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Jungle Book, the ever entertaining story for children and old alike, finds Hyderabad's own Sanmkalph Vayuputra playing a key role in its latest feature film avatar. The just ten years old Sanmkalph has given voice in Telugu to the lead character of this more than hundred years old classic! Relatively new to the craft, Sanmkalph has stunned the unit members of the Hollywood biggie with his impressive voice, clarity, emotive capabilities and command over Telugu language. The same technicians have felt that the Telugu version of the present edition of "Jungle Book" might be the closest to the English original due to such fantastic contributions by young wizards like Sanmkalph. Voices of hundreds of telugu kids from both the Telugu states and also spread across the globe were tested for this prestigious venture, and it finally fell into the lap of young Sanmkalph. In this age of English medium studies and acronym based communication, Sanmkalph's understanding, grasp and expression of subtle language nuances surprised all the technicians involved with the project including the dubbing experts. Sanmkalph's first step in this highly technical branch of filmmaking will surely take him a long way, most of them opined. Of course, he has claim to a very senior and much awarded pedigree in this particular branch as he is none other than the son of reputed Telugu voice artist, Nagarjuna Vayuputra! Written by Rudyard Kipling in1894, based on his childhood and life in India, 'Jungle Book' has since then captured the hearts and minds of generations across the globe regardless of boundaries and cultural barriers, rendering Mowgli, Baghira, Bhalu and other characters part of every home! Releasing on this April's 15th worldwide, Mowgli's this outing is produced by Disney. The only human character of the film, Mowgli, is played by an Indian born debutant Neil Sethi. While Priyanka Chopra and other Bollywood biggies have rendered voice support to the Hindi version, the original English version is dubbed by the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Ben Kingsley, Idris Alba, Bill Murray and others.
Jungle Book entering 100 crores club
Trade circles are stunned once again that Hollywood films are slowly finding big market in India. With "Jungle Book" content being close to India, as the whole story is set up in Indian forests and also the characters having all Indian names, kids and families are enjoying Disney's latest movie "The Jungle Book" to the core. With stunning collection this Friday, The film has made nearly 82.65 crores 'Nett' collections till date in India, with week 1 registering nearly 74.63 crores. With summer holidays in place, no doubt the film may go on collection nearly 150 crores and by next week the film will enter 100 crores club. Even in Tollywood, people are busy catching up with Mowgli in theatres.
'The Jungle Book' First Week Collection! Heighest ever for an Hollywood Movie in India
Disney's 'The Jungle Book' the action adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, has released last week and got good reviews from the critics.The latest update about the collection is that the film has collected more than 74 crore rupees in first week itself, which is the heighest ever for a Hollywood movie in India.Released in India in four different languages (English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), the film brings a story straight from the enchanting forest of India and presents a modern take on Rudyard Kipling's timeless classic, originally published in 1894.
Illegal mining machinery destroyed as Peru security forces begin crackdown in jungle region
HUEPETUHE, Peru – In a surprise raid, about 1,500 police and troops dynamited $20 million worth of heavy machinery as Peru's government throttled up a crackdown on illegal gold mining that has badly scarred the ecologically rich southeastern jungle region of Madre de Dios. The operation Monday was the first such action since a nationwide ban on illegal mining took effect April 19. Security forces accompanied by prosecutors blew up backhoes, generators and water pumps in the Huepetuhe district, a mining boomtown dating back to the 1980s that includes two entire streets of brothels and many more of machine shops. Some adjacent buildings caught fire from explosions witnessed by an Associated Press photographer, but there were no reports of injuries. Police and soldiers cleared out adjoining camps first. "We are using specially designed methods and strategies to avoid violence," said Daniel Urresti, a former army general running the operation. "There hasn't been a single injury." Madre de Dios state has an estimated 40,000 illegal miners, most centered near the commercially vital Interoceanic Highway that links the Pacific Ocean with Brazil. They use tons of mercury to bind the gold flecks they dig up, and have ravaged forests and poisoned rivers in a biodiverse region that is also home to tribes living in voluntary isolation. Huepetuhe itself is flanked by a one-by-10-mile wasteland gouged out of tropical forest. Some mining claims in Huepetuhe are legal. The equipment destroyed was on the outskirts of town or at a nearby river. It included 15 backhoes, 45 big motors used to suck water from rivers and nine dredges, Urresti said. All mining in rivers is illegal in Peru. Before the deadline, the government began sharply reducing gasoline supplies to Madre de Dios, idling mining machinery. Its multi-pronged approach to snuffing out illegal mining has included confiscating illegal gold at domestic airports and dynamiting illegal gold refineries in the coastal cities of Chala and Nazca. Miners have resisted, clashing with police while intermittently blocking traffic on the Interoceanic Highway in the weeks that preceded April 19. One miner was killed and more than 50 people hurt by shotgun and gunfire during those confrontations. Illegal mining accounts for about 20 percent of Peru's gold exports, and most miners are poor migrants from the Andean highlands. By cracking down the government is toying with a powder keg, some Peruvians fear. "People are going to go hungry," said Luis Otzuka, president of Fedemin, which represents the informal miners. "This is a dictatorial, authoritarian government." He said his group was sending a delegation to Lima, the capital, on Tuesday to appeal to officials to halt the crackdown. "In the course of this week there will be strikes," Otzuka said. "The government is clearing out the mining corridor. The idea is to do away with mining in Madre de Dios." Miner Joel Macedo looked on disconsolately as machinery burned in the mining camp where he worked. "Where am I going to work now? Do they want me to become a criminal?" he said. Urresti said the government will soon decree the investment of $35 million in public works projects in the region to offer the miners employment in agriculture, ecotourism and other areas. "We know we're not going to do away with illegal mining unless we solve the social problem," he said. Urresti said the government has no plans to forcibly remove miners from the shantytowns where they live. He said the government sympathizes with the miners, and is more interested in the businesspeople behind the illegal mining. The government has vowed to identify and prosecute them. "The people who are illegal are the 50 people who are financing all this, not the day laborers who do all the hard work under dangerous conditions and are poisoned with mercury," he said. Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd reported this story in Huepetuhe and Frank Bajak reported from Lima.
Upen shoots in SA jungles
A very high profile fashion magazine has flown to Johannesburg to shoot Upen in the jungles of South Africa. This should give Upen Patel yet another reason to be pleased by the way his career has taken off with big banners and stars. Upen maintains that style is in his blood. He loves everything that is stylish. Even the film he is shooting presently in South Africa, 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' is a stylish film where he plays the character of a style icon. Says Upen, "I love fashion as it's in my genes. Even the film which I'm doing presently is a stylish film. Manish Malhotra is the one putting together my look for the film".
Tanushree in Thailand jungles
Tanushree is on a roll these days. She is excited about her release "Dhol" where is pitched opposite four heroes. Since her debut in "Aashique Banaya Apne", Tanushree has come far in Bollywood. She is satisfied with the different shades of roles she has done so far: romantic (Aashique Banaya Apne), dramatic (Raqeeb), a campus caper (Good Boy Bad Boy), thriller (Chocolate) etc. But the one role she is excited about doing in the future is a children film "Rama- The Saviour". Tanushree is presently shooting for the film "Rama- The Saviour" in Thailand. In fact for the role of Samara in the treasure hunt, Tanushree has taken Martial Arts training from Peter Hann. Her character will be on the lines of Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie, in The Tomb Raiders series. The film will have state of the art special FX and Animations. Incidentally Peter Hann her Martial Art trainer, who is currently also working on YRF's TASHAN, has trained Tanushree to run through the jungle terrain besides her hi-fi action sequence. Says Tanushree from Thailand, "Though I have been to Bangkok earlier, I have never been to this part of Thailand earlier. The jungle terrain out here is so apt to shoot this film. Though I am scared of wild animals, it will be fun to shoot with them. Besides I am also excited about Priyadarshan's film, "Dhol" which has released. I am sure the audience will like it."