Is Karan Johar overworked?
Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar`s Monday tweet suggests he may be overworked!
`When you are overworked...you reach a point when you lose your sense of protocol...can`t return messages...or address missed calls,`.
He is currently busy hosting his celebrity chat show `Koffee With Karan`, and his next co-production `2 States`, starring Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor, is ready to release April 18.
He is currently busy hosting his celebrity chat show `Koffee With Karan`, and his next co-production `2 States`, starring Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor, is ready to release April 18.
Sonam Kapoor finds Salman Khan 'hot'
Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor, who had teamed up with Salman Khan in her debut movie “Saawariya”, will work with him once again in Sooraj Barjatya's next directorial. She praised the superstar as “hot” and said the film will be “double dhamaal”.
Sonam told "He is hot. It's double 'dhamaal' with Salman since he is in double role. I am super excited to work with him. I am not allowed to talk about it. You will see. He is looking good in the film."
The film will be directed by Sooraj Barjatya.
Meanwhile, the actress is trying something different with her next film "Dolly Ki Doli" as well.
She said: "It's interesting...I hope people can digest it because we are trying to do something different. Doing things different is always scary."
Sonam told "He is hot. It's double 'dhamaal' with Salman since he is in double role. I am super excited to work with him. I am not allowed to talk about it. You will see. He is looking good in the film."
The film will be directed by Sooraj Barjatya.
Meanwhile, the actress is trying something different with her next film "Dolly Ki Doli" as well.
She said: "It's interesting...I hope people can digest it because we are trying to do something different. Doing things different is always scary."
Action and entertainment are my forte: Rohit Shetty
Director Rohit Shetty said he would push the contestants of the adventure reality show Khatron ke Khiladi to their limits.
Rohit, 40, is hosting the fifth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi - Darr Ka Blockbuster being aired from March 22. "While I know how to ensure that the contestants are always on their feet, I am going to push them to their limits. Action and entertainment are my forte and the lighter moments that I hope to create will make the 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' experience a truly memorable one," Rohit said.
The filmmaker said he cannot keep himself away from giving a touch of humour to his work. "While I am excited by the concept of action and adventure, I can't keep myself away from adding a touch of humour to my work," he said.
"While the scripts were being narrated to me, I kept improvising on them and that's how it all started. The seriousness, aggression and synergies will continue to be intact as per the theme of Khatron Ke Khiladi," he added.
Rohit recalled his father late stunt man M B Shetty on the show aired yesterday, which involved toughened glass. He said his father had introduced the special glass in Bollywood.
The Chennai Express director broke one such piece of standing toughened glass with gloved hands in the show.
The contestants for the show are actress Mugdha Godse, Niktin Dheer, Ranvir Shorey, choreographer-actor Salman Yusuff Khan, Rajniesh Duggal, Dayananad Shetty aka 'Daya', Gurmeet Choudhary and his wife Debina.
Among other participants are TV actress Pooja Gor, stunt woman Geeta Tandon, couple Gauhar Khan and Kushal Tandon, Karanvir Bohra and his wife Teejay Sidhu, Femina Miss India International and IPL host Rochelle Maria Rao.
The shooting for the show has been done in Cape Town,
South Africa.
Rohit, 40, is hosting the fifth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi - Darr Ka Blockbuster being aired from March 22. "While I know how to ensure that the contestants are always on their feet, I am going to push them to their limits. Action and entertainment are my forte and the lighter moments that I hope to create will make the 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' experience a truly memorable one," Rohit said.
The filmmaker said he cannot keep himself away from giving a touch of humour to his work. "While I am excited by the concept of action and adventure, I can't keep myself away from adding a touch of humour to my work," he said.
"While the scripts were being narrated to me, I kept improvising on them and that's how it all started. The seriousness, aggression and synergies will continue to be intact as per the theme of Khatron Ke Khiladi," he added.
Rohit recalled his father late stunt man M B Shetty on the show aired yesterday, which involved toughened glass. He said his father had introduced the special glass in Bollywood.
The Chennai Express director broke one such piece of standing toughened glass with gloved hands in the show.
The contestants for the show are actress Mugdha Godse, Niktin Dheer, Ranvir Shorey, choreographer-actor Salman Yusuff Khan, Rajniesh Duggal, Dayananad Shetty aka 'Daya', Gurmeet Choudhary and his wife Debina.
Among other participants are TV actress Pooja Gor, stunt woman Geeta Tandon, couple Gauhar Khan and Kushal Tandon, Karanvir Bohra and his wife Teejay Sidhu, Femina Miss India International and IPL host Rochelle Maria Rao.
The shooting for the show has been done in Cape Town,
South Africa.
Sonakshi Sinha to show Hindi 'Rio 2' to NGO kids
Mumbai, March 31 : Sonakshi Sinha has a soft corner for children of an NGO that she supports and she plans to treat them with a special screening of the Hindi version of Hollywood film "Rio 2", for which she has lent her voice.
Sonakshi will organise a fun evening with an exclusive screening of the movie for the underprivileged children that the NGO supports, and she will also interact with them for sometime before the film's screening.
A source said: "Sonakshi is all geared up, she has enjoyed dubbing for 'Rio 2' so much that she thought it would be great to show the kids this film as they would also absolutely love it and enjoy it."
The movie is a sequel to the 2011 hit animation film "Rio". "Rio 2", an adventure comedy set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, is releasing in 3D here in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu April 11.
A source said: "Sonakshi is all geared up, she has enjoyed dubbing for 'Rio 2' so much that she thought it would be great to show the kids this film as they would also absolutely love it and enjoy it."
The movie is a sequel to the 2011 hit animation film "Rio". "Rio 2", an adventure comedy set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, is releasing in 3D here in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu April 11.
India's own satellite navigation system by 2014 end: ISRO chief
Chennai, March 31:
India is expected to have its own satellite navigation system with the launch of three more satellites before the end of this year, said the Indian space agency's chief Monday.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K.Radhakrishnan told IANS that Indian communication satellite INSAT-3E has been decommissioned couple of days ago and the users are being migrated to other satellites.
"We will be receiving the signals from our navigation satellite system by the end of this year. We will be launching three more navigational satellites before the end of this year," Radhakrishnan said over phone from Bangalore.
The ISRO will be launching the second navigational satellite badged Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1B (IRNSS-1B) April 4 evening at 5.14 p.m.
The 1,432 kg satellite will be carried by Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
According to Radhakrishnan, though the IRNSS is a seven satellite system, it could be made operational with four satellites.
The two more navigation satellites will be launched during the second half of 2014.
Prior to that, ISRO will be launching the French satellite SPOT-7 and four other foreign satellites in a PSLV rocket and also test its heavier rocket - the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III version, said Radhakrishnan.
The IRNSS-1B satellite with a design life span of 10 years will be part of the seven-satellite Indian regional navigational system. The first navigational satellite IRNSS-1A was launched in July 2013.
The navigational system, developed by India, is designed to provide accurate position information service to users within the country and up to 1,500 km from the nation's boundary line.
The system is similar to the global positioning system of the US, Glonass of Russia, Galileo of Europe, China's Beidou or the Japanese Quasi Zenith Satellite System.
The system will be used for terrestrial, aerial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, integration with mobile phones, mapping and geodetic data capture and others.
While the ISRO is silent on the navigation system's strategic application, it is clear that the IRNSS will be used for defence purposes as well.
According to the ISRO, the IRNSS-IB has been realised within seven months of the launch of the IRNSS-1A.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)-SHAR director M.Y.S.Prasad told IANS: "Even if a navigation system has more than four satellites, the final precise data is picked from four satellites."
Meanwhile Indian space agency officials are getting ready for the 58 and half hour launch countdown slated to begin April 2 around 6.45 a.m.
"Normally 53 hour countdown is sufficient. But we have decided to an extended countdown so that some break time could be given for the officials," Prasad said.
On the issue of INSAT-3E satellite, Radhakrishnan said the satellite was launched in 2003 and its life span has come to an end.
"Users are being migrated to other satellites," he said.
