Thursday, April 24, 2008

Kamal's Dasavatharam


Kamal's forthcoming Tamil feature film currently being directed by KS Ravikumar.

It is learnt that the story begins with an episode set in the 12th century, and then looks at coincidences. In this, Kamal plays Nambi, a staunch V aishnavite priest. Lyricist Vaali’s lines - ‘Kallai mattum paarthal kadavul theriyadu, kadavul mattum paarthal kalladi theriyadu…” powerfully describe the character’s devotion in playback singer Hariharan’s voice.
The other characters are an American, a Chinese man, a CBI officer from Andhra Pradesh, an old lady, a leader from Afghanistan, a Scheduled Tribes’ leader, George Bush, a Punjabi and one character, who looks like Kamal normally does.
The film apparently has a very simple screenplay sans usual elements of commercial films such as duets and unwarranted action. The actor has dubbed for all the characters, modulating his voice appropriately. Besides watching a lot of video recordings of George Bush, the actor also put in extra efforts to get his tone and accent right. He also took the help of daughter Shruti while attempting to perfect the accent.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

What's new in Google Docs?

What's new in Google Docs?

We're still working to make Google Docs a better place, and we're listening closely to your suggestions. If you have anything you'd like to tell us, don't hesitate to let us know, and keep checking back for additions and improvements.

  • Offline access
    You can now edit your documents and view your presentations and spreadsheets without an internet connection. Changes are saved to your browser while you are offline and automatically saved when Google Docs detects an internet connection. Learn more.
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    Now you can save your presentations as PowerPoint files in addition to basic text and PDF. Learn more.
    Export presentations as .ppt

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  • Saved searches home
    Once you have saved a few searches, try clicking on the new Saved searches header in the left pane of the Docs list (just under the Trash icon). You can create a customized dashboard showing just the docs you want, for example docs in a particular folder + starred docs + docs owned by a specific person, etc. Try it out & let us know what you think! Learn more.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

80th Academy Awards nominees and winners

The nominees for the 80th Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2008, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and actress Kathy Bates, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters.

Bold text indicates the winner for each category.

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Arignar Anna Zoological Park



Arignar Anna Zoological Park is situated at Vandalur which is 32 Km away from the metropolitan city of Chennai on the GST Road. On the Eastern side of the road is the zoo over a sprawling area of 602 ha.
Vandalur is about 8 km from Tambaram and about 33 km from Chennai Central Railway Station. The zoo is well connected to the city by road and rail. There is direct service from various parts of the city to Vandalur / Arignar Anna Zoological Park bus stop. Also from city all buses going to Guduvancheri pass through Vandalur stop. For coming by local train, train going to chengalpettu stops at Vandalur Railway station which is about 1 km from the zoo gate or you may come by Chennai Beach to Tambaram local train, get down at Tambaram and take a bus to the zoo.






Arignar Anna Zoological Park has a large collection of endangered animals in its list of exhibits.








Mammals 47 Species
Birds 63 Species
Repltiles 31 Species
Amphibians 5 Species
Fishes 25 Species
Insects. 10 Species







46 endangered animals of Western ghats and the Indian subcontinent are protected and the zoo is involved in the captive breeding of this endangered species.




Animal Health and Veterinary Care,



The animal health care in Arignar Anna Zoological Park is taken care of by the Veterinary section.
The veterinary section in Arignar Anna zoological park has a modern veterinary hospital with three experienced veterinarians, field assistants and well equipped clinical room, pathology room, laboratory, operation theatre and quarantine facilities.



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Monday, December 31, 2007

Thursday, December 6, 2007

More friends are more fun. Gmail welcomes your AIM® friends






What's new on Gmail?
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More friends are more fun. Gmail welcomes your AIM® friends.





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