INOX guest wins Goan holiday

By Vajrasar Goswami
Published: May 17, 2013 | Last Updated: 17 May 2013 8:13 PM
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It was a regular trip to watch a movie at the newly launched INOX multiplex for Yogesh Vyas, little did he realize that this trip to watch GO GOA GONE would land him in Goa for a holiday.

INOX in association with RJ TRADE WINGS organized a ‘Watch and Win’ contest from May 10 – 16, where each guest had to fill in their contact details and one lucky winner would win an all expense paid trip to Goa. The winner Yogesh Vyas was chosen today and they will soon go for a wonderful holiday! [Read more...]

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[Movie Review] Go Goa Gone: This Zombie flick is FUN!

By Vajrasar Goswami
Published: May 10, 2013 | Last Updated: 10 May 2013 4:25 PM
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Cast: Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, Saif Ali Khan, Pooja Gupta
Genre: Comedy
Director: Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru
Rating: 3/5
Movie Reviewed At: PVR Cinemas, Udaipur

“Yaar ye zombies India mai kahan se aa gaye. Oh, globalization” as they quote in one of the dialogues, and believe me – this ‘globalization’ effect will have you laugh your guts out throughout the entire span of the movie. ‘Go Goa Gone’ is one of those movies that serves no substance, but is still worth every penny that you spend on it.

First things first, Saif Ali Khan is not the main lead and respect to casting crew to present him that way. The casting for this movie is apt and you’ll appreciate it when you head out to grab popcorn in the interval, but your stomach would be hurting with the laughter bursts and you’ll still be smiling remembering the dialogues. [Read more...]

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[Movie Review] Bombay Talkies: Amazing, but not meant for Masses

By Gaurav Bhandari
Published: May 4, 2013 | Last Updated: 04 May 2013 8:37 PM
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Cast: Rani Mukerji, Randeep Hooda, Saqib Saleem, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naman Jain, Ranvir Shorey, Vineet Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan (cameo), Katrina Kaif (cameo)
Director: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap
Genre: Short Stories, Drama
Rating: 3.5/5

When some of the best directors come together and take a challenge to make a movie with 4 short stories in a budget of just Rs. 1.5 crore each, what do you get? An unusual Hindi movie with some of the finest displays of acting and an amazing way of storytelling. That’s what Bombay Talkies is.

The movie starts with a story unexpected from Karan Johar, and moves on with the artistry by Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap. Each director did justice to his work, story and actors. [Read more...]

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Samsung Galaxy S4 attracts local gadget freaks

By Sohail Khan
Published: April 30, 2013 | Last Updated: 30 April 2013 8:14 PM
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s4Udaipur mobile phone shops received consignment of the much awaited Samsung’s latest Smartphone ‘Samsung Galaxy S4’on 29th April and the first buyer of one of the most feature-equipped mobile phone in the city is Mohammad Shakir.

Shakir, 31 year old Telecom Professional is a gadget freak and loved S4’s high memory and exceptional camera quality along with its amazing speed which comes from its powerful processor. [Read more...]

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Discussion on collective Societal improvement at UNESCO Conference

By Gaurav Bhandari
Published: April 27, 2013 | Last Updated: 27 April 2013 7:30 PM
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unseco-summit-27On the third day of UNESCO Clubs Conference, representatives from various UNESCO clubs discussed the topic ‘Society, Culture and Fundamentalism’.

Professor Zainab Banu said that to treat all the evil and improper traditions in the society as culture, is hypocrisy. Such thinking stops a society from moving ahead and hinders gender and communal equality. [Read more...]

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28-day-old Infant to get milk from Divya Mother’s Milk Bank

By Gaurav Bhandari
Published: April 22, 2013 | Last Updated: 22 April 2013 7:26 PM
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With a motive to provide mother’s milk to impoverished infants, Divya Mother’s Milk Bank was established in Udaipur. Today a 28-day-old baby girl became the first child to be benefited from the bank.

Bhuri Bai, mother of the infant received the milk by Mother Milk Bank COO Dr. R.K Agrawal and Dr. Devendra Sarin, Head of Pediatric Department UNIT-D.

Founder of the Bank Devendra Guru informed that 62 units of milk have been collected with the help of aware women donors. But currently, 90 children admitted in the hospital require the milk. [Read more...]

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Ek Thi Dayan: With creepy first half, it misses to be a great Horror flick

By Gaurav Bhandari
Published: April 22, 2013 | Last Updated: 22 April 2013 7:07 PM
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Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi
Director: Kannan Iyer
Genre: Horror
Rating: 3/5

After a long time, an original Bhoot ki Picture, devoid of almost all the old tricks, such as havelis, khandars, tantriks, haunting statues, revenge by atma, jungles, ghostly flat and other run of the mill stuffs that have been used by our horror film makers since times unknown, is in the theaters.

Even without the tried and tested horror formula, Ek Thi Dayan had an eerie feeling about it. But the creepiness ends and that too very ridiculously in the climax which leaves you wondering why so silly end to this refreshingly novel scary story? [Read more...]

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Divas Hosts Flower Theme Party

By Zaheer Abbas
Published: April 21, 2013 | Last Updated: 22 April 2013 10:39 AM
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divas5Divas, one of the most active women groups in Udaipur, marked their year ending day with a themed party at Chawla’s square on Saturday, 20th April.

The party was based on flower art, decoration and several games themed on flowers. [Read more...]

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Workshop and Quiz on TB at Geetanjali Hospital tomorrow

By Vajrasar Goswami
Published: April 19, 2013 | Last Updated: 19 April 2013 6:14 PM
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A State Level Chest & TB Quiz and Workshop will be organized by Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital (Udaipur) and National Academy of Respiratory Medicine (Mumbai) tomorrow at Geetanjali Hospital.

In the quiz, students from TB and Chest Department of all the medical colleges in the state will participate while, in the workshop, experienced specialists will talk about the treatment of TB and ILD.

Head of Chest and TB Department, Dr. S.K. Luhadiya informed that Dr. K.C.Agrawal, from SN Medical College Jodhpur, will address the students to discuss the special and crucial circumstances and cases such as pregnancy, kidney or liver problem etc in which TB can be treated. He will also throw light on the new technologies that are being used in TB treatment.

Dr. Neeraj Gupta from JLN Medical College Ajmer and Dr. M.L.Gupta from SMS Medical College Jaipur will also address various issues related to treatment of chest and lung diseases.

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First Read: “Complete/Convenient” Ketan Bhagat’s Debut

By Tushar Gargava
Published: April 17, 2013 | Last Updated: 17 April 2013 7:41 PM
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If we talk about the newest generation of our country, we’d find that a majority of enthusiastic youth dream to settle down somewhere in abroad, even if for pursuing higher studies. Something about this idea never fails to excite the ambitious. But is this opinion well founded? Is it really a dream life out there? This is the idea that Ketan Bhagat’s novel Complete/Convenient deals with and takes you through the interesting journey of Kabir, the protagonist in the story.

By the way, for those wondering who is Ketan Bhagat? Let me introduce him. Ketan Bhagat is a typical 35 year old middle class common man living in Mumbai. And, he also happens to be the younger sibling of India’s one of the most successful writers, Chetan Bhagat.

About his book, Ketan has opined on the lines that he has been inspired by the real life incidents. The story is about a working chap turning his life to face an entirely new set of challenges when he gets transferred to Australia. [Read more...]

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