30.11.09 / Bollywood / Author: timepasss / Comments: (0)
Ben Kingsley who won accolades and award for Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi will be attending the premiere of Amitabh Bachchan starrer Paa on December 3 in Mumbai.
Ben Kingsley shares the screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in Leena Yadav’s Teen Patti. A source reveals, ”Both the actors bonded really well on the sets and Mr. Bachchan has personally invited Kingsley to attend his premiere to be held in the coming week in Mumbai.”
The source continues, ”Ben is down in India for the IFFI festival in Goa. The Hollywood actor will be coming to Mumbai to attend the premiere. He is one of the special invitee on the guest list of Mr Bachchan.”
”Apart from the Hollywood actor Ben Kingsley attending the premiere, one will also see Aamir Khan who too is been personally invited by Amitabh Bachchan. One will also witness the unusual entry of the junior and senior Bachchan. On the film’s premiere, Abhishek Bachchan who plays Big B’s father in the film plans to pull off a small stunt. He plans to carry Big B piggyback to the film’s premiere venue,” adds the source.
30.11.09 / News / Author: timepasss / Comments: (0)
Germany has warned Iran it faces new UN sanctions after Tehran announced plans for 10 uranium enrichment sites in defiance of international demands.
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, whose country is involved in talks on the dispute, said Iran must know the world’s patience was “not endless”.
Iran, he said, must fulfil its international commitments.
Western powers say Tehran is trying to develop nuclear arms while Iran says it needs nuclear energy for its economy.
The head of Iran’s nuclear programme, Ali Akbar Salehi, accused the West of provoking his country into launching the plan to build 10 new plants.
However, Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, said he believed that a diplomatic solution was still possible.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner accused Iran of “playing an extremely dangerous game” and a source in Russia’s foreign ministry was quoted as saying Moscow was “seriously concerned by the latest statements of the Iranian leadership”.
Asked by the BBC if military action by Israel against Iran was now more likely, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, called for “all options to be on the table” without being more specific.
‘Without ifs and buts’
“Iran’s announcement of the expansion of its uranium enrichment clearly goes in the wrong direction,” Mr Westerwelle said in a statement in Berlin.
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“Iran must know that the international community’s patience is not endless.
“Iran is urged to co-operate with the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] without ifs and buts and to fulfil its international commitments.
“It is clear that if Iran rejects the outstretched hand of the international community, it must expect further sanctions.”
Germany has – along with the US, UK, France, China and Russia – been involved in co-ordinating the UN Security Council’s position on Iran.
Existing UN sanctions are meant to prevent the flow of any items or technology which might aid Iran in enriching uranium or developing nuclear weapon delivery systems.
The sanctions range from actual sales or supplies to dealings with named individuals.
‘We had no intention’
Iran’s proposed new plants would be of a similar size to its main existing enrichment plant at Natanz.
Iran is set on processing its own uranium
Mr Salehi, who is also a vice-president, said: “We had no intention of building many facilities like the Natanz site but apparently the West doesn’t want to understand Iran’s peaceful message.”
He accused foreign powers of pushing the UN’s nuclear watchdog to rebuke Iran for covering up another uranium enrichment plant near the town of Qom.
“The action by 5+1 [the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany] at the IAEA prompted the [Iranian] government to approve a proposal to build 10 sites like that of Natanz,” Mr Salehi said.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his cabinet at the weekend that parliament had ordered that Iran should produce 20,000 megawatts of nuclear energy by 2020.
It therefore needed to make 250-300 tonnes of nuclear fuel a year, he said, which would require 500,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium.
Natanz has nearly 5,000 working centrifuges, with existing plans to build 54,000 in all.
Mr Larijani told reporters in Tehran that it was in foreign powers’ interests to find a diplomatic solution.
“I still think there is a diplomatic opportunity and it is beneficial to them [world powers] to use this, so that Iran continues its work under the framework of the agency [the IAEA] and international supervision,” he said.
30.11.09 / Bollywood / Author: timepasss / Comments: (0)
She is undoubtedly the eternal pride of India, who can rightly be called as the ‘Living Goddess’. No prizes for guessing as to we are indeed referring to the one and only Lata Mangeshkar, India’s answer to perfection and grace.
Giving any award to this lady is as equivalent to holding a small match stick before the blazing sun. But the greatness of this lady is that, even at this age and stature, she welcomes the awards with grace and poise. The latest one to adorn the beauty of the legendary singer’s already overflowing showcase of awards is that of the French government, who will confer the Insignia of Officer de la Légion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour) on this lady.
Lata Mangeshkar, who is better known as the ‘Nightingale of India’, will be decorated with the said title, during an official ceremony hosted by Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador of France to India, on 2nd December 2009, on the occasion of the opening of the French Film Festival held from 2nd to 6th December in Mumbai and part of the French cultural Festival “Bonjour India”.
In regards to this grand event, Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador of France to India, said “France has a tradition of supporting artists from all over the world. Bestowing the insignia of Officer of the Legion of Honour on Lata Mangeshkar, is a recognition of her incomparable singing career, and to a personality who has stayed at the top rang in her field for over 60 years.”
For starters, some of the famous personalities who have been awarded this honour include the legendary greats like Steven Spielberg, the late Satyajit Ray, and Amitabh Bachchan.
30.11.09 / Bollywood / Author: timepasss / Comments: (0)
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Abbas Tyrewala has finished his shooting for 1-800 Love, except one song which is left. The director was tied up with the post-production of the movie and decided to take a small break with his wife Pakhi, who stars in his movie as the lead opposite John Abraham.
The director has flown to Goa with his wife Pakhi. He quips, “This is one of my honeymoon with my wife. I am very insecure of her romancing a hot dude on screen. She is my pretty wife and I decided to spend some time with her and we are now in Goa.”
Abbas flew to Goa on Thursday and plans to spend his weekend on the beaches.
He says, “It is December time and one ought to visit Goa in this season.
Pakhi and I love the beaches and will be doing some sun-tanning.”
The director will re-visit London for the last song shooting early next year. The movie is due to release mid next year.
30.11.09 / Bollywood / Author: timepasss / Comments: (0)
Directed by R. Balakrishnan aka Balki, PAA, an AB Corp Ltd. presentation in association with Reliance BIG Pictures, is all set to cast an Auro spell worldwide. Come 4th December, Reliance BIG Pictures will release PAA in 700 screens worldwide, including print and digital. It will release in 20 countries worldwide, including India, U.K., U.S., Canada, U.A.E., Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and many others.
Idea Cellular had tied up with PAA for an activity based on ‘Talk to Auro’ concept, wherein callers can leave messages for Auro on an Idea number and in return receive calls from Auro on a pre-determined date. This will be promoted through a co-branded TV advertisement. Apart from this, ring back tones in Auro’s voice and other value added services too will be available on Idea network.
Bajaj Allianz has tied up for an integrated TV advertisement on Child Plans, which has been interspersed with the film’s promos and is currently on air on 24 prime television channels. BIG FM is on board as the film’s radio partner.
The film has followed a week on week 360 degree marketing and promotion campaign, which kick-started with an innovative teaser and progressed to a novel and eye-catching promotion in multiplexes with Auro’s on-screen photo slides, which read ‘Please stand up for the national anthem or else I will tell my Paa’, ‘Please switch off your mobile phone or else I will tell my Paa’ and ‘Don’t dirty the theatre or I’ll tell my Paa’ poster on trash cans.
On November 14, PAA’s TV promos carried a special message wishing all viewers Happy Children’s Day and a mall activation invited PAA with their children for day-long fun-filled activities.
