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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Top Ten Highest Grossing Bollywood Movies of 2010


I was interested in knowing the hit movies of 2010 and top grosser's of 2010, so I explored for the same and got it in Box Office India website.

According to Bollywood Box Office, the top ten highest grosser's for 2010 are as below.

These are based on the total collections of each individual movie.

1. Dabangg
2. Golmaal 3
3. Rajneeti
4. My Name is Khan
5. Housefull
6. Tees Maar Khan
7. Once Upon A Time in Mumbai
8. Kites
9. I hate Luv Storys
10. Anjaana Anjaani

The movies listed below are among top hits of 2010, one should note that all top earners are not declared as hit because the box office considers the investment that gone into the movie as well.

1. Dabangg
2. Golmaal 3
3. Rajneeti
4. My Name is Khan
5. Housefull
6.Once Upon A Time in Mumbai
7.I hate Luv Storys

Source : http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Bryan Adams Concert @ Bangalore - A Superb Performance by the Legend


I was planning for our Valentine’s Day celebrations, it was then I came to know about Bryan’s show at Palace grounds Bangalore. Bryan Adams was coming back to Bangalore after a gap of 4 years. Honestly I was not a great fan of Bryan but he is one of Shweta’s all time favorite singer, so I thought the Bryan’s live performance will be the best way to start Valentine’s day as the show was on Feb 13th night.

The tickets were quiet expensive, the silver class was 1500 per ticket and Gold class was 3500 INR and VIP Lounge was 8000 bugs. I managed to get two tickets in Silver class. The show was supposed to start at 7PM. I and Shweta were in the Palace grounds at 3.30 PM itself, so that we can stand at the front row of silver class; but to our surprise almost 500 people were already present in the waiting line to get into the venue. It was too hot there was nothing much available other than water near the waiting line. The gates were opened at 5 PM, so we had to stand almost for 1 hour 30 minutes before entering the venue on a hot sunny day, and the worst thing was gals and boys were supposed to stand in separate queue. The best part is we managed to get second row in silver class after 90 minutes wait.

DJ Akbar played some music for next one and half hour, the music was not very good or great it was just average. Slowly people had started accumulating behind us, by 7 PM almost 5000 people were behind us, it was jam packed and there was no chances anyone going to drink water or even to rest room. Shiamak Davar and his troop gave 3-4 dance performances for may be 15-20 minutes, these performances were very boring. We had to wait for another 30 minutes before Bryan arrived.

Around 7.45PM Bryan arrived and from that moment to 11PM it was just awesome. Bryan stared with There will never be another tonight and played almost 20 plus songs. Three solo songs at the end were played by him using mouth organ and guitar. Bryan was singing nonstop almost taking no breaks in between. He belted out superb songs like Summer of 69, Run to you, There will never be another tonight, everyone needs somebody, let’s make this night to remember, Everything I do I do it for you, Back to U, Fastest Fingers, Please forgive me and The only thing that looks good on me is U. It was very nice of Bryan that he asked one of the gals from the audience to accompany him for one song. I and Shweta were dancing non-stop to all his songs, those 3 hours with Bryan were just superb and I felt the four hours of wait was worth it. I am now a huge fan of his husky yet mellow voice and I felt the lyrics of his songs are just incredible.

To summarize it was a very memorable and very enjoyable performance by Bryan Adams.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

India Positive - Believe In India

I believe that India has a great future and I have lot of belief in its growth and its capability. I see every day how my fellow colleagues in IT industry put in lot of efforts to build a solid future to themselves and in turn make India successful as a whole. Yes I agree there are so many problems to be resolved yet,but these kind of initial hiccups are bound to exist in such a large nation with such a huge diversity in almost everything.

I am truly proud of India , its diversity , its life , its people and its energy. I see India as strong competitor at world level in years to come. I would love to see all the best talents produced in India to be in India and be part of its success story.

I read an interesting article in DNA's cover page on India positive and I am uploading the same article in this blog. I liked it a lot and I hope everyone else feels the same.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Chevrolet Spark is Value for Money



I had enough options to choose from (within 4.5 Lakh Rupees) like Alto , Wagon R, Santro, Palio , i10- Era and Spark.

I decided to buy Spark because I got fully loaded car with music system, four power windows, fog lamps , defogger , wind shields , seat covers, car cover,tubeless tyres and wireless locking system at a price of 4.20 Lakhs. I do not think any car with 1000CC engine comes with all these features at this price. Also Spark comes with three years free maintenance package. I have not spent a penny for my car services in last 15 months. I also liked the styling of the Car ,it has the look and the color of the car "misty lake blue" is very nice. I was very much impressed by the car's engine ,one can never make out if the engine is switched on or not it is that silent. The beige interiors of the car is of good attractive and has quality. I also liked the central cockpit control system which is very unique to Spark. The market rep of Sundram motors was very interested in selling unlike other leading car vendors where they act as if they are doing social service.

Now let me explain a few things about my experience , I have driven Spark for some where around 7500 KMs and till date I have never faced any major issues as such. I have taken car to my native Honnavar which is some where around 450 KM from Bangalore with four people and the journey was a smooth and comfortable one.I have driven car in heavy traffic of Bangalore , in highways and in ghat sections in all cases I am satisfied owner of Spark. The car service is pretty good in Bangalore , the service outside Bangalore may not be that great though. The showroom guys call regularly and take the customers feedback, remind us about the pending service , provide pick up and drop service at reasonable price of 250 rupees. I get a mileage around 13 to 15 which is not very bad in Bangalore traffic. The car is as much spacious as Santro and Wagon R, from outside one feels Spark is small but that is not the case, easily four people can travel in it. It is best car for small family within four members. Parking in city is not difficult with this car.

Some drawbacks with Spark are in the smoothness of the gear , it is pretty hard compared to i-10 , particularly the reverse gear. The central locking of the car does not include the dicky. One feels the car is underpowered if 5 people are in the car and the AC is switched on. The service outside Bangalore may not be that great as showrooms and service centers may be very less.

Spark is best option for people, who need smart looks, looking out for better mileage, who prefer smooth engine, frequent travelers within city , guys with small family, and who would like to get a fully loaded car with good interiors at best price.