Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson felt his side earned a good point despite a goalless Europa League draw in Utrecht.
Oct 1, 2010
Hodgson satisfied despite stalemate
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson felt his side earned a good point despite a goalless Europa League draw in Utrecht.
Sporting Lisbon 5-0 Levski Sofia
Helder Postiga inspired Sporting Lisbon to an easy win over Levski Sofia to seize control of Group C.
Lech Poznan 2-0 Salzburg
Lech Poznan earned their first victory in Europa League Group A with two unanswered goals against visiting Salzburg.
FC Sheriff 2-0 Dynamo Kiev
Andrei Shevchenko and Dynamo Kiev suffered an embarrassing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Moldovan champions FC Sheriff.
Villarreal 2-1 Club Brugge
Villarreal got their Group D campaign up and running with a deserved victory over 10-man Club Brugge at El Madrigal.
Ravi Kishan on brand endorsement spree
Ravi Kishan is someone who started of his 'filmi safar' in Bollywood with the Kajol-starrer Udhar Ki Zindagi. Since then, he has done a number of films in Bollywood over the years, but it was the Bhojpuri film industry where Ravi became not just a star, but a superstar! Well, even in mainstream Hindi films, he has done movies that have earned him his place under the Bollywood sun. And now it seems that Ravi is all set to give the Bollywood brand ambassadors a run for their money, as he has been chosen as the brand ambassador for not just one, but four FMCG giants! The brands which have signed him as the brand ambassador include Dabur Chyawanprash, Airtel, Parle Monaco and Marico Thanda Tel. This man surely seems to have all the 'Luck' in the world. We are sure that Ravi Kishan will surely agree with us!Bipasha Basu to endorse Emami
Till yesterday, Bipasha's name not just spelt 'sexy', 'hot', 'oomph' and likes, but also 'Sugar Free', 'Vi John Feather Touch', 'Gili', 'Fa', 'Aristocrat luggage'...phew! Well, if that wasn't just enough, Bipasha Basu has now gone ahead and has added one more name to her ever-growing list of brand endorsements: Emami, the cosmetic major! Although Bips was not available to comment regarding this deal, her manager confirmed the news.Salman parties all night long with his Dabangg team
On Sunday evening, Sonakshi Sinha showed up for the Dabangg party post-midnight with one of her twin bothers, while earlier in the evening Sonakshi's mother Punam Sinha was escorted by her other twin brother. Confused by the identical twins' double entry into the venue of the party, Salman insisted on calling each of the Sinha twins 'Luv-Kush'. Says an onlooker, "Salman earlier saw one of the twins walk in with Mrs. Sinha (for the record it was Luv Sinha who escorted his mom). Then much later after midnight, long after Mrs. Sinha had left with her son, Sonakshi walked in with another twin (Kush Sinha). So Salman played it safe and referred to them separately as 'Luv-Kush'. Says a source close to Dabangg, "Whenever Salman sees either of Sonakshi's brothers, he calls him 'Luv-Kush' just to be on the safe side. Though the two of them are dissimilar in many ways, Salman is constantly confused about which Sinha twin is who. So no matter which twin he sees he calls him by both names." From Sunday evening, Salman Khan and his Dabangg gang partied until 7 am on Monday morning. At the Vie lounge in Juhu, Salman and the Dabangg team couldn't stop dancing to the 'Munni' track with each and every guest .Among the non-Dabangg gang who dropped in, there was Aamir Khan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and David Dhawan. At around 2 am when the party was over at Vie, Salman suggested they all go to his home in Bandra to continue the party. Says Sonu Sood, "It was basically Salman's non-film friends and just some of us from the Dabangg team...Sonakshi, me and a few others who accompanied Salman home. We stayed there until around 4 am. After that Salman took us to a builder-friend's house. We finally wrapped up at 7 am." In fact the party started on Sunday afternoon when Ramesh Taurani had thrown a brunch party for his wife's brother's wedding. Says Sonu, "I'm not much of a party-goer. And I don't drink at all. But I must say the Dabangg party and especially the after-party at Salman's place made me feel very special. Salman has taken me under his wings. He says I should watch my steps and I'll be doing well for myself in a year. That evening he also presented me a Being Human watch." At Salman's home more plans were made for Dabangg 2. Says Sood, "I suggested my twin brother's character should be called Safedi Singh with the line, 'Safedi ki chamatkar door-door tak phaili hai'. Salman loved it. Our director Abhinav Kashyap has already started writing the sequel."
Vidya Balan doing cameo in Thank You?
Anees Bazmee is super busy shooting his next comedy Thank You starring Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Celina Jaitly and Sonam Kapoor. The crew shot extensively in Canada recently. As expected, it'll be a comic film from Bazmee. If the aforementioned starcast wasn't enough, director Anees Bazmee has now decided to add one more star to this already star studded film. Our sources reported that Vidya Balan recently shot for the film in Mumbai. Vidya however will be seen only in a cameo role as Akshay Kumar's wife in Thank You. When Bollywood Hungama spoke to Anees Bazmee, he refused to comment on this. With so much star power, Thank You definitely is one film to look forward to.Sin City inspiration for Allah Ke Banday
There is Hollywood inspiration for Bollywood's very own Allah Ke Banday which is aiming for a late October release. Since the film is a gritty tale of children taking to crime, it required an edgy narrative for itself. While debutant writer-director-actor Faruk Kabir promises that and a lot more in his dramatic affair, he has also created a graphic music video to lend out the right mood and feel of the film. The song is titled 'Maula' and has been self confessedly designed on the same lines as Hollywood's graphic tale Sin City (2005). "'Maula' is a visual interpretation of reality and through this song, I am giving a visual treat to my audience", says Faruk who has patiently waited for a while before his debut flick became a reality by itself, "My target audience is youth and being a 28 year old myself, I am a part of this generation. I am making a contemporary film about today and for that I have lend an edgy hardcore energy to it. The music video of 'Maula' has a lot of attitude to it and for that the graphic tone of Sin City came in handy." When released, Sin City had met with instant diverse reactions due to the graphic nature of violence and sex. The film, though carrying a comic undertone to it, was mainly for the adult segment of audience and went on to become a cult flick over a period of time. In fact it stands amongst one of the most studied movies of all times and had led to quite a few cheap imitations globally with far lesser success. "Ours is a tribute to that genre though", Faruk is quick to add, "You would see a distinct (Quentin) Tarantino touch to it, something which was a conscious approach. Of course the video is quite real and disturbing so it has to be seen with caution. I don't mind that though; after all it was intentional." Making of this video was a challenge in itself for Faruk and his team, more so because Faruk is playing the double role of a director and actor here. "The whole video has been shot on croma where we have created the entire backdrop pretty meticulously", informs Faruk, "The video features Sharman and myself. Technically, it was a very challenging exercise and the song took around six months to be totally ready. While three months went into pre-production, the same amount of time went into post production as well." While Chirantan Bhatt has scored music for this song, Sarim Momin has written the lyrics. However, this is not the only music video that Faruk has shot for his flick. "That's right", says Faruk, "We have shot another music video with Kailash Kher. It is an association with UNICEF. This one took its own time to be done since it features children." Whoever said that it was a child's play to make a film!Raajneeti's screenplay goes to Oscar archives
What can be better than having your film 'acknowledged' not just within the country, but also overseas! Its case with director Prakash Jha, who is obviously on cloud nine, as his film Raajneeti's screenplay has been chosen for the Oscar archives. Raajneeti, for starters, was a political thriller which starred Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal and others. Jha, recently, has been approached by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to acquire the copy of the screenplay of the film, for their permanent core collection. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's premiere movie-related organization which is best known for its annual Oscar awards celebrations. The scripts in their collection are made available to all for research purposes only and in the premises of their reading room. Other Indian screenplays that have made it to the Oscar archives include Rock On!, Heroes, Lagaan, Devdas, Munnabhai M.B.B.S., Kal Ho Naa Ho, Chak De! India, Sarkar Raj and Gandhi My Father.Ali Zafar looks through Katrina Kaif
It seems Pakistan's pop icon Ali Zafar, who is now in Mumbai to pursue a career in movies, has a lot of catching up to do on the who's who of the film industry. Last week at a party, he failed to recognize Katrina Kaif although she is his co-star in the Yash Raj film that Ali has signed. Last week Katrina spotted Ali whom she had seen and liked in Tere Bin Laden at a party. Knowing they were scheduled to work together Katrina enthusiastically approached Ali...only to be greeted with a polite but bank smile. Says an eyewitness, "Ali clearly didn't recognize Katrina. Though he was polite, he had a quizzical who-are-you look on his face. It was an embarrassing moment for Katrina. But she handled it with aplomb. She introduced herself as her co-star in the Yash Raj film that they were doing, welcomed him to Mumbai and walked off." When asked about this embarrassing incident Katrina shrugged it off with a laugh, "It's true. Ali looked at me quite strangely at the party last week. What's the big deal? He's new to Bollywood. It will take him time to know everyone. I've been here for four years. I still don't know everyone." The story doesn't end there. It seems Katrina had load of fun at Ali's expense the day after the party incident. Letting out a prankster's chuckle, Katrina says, "I met Ali at the Yash Raj office a day after the party. I went up to him and said I hope he recognizes me." Ali of course didn't know where to look. Hopefully, now he won't have a problem recognizing Katrina since they're shooting together non-stop.Shyam Benegal, Basu Chatterjee, Amit Khanna attend MAMI press conference
The MAMI press conference announcing the 12th Mumbai Film Festival scheduled to take place from Oct 21- Oct 28, was attended by the Chairman of MAMI Shyam Benegal, Mr. Amit Khanna Chairman of Reliance Big Pictures, Mr. Basu Chatterjee, the Chairman of the selection committee for MAMI and Mr. Srinivasav Narayan, director of MAMI. The whole team beamed, and happily spoke about MAMI. Shyam Benegal said, "This time we have got the cream of the world cinema. We have the best films of the past 1 -1 ½ years. We feel the films we have for MAMI are worthy of being showcased to a city like Mumbai." Talking about this year's Japanese films that are to be showcased Shyam Benegal said, "We have around 45 Japanese films many of which are winners of many international festivals." The all women jury, which has already grabbed many people's attention is another thing Shyam Benegal is extremely proud of. "We have an unprecedented, superb all women jury which is highly celebrated", said the veteran filmmaker. Mr. Narayan, director of MAMI, said, "I saw over 600 films to select for MAMI. It was a stupendous job. But we hope to have the best line up of films." Mr. Amit Khanna of Reliance Big Pictures added, "This is also the first time, that there will be a world premier of a film at MAMI. The film in question is a Danish film and is called Above The Street, Below The Water." Another high point of the event was when the poster for the 12th MAMI Festival was unveiled. It was designed by artist Chintan Upadhyay. The poster had a very interesting look. Says Chintan of the poster designed by him, "It was challenging to design a poster for MAMI, as it is an international festival so I needed a poster which was universal and futuristic in its appeal." Well, this year's MAMI, promises to be bigger and better than ever. There are many interesting events planned. The films selected are internationally acclaimed films. Shyam Benegal summed it up by saying "We are probably the best in India".Maya's Ramayana - The Epic to release on Dussehra
The new era of animation begins here...This Dusshera, Maya Digital Media Production's 3D animation flick Ramayana - The Epic is all set to hit the silver screen pan India. Directed by Chetan Desai, the flick is inspired by Valmiki's version of the Ramayana, and showcases some of the most complex animated characters, environments, and spectacular virtual sets.
The film is distributed by Warner Bros in India and will hit the screens on 15th October. It is being released in English and Hindi along with versions in Tamil, Telegu, Gujrati and Marathi as well. Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, debutant Director Chetan Desai shared, "With the initial script that was nine hours long, the film took four years in the making out of which, one and a half years spent in refining the script and pre-production" Over 100 minutes long, Ramayana - The Epic is a mythological adventure, made in a stylized and contemporary manner with action sequences, imaginative visual virtuosity and an aesthetic visual design. Maya's Ketan Mehta, added, "With Ramayana - The Epic Indian animation industry is scaling new heights. It has a spectacular audio visual experience far beyond any thing ever attempted in India," 'Ramayana - The Epic' has Manoj Bajpayee, Juhi Chawla, and Ashutosh Rana lending their voices to the lead characters of Ram, Sita and Ravan respectively. On a concluding noted, Producer Deepa Sahi added "Ramayana - The Epic with its moving contemplation of mortality, human values and power of good over evil is a perfect piece of popular entertainment that will be watched and loved by all ages. Just like the classic tale it has action, emotion and vivid characters, and it always keeps moving forward."
Gauti prepares for short-pitched stuff
With short-pitched deliveries proving to be his nemesis, India opener Gautam Gambhir devoted extra time at a three-hour net session.
Mohali Test: Bowling concerns for India
India go into the first Test against Australia with serious concerns at the bowling front with their key spinner Harabhajan Singh rendered a doubtful starter.Pak players left to fight ICC on their own
The Pakistan Cricket Board is not providing financial assistance to the three suspended players in their legal battle against the International Cricket Council.Bhajji worry for hosts ahead of 1st Test
Ahead of the first Test between India and Australia, the hosts are facing the disturbing prospect of losing their best spinner Harbhajan Singh to injury.
'You can't marginalise Lalit Modi forever'
The former chairman and commissioner of IPL Lalit Modi has yet again found support from former BCCI and current PCA President IS Bindra.Never take anything for granted: Sachin
Sachin Tendulkar, who will play his 170th Test at Mohali, says he never takes anything for granted and his success is a reflection of his constant hard work.Ijaz Butt withdraws England allegations
PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said he was withdrawing comments alleging England players had 'thrown' this month's third one-day international at The Oval.
Harbhajan doubtful for Mohali Test
India's ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has not been recovered completely from a calf injury and remained doubtful to play the first Test against Australia.Butt appeals against ICC suspension
Pak Test captain Salman Butt has appealed to ICC against the suspension imposed for his role in the spot fixing row that had plagued the England tour.Sunil Gavaskar dropped from IPL GC
The BCCI dropped former captain Sunil Gavaskar from the Indian Premier League governing council but retained Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Ravi Shastri.
Australians wary of Virender Sehwag
Aussie players have crafted tactics to subdue opener Virender Sehwag and deny India an early advantage in the first Test at Mohali, Oz coach Tim Nielsen said.Butt refuses to apologise in England
PCB chief Ijaz Butt flew into England still steadfastly refusing to apologise for his role in a row over 'spot-fixing' that has been the talk of world cricket.
Irish beat Zimbabwe by 20 runs, lose series 1-2
Ireland avoided a whitewash in the one-day international series against Zimbabwe on Thursday, winning the third and final match by 20 runs.
ICC expands qualification process for T20 World Cup
ICC announced that a new qualification tournament featuring 16 teams would take place in 2012 to give more teams a chance to make it to T20 WC in Lanka.
Haddin ready for Ashes role after injury
Brad Haddin said he will have enough opportunities to regain his place in the Australian team for the Ashes series after recovering from an elbow injury.
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
St George's Park staged the first Test to be played outside England or Australia in 1888-89 and in 1969-70 hosted the final Test before South Africa's isolation.
We need collective approach to succeed: Raman
Bengal coach W V Raman said that he will to inculcate a sense of collectivity among team members rather than encouraging individualism in the side.
Pakistani coach for Iran's female cricketers
A female Pakistani coach will guide Iran's young women cricketers in their preparations for an Asia-level tournament later this year, the Pakistan board announced.
Ayodhya: HC clears way for Ram temple at 'Janmabhoomi'
The majority of the three-judge bench directed that the disputed site in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among three parties: Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara. Read Judgement: Text | PDF Part I | II | III | IV | Tracking the dispute | In Pics: Babri demolition | Special
Ayodhya verdict surprises govt, surpasses saffron hopes
It is recognized that despite the court decreeing a three-way split of the disputed land among Hindus, Nirmohi Akhara and the Sunni Waqf Board, the verdict marks a clear win for the mandir partisans.
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