Most films are inspired from real life. An incident or an event can give a spark to a filmmaker to conceive a movie. They dwell on anything that happens around us. But at the same time, hardly do they reflect realism. Driven by commercial cliches, filmmakers take a safe bet opting for mass elements in their flicks. However, a new set of directors are making their impact felt these years,...
03:45 PM, May 16, 2012
The strength of 'Premalo Padithe' lies in the climax: Here suspense is neatly unravelled and a love story develops into an immortal affair. This is a film where two underdogs are at the receiving end of circumstances. The villains of the piece comprise of an alliance of police-politician-capitalist troika, at the other end of the spectrum are Venu (Sri) and Jyothi (Urmila Mahantha), two poverty-stricken youngsters.Their lives are shattered by...
01:54 PM, May 16, 2012
New York: Lee Hanson became deeply angry as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks and co-defendants tried to undermine their arraignment on 3,000 counts of murder at a military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hanson's son, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old granddaughter, the youngest 9/11 victim, were killed in the terror attacks over a decade ago. All were aboard United Flight 175, the second plane to crash into the twin...
02:58 PM, May 06, 2012
Bahrain: Lewis Hamilton edged Sebastian Vettel in the first practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday. Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 33.572 seconds in his McLaren around the 5.4-km Bahrain International Circuit, 0.305 seconds quicker than the two-time defending champion Vettel of Red Bull. HRT's Pedro de la Rosa was a surprising third followed by last week's Chinese GP winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes. Hamilton's team-mate Jenson Button was fifth....
02:30 PM, Apr 20, 2012
We all have our literary heroes. Sometimes in the form of characters, which we have loved reading about and idolizing while reading or sometimes in the form of writers themselves, who bring stories and characters to life. For me, there are so many writers who have changed my life and the way I see things and the world around me and then there are those who stay on irrespective of...
02:06 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Shanghai: Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher topped the timesheets in Friday's second practice session for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Schumacher's best lap put him ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and the Red Bull pair of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Nico Rosberg of Mercedes was fifth fastest, finishing ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi. Force India's Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg, then Ferrari's Fernando Alonso...
12:29 PM, Apr 13, 2012
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01:39 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Singapore: McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh threw the equivalent of a fatherly arm around his under-fire driver Lewis Hamilton after Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix stoked further criticism of the Briton's aggressive driving style. Hamilton drove superbly at times to finish the punishing floodlit street circuit in fifth position, but again his performance was overshadowed by an incident with Ferrari's Felipe Massa. The Brazilian, who has clashed previously with the 2008 Formula...
10:20 AM, Sep 26, 2011
Sydney: 'The Hangover' star Bradley Cooper will appear as Lucifer in a movie version of the classic poem 'Paradise Lost' to be filmed in Sydney. The government of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, announced Wednesday that the movie will be directed by Australian Alex Proyas, who also directed 'I, Robot' starring Will Smith and 'Knowing' with Nicholas Cage. Paradise Lost, an epic poem in blank verse by the...
03:14 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Overdrive test drives Audi's new sedan A8, speaks to Lewis Hamilton on the 2010 Formula One season, takes a first look at new Fiat Linea TZ and checks out Yamaha's new motorcycle. ...
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11:29 AM, Oct 26, 2009
Jenson Button surprised the world with a fifth place finish. ...
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