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One of the earliest tunes of southern composer S.S. Thaman has been used in upcoming Tamil comedy "Kathai Thiraikkathai Vasanam Iyakkam". Playback singer Haricharan Seshadri along with three actors and a filmmaker has crooned this song called "Live the Moment". Actors Nakul, Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Premgi Amaren and filmmaker Venkat Prabhu have also lent their voices for it. "Thaman called me one day and asked me to come to his studio. He said we were going to record a song which I have known for many years. He then reminded of a song he leisurely composed during the filming of 'Boys' and said he was going to use it in this film. I can't say no to Thaman, so I recorded it," Nakul said.. Filmmaker S. Shankar directed the 2003 Tamil film "Boys". Thaman and Nakul debuted as actors in the film alongside actor Siddharth. "While working on 'Boys', Shankar sir had asked Thaman to compose a song. He composed it and we even recorded it featuring my voice as well as Siddharth's. The tune of that song with different lyrics and packaging has been used in this film," he added. "It was fun because it was a song we had already enjoyed composing and singing. Since it features the voice of other actors as well, it was even more fun to record it," Nakul said. While Thaman has composed "Live the moment", three other tracks in the film's album have been composed by Vijay Anthony, Alphons Joseph and Sharreth. Directed by R. Parthepan, the film features an ensemble cast of Santosh, Akhila Kishore, Dinesh, Sahithya Jagganthan, Thambi Ramaiah, Arya, Vijay Sethupathi, Amala Paul and Taapsee Pannu in important roles.
Chennai 28 boys get great response
The Chennai 28 sequel seems to be a perfect entertainer to engage audience away from the current political and economic chaos in the state. The film, which graced theaters on Friday, has been getting roaring responses. Directed by Venkat Prabhu, the film stars his gang of boys which includes Siva, Jai, Aravind Akash, Vaibhav, Vijayalakshmi, Sana Altaf , Premgi, Anjena Kirti and Vijay Vasanth. The film is produced by Venkat Prabhu’s Black Ticket Company while Abishek Films has grabbed the release rights.
HOW HAVE VENKAT PRABHU’S BOYS DONE AFTER 10 YEARS?
Venkat Prabhu’s boys have received highly positive reviews and a very good opening for their cult film’s sequel. Chennai 600028 that had released in 2007, had become everyone’s favourite and this had increased the expectations for the second part that has released now in 2016. However, this combination has delivered again and fulfilled the expectations. The same magic has been recreated and the film has got excellent comments from film personalities like director Shankar too! There have been many positive Tweets from celebrities who have caught up with the shows. Looks like Venkat Prabhu has done it again and that the boys are back!
Timeline of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia of 8,000 Muslim men and boys
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A look back at the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia. ___ THE TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE Near the Serbian border, Srebrenica, or silver town, is named after the ore mined by the Romans. Its prewar population, with surrounding villages, was 36,666 — 27,572 Bosnian Muslims, the rest Bosnian Serbs and Croats. Now, most of the 10,000 people in the region are Serbs. They are mostly shunned by the 1,000 Muslim returnees. ___ SERB SIEGE OF SREBRENICA Serb forces besieged the town at the start of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, shelling it and preventing U.N. food convoys from reaching it. The U.N. Security Council declared the town a safe haven protected by U.N. troops in April 1993, but the Serbs increased the pressure in July 1995. Muslim Bosnian fighters asked the 600 Dutch peacekeepers to give back weapons they had turned in, but were refused. Serb troops overran U.N. posts around the city and took about 30 peacekeepers hostage. The Dutch commander's repeated requests for NATO airstrikes were either rejected or not acted upon. ___ SERBS TAKE SREBRENICA Serb troops entered Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. After they raised their flag over the town, Dutch F-16 warplanes dropped two bombs on Serb positions. Further strikes were suspended after the Serbs threatened to kill their Dutch hostages and shell the refugees. By then, more than 20,000 Muslim Bosnians, mostly women, children and the elderly, had fled to the main Dutch base at Potocari, a Srebrenica suburb. Some 15,000 men and boys fled into the woods, trying to reach government-held territory. On July 12, Serb troops moved into the U.N. compound and separated from the crowd about 2,000 men for execution. The women were taken by buses and trucks to government-held territory. Dressed in U.N. uniforms and driving U.N. vehicles, Serb soldiers then hunted down about 6,000 Muslim men and boys in the woods and put them in front of firing squads. ___ KILLING BEGINS AT SREBRENICA Captured Muslim Bosnian men and boys were brought to sites around Srebrenica and on July 13, 1995, Serb forces began killing them. One of the major execution sites was the warehouse in the nearby village of Kravica, where Serbs killed 1,000 people in one night. Serb forces let the Dutch peacekeepers leave Srebrenica, but kept their weapons. ___ U.N. COUNTS THE SREBRENICA DEAD The International Committee on Missing Persons listed around 8,000 Srebrenica residents — most of them males — as missing. The U.N. war crimes court considers them victims of the killing spree, labeling the crime as genocide. This qualification was confirmed by the International Court of Justice. So far, forensic experts have found and identified 6,930 bodies in 93 mass graves and on 314 on-surface locations in the area. The identification was done through DNA analysis. Of these, 6,241 have been buried at the Potocari Memorial Center for victims and another 136 will be laid to rest there on Saturday. ___ NATO AIRSTRIKES/PEACE DEAL As news of the Srebrenica killings spread, NATO launched massive airstrikes against Serb military positions across the country in September 1995, forcing Serbs to negotiate a peace deal. The peace agreement brokered in Dayton, Ohio, in November 1995 recognized the territorial integrity of Bosnia, but divided it in two mini-states along ethnic lines.
YVS and Raghavendra Rao are the birthday boys
Today is the birthday of two stalwarts of Tollywood. Yalamanchili Venkata Satyanarayana Chowdary who is known as YVS Chowdary and K.Raghavendra Rao both are considered to be strong pillars of the Telugu film Industry. YVS Chowdary born in Gudiwada in a very humble family is considered as one of the best film makers in the business with a track record of blockbuster movies such as 'Lahiri Lahiri Lhirilo' 'Seathiah' and 'Devdas' produced under his own production banner Bommarillu Banner. The credit of starting the trend of making movies with an entirely new star cast goes to this hit maker. YVS Chowdary introduced this new movement with a film called 'SSRKCR' produced by the megastar Nagarjuna. The climb to the top for this director was not an easy one. He after entering Tollywood became an assistant director in films such as 'Aggipidugu', 'Pattabhishekam' 'Kaliyuga Pandavulu', 'Agni Puthrudu', 'Sahasa Samrat', and 'Donga Ramudu'. Then he did the duties of an associate director for films such as 'Janaki Ramudu', 'Rudranethra' and 'Jagadekaveerudu-Athilokasundari'. After that came the next step to his career in the role of a co-director for films 'Aswamedham', 'Govinda Govinda' 'Criminal', 'Gulabi' and 'Ninne Pelladitha'. After taking up the different responsibilities of an assistant director, associate director and as a co-director, YVS Chowdary started his independent innings in the filmdom. He went to direct very successful movies like 'Sri Seetha Ramula kalyanam Chootamu Rarandi', 'Seethrama Raju' , 'Yuvaraju' among others. Darsakendra K.Raghavendra Rao, one of the most renowned Telugu film director was born on May 23, 1942 and is regarded as a person who has contributed a lot in the success enjoyed by Tollywood now. A veteran film maker who started out in the 1970's by directing his first film 'Babu' starring Sobhan Babu, which was a huge hit till now have directed around 103 films and is still going strong having directed 'Pandurangadu' in 2008. As a true multi talented personality he showed his prowess in directing dance scenes for the film 'Pelli Sandadi' which he himself directed. This film is considered as the biggest musical hit ever in Tollywood and K.Raghavendra Rao won the best choreographer Nandi Award for this film. The senior director has dabbled himself in all genres of films in a long and successful filmy career making even evergreen inspirational films like 'Trishulam' and 'Annamayya' and female oriented films like 'Jyoti', 'Aame Katha', and 'Kalpana'. These two film makers have been entertaining us for a long time now. We wish that they both climb even more higher with films that can further boost the image and reach of Tollywood and stay successful in their ventures for long.
Boys weren't interested in me till I was 18: Sunny Leone
Actress Sunny Leone says she was a "geek" while growing up and so, boys weren't really attracted to her until she was 18 years old. “I was a very academic student in college, but until college, I was an average student. But I knew business and I was fond of marketing, and all kind of geeky stuff. I was a nerd in my teenage years and didn’t have a lot of friends." “I also knew how to edit videos, do photoshop and lot of other things that a lot of 18- or 19-year olds don’t do... No boy was interested in me until I was 18,” Sunny said in a statement. The actress, who is currently awaiting the release of her forthcoming sex comedy movie "Mastizaade", opened about her past in Zoom TV's show "Yaar Mera Superstar". Before Sunny forayed into Bollywood, she was popular as an Indo-Canadian porn star. She was recently in news following an interview with a news channel where an anchor posed questions regarding her life as a porn star.