KAMINEY... !!!

This was the movie; I was desperately waiting for .Reason, interesting trailers and Visual Bharadwaj. He has given movies like Makdi, Maqbool, Omkara and The Blue Umbrella. All have been meaningful, interesting and entertaining.
I always wanted to watch premiere of the movie. Thankfully to CREDAI Karnataka Realty Expo, I wasn't able to watch the movie, whole weekend. Reviews were out, everyone had loved it. Now I have to see it.
Monday after the job, I ensured not to miss the movie. And guess what, it was memorable experience. As rightfully Rajeev Masand says,'Kaminey is imaginative and original’. It made me remembered movie of 70s era, which had everything, fun action thrill drama and romance.
Kaminey was nice blend of all. I had completely forgotten that there was Shahid Kapoor in the movie. I flowed with the story through Guddu, Sweety and Charlie.
I was mesmerized with Shahid's acting and the supporting casts. As per me the movie is "Fuberb". Movie is embraced with catchy and classy music blended with Gulzar Sahab's unmatchable lyrics.
Loved the line... "Ek dil se dosti thi... Ye huzur bhi kaminey...!!!"

My next target... "What's your Rashee" by Ashutosh Gowarikar.

Slumdog Millionaire & Politics... ???

When everyone was jubilant of the fact that, Slumdog Millionaire has won 8 Oscars, India was busy debating, whether India should really take its credit? No matter what everyone thinks, there were many who were ready to take the credit of movie's success in American film awards.

There were, Bollywood, Mumbai, Media and even Politcians boasting about their contributions.
I just couldn't think how do politicians helped the movie win Oscars?
I have no clue about it?

I guess, following cartoons, can answer our questions.

Bandra-Worli Sealink: India's engineering excellence !!!

Bandra Worli Sea Link Project has been one of the most highly recommended project of all the transport studies done for the metropolitan region. The Bandra Worli Sea Link will be an 8-lane, cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches, which will link Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai.
The Sea Link will enable speedy travel between Bandra and Worli, cutting travel times up to one hour.The eight-lane flyover will have capacity of carrying about 1.40 lakh cars per day. Large multi-axel vehicles and two-wheelers would not be allowed on the sea link. Speed limit would have to be maintained at 100 km/hr.

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is an engineering marvel.It weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants, the tallest tower equals a 43-storey building and steel wires that could be lined up to form the circumference of the earth have been used to make it.Putting it all together was a feat in itself.Each of the concrete girders weigh more than 150 metric tonnes. The massive gantry cranes help move these girders. A 96-wheel trolley helps carry the enormous structure to fit one into another and form a continuation of a bridge that will go on and connect to the other end.

The Bandra Worli sea link project has certain unique features. These include:

1)An 8-lane bridge with 2 lanes dedicated for buses.
2)Unique bridge design for the Link Bridge to emerge as a land mark structure in the city.
3)Single tower supported 500 metre long cable-stayed bridge at Bandra Channel and twin tower supported 350 m cable-stayed bridge at Worli Channel for each carriageway.
4)Modern toll plaza of 16 lanes with automated toll collection system.
5)An intelligent bridge with state-of-art systems for traffic monitoring, surveillance, information and guidance, instrumentation, emergency support, etc.
6)Development of promenade and landscaping to enhance the environment.