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Dubai lucky for me, says John Abraham at 'Goal' premiere

Dubai, Actor John Abraham believes Dubai is a lucky place for his films to be launched.

"It is good to be back in Dubai. It is a lucky place for me to have my films launched. I was here last for the premiere of 'Taxi 9211' and it worked," he said at the premiere of UTV Motion Pictures' "Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal" here Wednesday evening.

He was accompanied by Bipasha Basu, who also stars in the film, and director Vivek Agnihotri on the red carpet at the Grand Cineplex here.

He said Dubai was an apt place to have the premiere of "Goal" as the film has a very South Asian look.

"The film is about racism. It is about South Asians. And Dubai is the place where the whole of South Asia - India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - meets," the actor said.

"Goal" revolves around Southall United Football Club, a struggling South Asian team in Britain, facing its deepest crisis yet - bankrupt, with no stars, no coach, no sponsors, no takers, no spectators and most importantly no owner.

The city council sends an eviction notice to the club after its 30-year lease gets over. Now, Southall United must win the Combined Counties Football League for the prize money that will save the club from losing its ground.

Shaan (Arshad Warsi) takes up the challenge to save the club from extinction. Tony Singh (Boman Irani), a disesteemed former player of the club, joins them as the coach in spite of being sniggered and laughed at. He and Shaan then work to gather the worn out team comprising Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi players.

Enter Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham), a brilliant striker who dreams of playing for England but is not selected for an English football club he has trained with throughout the season. The reason: his skin colour.

Sunny himself had always laughed at his own community and Southall United. Sunny and Shaan could not ever see eye to eye. Adding to their personal chaos is Shaan's cousin sister Rumana (Bipasha Basu) who is in love with Sunny.

Tony manages to convince Sunny to play for Southall United. It takes a while before Shaan and the team warms up to Sunny and then the club starts shining in the league.

Bipasha Basu urged the audience to watch the film with an open heart.

"My role in the film is not much. But it is a wonderful film. Watch it with an open heart. Please be kind to us," she said.

Director Vivek Agnihotri said that the film was a product of good teamwork.

"I had some wonderful persons working as a team with me. This is the result of that. I don't have much to say. Whatever I have to say, I have said it in my film" he said.

The evening saw a good gathering of Indian expatriates, as also local Emiratis and other fans of Indian cinema, trying to catch a glimpse of the Bollywood stars.

Both John Abraham and Bipasha Basu willingly obliged autograph-seeking fans even as young girls - and an old man - screamed: "John, I love you!"

John also threw a miniature football at the crowd, while Bipasha presented another to a young fan.

"Lagaan" (2001) saw Aamir Khan playing a cricketing hero. Earlier this year, film buffs across the world saw Shah Rukh Khan playing the role of a hockey coach in "Chak De India". Both films ended up as megahits.

Can John Abraham repeat the feat as a football striker? Well, he has got Dubai on his side.

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Diet drugs, benefits outweigh risks

LONDON: Three diet drugs recommended for long-term use result in minimal weight loss and carry some serious side effects, a review of research found.

Though most users of the drugs remained overweight, experts said the drugs could help curb the dangers of obesity by reducing rates of heart disease, diabetes and other health problems.

In a paper published today in the British Medical Journal, researchers in Canada and Brazil analysed existing data on three popular weight-loss drugs: orlistat, or Xenical; sibutramine, known as Meridia in the United States and Reductil in Europe; and rimonabant, or Accomplia.

Scientists found that patients on the drugs - men and women between 45 and 50 years old who weighed about 100 Kg and had a body mass index of about 35 - lost less than 5 kg on average. The study participants used the drugs for periods of between one and four years.

"Drugs are not the magic cure and are not for everybody," said Dr Raj Padwal, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, one of the paper's authors. "But in specific patients, they have great benefits."

Padwal and colleagues considered 16 trials that tested orlistat, which involved 10,631 people. Orlistat, which works by preventing fat digestion, helped people lose about 3 kg on average. But it also reduced diabetes and improved their cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Up to 30 per cent of patients had unpleasant digestive and intestinal side effects, such as incontinence.

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Mother's smoking harms baby's fertility

LONDON: Pregnant? Well, it's a great time to quit smoking if you want a healthy child, otherwise you might end up harming your baby boy's fertility.

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom have carried out a study and found that smoking reduces the sperm count in babies whose mothers are addicted to puffing fags even during pregnancy.

According to the researchers, smoking halves levels of a key testis gene that helps sperm count, and this creates problems in the development of testicle in baby boys who may end up having abnormal penis.

"The gene that plays a key role in normal male development has been linked to maternal smoking and fertility problems," the Daily Mirror reported, quoting lead researcher Prof Paul Fowler as saying.

In fact, Prof Fowler and his colleagues came to the conclusion after analysing the effects of smoking on a group of mothers during their pregnancy and their newborns over a period of time.

"It reinforces the very clear message that women should not smoke during pregnancy," fellow researcher Prof Siladitya Bhattacharya was quoted by the British tabloid as saying.

The UK study came just days after researchers in the United States had warned that moms-to-be who drink alcohol are more likely to cause bad behaviour in their children.

In their study, the American team found that for each additional day of the week that mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy, their children had an increase in conduct and impulsiveness problems than those kids whose mothers did not drink.

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Mathlete sets new record

Mathlete sets new record

NEW YORK: French “mathlete” Alexis Lemaire showed off his rare mental agility on Thursday, claiming a new world record after working out in his head the 13th root of a random 200-digit number in just 72.4 seconds.

Lemaire, a 27-year-old doctoral student in artificial intelligence from Reims, France, was presented with the randomly-picked number by a computer, which displayed the figure over 17 lines on the screen.

Lemaire, who says he doesn’t consider himself a nerd or a geek, then took just over a minute to identify two quadrillion, 397 trillion, 207 billion, 667 million, 966 thousand, 701 as the 13th root.

In other words, the number multiplied by itself 13 times produces the 200 digit number originally generated by the computer. “The first digit is very easy, the last digit is very easy, but the inside numbers are extremely difficult,” the mental gymnast said.

Lemaire previously performed the feat in 77 seconds and has been working at the 13th root problem for years, repeatedly eroding his best time.

“I use an artificial intelligence system which I use on my own brain instead of on a computer,” he explained, matter-of-factly. “Personally, I believe most people can do it but I have also a high-speed mind. My brain works sometimes very, very fast.”

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sanjay Leela Bhansali "Saawariya"

sanjay Leela Bhansali "Saawariya"

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Beghum Para, Zohra Sehgal, Salman Khan
Rating: *****

This work of art doesn't have the in-your-face flamboyance of "Devdas" or "Black" where almost every shot reached a crescendo, every passion peaked like a mid-summer sun, and every movement denoted drama. But "Saawariya" is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's most tender ode to love yet.

Taking Fyodor Dostoevsky's minuscule play "White Nights", Bhansali has built huge but unimposing emotions classified by dollops of awe-inspiring studio-erected architecture that represents feelings rather than physical forms.

This is the director's most subtle and mellow creation.

Prakash Kapadia's dialogues let Ranbir's character of Ranbir Raj speak in a language that is modern and yet timelessly lovelorn.

The plot, if one may call it that, is a story of unrequited love told in shades of blue. Bhansali's narrative spins its sensuous web around chance encounters in and around a square set in a timeless land where clocks chime to the rhythm of a besotted heart and neon signs straight out of a bright Broadway pay cheeky homage to Bollywood's past, including Raj Kapoor, of course.

Ranbir Raj sings and performs at a club called Raj's Bar when he isn't chasing the enigmatic Sakina (Sonam Kapoor) across an arched bridge that symbolises the end of hope and the beginning of love.

Sakina, if you must know, is on an eternal wait. A stranger (Salman Khan) walked into her home and life, walked out and promised to return. The lacuna between longing and fulfilment is filled by a young man who dances, sings, makes faces, writes love letters, protects Sakina from the rain, but alas, cannot protect himself from the heartbreak that awaits him under the bridge.

You can see reflections of Raj Kapoor's persona from "Sri 420" and "Chhalia" in Ranbir's acting in "Saawariya". And his relationship with his outwardly harsh landlady -- played by the gloriously spirited Zohra Sehgal -- is a wonderful recreation of the bond between Raj Kapoor and Lalita Pawar in "Anari".

Ranbir's acting is a dangerously extravagant and bravura performance that could've toppled over under the weight of the character's inherent exhibitionism. But with his director's help, Ranbir succeeds.

The emotions that run across the gossamer frames of this fragilely structured play-on-celluloid are woven with the delicacy that one associates with Kashmiri carpets.

Ironically, though requiring more attention than all his earlier works, "Saawariya" is Bhansali's simplest story to date. The age-old boy-meets-girl format has been taken to the plane of purest expressionism.

The enchanting encounters shown in the film furnish the slim but haunting plot with the feeling of a play where the characters forget they are on stage.

The film's consciously created staginess is its biggest virtue. It lends an otherworldly quality to the frames. The wispy characters may or may not exist outside the prostitute-narrator Rani Mukerji's playful mind.

Maybe she's making up this beautiful tale of one-sided love and perhaps the boy-man she took under her wings is just a figment of her imagination.

The disarming delicacy with which art directors Omang and Vinita Kumar and cinematographer Ravi Chandran have built the blue foundations of the film's ravishingly romantic imagination lifts Dostoevsky's play to the sphere of poetry.

Monty Sharma's soul-stirring music adds an entirely new dimension to the story of waiting and suffering.

As expected from a Bhansali creation, the film is bathed in visuals that overpower the senses. The sequence where Sonam runs across a gauntlet of perpendicularly hung carpets beating a dust storm out of their beautiful fabric is a moment of sensual eruption.

In "Saawariya", Sonam does not know what or whom she is running from or what she will run into. She is Nutan in "Bandini", Aishwarya in "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and Waheeda Rehman in "Pyasa".

"Saawariya" is like a dream where the characters themselves live in a dream world. Escape from this world is akin to death. No one dies in Bhansali's majestic make-belief world and nothing wilts. Not even love when it is taken away from the boy who loves to entertain the unhappy girl in distress.

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"Om Shanti Om"

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher
Writer-Director: Farah Khan
Ratings: *

Welcome to Shanti town, a.k.a Farah Khan's filmi fudge-quake.

Is it homage to the zany anything-goes spirit of the Hindi potboilers from the 1970s? A kind of Manmohan Desai dolled up in the crispy, corny, catch-me-if-can-can spirit of the new millennium?

Or is this supposed to be a straight-off adaptation of Subhash Ghai's "Karz"?

The hasina in this case is the much-awaited, much-hyped Deepika Padukone. A pretty face, sweet smile and an old-world charm... That's about it.

The deewana is of course the irrepressible Shah Rukh Khan, who gets to slip into two eras, and never mind the aura. Farah, who's a close ally and collaborator of the star, provides no breathing pace in this wheezy take on the infamous formulae of our commercial cinema.

Some of the film's bona-fide comic romps come during awards functions when Subhash Ghai and Rishi Kapoor fight to give away an award, Abhishek Bachchan tries to hide a scowl or Akshay Kumar gets nominated for his umpteenth "Khiladi" film.

And yes, that title song with all the glorious screen kings and queens, parading in pirouetting pleasure, is nearly priceless in choreography and spirit.

But that's about it.

Farah Khan's agitated screenplay takes quivering pot shots at one and all, from the bombastic dialogues of the cinema of the 1970s, to Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna to the infamous on screen mother, played here with delightful spoof by Kirron Kher - she talks in maudlin rhetoric and embraces clichés of maternity with unconditional ecstasy.

The same, alas, cannot be said about the spirit with which "Om Shanti Om" embraces the spirit of our cinema. The mood is one of patronising and condescension rather than genuine admiration for an era that's gone with the wind.

Farah's narrative careens between maudlinism and satire. It sometimes spoofs, sometimes tilts its hat to the films that came in the era of great aura and élan, the two qualities sorely lacking in this work of confounding kitsch.

There are some terrific moments of satire in the plot. The opening scene, in which junior artistes (Shah Rukh and Farah) cheer Rishi Kapoor as he jives on stage to the "Om Shanti Om" track in Subhash Ghai's "Karz", is a masterly piece of homage to a way of cinema that's gone-bye-bye.

Soon, however, Farah forgets the satirical mood of her narration, which keeps swinging from homage to imitation with artifice.

Often the devices that are used to generate nostalgic amusement in the first-half are deployed after interval in dead earnestness.

A song sequence in the first-half has Shah Rukh and his object of adoration Deepika riding a stationary car in a studio with back-projection simulating movement.

In the second-half the same device is used without any spoof when the second Shah Rukh, a spoilt bratty specimen of vivacious vanity, rides in the wilderness on the arch-villain Arjun Rampal's limousine.

Rebirth, which would be considered fodder for 1970s' style of suspend-your-disbelief cinema in the past, here becomes a matter of immense thematic propulsion.

The climax is an insult to all enthusiasts of traditional commercial cinema.

Bimal Roy's "Madhumati" finds its nemesis in the hands of these fun-seekers.

Caught between the mawkish and the mockery, the film's creator thinks smart-aleck one-liners are enough to sustain a three-hour feature film, "Om Shanti Om" barely survives its own arrogant self-regard, thanks to some genuinely entertaining moments provided by Shah Rukh.

His take-off on a South Indian masala matinee-idol in the scorching sun of a humid studio premise is first-rate. So are his expressions of not-so-furtive adoration for the rather pale heroine.

"Om Shanti Om" is like a cracker that fizzles before the promised sizzle occurs. The studio atmosphere where the junior-artiste and his buddy (Shreyas Talpade) hang out with self-conscious nonchalance would have made Guru Dutt smile.

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Rani Mukerji in trouble for buying farmland

Pune, The district collector of Ahmednagar, Umakant Dangat, Wednesday ordered an enquiry into the reported purchase of agricultural land by Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji.

Dangat told IANS: "Rani Mukerji's father had come here a few days ago to have the land registered in their names but the land was already allotted for farming purposes."

The district's sub divisional officer has sent an enquiry notice to Rani with respect to the land, which she had allegedly purchased from an agent named Sampat More in village Nimba Korchali, about 400 km from Mumbai.

Dangat said the size of the land is 11 guntas (one fourth of an acre). However, the cost of the land hasn't been determined yet.

"They should have enquired before getting into a transaction," said Dangat.

The sub divisional officer will scrutinise the records of the parties involved and pass an order thereafter

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