Month: July 2003
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Hmmm…So Six months. One
Hmmm…So Six months. One hundred and seventeen releases. Eight hits. One hundred and nine flops. According to the trade magazine Film Information, the industry has lost about Rs 110 crores (approximately US $23 million) in 109 of the 117 films released in 2003. Bollywood has been going bonkers since last 2 years and this is…
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Virumandi’s shooting has begun.
Virumandi‘s shooting has begun. My assumption is that Kamal’s Sandiyar would be renamed as Virumandi – the protagonist’s name. He has reportedly started shooting yesterday in an undisclosed place. However the title is to be yet to be confirmed by him. After his recent encounters with the Tamilnadu politicians, Kamalhassan is pretty cautious about his…
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The Reliance 501 scheme has
The Reliance 501 scheme has shook the cellular world. In the last 2 days reliance has added more than 2 lakh subcribers becoming the 4 biggest cellular operator in India. When I went to a Reliance R-World showroom, the customer service guy was so busy in attending more 25 customers at a time and it…
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Bite The Mango film festival,
Bite The Mango film festival, which concuded on 26th of last month in UK, had more than enough share of Bollywood films. Along with films like Bruce Almighty and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, it spotlighted A R Rahman. A small documentary called The Making of Bombay Dreams also featuerd along with Mani Ratnam‘s Saathiya. Indian cinema…
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Cellular Hangama ;-) All the
Cellular Hangama 😉 All the 3 GSM cellular providers (you know whom) in Chennai (excluding the govt controlled BSNL) have this funda of hidden costs to their tariff bill. With TRAI coming to rescue (!) of the mobile users in India, these guys have decided to stay put and confine to their mantra of High-Price-at-Low-Cost-and-Fool-the-Customer.…