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Director: Santosh Srinivas
Producer: Bellamkonda Suresh
Music Director: Mani Sharma
Lyricst: Chandra Bose
Ram - Actor
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Swathi actor Swathi - Actor

Facebook removes Google+ ad

Web developer Michael Lee Johnson decided he wanted to quickly grow his number of Google+ friends. The best place to find people willing to friend you is of course Facebook, so Johnson ran a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on Google+. Facebook was not amused.

The ad was headlined “Add Michael to Google+.” It was short and to the point: “If you’re lucky enough to have a Google+ account, add Michael Lee Johnson, Internet Geek, App Developer, Technological Virtuoso.”

Facebook removed his ad, and banned him from running ads on the social network altogether. Johnson posted the following via his Google+ account (via TechCrunch):

LOL: I recently ran a Google+ advertisement on Facebook that got all of my campaigns suspended. - Great.

Facebook sent him the following message explaining why the ad was removed:

Your account has been disabled. All of your adverts have been stopped and should not be run again on the site under any circumstances. Generally, we disable an account if too many of its adverts violate our Terms of Use or Advertising guidelines. Unfortunately we cannot provide you with the specific violations that have been deemed abusive. Please review our Terms of Use and Advertising guidelines if you have any further questions.

Since Facebook doesn’t say, it’s not clear which rule – actually it could have been more than one – Johnson broke. It is worth noting, however, that the company has a Refusal of Ads clause in the Facebook Advertising Guidelines:

We may refuse ads at any time for any reason, including our determination that they promote competing products or services or negatively affect our business or relationship with our users.

There’s nothing wrong with a company having guidelines that are as beneficial to it as possible. Still, I don’t think Facebook should have killed all of Johnson’s ad campaigns.

Ravi Teja, Puri Jagannadh’s Idiot2

It is known that Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja’s Idiot resulted as a box-office hit and remained as a trendsetter film. The film became a milestone in Ravi Teja and Puri Jagannadh’s career. The latest news is Puri Jagannadh is gearing up to direct a sequel to Idiot with Ravi Teja in the lead.

Speaking about Idiot2, Puri Jagannadh said, “Audience felt that Ravi Teja’s characterization in Idiot was distinct. The same will carry with its sequel and Idiot2 will also remain as a trend-setter. The script work for the film is under progress. Other details of the film will be revealed shortly.”

The film is touted as a commercial entertainer with story, screenplay, dialogues, direction and production by Puri Jagannadh.

A temple with history, legends and treasures

The idol of Lord Vishnu, presiding deity at Kerala’s Padmanabhaswami temple, where mind-boggling treasures have been discovered, is itself made of 12,000 ’salagramams’ or sacred stones.

The stones, brought from Gandaki river in Nepal, are bound together by a mixture of herbs and resins, a sticking subtance.

A book on the Travancore royal family which maintains the temple reveals that the 18-foot Vishnu idol bears the images of a whopping 33 crore celestials in conceptualised form, besides those of goddess Lakshmi and Bhoomi Devi as well as sages.

These details form part of a book on the Travancore royal family. The book, “Travancore: The Footprints of Destiny” has been published by Konark.

The temple hit the headlines after a Supreme Court ordered scrutiny of five of its six chambers uncovered a rich treasure trove including ancient gold coins, gems, antiques and cash.

The temple has in its archives the largest collection of cadjan records. It figures in four Puranas.

Thiruvananthapuram derives its name from Tiru Anantha Puram- meaning the city of Anantha, the serpant god on whom Lord Vishnu reclines.

With a history dating back to the 8th century, the temple was destroyed by fire in 1686. It was rebuilt in 1729.

Legend has it that god Balarama visited the temple and bathed in the holy pond and donated 10,000 cows with horns adorned in gold to the Brahmins.

The Krishna shrine in the seven-acre temple complex is older than the main shrine. Subsidiary shrines are devoted to Ganapathy, Ram, Narasimha, Ayyappa, Vedavyasa, Garuda and Hanuman.

The seven-storied tower, or Gopuram, pieces the skyline, looking like a boat.

The “Kulasekhara Mandapam” in the complex carries a wealth of intricate granite sculptures, says the book.

The “Ottakkal Mandapam”, facing the main idol, is a single slab of granite, which is 2.5 feet thick and 20 feet square in area.

For the temple festival, the cord for hoisting the two flags is still made by the inmates of the Central Jail in Poojapura.

Unique to the temple is an elaborate bi-annual ritual of sanctity called “Bhadra deepam”, literally the worship of the lamps.

It is the only temple in India to observe “Bhadra deepam”.

The 12th Bhadra deepam is celebrated as Laksha deepam, when the Travancore Maharajah offers gold, cash and a length of silk, a tradition that continues even today.

On the wide avenue leading to the eastern entrance of the temple, giant figures of the Pandavas are installed.

The images, carved in wood, are more than 25 feet in height and are elaborately painted and decorated, the book says.

Besides priests and their assistants, the temple has other employees such as light carriers, guards, musicians, cooks and vessel cleaners.

How can cataract be diagnosed?

Q. I am a 58 years old person weighing 51 kg. Last year, an ophthalmologist examined my eyes and told me that I have initial traces of cataract. I have read somewhere that Alzheimer's could be hereditary and is caused by plaques getting stuck in the memory cells, which would reflect in the eyes and could confuse the doctors with cataract. My mother had Alzheimer's. My CT scan is clear at the moment. My memory is not very poor. How can cataract be diagnosed?

A. The plaques that you are mentioning are not in the eyes. So they cannot be confused for cataracts. It is easy to diagnose cataract with a slit lamp and distant direct ophthalmoscopic assessment by your eye doctor. It is not rocket science. So please be rest assured. Many will have cataracts, but only those which affect eyesight need to be operated.

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Facebook launches video calls, group chat features

Quick on the heels of Google’s launch of its latest social-networking venture, Facebook said Wednesday that its 750 million users will now be able to make video calls on the site.

The feature will be powered by the Internet phone service Skype. Facebook also redesigned its chat feature, so that the people a user messages the most often show up first.

To make video calls, Facebook users with webcam-equipped computers have to select the friends they want to chat with. In the chat window that pops up, clicking on a small blue video icon brings up the video chat feature. Currently there is no option to video chat more than one person. That feature is available on Google Plus, a social service that Google began testing last week with a small number of invited users.

Facebook is also adding a group chat option. This works much the same way as the group chat on Google Plus. Once you are chatting with one friend, you can click an icon to add more people to the conversation.

Facebook’s new products come after a relatively quiet period for the world’s largest online social network. Mr. Zuckerberg, 27, said the company is embarking on “launching season 2011.” Users can expect “a lot of stuff coming out” from Facebook in the next couple of weeks and months, he said at an event at the company’s Palo Alto, California, headquarters.

Facebook updated its user count -- to 750 million users worldwide -- for the first time since last summer, when it reached half a billion people. Mr. Zuckerberg said that’s because “we don’t think it’s a metric to watch anymore.”

Rather, Facebook is paying more attention to how much its users are sharing with one another. That number is growing at a much faster rate than its monthly user base. Currently, people share 4 billion items, such as photos, status updates and links, every day using Facebook.

Without mentioning Google by name, Mr. Zuckerberg said that “independent entrepreneurs and companies focused on one particular thing will always do better than companies that try to do everything.”

For Facebook, that one thing has been creating an online social infrastructure that other companies, such as Skype, can then add their own products to.

Skype has agreed to be bought by Microsoft Corp. for $8.5 billion in a deal expected to close by the end of the year. Microsoft owns a small stake in Facebook.

Nanna movie trailer starring Vikram and Anushka

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Nanna' stars Vikram as the protagonist — Krishna, a mentally challenged adult fighting for the custody of his daughter, along with Anushka Shetty, who is doing the role of the lawyer who helps Krishna. Amala Paul and Nassar, who are also acting in this film, have equally prominent roles. Rumour has it that 'Nanna' has been inspired by Hollywood flick 'I Am Sam'.

'Brahmigadi Katha' Review:

'Brahmigadi Katha' Review:
Rating: 2.5/5
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Cast: Varun Sandesh, Asmita Sood, Poonam Kaur, Jayaprakash Reddy, Brahmanandam, Krishnudu, Nagineedu, Ali
Music: Koti
Cinematographer: Jawahar Reddy
Editor: Shankar
Screenplay, direction: Eswar Reddy
Producer: Rajat Parthasarathy
Release date: 01/07/2011

Varun Sandesh who has been going through a lean patch in his career is back with a different entertainer. Whether it was entertaining enough to rock the box office, let us see

Story:
Siva (Varun Sandesh) is on a train to go to his uncle’s house. He chances upon Maya (Asmita) and Siva realizes that she has run away from home. He wants to hep her but she disappears suddenly. Siva reaches his uncle’s (Jayaprakash Reddy) home and here his ‘Maradalu’ Bhagya (Poonam Kaur) is hopelessly in love with him and wants to marry him. Once when Siva and Bhagya go to the market, Maya is spotted and she is chased by the goons. Siva takes Maya and escapes. At the same time, a noted director Brahmi (Brahmanandam) is narrating a story to Siva’s uncle. Interestingly, whatever Brahmi is narrating, the same is happening in real with Siva. Here, Brahmi reveals that the lady in his story is a killer. Is Maya a killer too? Why is she being chased? What happens to Bhagya’s love forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Varun Sandesh is seen in a special getup for this film but his new look doesn’t suit him. His lean looks make him appear worse. However, he has improved in his acting though he still has that foreign accent in his Telugu.

Asmita looks sexy but she is blank in acting. Since her character is complex, it would have helped if a performing actress was taken.

Krishnudu brought smiles with his heavy frame but he is yet to improve his acting. Brahmi has not done much comedy but due to his character, few smiles are got. Jayaprakash Reddy was annoying at start but later he was hilarious. Poonam Kaur comes in yet another forgettable role. Despite having good looks she is not getting the chance to do main leads. Prithvi and Amit were okay. Nagineedu was not matching his role.

Highlights:

Brahmi- Jayaprakash Reddy comedy scenes
Asmita’s glamour quotient

Drawbacks:

Loose screenplay
Directorial flaws
Weak climax

Analysis:
Firstly, it was never explained why Brahmi’s story is happening for real. Though that can be ignored citing cinematic liberty, there are enough hiccups in the story which makes it difficult to term it as a fulsome comedy treat.

Except for those few comedy scenes here and there, the rest of it is trash. If this story was given to any other director he would have brought better result but Eshwar Reddy gave it up. If this had Allari Naresh then it would have been added bonus. Keeping the plot in suspense till the end was good but when it is revealed, one cannot help laughing. After all the hiding, one gets a feeling this is what the director had to say. There is no strength in any sequence.

And with the heroine unable to act, not much sympathy comes to her character. Except for few laughs here and there, the story is a bore.

Bottomline: It’s a stale curry not a story
source:greatandhra.com

Lisa wants to be a mom

Canadian-Indian actor Lisa Ray is perhaps most acclaimed for her brave battle with bone marrow cancer two years ago. She fought through the hardship of chemotherapy-induced menopause, but wants to be a mother now. “I’m looking at other options and talking to my partner about it. I would like to
have one child, boy or girl,” says Ray.

She was invited for the recently held IIFA awards in her hometown — Toronto, and feels honoured. “I think the awards are doing something really positive. It is getting people to talk about Bollywood films,” she says. Working for IIFA, she also got to see behind the scenes action. “Like, when a fan lunged on Shah Rukh Khan’s feet on stage, it went unnoticed as everyone thought it was part of the skit,” she says. Another favourite moment for her was: walking on the green-carpet, where she chose to lend support to Canadian designers by wearing their creations.

Ray, who has starred in films like Water, I Can’t Think Straight and Bollywood/Hollywood, was in the Capital to promote her new TV series, Oh My Gold!, to be aired on the channel, TLC. In the show, Ray travels through India, “snooping” around to uncover different cities’ inherent jewellery styles.

Her most prized possession? “A ruby and diamonds ring that was passed down by my mother to me,” she Ray.

I’d like to have one child. I’m looking at options — adoption or some technique, it is not definitive

It was convenient to wear designers from Canada, instead of calling in garments from India (for IIFA)

India is the only place in the world, where gold and jewellery is literally a part of the national make up

Rs50k cr worth treasure in Kerala temple

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The legend of El Dorado was definitely not set on the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. But the seven-member panel, which is drawing up a list of assets at the famed shrine here, had a feel of the lost city of gold as they set foot in one of the two secret vaults located inside the sprawling granite structure which gives the Kerala capital its name.

On Thursday, the team assisted by personnel from the fire services and archeology department opened the locks of vault A to find a narrow flight of stairs leading down to an underground granite cellar. Oxygen was pumped frequently into the chamber and artificial lighting provided to enable the observers to work inside.

What they saw inside was startling, sources said. Gold coins dating back thousands of years, gold necklaces as long as nine feet and weighing about 2.5 kg, about one tonne of the yellow metal in the shape of rice trinkets, sticks made of the yellow metal, sack full of diamonds, gold ropes, thousands of pieces of antique jewellery studded with diamonds and emeralds, crowns and other precious stones lay scattered in the chamber marked 'A'.

Friday threw up far more surprises in the form of 17 kg of gold coins dating back to the East India Company period, 18 coins from Napolean's era, precious stones wrapped in silk bundles besides over 1,000 kg of gold in the form of coins and trinkets and a small elephant made of the yellow metal, sources said.

There were also sovereigns bearing the 1772 seal indicating they were from the reign of the then native king Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma. There are a total of six vaults marked A to F in the shrine. The A and B cellars have never opened since 1872.

Reports said the value of the recoveries so far from vault A alone may exceed over Rs 50,000 crore. This doesn't take into account their antique value. With chamber B, yet to be opened, speculation was rife that the shrine would pip Tirupati Balaji, who too has been assessed at a little more than Rs 50,000 crore to a distant second. No official confirmation has been forthcoming on the value of the recoveries.

Retired Kerala high court judges — Justice M N Krishnan and Justice C S Rajan — appointed observers by the Supreme Court said, ''It's difficult to give an exact date about when the stock-taking would be completed. The B and E vaults remain to be opened. We think it may take another week.''

Asked about the value of the assets, Justice Krishnan said the committee was drawing up the inventory of items and were not determining their price. The panel had set out on the job on June 27 and opened three vaults marked C, D and F till Wednesday. Assets found in these chambers were estimated to be worth over Rs 1,000 crore.

The wealth discovery has raised questions on the shrine's security. As of now, the internal security is managed by the temple employees, but this may be inadequate in the light of the events.

GOD'S OWN BOOTY

* Gold coins dating back thousands of years, gold necklaces as long as 9 feet and weighing 2.5 kg; one tonne of gold in the shape of rice trinkets; sticks made of gold, sack full of diamonds, gold ropes and thousands of pieces of jewellery studded with diamonds and emeralds

* 17 kg of gold coins dating back to the East India Company period; 18 coins from Napolean's era, precious stones wrapped in silk bundles besides over 1,000 kg of gold in form of coins and trinkets and a small elephant made of gold

* The value of recoveries from vault A alone may exceed over Rs 50,000 cr. With chamber B yet to be opened, speculation is rife the shrine would pip Tirupati Balaji's assets, which too has been assessed at over Rs 50,000 crore

Brahmi gadi katha Movie Review

Brahmi gadi katha Movie Review – Brammigadi Katha Review – Brammi gadi katha Rating, Telugu Movie Review: Varun Sandesh’s latest film under Eeswar Reddy’s direction is out in theatres now. It has an interesting title and attractive posters to pull curious crowds to the theatres. What’s this Brahmi Gadu’s story is about? Here is the review…

Story:

Shiva (Varun Sandesh) comes to his uncle’s house in Hyderabad on his way to Gulbarga. Shiva’s would be wife and his cousin Bhagya (Poonam Kaur) awaits his arrival along with her father (Jayaprakash Reddy). Shiva bumps into Maya (Asmita Sood) in the train and comes to know that she is in trouble. Maya goes away from Shiva after sometime and he will be left puzzled. But he finds her again in Hyderabad and goes to help her as she is being chased by goons. At the same time a film director Brahmi comes to narrate a story to Shiva’s uncle. Surprisingly everything which Brahmi narrates happens in real. There is a dark secret behind Maya which puts Shiva in big problem. Rest of the story is about Maya’s background and the problem that has been chasing her.

Analysis:

This film’s plot reminds us of A film By Aravind. That film was a thriller and this is a comedy. Any film would seem interesting if one of the characters narrates what happens for real. However, a tight screenplay is required for such plots to keep the audience interested. Director Eeswar Reddy who also penned the screenplay for this film has utterly failed in that department.

Screenplay is the main drawback of this film as there are too many holes to fill and loose ends which need to be connected. Few scenes involving Brahmanandam and Jaya Prakash Reddy clicked well due to the awesome timing of both the actors. But the director failed to light up the scenes where the duo is absent.

Chase sequences are poorly shot. This is a ‘on the run’ film but that thrill is missing throughout as the chasers doesn’t look menacing enough. Female lead’s character is the backbone of the narrative and she has failed to give right expressions which didn’t help on filling in the emotional quotient.

Performances:

Varun Sandesh is fine but still needs to improve a lot. He is still not working on his biggest flaw, dialog delivery. Also he needs to put on some weight as he can’t pull off these roles which need him to flex muscles at times. Asmita Sood is a pain to watch. She doesn’t know the basics of acting and we will be terribly tortured with her expressions as it is hard to find out what she is actually trying to convey! Krishnudu is just Okay. Brahmanandam is the hero of this film. His mere presence is having audience in splits. Jaya Prakash Reddy is good despite being loud. Poonam Kaur is not bad. Nagineedu is minimal. Other actors do their part as per the director’s requirements.

Tehnicalities:

Koti’s songs are awful. Background score is pathetic. Padmasri’s dialogs lacked the required punch. Cinematography is average. There is nothing much to speak about other departments.

Eeswar Reddy’s inability has been highlighted yet again. He can’t handle the films despite having interesting plots at hands. Screenplay and direction are the biggest minus of this film.

Plus Points:

- Few comedic scenes

Minus points:

- Screenplay and direction
- Heroine’s flashback is silly
- Climax is bad

Final Word: Brahmi gadi Katha – A comedy ‘story’ that ends up as a tragedy!

Box office predictions: Brammi gadi katha may appeal to audience who doesn’t mind to watch a film for few cheap laughs. It may fare better than Varun Sandesh’s recent flops due to the entertainment factor.

Brahmi gadi Katha Review rating: 2.5/5
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Casting: Asmita Sood, Poonam Kaur, Krishnudu, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Brahmanandam, Varun Sandesh
Music: Koti
Producer: P Ram Mohan Rao
Director: Eeshwar Reddy