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Director Venkat Prabhu has not deviated from his usual style of film making in spite of this "Mankatha" being Actor Ajith's 50th film. He begins the film with a song and then he brings in comic overludes in the middle of something really serious and post interval there is another song which stamps the Venkat Prabhu mark all over. Ajith on the other hand has made a good decision by selecting such a script for his landmark film. The movie might look like a deja vu to "Oceans Eleven" but in a true sense, "Mankatha" is a well made film. Vinayak (Ajith) is a police officer under suspension in Mumbai for helping a gangster escape an encounter. He falls in love with Sanjana (Trisha) who is the daughter of Armugam Chettiyar (Jayaprakash). Chettiyar is a disguised don who is making big money in betting. IPL cricket season is in and it is about to rain money in his den when suddenly four unassuming boys in Sumanth (Vaibhav) who works for Chettiyar, Ganesh ...

Bodyguard Director                        Siddique Cast                              Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Mahesh Manjrekar, Aditya Pancholi, Hazel Keech, Rajat Rawail, Asrani, Katrina Kaif, Raj Babbar, Reema Debnath, Mohan Kapoor, Himani Shivpuri, Chetan Hansraj Genre                           Action Year of Release            2011 Eid Mubarak to one and all and much like previous times, the much awaited Eid release starring Salman Khan is out today.   And I obviously had to ensure that I catch up with it at the earliest but this time around I had the misfortu...

CRISPY BREAD ROLLS INDIAN STYLE Its Tea time again and I’m pondering over what snack to make for my kids. I thought why not make bread rolls as it’s a really long time I haven’t made them as I am trying to avoid fried foods. But heck its raining isn’t that reason enough to have something fried with a mug of piping hot tea. Bread rolls is a dish that can be made with ingredients at home. So dunk into this crispy and delectable snack. I am sure the kids will enjoy it too. BREAD ROLLS Ingredients Slice Bread - 1 Packet Potatoes - 5-6 medium sized Green Chillies -2 Ginger paste – 1 tbsp Cumin seeds –  1 tsp Asafetida – a pinch Cumin powder – 1 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Salt as per taste Coriander Leaves Method Boil the potatoes. Peel and mash them. In a wok, add one tablespoon of oil. Add the cumin seeds and when they start to fry, add in the ginger and chilly paste, the coriander powder, cumin powder and asafetida. After a minute or two, when you...

Some days stock market goes up and some days stock market comes down. Some days it closes on green and some days it closes on red. Should all these stock market movements play a crucial role for an individual investor in making his investment decisions? I have some money to invest. If I see that market is coming down, then I have two choices to make. Either I can decide to invest today or not to invest. IF I HAVE INVESTED TODAY and the market go up tomorrow, then I will be happy because I have bought it at lower rate. Suppose if the market comes down further, then I will feel bad because if I could have delayed my investment by a day, then I could have bought it at much lower rate. IF I HAVE NOT INVESTED TODAY and the market goes up tomorrow, then I will be worried because I missed an opportunity to buy it at a lower rate. Suppose if the market comes down further, then I will be happy because I can buy it at a still lower rate. Similarly, if I see the markets are going up, I ca...

Director            Jake Kasdan Cast                  Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Phyllis Smith, John Michael Higgins, Kathryn Newton, Matthew J Evans, Kaitlyn Dever Year                 2011 Genre               Comedy What are the words or thoughts that come to your mind when I would utter the two words Cameron & Diaz? Lets see.   Blonde. Hot. Bimbo.   Tall. Beautiful. Gorgeous. Drop Dead Gorgeous. Luscious Lips. Charlies Angels. Anything else? Come on, I am sure you can come up with some more adjectives to describe Cameron Diaz.   But I am quite certain that the noun “Actress” would be used by very few to describe her.   Am I right or am I wrong? I have always found...

Director            Ram Gopal Varma Cast                  Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal, Ajay Gehi, Urmila Matondkar, Zakir Hussain, Neil Bhoopalam, Darshan Jariwala, Ganesh Yadav, Rasika Joshi Year                 2011 Genre               Drama Ram Gopal Varma could not have picked up a better time for the trailers of his movie to be released and then the eventual movie release.   It was bang at the time when the verdict on the Maria Susairaj case was about to be announced.   A couple of weeks into the trailer and one of the most absurd verdicts (that’s what I believe – it is totally personal) ever by the Indian judiciary was announced.   I guess it has been a little under a month since the verdict and unfo...

The mindset of today’s young professionals is changing radically. They would like to have a semi-retired life in their late forties or early fifties by taking up a hobby instead of a regular job. Somewhere within all of us, there is a dream to reach a point in life where we have enough wealth to be able to choose the work we would like to do and the pace at which we would like to work, if at all we feel like working; a point also referred to as financial freedom. Financial Freedom is also interpreted as being able to spend whatever amount you like, on whatever things you like, month after month. Here is a step by step guide to Retire Early. How long you expect to live? First of all, you need to decide on “How long you expect to live?” This is going to be the starting point for your retirement plan. This you can decide by your health history and your family health history. Will you run out of money? You need to accumulate enough money required to live up to that age...