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It’s only in its second season yet, but the term IPL and money have almost become synonymous. It’s no  doubt that the 20-20 cricket format has been evolved for wholesome entertainment-with all the music, cheerleaders and sixes, and anything which entertains has huge money attached to it; especially when its cricket. Needless to say IPL has made all the parties attached to it-the players, team owners, BCCI and sponsors; all happy.

Well a little bit about the Indian premier league’s origin- so it’s only in its second season, it was launched by the BCCI in the year 2008. The format of the IPL is much on the lines of English premier league (remember all the flashy names like Knight Riders and Deccan chargers!), and the much controversial cheerleaders are also taken from it. The IPL is basically based on the franchise system where the highest bidder gets to own the team. Also this encourages a lot of betting. That is the reason that IPL has huge stakes involved in it. In fact it is not just a sport now, it’s more of a business and the businesspersons involved are A class celebs. Be it SRK, Preity Zinta or  Ambani, all of them are big time celebrities. They all have huge stakes in their own teams in IPL, amounting to some hundred crores of rupees! And here is the jaw dropping figure- the total base price for auction in IPL was whopping $400 million! Quite a sum I would call it.

Dhoni was the most expensive player in the first season bought by the Chennai super Kings team and now in season two Andrew Flintoff has beaten Dhoni for the most expensive player title. Basically there much more than meets the eye at the IPL. It has graduated from being a sport to being a form of entertainment and currently the IPL is Post Graduating from being entertainment to a big money making industry.

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Ever wondered what would life be if there was no internet in our life? You wouldn’t even have been reading this article if there was no web. Try to ask your parents how different their lives were without internet. You will definitely find some amazing stories there. So just to let you realize that how the web has changed your life and that you should be thankful for it, read on.

1. Communication: There is no doubt that web has almost revolutionized the way we communicate. Now instead of postal addresses, E-mail IDs work and instead of post offices, internet cafes are crowded. Web has given us an enormous luxury in the way we communicate. Sitting right in our room we can communicate to a person sitting seven seas away, via net chatting and E-mails.
2. Information: The web is one huge well of information. There is possibly information on every possible topic on the web. Just go to any search engine and type whatever you want to search about. So no longer you have to spend hours into the library to make that project. If you want the map of the hospital, address of the nearest saloon or latest diet, it’s all out there on web!
3. Entertainment: With World Wide Web by your side, you don’t need a TV or radio for entertainment anymore. You can catch your favorite movies, serials and music on the internet. In fact you can even play the latest games on web. And web surfing these days is probably the best entertainment available. You can read the latest gossips, catch the international news or even date online these days!
4. Self expression: web has certainly changed the way a common man’s expression of feelings. Earlier there was no place where a common man could share his thoughts. But with web, everyone can put forward their thoughts using internet blogs. If you want to share any thoughts with people, you can simply start your own blog and get the feedback of people. With web, even a common man can voice his/her opinion.
5. Shopping: oh yes, web has been the most wonderful discovery of all time, especially for women who love to shop! Now you don’t even have to step out of your home for shopping. From groceries to dresses to gadgets, you can get all of it right at your doorstep with net shopping. There are many websites out there which lets you shop for your favorite items by making online payment.

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Life is full of tensions and we need some sort of entertainment to get relief. Check these five tips which will help us to become tension free:

1. Sit back and relax: though in today’s time there is no dearth of worries but every once in a while you should just let go. Problems are a part of life and there is no way you can escape from them. So if you have to face them in any case then why not face them coolly?
2. Find solutions: if you have a problem giving you nightmares off late, then try to find out possible solutions to that problem rather than running away from it or just taking tension about it. Work out the possible solutions and try them. If one doesn’t work then the other would, certainly.
3. What is there to lose? : may be nothing is working out from your end and you think you’ll never get a solution to your problem-what’s the worst that can happen to you? Think at the most what you will lose with the problem. When you start thinking in the way that there is nothing to lose then you tend to stop worrying.
4. Have a positive attitude: always remember to have a positive attitude towards things. If you have a challenge then rather than worrying about it, work towards emerging triumphant. When you have a positive attitude, solutions to problems keep coming naturally to you. There nothing in this world which you can’t do.
5. Seek medical advice: ok, so maybe you are of the types who hit the panic button too easily. In such a situation nothing seems to be working. It’s better to visit a doctor and seek his advice if you just can’t stop taking tension, before thing get worse.

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The year 2008 was not so good for the box office collection, but the last week of the year provided the best performance of the year 2008. It was the release of the Ghajini on 25th December which changed the trends. Here are the lists of ten movies of the year 2008 which I liked the most:

1> Number one is Ghajini:

Not only because of the performance on the box office, it strikes me due to the superb love story between Aamir Khan and Asin Thottumkal. The performance of both the actors is superb in the movie. It went out to break all the records in the very first week only.

2> Number two is Singh is King:

One of the biggest blockbuster hit of the year was Singh is King. It showed once again the on screen chemistry between Akshay Kumar and sweat Katrina Kaif. During the first two weeks after the release of the movie, it earned more than 100 crore in India and abroad. The music of Singh is King was superb.

3> Number three is Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na:

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is one of the finest movies of the year. The on screen chemistry between the debutant Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza was superb and liked by most of the people.

4> Number four is Jodhaa-Akbar:

This year Hritik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai rocked the big screen with their superb performance in the movie Jodhaa-Akbar. This movie created a bit of controversy and thus caused a bit of violence too in some parts of the country.

5> Number five is Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi:

Although I personally did not like the movie but my girl friend liked this movie very much. Shahrukh Khan did the superb acting in both the look, while Anushka Sharma was superb in her first movie. The best supporting actor in the movie was Vinay Pathak. He did the fantastic job in the movie.

6> Number six is A Wednesday:

A movie which in fact shocked me is A Wednesday. Superb performance by Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher made this movie as an excellent one.  Though I did not get the chance to watch it in the theatre but when I watched this movie I became a bit surprised and I regret that I missed watching it in the theatre.

7> Number seven is Dostana:

Although I did not liked the movie but it was one of the biggest hit of the year 2008. The reason for which I did not like the movie is because I did not liked the story, but I liked the superb performance by all the three lead actors Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra.

8> Number eight is Jannat:

The superb performance by Sonal Chauhan and one superb song “Zara Sa Mujh Ko” made this movie as a hot one. The movie Jannat was based on the controversial death of the cricket coach Bob Woolmer.

9> Number nine is Rock On:

Farhan Akhtar rocked the big screen with his acting and singing for the first time in this movie. Arjun Rampal and Shahana Goswami both were superb in the movie. It became one of the biggest hit because of its superb story.

10> Number Ten is Golmaal Returns:

One of the most talked about movie of the year was Ajay Devgan starer Golmaal Returns, which was actually a sequel of the movie Golmaal which was a big hit in the year 2006. Although it did not become so much big but still people like this movie.

Please do let us know your views about the movies of the year 2008.

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Today is the Diwali, the festival of lights and I thought to create a list of 10 most beautiful or sexiest eyes of India. There are so many beautiful actresses in India and few of them are even recognized through out the world too.

10. Bipasha Basu:

Bipasha Basu

One of the sexiest heroine of Bollywood. She was born on January 7, 1979, in New Delhi. She is often considered as one of Asia’s sexiest celebrity women.

9. Kareena Kapoor:

Kareena Kapoor

Her nick name is Bebo. She was born on September 21, 1980, in Mumbai. She was the grand-daughter of the biggest show men of India Raj Kapoor.

8. Celina Jaitley:

Celina Jaitley

Former Miss India Celina Jaitley was born on June 9, 1981. She was a finalist in the Miss Universe contest, and the winner of Miss India, Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer’s Choice, and MTV’s Most Wanted awards.

7. Shilpa Shetty:

Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty was born on June 8, 1975. She was the winner of the British Celebrity Big Brother TV show in 2007, with 63% of finals vote. This has turned her global image.

6. Deepika Padukone:

Deepika Padukone

She was the fire-crackers of last year Diwali. She was born on January 5, 1986. With her debut in Bollywood (the Indian film industry), she became the hot cake.

5. Priyanka Chopra:

Priyanka Chopra

One of the former Miss World, and Miss India World too. She was born on July 18, 1982, in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Andaaz was one of her biggest blockbuster.

4. Preity Zinta:

Preity Zinta

I am the fan of her characteristic dimple. She was born on January 31, 1975. Last year she joined IPL (Indian Premiere League) too, which gave the glamorous look to the Cricket.

3: Katrina Kaif:

Katrina Kaif

I placed her at number three, cause I love the natural looking eyes of Katrina Kaif. She was born on July 16, 1984. She was earlier considered as the girlfriend of the dashing actor Salman Khan, but now she has made her mark in the Bollywood with the movies like Welcome, Namastey London and Singh is King.

2: Genelia Desouza:

Genelia Desouza

This is the surprised name in this list, as I love her from her very first film, Tujhe Meri Kasam. She was born on August 5, 1987. She was even recognized as the Fair and Lovely girl. Her recent flickers like Mere Baap Pehle Aap, and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na are the biggest hit.

1: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan:

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Here comes the number one, and she is the Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, former Miss World. She was born on November 1, 1973. She married to Abhishek Bachchan, son of the star of the millenium Amitabh Bachchan. She was often acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world.

Preparing a list of 10 eyes of India was not an easy task. Please do provide us your feedback on this, we would love to hear from you about this.

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The Bollywood most popular super star Amitabh Bachchan remarked India as a developed country. While in a press conference promoting the latest leg of his “The Unforgettable Tour” in London Amitabh Bachchab said : India should no longer be dismissed as a “Third World” country but should henceforth be given due respect as a “developed nation”.

He made this statement replying the question - what it meant to be an Indian today and about the nature of the relationship between India and the diaspora, increasingly third or even fourth generation, scattered across the world?

Bachchan stated: “India today is a recognized force and I hope to see that India is no longer referred to as a Third World country or a developing nation – it should be referred to as a developed nation and a first (world country).”

He said: “Primarily we are very proud of our country, we are proud of our history, we are proud of our culture – it goes back thousands and thousands of years. We are proud that we fought for our independence, we are proud that we are the largest democracy in the world and we are very proud now of the way India is progressing after the economic liberalization.”

Bachchan is on world tour with his wife, Jaya, his son, Abhishek, and daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai. With other stars, including Preity Zinta and Riteish Deshmukh, have entertained Indian audiences in Toronto on July 18, Port of Spain in Trinidad on July 20, Los Angeles, on July 26, San Francisco on July 27, Houston on August 2, Atlantic City on August 9, Chicago on August 10, and New York on August 15. Shilpa Shetty is going to join the latest leg of “The Unforgettable Tour” by Bollywood actors which is to take place on Sunday at the 14,000-seat O2 Arena in London.

The current reports said that the tour will end after concerts in Amsterdam on August 29 and in Oberhausen in Germany on August 30.

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Bollywood star Aamir Khan is planning to buy a residential society in Mumbai for his personal studio worth Rs 33 Crores.

Aamir Khan Productions has approached the owners of the society to buy the 22-apartment complex at Vrindavan, in Santacruz. The actor-director Aamir is willing to buy each flat at Rs 1.5 crore.

The society was built by the employees of the State Bank of India 32 years ago. Reports say that Aamir has been negotiating the deal with the owners for six months now.

Apart from Aamir Khan, other developers are also eying the property.

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With the start of a new blog of Super star Amitabh Bachchan, a hot debate between him and Shatrughan Sinha is started. (Also see Amitabh targets Shatrughan Sinha in his blog!)

Replying to the recent statements of Big B regarding the IIFA awards in his blog, Shatrughan said, “I don’t know why Bachchan is taking these things personally.”

Recently Sinha has said that the nominations list of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards was fixed and Amitabh talk about it in his blog taking this comment on him.

While talking to a channel Sinha said, “I am not talking about fixing of IIFA awards only but I am saying about every award.”

He blamed that there is no fairness in any award because it is emphasized to any particular person or organization or politics.

Sinha said that it is conflict of interest because Amitabh is brand Ambassador of IIFA. Hence it is natural that he will favor IIFA awards.

Amitabh said that IIFA awards are based on voting and computerization.

Replying to this statement Sinha said,” Amitabh is bigger than me in film industry and he knows the truth. I am in film industry for last 35 years and I don’t have to tell how the awards are given.”

He also questioned that Aamir Khan’s movie ‘Taare Zameen Par’ is highly appreciated by the public but why it was not nominated for awards? It is done to benefit some special persons. Sinha tells Big B’s comment unimportant.

Sinah said, “Amitabh is my good friend and I have done many hit films with him. But I couldn’t understand Amitabh’s rage. I didn’t specify any name. I only said that IIFA awards are only the function of a Bollywood family. Bollywood includes Khan family, Kapoor and Roshan family too but how Amitabh thought that I am talking about his family.”

However Amitabh said, “I believe that these types of gossips are trying to make the public think that there is some fixing in IIFA awards. There is only one family which is pointed for this and it is not hard to guess it.”

IIFA will be held in Bangkok this year from June 6-8.

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The glamorous cheerleaders in short skirts and short blouses might have made their place among the film stars and the ongoing IPL cricket matches but their presence has started a moral debate among the political leaders.

The Maharashtra government said it will not allow the specially hired girls to go on with their ‘vulgar and obscene’ performance during the April 27 league match at Navi Mumbai.

The semi-nude girls entertain the viewers by dancing when players hit boundaries and six or anybody gets out without scoring. Some of the ministers have told the girls ‘worse than bar dancers’.

Minister of State for Home Siddharam Mhatre described the cheerleaders and their dancing at the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches as ‘absolutely obscene’.

“We live in India where womanhood is worshipped. How anything obscene like this cans can be allowed?” he asked.

Mhatre wondered why the organizers require ’semi- nude’ women to entertain people at cricket matches.

“The organizers may have invested crores of rupees organizing such matches. But this does not mean that they make semi-nude women dance in front of people,” he said.

Mhatre suggested organizers can use animated characters when players hit boundaries and six or anybody gets out without scoring.

Some cricketers also gave comments regarding the issue. Pakistan Cricketer Shahid Afridi said that the semi-nude girls are diverting the attention of batsmen, hence they should be banned.

On the other side, BCCI president Rajiv Shukla said that there is nothing wrong in the dancing of cheerleaders to enhance the magic of the cricket. He said that the girls dance at sixes and fours only and this is only for a little amusement.

However, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan favors the cheerleaders and he did not find anything vulgar about them.

“What’s wrong with cheerleaders? I am also a family person, I do not see anything negative in it,” the actor, who owns the Kolkata Knight Riders, said.

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Amitabh Bachchan found to be embarrassed being listed in the top 20 Indian iconic people. Film critic and columnist, Anil Dharkar’s latest book titled ‘Icons: Men & Women who shaped Today’s India,’ included the superstar as a legend of Hindi cinema.

The book unfolds the charisma, exceptional destinies, talents and achievements of 20 men and women who continue to shape today’s India in their respective fields.

Other names in Dharkar’s book includes former president, APJ Abdul Kalam; economist and winner of 1998 Nobel Prize, Amartya Sen; master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar; famous painter, MF Hussain; Charles Correa and Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, etc.

Big B’s name in the list directly proves him to be a legend in the Indian cinema but the star is not comfortable with this achievement.

Dharkar added that Bachchan had set up a milestone in Indian cinema and he was actively working towards the social responsibility as a good human being.

The book was launched on March 12 at the hotel InterContinental The Grand in Delhi where Amitabh said that he was not comfortable to be listed in the book and feel embarrassed.

Amitabh said, “I find it embarrassing to be one of the 20 icons. I shouldn’t be there.”

Bachchan highlighted some relevant points about democracy, the state of affairs in the country and the media’s role in modern India. “Our journalists are our gatekeepers, interpreters and messengers in a democratic, secular society. Our faith in them must be complete,” he asserted.

On the other hand Dharkar dismissed the remarks saying “Amitabh Bachchan is just being modest. Humbleness is a vital part of your life, which comes from knowing that you have achieved a lot but there is so much more to pull off. And the icons are absolutely aware of that.”

Dharkar said “The book will give you a sense of our country and where it is headed.”

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