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Vishwaroop - Theatrical Trailer Tamil

Vishwaroopam is an upcoming Tamil-Telugu-Hindi trilingual Indian spy thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Kamal Haasan that features himself in the lead role.[1][2] The film, also has Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah and Jaideep Ahlawat in supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with lyrics by Vairamuthu for the Tamil and Javed Akhtar for the Hindi versions respectively. The film was shot with the same cast in both languages simultaneously, and is titled in Hindi as Vishwaroop.

Development of the project commenced after the release of Kamal's Manmadhan Ambu, and several of the crew were imported from Hollywood. The direction department was taken over by Kamal Haasan from Selvaraghavan, and reports indicating a comparison with Hollywood films surfaced during the production. The initially estimated budget was around INR150 crore (US$27.15 million), making it one of the most expensive Indian films. Due to delays, casting took a relatively long period of time, with several of the original cast dropping out of the project. The film was shot extensively overseas, in countries including the United States and Canada, while domestic locations included Chennai and Mumbai.

Gangster - Billa 2 Full Song

Billa 2 TRailer

Indian film audiences don’t have much experience of watching prequels, so Ajith Kumar’s ‘Billa 2’ can be an interesting watch for them. ‘Billa 2’ is the prequel of 2007 film ‘Billa’ which was directed by Vishnuvardhan. The new edition is directed by Chakri Toleti who has wielded the megaphone for films such as ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’ and ‘Eenadu’ in the past. 

The film’s story probes the history of a dreaded gangster David Billa and finds out the reasons behind his transformation from an ordinary man to a gang-lord. 

‘Billa’ was based on a 1980 film by the same name, it also had portions based on 2006 Hindi film ‘Don: The Chase Begins Again’. Nayantara had played the female lead in ‘Billa’ while this time Pravathy Omnakuttan and Bruna Abdullah will be seen opposite Ajith Kumar.

Vidyut Jamwal, who gained fame for his intense acting in ‘Force’, is also doing an important role in ‘Billa 2’. 

Despite doing very few films, Ajith Kumar has earned a distinct position in the Tamil film world. This time also the makers are planning to encash his huge popularity that’s why they have planned to release the film in as many theatres as possible. They are eyeing the foreign markets too, especially the USA, where ‘Billa 2’ is releasing in more than 60 screens, second only to Rajinikanth’s ‘Enthiran’. 

The music of the film by Yuvan Shankar Raja has already become a rage among youths which in turn will fetch the film benefits at the box office. 

Ajith Kumar is the biggest attraction of ‘Billa 2’ and the film’s performance will entirely depend on his portrayal of a people friendly don. The spectators would also love to watch Ajith Kumar performing daredevil stunts that he has done without using a body double.

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a creature produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.


Shelley had travelled the region in which the story takes place, and the topics of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her future husband, Percy. The storyline emerged from a dream. Mary, Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. She then wrote Frankenstein.


Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story, because unlike in previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results.[1] The story is partially based on Giovanni Aldini's electrical experiments on dead and (sometimes) living animals and was also a warning against the expansion of modern humans in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in its subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. It has had a considerable influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films.


Since publication of the novel, the name "Frankenstein" is often used to refer to the monster itself, as is done in the stage adaptation by Peggy Webling. This usage is sometimes considered erroneous, but usage commentators regard the monster sense of "Frankenstein" as well-established and not an error.[2][3][4] In the novel, the monster is identified via words such as "creature," "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", and "it". Speaking to Dr. Frankenstein, the monster refers to himself as "the Adam of your labors", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead your "fallen angel."

Warga emas maut ditetak jiran

Seorang lelaki warga emas mati ditetak jirannya adalah antara tiga kes bunuh yang berlaku di tiga daerah di Perak dalam tempoh 24 jam sejak malam semalam.


Ketua Polis Perak Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan berkata dalam kejadian di Taman Changkat, Kampar pada pukul 9.20 malam semalam, Wong Cheong Heng, 73, meninggal dunia akibat ditetak di bahagian pinggang dan kepala menggunakan sebilah parang oleh jirannya yang juga warga emas.


Beliau berkata mangsa meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian.


"Difahamkan perselisihan faham antara mereka telah lama berlaku dan semalam mereka berbalah dan isunya masih dalam siasatan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri 'Hari Kesedaran Jenayah dan Tinjauan Mesra' anjuran Polis Diraja Malaysia Kontinjen Perak di Taiping, hari ini.


Beliau berkata polis telahpun menahan suspek yang berusia 62 tahun itu dan kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan kerana membunuh.


Sementara itu, dalam kejadian lain di Kuala Kangsar, seorang pengawal keselamatan sebuah kilang getah di Jalan Taiping menembak seorang lelaki yang menceroboh masuk ke kawasan kilang berkenaan.


Mohd Shukri berkata dalam kejadian pada pukul 6.30 pagi ini, pengawal keselamatan berkenaan menembak lelaki berumur 46 tahun itu yang dipercayai ingin mencuri di kilang berkenaan.


"Kawasan itu pernah dimasuki pencuri dan atas rasa takut dia telah melepaskan tembakan," katanya.


Beliau berkata polis menahan pengawal keselamatan itu dan kes berkenaan disiasat mengikut Seksyen 304 Kanun Keseksaan.


Dalam kejadian lain di Jalan Tupai, Taiping, seorang pemilik kedai perabot, Ong Chee Leong, 58, mati ditikam dengan pisau oleh seorang daripada empat perompak yang memasuki kedai itu pada pukul 10.30 pagi ini.


"Berlaku pertelingkahan antara mereka dan mangsa telah ditikam," katanya.


Katanya polis sedang memburu keempat-empat suspek.


- Bernama

Curved Screen Smartphones??

Samsung has quietly given a name to its flexible AMOLED technology in a sign it's getting closer to a real launch. Now called Youm, it makes the thin film transistor and the encapsulation entirely out of film instead of glass. The changes not only let it bend and fold freely but, according to Samsung, make it "unbreakable," thinner, and lighter.

The company has fully committed to the name and has trademarks with the USPTO. They cover multiple different forms of AMOLED screens to keep the Youm name active in the long term.

Samsung starts bulk production of flexible displays sometime during the spring and, if on track, could be in a shipping product before the end of 2012. Among the candidates could be things as simple as curved-screen smartphones and wristwatches to folding phones and portable devices whose displays unfold.

 

Mayat bayi dalam beg galas

Seorang pelajar berusia 16 tahun yang mengadu sakit perut dan mendapatkan rawatan di Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ) di Kuala Terengganu, akhirnya mengaku dia baru melahirkan anak dan menyembunyikan bayi itu dalam sebuah beg galas.
  
Beg galas yang mengandungi bayi perempuan yang dilahirkan pada pukul 1 pagi Selasa itu kemudian diberi kepada rakan perempuannya tanpa memberitahu isi kandungan beg itu.
  
"Mayat bayi perempuan yang cukup sifat ditemui dalam beg galas itu apabila doktor yang merawat pelajar terbabit menghubungi rakan pelajar itu dan memintanya membawakan beg berkenaan," kata Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Terengganu ACP K. Manoharan.
  
Beliau berkata penipuan pelajar Tingkatan Empat sebuah sekolah menengah di Kuala Terengganu itu terbongkar pada pukul 6 petang Selasa apabila doktor yang merawatnya
mendapati dia baru melahirkan anak.
  
"Pelajar berusia 16 tahun itu kemudian mengaku kepada doktor itu bahawa dia melahirkan seorang bayi perempuan di asrama sekolahnya," katanya kepada pemberita hari ini.


Beliau berkata hasil siasatan di tempat pelajar itu melahirkan bayinya, polis menemui gunting yang dipercayai diguna untuk memotong tali pusat bayi dan dibuang dalam tong sampah.


Berdasarkan laporan bedah siasat terhadap bayi itu mendapati ada kesan lebam pada kepala dan terdapat air dalam paru-paru serta pendarahan yang teruk, katanya.
  
Beliau berkata kes itu disiasat mengikut Seksyen 309 Kanun Keseksaan kerana menyebabkan kematian.
  
- Bernama

Sri Silambam Korvai Club

About Indian Martial Art - Silambam Mission we aim to achieve following objectives through our club: 

1. Encourage Indian students to learn about their own martial art and culture 

2. Make sure that children stay healthy and competitive in life 

 3. Teach self discipline as well as humility to our students. 

4. Provide a venue for students to make new friends and build rapport with others Description A Dravidian martial art from Tamil Nadu in south India but also practiced by the Tamil community of Sri Lanka and Malaysia

Nexus 7 - I Pad by Google

 The much-awaited tablet called Nexus 7 has been released during the first day of the Google I/O conference that will last for almost three days. Analysts were, thus, able to get a glimpse of the new device and test Google’s new operating system, Android 4.1. 

In addition to the Jelly Bean system, Google endowed Nexus 7 with many other improved options. The tablet is available in two versions, one with 8 GB and another one with 16 GB. The device comes with a 1.2-megapixel front camera, a Tegra 3 processor, as well as a seven-inch (17 cm) 1280 x 800 HD display. Depending on the type of activity you perform with the device, the tablet’s battery life could last up to eight hours.

Google has collaborated with the Taiwanese company, Asus, for the production of Nexus 7. Customers will spend approximately $209 for the 8 GB version and $259 if they want to purchase the 16 GB model. Analysts think the device is a strong competitor for Amazon's Kindle Fire because both tablets run with Google’s Android. The other tablets available on the market, such as, Microsoft’s Surface and iPad are much too expensive to be taken into consideration as competitors for Google’s Nexus.

The online company made several other important announcements on Wednesday. Android Market was, thus, replaced by Google Play, an online store where tablet and smartphone users can acquire music, movies, books and mobile applications. Given that the multinational corporation is trying to compete with Apple and Amazon’s online stores, Google Play will expand its services by offering TV shows, movies and even magazines to its customers.
Nexus Q is the second device that was released during the Wednesday conference. The media streaming device was designed to be used with a stereo system or a TV in order to access You Tube and Google play with the help of an Android-based smartphone or a tablet.

Google Glass

While they're not the full-on, head-up-display glasses that was previewed in the Project Glass demo video below, they will offer some interesting functionality.

What are they?

Google Glass Explorer Edition is the first product to come out of the company's Project Glass. At its most basic level, the Glass is a device that lets you show and interact with the world around you, without disconnecting from it.

The Glass is designed to be out of the way, so it doesn't interfere with your activity. According to Google, it weighs less than most sunglasses. On the side is a touch pad for control, on top is a button for shooting photos and videos with the built-in camera, and there's a small information display positioned above the eye, just out of the line of sight.

The actual spec details that were given were pretty light, other than to say that it has a camera, multiple radios for data communication, a speaker and a mic and a gyroscope, so the Glass can tell your position and orientation, at all times.

What can I do with them?

While they may eventually lead you through every aspect of your waking life, in their current state of development, it looks like you'll be able to do things such as have Google+ Hangouts, live-stream video, snap pictures or shoot some movies and share what you capture with little effort. Google search is almost certain to be part of its early capabilities, as well.

What's it like to wear them?
CNET's own Rafe Needleman was one of the first journalists to get hands-on (heads-on?) with the prototype Google Glass product. Rafe was allowed to try on the prototype glasses, offered by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He reports:

The glasses have audio output to the right ear only, and there's no ear bud — the sound just leaks into space. Best practice is to cup your hand over your ear and the glasses temple, to amplify the sound. This works well, and Brin says the social gesture of cupping your hand over your ear alerts people near you that you are paying attention to the device.

Disabled were all the really cool features — SMS, alerts and the capability to read Brin's email. Brin says that he has his glasses set up to not bother him with email text. He gets an audible alert when a high-priority email comes in, and only if he looks up (tilts his head up) does the message display.

The titanium-framed glasses headset was comfortable and very light. I had to take off my prescription lenses to wear the Google Glasses, but Google designer Isabelle Olsson (a former eyewear designer) says the company is working with glasses manufacturers, to serve glasses-wearing users.

Want now! When can I get mine?

Not anytime soon. The Google Glass Explorer Edition is only available to developers as a pre-order for US-based I/O attendees for US$1500, and they won't receive them until early 2013. Brin has said that consumers can expect Google Glass to become available in 2014.