Scrutiny: February 2014

February 28, 2014

Mahabharat explains all aspects of life..

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The Mahabharat contains the cultural history of great (mahãn) India (Bharat). Most of the people often call it as mythological; let me make it very clear it's not MYTHOLOGICAL. because the word mythological means based on MYTHS, where as‘Mahabharat’ is a documentary poem based on true events.

Written by Maharshi Veda Vyãsji, Mahabharat is the fifth Veda. It contains eighteen parvas (chapters) and a hundred thousand shloks.

The author has made it clear that nothing worth saying has been left out, and that nothing pointless has been said.

ALSO READ: Lyrics & English Translations of Draupadi entry song,'Kumari Chapi Panchali' from Mahabharat !

In one of the shlok, Maharshi Veda Vyãsji wrote:

धर्मे च अर्थे च कामे च मोक्षे च भरतर्षभ।

यदिहास्ति तदन्यत्र यन्नेहास्ति न तत्क्वचित् ।।

Dharme cha arthe cha kaame cha mokshe cha bharatarshabha.
Yadhihasti tadanyatra yannehasti na tadkvachit..

Dharma, artha, kãma and moksha considered as four happenings in life. The above shlok means,

Hindi Translation: महर्षि वेदव्यास ने घोषणा की थी कि धर्म, अर्थ, काम और मोक्ष के सम्बन्ध में जो कुछ महाभारत में कह दिया गया है उसके बाद कुछ कहने को शेष नहीं रहता. Dharm, arth, kaam tatha moksh mein vibhajit ye sakal vishwa..Mahabharat ki katha mein samahit hai..Hey Raja Arjun, jo isme nahi woh anyaat kahi nahi..

English Translation: O Arjun!. O scion of the Bharat race, whatever dharma, artha, kaam and moksha exists in the world, exists in the text, whatever is not in the text does not exist elsewhere..

Thus, Mahabharat can be seen in the world, and whatever has not been said here is not to be seen anywhere in the entire Universe. The complete divine volume of this book explains all aspects of life and is considered as an encyclopedia of India’s sanãtan dharma (cultural) history. That’s the main reason it has attained great respect in world literature.

-K Himaanshu Shukla...

Chhanchhan fame Farhan Khan to play lead role in DDLJ sequel?

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Actor Farhan Khan, who was last seen in Sony TV’s Chhanchhan starring Sanya Irani bagged a lead role in Aditya Chopra’s next. The film is rumoured to be remake of 1995 blockbuster film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayege’. Shahrukh Khan and Kajol starrer DDLJ one of the biggest smash hits of Bollywood and went on to become one of the largest grosser in Indian film history.

According to our sources, "Aditya already started working on the script of the film, which is tentatively titled ‘Dulhaniya Chali Dilwale Ke Saath’. The title might change later depending on the lyrics of the title song. Farhan Khan is shortlisted to play the lead role, evidently reprising SRK role from DDLJ. Actress Mahika Sharma will play Kajol’s part. Boman Irani and Paresh Rawal reprise roles played by Amrish Puri and Anupam Kher respectively in the original.”

Chhanchhan Fame Farhan Khan Stills!

Our source further added, “Shahrukh and Kajol might do the cameo in the film, but won't share screen space.”

-K Himaanshu Shukla...

February 27, 2014

TAM RATINGS: TVM(TRP) & GVT(GRP) Ratings 2014- Week 8

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Gross GVTs Channel Wise

Star Plus 688 (702)
Colors 502 (504),
Zee TV 454 (457),
Life Ok 318 (328),
SAB 326 (297),
Sony 339 (275)

Gross TVM's (Channel Wise)

STAR PLUS

Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 2.7 (2.7)
Ek Ghar Banauga 3.6 (3.6)
Saath Nibhana Saathiya 9.8 (9.9 )
Saraswatichandra 5.5 (5.8)
Meri Bhabi 5.4 (4.8)
Mahabharat 6.9 (7.5)
Diya Aur Baati Hum 12.6 (13.3)
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 8.5 (8.3)
Pyaar Ka Dard 6.9 (7.7)
Veera 6.3 ( 6.3)
Ye Hai Mohabbatein 5.0 (4.5)
Mad In India 5.7
Ishq Kills 1.9

COLORS

Sasural Simar Ka 5.9 (6.1)
Balika Vadhu 6.4 (6.8)
Madhubala 3.8 (4.2)
Beintehaa 3.9 (3.4)
Rang Rasiya 3.3 (3.2)
Uttaran 3.3 (3.5)
Bani 3.7 (3.8)
Comedy Nights with Kapil 8.4 (9.1)
India’s Got Talent 6.7 ( 6.6 )

Zee TV

Ek Muthi Aasman 3.3 (3.2 )
Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 5.3 (5.6)
Jodha Akbar 10.8 ( 11.6)
Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 5.8 ( 5.6 )
Pavitra Rishta 5.4 (5.1)
Qubool Hai 5.7 ( 6.1 )
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 4.5 (4.9)
Doli Armanon Ki 3.3 (3.6)
DID (Dance India Dance) 4.9 ( 4.1 )
Fear Files 2.7 ( 3.0)
Bha Se Bhadde 1.3 (1.2)
Buddha 1.1 ( 1.0)

Life OK

Gustak Dil 2.7 (2.7)
Devon Ke Dev Mahadev 2.8 ( 2.9)
Ek Boondh Ishq 2.5 ( 2.3)
Tumhaari Paakhi 2.8 (2.8)
Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai 2.0 (1.8)
Saavdhan India 2.8 ( 3.3)
Shapath 3.5 (4.1 )
Hatim 3.2 ( 3.4)

SAB TV

Baal Veer 2.7 ( 2.8 ),
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 7.3 ( 7.7 ),
Chidiya Ghar 3.8 ( 3.8 ),
Jeanie Aur Juju 2.2 (2.2 ),
Laapataganj 2.2 ( 2.2),
FIR 2.0 (1.9)
SAB Khelo SAB Jeetho – (1.4 )

SONY

Main Na Bhoolenge 1.2 (1.1),
Ek Nayi Pehchaan 2.1 (2.2),
Nandini 1.4 (1.6)
Jee Le Jara 1.7 (1.9),
Maharana 3.4 (3.7),
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2.1 (2.1),
CID 4.6 (4.6),
Boogie Woogie 1.9 (2.4)
Crime Patrol 3.7 (3.7)
Bhoot Aaya (1.7)

NOTE: All ratings are mentioned in TVMs (Television Viewership in Millions )

-K Himaanshu Shukla...
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Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it..

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Rudyard Kipling's 'If' which has eight-line stanzas of advice to his son. In 1909, he wrote this with Dr Leander Starr Jameson in mind. Jameson (In 1895) led about 500 of his countrymen in a failed raid against the Boers, in southern Africa. What became known as the Jameson Raid was later cited as a major factor in bringing about the Boer War of 1899 to 1902. But the story as recounted in Britain was quite different. The British defeat was interpreted as a victory and Jameson portrayed as a daring hero.

February 26, 2014

Puru Chibber to enter Beintehaa as Aayat's secret admirer

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Puru Chibber, who was last seen as Sachin Manav Deshmukh in television show Pavitra Rishta, will be seen entering Fortune Productions' Beintehaa. His character will be called Rocky Jazz, a casting director in the show.

According to our sources, “Aaliya’s(Preetika Rao) sister Aayat(Yaashika Gupta) Aayat wants to earn some money through modelling therefore she take help from Rocky. He will give her an assignment for which she will be getting Rs 25, 000 as remuneration.”

Our source further added, “Aayat has been shown as receiving amorous gifts from a secret admirer and she is slowly falling for him. Puru Chibber's character of Rocky Jazz will lead Aayat down to a dangerous path.”

Puru remained unavailable to comment.

-K Himaanshu Shukla

February 25, 2014

IN PICS: Kangana Ranaut on India's Got Talent

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Why Ekta Kapoor decided to disassociate herself from Jodha Akbar?

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Annoyed and dissatisfied with Ekta Kapoor’s false promises regarding taking her controversial serial Jodha Akbar off air, the Karni Sena members finally decided to launch a nationwide campaign against the soap queen.

Last month, they interrupted Ekta’s speech and later they tried to block traffic on Ambala-Hisar highway. For those uninitiated, the Shri Rajput Karni Sena is a community-based organisation that has been endlessly protesting against Kapoor for ‘distorting facts' related to the Rajput history in her serial starring Rajat Tokas as Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar and Paridhi Sharma as Rajkumari Jodha Bai.

Last week, members of Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha went to Balaji office for a protest.

Kapoor has been so disappointed because of this that she finally decided to disassociate herself from the daily soap. That means Balaji Telefilms will no longer be part of the show.

Since 17 February, 2014 (last Monday), Ekta and her mother Shobha Kapoor's name have been missing from the opening and closing credits. Zee TV will soon officially take her names off from the show. The channel has decided to continue telecasting the show with a new production house, as its doing good.

-K Himaanshu Shukla..

February 24, 2014

Vivek Oberoi follows Salman Khan into Narendra Modi support!

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Wherever Salman Khan goes, Vivek Oberoi seems to follow!

After Salman receiving tremendous flak and even a Jai Ho boycott call from Muslim groups for flying a kite with Hindutva icon Narendra Modi, now it is his old ‘best friend’ Vivek Oberoi’s turn to support the controversial BJP politico.

Vivek recently flagged off the ‘Run For Your Country’ marathon in Mumbai which was organized for educating women and youth to cast a vote in the upcoming general elections. Interacting with the media, the actor said he wanted Modi to be India's next Prime Minister.

So is Vivek trying to tread in Salman’s footsteps? Will his act of turning a Modi supporter invoke another taunting reaction from the megastar? These are a few questions that immediately come to the mind.

We asked Bollywood PR guru Dale Bhagwagar about this, but he surprisingly shot to Vivek’s defence. “Why do the media always link Vivek to Salman? Past is past. Let them move on,” he quipped.

But would Vivek following Salman’s tactic of Modi-support arouse a PR crisis situation for him too? “There seems to be no ‘tactic’ here. Can’t an actor have his own political preferences?” counter-questioned the crisis management expert.

“The media needs to respect personal choices of all celebrities rather than draw battle lines with differentiation or comparisons,” he remarked. It’s only later we learnt that the publicist has earlier handled a makeover media blitz for Vivek and that could be a reason he was being so defensive about the actor.

Is Baby Doll video featuring Sunny Leone inspired from Jennifer, Lady Gaga and Dev?

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The latest song of Ragini MMS 2 Baby Doll featuring hot and sizzling Sunny Leone has received nearly 4 million views on YouTube. The song shows the (ex) porn star sinking onto a pile of semi-naked bodies. Well, with plenty of leg, black gloves, cup pose and background of writhing bodies brings across a lot of resemblance with not just one but three different artists from the west.

It seems it’s inspired from Jennifer Lopez's Dance Again, Lady Gaga's Applause and Dev's In the Dark. One can easily notice the uncanny resemblance of Baby Doll with these songs.

Did Geetika Tyagi stole ATM of AAP party leader Shazia Ilmi's ATM?

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Actress Geetika Tyagi, who was last seen in 'One by Two' and been part of other Bollywood films like 'What The Fish' and 'Aatma', was in lime light after she shared a video link on micro-blogging site which featured 'Jolly LLB' director Subhash Kapoor, his wife Dimple Kharbanda, and Aurangzeb director Atul Sabharwal.

In that 31-minute long video titled 'Subhash Kapoor's True Face', Subhash admitted the fact that he had misbehaved with the actress. The video which caught the eye of more than 50000 viewers shows Geetika slapping Subhash. She is seen confronting him too.

Well the actress Geetika Tyagi, who became center of attraction after the controversy has a murky past. The actress was working as a journalist with a prominent news channel, was fired from the job after she misused the ATM card her colleague.

According to our sources, “AAP’s party leader Shazia Ilmi was working with the same news channel in which Geetika was working as an anchor. Geetika used to host 10pm slot show, where as Ilmi used to anchor 7pm segment. They often shared the make-up. Once Geetika fish-out Ilmi’s ATM card from her bag and even withdraw money. Ilmi was alarmed after the money was withdrawn from her bank account and accused Geetika. Unaware about the fact that she was caught in act on CCTV camera, tt that time Geetika denied the allegations. Later Geetika was asked to immediately resign from the news channel.”

-K Himaanshu Shukla

February 21, 2014

Raveena Tandon and Malaika Arora's kids rooting for IGT's Enthrall Group

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Recently Raveena Tandon was on the sets of India's Got Talent to cheer up the contestants.

After seeing all the acts, the beautiful actress was in awe of all the contestants act
She was especially impressed by the performance of the Enthrall Group and affirmed that Enthrall Group is her favourite. Ravishing actress said that whenever the group performs, they always cheer for them and that they hope that they win the show.

Raveena's daughter and her friends are also a big fan of this group. Her daughter even clicked some pictures with the group on the sets of India’s Got Talent. Malaika Arora Khan added that even her sons are huge fans of the group and are rooting for them to win.