Information Madness

Why is this film of Sohan Roy damned in India? It almost got nominated for Oscars after being shortlisted in three categories for best picture, best original score and best original song. The film made it to the ballot list of two hundred and sixty five movies for the 2011 Academy Awards. The film had a week long Oscar qualifying screening at Los Angeles in October.

This is not a joke and it is true! A new website that is dedicated to the superstar Rajnikanth is running without an internet connection. A portal for all Bollywood news, Desimartini.com, has released a micro site called `desimartini.com/allaboutrajni’. When you enter this site and want to browse after being connected to the internet, a message pops up and says, “This was unexpected. To keep browsing, switch off your internet.”

How many of you know that Saif Ali Khan has an 16 years old daughter? You can't tell by looking at Saif Ali Khan that he is a father of that young daughter. Well, Saif Baba, its time to start acting in a roles like Anil Kapoor. :).

Well, this is is the first time Sara Ali Khan is appearing with Amrita Singh on a HELLO magazine cover.

Why this Kolaveri Di? வொய் திஸ் கொலவெறி டி Yes, by now you all would know the most popular and the most viral Tanglish song sung by Dhanush for the upcoming movie 3. The song is about girls and how they break boy's hearts. The song was officially released on November 16th 2011 and it went instant viral on Youtube, Facebook and twitter.

Within two weeks of the release, Why This Kolaveri Di song has now 16 Million views (that's 1.6 Crores).  It went so popular that even singers from other coutries tried to mimic the song in female voice. Sonu Nigam took some lime light by making his son sing the "Why This Kolaveri Di" song.  Check out different versions of Why This Kolaveri Di songs below. It even has a Gujarati version of Why This Chhokari Khardadi!! Its funny

In the age of Radio Mirchis and FMs, I still miss the good old All India Radio's Vividh Bharti. Very simple radio station that actually struck an intimate chord with masses ever since it came in existence on October 3, 1957. Its more than 50 years but Vividh Bharti still has many faithfuls and young lovers.

If you are in India, you can surely listen to Vividh Bharti but for those who are living outside India (such as USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand), listening to Air India Vividh Bharti is like a dream. But not any more. You can now listen to AIR Vividh Bharti online and on your mobile devices (Android or iPhone or iPad) for free.

Anna Hazare who took the country in storm with the supporters and media to finally pass the Lokpal bill. Many people are comparing Anna Hazare with Modern age Mahatma Gandhi. Truely, it would not have been possible without Anna Hazare. Now we will see whether the Lokpal bill has any effect on the courrption or not. But in the mean time, you can actually ease your anger with Angry Anna game.

If it was in Mahesh Bhatt & his daughter's hands, they would have already started showing nudity in Indian bollywood movies. Everyone knows that Mahesh Bhatt is known to make movies and create controversies. The latest one is with his upcoming movie Jism 2.

There are rumors that Big Boss 5 participant Sunny Leon will be the leading lady in Jism 2 and Sunny Leon would strip her clothes for the movie.

HUD Tube is an elegant and an outside the browser alternative to YouTube. There is no denying the fact that YouTube has dominated the market of video sharing. Yet HUD Tube has emerged as an application to improve the interaction with the popular website. YouTube is easy to use and provides a whole range of features so that you can enjoy watching your favorite video clips online. But, YouTube can be tweaked.

WeVideo has the potential to be the next big thing as it outshone a lot of impressive technologies at this year’s Fall DEMO Convention 2011. The comparisons with YouTube were brought out in WeVideo’s favor. If you have watched amateur videos uploaded onto YouTube, you will know how they look. They are quite limited because YouTube lacks the capability to have many people work together on editing a video collectively.

I love music and love to listen to songs when I am working. I personally don't like to download songs and listen to those. I like the surprise of "what would be the next song". So listening to online radio is the best option for me. There are plenty of resources where you can listen free hindi radio online. If you like your own music collection, there are ways you can listen to your home media radio on mobile.

In.com just launched a new online radio service called "Radio Artiste". The radio is basically similar to "Pandora" but with pre-defined stations based on the actors, actresses or singers. So if you are a Shahrukh Khan fan and want to listen to all the songs of Shahrukh khan, you can tune into Shahrukh Khan Radio.