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Saturday, 2 July 2011
Pictures: Thousands of New Species Found in New Guinea
"Striking" Damselfish
Giant Bent-Toed Gecko
Fleshy-Flowered Orchid
Turquoise Lizard
Rainbow Fish
Blue-Eyed Spotted Cuscus
Snub-Fin Dolphin
Wattled Smoky Honeyeater
"Magnificent" Orchid
Giant Bent-Toed Gecko
Fleshy-Flowered Orchid
Turquoise Lizard
Rainbow Fish
Blue-Eyed Spotted Cuscus
Snub-Fin Dolphin
Wattled Smoky Honeyeater
"Magnificent" Orchid
Veena Malik to do an item song
Delhi Belly Movie Review | Imran Khan Delhi Belly Movie Review
Directed by Abhinay Deo
Rating: ***
Very rarely we come across a film that disgusts and delights in equal measure. A film that has us crinkling our nose, yet sticking a thumb up for approval. Delhi Belly is one such film. And though many of us feel, we're too old for potty humour, we're not. As you would imagine, Delhi's Belly manifests an upset stomach, rumbling constantly, warning you of its ominous contents. This sound can be roughly translated in words, by the song, 'I want to break free' by Queen.
The storyline is fairly uncomplicated for films in this genre. Parallel stories collide at certain parts but it seems natural and not Kukunoor-ish. The film is about three Delhi bachelors, Tashi (Imran Khan), Arup (Vir Das) and Nitin (Kunaal Roy Kapoor), living in (by far) the filthiest bachelor pad constructed by any set designer ever.
Professionally, Arup is a cartoonist for an ad agency (weren't they called illustrators?), Tashi is a diligent journalist and Nitin is his photographer. Like every self-respecting bachelor, our lead trio has a sheer contempt for any household work and their landlord. Their routine life gets sticky once they get their shit mixed up (literally!) and deliver a wrong package. And just for fun, the wrong package is a stool sample!
Like 'Snatch', diamonds are the object of everyone's desire here too. But unlike 'Snatch', we just have one group of scums hunting for them that is headed by Somayajulu (Vijay Raaz). While they're on the run, they're joined by Menaka (Poorna Jagannathan) who hints on a subliminal relationship with Tashi but he's already going steady with doll-faced Sonia (Shenaz Treasurywala). Thankfully, this doesn't culminate into a love triangle.
A lot of people get seriously injured, a ceiling collapses, a few cars are dented but when you see a man with a live firecracker sticking out of his bum, you can hardly help yourself. Also you have Nitin taking dysentery to a level where the sound produced cannot be replicated by blowing into one's hand.
An aspect this film blatantly ignores is that our lead trio doesn't demonstrate Delhi-speak which is using voluminous and imprecise expressions in an idiotic fashion to say anything. But what it loses out in manner of speech, it makes up in visuals, as you see Delhi in its smuttiest and most deplorable avatar.
Among the cast, Vir is clearly the most talented and entertaining of the three and Imran is the least. Poorna is vivacious and lights up the screen with her personality and Shehnaz is, well, forced into ill-fitting clothes.
'Delhi Belly' is well-paced and the screenplay is cleverly woven to hold your attention and interest through the 96 minutes of its runtime. And although most songs are just used as a background score, 'Jaa Chudail' picturised on Vir's failed relationship is hilariously crazy.
This film may not be appetizing for all, but it surely has an appetite for potty sounds. A farting blockbuster for sure!
Indians Who Made it Big in the West- hollywood
Bollywood cannot really boast of too many stars that have made it big Hollywood.
While actresses like Mallika Sherawat have been trying all their might to find success in Hollywood, it is only a handful of Indian artistes who have created a niche for themselves and are well-recognized in the west.
Here’s a look at celebs who have made us proud in the west:
Aishwarya Rai Bachhan
Talking of celebs that’ve made it BIG in Hollywood, Aishwarya Rai is somebody who definitely cannot be ignored!! She started her career in English movies with the adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, titled ‘Bride and Prejudice’, directed by Gurinder Chada.
This has been one of her most successful English movies so far and she received rave reviews for her performance in the same. Out of the many movies that she did later, she played the role of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a woman subjected to domestic violence in ‘Provoked’. Her performance in the movie was immensely praised by all. She was last seen in the 2009 flick ‘The Pink Panther 2’. Apart from her career in the movies, Ash has been an international figure, representing L’oreal Paris in the Cannes Film Festival for the past ten years.
Gurinder Chada
She is a British director of Indian origin who began her career in the radio and as a news reporter later. From there, she went on to direct award-winning documentaries for the British Film Institute and BBC. Her first documentary, ‘I’m British but...’ was released in 1989. Her first feature film, ‘Bhaji on the Beach’ won numerous international awards including a BAFTA
nomination for “Best British Film of 1994”. She then came out with the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ which was again a critical and commercial hit, topping the box office charts in the U.S, Australia, New Zealand etc. Her other feature films include ‘Bride and Prejudice’, ‘The Mistress of Spices’ and the latest one being ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’, which brought together the mother-daughter duo of Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali Khan for the first time.
A.R. Rahman
His first British movie was Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Elizabeth: The Second Age’. Thereafter, many of his songs appeared in films like ‘Inside Man’, ‘Lord of War’, ‘The Accidental Husband’, etc. However, it was in 2008 that he scored for his Hollywood film, ‘Couples Retreat’ that won him the BMI London Award for Best Score. Though he’d already won the hearts of many in the country, it was in 2008 that this musical maestro won international accolades for his work in the internationally acclaimed movie, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ for which, he grabbed a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards. Later, he also composed for the Danny Boyle movie, ‘127 Hours, in 2010.
Freida Pinto
Before she made her feature film debut in the 2008 movie, Slumdog Millionaire, Freida Pinto anchored the international travel show, Full Circle, on Zee International Asia Pacific from 2006-08. At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Slumdog Millionaire won the Cadillac People's Choice and four awards at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards. She herself was nominated for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the 2009 BAFTA Awards. She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside other cast members from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Freida co-starred in Woody Allen's comedy-drama film ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’, with Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher and Naomi Watts, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. She is due to appear in the 2011 science fiction film ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, the prequel to the ‘Planet of the Apes’ (1968), opposite James Franco. She will also appear in the 2011 fantasy-action-drama film, ‘Immortals’, in which she will play the role of the oracle priestess Phaedra.
Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta is an Indian born Canadian film director and screenwriter who started her career making short documentaries in India. Later when she moved to Canada, she launched herself as a screenwriter, writing for children’s films. However, it was only in 1991 that she made her feature film directorial debut with Sam & Me. It won Honorable Mention in the Camera d’Or category of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. That was followed by movies like Camilla, Fire, Earth, Water, and Bollywood/Hollywood in 2002 for which she won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay. (MensXP.com)
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