Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan a Huge Budget Film



Ace director Mani Ratnam is on his way to his next movie Ponniyin Selvan. The film will be based on the historical novel Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan. It is said that the movie will be produced by Sun Pictures and the budget of the movie will be around Rs. 200 crores, which will break their earlier record ‘Enthiran’ which was made on Rs 150 crores budget.

There is a Buzz that Vikram and Suriya will play a lead roles. Music will be scored by Maestro Illayaraja.

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Golden Globes 2011: The Winners List

golden globes 2011

The 2011 Golden Globes were handed out Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Social Network, Glee, Boardwalk Empire, and The Kids Are All Right were among the night’s big winners. The complete list of winners follows:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version

Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Glee

Best Director – Motion Picture
David Fincher, The Social Network

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Robert De Niro

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Laura Linney, The Big C

Best Foreign Language Film
In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Lynch, Glee

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack

Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” Burlesque
Music and lyrics by Diane Warren

Best Television Series – Drama
Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Chris Colfer, Glee

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Carlos

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale, The Fighter

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Maruti Suzuki’s First premium sedan in India – Kizashi

Maruti Suzuki has announced to launch their much awaited high end sedan, the Kizashi, on 28th January 2011.

The Kizashi will be the most expensive Maruti Suzuki’s Sedan in India. Suzuki wishes the Kizashi to be compared with German giants Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz. The Kizashi may be placed as a 16 lakh – A4 /3 Series/C Class.

Powered by a state-of-the-art 2.4L petrol engine (The sedan is a product of in-house engineering and designing by Suzuki.), Kizashi will be available in Front-Wheel-Drive. The six-speed drive Kizashi will churn out 185 horses and 230Nm of power. Kizashi will be available in both manual and automatic gear shifts.

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IPL 4 schedule 2011

IPL Season 4 is going to have 10 teams , 74 matches and 45 days of action. IPL 4 schedule can be checked here as when its announced. Pune and Cochin are the two new teams introduced.

Date Local/IST No. Match Details Venue
8-Apr-11 20:00 1st Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st IPL Chennai
9-Apr-11 16:00 2nd Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd IPL Hyderabad
9-Apr-11 20:00 3rd Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd IPL Kochi
10-Apr-11 16:00 4th Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th IPL Delhi
10-Apr-11 20:00 5th Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab, 5th IPL Navi Mumbai
11-Apr-11 20:00 6th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers, 6th IPL Kolkata
12-Apr-11 16:00 7th Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, 7th IPL Jaipur
12-Apr-11 20:00 8th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 8th IPL Bangalore
13-Apr-11 16:00 9th Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 9th IPL Mohali
13-Apr-11 20:00 10th Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 10th IPL Navi Mumbai
14-Apr-11 20:00 11th Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th IPL Hyderabad
15-Apr-11 16:00 12th Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 12th IPL Jaipur
15-Apr-11 20:00 13th Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 13th IPL Hyderabad
16-Apr-11 16:00 14th Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th IPL Chennai
16-Apr-11 20:00 15th Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab, 15th IPL Hyderabad
17-Apr-11 16:00 16th Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils, 16th IPL Navi Mumbai
17-Apr-11 20:00 17th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 17th IPL Kolkata
18-Apr-11 20:00 18th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings, 18th IPL Kochi
19-Apr-11 16:00 19th Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 19th IPL Delhi
19-Apr-11 20:00 20th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 20th IPL Bangalore
20-Apr-11 16:00 21st Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st IPL Mumbai
20-Apr-11 20:00 22nd Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 22nd IPL Kolkata
21-Apr-11 20:00 23rd Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 23rd IPL Mohali
22-Apr-11 16:00 24th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 24th IPL Kolkata
22-Apr-11 20:00 25th Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 25th IPL Mumbai
23-Apr-11 20:00 26th Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 26th IPL Delhi
24-Apr-11 16:00 27th Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th IPL Hyderabad
24-Apr-11 20:00 28th Rajasthan Royals vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 28th IPL Jaipur
25-Apr-11 20:00 29th Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors, 29th IPL Chennai
26-Apr-11 20:00 30th Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 30th IPL Delhi
27-Apr-11 16:00 31st Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings, 31st IPL Navi Mumbai
27-Apr-11 20:00 32nd Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Deccan Chargers, 32nd IPL Kochi
28-Apr-11 20:00 33rd Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 33rd IPL Delhi
29-Apr-11 16:00 34th Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, 34th IPL Jaipur
29-Apr-11 20:00 35th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th IPL Bangalore
30-Apr-11 16:00 36th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils, 36th IPL Kochi
30-Apr-11 20:00 37th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 37th IPL Kolkata
1-May-11 16:00 38th Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors, 38th IPL Jaipur
1-May-11 20:00 39th Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, 39th IPL Chennai
2-May-11 16:00 40th Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 40th IPL Mumbai
2-May-11 20:00 41st Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 41st IPL Delhi
3-May-11 20:00 42nd Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 42nd IPL Hyderabad
4-May-11 16:00 43rd Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 43rd IPL Chennai
4-May-11 20:00 44th Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 44th IPL Navi Mumbai
5-May-11 16:00 45th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 45th IPL Kochi
5-May-11 20:00 46th Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 46th IPL Hyderabad
6-May-11 20:00 47th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 47th IPL Bangalore
7-May-11 16:00 48th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 48th IPL Kolkata
7-May-11 20:00 49th Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 49th IPL Mumbai
8-May-11 16:00 50th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 50th IPL Bangalore
8-May-11 20:00 51st Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 51st IPL Mohali
9-May-11 20:00 52nd Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 52nd IPL Jaipur
10-May-11 16:00 53rd Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL Hyderabad
10-May-11 20:00 54th Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 54th IPL Mohali
11-May-11 20:00 55th Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 55th IPL Jaipur
12-May-11 20:00 56th Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 56th IPL Chennai
13-May-11 20:00 57th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab, 57th IPL Indore
14-May-11 16:00 58th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL Bangalore
14-May-11 20:00 59th Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 59th IPL Mumbai
15-May-11 20:00 60th Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 60th IPL Dharmasala
15-May-11 20:00 61st Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals, 61st IPL Indore
16-May-11 20:00 62nd Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL Pune
17-May-11 20:00 63rd Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL Dharmasala
18-May-11 20:00 64th Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 64th IPL Chennai
19-May-11 20:00 65th Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL Pune
20-May-11 20:00 66th Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL Mumbai
21-May-11 16:00 67th Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL Dharmasala
21-May-11 20:00 68th Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL Delhi
22-May-11 16:00 69th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL Bangalore
22-May-11 20:00 70th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 70th IPL Kolkata
24-May-11 20:00 71st TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL Mumbai
25-May-11 20:00 72nd TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL Mumbai
27-May-11 20:00 73rd TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL Chennai
28-May-11 20:00 Final TBC vs TBC, Final IPL Chennai

IPL 4 will start on 8th April 2011 and Final will be on 28th May 2011.

IPL 3 – a glance

CHENNAI SUPER Kings won the third season of DLF IPL 2010 T20 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on the night of April 25, 2010. CSK defeated host MI by 22 runs in the glorious final of the event. This was the first time CSK won the Indian Premiere League.

forty five days long season 3 of DLF IPL T20, 40-minute long closing ceremony of was choreographed by musical maestro A R Rehman enthralled the gathering of about 55000 live audiences at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and millions of TV viewers all over the world from his mega-hit songs Chale Chalo from the movie ‘Lagaan’, ‘Vande Maataram’ and ended with Oscar-winning song ‘Jai Ho’ from Slumdog Millionaire. Bollywood actress Bipasha danced on the title track of her movie ‘Race’ and Shahid Kapoor also shacked his legs during the glittering closing ceremony of DLF IPL 2010.

Chennai Super Kings skipper M S Dhoni won the toss in the final match of season 3 of DLF IPL T20 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and elected to bat first. Visitors CSK scored 168 runs at the loss of five wickets in the grand final. Suresh Raina played again a good inning and scored unbeaten 57 runs just from 37 deliveries with 3 fours and 3 sixes. Murli Vijay scored 26 and skipper Dhoni scored 22 runs.

In reply Mumbai Indian lost his first wicket as Shikhar Dhawan on zero. Man in form and skipper Sachin Tendulkar played good knocks and out for 48 runs. Nayar scored 27 runs and wicketkeeper batsman Ambati Raydu run out for 21 runs. All rounder Pollard scored 27 runs in just 10 balls but the Mumbai Indians finished their innings for 148 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs and lost the chances of becoming the winner of IPL 3 by 22 runs.

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A Glance on ICC World Cup, 2011

ICC World Cup 2011 is to be collectively held by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from february 19. It consists of 14 teams, 2 less than the earlier one, in two groups.

Groups
Group A:
Australia, Newzealand, Zimbabwe,Pakistan, Srilanka, Canada, Kenya

Group B:
India, South Africa, West Indies, England, Bangladesh,Netherlands And Ireland.

Opening Ceremony
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka Bangladesh on 17-Feb-10

Matches Allocations

29 matches will be hosted by India across 8 venues. (Including one Semi Final and Final)

12 matches will be hosted by Sri Lanka across 3 venues (Including one Semi Final)

8 Matches will be hosted by Bangladesh across 2 venues.

Venues of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Venues in India

Eden Gardens, Kolkatta
11th Match, Group B – India v England – Sun Feb 27 2011
34th Match, Group B – Ireland v South Africa – Tue Mar 15 2011
38th Match, Group B – Ireland v Netherlands – Fri Mar 18 2011
41st Match, Group A – Kenya v Zimbabwe – Sun Mar 20 2011

Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
7th Match, Group B – South Africa v West Indies – Thu Feb 24 2011
13th Match, Group B – Netherlands v West Indies – Mon Feb 28 2011
23rd Match, Group A – Canada v Kenya – Mon Mar 7 2011
25th Match, Group B – India v Netherlands – Wed Mar 9 2011

Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
4th Match, Group A – Australia v Zimbabwe – Mon Feb 21 2011
18th Match, Group A – New Zealand v Zimbabwe – Fri Mar 4 2011
Quarter Final – Thu Mar 24 2011

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2nd Match, Group A – Kenya v New Zealand – Sat Feb 19 2011
21st Match, Group B – England v South Africa – Sun Mar 6 2011
36th Match, Group B – England v West Indies – Thu Mar 17 2011
42nd Match, Group B – India v West Indies – Mon Mar 21 2011

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
30th Match, Group A – Canada v New Zealand – Sun Mar 13 2011
37th Match, Group A – New Zealand v Sri Lanka – Fri Mar 18 2011
Final – Sat Apr 2 2011

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
16th Match, Group B – Netherlands v South Africa – Thu Mar 3 2011
27th Match, Group B – Ireland v West Indies – Fri Mar 11 2011
Semi Final – Wed Mar 30 2011

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
5th Match, Group B – England v Netherlands – Tue Feb 22 2011
9th Match, Group A – Australia v New Zealand – Fri Feb 25 2011
12th Match, Group A – Canada v Zimbabwe – Mon Feb 28 2011
29th Match, Group B – India v South Africa – Sat Mar 12 2011

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
15th Match, Group B – England v Ireland – Wed Mar 2 2011
22nd Match, Group B – India v Ireland – Sun Mar 6 2011
31st Match, Group A – Australia v Kenya – Sun Mar 13 2011
35th Match, Group A – Australia v Canada – Wed Mar 16 2011

Venues in Sri Lanka

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
24th Match, Group A – New Zealand v Pakistan – Tue Mar 8 2011
26th Match, Group A – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe – Thu Mar 10 2011
33rd Match, Group A – Pakistan v Zimbabwe – Mon Mar 14 2011

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
10th Match, Group A – Sri Lanka v Pakistan – Sat Feb 26 2011
14th Match, Group A – Sri Lanka v Kenya – Tue Mar 1 2011
17th Match, Group A – Canada v Pakistan – Thu Mar 3 2011
20th Match, Group A – Sri Lanka v Australia – Sat Mar 5 2011
40th Match, Group A – Australia v Pakistan – Sat Mar 19 2011
Quarter Final – Sat Mar 26 2011
Semi Final – Tue Mar 29 2011

Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota
3rd Match, Group A – Sri Lanka v Canada – Sun Feb 20 2011
6th Match, Group A – Kenya v Pakistan – Wed Feb 23 2011

Venues in Bangladesh

Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
28th Match, Group B – Bangladesh v England – Fri Mar 11 2011
32nd Match, Group B – Bangladesh v Netherlands – Mon Mar 14 2011

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
1st Match, Group B – India v Bangladesh – Sat Feb 19 2011
8th Match, Group B – Bangladesh v Ireland – Fri Feb 25 2011
19th Match, Group B – Bangladesh v West Indies – Fri Mar 4 2011
39th Match, Group B – Bangladesh v South Africa – Sat Mar 19 2011
Quarter Final – Wed Mar 23 2011
Quarter Final – Fri Mar 25 2011

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