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The much sought after supporting actor of South Indian films Sharat Babu is all set to make his silver jubilee year of 2008 memorable. He is producing and directing a Kannada and Telugu film titled as '72 Hours'. He was the producer of television serial 'Gandharva Malateeyam' (directed and produced) in the past and the feature film he is getting ready will be having a revolutionary thought in it. Sharat Babu has acted in over 200 films in his 25 years career was speaking to this correspondent at Anbela House on the outskirts of Hebbal in Bangalore on the sets of his new Kannada film 'Payana' for director Kiran Govi. The maiden direction and production of Sharat Babu in Kannada and Telugu '72 Hours' will be shot in 70 days schedule. He is looking for new faces for his film and entire shooting will be held in Karnataka. Sharat Babu's son Deepak who is studying MBA in Boston will be invited for the muhurut disclosed the most respected supporting actor of major south Indian languages.
'Brothers' rakes in Rs.72.6 crore in first week
Action-packed family drama "Brothers" has minted over Rs.70 crore in one week. The Karan Malhotra directorial that presents Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra as warring brothers has collected Rs.72.6 crore net at the box office, read a statement. Akshay is seen doing mixed martial arts along with Sidharth in the film. "Collection is an indication that people are watching your film and they want to see your film. If the collection increases, it encourages actors to perform even better," Sidharth had said earlier. "Brothers", presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Dharma Productions, also stars Jacqueline Fernandez and Jackie Shroff.
Nepali villager, 72, declared world's shortest man
Home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative - of having the world's shortest man. A Guinness World Records team measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi at 54.60 centimeters (21.5 inches), declaring the 72-year-old even shorter the previous title holder, Junrey Balawing, from the Philippines, who stood at 23.5 inches at the age of 18 last year. "The good news is that Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the world's shortest living man," Guiness Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday told reporters after measurements were taken. "If he is really 72 years old he is the oldest person to be awarded the shortest-man record," Glenday said, adding Dangi was also the shortest person ever measured by the Guinness World Records. From a poor and uneducated family in a remote part of Nepal, Dangi said he had never heard of Mount Everest and was unaware of the world record title before a timber merchant visited his remote village last month and decided to measure him. His diminutive size has since made him a celebrity in the impoverished nation of 26.6 million people and he took a plane for the first time last week to travel from his village, Rimkholi, 267 km (167 miles) west of Kathmandu, to meet the Guiness World Records officials in the capital. "I am good. I feel happy," Dangi said holding two framed certificates. "I want to travel around the world and spread the name of my country." Dangi, whose parents died when he was still in his teens, lives with his brother with, he said, no desire to marry. His family has no idea when he stopped growing as many Nepali villages still lack basic health care. Dangi has never seen a doctor in his life. Five of his brothers and two sisters are of normal size. Dangi mostly stays at home, needing assistance to move around, preparing head straps used by villagers to carry loads. Before Balawing, who was declared the shortest man in the world in June last year, another Nepali man, Khagnedra Thapa Magar, who stood 26.4 inches tall, held the title.
Pathankot Attack: Kudos to Modi for putting Pakistan on a 72-hour deadline to respond
Good on India. Good on Modi. He has moved the envelope to the edge of the table not so much by telling Pakistan to show the intent but by placing on it a deadline of 72 hours. Time bound deadlines are something India has seldom given and when there has been only a stern warning no one in Islamabad has taken it very seriously. The post Pathankot mood on the Indian side is a lot different than the norm and this must have caught Nawaz Sharif on the backfoot. He was expecting a lot of foot stamping and petulant indignation from New Delhi all of which he could handle but a 72 hour ultimatum is a different deal. This must be irksome to Islamabad because it has the element of a decisive threat and they have not had that in recent years. For Mr Modi, smarting from the embarrassment of this assault occurring so soon after his manufactured spontaneous stopover, the rock has been crossed with tangible gravel in the gut. The hard place is keeping the takes high. The Foreign Secretaries meet scheduled for Jan 15 between between Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry cannot be the sum total of the threat. Nor should India give much credence to the offer (which will come) of the National Security Advisors of both countries meeting first. That would leave India holding the bag because a postponement of the FS talks is mere bagatelle for Sharif and if it is delayed and that gets India off his back he will go back home laughing. It is of no consequence. Also, in the Pakistan mindset, India is not hawkish and the top brass there have always believed they can fling bridges over troubled waters, appeasing India being easy peasy. Having put the deadline at 72 hours the deal now is how India assesses the quantity and quality of the Pakistan response in these three days. This is vital. Pakistan will be hard put surrender space as in handing over any of the top twenty terrorists that India wants. They may go underground and be told to shut up and lie low but it is unlikely they will be handed over. Don’t expect individuals like LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi to be docilely handed over. Be sure that Pakistan will pooh pooh the evidence India has sent. They will seek refuge in the stand that if they were complicit in the attack then whether the ISI or otherwise, they would have sanitised the equipment and the uniforms not sewn ‘Made in Pakistan’ labels. India is not interested in semantics. The die has been cast, now it’s their turn. By that token Pakistan’s best bet is to pretend this is a renegade outfit. Some garden variety bunch of twits who ran off on their own. In the next few days New Delhi has to be very careful not to be sideswiped by the ‘Salwinder Singh’ card which Pakistan proxies will wave to deflect responsibility...don’t blame us, your own people (ergo ,your cops) were involved. Pakistan has a lot of practice with delay and obfuscation. We have to be aware of that and ensure that having offered the deadline expiring Sunday we have a Plan B. And Plan B better have hi octane powder. Because at this moment the odds favour Pakistan’s savvy PM in conference saying, “Okay, we have them angry, how do we navigate this mess without handing over anything of significance.’ If you were a fly on the wall, you’d also hear the his advisors saying it is time to stall, drag our feet and make promises we don’t really have to keep. That is the problem with deadlines...you have to back them and up the stakes. Otherwise the next time you don’t get taken seriously. If Nawaz Sharif calls our bluff and the 73rd hour is upon us with nothing significant having occurred and we do not raise the ante immediately we will be up the creek without a paddle. We cannot afford that. Proud to be Indian this evening but concerned how we can back a 72 hour ultimatum. Our best bet: No talks unless you mean business on terrorism. If you have to recall your ambassador. do it. Literally, stick to your guns.
Krrish 3 strikes gold, earns Rs.72.7 crore in 3 days
Hrithik Roshan starrer “Krrish 3” has struck the right chord with the audience and is reaping rich dividends at the box office - it did a business of Rs.72.7 crore within the first three days of its release. The superhero sci-fi is still counting. The figure includes collections from the Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions as well. "Krrish 3" is director-producer Rakesh Roshan's third instalment of the franchise that hit the road to glory in 2003 with “Koi...Mil Gaya”. “Krrish 3” came out Friday and collected Rs.25.20 crore on the first day, followed by Rs.23.20 crore on the second day with impressive Diwali day collections at Rs.24.30 crore, said a statement. If the audience lapped up Hrithik as superhero again, they have also appreciated the performances by Vivek Oberoi and Kangana Ranaut who play negative characters in the film while Priyanka Chopra is the female lead. According to the trade pundits, the film will enjoy a full house this week too.
Taylor scores 19, Loveridge and Poeltl add 18 apiece, No. 25 Utah beats Ball State 90-72
Brandon Taylor scored 19 points while Jordan Loveridge and Jakob Poeltl added 18 apiece to lead No. 25 Utah to a 90-72 victory over Ball State in its season opener on Friday night. The Utes (1-0) blew open a tight game in the final five minutes with dominant play around the basket and on the perimeter. Utah had a 35-22 advantage on the boards over the Cardinals (0-1) and enjoyed a 42-14 edge in points in the paint. Utah also had 11 steals and scored 24 points off those turnovers. It resulted in a crisp offensive performance for the Utes, who shot 59.2 percent (29 of 49) from the field. Sean Sellers scored 26 points and Zavier Turner added 14 for Ball State. The Cardinals shot 45.5 percent from outside (10 of 22) but it was not enough to hang with an explosive Utah offense.