'Fugly' track starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and puglist Vijender Singh goes viral on web
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The latest track from 'Fugly'—'Yeh Fugly Fugly kya hain' starring the lead cast of the film and Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan has gone viral on the web.
In a span of two days, The track has managed to get more than 1 crore hits with its foot-tapping number and groovy spider steps.
The step performed by Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and debutants Mohit Marwah, Kiara Advani, Vijender Singh and Arfi Lamba is gaining credence with its catchy style and some colourful add-ons in the song.
While Akshay Kumar adds his usual wickedness to the song, Salman Khan brings his groovy usual self making the combo a super-hit.
Prior to this, Akshay and Salman have worked together in the dud 'Jaan-e-mann' with Priety zinta.
According to reports, Ashvini Yardi was heard to be saying, "Our motive to make Fugly popular among the youth has been reassured by the response the video is receiving. Viewers are loving it. The lyrics of the song represent the feel of the film."
Puglist Vijender Singh makes his debut with this film:
Boxing champion and Olympic medallist Vijender Singh, who had been trying his luck in Bollywood for quite some time, is finally being launched by Grazing Goat Pictures in 'Fugly'.
Playing the character of a boxer and hailing from a political family, Vijender's character seems funny in the trailer.
Produced by Ashvini Yardi and Alka Bhatia, Fugly is a story of four friends Devi (played by Kiara Advani), Gaurav (Vijender Singh), Aditya (Arfi Lamba) and Dev (Mohit Marwah), who play quirky characters.
The movie revolves around their encounter with a stringent and no-nonsense cop Chautala, played by Jimmy Shergill.
Fugly is a youth-centric entertainment movie, set in the bylanes of Delhi and directed by Kabir Sadanand. It is scheduled to release on June 13.
Farhan Akhtar honoured in Australia
Sunday, 4 May
Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who recently received the best actor award from the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy here, has been honoured at the ongoing Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).
"Thank you to the jury and Government of Victoria, Australia for honouring me with best actor at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne," Farhan tweeted.
The actor bagged the best actor award for his work in "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag".
Rajkummar Rao, who was honoured with the National Award in New Delhi for his performance in "Shahid", was also nominated in the category.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the International Screen Icon award at fest.
IFFM -- the annual celebration of Indian cinema in Australia -- began May 1 and will conclude May 11. The festival launched the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards this year and announced the winners May 2.
When is the snake festival held?
Mumbai: It is called Processione Dei Serpari and goes by a variety of names, including Cocullo Snake Festival, Snake Charmer’s Festival or Festival of Saint Dominic, and takes place on the first Thursday of May.
According to Huffington Post, the festival is not about snakes, but is a commemoration of a local saint in the past who had got rid of the snakes in the village. A statue of Saint Domenico covered with live snakes is carried by the faithful during an annual procession on the streets of Cocullo, in the Abruzzo region in Italy.
To celebrate St. Dominic’s work, the village built a statue to honour him, which they parade around once a year and festival-goers can place money, jewels and snakes on the statue.
KKR face own woes, efficient foes
Match facts
Monday, May 5, 2014
Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT)
Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT)
Does Jacques Kallis deserve a permanent slot in the Knight Riders XI? © BCCI
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Kolkata Knight Riders must be slightly relieved they are not facing Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur even though it is supposed to be a home game for the latter. Within a week of conceding the match to Royals after a Super Over in Abu Dhabi, Knight Riders are facing them again, this time in Ahmedabad, which was assigned as the new home for Royals because the Rajasthan Cricket Association reportedly failed to produce the clearances from state authorities.
Would Royals be bothered? Not likely. Unlike bigger teams, they are used to these background irritations. They had a torrid time last year but still managed to finish in the top four. This year, their performances seem no different; they have been efficient as usual. Ask 11 people to pick the top performers for Royals this season and there is a good chance that all of them would disagree with the rest. Royals have a decent record at Ahmedabad with three wins in four games.
With three consecutive losses, Knight Riders' form is closely mirroring the early-season batting woes of their captain Gautam Gambhir. Most of their problems boil down to the lack of oomph in their batting. In the last three matches, they just haven't stood up as a unit. A couple of batsmen have made 30s and 40s, but there has been practically no support from the others. Knight Riders' previous loss against Chennai Super Kings, in which, apart from two, no batsman even got into double-digits, was representative of the general malaise.
If ever there was a silver lining, it was probably the bat-swing of Yusuf Pathan, who managed to hit four sixes in Ranchi. Knight Riders need that sort of presence from more of their batsmen because Royals are again making all the right moves this season while staying below the radar.
Form guide (most recent first)
Rajasthan Royals: WWWLL
Kolkata Knight Riders: LLLWL
Kolkata Knight Riders: LLLWL
Players to watch
The patchy form of Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan has no doubt hurt Knight Riders but Jacques Kallis' inability to hit out has meant the onus to increase the rate has been thrust on the team's second line of batsmen. With 26 runs in his last three innings, Kallis has been more of a burden in the top order. The regular presence of a Chris Lynn might have served the Knight Riders better. Still, Kallis did score a fifty in the first match. Just that he needs to do it more often to justify his tag as the leading allrounder.
The other night, Pravin Tambe's twin strikes robbed Delhi Daredevils of their momentum as he removed Quinton de Kock and Kevin Pietersen, both of whom were looking dangerous, in the same over. It was not the only time he struck big; he can proudly flaunt the wickets of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli among his nine scalps this season. The soft-spoken bowler has said that it's not the wickets that he goes after, but it's the runs he tries to curtail that bring him success. Not a regular last season, Tambe is quietly assuming the mantle of the most important Royals bowler.
Stats and trivia
- 296 - Number of fours hit by Gautam Gambhir in the IPL, the most by any batsman. Gambhir is also on top of the list of batsmen with most 50-plus scores along with Chris Gayle, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma
- Shane Watson has more sixes - 89 - in the IPL than Gambhir and Jacques Kallis combined. Watson has only played 61 matches, while Gambhir and Kallis have featured in 94 and 96 matches respectively
- For players who have scored more than 1000 IPL runs and are still playing, Kallis' strike rate, at 109.07, is the worst
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology graduate hangs self, failed love may be trigger
BHOPAL: A 24-year-old fresh graduate from Maulana Azad Ntaional Institute of Technology (MANIT) committed suicide at his friend's place at Kotra Sultanabad in the city, here by hanging from a fan on Friday evening.
In a suicide note, the cause of suicide was not mentioned. His friend said Prabhat Suman did not share everything with him, but he appeared disturbed as he could not contact a girl he knew for some weeks. The case was registered at Kamla Nagar police station of the city.
Prabhat had come to Bhopal five days ago and was living with his friend Prakhar here, police said. The youth's family lives in Indore and his father Hukiram is a food inspector there.
In a three-page suicide note, he gave out names of seven friends in one column. Before every name, Prabhat mentioned the money he loaned them. He asked them to return the money to his father. The amount of money mentioned is in round figures from Rs 200 to Rs 900, police added.
In last two pages and a slip stapled, he listed names of his friends, family members, including his brother-in-law and scribbled small messages like he loved them, would miss them, asked them to take care and wished all the best for their future making mention of each of them.
Prakhar, also a MANIT pass out, had left for his office on the day of incident. When Prabhakar returned in evening, he found Prabhat hanging.
Prakhar said he was in touch with him through WhatsApp in the day and had no idea that he would commit suicide. On finding him hanging in his room, Prakhar initially thought it might be a joke or some kind of trick. After realizing Prabhat is dead, he brought him down after cutting the rope.
Prabhat came from a well-to-do family. His brother-in-law Ashok is a doctor and his uncle is a police sub-inspector posted in Bhind.
A graduate in mechanical branch in 2012, he suffered back in few subjects and gave some papers in 2013. He landed a job in Pune and was supposed to join there in June, his friends said.
A bottle of liquor was also recovered from the spot.
In a suicide note, the cause of suicide was not mentioned. His friend said Prabhat Suman did not share everything with him, but he appeared disturbed as he could not contact a girl he knew for some weeks. The case was registered at Kamla Nagar police station of the city.
Prabhat had come to Bhopal five days ago and was living with his friend Prakhar here, police said. The youth's family lives in Indore and his father Hukiram is a food inspector there.
In a three-page suicide note, he gave out names of seven friends in one column. Before every name, Prabhat mentioned the money he loaned them. He asked them to return the money to his father. The amount of money mentioned is in round figures from Rs 200 to Rs 900, police added.
In last two pages and a slip stapled, he listed names of his friends, family members, including his brother-in-law and scribbled small messages like he loved them, would miss them, asked them to take care and wished all the best for their future making mention of each of them.
Prakhar, also a MANIT pass out, had left for his office on the day of incident. When Prabhakar returned in evening, he found Prabhat hanging.
Prakhar said he was in touch with him through WhatsApp in the day and had no idea that he would commit suicide. On finding him hanging in his room, Prakhar initially thought it might be a joke or some kind of trick. After realizing Prabhat is dead, he brought him down after cutting the rope.
Prabhat came from a well-to-do family. His brother-in-law Ashok is a doctor and his uncle is a police sub-inspector posted in Bhind.
A graduate in mechanical branch in 2012, he suffered back in few subjects and gave some papers in 2013. He landed a job in Pune and was supposed to join there in June, his friends said.
A bottle of liquor was also recovered from the spot.
Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Leela Bhansali to be Arrested?
A local court has issued arrest warrants against director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, actors Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra, six months after the release of "Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela".
The order was issued on Friday in relation to a case, which alleged that a few scenes in the film hurt religious sentiments of a community.
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) SP Singh ordered Mumbai Police Commissioner on Friday to arrest the actors and the director of the film, and produce them in court on 4 June, Press Trust of India reported.
Last year in November, advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the court, stating that a few scenes in the film hurt the religious sentiments of a community.
The arrest warrant was based on the PIL filed by Ojha. On 14 February, CJM took notice of the case and summoned the actors and the director. But since the actors and director did not turn up, CMJ issued arrest warrants against them.
"Ram-leela", starring Padukone and Singh in the lead, was released on 15 November worldwide. The film, directed by Bhansali, is a desi version of Shakespeare's classic "Romeo and Juliet".
The film landed in some controversy before its release last year. Members of Rajput community filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Gujarat High Court, stating that the film portrayed their community in a negative light.
During the promotion campaign of the film, Padukone had visited Ahmedabad to attend a garba function, where a group of people were waiting to throw eggs and tomatoes at her. However, the actress managed to escape public embarrassment at the event. [Read the full story here]
After drawing much anger from the Rajput community, the film faced trouble over its title as well. Delhi court had ordered to stop the release of the film, based on the complaints filed by petitioners, including a Hindu group.
The film, originally titled "Ram-leela", was released only after the title was changed to "Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela".
