If you can digest an overdose of physical violence, then Ghajini is a film you shouldn’t miss for Aamir Khan’s unforgettable performance.
It’s been years since I saw a Hindi film that had so few dialogues for the leading man. Quite unlikely for a masala movie about romance and revenge! Stoically, Aamir Khan walks and rips through the film with the charm of a Casanova and the beastliness of a vengeful man, and delivers a performance that will be remembered even though the movie itself may be forgotten after a few months.
‘Ghajini’ is a film that ought to be seen for the sheer novelty of its theme. Inspired – and to some extent, lifted – from Hollywood’s ‘Memento’, it tells the story of a man who can’t remember anything beyond 15 minutes. He suffers from short term memory loss. But somehow he has found ways to remind himself of just one thing – that he has to find and kill the man whose name his murdered lover ( Asin ) whispered in his ear just moments before he too was hit on the head with an iron rod, never to fully recover his memory again. So, through tattoos and polaroids and notes he keeps reminding himself of just one aim – to find Ghajini, the killer whose face and whereabouts he neither knows, nor can remember.
As our amnesiac hero, Sanjay Singhania (Aamir), closes in on Ghajini and goes about bumping off one bad guy after another, we are given repeated flashbacks into his past life, when he fell in love with a struggling model Kalpana (Asin), an Indianized version of the French ‘Amelie’ who helps the poor and needy on the streets. It is this very quality of Kalpana that makes her the target of a gangster, who hunts her down and kills her.
Now, Sanjay, with his limited memory and eight pack abs, lives for one purpose – revenge. He is like a loose canon, a self-propelled torpedo that keeps veering off the course and leaves behind a trail of broken bones, wrung necks and pummeled jaws wherever he passes through.
And oh! I almost forgot. There’s also Sunita ( Jiah Khan ), a medical student interested in the case study of our amnesiac hero. She’s a frail collegian who hinders and helps Sanjay in his mission.
Director A.R. Murugadoss tells a long story at a brisk pace and shows no frugality in depicting violence in all its goriness. It is blood curdling stuff gruesomely glorified. Stuff that gives you the heebie-jeebies! It’s mostly hand-to-hand combat with frequent use of iron rods that serve the sole purpose as skull-crushers. Repulsive!
But if you have stomach for such revolting violence, you would enjoy sitting through ‘Ghajini’ for many reasons. First, it’s unique plot. Second, Aamir’s mind-blowing acting. Third, Asin’s confident debut in a heart-winning performance. Jiah Khan is appropriately cast in a role that doesn’t demand much from her. Pradeep Rawat, as the antagonist, is menacing.
There is a gaping hole that yawns right at the very base of Ghajini’s story. If a man can’t remember that his lover was killed or who killed her, why does he need to remind himself again and again to take revenge. Wouldn’t his vengeance wane away with his memory? Murugadoss should have established some internal link that keeps pushing the protagonist back to his mission – something like sporadic dreams or memory flashes.
Anyway, realism is something you shouldn’t expect from ‘Ghajini’. It’s a full-on masala film that is stylishly shot and has above average music by A R Rahman . It’s a film that needs to be enjoyed with mouthful of cola and fistful of popcorns even though the no-holds-barred violence keeps getting on your nerves. Despite its long duration of three-plus hours, the movie, with its quick pace, doesn’t weigh heavy, and leaves you with a mind out of time. Anterograde Amnesia, anyone?
Rating: ****1/2
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Ghajini Review
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Get IBM Lotus Symphony CDs for Free
IBM Lotus Symphony is very similar to MS Office of Microsoft and having all that you need for office suite like word processor, presentation, and spreadsheets. It is based on Open Office. You can get more details about this here. You can actually download the entire software for free from Lotus here. It seems it has also been named as the best desktop application for the year 2008.
If you feel that you cannot download the entire content for free you can actually request the same software in a CD for free from IBM and what more they are delivering this CD in India too. They will deliver it free of cost and you don’t even have to pay the delivery or postal charges.
All you have to do is to visit this page and give your contact details along with the other details asked for and you will be delivered of this free IBM Lotus Symphony CD.
You can optionally opt to receive special offers and other newsletter of IBM while requesting the free Lotus Symphony CD.
Visit this page and request for the free CD from IBM if you really need another Office Software other than your existing Open Office or MS Office applications.
Click here or visit the following by copy pasting the url in your browser
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/in/lotus/symphony/freecd/registration/index.html
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Windows Vista SP2 download
Windows Vista introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience.The visual sophistication of Windows Vista helps streamline your computing experience by refining common window elements so you can better focus on the content on the screen rather than on how to access it. The desktop experience is more informative, intuitive, and helpful. And new tools bring better clarity to the information on your computer, so you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and use wizards and dialog boxes more confidently.Microsoft Windows Vista has the following other editions available:
Download Windows Vista SP2 from here
BSNL EVDO Broadband service
BSNL EVDO wireless broadband at Rs 550 per month unlimited usage
Posted: 20 Dec 2008 01:21 AM CST
Now you can enjoy high speed wireless internet connection speed up to 2 MBPS with unlimited use by using BSNL EVDO data card.
BSNL EVDO data card is available in two form- PCMCIA and USB type EVDO data card. USB type EVDO data card can be used in your desktop PC as well as laptop, PCMCIA type EVDO data card can be used in laptop.
The one time cost of this data card is Rs 4000. You can also get it on rent at price 200 Rs per month.
There is no need for any sim card to use it. Because this is a wireless service, there is very less chances of unavailability or trouble of EVDO broadband service by BSNL.
This is good option for those people who are traveling frequently or they don’t have high speed internet connection facility at there home because of unavailability of service. Other good thing is that the plan is unlimited with high speed .
You can never find this high speed internet connection (unlimited plan) at such low price from other internet service provider.
Braodband Speed may vary according to distance of BSNL EVDO tower, but it is always more then the speed of BSNL landline broadband connection.
BSNL EVDO service currently available in following cities of INDIA
Allahabad
Alleppy
Ahmedabad
Anantapur
Bangalore
Bhopal
Bhubaneswar
Bokaro
Calicut
Cochin
Coimbatore
Dhanbad
Ernakulam
Erode
Goa.
Indore
Indrapuram
Jaipur
Jamshedpur
Kanchipuram
Kaushambi
Kerala (Most Towns)
Karaikal - Kerala
Kilvelur - TN
Kottayam
Kurnool
Lucknow
Ludhiana
Malapuram
Nachiyarkoil - TN
Nagpur
Nasik
Noida and Greater Nodia
Panaji
Pathanamthitta
Patna
Puducherry UT - Karaikal
Pune
Rajkot
Ranchi
Salem
Surat
Tirunelveli - Palayamkottai Exchg
Trichur
Trivandrum
Vasundhra
Vaishali Region of Ghaziabad
About roaming facility, BSNL is saying- You can move within your city (SDCA) with the data cards at present. We are rolling out all India roaming and shall announce the same in near future.
Where you can get 2.4 MBPS speed ? This depends on how far you stay from CDMA BTS, either with EVDO network or CDMA 1x. You will get very good speeds if the tower is within 2 – 3 KMs radius.
Friday, December 19, 2008
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Free IBM Lotus Symphony Suite
Free IBM Lotus Symphony Suite CD delivered at your doorstep or Office desk.
Just go through the following link and you will have fill in details of your name, address & other contact details. Within 2-4 weeks the CD will be deilivered to your provided mailing address.
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/in/lotus/symphony/freecd/registration/index.html
There are time period mentioned on IBM official website though this could a limited period offer or until the stocks last. So hurry up and go grab the all new free IBM Lotus Symphony office suite for absolutely free, yours forever. No holds barred and no licences required.
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/in/lotus/symphony/freecd/registration/index.html
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Google Earth Used by Terrorists in India Attacks
Google Earth Used by Terrorists in India Attacks
The terrorists that attacked various locations in south Mumbai last week used digital maps from Google Earth to learn their way around, according to officials investigating the attacks.
Investigations by the Mumbai police, including the interrogation of one nabbed terrorist, suggest that the terrorists were highly trained and used technologies such as satellite phones, and global positioning systems (GPS), according to police.
Google Earth has previously come in for criticism in India, including from the country's former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Kalam warned in a 2005 lecture that the easy availability online of detailed maps of countries from services such as Google Earth could be misused by terrorists.
Indian security agencies have complained that Google Earth exposed Indian defense and other sensitive installations. Other nations, including China, have made similar complaints regarding military locations.
However the places attacked by terrorists last week did not come under the category of defense or sensitive installations. The information available to the terrorists on Google Earth about the locations they attacked is also available on printed tourism maps of Mumbai. The locations included two hotels, a restaurant, a residential complex, and a railway station.
Source: PC World India
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Cellphone for ‘pre-teens’ unveiled by Samsung
Cellphone for ‘pre-teens’ unveiled by Samsung
Samsung has revealed a new cellphone, the S3030 Tobi, which is aimed at ‘pre-teens’. The phone features an interface which has been especially designed for younger audiences and comprises of animated characters and themes. Samsung has also made the phone eco-friendly by using bio-plastics, non-toxic paints and non-allergenic materials in its manufacturing process. The younger users will also like the changeable rear covers that also have a sleeve to put in your own pictures.
For parents concerned about their children’s safety, the phone has features such as fake call, SOS messages and SOS calls. The phone is only GSM compatible and weighs less than 100 grams. It has a sliding form factor and features a TFT screen which can display a resolution of 144x176. Memory requirements are handled by the 15MB of internal memory and a microSD slot which supports up to 8GB of memory cards.
Although Samsung has not revealed the price, the phone is expected to be launched IN December 2008 in a number of markets across the globe.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
We will not be intimidated by people who do not like what we stand for. And that is Freedom, Democracy & fight against terrorism.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Sajda Ghazals (Jagjit SIngh & Lata)
59. Allah Janta Hai - Jagjit Singh & Lata
60. Dard Se Mera Daaman Bharde - Lata
61. Dhoop Mein Niklo - Jagjit Singh
62. Dhuwan Bana Ke Fiza Mein - Lata
63. Dil Mein Ab Dard-e-Mohabbat Ke - Jagjit Singh
64. Gham Ka Khazana - Jagjit Singh & Lata
65. Her Taraf Her Jaga Beshumaar - Jagjit Singh & Lata
66. Mausam Ko Isharon Se - Jagjit Singh
67. Mili Hawaon Mein Oudne - Jagjit Singh & Lata
68. Meri Tasveer Mein Rang - Lata
69. Tere Jalwe Ab Mujhe - Lata
70. Tujh Se Milne Ki Saza - Jagjit Singh
For more Ghazals go for the following link
http://download.thehindimusic.com/ghazals/2008/jagjit-singh-lata-ghazals-part-ii/
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Download Ghajini MP3
Download Ghajini mp3 from here. Fastest link
Please note that download at your own risk. Personally I do not encourage piracy.
Friday, November 21, 2008
A brand new Gmail
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
BOSS linux for free
Get Indian Version of Linux, BOSS Linux CD for Free
BOSS - Bharat Operating System Solutions is giving away its own version of linux cds' for free. Just give an email to bosslinux@ncb.ernet.in or bosslinux@cdacbangalore.in
Boss Linux is nothing but our own Indian Version of the Linux OS. It is an OS developed by C-DAC. And what more, you can get this version of BOSS Linux CD for free too. Or alternatively you can download it directly from Boss Linux Website.If you want to get BOSS CD visit here and look for the nearest Boss Support Centre and contact them and give your address to them to let it delivered to your place for free through courier. No obligations or questions asked, just give details to get it for free and that too delivered at your place for free.Find more details about Bosss Linux and other details including how to get the free BOSS Linux CD, visit this page.
Apple iPhone
For the features, it is pretty good in interface. But even though it had 3g capability, I cannot use it here in India. There is no 3G in India but sooner or later it will be arrived. Tough its head phones are of poor quality considering such an awesome phone, but music quality is so good to ears and it can be further enhanced by purchasing a good headphone pair.I really take care of this pretty toy for a long time than any other phone in my life. Its true!
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Get free gifts with India Today
Get Free Gifts and Discounts with India Today Subscription
From today, I am starting a new series of offers in which I will be sharing the magazine subscription offers available across India. These magazine subscription offers are sometimes too good to overlook them with the free gifts that you get along with the great discounts just to subscribe to these magazines. There are some really amazing free gifts you get along with such magazine subscriptions such as the Filmfare subscription discussed here and here. These magazine subscriptions have always fascinated me and even lured me many times in subscribing to them and hence I hope it will create the same usefulness and fascination for you too.Although I have started this endeavor of magazine subscription offers previously with the Filmfare Subscription but have not continued from then, but from now on it will continue if I find some really good offer on magazine subscription in India. You too can give your suggestions and feedbacks on this through comments here or to my email ID. This, magazine subscription offers, will be ongoing but I can assure I will not over post with too much of it and will post them only at some intervals.
I am going to start with the India Today magazine subscription. Although there will be a change in free gifts and discounts you get from that of the cover price every now and then, but I am sharing the latest offer on India Today subscription right now.There are actually three options available with the subscription; one year, three years and five years.The current cover price of India Today is Rs. 25! With the one year subscription offer you will get the subscription for Rs. 975 as against the original subscription rate of Rs. 1300 (with the cover price of Rs. 25). You will get 52 issues at this rate and you would save Rs. 325 from that of the cover price. You will also get a free Reebok Bag and Britannia Encyclopedia CD which is said to be worth Rs. 650 along with the one year subscription.With the three years subscription of India Today you get a free Timex Watch worth Rs. 750. And you can subscribe for Rs. 2900 as against the original price of Rs. 3900. You will get 156 issues. You will save Rs. 1000 with this three-year offer.With five year subscription you get a free Adidas Shoes which is worth Rs. 2899 for free. You can also get the special subscription rate of Rs. 4800 as against the original cover price of Rs. 6500. You can save Rs. 1700 from this offer.You can even subscribe to it by filling the necessary details and payment online from here. Those who want to renew their existing India Today subscription can also avail this offer.You can find more details about this offer here.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Five Essential Tips for Editing the Registry
keep yourself anxiety-free and your PC alive.
Editing the Windows Registry has the potential to improve your system’s performance, but making a mistake can destroy Windows and cause you great distress. Here are five tips for keeping yourself anxiety-free—and for keeping your PC alive.
The best protection from Registry hassles is to have a current full-system backup. You ought to create one right now, even if you’re not planning to mess with your Registry anytime soon. For a tutorial, read “how to Prevent a Data Disaster"
Before you open the Registry cleaner, use ERUNT (emergency Recovery Utility NT; to back up the Registry. i know, it’s redundant, since the Registry cleaner will back up any changes it makes, and since you (should) already have a full system backup. But having a separate Registry backup will make it easier to restore your system quickly if something goes wrong.
Prior to scanning with your Registry cleaner, close all other applications; if possible, unload any tools running in your system tray, too. Open apps constantly make Registry changes, and you want the Registry cleaner to do its work with no interference along the way.
When using a Registry cleaner, stay alert and read whatever the cleaning tool’s wizard has to say. With most other programs that employ wizards, it’s no big deal if you pay scant attention and just keep clicking the Next button. But that isn’t the case with Registry cleaners.
After the scan, the program will let you remove (or in some cases, repair) the Registry errors. if you are given the option, set the Registry cleaner to remove errors only at the safest and least-intrusive level. (you can scan again with more aggressive settings later on.) Even at that, you might see 1000 or even 2000 “safe” entries that need cleaning. For instance, Registry First aid found 2161 problems on my PC, of which it deemed about 1900 safe to alter. Whatever you do, never choose an auto cleaning option. Instead, be sure to approve each change manually, which keeps you in control.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Get 50% Cash Back with Giftmate at Futurebazaar.com
Giftmate has come back after a brief break with this 50% cash back offer in collaboration with Futurebazaar.com. That is for every purchase using your Giftmate voucher at Future Bazaar, you will be getting the 50% of the total purchase value as cash back into your Giftmate Account which you can use it for future purchases anywhere else.
Giftmate, as many of you might be knowing that, is famous for its awesome offers in the near past. But of late there has been not much or to say no offers or deals at all from Giftmate but they have come back strongly again with this offer. Unlike Giftmate’s previous offers this is a cash back offer in the form of Giftmate vouchers itself.
To explain in detail, to avail this offer, all you need to do is to buy Giftmate Vouchers between May 14, 2008 to May 28, 2008 and use the same for purchases at Futurebazaar.com. For example, if you shop for Rs. 500 at Futurebazaar you will get a cash back in the form of Giftmate vouchers worth Rs. 250, as simple as that. The free mobile gift voucher will be sent within seven days from when the offer closes and not immediately after you buy from Future Bazaar. And this free cash back voucher can be utilized till June 30, 2008.
Not really clear whether you can buy from Future Bazaar from already existing balance from the Giftmate, as it was not clearly mentioned there. But as far as I can tell from what I have understood, you need to buy the Giftmate vouchers during this offer and only through those vouchers you should buy from Future Bazaar, else you might or might not be eligible to get cash back from them.
The maximum free gift voucher that they send per person or mobile number is Rs. 500 during this offer period and is valid only for the first 4000 customers who utilize this offer. Hence try to avail this offer as quick as possible if you are planning for it, as it might not be guaranteed that you will be eligible to win this voucher once the first 4000 people have utilized this offer.
All the other regular Giftmate terms and conditions applies for this offer too which you all might be knowing exhaustively by now.
You can find more details about this offer here. This offer is valid from May 14, 2008 to May 28, 2008 only.
Latest craze in Mobile - HTC Touch Dual
Disable Recent Docs History in Windows
Your computer has been programmed to store recently opened files in a folder named: Recent Documents. This has been established to make accessing of documents easier. Most people find this feature helpful and use it regularly. Others, especially those working on shared computers find the feature cumbersome and can hinder their privacy. It is true that the Recent Documents folder is a double edged sword. It can be very useful, giving the user quick access to recently opened documents while at the same time giving other individuals a window into the inner working of your computer.
If you are one of those people on a private computer and find the Recent Documents feature helpful, then keeping it will not prove to be problematic. But, if you do not use this feature, no matter if you are in a shared or private computer; it is advised for you to disable this.
Disabling the recent documents folder has been found to decrease the time that it takes to boot Microsoft Windows, and privacy comes as an added bonus. If you are using the Windows Vista version, it may help that you switch your start menu to the Classic view first so you can follow the instructions. What is the Classic View? The Classic view for the start menu is similar to those found in older versions of Windows and not the updated one of Vista. To switch to the Classic Start Menu view, Right Click on the START button found on the lower left hand side of your screen. In Windows Vista, this appears as an icon of the Microsoft Windows logo. Click Properties, pick the Classic Windows view and click OK. Now that you have changed it you can follow the same procedure for other Windows version when disabling the Recent Documents folder. In order to disable the feature, follow these steps:
Click START, then Click on the RUN tab. Type 'Regedit' on the text bar. This will open a new window, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer. After you have done this, create a new DWORD value, this is essentially the same as creating a new folder. Create the DWORD value using the Key NoRecentDocsHistory and pick 1 for the value. That's it!
You have just disabled the Recent Documents Feature of your computer. In order to make this take effect, restart your computer. After that is done, you will no longer have a record of your recent documents.
Now that your recent documents have been disabled, you will be able to notice a slight difference in the time it takes for your computer to boot. Also, you do not need to worry about people who might be snooping around looking to get a look at what you have been up to recently. The Recent Documents folder is just one of those things that you can do without. Pretty much like the appendix in Human Anatomy. The whole can still function fully without that one part. In all cases, this can be viewed as a preventive action that helps you avoid any problems when it comes to your privacy.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Crack Windows XP Pro
I cannot support you publicly about this. But there is a simple trick which bypasses Windows Genuine Advantage validation. If you still sticked to Windows XP Pro then gimme a call n I'll explain. I know that all of you know my contact.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
విన్దోవ్స్ విస్టా
ఎవరికైనా విండోస్ విస్టా కావాలంటే నాకు మెయిల్ చెయ్యండి చాలు. మీ అడ్రస్ కు విన్దోవ్స్ విస్తా కురిఎర్ చేసేస్తా. కాని ఎవరికీ చెప్పకండి.
Internet Explorer 8
Hi all, If you want have a first look on Internet Explorer 8, Then just gimme a request by sms or email. I will give you the link privately. Microsoft didnot made it to public yet, so I can give you personal link only. Enjoy!
DVD Videos
Wanna download DVD Videos of latest Tollywood? Just check out the dvd videoz, http://dvdvideoz.all-forum.net
Friday, March 21, 2008
Widescreen Wallpapers - Filmy
A numerous wide screen wallpapers for your desktop to dazzle your eyes only. Check out indianwidescreens.com.
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