Gollywood seeing dream run

Good morning friends.  As we all know, the world is now focusing about the news in Mumbai India.  Let me share you for the meantime a lighter news.  Everybody were a little bit worried.  Let’s just relax a litte.

Amid global gloom, Gujarati film industry is all smiles. Gollywood, as it’s popularly known, has hit the right script to keep its box office busy. The film industry has created a record in terms of number of releases this fiscal. By November, there were 42 feature films made in Gujarati. The number is likely to cross 60 by the end of March.

To put things in perspective, there were just 12 movies released in 2005-06, 17 in 2006-07 and 34 in the last fiscal 2007-08.

Arrival of newest superstar Vikram Thakor, a number of small-budget filmmakers from Mumbai turning to Gujarat and the buzz over giants like BIG Pictures and Ultra group foraying into Gollywood are some of the factors behind the phenomenon. Gollywood’s Subhash Ghai, Govind Patel, has already joined hands with Big Pictures for Dholi Taaro Dhol Waage’. Ultra group too has pumped in money for its Baap Kamaal Dikra Dhamaal’ this year.

The business model is simple: Produce a low-budget film Rs 15 lakh to Rs 30 lakh with a Rs 5 lakh state government subsidy and sell satellite cum musice rights. Box-office collections are a bonus.

“Thakor has filled the vacuum. He is drawing audiences in a big way,” says Kartik Bhatt, a city-based lecturer doing research on Gujarati films.

Nearly 50 per cent of movies made this year are by Mumbai-based film makers, who are finding the going tough in corporatised Bollywood.

Nilesh Mehta, who made five films this current year, says, “It’s difficult to compete with big corporates foraying into Bollywood. Small films are not faring well. So I have turned to Gujarati films. We make cost-effective films and earn decent profits.”

While Gollywood’s favourite goddesses, Dashama and Chudelmata, continue to bless the industry especially in rural markets a number of makers have tried to break the stereotypes to get into multiplexes.

Producer-director Utpal Modi, who made five hit goddess movies in the past two years, says rural markets have responded well. Devang Patel’s Vanechand no Varghodo’, a Gujarati take on Mr Bean, is running in multiplexes.

“Low budget film can recover money with government subsidy and satellite rights,” says Patel.

Sat-phone vital to solving mystery

Good morning friends.  Instpite of bad news we heard about Mumbai, India, there is this news according to The Times of India.

The satellite phone and global positioning system (GPS) map recovered from a trawler abandoned in the high seas is now among the most crucial pieces of evidence connected to the terror attacks on Mumbai. The vessel, Kuber, was found drifting 5-6 nautical miles off the Mumbai shore; the entire crew is missing except for the group leader, Amar Narayan, 38, whose body was found on board with limbs tied, blindfolded and neck slit open.

Kuber is believed to be the mother boat used to launch the inflatable dinghies which carried the terrorists to the seafront at Colaba. Intelligence agencies are scanning the satellite phone’s records to track the places from where calls were made to the vessel. The boat has been now handed over to the Mumbai police.

The trawler had last set out from Porbander, 310 nautical miles from Mumbai, on November 13. Owned by a Porbander fisherman Vinod Masani, it had a five-member crew. Sources believe it was most likely hijacked near the maritime boundary, where incursions by vessels on both sides are frequent.

The terrorists are believed to have used the trawler for cover to make the journey to Mumbai without being detected by the Coast Guard. A nondescript, 25-metre-long fishing vessel bearing the name ‘Kuber’ in the Gujarati script and a Gujarat registration number would have barely raised an eyebrow in a region dotted with numerous such boats. To complete the appearance, it carried nearly 50 kg of marinated fish, rice and lentils.

“Most of the time, we act on specific information. We rarely check such fishing trawlers with Indian flags,’’ admitted a Coast Guard officer.

Four fishermen who were on the boat, Balwant Prabhu, 45, Mukesh Rathod, 20, and Natu Nanu, 20, of Navsari and Ramesh Nagji, 37, of Junagadh are still missing. The owner of Kuber, Vinod Masani and his brother, Hiralal, have also been detained by the Gujarat police.

Kuldeep Singh Sheroan, commanding officer of Coast Guard ship Sankalp said the crew leader Amar Narayan was killed in a brutal manner by the terrorists. They tied his limbs and put a band around his eyes and then knifed his neck, he said.

Tribute to ACP Ashok Kamte

My Tribute to ACP Ashok Kamte who lost his life in Mumbai fight against terrorist on Wednesday. The tall Ashok Kamte was a bundle of opposites His fit, muscular build and trademark beret — rather than a senior police officer’s khaki cap — gave him the look of an army commando. And sure enough, he too had taken part in many encounters, earning a reputation for daring.

 

Yet, what he stood out for was his coolness of mind and this led him to be trained as a negotiator. And it was this skill, always in demand in a hostage situation that explained his presence with Karkare and Salaskar before the Cama and Albless Hospital last night.

ACP Ashok Kamte had earlier served as the commissioner of Solapur. Kamte was always known to be in the thick of action. Kamte had followed his father Marutrao, an inspector-general of police, into the force. He did the family name proud as deputy commissioner of Solapur, when he became a hero among residents. “A cop that turned Solapur from a wrong city to the right one. The person who every responsible Solapurkar liked and loved,” writes one of the 400-odd fans on his Orkut profile.

I salute ACP Ashok Kamte and pray to GOD to give him Peace.

Tribute to Encounter Specialist Vijay Salaskar

My tribute to Encounter Specialist Bravo Mr. Vijay Salaskar.Vijay Salaskar was killed in Mumbai terrorist attacks on November 27th at Metro Cinema. I like to write a note on Mr.Vijay Salaskar and want to give my tribute to him for his brave and excellent life he live for our country.

With Tuesday’s encounter, the number of criminals shot dead by inspector Vijay Salaskar touched 78. Salaskar, who was reportedly sidelined for the last two years for unearthing the gutka-underworld nexus, was recently attached to the crime branch, where he currently heads the anti-extortion cell. An officer of the 1983 batch, Salaskar in his 24 years of service has eliminated many criminals. Amar Naik, Jaggu Shetty, Sadhu Shetty, Kundan Singh Rawat, Zahoor Makhanda are some of the gangsters who have fallen to Salaskar’s bullets. I am Proud on this Brave Officer. I pray to GOD to give him peace in heaven.

ATS chief Hemant Karkare dies a hero’s death

My Tribute to ATS Chief Hemant Karkare. He wore a helmet, talked on his cellphone and finally put on a bullet-proof jacket before he met his deathly fate in the country’s biggest terror seize.

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, who was probing the Malegaon blasts case, suffered three bullet injuries in his chest as he was leading the offensive against the terrorists in one of the places the ultras had holed out early on Thursday morning.The last television visuals of the 54-year-old officer showed him in a light blue shirt and dark trousers surrounded by uniformed policemen armed with firearms and walkie-talkies.

 

Karkare, a 1982 batch IPS officer, became the head of ATS in January this year following his return to the state cadre after serving seven years in Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in Austria. One of the brightest officers, Karkare had solved the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel and was also credited for the stunning revelations in the investigation of the September 29 blast in Malegaon. He is known for his discipline and fair investigation.

 

During the Malegaon investigation, Karkare had told his officers not to create false evidence, saying, “We should do our job and it is for the court to decide.” Incidentally, the Pune ATS on November 26 reportedly received phone calls threatening to blow up the residence of Karkare “within a couple of days”.

 

In his last interview to a television channel on Wednesday, he referred to getting the custody of Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, and said “police custody would have helped investigations to proceed faster but still we will see how best to deal with it in a legal way”.

I am Proud on this  Brave Officer. I pray to GOD to give him peace in heaven.

Principals discuss ways to ignite young minds

More than 800 delegates have gathered from all parts of the country in the city to discuss strategies that need to be incorporated in schools to Ignite Young Minds’ 

Participating in the 51st All Principal’s Conference of Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Board since November 26, these principals, observers and visitors enriched their learning through deliberations and paper presentations. The three-day long annual gathering has been convened by Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School, Ahmedabad.

Day 1 was a delight for all participants as former president APJ Abdul Kalam explained to them the role of teachers in igniting minds. On second day, Education Initiatives director Sudhir Ghodke enlightened the elite gathering with his talk on continuous school improvement’. He outlined five factors that play a significant role in enterprising education. These included Hungry for change’, Being innovative beyond child’s imagination, Globally connected’, Disruptive by nature’ and Genuine and not generous’.

Talking to TOI, council’s chairman Neil O’Brien said, “It is an opportunity for principals to clear their doubts about rules and regulations of the board. They covered a huge gamut of questions, including those on subject combination, marking, time-table among others.” Recalling 50-year-long journey of the council, he said, “We have come a long way, but lot remains to be done.” Talking about his future programmes, he said, “We soon plan to start management training programme for teachers in association with IIM (Kolkata).”

Three top cops die on duty

Good Evening friends, My tribute to all these 3 officer who give their life for Nation. My tribute to all ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and additional commissioner Ashok Kamte. I salute to all of them. I said I am proud of you SIR.

Three police officers, including chief of ATS Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and additional commissioner Ashok Kamte

succumbed to their injuries in Wednesday’s terror attack.

Karkare, IPS officer of the 1982 batch, had served in RAW for nine years and was made the ATS chief in January this year. He had solved the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel. The credit for the stunning revelations in the investigation of the September 29 blast in Malegaon goes to his credit. Karkare is known for his discipline and fair investigation. During the Malegaon investigation, Karkare had told his officers not to create false evidence, saying, “We have done our job and it is for the court to decide.”

Vijay Salaskar, officer of the 1983 batch, had till recently killed around 75 dreaded criminals in police encounters. After being out of the spotlight for quite sometime, the encounter specialist was given the plum posting of heading the anti-extortion wing of the crime branch.

Ashok Kamte was the DCP, Zone 1, in Mumbai and was also the key officer in state police. He had also served as the commissioner of Solapur and was always known to be in the thick of action.

India on a winning streak, take 5-0 lead

As per my and our expectations, Indian win fifth ODI against England by 6 wickets in cuttack. Congratulations to all team member as well as all my country man. As captain MS Dhoni had promised, there was no dip in the intensity level after the series win and India comfortably won the fifth ODI against England by 6 wickets in Cuttack.

 

After a blistering start from Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, India lost the momentum a bit as they lost three wickets in quick succession, but then Dhoni along with Suresh Raina consolidated India’s position. Dhoni (50) added 94 runs for the fourth wicket and also raised his 25th ODI fifty before Graeme Sawnn trapped him in front of the wicket. After the captain’s dismissal, Raina and Rohit Sharma saw their side home with 38 balls to spare.

 

England pacer Steve Harmison gave their side the first breakthrough as he dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for 50 runs. Sachin tried to play a good length delivery towards the cover but missed it and the ball crashed into the stumps. The master blaster became the first batsman to raise 90th one-day half-century. He added 136 runs for the first wicket with Sehwag. The duo had the 100-run stand for the tenth time in a row.

 

Yuvraj Singh was the second Indian to depart as he perished to a soft dismissal from Ravi Bopara for 6 runs. Bopara took a simple catch in his follow through to see the Punjab dasher back in the hut. Sehwag, despite his blitzing knock, missed out on his ton as Stuart Broad caught him plumb in front for 91 runs. In his 73-ball long innings, Sehwag slammed fifteen fours and a six to raise 33rd ODI fifty, his seventh against England and grabbed his second ‘Man of the match’ award of the series.

 

Earlier riding on their captain’s knock, England made 270 runs at the loss of four wickets. Electing to bowl first, India started off nicely as pacer Zaheer Khan struck twice to dismiss openers Alistair Cook and Ravi Bopara. Cook was first to depart, as a good length delivery that was going outside the off-stump took an outside edge of his bat and landed in the hands of Tendulkar at the first slip. He could make just 10 runs. More…

India is going to win 5th ODI against England?

Good Evenign friends,

 Time to go home now. Indiva is playing so confidently against England on 5 th ODI. I just check the score card and India is at 193/3 at end of 32 over. India need 78 more runs in remaining 18 overs. It’s less than 5 run per over average they need.

Right now Indican Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is playing with 22 run and Suresh Raina with 19. Let’s hope they lead our team towards 4 th consecutive win over England. I don’t know what’s going to happen but I hope we will win.  Before these two bastman , Sehwag and Tendulkar played exclent game and take india to a respectfull score. Sehwag out at  91 run and miss his centure just for 9 runs. While little master Sachin Tendulkar makes 50.

 

I will update this blog tomorrow with the news that INDIA WIN 5 th ODI against England. Let’s Hope for that. Good Night friends.

 

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