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Movie Review: Beyond All Boundaries

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Cast: Kunal Nayyar (as narrator)

Director: Sushrat Jain

Rating: * * 1/2

Released under the Enlighten Films banner, director Sushrat Jain’s piece of art, Beyond All Boundaries captures the euphoria as well as the hysteria that surrounds cricket in India.

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Ileana Dcruz strips for Happy Ending

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A beautiful actress stripping onscreen movie always ends up attracting enough male gaze. Saif Ali Khan’s Happy Ending will see something similar. And doing a striptease in the movie is southern siren Illeana Dcruz but for a reason.

It turns out that both Saif and Ileana plan to hitchhike a ride in America. To get a lift easily, both employ the oldest and easiest method. Ask the femme fatale in your group to gesture for a lift.

China denounces U.S. for sending “wrong message” to HK protesters

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A pro-democracy protester sleeps on a bed on a main road at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong

BEIJING (Reuters) – China criticised U.S. Congress on Friday for sending the wrong message to pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong after a congressional report expressed concern about the Chinese-controlled city in a “deliberate attack” on China. The former British colony of Hong Kong has witnessed almost two weeks of “Occupy Central” protests calling on the Beijing-backed government to keep its promise of introducing universal suffrage, underscoring the challenges China faces in imposing its will on the freewheeling financial hub. The annual report to U.S. …

Generational divide plays out in Hong Kong as political tensions rise

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A pro-democracy protester drinks water as others rest on a main road at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong

By Irene Jay Liu HONG KONG (Reuters) – As Hong Kong’s political crisis escalates, both the students and government are grappling with a generational conflict that is playing out on the streets and at dining room tables across the city. Many young protesters talk of fighting for “Hong Kong people”, but they face a challenge in convincing the older generation to take up their cause. …

‘Bang Bang’ beats ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ record crossing 250 crore collection

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Latest release ‘Bang Bang!‘ has crashed 2012’s film ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan‘ record by crossing the mark of 250 Cr. With this action-thriller ‘Bang Bang!‘ ranks 10th in the worldwide highest grossing Bollywood films list.

Earlier, ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan‘ helmed the position with the gross income of 241 Cr and now ‘Bang Bang!‘ has banged its record with collecting 193.5 Cr on the domestic front, while the overseas market fetched it 57.25 Cr. Thus, the overall worldwide box-office collection of ‘Bang Bang!‘ is 250.75 Cr till date.

Overwhelmed by such thunderous response, Fox Star Studios tweeted “#BangBangMovie ends Wk 1 @ 135 cr nett (193.5 cr gross) & 57.25 cr internationally.Worldwide total : 250.75 cr gross.Thnx fr the luv ppl”

Trade analyst predicts the brighter figures for ‘Bang Bang!‘, as this week there’s no such big release.

‘Happy Ending’ casts Kalki Koechlin in comic role

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Firangi look actress Kalki Koechlin is best known for her intense character performances in films like ‘Dev D‘, ‘Shaitan‘and ‘Shanghai‘. Though, she tried to move a bit away from this dark personality with the chilled out roles like the one in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani‘, still the dark image surrounded her. But now, she has finally grabbed a whole quirky role in film ‘Happy Ending‘.

Happy Ending‘ casts Kalki playing a Saif Ali Khan‘s ex-girlfiend. The situation is such that Saif thinks they have broken off, while Kalki doesn’t acknowledge the fact and continues to believe they are in relationship.

Saif play’s a womaniser, juggling with number of ladies including his real-life wife Kareena Kapoor, playing one of his ex-girlfriend in ‘Happy Ending‘.

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TAM Ratings: Week 40 (2014)

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Here are the TAM Ratings for this week.

The positions for the channels remain the same. Star Plus is on top with 595 Million TVTs followed by Colors with 433 Million TVTs and Zee TV with 401 Million TVTs.

The numbers of other channels are mentioned below.

Channels (Million TVTs)

Star Plus 549

Colors 433

Zee TV 401

Life OK 299

SAB TV 254

Sony TV 234

Sony Pal 23