Thursday, July 31, 2008

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Official Trailer

Insult to our Nation

Hello My Dear Friends, These pictures I am Publishing in my blog all shows the gross disrespect and insult to the Indian National flag by this so called 'spiritual leader' and self proclaimed 'GOD' Mataji Nirmala Devi.

This disrespect to our country's flag shows that she has definitely no respect or love for the country that gave her so much and her husband who was an IAS officer and chief of the SCI (he is seated next to her in the pics).... Such a shame.. I do urge and plead with all Indians who deeply love their country to forward the message of the photos to as many people as possible so that it does catch the eye of someone higher up in the Indian Govt who can really take some action against this cult.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Hollywood-inspired film industry's Names

Hollywood is such an iconic name that various other locations are nicknamed with Hollywood-inspired names. Most starting with the first letter(s) of the location and ending in the letters "-ollywood" or "-wood".
Tollywood may refer to the Telugu film industry in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Tollywood may also refer to the Bengali film industry in Tollygunge, West Bengal, India.
Bollywood is the informal name given to the Mumbai (Bombay) based film industry in India.
Chinawood is a nickname for the Hengdian World Studio, the largest filmstudio in China.
Chollywood refers to the Peruvian film industry. It is also spelled "Choliwood."
Dhaliwood refers to the Bangladeshi film industry, based in the city of Dhaka.
Dollywood is an amusement park owned by Dolly Parton. It may also be used as an alternative spelling for Dhaliwood.
Etyekwood is the informal name given in the media to Hungary's new Korda Studios under construction in the wine-making village of Etyek near Budapest.
Hollyhammar refers to the film industry in Hallstahammar, Sweden.
Hollywood North refers to film and television production in Toronto and Vancouver and (more recently) throughout Canada.
Kollywood is a name often applied to Tamil cinema, based in the Kodambakkam district of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India.
Kollywood may also refer to the cinema of Nepal, the capital of which is Kathmandu.
Lollywood refers to the Pakistani film industry, based in the city of Lahore.
Mollywood may refer to the Malayalam film industry in India.
Mollywood may also refer to the Mormon film industry. Nollywood is the Nigerian film industry.
Pinewood, name given because of the pine trees surrounding it. Is located in Buckinghamshire, England
Pollywood is the colloquial name given to the Pashtu language movie industry in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sollywood has been used to refer to the Sindhi film industry.
Somaliwood refers to the film industry that has sprung up around the Somali immigrant community of Columbus, Ohio.
Trollywood is the informal name for a film production facility in Trollhättan Municipality, Sweden.
Valleywood is the informal name for the Dragon International film studio complex in Wales. Wellywood is a film studio located in Wellington, New Zealand.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Upcoming Hollywood film ‘Brideshead Revisited’

Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 dramatic film adaptation of the 1945 Evelyn Waugh novel of the same name.
Synopsis
This film version tells the story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in the pre-WWII era. Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode, "Match Point," "The Lookout") becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family, first through the charming and provocative Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"), and then his sophisticated sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell, "Cassandra's Dream" and the future "The Duchess"). The rise and fall of Charles' infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in England between the wars. Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson co-stars as Lady Marchmain.
Cast
Emma Thompson as Lady Marchmain
Michael Gambon as Lord Marchmain
Ben Whishaw as Lord Sebastian Flyte
Matthew Goode as Charles Ryder
Greta Scacchi as Cara
Patrick Malahide as Mr. Ryder
Hayley Atwell as Lady Julia Flyte
Felicity Jones as Lady Cordelia Flyte
Joseph Beattie as Anthony Blanche
James Bradshaw as Mr. Samgrass
Pre-Production
David Yates was set to direct this film, but had to step aside from the director's chair to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix instead. While Yates was attached, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, and Jude Law were cast in the roles of Charles, Julia and Sebastian, respectively.
Location

The location used for Brideshead is, in fact, Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. Though Chatsworth House was considered, it was finally decided to return to Castle Howard - the original location of the popular TV serial of the same name, which was first broadcast in 1981. The Brideshead Revisited TV series has contributed to Castle Howard's success as a major tourist and visitor attraction, only 13 miles from the historic city of York. Filming of the Brideshead Revisited film took place at Castle Howard during the summer of 2007 and many film extras were employed from the local population.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Rajini is true fire: Jagapati Babu

Jagapathi Babu who plays an important character in the film Katha Naayakudu along with Mr. Rajinikanth as hero said during the audio release of the film, that Rajni is as true as fire. Many stars including Rajinijanth, director P.Vasu, Actor Arjun, Music director A.R. Rahman and various stars and technicians were present at the audio release function.

Jagapathi Babu said he’s still wondering how he got a chance to act in this movie.He also said that this is a very big milestone in his career and had a wonderful experience working with various technicians and co-stars from the tamil film industry.Jagapathi Babu who worked with Ashwini dutt for the mega hit movie “Subhalagnam” feels that this movie is like a second “Subhalagnam”, Ashwini Dutt being the produser for Katha Naayakudu.He finally said that Rajini, is as true as fire.