Happened to catch this movie on a flight to India.
On the plane to India, I chanced on a new but relatively unknown movie called 99. It’s a play on 99 not out, and cricket plays a role all through the movie. With an ensemble cast that includes Boman Irani, Soha Ali Khan and Vinod Khanna, directors D.K. Krishna and Raj Nidimoru try to recreate the mood of an Elmore Leonard movie. It’s a decent effort, and bodes well for a nascent but growing indie cinema trend in India.
I’ve been staying away from blogging and all e-networks for the past few months due to personal reasons, but I came across this posting on Tech Crunch and couldn’t resist.
Why do I like it?
Because at the very end (it may not be the very end anymore by the time you read it) of the various comments that mention IPhone apps such as Skype, Tweetdeck, Zillow etc, there is a post by Uma Mahesh Verma Sreeram that says
Nice post. You can have a quick look at ‘Augmented Reality view of Kakinada’ application from below inkakinada URL: “http://www.inka…reality-ar-view”
So there you have it. In case you were missing it, you can now get an augmented reality view of Kakinada on your mobile phone.
Got this in an email today. Too deliciously hilarious not to post…
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
‘Bhavatah samipe kim asti?
Mam samipe mata asti…’
Ahmedabad: That’s the mother of all dialogues Bollywood has ever produced. And, if you still couldn’t get it, here is another clue — it’s Hindi cinema’s most explosive faceoff, the fight between the two top stars of the 70s — Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor — over the quintessential Mother.
That’s the famous ‘Tumhare pass kya hai? Mere pas ma hai …’ dialogue from ‘Deewar’, now part of a unique experiment at Ahmedabadbased Eklavya Sanskrit Academy to popularise Sanskrit. One of the steps is to translate popular Hindi film dialogues into Sanskrit to draw the youth to the ancient language.
‘‘There is a notion that Sanskrit neither has any future nor market value. But, the language has immense potential. Even the advertising world quotes Sanskrit shlokas and many manuscripts hold great knowledge.
‘‘We want to create awareness about Sanskrit and promote research,’’ says Mihir Upadhyay, founder member of Eklavya Sansakrit Academy.
The academy also runs a monthly magazine in Sanskrit with a circulation of 500 copies. The academy has 190 members who gather once in a month.
‘‘Films are extremely popular in India and have a wide reach among the masses. Catchy dialogues, which remain etched in people’s memories and also recited often, would help popularise the language as it would cause curiosity,’’ says Upadhyay.
Some pretty cool stats in here even though I don’t agree with all the predictions.
What caught my eye:
1 in 8 American couples who married in 2007 met online
And a new catchphrase: “BG“ (Before Google)
And a refined version of the earlier video, with better graphics and a cooler audio remix IMHO…
Augmented Reality of Kakinada
I’ve been staying away from blogging and all e-networks for the past few months due to personal reasons, but I came across this posting on Tech Crunch and couldn’t resist.
Why do I like it?
Because at the very end (it may not be the very end anymore by the time you read it) of the various comments that mention IPhone apps such as Skype, Tweetdeck, Zillow etc, there is a post by Uma Mahesh Verma Sreeram that says
So there you have it. In case you were missing it, you can now get an augmented reality view of Kakinada on your mobile phone.
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