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The Last Lear," one of few Bollywood films to be made in English, opened in Indian cinemas on Friday, a year after it premiered at the Toronto film festival.
Ghosh said his film's protagonist is also similar to the ageing monarch of Shakespeare's "King Lear."

"Metaphorically, the vulnerability of old age, an old man who is taken advantage of, is represented in the film," he said.

For Bachchan, the role of Harry and the way he used Shakespeare's language to illustrate his points brought back memories of his own early acting days.
"I have enjoyed so many of his (Shakespeare's) plays, it's difficult to say which one is my favorite," he told a news conference this week.

There were doubts about the film's release for a while.A regional political party in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, had threatened to boycott Bachchan's films after his wife Jaya apparently promoted Hindi over Marathi, the city's local language.

Posters of the film were torn down and a theatre screening the film vandalized, forcing producers to cancel its premiere earlier this week.

But the party called off the boycott of Bollywood's first family after Bachchan apologized for Jaya's off-the-cuff remark, allowing "The Last Lear" to make it to cinemas on schedule.

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There's a delicate balance between portraying a genuinely touching story and going overboard with emotions. And that's where Global One Studio Productions' Raman Thediya Seethai (Rama's Hunt for Seetha), directed by K P Jagannath, manages to be different. Moserbaer's Tamil production has actually managed to hit the bull's-eye with this one.

The first few scenes themselves set the tone; first, a hesitant and bashful Venugopal (Cheran) trying desperately to carry on an interesting conversation with a prospective bride Ranjitha (Vimala Raman), in her picturesque home in Nagercoil. The conversation proceeds quite well in the beginning, until it hits an unexpected snag -- Venu was hospitalised for extreme stress during his school years; he still stammers as the result of the strain, and when he's unexpectedly put into stressful situations. Ranjitha, unimpressed with the story, rejects him

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The film opens with the city experiencing horrific crimes at different parts and young women are harassed and put to death. Meanwhile, there are small time crooks Krishna, Prakash Raj and Jeeva who are involved time criminal activities. Something special about them is that they are not interested in getting in higher level of crime, since they are happy with what they are. And for their fortune, they find that a huge amount has been deposited in their bank account.

They feel it as luck thinking that someone has mistakenly deposited it. But then starts the problem as the amount in their account keeps increasing. Prakash Raj being the gang leader decides to put an end to this since he discovers that they are into the web of traps where someone is using them….

Remaining portion of the film has been very well narrated with extraordinary thrills. The best part of the director is that he keeps us guessing who the culprit is till the last moment.

Krishna looks more apt with the role as youngster who has to deal with different situations. He does fine work with action stunts. Actress Janani is good with her simple looks, but has nothing to do more with the film. Lollu Sabha fame Jeeva comes up with a matured performance while Prakash Raj steals the show.

On the technical terms, cinematography and editing works well for the enhanced visual quality. But, it’s completely a great disappointment from Vidhyasagar and in the recent times, he has completely come down in his career graph. It seems to be a wonder, why Neelam K Sekar didn’t rope in Yuvan Shankar Raja to score music.
On the whole, Alibaba is an excellent film that has right elements of suspense-thriller.

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Watch Abhishek Bachhan in a new avtar with Priyanka Chopra in their upcoming movie Drona.

'Drona' is the compelling modern tale of one man's spectacular voyage. through the labyrinths of mystic myths and legendary legacies. It is a journey that will force him to face his fears and make him the hero he was born to become.

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Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes (born June 17, 1973) is an Indian male tennis professional who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He is one of the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the current captain of the Indian tennis team. He has won various doubles and mixed doubles events at the Tennis Grand Slam events. He is also the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1996–1997 and the Padmashri award in 2001 for his contribution to Tennis in India.

Apart from his seven Grand Slam victories at doubles and Mixed doubles events, he is famous for his several memorable Davis Cup performances playing for India and also for winning a bronze medal for India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

However, his singles career never scaled great heights though he almost bailed India out of tough situations in Davis Cup ties. In the meantime, he and partner Mahesh Bhupathi joined forces and tasted great success in doubles winning a handful of grand slam titles. At one point of time, they were the No.1 tennis pair in the world. But certain personal differences forces them to part way curtailing what could have been a glorious chapter in Indian tennis. The two however always come together whenever representing India in Davis Cup ties. Even after his split with Bhupathi, Paes continues to be a force on the doubles circuit and has even added to his tally of Grand Slam titles. The same can be said of Bhupathi also. But the magic the duo created on court together has unfortunately been lost. Paes and Bhupathimay have parted ways some years back, but their influence on tennis was so strong that it is difficult to talk of them separately even today.

For his great contribution to Indian tennis, Leander was conferred upon with the Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna award in the year 1996-1997. Some years in later on in 2001, the prestigious Padma Shri award was also bestowed upon him.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi took part in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They were eliminated in the Quater-Finals by Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka who went on to win the men's doubles gold medal

The History of Bombay Stock Exchange and rise of the sensex

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The BSE Broadcast is a large ticker on the wall of the BSE, which continuously displays the latest stock quotes from the market. It also displays – on what is described as India's and South Asia's largest video screen –one of the leading business-news channels in India

This new system was unveiled on December 15,2006, when Dr Prannoy Roy, the Managing Director of New Delhi Television (NDTV) Ltd, struck the BSE's opening bell. Mr Damodaran, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), said that the ticker would provide information and analysis of the financial world.

Following is the timeline on the rise and rise of the Sensex through Indian stock market history.

• 1000, July 25, 1990 On July 25, 1990, the Sensex touched the magical four-digit figure for the first time and closed at 1,001 in the wake of a good monsoon season and excellent corporate results.
• 2000, January 15, 1992 On January 15, 1992, the Sensex crossed the 2,000-mark and closed at 2,020 followed by the liberal economic policy initiatives undertaken by the then finance minister and current Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
• 3000, February 29, 1992 On February 29, 1992, the Sensex surged past the 3000 mark in the wake of the market-friendly Budget announced by the then Finance Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.
• 4000, March 30, 1992 On March 30, 1992, the Sensex crossed the 4,000-mark and closed at 4,091 on the expectations of a liberal export-import policy. It was then that the Harshad Mehta scam hit the markets and Sensex witnessed unabated selling.
• 5000, October 8, 1999 On October 8, 1999, the Sensex crossed the 5,000-mark as the BJP-led coalition won the majority in the 13th Lok Sabha election.
• 6000, February 11, 2000 On February 11, 2000, the infotech boom helped the Sensex to cross the 6,000-mark and hit and all time high of 6,006.
• 7000, June 20, 2005 On June 20, 2005, the news of the settlement between the Ambani brothers boosted investor sentiments and the scrips of RIL, Reliance Energy, Reliance Capital, and IPCL made huge gains. This helped the Sensex crossed 7,000 points for the first time.
• 8000, September 8, 2005 On September 8, 2005, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share index -- the Sensex -- crossed the 8000 level following brisk buying by foreign and domestic funds in early trading.
• 9000, November 28, 2005 The Sensex on November 28, 2005 crossed the magical figure of 9000 to touch 9000.32 points during mid-session at the Bombay Stock Exchange on the back of frantic buying spree by foreign institutional investors and well supported by local operators as well as retail investors.
• 10,000, February 6, 2006 The Sensex on February 6, 2006 touched 10,003 points during mid-session. The Sensex finally closed above the 10K-mark on February 7, 2006.
• 11,000, March 21, 2006 The Sensex on March 21, 2006 crossed the magical figure of 11,000 and touched a life-time peak of 11,001 points during mid-session at the Bombay Stock Exchange for the first time. However, it was on March 27, 2006 that the Sensex first closed at over 11,000 points.
• 12,000, April 20, 2006 The Sensex on April 20, 2006 crossed the 12,000-mark and closed at a peak of 12,040 points for the first time.
• 13,000, October 30, 2006 The Sensex on October 30, 2006 crossed the magical figure of 13,000 and closed at 13,024.26 points, up 117.45 points or 0.9%. It took 135 days for the Sensex to move from 12,000 to 13,000 and 123 days to move from 12,500 to 13,000.
• 14,000, December 5, 2006 The Sensex on December 5, 2006 crossed the 14,000-mark to touch 14,028 points. It took 36 days for the Sensex to move from 13,000 to the 14,000 mark
• 15,000, July 6, 2007 The Sensex on July 6, 2007 crossed the magical figure of 15,000 to touch 15,005 points in afternoon trade. It took seven months for the Sensex to move from 14,000 to 15,000 points.
• 16,000, September 19, 2007 The Sensex scaled yet another milestone during early morning trade on September 19, 2007. Within minutes after trading began, the Sensex crossed 16,000, rising by 450 points from the previous close. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange's sensitive index took 53 days to reach 16,000 from 15,000. Nifty also touched a new high at 4659, up 113 points.
• The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 654 points at 16,323. The NSE Nifty gained 186 points to close at 4,732.
• 17,000, September 26, 2007 The Sensex scaled yet another height during early morning trade on September 26, 2007. Within minutes after trading began, the Sensex crossed the 17,000-mark . Some profit taking towards the end, saw the index slip into red to 16,887 - down 187 points from the day's high. The Sensex ended with a gain of 22 points at 16,921.
  18,000, October 09, 2007 The BSE Sensex crossed the 18,000-mark on October 09, 2007. It took just 8 days to cross 18,000 points from the 17,000 mark. The index zoomed to a new all-time intra-day high of 18,327. It finally gained 789 points to close at an all-time high of 18,280. The market set several new records including the biggest single day gain of 789 points at close, as well as the largest intra-day gains of 993 points in absolute term backed by frenzied buying after the news of the UPA and Left meeting on October 22 put an end to the worries of an impending election.
• 19,000, October 15, 2007 The Sensex crossed the 19,000-mark backed by revival of funds-based buying in blue chip stocks in metal, capital goods and refinery sectors. The index gained the last 1,000 points in just four trading days. The index touched a fresh all-time intra-day high of 19,096, and finally ended with a smart gain of 640 points at 19,059.The Nifty gained 242 points to close at 5,670.
• 20,000, October 29, 2007 The Sensex crossed the 20,000 mark on the back of aggressive buying by funds ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting. The index took only 10 trading days to gain 1,000 points after the index crossed the 19,000-mark on October 15. The major drivers of today's rally were index heavyweights Larsen and Toubro, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI among others. The 30-share index spurted in the last five minutes of trade to fly-past the crucial level and scaled a new intra-day peak at 20,024.87 points before ending at its fresh closing high of 19,977.67, a gain of 734.50 points. The NSE Nifty rose to a record high 5,922.50 points before ending at 5,905.90, showing a hefty gain of 203.60 points.
• 21,000, January 8, 2008 The sensex crossed the 21,000 mark in intra-day trading after 49 trading sessions. This was backed by high market confidence of increased FII investment and strong corporate results for the third quarter. However, it later fell back due to profit booking.
• 15,200, June 13, 2008 The sensex closed below 15,200 mark, Indian market suffer with major downfall from January 21,2008
• 14,220, June 25, 2008 The sensex touched an intra day low of 13,731 during the early trades, then pulled back and ended up at 14,220 amidst a negative sentiment generated on the Reserve Bank of India hiking CRR by 50 bps. FII outflow continued in this week.
• 12,822, July 2, 2008 The sensex hit an intra day low of 12,822.70 on July 2nd, 2008. This is the lowest that it has ever been in the past year. Six months ago, on January 10th, 2008, the market had hit an all time high of 21206.70. This is a bad time for the Indian markets, although Reliance and Infosys continue to lead the way with mostly positive results. Bloomberg lists them as the top two gainers for the Sensex, closely followed by ICICI Bank and ITC Ltd.
  

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Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport.

The story that the young Bradman practiced alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore. Bradman’s meteoric rise from bush cricket to the Australian Test team took just over two years. Before his 22nd birthday, he had set many records for high scoring, some of which still stand, and became Australia's sporting idol at the height of the Great Depression.

A complex, highly-driven man, not given to close personal relationships, Bradman retained a pre-eminent position in the game by acting as an administrator, selector and writer for three decades following his retirement. Even after he became reclusive in his declining years his opinion was highly sought, and his status as a national icon was still recognised—more than 50 years after his retirement as a Test player, in 2001, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard called him the "greatest living Australian". Bradman's image has appeared on postage stamps and coins, and he was the first living Australian to have a museum dedicated to his life. On the centenary of his birth, 27 August 2008, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $5 commemorative gold coin with his image.

Bradman, who died in 2001 aged 92 and played his last innings 60 years ago, retired with a Test batting average of 99.94. He was hailed by current Australian captain Ricky Ponting as an incomparable figure in the history of cricket and of sport.
"It's almost like he's separate from the game," Ponting said.
"His name and what he achieved, it's so far out of any player's reach, in his time or any player who has played since, it's almost like he played a different game to what we're playing.
"Is there anyone who's ever played any sport who's been able to achieve that level of greatness?"

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In this movie, this assiduous actress showed how far her dedication can stretch. There was a scene which required her to act in a waist-high turbid puddle and the shooting for this was scheduled in the late evening. She did her job without any hesitation. Next day, she was running a temperature, but she ignored her fever and completed the shooting for the day.

The supporting cast of this movie comprises big names such as Girish Karnad, Kotta Srinivas Rao, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Rajalakshmi, Prem, Manobala and the likes. Music is by Ilayaraja. Kavignar Vaali, Mu. Mehta, Vishali Kannadasan, Muthulingam, and Pazhani Bharati have penned lyrics for the songs. Famous Thottadharani is the art director.

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The story is about middle class people and their craving for a home, which leads them to unscrupulous real estate agents who con them of their savings.

Sathyanathan (Nedumudi Venu) is an upright retired government officer with typical middle-class values. He has a happy family consisting of his loving wife, two sons—Uppilinathan (Karthik) a techie, and Viswanathan (Om), a student—and a teenage daughter..................................

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The movie, which is serious in its content, is not short of fun elements altogether. The divergent natures of the friends provide a lot of scope for fun and the director utilizes the opportunity to make us laugh amidst some tensed kidnap drama.

The weak point of the movie is that while it is highly unpredictable in the first half, it becomes quite predictable in the second half. The twists too are not that convincing. The way the villain group behaves looks funny at times, while the escape of the friends lacks credibility. A little more care in to the second half would have made the movie an outstanding experience.

Despite these flaws, ‘Saroja’, boasts of a fast and stylish narrative and breathtaking and youthful background score. The smart editing and amazing cinematography add value to the pace.

Shiva, enacting the role of a TV serial star, Premji Amaran, as a funny guy who falls in love with every passing girl, SPB Charan, portraying the married man’s role and Vaibhav Reddy as Jagapathi Babu’s brother has done their respective parts well.

Sampath as the head of kidnapping gang is quite impressive. Nikitha (companion of Sampath) provides glamour with ease. Kajal Agarwal in a cameo is impressive.

The new girl Vega fits the bill perfectly. She has nothing to do in the first half other than dancing for a song. But the cute looking girl makes her presence felt in the second half, where she gets lot of scope to act. The performances of Prakash Raj and Jayaram in limited roles are quite competent.

‘Saroja’ is as a fun filled thriller that provides a good entertains despite some flaws

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The team, which made "Chennai-600 028" a fine movie, is back in "Saroja". Except for the producer, the same team is working together again," says Venkat Prabhu who is in charge of the story, screenplay, dialogue and direction.

Amma Creations' T Shiva is producing "Saroja" in super 35 format. The story is totally different from that of "Chennai-600 028", according to Venkat Prabhu.

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Sakkarakatti a new Tamil film ready to released. It directed by Kalaprabhu and produced Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, son of Bhagyaraj, Vedhika and Ishita are playing a good role.

S Thanu is an ardent supporter of MDMK. Bhagyaraj is a DMK supporter and at every possible opportunity on the dais, he tears apart Vaiko, the leader of MDMK. The fathers may be at political loggerheads, but the heirs will work together on the professional front.

The film is indeed going to be a ‘Sakkarakatti’!

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As soon as great biggies shoot up, the first task of media channels would be to get the sneak synopsis of the movie. Yup! We are in no way different from them and now we have got the stories of biggies of 2008.

Dasavatharam: The movie begins with King Kulothunga of Tanjore played by Napoleon loosing the war. Frustrated by this mockery, he throws the statue of a goddess into the sea. In the same town, lives an ordinary old man who is an atheist. Though he has no faith in God, he is the one to hop and take hold of statue that is thrown into the sea…

The story immediately shifts to 21st century from 12th century and we have a foreigner tracing the same statue with the group of CIA agents among whom Malikka Sherawat is the one. In Chennai, it’s a police cop to tries save the statue from the clutches of foreigners. So how does one of the Kamal along with the help of Asin gets back the statue forms the crux of story. Also buzzes are that the statue seems to be a biological weapon and that’s reason a great hunt goes for it…

Robot: An old scientist produces a machinery robot to assist him at his olden days. However, obedient at the beginning, it turns down from his instructions and starts working on its own. It starts creating turmoil and destroys and the city. Helpless scientist finds it difficult to stop its atrocious activity and then he happens to meet his young friend. He seeks his help and now he starts working against the evil Robot and setting things right. Reports are that Rajni himself plays the role of Robot as well young man. So is superstar going to appear in both hero and villain role is that all we have to wait and see…

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After so many hurdles Jayam Ravi starer "Dham dhoom" has finally hit the big screen. It is the last film of our veteran director late Jeeva. His wife Aneez and his mentor P.C. Sriram had took real pain to release the final product. The film is distributed by Ayngaran international and produced by Sunanda Murali and Manohar. All their efforts didn't go in vain as the sympathy wave have already created much hype among the audience and they were now rushing to the theater for advance booking. The biggest question here is Is the film really worth watching ??? To know about it more just read on...

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Gautam (Jayam Ravi) who is a house surgeon is selected to take part in a five day medical conference in Moscow. At St.Petersburg Airport a Russian girl(Maria) cleverly drops her overcoat to gautam. The later scene reveals that the coat has been used by that girl to smuggle some banned drugs. Gautam successfully finishes his conference and will visit the local pub in the evening. There he will meet that Russian girl again, both will get heavily drunk and they dance for an item number. Then our hero unwillingly carries her back to the hotel not knowing how to dispose her off. In the next day morning maria is found murdered and the hero has been arrested for the cause. There comes his Lawyer lakshmi rai... both gautham and lakshmi rai are made to run all over the places in and around the city , chased by a mob of strangers and later by police ppl. In between, our hero narrates his love interest shenba (Kangna Ranaut) in the flash back sequence. At the meanwhile Lakshmi rai too fell for our hero. How Jayam ravi tackles all his problems and whether he wins his lady love shenba is the rest of the story...

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The photography of Jeeva is too good he had caught all the glimpses of pollachi and Moscow in his own style. The biggest highlight of the movie is Music by Harris jayaraj. All the songs have come out really well. They already have made a box office hit.The Flash back part of the story is bit interesting but it is hard to accept Kangna Ranaut as village girl. Actor jayaram has did a guest role. His sense of humor is appreciable. Last but not least Jayam Ravi holds the real key, he has did all the justice to the gautam role he played.

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Roger Federer; born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 2. He was the World No. 1 ranked player for a record 237 consecutive weeks from February 2,2004 through August 17, 2008. Federer's success has prompted a number of tennis critics, legendary players, and current players to consider him to be the greatest tennis player in history.

Federer has won twelve Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, five Wimbledon, four US Open), four Tennis Masters Cup titles, and fourteen ATP Masters Series titles. Federer holds many records in the game, including having appeared in ten consecutive Grand Slam men's singles finals (2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2007 US Open) and seventeen consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals (2004 Wimbledon - present). He also holds the open era records for consecutive wins on both grass courts (65) and hard courts (56). At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Federer won the men's doubles gold medal for Switzerland, partnering with Stanislas Wawrinka. He has a storied rivalry with Rafael Nadal.

In 2008, he was named Laureus World Sportsman of the year for a record fourth consecutive time.

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Roger Federer holds a number of records in tennis history, the most prominent of which is that he has won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year three times: 2004, 2006, and 2007.

He has surpassed or equaled many long-standing records, including:

• Equaling Bjorn Borg's open era record of five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in 2007
• Capturing the open era record of most consecutive US Open titles (four) in 2007
• Ranked World #1 for a record of 237 consecutive weeks as of August 17, 2008, outlasting Jimmy Connors's record of 160 consecutive weeks as #1 men's player and Steffi Graf's record of 186 weeks as #1 singles player in

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Federer has won numerous awards during his tennis career.
Federer was named Laureus World Sportsman of the year in 2005. He also won this award in 2006 through 2008.