catogeries of cricket commentators

a lot of english that i know i have learnt it from hearing commentaries in cricket matches , it may sound absurd but i lost all the interest in a match if there was no commentary or no sound. it was the good old days before bcci became so damn rich when the telecasts rights were given to deserving channels like espn star sports etc etc. recently i got a chance to view a few matches with ball by ball on neo sports and i came across a few categories of commentators.

1. those who just repeat the things said by his fellow man - there was this srilankan he just cant think of any thing whatever whoever said beside him he just repeated it and did it throughout the match.

2. these are the ones who probably have been pulled in from the radio , they describe ball by ball as if we cant seeee! 

3. translators , these do ok but they think in hindi and go on translating stuff and i being a siddhu fan (as a commentator of course) it just gets too hard .

i hope  just that the i get to hear more of the greats like ravi shastri , harsha bhogle and a few of the english greats whose names i cant remember( smoking causes memory loss) the one who had his throat surgery he was great.

Aamir ... small screen big star Rajeev Khandelwal makes big screen big debut (review)

The soap hearthrob rajeev khandelwal finally makes his long awaited big screen debut with Aamir.. nd we hearing tht both the movie as well as he rocks..

heres the review by Taran Adarsh.. tys to india fm

Sometimes, big things come in small packages. On face value, Aamir doesn't really look enticing. The director is a first-timer [Rajkumar Gupta], the protagonist [Rajeev Khandelwal] also forays on the big screen with this flick, the film is set in the dingy bylanes of Mumbai, so visually too, it's not alluring.

But this small film has lots to offer!

It would be erroneous to evaluate a film like Aamir from the box-office point of view. If it rakes in money, great. Films likeAamir are more for the discerning audience, for the thinking viewer. It's a film that attacks your mind, rather than your heart. It's a film that pricks your conscience.

amir, the name, means leader, but the protagonist [Rajeev Khandelwal] becomes a follower out of fear. The moment Aamir lands in Mumbai, he's transported to a world he never knew: The dingy areas of Mumbai. In its lanes and bylanes, cheap restaurants and lodges, amongst nameless pimps and whores, run-down buildings and over-crowded markets, filth and squalor, Aamir sees a different world in those few hours.

Aamir truly defies the stereotype. It's not a love story. It has no 'heroine'. Nor does the lead man break into songs. Also, it's not filmed at stunning locales of USA or Europe. On the contrary, the film takes you to dingy locations which not many of us must've never ever witnessed. Given the realistic theme of the film, the debutant director has filmed it at realistic locations.

One of the prime reasons why Aamir works, and works big time, is courtesy Rajkumar Gupta's execution of the subject. The twists in the tale don't take the beaten path and Rajkumar's expertise shows while handling this difficult subject. The helplessness of the protagonist has been captured remarkably on celluloid.

Rajkumar gets able support from his cinematographer [excellent], editor [razor sharp editing] and the composer responsible for the background score [topnotch].

Rajeev Khandelwal is remarkable in the title role. The film would've fallen flat had it been entrusted to an inferior actor, but Rajeev lends the right shades and emerges trumps. Watch him emote with his eyes in the latter reels mainly, and you realize that he knows the craft so well. An excellent debut!

On the whole, Aamir is a remarkable film. It may not set the box-office afire, but it succeeds where most films don't -- it hits where it hurts. The message this film sets out to convey comes loud and clear. Very strongly recommended!

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EURO CUP 2008!!! holaaaa football fans the game is on

helowww folks....

The euro cup kicks out today so all ya football fans dont miss the action and tune into ur tvs and cheeeeeeeeeeer your teams .. get all the information u need below...

           

           Official site ....==>>  

euro2008.uefa.com - Home Page

 

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*** STAR BLOGGERS bollywood learns how to blog

With the blogging  fever catching up in india the bollywood Stars aint untouched either..

The blogs have come in as a platform for direct genuine interactions with their fans .

their blogs also give us peek in their upcoming movies and their personal life.be it the stars themselves or their ghost bloggers the thing is working ...

u may find many blogs on stars but am listing just the ones by the stars:)

hers a list of of some top STAR bloggers and their blogs

Amitabh Bacchan >>>         Bigb.bigadda.com  

Aamir khan           >>>         Aamirkhan.com                                 

Salman khan         >>>        http://www.salmankhan.net/article/blog-salman.asp

the list will be updated as i find out more

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PODCASTS THE nxt big thing =>> explained

A podcast feed is a way of sharing files over the internet. It involves the use of a small, machine readable file that is regularily updated to reflect changes 
in the files available for downloading. The internet addresses of these files are embedded into the feed file and can be automatically downloaded when wished. At this time, podcasting tends to refer to the use of feeds to 
share only media files. Podcasting originally occured as a way to share audio mp3 files, and has only recently begun incorporating video into podcasts. However, the technology that allows the files to be shared is not 
limited to such media files and there is not reason that other files may be shared via podcast in the future. 

Today, however, a podcast feed tends to refer to the use of a feed to share media files. Most podcasts are done with audio files, and the individual files that are created and shared are called episodes. These audio files may 
contain a variety of things; there are music, comedy, news, technology, even podcasts about wine. Podcasting, because of the low entry cost, especially for 
audio podcasting allows nearly anyone who believes they have something to say to broadcast it over the internet. Even more established groups have found that audio podcasting works well. Some radio stations podcast portions of their content, sharing it over the internet to allow listeners who missed a specific show to catch up on it later. NPR now does this with its news 
breaks, and the NPR show "This American Life" offers a podcast of its shows to subscribers who pay a small fee. 

One of the newer innovations in podcast feeds is the vlog, or videoblog. These blogs usually contain a feed that distributes a video, rather than an audio file to feed subscribers. Although that would not have been feasible 
a few years ago, growing numbers of broadband internet subscribers has meant that most users are able to download large files, even video files, relatively quickly. These video podcasts have been readily accepted by mainstream news organizations. They have found that podcasting portions of their content is a way to share their tape and reach a wider audience. The BBC currently does this with parts of its news content. Pieces of the news show that is played over the airwaves is taken and placed online, along with a link to the content placed inside the RSS feed. Those who subscribe to the 
BBC feed can download the news clip and watch in from the comfort of their home computer. 

In the future, podcast feeds may be used for a number of purposes besides simply sharing media files. Some analysts predict that the feed system could also be used to share software updates, or any of a myriad of other file types. For now, however, podcasting is dominated by small audio and video file