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Southern Movies Round Up

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As compared to films produced in Bollywoodian & Hollywoodian Cinema arena, South Indian Cinema is rapidly & regularly progressing by churning out its own brand of gems of milestone movies in all the 4 languages namely Kannada, Malyalam, Telugu & Tamil. In an exclusive Nasheman.In, Shaheen Raaj will present a sneak preview of the productional happenings of Southern Cinema every fortnight. Time to stay tuned in.

Bala’s Next To Hit The Silver Screens

Young actor Atharvaa’s next film ‘Chandi Veeran’ directed by A. Sarkunam & Produced by director Bala under his B Studios banner is almost ready for release. The team, which was planning a July, 2015 release has now decided to release the film a little later as many films are lined up for this month. The film will now release on 7th Aug, 2015 a week ahead of Independence Day. The film set to be a rural entertainer stars Atharvaa & Anandi in lead roles and it has musical score by Arunagiri & cinematography by P. G. Muthiah. The film is expected to bring a break in Atharvaa’s acting career, as did Bala’s directorial ‘Paradesi’ which helped Atharvaa register himself as an actor capable of carrying strong roles.

‘Thala 56’ To Be Wrapped Up In Chennai

After finishing the shoot in Italy, the crew of Ajithkumar’s 56th film ‘Thala 56’ directed by Siruthai Siva is expected to return to Kolkata for the next schedule. The final schedule of the film will be taking place in Kolkata and a fight sequence will be shot in Chennai. With this the film’s shoot will be wrapped up. ‘Thala 56’ stars Shruthi Haasan, Lakshmi Menon, Soori & Kabir Singh in important roles alongside Ajith. Music is being scored by Anirudh Ravichander while the film is being produced by A. M. Ratnam. The film is expected to hit he screens for Deepavali.

Arun Vijay To Oppose This Young Telugu Star

Arun Vijay who is yet to make it big as a hero even after proving his versatile talents in many films vowed everyone with his villainy role opposite ‘Thala’ Ajith in ‘Yennai Arindhaal’ directed by Gautham Menon. Furthur more the ‘Thadayara Thakka’ actor might act as an antagonist in a Telugu film with Ram Charan Teja in the lead role. This film will be directed by Sreenu Vaitla and S. Thaman will be rendering the musical score. The director met Arun Vijay and narrated the script and the latter has given a positive signal as the role has a strong scope for performance.

Dhanush Will Enthrall Cine Goers As A Hooligan

Director Balaji Mohan, who consciously chose to go fully commercial with forthcoming Tamil entertainer ‘Maari’, says the film is a fulfillment of how he has always wanted to see actor Dhanush on screen. In the film, Dhanush will enthrall as a local hooligan, who goes with the catchphrase ‘Will finish you off’. It features the ‘Raanjhanaa’ star mostly in a dhoti – clad, cigarette – smoking & twirled – moustache avatar. Balaji said he wrote the film exclusively for Dhanush and wouldn’t have made the film had he not agreed to be part of it.

Ram Charan’s Next Confirmed

Surender Reddy is being considered as the director of Ram Charan’s next movie, which is going to be produced under Geetha Arts banner. Now this has been confirmed. It will hit the floors immediately after Charan completes his ‘Bruce Lee’ (tentative title) with Sreenu Vaitla. Kona Venkat & Gopimohan, who are currently working for Cherry – Vaitla film, will also provide the script for Surender Reddy’s film. An official announcement regarding this film will be out soon.

Poonam – The New Face Of Miss Telangana

Poonam Kaur has been chosen as the brand ambassador for Miss Telangana 2015. The actress will now be the face of the prestigious contest, promote & spread the awareness of the pageant show in Telangana. An elated Poonam says, “’m happy to be chosen as the face of Miss Telangana. When I started my career, I lacked proper guidance and had no set platform to showcase my abilities. I hope the Miss Telangana Contest will provide the perfect platform to all young women interested in making a career in the glamour world.” Poonam has featured in several Telugu, Tamil & Malayalam films, apart from winning the Miss Andhra Title (2006) & the Femina Miss India – South (2011).

Mahesh Babu Shocks With His Fluent Tamil

Harish Uthaman, who plays the baddie in upcoming Telugu family drama Srimanthudu, says he was totally taken aback when he heard superstar Mahesh Babu speak fluent Tamil on the sets. “It was my first day on the sets. We were going to shoot an action sequence. I met Mahesh and we exchanged pleasantries. After the shot, Mahesh sat near the monitor and I joined him. Suddenly he started talking in Tamil, and I was totally awestruck,” Harish told. “When I asked him how he knew Tamil, he said he did his college in Chennai. And that it was only after he started acting that he moved base to Hyderabad,” he said.

Arya’s Film May Go For A Title Change

‘Bangalore Days’ is one of the super hits and critically acclaimed Malayalam film of last year. This youthful entertainer is being remade in Tamil with the name ‘Arjun Divya Mattrum Karthik’. The film stars Arya, Sridivya, Rana, Bobby Simha, Parvathy & Rai Lakshmi in lead roles while Nayanthara is appearing in a cameo role. The film’s title when shortened comes as ‘ADMK’ which is also the name of a prominent political party in Tamil Nadu. In order to avoid any problems that may arise, the film’s production house has reportedly sought the permission from the party to officially use the name as the title. If the necessary permission is not obtained the film may go for a title change.

Disha Dinakar To Star In ‘One Day’

Disha Dinakar is the latest out of state actress to reach the Mollywood shores. The Miss Mangalore will play the lead role in the movie ‘One Day’. Though Disha has only a small yet significant part to play in the movie, she hopes to be active in M’Town in the days to come. Favas Shayani is her hero in the movie. ‘One Day’ will be a psychological thriller and will narrate the events of a day. Disha says that this is a male dominated movie and her part is quite small. Maqbool Salmaan also has a significant part in the movie.

Chandini – The New Girl In “Thattam”

Mollywood will soon get another girl in “Thattam”. Following in the footsteps of the evergreen “Thattam” girl is actress Chandini Sreedharan. She has already made a mark in the other South Indian film industries. She will make her Mollywood debut as Unni Mukundan’s heroine in the movie ‘KL 10 Pathu’.

Chandini plays a typical Malappuram girl in the movie and plays confidante & lover to Unni Mukundan’s character, Ahammed. She will appear in a “Thattam” throughout. Chandini considers Lal Jose her mentor and is happy to be associating with a movie which is under the Lal Jose banner.

Uday & Krishna’s ‘Mava I Love You’

The next combination of producer Uday Mehta & Krishna Ajay Rao is ‘Mava I Love You’. Krishna Ajay Rao did ‘Krishnan Love Story’ & ‘Krishnan Marriage Story’ but he got in to married life at ‘Krishna Leela’ his home production time. Now that he has ‘Mava’ (his wife father) in life, here is a film titled ‘Mava I Love You’. The film title also has caption ‘Krishna, Rukku Story’. Who is ‘Rukmini’ for Krishna Ajay Rao? The chances of Amoolya the charming actress acting for the 1st time with Ajay Rao is at the rumor mill. Known for action films Anil Kumar made debut as director from Malashri starring ‘Shakthi’.

1st Look Of Athiya Shetty In ‘Hero’

After releasing the teaser look & poster of Sooraj Pancholi, the makers of ‘Hero’ have let out the 1st look of Athiya Shetty. ‘Hero’, produced by Salman Khan & Subhash Ghai, is the launch vehicle for Aditya Pancholi’s son Sooraj & Suniel Shetty’s daughter, Athiya.

Another pic too of Sooraj has gone viral off late. Co – written by Nikhil Advani & Umesh Bist, ‘Hero’ is a remake of 1983’s Subhash Ghai directorial of the same name that starred Jackie Shroff, Meenakshi Seshadri, Shammi Kapoor & Sanjeev Kumar along with Om Puri & Shakti Kapoor.

Rouhani says nuclear deal ‘political victory’ for Iran

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Dubbing it a proud moment for Iranians, President says Tehran will no longer be regarded as an international threat.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, who led the negotiations, is now back in Tehran [AP]

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, who led the negotiations, is now back in Tehran [AP]

by Al Jazeera

The nuclear deal with world powers is a political victory for Iran, President Hassan Rouhani has said, adding that the agreement meant Tehran would no longer be regarded as an international threat.

Rouhani’s comment came on Wednesday, a day after Iran and six world powers reached the deal, capping more than a decade of negotiations with a landmark agreement.

“No one can say Iran surrendered,” Rouhani said. “The deal is a legal, technical and political victory for Iran. It’s an achievement that Iran won’t be called a world threat any more.”

Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations will be lifted in return for Iran agreeing long-term curbs on a nuclear programme that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.

Rouhani said the deal was not “perfect” but it was necessary to compromise.

“It was really difficult to preserve some of our red lines,” he said. “There was a time we doubted there could be a deal. It’s a historic deal and Iranians will be proud of it for generations to come.”

Among Iran’s main conditions, or “red lines”, at the talks were a refusal to accept a long freeze on nuclear research and development and a demand for a rapid lifting of sanctions.

Thousands of Iranians gathered in the capital, Tehran, to celebrate the deal following the end of Ramadan fast on Tuesday. They waved Iranian flags from their cars, while drivers honked their car horns.

“My personal opinion is that I wish they had done this sooner so people wouldn’t have to go through all these difficulties,” Masumeh Momeni, a resident of Tehran, told Al Jazeera.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, is now back in Tehran following the 18-day negotiations in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

Arab concern

On Tuesday, Obama said the agreement offered a chance to reset strained relations with Tehran.

“Every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off,” he said, adding that the deal “offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it.”

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the “honest and hard endeavours” of the country’s nuclear negotiating team just after the deal was clinched.

But not everyone is happy with the deal. Arab countries have deep fears of Iran gaining a nuclear weapon, and some have been skeptical that a deal will prevent that from happening.

But equally high for key Sunni-dominated Gulf allies of the United States is the worry that a deal gives Iran the means and an implicit green light to push influence in the region.

Saudi Arabia issued a pointed warning, saying Iran must use any economic gains from the lifting of sanctions to improve the lives of Iranians, “rather than using them to cause turmoil in the region, a matter that will meet a decisive reaction from the nations of the region,” in a statement carried on the state news agency late on Tuesday.

Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, criticised the deal calling the decision “a historic mistake for the world”.

In a second statement on Tuesday afternoon, Netanyahu said the deal gives Iran incentives “not to change” and said “the world is a much more dangerous place today than it was yesterday”.

Iranians gather for celebrations following a landmark nuclear deal in Tehran [AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi]

27 Child labourers rescued in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: Around 27 child labourers from Thagajaguppe village in Kaggalipura police limits were rescued by CID’s anti-human trafficking unit on July 14.

The officials conducted a raid based on information provided by the 16 children who were rescued earlier from the same area. The children, all under the age of 15, hail from Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.

It is learnt that the employers, Ashwath Narayana (35) of Lingarajapuram, Anand of Chamarajpet and Prashanthkumar (35) of Vijayanagar brought them to Bengaluru on the pretext of giving them jobs; they were then made to work on segregating and cleaning plastics from the garbage. Both the accused are said to be absconding.

The children told the officials that they used to work from 6 am to 7 pm. Having been assured jobs, they were brought to the state by Tannulal, Mandee and Suresh Lal Jadhav, all belonging to the state of Bihar. The police are on a lookout for the accused.

(Agencies)

Champions League Twenty20 scrapped

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New Delhi: The Governing Council of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) on Wednesday confirmed that the competition will be discontinued with immediate effect.

The council, comprising representatives of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA) made the decision unanimously. As such, the 2015 edition scheduled for September and October will not go ahead as planned.

The competition was launched in 2009 by the three boards. The council determined that the discontinuation of the league was the most appropriate decision due to the tournament’s limited public following.

“This has been a difficult decision as the CLT20 provided added context to a number of domestic T20 competitions around the world such as the Indian Premier League (IPL) in India, Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia and South Africa’s Ram Slam T20,” BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said.

“It was a fantastic platform for players from around the world to showcase their talent and the participating teams thoroughly enjoyed the experience over the last six seasons. Unfortunately, off the field, CLT20 wasn’t sustaining the interest of the fans as we had hoped. This decision was made, after consultation with all our commercial partners and meeting the contractual obligations of all parties involved.”

Thakur added: “The Governing Council would like to thank everyone involved with the CLT20 and all those who participated in the tournament. Further details associated with winding down the league including settling with the three nations that had invested time and effort in the competition, will be completed very soon.”

(Agencies)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s wife Fabi Basheer passes away

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Kozhikode: Fabi Basheer, widow of Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, passed away at a private hospital here on Wednesday.

She was 77.

She had been suffering from colon cancer for quite some time.

Fabi was admitted to the hospital three days ago with pneumonia and had been in the ICU of the hospital.

Basheer and Fabi entered into wedlock on December 18, 1958.

She is survived by their children Shahina and Anees.

(Agencies)

1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon to be hanged on July 30

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Mumbai: Yakub Memon, convicted for his role in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, will be hanged on July 30, official sources said here early Wednesday.

He is likely to be be hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail, where he is currently lodged, following the rejection of his mercy plea in April this year by the president, said the official who declined to be identified.

A chartered accountant, Memon, 53, has filed his second review petition before the Supreme Court which is expected to be heard July 21, but the state government is making all preparations for the hanging with the warrant issued earlier this week.

He was awarded the death sentence by a Special TADA Court in Mumbai on July 27, 2007 for his role in the blasts, including arranging finances for carrying out the 13 serial explosions which left 257 dead and over 700 injured across the city on March 12, 1993.

Subsequently, Memon – the brother of one of the main absconding accused Ibrahim alias Tiger Memon – appealed against the sentence in the Bombay High Court, Supreme Court and later filed a mercy petition with the president, followed by a review petition, and now a second review petition which is pending.

Leading criminal lawyer and a former defence lawyer in the same case Majeed Memon questioned the need for the state government’s “hurry” in the matter even before the outcome of the second review petition.

“Are they pre-empting the issue or are they already before-hand aware of the outcome of the review petition? They should have waited till the matter is finally decided,” Majeed Memon, a top NCP leader and Member of Parliament, told IANS on Wednesday.

(IANS)

‘Acche din’ will take 25 years, report quotes Amit Shah; BJP calls it ‘baseless’

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New Delhi: As the Opposition attacked it over Amit Shah’s reported comment that it will take 25 years for the promised ‘achhe din’ to come, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today termed the report as “baseless” and said the party president had stated that it will take these many years to restore India its “ancient glory”.

“Shah said the BJP government had curbed corruption and brought down inflation.It is working to end corruption and create many jobs in five years. But the dream of making India ‘Vishwa guru (world leader) will take 25 years to realise,” BJP secretary and media cell in-charge Shrikant Sharma said.

A media report today quoted Amit Shah as having told party leaders and workers at a meet in Bhopal yesterday that the good days promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take 25 years to come.

Latching onto it, Congress leader Digvijay Shah took a dig at Amit Shah, saying his good days had arrived and people can forget about theirs.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal wondered in a tweet, “Would people have voted for BJP had it told them that it will take 25 years for good days to arrive”. Sharma, however, said Shah made the remarks in the context of restoring India its ancient glory and claimed the report was “part of conspiracy to defame BJP”.

“India used to be a world leader. And our president said it will take 25 years to restore India its ancient glory and status of world leader again,” he said.

Shah never said the BJP government will take 25 years to bring ‘achhe din’, he added.

“It is a baseless report and part of larger conspiracy to defame BJP,” he alleged.

(PTI)

27 killed in stampede during Godavari Pushkaralu festival in Andhra Pradesh

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Some pilgrims said ambulances took time to reach the site [Reuters]

Some pilgrims said ambulances took time to reach the site [Reuters]

Rajahmundry: At least 27 pilgrims, 13 of them women, died and 20 others injured in a stampede at a major bathing spot on the banks of the Godavari river where a huge crowd of devotees had gathered on the opening day of ‘Pushkaram’ festival here today.

A major religious event held once in 12 years, hundreds of people drawn from different parts of the state had converged on the river bank to take dip in the river on the auspicious occasion.

The tragedy struck between 7.30 AM and 8 AM and most of the victims were elderly people.

Rajahmundry Sub-Collector Vijaya Ramaraju said the bodies had been shifted to Rajahmundry Government Hospital and the injured taken to a nearby hospital.

“So far 27 have died …most of the dead are elderly women,” Ramaraju said.

The victims had been waiting since early hours and some of them were tired as they had travelled long distances to reach here.

The official said there is a possibility that the deaths were caused due to suffocation.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was on the spot to take the holy dip, expressed profound grief at the tragedy and is personally monitoring relief and rescue operations.

A visibly disturbed Naidu, monitoring the situation from the control room, said, “This is very unfortunate and shocking. I have come here many times to review arrangements to ensure smooth conduct of the event. But some problems cropped up in execution.”

The Chief Minister also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the deceased and said, if necessary, he would would remain in Rajahmundry for the next 11 days.

Earlier in the day, Naidu, accompanied by his wife and son, had taken the holy dip, where the river is full in its expanse.

Godavari ‘Pushkaram’, the ritual of taking holy dip in the river, is observed once in 12 years, but this time it is considered auspicious from astronomical point of view as it is ‘Maha Pushkaralu’ which comes once in 144 years.

Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayandra Sarswathi was among the spiritual leaders who took the sacred bath.

The ‘Pushakaram’ is a similar to the ‘Kumbh Mela’ performed alongside rivers elsewhere in the country and taking holy dip is the main ritual of the religious event.

(PTI)

Iran and world powers clinch historic nuclear deal

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Tehran agrees to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief after lengthy negotiations.

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by Al Jazeera

World powers and Iran have reached a landmark deal to curb Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief after an 18-day marathon negotiations in Vienna.

The accord was announced on Tuesday by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union’s policy chief Federica Mogherini in a joint statement in the Austrian capital.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called the deal a “win-win” solution to end “an unnecessary crisis and open new horizons for dealing with serious problems that affect our international community.”

“I believe this is a historic moment. We are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for everybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us,” said Zarif.

“Today could have been the end of hope on this issue, but now we are starting a new chapter of hope.”

Mogherini said the decision demonstrated that “diplomacy, coordination, cooperation can overcome decades of tensions and confrontations”.

“It is a decision that openned a way to a new chapter in international relations,” she said.

Al Jazeera’s James Bays, reporting from Vienna, said that for the presidents of the United States and Iran “it is a historic deal that would serve some kind of a re-set after decades of mistrust.”

Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, commented on the deal on Twitter:

Addressing the Iranian nation, Rouhani said: “We didn’t ask for charity. We asked for fair, just and win-win negotiations.”

He said that “a new chapter has started” and now the government could now focus on other issues of the country.

Barack Obama, the US president, said the American people and legislators should “consider the world without this deal” before making their mind about it.

“I will veto any vote taken against this deal,” he said. “Simply no deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East. Our security depends on preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.”

“This deal is not built on trust. It is built on verification,” said Obama.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, who sees major threat in the deal called the decision “a historic mistake for the world”.

“Iran will get hundreds of billions of dollars with which it will be able to fuel its terror machine,” he said, referring to the expected lifting of crippling Western sanctions on its oil and banking sectors.

The accord seeks to end nearly 12 years of nuclear stand off between Iran and the western powers led by the US.

The accord will keep Iran from producing enough material for a nuclear weapon for at least 10 years and impose new provisions for inspections of Iranian facilities, including military sites.

Iran was resisting the probe in the country’s alleged work on nuclear weapons and demanding that a United Nations arms embargo to be lifted.

It also demanded that any UN Security Council resolution approving the broader deal no longer describe Iran’s nuclear activities as illegal.

Major powers accused Islamic Republic of seeking to build nuclear weapons, an aim it denied, under the guise of a civilian programme.

Iran will slash by abour two-thirds the number of centrifuges from about 19,000 to 6,104 under the deal announced on Tuesday.

A total of 1,044 of these centrifuges will be used for other purposes than uranium enrichment.

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