The director has, of course, Indianised the film, but the imprints of the original are visible throughout the film. Though his first two directorial ventures were not commercial successes, Harsha seems to have struck the right chord with Chingari .

The director and his team of technicians have done a commendable job in giving a stylish touch to the narrative and Venu's awesome cinematography has taken the film to a next level. The major attraction of Chingari is certainly Darshan, thanks to his looks, charisma and talent to carry the role of an investigator.

He looks absolutely stunning in many sequences and his trademark style in action sequences is a treat for his fans. Having said that, Chingari suffers from some flaws too.

The first half is well presented, but too many loopholes later pat disappoints viewer. But the last 20 minutes puts the film on track again and sustain the interest of the audiences.

Comedy sequences featuring Darshan are executed well, but some of the sequences look too lengthy and illogical. Harsha has also erred in including too many commercial elements in the script.

Music is quite ordinary compared to the standards set by Hari Krishna himself in many recent films. In the film, Raja is a police investigator who saves an international celebrity from the jaws of death and the guy is so grateful that he tells Raja that he can call him in time of need.

Raja is attracted towards guitarist Geeta, but they part ways because of some misunderstanding. Geeta flies to Switzerland for a music audition along with her friend.

Meanwhile Raja, who keeps a track on her movements in the foreign country, comes to know that a gang involved in human trafficking has kidnapped Geeta. Raja wants to save his sweetheart and wants to fly to Switzerland and the celebrity comes to his rescue - he arranges a chartered flight for him.

Raja rescues Geetha who has already been sold to a gang involved in prostitution. Darshan impresses with his stylish looks, comical acts and breathtaking action sequences.

He dominates the entire film with his superb screen presence. Harsha has ensured that.

Darshan fans will enjoy the film as it has some punchy dialogues. Bhavana impresses too, especially in her dance number.

Deepika Kamaiah has worked hard to make her presence felt in the film. She has done her best in the first half where she has some good scenes with Darshan.

Srujan Lokesh, Sumitra, Ramesh Bhat, Praveen and Yashas Surya have performed well in their respective roles. Hari's scored in background music.

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"New day, new week, new film starts - 'Shootout at Wadala'. Going into it with lotsa positivity.

You guys have a super week," Ronit posted on Twitter. "Nervous about this one.

Need all your good wishes. Hope I'm able to play Raja Tambat to your's and directors satisfaction," he added.

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, the film features actors like Daljit Singh, Neeru Bajwa, Gurleen Chopra, Karan Kundra, Binoo Dhillon and Ria Singh. The movie is being shot at various Indian and international locales, and its shooting is expected to be completed by July-end.

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Says a source, "Kolaveri D is an extremely popular song and played across almost every corner of India. Apparently Akshay and Shah Rukh were both very keen to get the rights.

Akshay was so keen that he even landed up at Rajnikanth's Chennai home and obtained the rights - thus beating King Khan to it!" However a source close to Akshay rubbishes the rumors, "Though he loves the song, Akshay is not interested in the rights of Kolaveri D. He never has been.

So the question of him beating Shah Rukh to the rights doesn't even arise. The only song rights that Akshay has bought is the rights of the Tamil song Appadi Podu from the film Ghilli.

" Apparently Sonu Sood owned the rights of the song Appadi Podu and had wanted to use in his upcoming film, but Akshay convinced the Sonu to let him get the rights to use the song in his film Naam Hai Boss. According to reports Sonu had got the rights from the music company but Akshay made a special request to him.

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zoOm's sources recently learned that the dulhe raja had appointed a 14 camera set-up to cover the entire wedding, from every nook and every corner. What's more is that Riteish is even planning to use the footage of their pheraas for a scene in the upcoming film, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya .

Talk about a 'real' element in films! We can't wait to watch the film, even if it's just to catch a glimpse of the 'D' day..

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"I am doing Rajinikanth's film Kochadaiyaan . I play the role of a Raja (king), beyond this I cannot talk much as I am not allowed to do so," Jackie told reporters at the festival of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's films.

The film, also featuring R Sarathkumar, Vijayakumar and Deepika Padukone, will be released in Telugu, English, Hindi and Japanese too. It is expected to hit the theatres this year.

Talking about his experience of working with Rajinikanth, Jackie said, "It was excellent working with him. He is superstar of India.

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we had great time." Jackie and Rajini have earlier worked together in Subhash Ghai's Uttar Dakshin .

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"I am doing Rajinikanth's film Kochadaiyaan . I play the role of a Raja (king), beyond this I cannot talk much as I am not allowed to do so," Jackie told reporters at the festival of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's films.

The film, also featuring R Sarathkumar, Vijayakumar and Deepika Padukone, will be released in Telugu, English, Hindi and Japanese too. It is expected to hit the theatres this year.

Talking about his experience of working with Rajinikanth, Jackie said, "It was excellent working with him. He is superstar of India.

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we had great time." Jackie and Rajini have earlier worked together in Subhash Ghai's Uttar Dakshin .

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"I had a strong feeling they would join us after the reception and they did. Riteish's absence was the missing the link in the team.

Genny, maybe one of the brand ambassadors of the team, but for us, she's everything. Her energy just transforms the team's attitude.

There presence makes a huge difference." The duo are also believed to be lucky for the team.

Anna reinstates the same, saying, "Riteish is the backbone of the team. He brings so much positivity when he walks in and it passes on to the players, it's simply awesome.

Both he and Genny are very lucky for us." Speaking about the players that clicked for Mumbai Heroes this season, Suniel says, "Apoorva Lakhia has hit the hardest and longest sixes in the tournament and pace machine Sunny is one of the quickest bowlers in CCL.

Raja constantly scored well for the team and so did Shabbir Ahluwalia . It was timed and he came into his own in the Vizag match.

But it is the team players' bonding and the joy of actors who are passionate about sports , playing together that makes us click. I strongly feel our eleven team players can beat any side on their day.

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"After all d hype "3" will release on MARCH 30 th guys.Yes 10 days 4m now.

D release will b in tamil n telugu.Hindi vil follow shortly.

god bless," Dhanush posted on Twitter today. The film initially stormed into the limelight when one of its songs, Why This Kolaveri Di , leaked on YouTube and went viral.

Composed by young music director Anirudh Ravichander, the song had the entire country smitten with its foot-tapping music and crazy lyrics. The mish-mash of English and Tamil was an instant hit with YouTube recording 1.

4 million views and 19,000 "likes" in less than a week. #Kolaveri trended on Twitter for days.

From Amitabh Bachchan to entrepreneur Anand Mahindra, everyone had a tweet or two about the song. The film's other lead actor is Shruti Haasan, daughter of another superstar, Kamal Haasan.

Dhanush's father Kasthuri Raja, well-known director, has produced the film. This is the first film directed by Aishwaryaa and she followed Dhanush's tweet with one of her own: "March 30 2012 "3" my debut film as a director will hit the screens.

.I hope I live up to all ur expectations.

.may u n the almighty be wit me:)," she posted.

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Khan was buried at Marine Lines cemetery in Mumbai this afternoon. His funeral was attended by santoor maestro Pandit Satish Vyas, sitar player Pandit Nayan Ghosh, Agra Gharana vocalist Raja Miya, tabla maestro Yogesh Samsi and Aditya Kalyanpur.

Khan was born in 1938 in Baroda into a musical family of the Agra Gharana, which boasts of luminaries like Ustad Faiyaz Khan, Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan, Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan and Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan. He was initiated into vocal music at a very young age by his father Ustad Ghulam Rasool Khan but his love for sitar led him to become a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar in 1955.

Mourning the death of his pupil, Ravi Shankar said, "Shamim was a devoted and sincere disciple of mine. I will miss very much.

" Khan was one of the leading exponents of the famous Senia-Maihar Gharana. He lived in Mumbai for almost five decades.

Khan performed in New York's Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Barbican Centre and the Griffith Centre in Los Angeles. He teamed up with Ustad Alla Rakha, Buddy Rich and Paul Horn for the World Pacific recording company.

The musician also recorded for short film Drop in the Ocean and stage show A touch of brightness . His sitar recital featured in Circarama Film by German filmmaker Ramon Pelinski which was screened at the Munich Olympics in 1972.

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