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.

“BRAMARAM” One of the Classic Malayalam Movie

CLASSIC ACTOR MOHANLAL AND CLASSIC DIRECTOR BLESSY came with another CLASS MOVIE” BRAMARAM”
Bramaram - high level voltage movie of great performance, great direction and of course a TOTALLY TERRIFIC EXPERIENCE OF ALL TIME…..
From the beginning itself MOHANLAL, the universal actor was at high level of performance.
I would rate his performance: SURE… SURE NATIONAL AWARD…..
Don’t miss this classic even today…..
Go and Watch and tell every body this is the movie MALAYALAM FILM INDUSTRY EAGERLY AWAITED
Whenever Malayalam Cinema needs a high standard movie THE COMPLETE ACTOR COMES IN THE RIGHT TIME
THAT IS BRAMARAM

New york- Directes by: Kabir Khan

New york Movie plot begins with Omar (Neil) is detained by the FBI for arms found in his owned taxi. Actualy its a conspiracy set up by FBI officer Roshan (Irrfan khan) and his boss to get Omar agreeing on to work as an undercover agent for them and infiltrate the family the life of Samir (John) and Maya (Katrina) who were Omar’s college friends 7-8 years ago. Roshan later suspects Samir of running a sleeper terrorism cell and he wants to nab him red handed. Omar is left with no option but to comply with Roshan’s orders but he agrees on one condition that the FBI won’t kill Samir if he surrenders.
Years back when in college Omar, Maya and Samir were thick buddies and Omar silently loved Maya but when she expressed her love for Samir, Omar had gone away from them. What truth Omar uncovers when he meets Samir and Maya both now a married couple with a small kid Danielle and what it all leads to forms the rest of the film.

New York is arguably the best film to come out of the Yash Raj banner after Chak De India. New york is Shot entirely in the US, the film not only is on par with the best of the Hollywood films made in this genre but is a completely different experience which the Bollywood audience is not used to. You will get hooked on from the very first scene of New york when Neil is arrested by FBI and the interrogation that follows by Irrfan khan.
The first half is extremely well narrated and keeps you constantly guessing as to what will happen next. The interval point is a shocker and you look forward to an exciting second half. But then the pace of the second half somehow doesn’t match up that of the first half and there are some predictable things in store. But nonetheless it is packed with some really great moments.
The whole frisking episode of Katrina Kaif by a cop on the road late at night and the sequences that follow it linger on your mind for long. The climax though a bit word heavy is superbly shot as well. The torture scenes shown immediately post the interval send a shiver down your spine. Pritam’s music is easy on the ears and there are no lip sync songs to hamper the proceedings.
New York scores high in the acting department with each single actor delivering his/her best. John Abraham often termed as an expressionless actor has delivered his career’s finest performance. Katrina Kaif has finally got the meatiest role of her career and she has taken full advantage of it. She is very good in emotional scenes as well. Neil in a difficult part shines. Irrfan Khan never disappoints and here again he is in great form. His scenes with Neil and also his senior officer have turned out well.
New York takes up a topical theme and perfectly exposes the wily ways of the American FBI to which over hundreds of innocent Muslim people had fallen prey . It is a must watch for many reasons so just don’t miss it.