Vivek Oberoi wore 25 Lakh Shoes !
Although most of Bollywood didn’t venture into Bengaluru, Vivek Oberoi’s wedding with Priyanka Alva maintained its entire entertainment quotient. The day began on Friday afternoon, with a haldi ceremony at Chancery Pavillion. Most present at the event were dunked into the pool.
The ceremony started at the Alva residence, where the Oberois and the baraat reached at about 5.30 pm. Designer Tarun Tahiliani had created the red-gold outfits for the couple and everyone was heard raving about how gorgeous the two looked in shaadi ke jode (wedding attire).
Vivek While the drive from Windsor Manor hotel, where the groom’s family were put up, was covered in minutes, the journey from the entrance to the mandap took considerable time as Vivek rode a decorated ghodi (horse) as per tradition. Of course, Vivek was teased aplenty by the bride’s side before he got on the mare. Even the ghodi was made to sway and trot before he was allowed to get off.
Oberoi had to give up his shoes to his sisters-in-law before he was let into the mandap to take his seat next to his waiting bride.
Apart from the Swarovski crystals from Czechoslovakia and flowers from Italy, the mandap also had huge LCD screens put up to broadcast the entire ceremony. The wedding rites were performed as per both the Punjabi and the Karnataka traditions, and by the time the ceremony ended, it was 2 am.
When Oberoi asked for his shoes, his sisters-in-law apparently demanded Rs 25 lakh. “But it was all in good humour. Eventually, after some teasing and cajoling, the Oberois paid a couple of lakhs, so Vivek could get his shoes back,” revealed a source.
The food lawn was no less ostentatious and the buffet spread was no less extravagant, even though the families opted to stick to vegetarian food only. “The Alva and Oberoi families had decided to keep the food vegetarian. Besides, there was a separate spread for Karnataka specialties,” said our source, adding that the dessert spread was equally grand “with a nine-feet chocolate fountain” on the menu.
Nearly 200 policemen were deployed for security and about 4,000 guests attended the wedding to congratulate the daughter of Karnataka’s late political leader Jeevaraj Alva and Oberoi.
Sangeeta Bijlani and Sushmita Sen, who attended the wedding with daughter Renee, made up for the B-town quotient. Southside stars like Chiranjeevi, Sudeep and director Mani Ratnam were also present. However, the political presence was a lot more visible as Siddaramaiah, Venkaiah Naidu, RV Deshpande, DB Chandregouda, Narendra Babu, Roshan Beig and Mayor S Nataraj arrived with their multi-car security convoys
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Siddharth Bava Movie Review, Bava wallpapers, Bava Movie stills
It's a flustering experience watching film after film that has repetitive story lines, predictable scenes, run of the mill dialogues, clichéd..if all the synonyms in this description sound irritating, heard before, something that hurts your intelligence then this what exactly the director of Bava does to its spectators. A completely spectacle driven movie - beautiful, green picturesque surroundings, pleasant visuals and a good assembly of actors, et al, it does nothing to offer entertainment.
This drama is strictly not for those who value their time and money, it is also not for the cousins, or the eligible bavas and maradallu who are on the verge of getting married, simply because the director beats everyone exploring his potential to do what any Telugu cinema couldn't..a weak and a terribly lame imitation of formula films. Even the hero of the film Siddarth during the climax when he goes to his uncle's house agonized by his father's death shamelessly copies Kamal Hassan in every gesture.
Coming to the good things, even in a cheaply imitative potboiler, the director has been unbelievably clever in reworking the material with the right cast, he has chosen Rajendra Prasad for the role of Siddharth's father without whom, the movie would have collapsed like a pack of cards. Despite nothing novel in Rajendra Prasad's role, he brings the power, the dignity, the screen presence and the cushioning to Siddharth to play around with his emotions. Also there is Ahuti Prasad who is charming and artful actor enhances the potboiler. Samrat who looked like a mice in Panchakshari towers as a villain and shines throughout the drama though there was hardly any scope for him to perform. This film is a perfect example of how an actor (read Samrat) with passion can utilize a miniscule role to his advantage.
The first part of the film makes for an okay watch, makes you feel it's not bad at all. Watching Siddharth is fun and engaging, he slips into various expressions with ease but he could have retained his originality and moved ahead those crucial five minutes, from which the rest of the film deviated into familiar territories. The heroine (Pranitha) is pretty, does well and shared a good chemistry with the hero. Concentration on romance was less. The last fifteen to twenty minutes is heavily insane, a comedy that was enough, could have done without Brahmanandam.
Like the limited quantum of a village, the writer too couldn't think big, and the result is a mish mash of various films. Even women folk in villages are asserting themselves, they speak their mind and want to marry men who are more talented than riding a bicycle. They don't chew nails when the man is on the last lap of winning. Ultimately if someone or something have scored a point, it's Arya 2 which gets a full publicity of their infamous Ringa Ringa song and the cycle of a political party which becomes the object of attention.
Ashmit attacked by Veena on Bigg Boss 4
After placing match-fixing allegations on ex-boyfriend and Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif and unceremoniously dragging Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra's name in the international cricket scandal, Pakistani starlet Veena Malik seems to have surprisingly turned her attention towards 'Bigg Boss' 4 co-participant Ashmit Patel this week.
Ashmit, a favourite with girls on the reality show, has currently been given a kitchen task of cleaning dishes in the 'Bigg Boss' House. But when he stressed on cleanliness of utensils, out of the blue, Veena suddenly lashed out at him. "Aap ko bahut shauq hai baat karne ka, aur main yahan pe relax kar rahi hoon… Go…. Apna kaam karo... mujhpe ehsaan kar rahe ho kya ( you like to talk a lot and i am relaxing here....go....do your work...are you doing me a favour or what).”
When Ashmit started to leave the argument, saying he’s going for a workout, Veena shouted at him again, “Meri bala se workout karo(for my sake go and work out)... I don't care," she shot and added, "Jhoothe bartan dhota hai, toh khana bhi toh khata hai. (what is the big deal if he cleans dirty utensils, he eats food too) "
From the looks of it, Veena gives more significance to tiffs over emotions of the co-participants on the show. Ashmit's publicist Dale Bhagwagar agrees. "Veena is just a drama queen. She talks about tehzeeb (etiquette) and integrity, but seems to do everything for effect," he remarked.
Undoubtedly, Veena's attention-seeking antics are questionable, but the irony is that such cocky behaviour has also come to be known as a necessary evil for reality shows, so it has to be tolerated by the other participants. "Ashmit is a responsible person.
He might get upset on the spur of the moment, but I'm sure he will get over this volley of words and bounce back with dignity," Bhagwagar added.
It will be interesting to watch how far Veena's 'stings' (she's been nicknamed Vishkanya on the show) will take her on 'Bigg Boss'. As far as the viewers are concerned, they seem to be lapping up every bit of the drama, as much as they are enjoying host Salman Khan's dabangg moves and jibes.
Vivek Oberoi Marriage, Vivek Oberoi Wedding Pics, Vivek Priyanka Alva marriage Photos
Vivek Oberoi becomes a married man this week. The actor is currently basking in the adulation for his portrayal as slain Andhra politician Paritala Ravi in Ram Gopal Varma’s Rakht Charitra.
The 34-year-old star has teamed up with Varma after a long time for the multi-lingual, two-part film, which depicts the rise and fall of Paritala. Vivek says that his fiancee, Priyanka Alva, a business management graduate from London, has been very understanding about his preoccupation with the movie promotion that took up most the pre-wedding time.
The wedding card itself is made out of eco-friendly handmade papyrus, which when opened seems like a jewellery box with two compartments. The first of these segments contains chocolates while the second has special invites for the various functions, directions to the venue, a car pass and the wedding invitation itself.
Insane Aunties: The Scourge of The Sub-Continent
We're Coming For Your Brains!.....Betas loge! |
Whilst men, like myself, are quite adept at proclaiming a general lack of fear in our 'manly' endeavors to climb mountains, enter in hot dog eating contests, date our friend's sisters (just kidding...or am I?), drink milk after a substantive meal of Nihari or even drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth, there is one thing that makes all desi men quake in there boot. Aunties. Crazy ones.
I even have a complex, mathematical formula that quantitatively expresses the conundrum, in...well...loosely put....BS form. Bhai Statistical....ism...ish....stuff.
Puppies + Goldilocks + Maldivian Coffee = Darth Vader
Proof: Puppies are deceptively cute till they bite you. Goldilocks is a nasty wench who goes around sleeping in people's beds and eating their food. No one like Maldivian Coffee; because it gives you the runs. Hence, No one likes Darth Vader because he smells like Maldivan Coffee has the propensity take other peoples stuff and he's a wench.
Darth Vader = Desi Genes
Proof: If their mothers and bosses would let them, Desi guys would own nothing else other than black clothing and talk in throaty cig-wretched voices. Can't mess with Science.
Female Puppies = Rabies = Aunties
Puppies have rabies, since rabies rhymes with babies and Aunties have babies or call everyone baby, therefore they are just like Aunties.
Desi + Aunties = Insane Aunties
Proof: Brown Aunties have a special skin pigment that upon coming into contact with Rabies mutates them into a Chai drinking Zombie on Ecstasy.
Aunties + Rabies = Insane Aunites = Darth Vader = Evil
Proof: All Aunties have rabies are insane, and by virtue of being Desi are insane and do inappropriate things like Darth Vader. Like looting, pillaging, murdering, lying, stealing, coughing, war mongering, cheating (for a more complete list, refer to Star Wars).
Hey, Pinky, we're So hip na, your son is soooo Hot! |
Every Desi person is well aware of the 'Insane Aunty syndrome' that has infected our happy, peace loving society. What is surprising about this condition is that every desi women's catches it...usually in wedding halls (close proximity in tight spaces is a boon for diseases of all sorts), it just manifests in different ways.
Women, undergoing the Insane Aunty Phase can be cured; a detox of Hajj, the Bahamas or a dearth of 'good' marriage grade girls and boys is highly recommended. As is a charity they can pretend to be a substantial part off. These infected Aunties are actually rather easy to spot, they are often observed with latest big buggy sun glasses, latest designer wear that always seems a few inches too tight, are replete with over sized bags, state of the art cell phones (which they only use to call & occasionally take picture) and the talent to spread news faster than the black plague, or more currently, denguey.
I'm not sure what it is about Pakistan that nurtures these women, but I'm betting on a conspiracy spearheaded by the insidious European Pygmies of North Southern Slovakia....it's a top secret group....like the Zionists!
I'm certain off is that there is some sort of genetic disposition in sub-continental women that, at a drop of a hat, makes them turn into bat shit fucking crazy beings hell bent on ridding the world of the unmarried, and mosquitoes. not necessarily in that order.
In Pakistani, 'Hot Aunties' is a very popular search term. In the spirit of lucidity, I'm fairly confident that a disproportional number of these childish searches are by boys (and girls, I'm broad minded like that) seeking materials of the pornographic nature (Side note: I love that I can pretend to write like an adult). I think it's the Desi equivalent to MILF or perhaps the searchers were hoping to view their favorite Insane Aunty on Fire.
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Now Pakistani girls in general are rather blessed in the looks department. They have what can only be described as copy right on Diva'esque 'God deems that you'll definitely get married...if you want to' body type. However, once a woman enters the Aunty stage (loosely defined at say 35, though I do know a toddler lass who prances around with an over sized hand bag, cell phone and shades large enough to protect her brain from UV rays), she tends to....um change.
The Visual Facts Speak for themselves |
The 'it's natural to put on a few pounds' comment, turns into several...dozen... of those 'few pounds', which is fine, because that's genetics. However, Insane Aunties love to 'barely notice' and have decade long conversations about everyone else's weight except for their own; I have the feeling that lack of mirrors and being self-delusional helps. As do prescription drugs.
PS: Their Tailors are lying to them about their waists.
Gossip: Aunties are criticized for minute things like not knowing how to use the world wide web. Which is true, but the reason why is very simple. Aunties are the world wide web. Gossip spreading in an aunty circles like a plague of well... denguey.
Once a bit of gossip gets the tiniest bit of attention, one may as well have announced it in the north pole via loudspeaker. They're getting in on Facebook too....The Millat Kind (everyone's outgrown Orkut).
Insane Aunties have an enhanced sense of smell, which they use for their sleuthing. Want to know if a girl is pregnant, ask an insane aunty and she'll give you accurate intel. One whiff. The American Drug Traffickers Association must piss in their pants every time they see one.
In an age where most older people can't understand cell phones, Insane Aunties have some psychic relationship with their phones, they always are on it, know when it's going to ring and why. I'm betting that there is a Swedish chip tucked away in the recesses of their brains. Right next to the hypocrisy ignorer kill switch.
Women carry massive bags, that's not secret. Insane Aunties, not only carry massive bags, they insist on filling them up with a random assortment of Sugar, Ketchup, Hot Sauce Sachets, BBQ Tonight Wet Wipes, decade old receipts,....and it's no wonder why they can never find their cellphone when it rings to the tune of 'Bootilicious'. Kill me now.
Devious; no matter what position you take, an aunty will be able to add some insight that makes it sound like she agrees with you. before she lambasts you later in a classy bitchy way ofcourse. they call it 'being polite'. Want to create a scandal? Tell her anything....even Alien stories work.
A nation of Match Makers: In a culture where arranged marriage are the norm, does anyone ever wonder how it get's done? it's the Auntie nation coming to the fore! Once an Insane Aunty catches hold of her prey, usually a single person of marriageable age (for girl's it may start as soon as 15, for guys....well, don't bother cashing in that first salary), they effectively activate an entire network of Aunties across the globe to find a suitable match. Sometimes it can be down to something as simple as that both individuals hate Peas, and voila, a match for a life time is made.
The sad thing is that as crazy and ridiculous as Insane Aunties are, leaving the youth quivering in their wake, it's these kooks that help make our lives entertaining. So as much as the grief, it's totally worth it. No one complained about the plague after they died from it did they? If you can't beat them, know that eventually you'll be genetically required to join them.
Special thanks to all Desi women that do not morph into Insane Aunties. Your contribution to the male sanity is appreciated.
Jon Stewart needles a willing Obama on The Daily Show
Washington: I didn't wake up to October 28 thinking there shall be a first today. But the President of the United States did get addressed as "Dude" soon after.
On a 30-minute television interview - where Barack Obama was happy to handle some needling from popular host Jon Stewart for the larger political good of connecting with the latter's committed young audience - Stewart said: "You don't want to use that phrase, Dude!".
First, I shall have to enter the word in my dictionary of acceptable usage and stop frowning upon the kids using it as standard address for everyone on Facebook or out of it.
Second, can't help wonder if our Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh or President Pratibha Patil would be able to handle "Dude" with as much equanimity as did Obama. Obama winked winsomely. But then I guess there is a generation gap there.
Stewart's interview is the stuff that is making the Web buzz. It was after all history in the making as Obama became the first US president to be interviewed on Comedy Central's satirical The Daily Show.
Jon Stewart will gather some more fans the world over after this one, though some people are less than pleased with what they term disrespect to the President and his office. Watch highlights of a fun, startling, expectedly teasing interview that Barack Obama emerges out of reasonably unscathed and having said his piece, despite the banter: Though he does get riled in places. And is he a tad too serious?
Time traveler caught on film in 1928? Filmmaker claims find in Charlie Chaplin's 'The Circus' DVD
Did a time traveler get caught on camera in 1928?
The web has been pondering this question recently after an Irish filmmaker posted a video to YouTube allegedly showing the person from the future talking into what appears to be a cell phone.
"I've screened this to about 100 people at a film festival I run here in Belfast, and nobody could give me an explanation," said George Clarke, in the opening moments of his video.
The Northern Ireland father of two, who proclaims himself a fan of Chaplin and Jackie Chan, claims no one has been able to explain the odd character.
"Right now the only conclusion I can come to, which sounds absolutely ridiculous I'm sure to some people, but it's a time traveler," Clarke said.
The strangely dressed person is only on screen for a few moments in an extra found on the DVD of "The Circus," a 1928 silent film by Chaplin. She steps into frame outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where the film premiered, then the image dissolves away.
She stops momentarily, and appears to be talking into something in her hand, which she holds as if it were a cell phone (a technology that didn't exist at that time at all, which begs the question even if it were such a device, how could it work?).
Mobile communication devices such as the "walkie-talkie" were not invented until more than a decade later in the 1940s, and even then were chiefly for military use.
However, while this fantastical theory is fun to ponder, in all likelihood the woman is actually using a hearing aid. The device was invented in the 1920s, and by 1928 there were a few small devices available, such as ones manufactured by Acousticon, that could explain the device in her hand.
A photo from the 1940s was also treated with similar speculation earlier this year.
In it, a man wearing a t-shirt, sweater and wearing sunglasses, who seemed to some out of place from the men in suits and fedoras standing around him, had some believing he was a man from the future.
The web has been pondering this question recently after an Irish filmmaker posted a video to YouTube allegedly showing the person from the future talking into what appears to be a cell phone.
"I've screened this to about 100 people at a film festival I run here in Belfast, and nobody could give me an explanation," said George Clarke, in the opening moments of his video.
The Northern Ireland father of two, who proclaims himself a fan of Chaplin and Jackie Chan, claims no one has been able to explain the odd character.
"Right now the only conclusion I can come to, which sounds absolutely ridiculous I'm sure to some people, but it's a time traveler," Clarke said.
The strangely dressed person is only on screen for a few moments in an extra found on the DVD of "The Circus," a 1928 silent film by Chaplin. She steps into frame outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where the film premiered, then the image dissolves away.
She stops momentarily, and appears to be talking into something in her hand, which she holds as if it were a cell phone (a technology that didn't exist at that time at all, which begs the question even if it were such a device, how could it work?).
Mobile communication devices such as the "walkie-talkie" were not invented until more than a decade later in the 1940s, and even then were chiefly for military use.
However, while this fantastical theory is fun to ponder, in all likelihood the woman is actually using a hearing aid. The device was invented in the 1920s, and by 1928 there were a few small devices available, such as ones manufactured by Acousticon, that could explain the device in her hand.
A photo from the 1940s was also treated with similar speculation earlier this year.
In it, a man wearing a t-shirt, sweater and wearing sunglasses, who seemed to some out of place from the men in suits and fedoras standing around him, had some believing he was a man from the future.
World Series: Tony Bennett spurs Giants on to victory
World Series: Tony Bennett spurs Giants on to victory
Giants beat Rangers in World Series opener
The opening game of the World Series was supposed to be a pitching duel but batters ruled supreme as the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 11-7 to take an early lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Wednesday match-up of aces Cliff Lee of Texas and San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum left a final linescore that totalled 18 runs and 25 hits, including 10 doubles.
San Francisco made a shaky start and trailed 2-0 after the first inning.
But after multi-award winning singer Tony Bennett calmed the 43,601 capacity crowd at AT&T Park with a sweet rendition of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" at the end of the first inning the Giants got back on track to claim the Fall Classic opener.
They dented Lee’s aura of invincibility with two runs in the third inning followed by a six-run outburst in the fifth.
Freddy Sanchez had three doubles among his four hits, while Juan Uribe hit a three-run homer off reliever Darren O’Day that capped the scoring in the fifth and made a winner of Lincecum.
Game Two will be in San Francisco on Thursday with Matt Cain, who has yet to yield an earned run in the postseason, starting for the Giants against C.J. Wilson of the Rangers.
Giants beat Rangers in World Series opener
The opening game of the World Series was supposed to be a pitching duel but batters ruled supreme as the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 11-7 to take an early lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Wednesday match-up of aces Cliff Lee of Texas and San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum left a final linescore that totalled 18 runs and 25 hits, including 10 doubles.
San Francisco made a shaky start and trailed 2-0 after the first inning.
But after multi-award winning singer Tony Bennett calmed the 43,601 capacity crowd at AT&T Park with a sweet rendition of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" at the end of the first inning the Giants got back on track to claim the Fall Classic opener.
They dented Lee’s aura of invincibility with two runs in the third inning followed by a six-run outburst in the fifth.
Freddy Sanchez had three doubles among his four hits, while Juan Uribe hit a three-run homer off reliever Darren O’Day that capped the scoring in the fifth and made a winner of Lincecum.
Game Two will be in San Francisco on Thursday with Matt Cain, who has yet to yield an earned run in the postseason, starting for the Giants against C.J. Wilson of the Rangers.
Paul the Psychic World Cup Octopus Dead
Paul the octopus dies
Berlin: Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year's football World Cup in South Africa for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes, has died, his aquarium in Germany said.
"Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight," the aquarium said in a sombre statement.
"Paul amazed the world by correctly predicting the winners of all Germany's World Cup clashes, and then of the final," said Sea Life manager Stefan Porwoll.
"His success made him almost a bigger story than the World Cup itself... We had all naturally grown very fond of him and he will be sorely missed," said Porwoll.
Paul beat the odds during the World Cup by correctly forecasting all eight games he was asked to predict, including Spain's 1-0 win over the Netherlands in the final.
For the prediction, two boxes were lowered into the salty soothsayer's tank, each containing a mussel and a flag of the two opposing teams.
Watched by a myriad of reporters, Paul would head to one box, wrench open the lid and gobble the tasty morsel, with the box he plumped for being deemed the likely winner.
Paul's body is now in cold storage while the aquarium decides "how best to mark his passing."
However, Paul's fans need not despair. The aquarium has already been grooming a successor, to be named Paul like his mentor.
"We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine," said Porwoll.
"While this may seem a curious thing to do for a sea creature, Paul achieved such popularity during his short life that it may be deemed the most appropriate course of action."
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