Kaminey-Review
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: September 23, 2009
One of the movies of this year where you’ll not get dissapointed after coming out of the cinema hall, Kaminey is a very well written and directed movie which keeps u entertained till the end ..
The story is about 2 twin brothers Charlie and Guddu who get seperated after thheir father’s death and then Charlie lands up as a Match fixer in Horse racing and Guddu works at an NGO..
Fate lands them meeting one another in this twisty turvy ride full of non-stop fun..
The movie has got some spellbounding performances by the lead cast and Amole gupte who plays Bhope Bhau(Priyanka’s Gunda turned politician)..
All in all a very good movie, one you musnt miss..
Rating- 4 out of 5..
V.C.G..
K-CET 09 results
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: May 25, 2009
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All the best..
K-CET 09 Rank Prediction
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: May 22, 2009
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The results for K-CET 09 are on 25th May 2009.
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Colleges under K-CET
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: May 12, 2009
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ZOOZOOs
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: May 11, 2009
The creatures in the new Vodafone ads are called ZooZoos. And ZooZoos are not animated characters but real people tucked inside funny costumes with potato heads. All of them slim-built women. While acting these ZooZoos are blinded by the costume.
The characters are created by Olilvy and Mather (O&M) India team and the they are shot in South Africa in less than 3 months. The entire shoot costed 3 
crores. Compare this with what Saif and Kareena charge for appearing in a 10 second commercial. They charge around 6 crores and ripping up Airtel. Vodafone did it in 3 crores (may be a little more) and guess what it has a repeat value and they have 30 ads.
Arbaaz Khan had to do a bit of a task recently. Apparently his dad Salim and stepmother Helen had a bet on whether the new vodafone ads with the eggheads called Zoozoos were animated or real. While Salim believed it was computer graphics or animation, Helen thought otherwise.
Says Arbaaz Khan, “Now since the bet was on and neither would go to sleep unless they knew for sure what the truth really is, they felt the best person to call and find out is me. Honestly, though I had seen the vodofone ads with the eggheads called Zoozoos, I too was convinced they were not real. So according to me Helen aunty had won that bet. But since I was not 100% sure I told dad give me 15 mins, will go on the net and find out. I was amazed to find out that they are infact real people, obviously in the guise of the creation a wingless bird called zoozoo, shocking.”
I was reluctant to call them cartoons because of the cute nature of the characters. I am happy that they have a name now. It is a 30 ad series of which 13 have already been aired. Each ad will be advertising one of the value added service of Vodafone.
The recent ads of Stock Alerts, Filter Unwanted Callers and Cricket Commentary have really raised the bar which is already higher. These ideas really stick and people actually pay attention and might even remember the short codes given after the ad.
“We wanted to create something unique. A character that would always be memorable… somewhat alien and yet, very human,” says Varma, who made the films. “When we started out, the idea was to ensure that no one should be watching cricket. Everyone should be talking about Zoozoo.”
That they did. I am yet to find a person who did not like or who is not talking about it. Nobody knows what to call them and now we have a name. We love ZooZoos.
PUC Results
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: May 9, 2009
To get your PUC results go to:
http://karresults.nic.in/result.htm,
or leave your reg no. as a comment.
ALL THE BEST
Bahrain GP-Brawn Continue to Rule,Ferraris finally score some points
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: April 28, 2009
There was absence of rain in Bah’rain’ on sunday but the new team Brawn GP showed no signs of change in their form this season by notching up another win Sakhir.
Three races from four coming from a team that didn’t know its future a few months ago!
For all the money that Honda poured through its two wind tunnels last year, Ross Brawn is present at the right place and time to reap the benefits.
Will this winning spree go on till they win both titles? Won’t the bigger teams catch up? The questions linger…
Starting at P5, Button moved to third at start. After the lightly fueled Toyotas pitted early, the race was firmly in Button’s hands, except for a minor electrical issue that gave him a burn on his left leg.
Having won his first race under the safety car and the second red-flagged, this was a fine win under racing conditions, another not from pole.
Sebastian Vettel too drove a long first stint and battled degrading tyres to bag a second for Red Bull.
The Toyotas started high but finished with Trulli third and Glock seventh behind Kimi. With an improving car and driving prowess to complement it, Lewis Hamilton made an impressive start and finally came in fourth.
Rubens Barrichello didn’t have his best race, had to stop thrice and had to be happy with fifth. While Felipe Massa floundered, the best that Kimi Raikkonen could do was a sixth, the three points saving the Scuderia from having its worst ever run.
Force India had a far better race this time with Fisichella and Sutil finishing P15 and P16. They can take solace in the fact that they finished higher than both big budget BMWs.
The aero upgrades seemed to have somewhat worked for them and they battled well in the mid-field.
Despite the searing late-April temperatures, 19 cars finished; the one that didn’t was Nakajima, whose Williams gave up on lap 49 with an oil pressure issue.
Three wins and a podium give a Button a lead with 31 points. Barrichello and Vettel follow with 19 and 18; both Toyota drivers are into double digits. Champs Lewis, Alonso and Kimi are languishing with just 9, 5 and 3. Big names Kubica and Massa are yet to score.
For the teams, Brawn has the early lead reaching 50 from just four races with Red Bull at 27.5 Toyota a point further behind. Dear Ferrari is down at ninth, and Force India is still at zero!
After the four eventful flyaway races that have toppled the Formula 1 pecking order, the teams now move to the more traditional European races.
With teams playing catch-up after the double-decker diffuser ruling last week, the Spanish race two weeks hence should reflect the true pace of most cars.
While the old warhorses aim to regain lost glory, Brawn and Red Bull should now think of saving theirs. So long until Spain!
1. Jenson Button – 31
2. Rubens Barrichello – 19
3. Sebastian Vettel – 18
4. Jarno Trulli – 14.5
5. Timo Glock – 12
6. Mark Webber – 9.5
7. Lewis Hamilton – 9
8. Fernando Alonso – 5
9. Nick Heidfeld – 4
10. Heikki Kovalainen – 4
11. Nico Rosberg – 3.5
12. Sébastien Buemi – 3
13. Kimi Räikkönen – 3
14. Sébastien Bourdais – 1
15. Adrian Sutil – 0
16. Felipe Massa – 0
17. Giancarlo Fisichella – 0
18. Kazuki Nakajima – 0
19. Nelson Piquet – 0
20. Robert Kubica – 0
1. Brawn – 50
2. Red Bull – 27.5
3. Toyota – 26.5
4. McLaren – 13
5. Renault – 5
6. BMW Sauber – 4
7. Toro Rosso – 4
8. Williams – 3.5
9. Ferrari – 3
10. Force India – 0
DLF IPL 09
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: April 28, 2009
Here are the results of the matches played till 27th April:
vs. 
DC: 168/9Deccan chargers won by 12 runs
View Scorecard <!–Last time they met:14-05-08 – Kolkata won by 33 runs.
vs. 
Match abandoned due to rain.
<!–Last time they met:14-05-08 – Kolkata won by 33 runs.
vs. 
DD: 153/4Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
View Scorecard <!–Last time they met:14-05-08 – Kolkata won by 33 runs.
vs. 
RR: 112/7Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs
View Scorecard <!–Last time they met:14-05-08 – Kolkata won by 33 runs.
vs. DC: 169/4Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets
View Scorecard | Match Report <!–Last time they met:14-05-08 – Kolkata won by 33 runs.
vs. MI: 187/6
KKR: 95/9
Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs
As far as my predictions are concerned, The Deccan Chargers are on top as i predicted in the first post on my blog. Their weak point in season 1 was their bowling, which to an extent has been revived by the entry of Fidel Edwards.
League Leaders
Face-off
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: April 28, 2009
Here are some of the predictions from India Today:
Statewise predictions:
Uttar Pradesh
- Mayawati will gain significant strength in Uttar Pradesh
- No Congress, SP tie-up and both to face political losses
- Ajit Singh will help NDA marginally
- BSP will win 30 seats, 11 more seats than what it won in 2004 polls
- SP will win 29 seats
- SP tally will come down by 6
- BJP+ will win 14 seats
- Gains of 4 seats for BJP, RLD
- Congress tally to go down by 2 seats
Punjab
- SAD+BJP still strong in the state
- BJP+SAD will win 10 seats
- Congress to gain 1 seat (Congress won 2 seats in 2004)
Haryana
- In 2004 Congress had won 9 seats, BJP1 seat
- In 2009 Congress will win 8 seats, BJP will bag 2 seat and others would fail to get any seat
- BJP-INLD alliance will not work in the state
- Dissidents not impacting Congress
- Smaller players get votes but no seats
Tamil Nadu
- Cong-DMK alliance to win 18 seats
- BJP will win no seats
- Others may gain in 21 seats
- 51.9 per cent vote share for others
- AIADMK+ to win 21 seats this election and will make a comeback
- In 2004, DMK had bagged 16 seats, Congress 10, PMK 5, MDMK 4, AIADMK 0
Delhi
- Delhi’s position to remain unchanged from 2004 tally
- Congress command 55 per cent vote share
- Congress will win 6 seats and BJP will win 1 seat
Andhra Pradesh
- In 2004 Congress won 34 seats, TRS 5 seats, BJP+ 5 seats
- In 2009 Congress to win 21 seats, BJP will get no seat, and others would get 18 seats
- TDP and TRS has 10 seats in AP
- Congress will lose 13 seats this year, whereas BJP will lose 5 seats and it will be a gain of 18 seats for others
- Congress tally down by 8
Karnataka
- In 2004 Congress had won 8 seats, BJP 18 and JD(S) 2 seats
- In 2009 Congress will win in 6 seats, BJP will win 18 seats and others will get 4 seats
- This would mean a loss of 2 seats for congress and a gain of 2 seats for others
- BJP will hold its ground firm
- Opinion poll predicts that Congress will fail to recover from the Assembly rout
Kerala
- In 2004 LDF had won 18 seats and UDF had won 2 seats. No seats won by Congress and BJP
- In 2009 Congress will get 12 seats, BJP will win none and others will get 8 seats.
- It will be a gain of 12 seats for Cong and aloss of 12 seats for others
- LDF will get 8 seats
- UDF will get 12 seats
- LDF set for an upset in the state
JEE 09
Posted by: vcgadiyar on: April 15, 2009
Cut-off marks for admission into the country’s premier engineering institution – the Indian Institute of Technology – is likely to be higher this year as the 2009 edition of the highly competitive IIT Joint Entrance Examination, which is the gateway for admission into the elite institutions, was comparatively easy.
On Easter Sunday when nearly 4 lakh students took the IIT JEE, the initial anxiety gave way to smiles on the faces of many students as both the morning and afternoon session papers were not extremely difficult to crack.
“The paper was certainly easier compared to the question paper of last year,” said mny.
“In JEE 2008, the students had to answer assertion and reasoning based questions which was quite a challenge. However, this year the papers were simple compared to last year, although students did find the Mathematics paper difficult,” echoed experts. The ‘Matrix Matching’ section in the question paper did not have any negative marks and subjective questions made a comeback.
In JEE 2009 there was a qualitative shift in the kind of questions asked. They do not require a lot of rigorous problem-solving, but rather a fairly good understanding of the concepts and the ability to comprehend and analyse. Therefore, an average student has chances to score almost equally in all three sections – Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Cut-off mark figures for the previous year available with this paper revealed that in 2008, the individual subject cut-off mark for general category students was ‘zero’ for Physics, 3 for Chemistry and 5 for Mathematics. These individual subject cutoffs were determined on the basis that top 80% candidates qualify in each subject.
Cutoffs expected are:
Expected marks Expected Rank
- 350 below 100
- 349-300 100-500
- 299-280 500-1000
- 279-265 1001-1500
- 264-250 1501-2000
- 249-235 2001-3000
- 234-210 3001-4000
- 209-200 4001-5000
- 201-190 5001-6000
- 189-180 6001-7000
- 179-175 7001-8000
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