Love Story 2050: The tech tale

Love Story 2050! As the name of this Bollywood flick hits our eardrums, most of us feel the adrenaline rushing through our bodies. Though we all may have a different reason for it.

May it is the new heartthrob Harman Baweja for some or the charming Priyanka Chopra for the others. But there are also many who are excited about the film’s futuristic and sci-fi promise. So, for those who are waiting to know what this film has got to satiate their tech appetite, here’s something.

Going by the promos, the film promises to take viewers beyond the hottest sci-fi Krissh and every other special effect they saw in an Indian movie. The movie is loaded with special effects and animation graphics.

Touted as the most expensive Bollywood film made till date, the movie teasers hint at a futuristic Mumbai skyline, full of androids, flying cars, robots, laser guns, CGI and course the usual Bollywood spice.

To fulfill the demand for a futuristic backdrop, the movie uses everything from video graphics to SFX. Many of these cost as much as Rs 60 lakhs for a five minute shot.

The film’s opening shot takes viewers into a hi-tech lab where a scientist is shown working on a gadget, Time Machine, which forms a critical part of the film.

Mumbai appears like never before, with Gateway of India getting a swanky new look and skyscrapers that make Manhattan look small. An array of what appears to be robots fill the frame, with a background that carries a surreal appeal.





Source: http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3038756.cms

Woman mistook naked thief for husband

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian woman woke up to a real-life nightmare, discovering that the naked man who had slipped into her bed in the middle of the night was a thief, not her husband.

The 36-year-old housewife was asleep when the thief, noticing that her husband was fast asleep on the couch, quietly stripped off and lay down beside her. The dozing woman's suspicions were raised when she spoke to him and his voice sounded strange.

She then went to another room and found her husband fast asleep on the couch. That's when she screamed, causing the thief to flee by leaping out the window together with the stolen items.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC36526720080513

World's most obese man vies for different record

Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight.

Uribe, who weighed as much as a small truck at more than half a tonne, is dieting while confined to a reinforced bed that he has not left for the past six years because he is so heavy.

He has lost 518 pounds since March 2006 on a diet of grapefruits, egg-white only omelets, fish, chicken, vegetables and peanuts.

Now weighing 717 pounds -- the size of three hefty men -- Uribe is still unable to move his swollen legs but hopes to get out of the house next month for only the third time in six years to celebrate his 43rd birthday.

He will still be in bed, hauled onto a tow truck for a trip to the mountainous countryside outside his home city of Monterrey in northern Mexico. It will be a rerun of a failed attempt in March that was thwarted when his bed hit an overpass.

Uribe spent the 1990s eating pizzas and burgers in the United States where he worked as a computer repairman. Addicted to junk food, he eventually tipped the scales at 1,235 pounds back in Mexico, bingeing on greasy tacos.

His bulk made him the world's heaviest man and won him a place in the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records. Photos of his time in Florida and Texas show the transformation of a once chubby man to a bloated, whale-like figure.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1330327620080513?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

Kareena and Shahid Milenge Milenge

Kareena and her ex-flame Shahid Kapoor have started dubbing for their most romantic film Milenge Milenge. Milenge Milenge has been pending for a long time and has been delayed by almost three years. The film was slated to release on this year’s valentines day but just like Shahid-Kareena’s split the film also went kaput. Director Satish Kaushik has finally caught Shahid and Kareena for dubbing.

Since the movie was made 3 years back we will get to see a younger Shahid Kapoor and a plump Kareena Kapoor :) . Lets wait and watch the ex love birds in probably (hopefully not) the last and most romantic movie of their lives.

ADAG goes to Hollywood with blockbuster plans

IN AN audacious foray into Hollywood, Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE), the entertainment arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), is learnt to be in negotiations to produce three major movies starring mainstream Hollywood stars. A large delegation from ADAG is currently preparing for a major international announcement on May 19 at the Cannes film festival, where these plans are going to be unveiled.
According to insiders in ADAG, the Indian entertainment company could announce a slew of international films. The group is trying to rope in some big Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise, George Clooney and Will Smith. The buzz is that ADAG is also trying to line up Angelina Jolie for the announcements at Cannes.




Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/ADAG_goes_to_Hollywood_with_blockbuster_plans/rssarticleshow/3031081.cms