month of May. The regular shooting will start in June and it will be completed in two schedules. Samantha (Ye Maya Chesave fame) does the female lead. This movie will be produced on 14 Reels Entertainment banner that recently produced Namo Venkatesa. The producers are aiming for 2011 Sankranthi release.

New cinematographer for Mahesh film

New cinematographer for Mahesh film



Yash Bhatt replaced the existing cinematographer for Mahesh’s latest movie in the direction of Trivikram. Shooting of the movie is going at brisk pace. C Kalyan is looking after the production for faster execution of the movie. Mani Sharma composes music. Singanamala Ramesh is the producer. ANushka plays female lead. This movie will be released in August.

Darling music launch

Music of Prabhas’s latest movie Darling was launched at a function organized in Cyber Gardens in Madhapur on the night of 8 April. Kajal Agarwal is playing female lead and Shraddha Das is doing a special role.

It was attended by Puri Jagan, Rajamouli, VV Vinayak, Meher Ramesh, Boyapati Seenu, Dil Raju, Nallamalupu Bujji, Shyam Prasad Reddy, Gemini Kiran, Bhogavally Prasad, Karunakaran, GV Prakash, Andrews, Kajal Agarwal, Prabhas, Ravi Teja, Allu Arjun, Paruchuri Prasad, Supreme Raju, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and Krishnam Raju.

Today is the birthday of Allu Arjun and lyricist Anant Sreeram. They cut the cakes at the venue.

All the directors launched music together and handed over the first unit to all the heroes who attended this function.

Allu Arjun said, “Everybody calls Prabhas darling in film industry. He is my darling and I wish him a great success.”

Prabhas said, “Karunakaran has shown me in new way. My body language is going to be different.”

Puri Jagan said, “I always wanted to do a love story with Prabhas. Karunakaran is a sensitive director. He told me that he liked only one scene in my Pokiri. Karunakaran is known for sensitive portrayal of love and I wish him all the best.”

Supreme Music bought the audio rights of Darling

Style’s sequel is Dhanadhan

Lagadapati Sridhar is planning to do a sequel to his movie Style. This movie is titled as Dhanadhan. It is going to be music and dance based movie. Other details are awaited.

Nagamalli for Venky’s film?

Nagamalli is the title under consideration for Venkatesh’s remake of Kannada blockbuster Apta Rakshaka. Venkatesh who always makes sure that the titles of his movies are interest-arousing seems to like this title. Touted as a sequel to the blockbuster Chandramukhi, this movie features 5 heroines. Bellamkonda Suresh produces it and P Vasu directs it. It will be launched in the last week of April.

Telugu stars on Twitter

Telugu stars can now be found on twitter. Nagarjuna (iamnagarjuna), Mahesh Babu (urstrulyMahesh) and Siddharth (Actor_Siddharth) are some of the stars on twitter. It’s nice to see that Telugu film stars are jumping into twitter bandwagon. Henceforth, you can

'Simha' on April 30

Balakrishna’s Simha will be released on April 30. Disclosing the release date, producer Paruchuri Kiriti said, “Except for a part of the song, shooting has been completed and post production work is going on right now. Simha will have all the elements which audience and fans expect from Balakrishna’s film. Audio has been getting good response. We are sure that Simha will enthrall all sections of audience.”

“Everyone knows about the reputation Balakrishna has in playing ferocious roles. Simha will show new dimension of Balakrishna’s acting abilities. His role and performance will impress fans and audience alike,” says Boyapati Srinu, director of the movie.

Balakrishna romances three beauties Nayanatara, Namitha and Sneha Ullal in this movie.

Star cast includes seasoned artistes like Sai Kumar, KR Vijaya, Kota, Sudha, Jhansi, Kinnera, Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, among others.

NTR Jr. Jacket & Hat Auction

Finally, much awaited day has come for both the fans of Jr. NTR (Pavankumar.Munnamaneni and Murali Ravi) who won the hat and jacket in maastars.com auction.

We here by announce that this presentation programme will be held at MAA (Movie Artiste’s Association) office on 3rd April at 10:00 am.

Nandamuri young tiger Jr.NTR will personally hand over the hat and jacket to the two lucky chaps in the presence of Mr. Murali Mohan(president, MAA), star director V.V. Vinayak, producer Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan and few other guests.

CM, Rajini, Kamal to come together again

The Tamil film industry is getting ready for yet another grand carnival. For Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone for ‘Kalaignar Thirai Oor’, a residential colony for members of the film fraternity, at Paiyanoor near Chennai on April 23.

The colony would come up at the 65-acre land allotted by the Chief Minister. Besides residential complexes, the Kalaignar Thirai Oor would also have a film studio, a hospital and other infrastructure facilities.

Superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan among other actors would take part at the function. While the Chief Minister would lay the foundation stone for residential complexes, Rajinikanth would do it for the studio and Kamal for the hospital.

According to Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) president V C Guhanathan, “We have also plans to set up an edit suit, a recording and dubbing studio at Kalaignar Thirai Oor. The colony would surely set an example for others.”

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Mumbai Indians collapsed after Sachin Tendulkar retired

Mumbai Indians collapsed after Sachin Tendulkar retired because of dehydration in Chennai

Chennai Super Kings completed a sweep of their three-match home leg after the Mumbai Indians' batting fell apart in a rash of poor strokes following Sachin Tendulkar's retirement due to dehydration. On a track where 467 runs were plundered three days ago, boundaries were hard to come by and, despite being hampered by dew, Chennai easily defended their moderate total.

Tendulkar was on his haunches and breathing heavily as early as the fourth over of the chase. However, he and Shikhar Dhawan provided their customary solid start, hitting a four an over in the Powerplay to take Mumbai to 46 for 0. Dhawan chopped on Thilan Thushara's first delivery, but Mumbai progressed smoothly, if slowly, to 62 after nine overs when Tendulkar decided to retire.

After looking in control of the match till then, Mumbai imploded, losing a wicket in each of the next six overs. Ambati Rayudu was the first to go, stumped after tearing out of the crease and missing when looking to loft a short ball from Suresh Raina. When Chennai celebrated, Rayudu practised the stroke that would have served him better, a cut.

The potentially explosive Trinidad pair of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have done little of note with the bat all tournament, and the trend continued at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Both looked to launch the ball into the crowds beyond the sightscreen but got more height than distance on their strokes, and a pair of well-held catches sent them on their way.

In between, the promising youngster Saurabh Tiwary who had looked the most assured of the Mumbai batsmen barring Tendulkar, also perished, slogging straight to deep midwicket off the impressive Shadab Jakati, whose solid tournament continued.

R Sathish and Ryan McLaren were involved in some nervy running before Sathish was caught out by a direct hit from S Badrinath at short cover. The only wicket the bowler can take credit for in the entire collapse was McLaren's - offspinner R Ashwin trapping him lbw in front of offstump, so plumb that Chennai's appeal was more a celebration than a question. Mumbai had lurched to 92 for 7 and even the return of Tendulkar couldn't extend their winning run.

Their bowlers had done a better job earlier in the evening, shackling a powerful Chennai batting line-up. Opener M Vijay couldn't complete a hat-trick of brutal innings in front of his home crowd, bottom-edging Harbhajan Singh onto the stumps early.

Matthew Hayden is supposed to be the bruiser at the top of the Chennai line-up, but yet again he couldn't find the boundaries, dealing mainly in singles. After the lethargy in the Powerplays, Suresh Raina was just starting to catalyse the innings before failing in his attempt to clear midwicket off a short ball

Chennai were kept on their toes when Dhoni made a typical bustling start, and Hayden flicked and drove Bravo for ten runs in the next over. When Dhoni edged one past the keeper for four in the 12th over, 63 runs had come off the previous six. It was two overs later that the match swung. Pollard's slow bouncer tricked Dhoni, and Hayden's Mongoose bat wasn't enough to clear long-on off the next delivery.

The home side slid to 119 for 4, after which boundaries again proved scarce, none coming in the next four overs. Michael Hussey and S Badrinath picked off the singles but struggled to hit top gear, before some innovative strokeplay from Badrinath lifted Chennai to 165, which ultimately proved enough for their third straight win.

'Simha' getting ready

Balakrishna’s latest flick Simha is getting ready to hit the screens. Music of the film has already been out and getting good reviews.

Charged up by the response for the music, Simha’s team is busy in DTS works of the film. Simha is the much awaited big budgeted movie of the season as it stars Balakrishna who is one among the ‘Big Four’ of Tollywood.

Not only Balakrishna’s fans are waiting for the movie’s success but also industry and audience are looking for it, as there has not been a solid hit from the Big Four of Tollywood for a very long time.

While Chiru joined politics, Balakrishna has not been getting right script and combination which would give him the much needed hit. Nag’s Kedi passed off silently whereas Venky’s Namo Venkatesha did not fare on par with his reputation.

Hope Simha brings back the magic of senior stars back and gives Balakrishna much needed hit.

TTD to deposit 3,000 kg gold with SBI

TIRUMALA: The TTD board of trustees on Tuesday resolved to deposit 3,000 kg. of gold belonging to it with the SBI. As per the understanding reached between the TTD and the SBI, the bank will pay an interest of 1.60 per cent on the quantity of the gold deposited with the TTD. The SBI also will make the required arrangements for the transportation of the gold to the government mint at Mumbai, on its own.

The transportation charges, along with the expenses, will be borne by the bank. Earlier, the TTD's treasury department officials shouldered the responsibility of transporting the gold to the Mumbai mint and procuring the required gold coins for selling them across the TTD's counters at Tirumala.

Decision put off

Briefing the deliberations of the meeting, TTD Chairman D.K.Adikesavulu said that the board had postponed its decision over the enhancement of the Arjitha Seva tickets as recommended by the four-member committee.

The parents with infants who enjoyed the facility of gaining entry into the temple complex on a par with the physically-challenged and aged devotees hereafter shall be allowed through a special entry from the ‘Supatham'.

The board which has given its nod for the construction of a Divya Kshetram at Kurukshetra in six acres of land also positively responded to bear all the expenses required for the purchase of medicines at its BIRRD ( Balaji Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled ) Hospital at Tirupati.

X-ray scanners

The stretch between the Narasimhaswamy temple and the Mokallamitta on the footpath leading to the holy hills will be widened at a cost of Rs.2.35 crore. It was also decided to set-up nine X-ray baggage scanners at the Alipiri security check post at a cost of Rs.1.36 crore. The board also granted permission to a team of 10 Vedic priests and pundits to attend the TTD-organised Sri Venkateswara Kalyanotsavam at New Jersey in the US in the first week of May with a rider that on their return they should not cross the Kulasekhara Alwar Padi inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.

Donors felicitated

Besides releasing the souvenir commemorating the 500th anniversary of Sri Krishnadevaraya ascending the Vijayanagara throne, PVRK Prasad Rao was given two year extension as the chairman of the TTD Dharmika Mandali.

Later, marking the silver jubilee celebrations of the Sri Venkateswara Nitya Annadanam the Chairman and the TTD Executive officer IYR Krishna Rao felicitated the donors at a brief function organised at the free meal complex.

'My style is my strength' - Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag has revealed that he has no intentions of changing his aggressive style of play, irrespective of the odd failure.

"When I play a cover-drive, I play it to score runs. I don't play a shot to get out. So, if the cover-drive ends up in a catch at slip, I am spared criticism. If it ends up in the hands at covers, I am slammed. The shot attempted has remained the same, only the mode of dismissal is different," Sehwag told the Hindu.

"My style is my strength. It is my natural game. That is how I grew up and scored most of my runs. I have matured in my shot selection but will not discard my style. I don't believe in wasting balls," Sehwag said.

Sehwag thanked the India captains he has played under for their backing over the years. "I have been lucky to receive encouragement from all my captains [Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, MS Dhoni]. They have always insisted on having me in the team and that means a lot to me."

While he has scored runs at a fast clip - with strike-rates of 80.87 per 100 balls in Tests, and 103.51 in ODIs - Sehwag admitted that he has become more patient of late. "Sort of patient. Actually, I have become careful in my shot selection. I am neither over-defensive nor extra-aggressive.

"I curse myself if I get out without making a 100 after crossing 40. I love playing in the 'V'. And I remain positive even after getting out after making just two at times. I tell myself that I took guard with nothing against my name but now I have at least two," Sehwag said.

Bowling attacks have tried to work him out over the years, by denying him room outside the off stump, and by bowling short, into his body, but Sehwag has managed to find ways to score. "It is a mind game and I am good at it. I create shots to beat the field. Run-making has become tough," Sehwag said.

Sehwag said he was aware of the thin line separating success and failure, and it boiled down to how one chose to look at things. "Half empty or half full. A cover-drive for four or disaster. Praise will come when you do well. So, be prepared for brickbats when you fail. You are learning from both. Success prepares me well for the failures," he said.

Corporate fraud in India on the rise: KPMG

Corporate fraud in India is on the rise, a fact corroborated by 75 per cent of the top executives surveyed by consultancy firm KPMG.

An increasing number of employees are indulging in fraudulent activities, mostly driven by financial stress and dissatisfaction with their company management, according to ‘KPMG Fraud Survey Report 2010’. Global consultancy KPMG conducts the survey every two years across all sectors.

The survey found that both junior and senior employees are perpetrators of frauds and the quantum of fraud in value terms is also on the rise.

Fraud losses of more than Rs. 10 lakh hit “87 per cent of survey respondents, against only 47 per cent in the last survey, according to KPMG.

The survey finds that the current control system is ineffective, calling for a firmer hand against fraud.

“Organisations need to realise the importance of putting effective internal control mechanisms in place, so as to manage risks. It has become imperative for companies to be vigilant, and not just act when fraudulent situations arise,” KPMG (India) Head-Forensic Deepankar Sanwalka said.

The survey noted that supply chain fraud (procurement, distribution and revenue leakage) is the area most prone to cases of fraud.

After the founder chairman of Satyam Computers (now Mahindra Satyam) admitted to cooking the books of accounts to the tune of Rs 8,000 crore, the survey noted that instances of financial statement frauds are on the rise.

An overwhelming 81 per cent of the respondents have said financial statement fraud is now a major issue for investors.

It said that as the earnings of some executives are linked to the financial performance of an entity, the employees at times resort to cooking up the books.

“Ineffective whistle—blowing systems, inadequate oversight of senior management activities by the audit committee and weak regulatory oversight mechanisms are the reasons for the increase in the number of frauds that one can see in the industry today,” the report said.

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Indians by nature are tolerant & understanding: SRK

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said that Indians by nature are more tolerant and as such by and large religious radicalisation is not accepted in India's society.

"I think Indians by nature like people and they're compromising and understanding. Is what I'd like to believe, really," Shah Rukh told in an interview when asked why Indian Muslims are not radicalised as that in the neighbouring countries.

"I think the secret lies within the way Indians are. We as people are more compromising and understanding. We do give a chance to everyone to say their point of view, listen to it, and not react really radically.

Of course there will be sections which do it and that permeates to the Muslims, to the Hindus, to the Christians, to every, you know, section in our society

I would like to believe it's like that. But I think that's the main reason," Shah Rukh observed.

Ajith’s 50th movie Kaaval

Kaaval is an upcoming Indian Tamil action-crime film directed by Gautham Menon. The film stars Ajith Kumar in the lead role and will be his 50th film upon release. The film is produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri for his Cloud Nine Movies. The movie launch is most likely to happen in madurai in grand manner.The film will go on floors tentatively by July, once the Ajith comes back to India from Formula Two races.

Development

Following the lukewarm response of Aasal in February 2010, Ajith Kumar was signed on by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies for a project touted to be directed by Gautham Menon. Many reported that the title would be Thuppariyum Anand but later it was reported that it was not the title for this film.

The movie launch is most likely to happen in madurai in grand manner.

Crew

Mozart of Madras A. R. Rahman will score Music, Manoj Paramahamsa wielding the camera, Anthony Gonsalves will be the Editor, and the same technical team of VTV is expected to be retained.

Kaaval
Directed & Written	Gautham Menon
Music	A. R. Rahman
Produced	Dhayanidhi Alagiri Vivek Rathnavelu
Cinematography	Manoj Paramahamsa

Four Climaxes for Raavan

Since the day of initiation Ravan film has been in news for various reasons. The latest buzz doing rounds regarding Ravan is that Mani Rathnam had shot four climaxes for Raavan.

Hold your breath…It seems that in one of the climaxes Raavan wins Seetha’s heart.

Seetha overcomes Raavan’s tantrums and reaches Rama in another; whereas other two climaxes show Rama dying in one and Ravana dying in another.

Mani had kept everyone guessing as even unit members are not aware of what’s running in his mind.

Already there have been enough controversies around movies showing epics and religious practices in different light. Hope Ravan doesn’t run into controversies.

Vijay is Asin’s Kavalkaran

Vijay is playing Asin’sKavalkaran (Bodyguard) in Siddique directed remake of the Malayalam hitBodyguard.

The shoot of the film has started from Monday in Kumbakonam.

Once again Vijay has preferred to take an old super hit MGR- Jayalalitha film Kavalkaran (1967), as the title for his new film. After Vettaikkaran Vijay is using an MGR title again, as he believes that it has tremendous recall value among the masses.

However the title is appropriate as Vijay, a happy go lucky youth is appointed by Raj Kiran a local toughie to be his daughter Asin’s bodyguard when she goes to college. The enemies of Raj Kiran want to eliminate his daughter and our hero turns out to be her Kavalkaran!

2010 ICC World Twenty20 Scheduled

Groups

The groups were announced on 4 July 2009. The initial four group format is the same as that used at the 2009 tournament.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Pakistan Bangladesh Australia	Sri Lanka New Zealand Zimbabwe	South Africa India Afghanistan	West Indies England Ireland

1st Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
2nd Match, Group D - West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
3rd Match, Group C - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
5th Match, Group C - India v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
6th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
7th Match, Group B - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
8th Match, Group D - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
9th Match, Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
10th Match, Group D - England v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
11th Match, Group A - Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
12th Match, Group C - Afghanistan v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
13th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v D2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
14th Match - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
15th Match - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
16th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
17th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
18th Match - TBC v TBC (D2 v C1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
19th Match - TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
20th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
21st Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
22nd Match - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
23rd Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
24th Match - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Final - TBC v TBC Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados