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His 'Red' may be carrying great reports so far but there is lot more to cheer about for director Vikram Bhatt as his 'Fear' too comes closer to the release. As per a little birdie, the film is one shocker of a film that is going to scare the daylights out of a viewer, especially the teenagers and youth, the film's target audience. But don't just treat the film as a horror flick since it also fits in well into the genre of a 'date flick'. Now a date flick may always not be just a sugar coated romantic rendezvous. It could also be a good reason for the young ones to clasp their hands and sit closely as the drama on the screen unfolds. And this is what producer Ramesh Sippy and director Bhatt have tried to accomplish through this edge of the seat thriller. Starring youngsters Vishwaas Paandya, Anil Gaur, Alisha, Swapnil and Aditya Ralkar, the film is also being hailed as a deadly Friday, the 13th release, as it arrives on April 13!
I Dont Fear The Public
I don't fear the Public, I am the Public'This is one of the catch-lines hogging attention in the newspaper advertisements of Mani Rathnam's 'Guru'. The main catchline ' Villager, Visionary, Winner'.Continues to be the mainstay'This has to be said that in its final stage of Herculean Publicity, 'Guru' is definitely evoking curiosity that goes beyond mere entertainment. It's being said that this is Abhishek Bachchan's best work. And if the promos are any testimony then Bachchan Junior surely seems to be on top. In his young avatar flirting with Mayya Mayya oomph doll Mallika Sherawat or singing Aishwarya duets with mountain backdrops, Abhi looks hot. But it's his transformation into the industrialist, the leader phase that's startling. His body language when he screams: 'Banna chahte ho is desh ki sabse badi company' is spellbinding. And the paralytic moments with his mouth clenched is stunning to say the least. Some films are beyond Box Office. 'Guru' seems to be one of them. Mani Rathnam's 'Yuva' earned Abhishek loads of Best Supporting Actor awards'.Will 'Guru' take him beyond everything else. Wait for January 12th'.The verdict will be out soon.
Vishal helps Vidya overcome her fear
Vishal Bharadwaj is very strict about his character portrayals in the films produced by him. The director-producer sees to it that the actor actually learns the skills in reality and not fake it on screen. If Vishal made Saif learn the UP dialect including the expletives in Omkara, the director has made Vidya take driving lessons for Ishqiya. "Vidya was a complete phobic when it came to driving. She has acute road phobia. She was petrified at the thought of driving. The very thought of driving a car would send shivers down her spine. But not anymore! And it is all thanks to Vishal Bharadwaj. Driving a car was something that is completely alien to her. But Vishal saw to it that she mastered the art and now is pretty comfortable maneuvering her car on the road", says a source close to Vidya. Ever since then, Vidya hasn't stopped thanking Vishal for making her overcome her fears.
Fear hampers recruitment of volunteers in Ebola battle
Fear of contracting the deadly Ebola virus is hampering efforts to recruit international health workers and slowing the delivery of protective garments and other vital materials to stricken areas in West Africa, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday. Since March, more than 3,500 confirmed or probable cases of the disease have been reported and more than 1,900 people have died, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO, told reporters at a Washington news conference. Chan said overwhelming fear of Ebola was making it difficult to recruit the foreign medical teams needed to mount an effective response. "That's the reality," she said. She said the WHO was seeking to gain air and sea access to the affected countries, which have become increasingly isolated as airlines and boats refuse to land or dock for fear of contagion. Dr. David Nabarro, the senior United Nations Coordinator for Ebola, told the news conference the international effort to contain the outbreak needed to be scaled up three- to four-fold, at a cost of at least $600 million. That includes increasing the number of motorcycles, ambulances and other vehicles available to transport patients to medical facilities; increasing the supply of protective equipment, gloves and gowns; providing hazard pay and other incentives for local workers; and taking steps to protect local economies from collapse. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO assistant director-general for health security, said several thousand medical personnel would be needed to treat the sick as the outbreak grew along with several hundred international experts to help run laboratories and train healthcare workers. In Liberia on Tuesday, the government began offering a $1,000 bonus to any healthcare worker who agreed to work in Ebola treatment facilities. Neither the WHO nor the United Nations can force airlines to land in affected countries. Chan said the WHO was in discussions with commercial airline associations and others to address their concerns. The overall fatality rate of the current outbreak is 51 percent, ranging from a low of 41 percent in Sierra Leone to a high of 66 percent in Guinea, WHO said. Countries affected by the epidemic include Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. An outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is unrelated to and independent of the West African epidemic, Chan said. The U.S. government "has been a very strong supporter" of WHO's efforts in the outbreak, she added, naming countries including China, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, Kuwait, and Canada as providing logistical, medical or other support. Those efforts continue to fall short, however. Most new Ebola infections are occurring in the community as families care for patients who have no place to go and often refuse to be identified to public health workers, Fukuda said.
I fear only woman – Soori
“Even if Dr Kamal Hassan comes and act in my direction I don’t get frightened. For me only work is important and my perception is very important! Working with super power star Puneeth Rajakumar I had no fear at all. I was so cool throughout”, says ‘Dhuniya’ Soori speaking to IndiaGlitz after the audio release in Hotel Le Meridian of his film ‘Jackie’. “‘I fear only woman’. That is a respect for me. I give such a huge respect to mother like Smt Parvathamma Rajakumar. Conversing with others for me is very easy. My nature is like that. I have my ‘Doddanna’ (big brother) Yogaraj Bhat who advises me right things and I consult him now and then”, he adds. From this film ‘Jackie’ songs he would reach to double his fee of Rs.75000 per song. He was Rs.40000 in Junglee song ‘Hale Paper Hale Kabbina….’, in Jackie he has created a wonder. “I don’t know how goddess Saraswathi so easily passes on my ordinary pencils while writing the lyrics”, wonders Soori. “I prepared my concept in my second film that is ‘Inthi Ninna Preethiya’ but found a boulder shock in the box office. Instead of frying ‘Vada’ in my house I thought of frying it in the market place to sell. That is ‘Junglee’ people received it. The very purpose of having ‘Bonda shop’ in the market place is to make business. Now I am having only that aspect in my mind. So ‘Jackie’ is a ‘Gari Gari Bonda’ that will be liked by the audience. There is only slight experiment in this film”, says Soori. When Soori’s attention was drawn on serious films that knock the doors of national awards committee he said he requires some more time. “I want to strengthen my base first. Then I would think of awards and honors at the national level”.
Earthquake hits Taiwan Fear as massive quake hits Taiwan
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday, causing widespread damage and disrupting communications around the island. Local news reports said several people were injured. The quake was centred in the county of Kaohsiung, and struck at a depth of about 3.1 miles (5 kilometres). Kaohsiung is about 249 miles (400 kilometres) south of the capital Taipei. No tsunami alert was issued. Kuo Kai-wen, director of the Central Weather Bureau’s Seismology Centre, said the Taiwan quake was not geologically related to the temblor that hit Chile over the weekend, killing more than 800 people. In the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, a fire broke out in a textile factory shortly after Thursday’s quake struck, sending huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the air. At least one train in southern Taiwan shifted slightly off its tracks, and authorities suspended service throughout the region. Subway service in the city of Kaohsiung was temporarily disrupted. Power outages hit Taipei and at least one county to the south, and telephone service in some parts of Taiwan was spotty. Buildings swayed in the capital when the quake struck. The quake’s epicentre was near the town of Jiashian, in the same area where a devastating typhoon struck last August. A Kaohsiung county official told CTI TV news that some temporary housing in the town collapsed as a result of the quake. The Ministry of Defence said troops were dispatched to Jiashian to report on damage. CTI reported one person was moderately injured by falling debris in Kaohsiung, and one woman was hospitalized after a wall collapsed on her scooter in the southern city of Chiayi. Also in Chiayi, one person was hurt by a falling tree, government-owned Central News Agency said. A spokesman for Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said authorities had been instructed to follow the quake situation closely and take steps to mitigate damage and dislocation. Earthquakes frequently rattle Taiwan but most are minor and cause little or no damage. However, a 7.6-magnitude temblor in central Taiwan in 1999 killed more than 2,300 people. In 2006 a 6.7-magnitude quake south of Kaohsiung severed undersea cables and disrupted telephone and Internet service to millions throughout Asia.