'Kites' banned in Karnataka.

Heartbreak for all the Hrithik Roshan fans in Karnataka as his latest movie Kites has been withdrawn from theatres after a call of boycott by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC).

Reason? KFCC accuses producer Rakesh Roshan of flouting the norms of the release of non-Kannada films in the state.

According to the norm, ‘Kites’ was given a special permission to release on 24 theatres, but exhibitor Big Cinemas planned to release it on 46 theatres. Normally, non-Kannada films are allowed release only on 21 theatres.

A meeting was called on Thursday to find a solution, but producer Rakesh Roshan gave it a miss.

KFCC President Basant Kumar Patil is quoted as saying: “There was a meeting but Rakesh Roshan did not turn up. But we are the supreme body and they can't violate the norms.”

In the past, Hindi films like 3 Idiots and My Name Is Khan have released in Karnataka in less than 24 theatres.

Kites Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangna Ranaut‎....

Much awaited Kites movie has been released On this Friday (May 21). Earlier, Kites movie star cast Hrithik Roshan super star of Bollywood, and Barbara Mori actress from Mexico, were gaga about all around for the Kites for its unique love story and technologically advance actions scenes; this Kites movie review will give you all the details. Kites has been released in two versions, on in 90 minutes remixed format which is named Kites: The Remix and other 130 minutes format which is named Kites.
Before the Kites movie release, people have witnessed soaring consecutive Kites movie controversy regarding behind the scenes romance between Barbara Mori and Hrithik Roshan, and more recent, his break-up with Barbara in

Cannes and coming out as henpecked husband.Well Kites movie controversy aside, coming over to the Kites movie review again, now, movie has launched and it has certainly to some extent pleased the great words of Hrithik and Barbara, nevertheless, it losses the attention substantially, as story reveals and we come to know that this is something we have seen in Hollywood movies without songs and dance.

Kites movie romantic scene takes the toll in the Kites movie, and Kites movie story is far from the logic, reason and reality, and the only thing believable in the story is ‘Love’. Hrithik is a salsa teacher in Las Vegas, who have a dedicated student in Ranaut as Gia, who is the daughter of the Mexican richest gangster. They’re about to marry each other, when Hrithik as Jay, sees his future brother-in-law’s fiancee Natasha as Barbara. Herein the conflict infuses and story moves to give us some of best actions scenes ever made in Bollywood.

Kites movie songs and dance, makes the Kites movie roll and rock, and Hrithik dance is really best, which audience will be excited to see. Rakesh Rashon has given good music, and smooth music ‘Zindagi..do pal ki’ is really beautiful, but somehow, music is rated average. Anurag Basu experiential hand in love and romance is again witnessed in Kites similarly like in Gangster.

Kites movie star cast Barbara and Hrithik love scenes are beautiful and assert their chaste love with strictly directed intimate scenes of romance which is never consummated in Kites movie. Any Poet will say that its a poetic experience watching this movie and tag it as must watch movie for escape from real live love experience to adorned and flowery pure love.

Cast and Crew of Kites movie
- Hrithik Roshan as Jay
- Barbara Mori as Natasha
- Kangna Ranaut as Gina
- Kabir Bedi as Bob

Director: Anurag Basu
Producer: Rakesh Roshan
Story by: Anurag Basu, Robin Bhatt and Rakesh Roshan
Music Director: Rajesh Roshan

Jaswant Singh may return to BJP.

Nine months after he was expelled from BJP for publishing a book lavishing praise on Mohammad Ali Jinnah, former Union minister Jaswant Singh is set to return to the party.

Mr Jaswant Singh, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Darjeeling in the general election held last year, has since his ouster from BJP been in political hibernation.

All that may end soon, thanks to the efforts of former deputy prime minister L K Advani, who has been egging on his party colleagues to re-embrace the former Union minister.

A formal announcement about the decision to reinduct Mr Jaswant Singh is, however, likely to be made only after BJP president Nitin Gadkari’s return from his European tour.

The ice between the veteran leaders was broken when Mr Advani invited his estranged colleague to accompany him to Jaipur last week to attend former vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat’s cremation.

“I think it was very courteous of Advaniji to invite me to join him and some of his other colleagues who were going to Jaipur for Bhairon Singhji’s cremation. I was very touched that Advaniji asked me to go with him,” Mr Jaswant Singh told a news channel on Friday.

“I find that this is a commodity that is essential between colleagues who have worked together. Why should all of it automatically be attempted to be poured into a jar of political convenience,” he asked.

When asked whether he was returning to the BJP, the Darjeeling MP replied. “I’m not affirming. Did I?” On being asked whether he felt he still belonged to BJP, he said: “I spent 32 year there (BJP). How can I get it out of my blood stream?”

He, however, was unapologetic about his biography on Jinnah. “Oh no, absolutely not, certainly not. That (the book) is an expression of my views.”

It was the publication of the book “Jinnah: India Partition Independence” which had led to his ouster from BJP on August 19 last year. The party had simultaneously disassociated itself from Mr Jaswant Singh’s assessment of Jinnah, as also Sardar Patel, the country’s first home minister.

However, while Mr Advani may have succeeded in persuading his party colleagues to take back Mr Jaswant Singh, he had no such luck in his attempts to facilitate the return of another estranged colleague, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti.

The mercurial leader’s endeavour to snuggle herself back into the party fold — she quit the outfit she had earlier formed, the Bharatiya Janashakti Party to signal her readiness to return to the BJP — was resisted by all the senior leaders, as also by almost the entire Madhya Pradesh unit.

Reports of her possible return to BJP was opposed by almost all the top-ranking leaders in the state, who felt that she’ll make things difficult for chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Mr Advani also appears to have upset the BJP’s Bihar unit, and its coalition arrangement with the JD(U), by trying to impress upon them the need to induct another former Union minister Mr Digvijay Singh into the party.

The Banka MP shares a very hostile relationship with chief minister Nitish Kumar, and was one of the co-sponsors of the Kisan Mahapanchayat — a platform of upper caste leaders opposed to the chief minister — held earlier this month in Patna.

Bioscope of old Delhi.

Cinema has always been one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the city of Delhi, making them major entertainment venues. In recent years Delhi's many single-screen cinema halls have given way to large multiplexes. However some old theatres still survive in some parts of the city. The Excelsior theatre was established in 1935, earlier known as the Inayat pavilion theatre. It seats 452.



Moti theater in Old Delhi is the sole supplier of film reels in north India.

This machine has been made in the year 1940, imported form Germany. it is the 70 mm film Projector. In today's era of digital imagery , such old means still function as entertainment tools.



Suresh Chand is a film buff. He has been seeing films regularly since the last 40 years.

Token security measures are seen on the entrances to these halls. Frisking , metal detector, and checking of the bags are the measures that are employed .

At least 500 people queue outside these halls every weekend, keeping the cash registers ringing.

In spite of the badly kept interiors , the audience still throng the halls for the weekly entertainer film.

Despite the lure of cheap entertainment, these places have fallen on bad times. The halls are in a dilapidated situation , and are mostly ill maintained.


These cinema halls offer cheap entertainment for the masses. a ticket here costs between Rs 15 to 35. which is way cheaper than the swanky multiplexes.


Manny cinema halls like Moti show B-grade Bollywood and regional films. Moti cinema was established in the year 1938, its currently run by Karat Desai. Moti has had many silver and golden jubilee film runs.


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Qutib Minar

The foundations of world famous tower, known as the Qutib Minar, were laid by the Qutbbiddin Aibak of the Mamulk dynasty towards the end of the twelfth century. The construction was interrupted at the first storey by his death and the remaining three storeys were completed in matching material and the style by his successor Iltutmish commonly known as Altamash in A.D. 1230. In A.D.1368 the Minar was damaged by lightning. Later, Feroz shah Tughluq (A.D. 1351-88) replaced the top storey by the existing two stores faced with the marble Sikandar Lodhi (A.D. 1489- 1517) also executed some repairs to the Minar in A.D. 1503, when it was again by lightning. The tower has a diameter of 14.32m at the base and of about 2.75m at the top with a height of 72.5m and ascended by 379 steps; it is the highest stone tower in India and a perfect example of Minar known to exist anywhere. The variegated plan of its three lower storeys, the projecting balconies with stalactite, pendentive brackets and ornate bands of inscriptions on its facades heighten its decorative effects.

Alia Minar
In 1311 A.D.

This unfinished Minar with his, extent height of 24.5 m, was commenced by Alauddin Khalji (A.D.1296 -1316) it had hardly reached its storey when he died. He had conceived this Minar to be double to the height of the Qutib Minar, in order to be proportionate with the Quwwatul -Islam mosque, as extended by him.Amir Khusru in Tarikh-I-Alia mention about the intentions of Alauddin Khalji to increase the area of the mosque and construct of another Minar.

College and Tomb of Alauddin Khalji.

This quadrangle enclosed by high walls with rooms along the side and the entrance on the west, was originally a college (madrasa), and built by Alauddin Khalji (A.D.1296-1316), to impart traditional instruction. His tomb was perhaps located in the centre of the southern wing of the enclosure. The conception of a combined college and a tomb appears here in India for the first time and is inspired by Saljuqian tradition.





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Global Warming: The Heat is on and on …………

The world cannot remain a fossil fool anymore, oblivious of the environmental destruction wrought as it guzzles fuels like coal and oil and causes global warming. Global warming is the phenomenon of the increase in the average temperature of the earth’s surface due to the increased concentration of Greenhouse gases (GHGs) like Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxide (N2O), Chlorofluorocarbons due to the burning of fossil fuels.
The inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options or adaptations and mitigation.
The IPCC’s report of 2007 has left no room for skepticism on global warming. “The warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global mean sea level”, the report stated. The following are the main finding of the report:
 Sea levels are projected to rise between 7and 23 inches (18 and 59 centimeters) by the end of the century.
 Eleven of the last 12 years rank among the 12 warmest in the instrumental record, which stretches back to 1850.
 A best-guess temperature rise is between 3.2 and 7.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.8 and 4 degrees Celsius), though the high end remain possible.
 Global temperature will increases between 2 and 11.5 degrees (1.1 and 6.4 degrees Celsius), by the end of this century over pre-industrial levels.
 If recent melting in Greenland and Antarctica continues, sea level could rise an additional 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters).
 In some projections, Arctic sea will continue to become more frequent.
 Observational evidence suggests an increase in hurricane strength in the north Atlantic Since1970 that correlates with an increase in sea surface temperatures.
 Temperatures and sea levels will continue to rise for centuries even if Greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized today.
 The Gulf Stream, which brings warm waters to the north Atlantic, may slow but is unlikely to Hollywood Disaster Movies The After Tomorrow.













India too Feel’s the Heat
There was a jolt for India when the report, given the possible economic losses due to its long coastline, dependent on monsoon and large number of the dependent on agriculture, considered India to be one of the most vulnerable to climate change.

Impact on India

Glaciers:
Himalayan glaciers will shrink from 500,00sq km to 100, 00 sq km.
Water:
Per captia availability of water will shrink from 1, 800 cubic m to 1,000 cubic m, making India water –scarce country.
Food Security:
Agricultural productivity is likely to shrink by 30 per cent. Substantial fall like in production of rain-fed wheat.
Rainfall:
Winter rains will decrease, especially in December, January and February, implying lesser storage and greater water stress.
Plant and Animal Species:
20-30 per cent of animal species assessed so far at increased risk of extinction if global temperature exceed 1.5 to 2.5 degrees centigrade.
Health:
Diarrhoeal diseases and cholera associated with floods and drought are expected to rise in south Asia.

By: SHARIQ HAIDER NAQVI.



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Pushkar fair 2009.

Pushkar Fair 2009. by Shariq H Naqvi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License.