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Actor Ranveer Singh, who will be seen with Govinda in his next film "Kill Dil", says he is excited to do a dance number with the latter in the film. "I am very excited to work with Govinda and he is playing a negative role and its my dream come true to work with him. We also have a dance number together in the film and I am thrilled about it," Ranveer said. The actor is very fond of Govinda and also paid tribute to him at an awards function. Directed by Shaad Ali, "Kill Dil" also stars Rani Mukerji, Parineeti Chopra and Ali Zafar.
Small stunts can also kill you: Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar has jumped off a building’s terrace and engaged in a violent fist fight for his forthcoming film "Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty". But he believes that small or big, one needs to be cautious while doing any stunt as it can be fatal. When asked if agile body, sharp memory and rational mind are required for doing risky scenes, he told IANS: “I agree, but it’s not just for difficult stunts. Even a small jump from a stool requires all of that. We can’t take small stunts for granted because the biggest stunt doesn’t get you hurt. It’s the small stunt that can kill you.” For the forthcoming actioner, directed by A.R. Murugadoss, the makers roped in popular British stuntman Greg Powell, known for his work in Hollywood's super hit franchises such as "Harry Potter" and "James Bond", to ensure that each stunt is executed well. And Akshay says that the action sequences will certainly surprise the audience. “My director loves realism. That’s why when you will see the fight sequences, you will be surprised. It’s all real fight. I got to do AKIRU (a form of martial art),” said the 46-year-old, who plays an army officer in the film. The realism doesn’t end with a few action moves. He says that the entire movie, shot in Mumbai and the capital, was filmed outside studios. “We have not even entered a studio for the film. All were shot in real locations. The director refused to go near studio for the film. It was great working on real locations because it’s not easy when public is there but we did manage everything,” said Akshay. He goes on to say that even when the film's producer Vipul Shah suggested to shoot in a studio with a fake ship, Murugadoss refused. “We did a climax on a ship. The director wanted to shoot on a real ship. It was little difficult to get permission to shoot on ship but we got it for a few days,” said the actor, who has often collaborated with Shah. The two came together and gave blockbusters like "Waqt - Race Against Time", "Singh is Kinng" and "Namastey London". “The kind of films he (Shah) makes is the kind that I also like. We get along very well. That’s why we succeeded in making six to seven films by now,” said Akshay. Akshay may lead the cast of the film, but he feels Murugadoss is the hero of “Holiday…”. Akshay is all praise for the “Ghajini” director and gives a lot of credit to the latter for the way the movie has come out. “I met them (police officials and families) for a while but Murugadoss has been in touch with them for the last three years and tried to get whatever he could to incorporate in the film, so he did more homework than all of us put together,” he said. “The whole film is dedicated to the Indian Army. The subject i.e sleeper cells that’s the highlight of the film. We think we know terrorism but how they operate is the best highlight of the film and the biggest USP is my director. He is the hero of the film,” he added. Presented by Reliance Entertainment, "Holiday..." will hit theatres June 6.
Salil Acharya is dressed to kill, literally!
Actor and VJ Salil Acharya has spared no expense for his debut film, Mukesh Bhatt's Awaarapan, directed by Mohit Suri. The actor who plays a villain in the film, which also happens to star Emraan Hashmi and Ashutosh Rana, is going to be seen in quite a stylish and sophisticated avatar, unlike any Bollywood baddie ever seen before! The dude is dressed in many suave designer suits, expensive watches, shades and shoes and the interesting part he has spared nothing for his first film as 50 % of his wardrobe has been supplied by Salil himself! And moreover, the actor didn't think twice about protecting his own designer stuff while performing stunts and fights in muddy conditions! Says the actor, "Yeah, even though I was told by people to remove my very expensive watch while doing a fight scene, I didn't remove as I felt it quite suited my character in the scene. I'm glad I got this opportunity by the Bhatt camp, working with them and the rest has been a blast!"'well, regarding your stuff, anything for the film right Salil? Watch out for Salil Acharya as the most stylish villain ever as Awarapan hits theatres soon.
Onir and Gaurav begin work on KILL CHABRA
Onir made his directorial debut with the highly appreciated movie My Brother Nikhil. Apart from the great story line and performances, My Brother Nikhil is also known for its music. Infact, Onir's movies are known for their music. 'Tere Bin' (Bas Ek Pal) created thunders amongst all music lovers. Onir being very particular about this aspect of his films, is constantly looking for fresh talent to be launched. Mithun went on to become a big name in Bollywood as a music-director post Bas Ek Pal. Atif Aslam too gained a wider popularity as a singer with 'Tere bin'. This time it is Gaurav Dayal who seems to be more than lucky! Gaurav Dayal has been signed as a music director for Onir's Sorry Bhai. So impressed was Onir with his work and his sense of music that he asked Gaurav to do his next project as well which is called Kill Chabra! Says Onir, 'You will have to listen to the music of Sorry Bhai to understand how talented Gaurav is. I am extremely confident about his music which is why I have taken him on board as the music director of my next venture Kill Chabra. As a Bollywood film-maker, I recognize the importance of music in our films and I want to make sure that I give my audiences clutter-breaking songs. Gaurav is fabulous at doing that. He, I am positive, will make it really big as a music-director.' Recently, Onir and Gaurav recorded the first track of Kill Chabra. The star cast includes Sanjay Suri and Ranvijay.
Attackers kill 51 in South Sudan clashes: governor
Gunmen killed at least 51 people in the latest ethnic clashes in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state, the region's governor said Tuesday. "The whole night (Monday) they burned the town... 51 are confirmed dead and now we have 22 (injured) evacuated to Juba," said Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang. Armed men stormed the village of Duk Padiet in northern Jonglei late Monday, with most of those killed "women, children and the elderly," Manyang told AFP. "We are expecting more to be injured because they ran to the villages last night," he said, blaming gunmen from the Murle ethnic group for the attack. Remote and impoverished Jonglei has seen a dramatic escalation of bloody tit-for-tat attacks between rival ethnic groups over cattle raids and abduction of people. Newly-independent South Sudan has declared Jonglei a national "disaster area" while the United Nations has launched a "massive emergency" operation to help some 60,000 people affected by the violence. Last month an 8,000-strong tribal militia of Lou Nuer youths marched on Pibor, to exact revenge on the Murle people there for alleged attacks, abductions and cattle raiding. Now officials claim the latest violence is the Murle's response. One attacker was killed, a suspected Murle man wearing military fatigues, Manyang said. The village "was attacked by people positively identified as the Murle armed youth," said Philip Thon Leek Deng, the local MP. Deng said that large herds of cattle had been stolen in a series of raids in area last week, but the attack Monday targeted people. "They did not take cattle... they are only coming for annihilation," he said. The people of Duk Padiet are from the Dinka ethnic group, who are also traditional rivals of the Murle.
Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year
Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires. Most of those deaths are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 157,000 people die as a result of being exposed to such fires annually, with southeast Asia ranking second with 110,000 deaths. "I was surprised at our estimate being so high when you consider that the exposure to fire smoke is quite intermittent for most people," said lead author Fay Johnston of the University of Tasmania. "Even in southeast Asia and Africa, (fire) is a seasonal phenomenon. It is not year round," Johnston said at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver where she presented her research. The study, which Johnston said was the first of its kind to attempt to estimate a death toll from wildfires and landscape burns, was published Saturday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Researchers looked at the number of deaths from all causes in areas that were exposed to heavy smoke and landscape fire between 1997 and 2006. They used satellite data and chemical transport models to assess the health impacts of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, a major byproduct of landscape fire smoke. The number of deaths from wildfires came in far below the previously estimated global tolls for indoor air pollution at two million people per year and urban air pollution at 800,000. However, the study authors said their findings indicated that "fire emissions are an important contributor to global mortality." The research also suggested a significant link between climate and fire mortality. About twice as many people died during El Nino years when the surface ocean temperature rises in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (averaging 532,000) as during cooler La Nina years (averaging 262,000). Deaths could be reduced if people stopped burning tropical rainforests in order to harvest palm oil and other products, Johnston concluded. But fires will only get more severe in the future, according to Mike Flannigan, a professor at the University of Alberta and a government scientist with Natural Resources Canada, who has done research to model how severe fires will be by the years 2081-2090. Using a variable he called "cumulative daily severity rating," Flannigan's projections show that fire activity is "increasing over most of the globe, particularly the northern hemisphere, by a factor of two to three." That means "significant increases" in fire activity should be expected by the end of this century as the globe gets warmer, he said. "It is the extreme weather that drives fire activity, and if we expect more extremes in the future, which we do, then it is only going to get worse," Flannigan told reporters. "It is getting to the point where it is beyond our control." Already, between 350-450 million hectares burned every year in wildfires, covering an area about the size of India and costing many billions of dollars to fight and contain. "The risk to life and infrastructure is only going to increase under climate change because of a warming climate," Flannigan said. Current firefighting methods such as aerial suppression may have to be abandoned because they will not work against hotter, more intense fires, he said. "It is going to be incredibly difficult in the future to manage forest fires because the intensity of fires is going to be increasing and that changes the strategy of putting fires out." Instead, people who live near wooded areas can expect more frequent evacuations and community builders should consider fire-resistant home materials and crafting better fire guards around communities. Governments may need to consider stronger measures in prevention, education, penalties, and restricted fire zones, he said. "We are going to see more fire in the future, that is the bottom line. A warmer world is going to see more fire.