Mohan Lal is now Lt Colonel Mohan Lal

Versatile actor Mohan Lal who strides the silver screen from Malayam to Hindi and Telugu to Tamil as a colossus, has now a new role to play- as Lieutenant Colonel.

 Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor has formally ‘pipped’ the actor who has been granted the Honorary rank in the Territorial Army. Vice Chief of the army, , Additional Directorate General Territorial Army, Col Commandant of The Madras Regiment, and senior officers were present besides Mohan Lal’s family at the impressive ‘investiture’ ceremony at the Army Headquarters.

 Lt Col Mohan Lal will be working with the Kerala based 122 Infantry Battalion of the Territorial Army (TA).

 For him it was a ‘truly proud moment’ and a ‘dream come true’. The honour came his way during the Diamond Jubilee year of the Territorial Army.

 ‘I will try to serve the Territorial Army to the best of my ability in my newly assigned role. Like others in our country, I pride the Indian Armed Forces and it is dream come true that I can now serve shoulder to shoulder with our forces’, Mohan Lal said, who had essayed the role of an army officer on the silver screen in films like Kirti Chaktra and Kurukshetra.

 For these roles and for that Mohan Lal stamp of realistic touch , he went to Tiger Hill and Dras in Kargil to experience firsthand the conflict conditions and the reflex actions of army officers when faced with an adversary.

 ‘A visit to my battalion at Kannur will be important agenda for me’, Mohan Lal said about his plans.

 He looks forward to ‘witness the Prime Minister’s Territorial Army Day Parade to be held at Delhi in October 2009 along with other functions like Band Display and Blood Donation Camp planned as part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Territorial Army.

Shahrukh Khan to Receive Doctorate


Well it seems one of Bollywood's most popular actors has something else to add to his massive repertoire of accolades as he's been chosen to receive an honorary doctorate degree! That's right, Shahrukh Khan will receive an honorary doctorate degree in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire.

So how did this happen? Well, Shahrukh was nominated by the non-profit charity organization, 'Routes to Roots,' whose goal is to bring people and cultures together across of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Shahrukh is quite honored by this and released a statement saying, "I am delighted that Routes to Roots nominated me for the honorary doctorate in arts and culture from the Bedfordshire University UK and it will be my pleasure to receive it personally on 10th July in London."

Routes to Roots chose Shahrukh because of his work for the underprivileged and his work in charities in conjunction with natural disasters. Shahrukh earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Hansraj College and pursed a Master's degree in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia before choosing to leave the college in order to purse his career in Bollywood.

Zoozoo: New Human Characters For Vodafone Ads

Everyone must have noticed those funny animated characters in the commercial advertisements of Vodafone on TV during the IPL matches.
These characters are named as Zoozoo and their fan page on Facebook has more than 35,000 fans now! The Zoozoos are very cute.Now a shocking and surprising news which is known before few weeks : Zoozoos are not animated cartoons, they are human beings wearing the costume suits. The design of the characters is such that one gets fooled into thinking it is animation.And the Zoozoo ads are becoming popular on YouTube and many other sources.