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SHASHI KAPOOR, SRIDEVI
                                                                                                                                                                                 REMEMBERED AT OSCARS 2018

                                                                                                                                                                             LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Indian cinema icon Shashi Kapoor and India's
                                                                                                                                                                             first female superstar Sridevi were honoured at the 90th Academy
                                                                                                                                                                             Awards ceremony here during the "In Memoriam" montage. The In-
                                                                                                                                                                             dian stars got a musical tribute by Eddie Vedder who took the stage to
                                                                                                                                                                             sing Tom P etty's "Room at the top." Actress Jennifer Garner intro-
  SALMAN KHAN STARRER 'DABANGG 3' AND RANVEER SINGH'S 'SIMMBA' MIGHT CLASH IN DECEMBER 2018
                                                                                                                                                                             duced the segment by paying tribute to late star Audrey Hepburn.
                                                                                                                                                                             "There is no joy without sorrow," Garner said, and then acknowledged

WAS AAMIR KHAN OFFERED 2.0? Subedar Joginder Singh poster released
                                                                                                                                                                             the loss of film world with the depar ted souls.

                                                                                       MUMBAI - Aamir Khan has recently said in a statement, "I am a big
                                                                                       fan of Shankar and I was offered the film. It is a blockbuster and I am
                                                                                       sure it is going to break all records. I was offered Rajinikanth's role in
                                                                                       the film, but I could only see Rajinikanth in the role."

                                                                                       Will Sonakshi Sinha be cast with
                                                                                       Salman Khan in 'Dabangg 3'?
                                                                                       MUMBAI, (IANS) Sonakshi Sinha has been part of the first two 'Dabangg' films but
                                                                                       will she be in the third film also? She debuted opposite Salman Khan with 2010's
                                                                                       'Dabangg' and Arbaaz Khan said earlier, "Apart from her, even I don't know who will
                                                                                       be there. We will cast according to the script, which is currently in development."
                                                                                       He fur ther said, "The team is aiming to start 'Dabangg 3' shooting by mid-2018. It
                                                                                       was earlier reported that actresses Parineeti Chopra and Mouni Roy might also
                                                                                       star in 'Dabangg 3'." 'Dabangg 3' will be directed by Prabhudeva. Salman played a
                                                                                       cop named Chulbul Pandey in both the 'Dabangg' films and will reprise his role in
                                                                                       part three while Sonakshi featured as his wife Rajjo.

                                                                                         PAKISTAN BANS ANUSHKA SHARMA'S 'PARI'

Mental Hai Kya: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao Showing Their Crazy Self In                                                                                                    CHANDIGARH - The poster of Subedar Joginder Singh, the upcoming
First Poster. Ekta Kapoor, producer of the film while unveiling the first look wrote                                                                                         Punjabi language biographical war film has been released. The movie is
on her Instagram: "Accept your madness with nonchalance! Normal is boring!                                                                                                   produced by Saga Music and will be released on April 6. The main role is
Take it as a compliment if someone asks Mental Hai Kya."                                                                                                                     being played by Gippy Grewal and Aditi Sharma. The movie is directed
                                                                                                                                                                             by Simerjit Singh. Other stars include Guggu Gill, Kulwinder Billa, Rajvir
                                                                                                                                                                             Jawanda, Roshan Prince, Karamjit Anmol and Sardar Sohi.

                                                                                                                                                                              NIDAHAS TROPHY: SRI LANKA BEAT
                                                                                                                                                                                  INDIA IN OPENING MATCH
                                                                                                                                                                             COLOMBO (IANS) Kusal Perera's brilliant 66 off 37 balls and some crucial
                                                                                                                                                                             contributions from the middle-order helped Sri Lanka beat India by five wick-
                                                                                                                                                                             ets in the opening match of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I)
                                                                                                                                                                             cricket tri-series here on Tuesday. After the Indian batsmen put up a decent
                                                                                                                                                                             target of 175, their bowlers failed to make a mark as the hosts hammered the
                                                                                                                                                                             bowlers all around the park. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (2/37) and Washing-
                                                                                                                                                                             ton Sundar (2/28) provided the cr ucial breakthroughs to control the run-flow.
                                                                                                                                                                             Towards the end, Dasun Shanaka (15 not out) and Thisara Perera (22 not out)
                                                                                                                                                                             played sensibly and helped their team clinch the issue. Chasing 175, Sri
                                                                                                                                                                             Lanka got off to a bad star t, losing opener Kusal Mendis (11) in the second
                                                                                                                                                                             over of the innings. But Danushka Gunathilaka (19) and in-form Perera forged
                                                                                                                                                                             a cr ucial 58-runs par tnership which saw some brilliant strokeplay. Just when
                                                                                                                                                                             things seemed good in the middle, Gunathilaka was dismissed by pacer
                                                                                                                                                                             Jaidev Unadkat in the fifth over when scoreboard was reading 70/2.
                                                                                                                                                                             Unperturbed by the fall of wicket, Perera kept on punishing the Indian bowlers
                                                                                                                                                                             with incoming batsman Dinesh Chandimal (14). In the ninth over, Chandimal
                                                                                                                                                                             was sent packing by leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Soon, Perera was dis-
                                                                                                                                                                             missed by spinner Washington Sundar to bring India back into the game.
                                                                                                                                                                             Upul Tharanga (17) also failed to utilise the star t he got and was bowled by
                                                                                                                                                                             Chahal. Now with the scoreboard reading 136/5, Shanaka and Perera waited
                                                                                                                                                                             for the bad balls and rotated the strike. Towards the end, Indian bowlers felt
  NAVJOT KAUR, FIRST INDIAN WOMAN WHO WON GOLD IN ASIAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.                                                                                             the pressure and leaked the runs -- and as a result, India lost the issue.
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                                                                                                                                                                             Canadian filmmaker Arshad
                                                                                                                                                                             Khan's debut feature ABU
                                                                                                                                                                             opens in select theatres in
                                                                                                                                                                             Toronto, Montreal on April 13
                                                                                                                                                                             Startling in its honesty... a heartbreaking
                                                                                                                                                                             search for reconciliation: Deepa Mehta

                                                                                                                                          ARMA,
                                                                                                                        CAST: ANUSHKA SH
                                                                                                                                       TERJEE, RAJAT
                                                                                                                      PARAMBRATA CHAT
                                                                                                                                       CHAKRABORTY
                                                                                                                      KAPOOR, RITABARI
                                                                                                                                          IT ROY
                                                                                                                          DIRECTOR: PROS

'PARI': NO FAIRY TALE ROMANCE THIS
A supernatural thriller, "Pari" is an unusual love story albeit with a good             narrative propels for ward, is a let-down. The story although fiction, is hear t-
measure of thrills and chills. Set in Kolkata, Arnab (Parambrata Chatterjee),           warming and touches your heart, but fails to engage you, as it unfolds af ter a
a Bengali bhadralok aka gentleman, is an introver t and hence readily agrees            long and convoluted run, making for tiresome viewing.
to an arranged match to please his parents. Heading back home after meet-               Director Prosit Roy sadly does not let the film rise beyond the initial horror
ing Piyali (Ritabari Chakraborty), his father at the wheel, he accidentally             elements and fails to focus on stor y-telling. On the performance front, Anushka
knocks off an elderly woman, who falls in front of their car and dies.                  Sharma as Rukhsana, delivers a strong and unconventional per formance,               MONTREAL - Montreal-based filmmaker Arshad Khan will bring his
Aiming to help the lady's daughter Rukhsana (Anushka Sharma) now an                     as the vile, feral, yet, loving and vulnerable girl. You empathise with her          personal documentary ABU to select theatres in Toronto, the GTA and
orphan, Arnab gives her shelter in his home for a few days as she is ostensi-           instantly. The range of emotions she displays are astutely handled by her.           Montreal on April 13. In ABU (meaning father in Urdu), Khan narrates
bly scared of "those men who want to harm her." Their unusual bond amidst               Parambrata Chatterjee as the quintessential introver t, essays his character with    his experience immigrating to Canada and navigating his complicated
star tling revelations of her identity, forms the crux of the film. The first half of   ease and panache, delivering a restrained per for mance.                             relationship with his close-knit Pakistani Muslim family as well as of
the film supposedly has you on the edge of your seats, as there are jump                His demeanour and dialogue delivery are in synch with his char-                      coming out as a gay man. The film begins as quest to explore Arshad's
scares galore, some well-timed, others deliberate and uncalled for.                     acter from word go. Rajat Kapoor as the Professor with a dam-                        relationship with his father and develops into a journey of self-discovery,
The horror elements -- gore and gloom, torrential rain, evil spirits, accentu-          aged eye, espousing the cause of a movement, is effective, but                       brought to life through home video footage, animation and clips of
ated by sound design, attempted at sending a chill down your spine, end up              not necessarily outstanding. Ritabari Chakrabor ty as Piyali, has                    classic Bollywood movies. Made over the course of five years, the
seeming a trifle inane and ludicrous, as these are grossly overdone. The                a pleasant on-screen presence and appears effor tless. The back-
                                                                                                                                                                             film sheds light on subjects that are often ignore.
pace of the narrative however drags before half time, leaving you unsettled             ground scor e heightens the viewing experience as it resonates with the

                                                                                                                                                                             IS 'PARI' LIKE THE 'USUAL'
and bored as the core of the film till then appears confusing and unclear. The          setting of the film. The production values are decent and conform to the genre
second half picks up and you discover there is a full-fledged story after all,          of the film. Overall, this film with a promising story had a lot of potential, but
albeit poorly told. And that is the undoing of the film. The manner in which the        it is the weak writing that becomes its Waterloo.
                                                                                                                                                                             INDIAN HORROR FILMS?
                                                                                                                                                                             MUMBAI, (IANS) Anushka Sharma-starrer "Pari" is not
                                                                                                                                                                             like the usual horror films in India, says the film's co-
                                                                                                                                                                             producer Prernaa Arora. "Pari, is not like the usual horror
                                                                                                                                                                             films in India with creaking doors, ear-shattering back-
                                                                                                                                                                             ground score and crashing chandeliers. This is a totally
                                                                                                                                                                             different take on the spooky theme. The horror is so or-
                                                                                                                                                                             ganically introduced into everyday life that audiences will
                                                                                                                                                                             be stunned," Arora said.
                                                                                                                                                                             She said audiences will get to see Anushka like never
                                                                                                                                                                             before. "She has played a funny ghost before (in 'Phillauri').
                                                                                                                                                                             In 'Pari', she is something else. I don't think any actress in
                                                                                                                                                                             the world has played this kind of a chilling character,"
                                                                                                                                                                             said Arora. And if after being frightened, you care for a
                                                                                                                                                                             fun-filled rom-com about a festive period in the lives of
                                                                                                                                                                             Delhi's frantic characters, there is director Ashu Trikha's
                                                                                                                                                                             "Veerey Ki W edding."

                                                                                                                                                                             ABHISHEK STARTS
                                                                                                                                                                             'MANMARZIYAN' SHOOT
                                                                                                                                                                             MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Abhishek Bachchan has star ted
                                                                                                                                                                             shooting for his upcoming film "Manmarziyan", directed
                                                                                                                                                                             by Anurag Kashyap. Abhishek on Thursday took to Twitter
                                                                                                                                                                             and shared a photograph of the script. "Almost time…
                                                                                                                                                                             'Manmarziyan'," Abhishek captioned the image. The film,
                                                                                                                                                                             directed by Kashyap and presented by Aanand L. Rai, also
                                                                                                                                                                             stars Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu. Taapsee in an
                                                                                                                                                                             interview to IANS had said the film "is a beautiful mix of
                                                                                                                                                                             the different worlds of filmmakers Aanand L. Rai and
                                                                                                                                                                             Anurag Kashyap." This will be the first time that Abhishek
                                                                                                                                                                             will be collaborating with Taapsee and Vicky for a project.

                                                                                                                                                                             Making independent films is a
                                                                                                                                                                             lonely job: Sudhir Mishra
                                                                                                                                                                             MUMBAI, (IANS) Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, a jury mem-
                                                                                                                                                                             ber for an upcoming movie awards, says he finds the
                                                                                                                                                                             younger talent inspiring as the Mumbai movie industry
                                                                                                                                                                             can be lonely for a person dabbling in independent films.
                                                                                                                                                                             Mishra is on the jury of News18.com's REEL Movie Awards
                                                                                                                                                                             with Farah Khan, Sujoy Ghosh, Sudhir Mishra and Nikkhil
                                                                                                                                                                             Advani. The awards, which will celebrate and honour the
                                                                                                                                                                             ar tistes who have enthralled the audiences with their out-
                                                                                                                                                                             standing creativity through excellent storytelling, will be
                                                                                                                                                                             held here on March 20. "I wanted to be a par t of this jury
                                                                                                                                                                             because the younger lot inspires me, I feel less lonely,
                                                                                                                                                                             otherwise the idea of making independent films is a lonely
                                                                                                                                                                             job if you look at the Mumbai film industr y," Mishra said in
                                                                                                                                                                             a statement. "I've been around 30 years, trying to do what
                                                                                                                                                                             I want and it's great that now the other are also joining in
                                                                                                                                                                             as well. Age is a super fluous factor in a director's life and
                                                                                                                                                                             there's always so much to learn and get inspired from all
                                                                                                                                                                             the time," added the filmmaker, who is awaiting the re-
                                                                                                                                                                             lease of "Daas Dev". The REEL Movie Aw ards will also have
                                                                                                                                                                             a curated panel discussion on future of content consumption and
                                                                                                                                                                             new age cinema, which will witness par ticipation of dignitar-
                                                                                                                                                                             ies from popular OTT platforms. There will also be a per-
                                                                                                                                                                             formance by celebrated stand-up comedians.
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   Shashi Kapoor took IRs 101 as signing amount for 'New Delhi Times"                                                                          AASHIQ BANAYA APNE        HATE STORY 4

   BENGALURU, (PTI) For 1986 film "New Delhi Times", which revolved around the nexus between politicians and media barons,
                                                                                                                                               AAJ SE TERI               PADMAN
   veteran actor Shashi Kapoor took a bare minimum of IRs 101 as the signing amount. Kapoor won the National Award for Best Actor              SANU IK OAL CHAIN         RAID
   for his per for mance of an honest jour nalist in the film. Kapoor, a superstar in commercial films, was one of the few actors in the
   industr y who loved alternative cinema and went to great length to nur ture it as a producer and actor.                                     LAE DOOBA                 AIYAARY
   "New Delhi Times" was one such film and is considered way ahead of its time in its realistic por trayal of politics, crime and media.       CHHOTE CHHOTE PEG         SONU KE TITU KI SWEETY
   At the 10th BIFFES, film's director Ramesh Sharma presented the drama on Tuesday as an homage to the Bollywood superstar, who
   died in December last year at the age of 79. Sharma recalled his meeting with Kapoor , whom he met through Subroto Mitra, the               SWAG SE SWAGAT            TIGER ZINDA HAI
   cameraman in all of Satyajit Ray films. "When I went to meet Shashi Kapoor, he took me out to dinner at Bombay's Golden Dragon              SALE SAPNE                PADMAN
   restaurant at Raj. I nar rated the story to him while we sat and told him I wanted him to play the lead in the film. To this he counter
   questioned, 'How much money do you have in your pocket?' I thought he wanted me to pay the bill.                                            GHOOMER                   PADMAAVAT

   I HAVE LOST A GUIDING LIGHT IN MY LIFE: RANI MUKERJI ON                                                                                     MIDWEEK BOX OFFICE
   SRIDEVI'S SUDDEN DEATH                                                                                                                       PARI                               HIT
   NEW DELHI, (PTI) Actor Rani Mukerji remembered Bollywood diva Sridevi as a "guiding light" in her life, saying her untimely death
   is the most painful thing she has dealt with after her father's demise. The actor said she felt close to Sridevi, known has India's first    VEERE KI WEDDING                   AVERAGE
   female superstar, considered her an "inspiration personally and professionally. For me it's the most painful thing I have dealt with
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   af ter my dad's passing away. And her face is coming in front of me again and again. The love she had for me was so tremendous and
   intense that I feel somewhere I have lost a guiding light in my life. She has been my inspiration personally and professionally. She         WELCOME TO NEW YORK                AVERAGE
   was very close to me. She was like my 'maasi'. She was someone I looked up to. I just feel there is one more person I have lost in
   my life I loved and who loved me back," Rani told PTI.
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                                                                                                                                                         I never had affair with Chris
                                                                                                                                                         Pratt: Jennifer Lawrence
                                                                                                                                                         LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actress Jennifer Lawrence was
                                                                                                                                                         widely blamed by fans for actor Chris Pratt's split from
                                                                                                                                                         wife Ann a Faris. But Lawrence says she was never in a relation-
                                                                                                                                                         ship with her "Passengers" co-star. In an interview with FM channel
                                                                                                                                                         KISS, the Oscar-winning actress talked about the weirdest rumours
                                                                                                                                                         she had heard about herself. She also commented on speculation
                                                                                                                                                         about her love life, repor ts dailymail.co.uk. "I never had an affair with
                                                                                                                                                         Chris Pratt on 'Passengers'. That's a good one, I mean they got a
                                                                                                                                                         divorce like two years later and everybody was like (shouting) Jen-
                                                                                                                                                         nifer Lawrence! And I was like what the ....'what I'm in Montreal two
                                                                                                                                                         years later'," Lawrence said. There were rumours in 2016
                                                                                                                                                         that Pratt and Lawrence got into a relationship filming
                                                                                                                                                         their sci-fi film "Passengers", which will air in India on
                                                                                                                                                         Sony PIX on March 6. Pratt announced the news of his
                                                                                                                                                         split from his wife of eight years F aris last year.

                                                                                                                                                         Gemma Chan joins Larson
SONAKSHI SINHA WITH FASHION DESIGNER SHAINA NC AND OTHER MODELS AT THE 13TH EDITION OF CARING WITH STYLE IN MUMBAI.
                                                                                                                                                         in 'Captain Marvel'
                                                                                                                                                         LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actress Gemma Chan has joined
                                                                                                                                                         the cast of Brie Larson-starrer "Captain Marvel", the lat-

 Heartsbeats - Canadian theatrical opens in Toronto on March 9                                                                                           est superhero film by Marvel Studios. Directors Anna
                                                                                                                                                         Boden and Ryan Fleck are helming the project which is
                                                                          sion to enroll in law school when her older brother passed away.               set in the 1990s and is based on Carol Danvers (Larson),
                                                                          Unbeknownst to her parents (McGillion, Zuniga), her studies were               an Air Force pilot whose DNA fuses with that of an alien,
                                                                                                                                                         sending her headlong into an intergalactic adventure. The
                                                                          shor t-lived, and she quickly returned to pursue her dance career.
                                                                                                                                                         movie is Marvel's first female-fronted superhero film, re-
                                                                          When her parents discover her secret, they force Kelli to drop out of
                                                                                                                                                         por ts hollywoodreporter .com. Chan will play Captain
                                                                          dance and travel to India on a family trip to attend a wedding. What
                                                                                                                                                         Minnerva, a geneticist from the alien race Kree. She is
                                                                          begins as a reluctant family trip turns into a journey of self-discovery
                                                                                                                                                         one of Marvel's antagonists in the comics.
                                                                          when Kelli meets Aseem (Pradhan), a fellow aspiring dancer. As Aseem
                                                                          and Kelli fall in love, she learns more about herself than she ever
AMITASH PRADHAN           ANEESHA JOSHI          SALMAN YUSSUF            imagined possible. In the tradition of SAVE THE LAST DANCE and
                                                                          DIRTY DANCING, HEARTBEATS is a jour ney of love, courage and
                                                                                                                                                         Emma Stone being considered to
 ASEEM KAPOOR             DEEPIKA ZINTA               KHAN
    VELAI ILLA              PADMAVAT                 PALLAV               redemption.
                                                                          Duane Adleris one of Hollywood's top writers of edgy, music?driven
                                                                                                                                                         play 'Wonder Woman 2' villain
  PATTADHAARI                SIMRAN                DANCE INDIA
                                                                                                                                                         LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actress Emma Stone is being con-
                                                  DANCE ABCD              dramas. Films written or directed by Adler have grossed over $780
                                                                                                                                                         sidered to essay the character of Cheetah in, Wonder
                                                                          million at the box office, and two of the films he has written are two of
                                                                                                                                                         Woman 2. According to That Hashtag Show website, the sequel to
 TORONTO -ON Pacific Nor thwest Pictures (PNP) is pleased to an-          the highest grossing teen romances of the past 40 years in SAVE THE
                                                                                                                                                         "Wonder Woman" will introduce the clawed supervillain as its cen-
 nounce the Canadian theatrical release of HEARTBEATS, written and        LAST DANCE and STEP UP. HEARTBEATS marks his second directed
                                                                                                                                                         tral antagonist. The script of the project is developed by Patty Jenkins,
 directed by Duane Adler (Step Up, Save the Last Dance) and starring      film and builds on the international appeal of dance and music, while
                                                                                                                                                         Geoff Johns and Dave Callahan. Created by William Moulton Marston,
 Krystal Ellswor th(Glee), Amitash Pradhan (Velai Illa Pattadhaari),      taking the storyline and characters to a global level. "I pride myself on
                                                                                                                                                         Cheetah has four different incarnations since the character's debut.
 Aneesha Joshi (Padmavat, Simran) Paul McGillion (Stargate Atlantis,      the diverse stories I have been able to tell over my career. I was fortunate
                                                                                                                                                         While actress Priscilla Rich played the Golden and Silver
 The Killing, The X-Files). HEARTBEATS opens March 9 in Toronto           enough to expand on this cultural variety by shooting HEARTBEATS entirely in
                                                                                                                                                         Age Cheetah, Deborah Domaine was the Bronze Age Chee-
 (Yonge and Dundas), and on March 16 in Vancouver (The Park The-          India, with a predominantly Indian cast that I am immensely proud of
                                                                                                                                                         tah. Barbara Ann Minerva was the third. Sebastian
 atre), followed by the home enter tainment release on April 3 (iTunes/   and excited to introduce to the world," Adler said. HEARTBEATS is
                                                                                                                                                         Ballesteros, a male usurper, briefly played the role in 2001.
 VOD/DVD). Kelli (Ellswor th), an aspiring dancer, gave up her pas-       produced bySriram Das, Andrea Chung and Karine Mar tin.
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                                                                                                                                                              'HAWAYEIN' MUSIC PRODUCER
                                                                                                                                                              TURNS COMPOSER
                                                                                                                                                              MUMBAI, (IANS) Sourav Roy, who has produced music for
                                                                                                                                                              songs like "Hawayein", "London thumakda" and "Zaalima",
                                                                                                                                                              has tur ned music composer. He has composed two
                                                                                                                                                              signature tracks for Colors' new Tamil channel. He has
                                                                                                                                                              also composed a few tracks for southern films, which will
                                                                                                                                                              be out soon. "Whether it's as a music producer, record
                                                                                                                                                              producer or as a composer, I love being associated with
                                                                                                                                                              music. Composing a track gives me creative satisfaction
                                                                                                                                                              and when your work is being loved and appreciated, all
                                                                                                                                                              t h e w o r k i s w o r t h i t , " Ro y, w h o h a s w o r k e d w i t h
                                                                                                                                                              composers like Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar and Amit Trivedi,
                                                                                                                                                              said in a statement. Roy had scored background score for
                                                                                                                                                              Riteish Deshmukh-starrer "Banjo". He is currently busy
                                                                                                                                                              with producing music for the biopic on actor Sanjay Dutt
                                                                                                                                                              and "Race 3".
                                                                                                                       AMI, PRATIMA
                                                                                                       CAST: JATIN GOSW
                                                                                                                      HA BHATNAGAR
                                                                                                       KANAN, SAMEEKS
                                                                                                                        A. SIDDIQUE                           I'M VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT
                                                                                                        DIRECTOR: NAEEM
                                                                                                                                                              MY HAIR: VIDYA BALAN

'HAMNE GANDHI KO MAAR DIYA'
                                                                                                                                                              MUMBAI, (IANS) Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, known
                                                                                                                                                              for her luscious hair, says she takes extra care - especially
                                                                                                                                                              on festivals like Holi - of her mane. Of her beauty rituals,
                                                                                                                                                              childhood memories and more on Holi, Vidya said in a

                     AN ODE TO MAHATMA GANDHI
                                                                                                                                                              statement: Beauty regime: I don't leave my house without
                                                                                                                                                              massaging a coconut-based hair oil onto my skin. I honestly
                                                                                                                                                              feel that this is the most natural way to keep harmful colours
"Hamne Gandhi Ko Maar Diya" is a technically well-mounted period          ity in great detail, to an extent that a few conversations, to an on-               away. Not just that, colours come off easy and the coconut-
drama. The story is simple and layered. If you are expecting a politi-    looker, would appear amusing. Over the two day journey, oblivious of                based oil protects my skin from sun rays when I step
cal drama leading to the confession of the assassin who killed Ma-        Gandhi's assassination, the passengers discuss Gandhian principles                  outside. Fondest childhood memory of Holi: Even before
hatma Gandhi - the Father of the Nation, you would be disappointed.       full throttle, only to have realisation dawn on them, at the end.                   the main day, all the kids in my neighbourhood would star t
To commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversar y, direc-          The writing is simple and the lingo with free usage of Hindi and Urdu               throwing balloons at each other after school. The night before
tor Naeem A. Siddique, who claims to be a Gandhian, instead gives         vocabular y, captures the era to per fection. The tempo of the film is              Holi, my father would painstakingly fill the balloons so we
us in minute details, a lengthy preach-fest that delves into the murder   slow and the narrative flows at a meandering pace. The plot seems                   could run out with buckets full of balloons the next morning.
of the Gandhian philosophy.                                               manufactured and is astutely handled. What keeps you hooked are
Nar rated in a non-linear manner, the tale begins in Calcutta (now        the interactions between the characters, which seem theatrical at
Kolkata), sometime in January 1948, giving us an insight into the         times. While the actors are natural, their demeanour may seem a bit                 'NANAK SHAH FAKIR' TO
recently independent country which is awash with communal vio-            over the top. This is probably to emphasise the period.
lence that is destroying the social fabric of the society. Kailash        The cast, Jatin Goswami as Kailash Singh, Subrat Dutta as Divakar,                  RELEASE ON APRIL 13
Singh, a victim of circumstances and with strong political views,         Pratima Kannan as Kailash's mother Savitri, Samiksha Bhatnagar as his wife
                                                                                                                                                              MUMBAI, (IANS) "Nanak Shah Fakir", an inspirational film
blames Mahatma Gandhi for the sad state of affairs. After his mill        Sudha, Shabih Jafri as his aunt Vimla Chachi and Utkarshika Yadav as his daughter
                                                                                                                                                              based on the life and work of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak,
is burnt by arsonists, he finds it difficult to survive in a big city     Munni, are all per functory, they grab their chance and shine, despite
                                                                                                                                                              will ring in Baisakhi as it will release on April 13. Produced
like Calcutta.                                                            lack of any memorable scenes. Visually, the look in the film is quite
                                                                                                                                                              by Harinder Sikka of Gurbani Media Pvt Ltd, the film will
Hard on cash and jobless, in desperation and despite having ideo-         consistent. Every frame is well-mounted. The virgin locales and the
                                                                                                                                                              be distributed domestically by Viacom18 Motion
logical differences with his mother, he decides to return to his          claustrophobic space it the train compar tment are brilliantly captured
                                                                                                                                                              Pictures, read a statement.
village Sasaram in Bihar, with his wife Sudha and child in tow.           by Cinematographer Shanti Bhushan Roy's lens.
                                                                                                                                                              Sikka said: "'Nanak Shah Fakir' is not just an epic film
The family embarks upon a train journey which is supposed to              The few vivid scenic shots canned by the wide angle lens give this
                                                                                                                                                              about the amazing journey of Guru Nanak Devji but
span over two days. In the compar tment, they find themselves             film that extra cinematic boost. These add an aura to the narrative.
                                                                                                                                                              calling to a better way of life that we want the audiences
huddled among fellow travellers who are equally terrified of the          The background score by Anup Bhat is light and mellifluous. To add
                                                                                                                                                              to experience. The film is a representation of Guruji's
volatile situation. Among the lot is Divakar Tripathi, a school prin-     flavour to the telling, there is a bhajan thrown in which is rendered
                                                                                                                                                              teachings that hold great relevance even today. "The
cipal, whose ideologies are diametrically opposite of Kailash.            with full gusto. This in fact seems forced and obtuse. Overall, this film
                                                                                                                                                              film follows Guru Nanak Devji's journey across the globe,
Together, they provide the yin and yang of the tale. Egged by other       made with good intentions may not find appreciative viewers, except
                                                                                                                                                              spreading the message of 'Ik Onkar' (there's but one
co-passengers, the discussion vacillates from religion to human-          if it is made mandator y.
                                                                                                                                                              God), equality of all religions, castes and gender."
                                                                                                                                                              The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
                                                                                                                                                              (SGPC) has vetted the film that has been modified based
                                                                                                                                                              on their feedback. "This film is not for profit and any
                                                                                                                                                              profit will be donated to charitable causes in keeping
                                                                                                                                                              with the Guruji's philosophy of 'Kirat Karo Vundh Chhako'
                                                                                                                                                              (live honestly and share with others)," Sikka added.
                                                                                                                                                              "Nanak Shah Fakir" has been to international film
                                                                                                                                                              festivals like Cannes, Sikh Film Festival in Toronto and
                                                                                                                                                              Sikhlens Film Festival in California.
                                                                                                                                                              Guru Nanak has been por trayed via computer graphics,
                                                                                                                                                              and the songs in the film have been rendered by musical
                                                                                                                                                              maestros Pandit Jasraj and Bhai Nirmal Singh and
                                                                                                                                                              composed by music director Uttam Singh. AR Rahman,
                                                                                                                                                              Resul Pookutty and Gulzar, all Academy Award winners,
                                                                                                                                                              contributed to its music, sound and lyrics. The film's
                                                                                                                                                              original score has been composed by the highly
                                                                                                                                                              celebrated composer Tuomas Kantelinen. Its songs
                                                                                                                                                              include one sung by Grammy Award winning group White
                                                                                                                                                              Sun and its famous singer Gurujas Khalsa of Los Angeles.

                                                                                                        CAST: JIMMY SHEI
                                                                                                                         RGILL, PULKIT                        AR RAHMAN BONDS WITH HANS
                                                                                                                       ARBANDA, YUVIKA
                                                                                                       SAMRAT, KRITI KH
                                                                                                         CHOWDHARY, SATI
                                                                                                                          SH KAUSHIK                          ZIMMER AT OSCAR CONCERT
                                                                                                                                                              LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Oscar-winning composer A.R.
                                                                                                                                                              Rahman shared his moment of "catching up" with celebrated

                    'VEERE KI WEDDING'
                                                                                                                                                              composer Hans Zimmer at the Oscar Concer t. Zimmer,
                                                                                                                                                              the man behind the music of "The Dark Knight" trilogy,
                                                                                                                                                              "Gladiator", "Inception" and "The Lion King" seemed
                                                                                                                                                              engrossed in conversation with Rahman - as seen in a
                                                                                                                                                              photograph shared by the latter on Instagram. "Catching

ANOTHER WEDDING-WALI ROMCOM
                                                                                                                                                              up," Rahman captioned the image.
                                                                                                                                                              The Indian composer, lovingly called the Mozar t of
                                                                                                                                                              Madras, was suited and booted for the concert, where
There are two brothers played by the talented duo Jimmy                   distress. Though well-meaning and innocuous VKW is like a                           his hit score from "Slumdog Millionaire" was included
Sheirgill and Pulkit Samratm who keep knocking into an                    gust of hot wind hitting your face in mid-Summer. Ever y                            in the line-up. "Getting ready for the Oscar concert with
assor tment of girls from Haryana and Delhi as they plough                characters speaks with a bombastic guffaw, as if to remind                          the LA philharmonic orchestra," Rahman tweeted before
along a plot that pulsates a populated energy. That in a                  us that this is indeed a film that's supposed to make us                            the concert. He posed besides the golden Oscar statue.
nutshell, is 'Veere Ki Wedding' (VKW) one more film about a               laugh. Characters keep barging in incessantly, and newer                            Rahman had brought home two Oscars for the "Jai ho"
shaadi, a baraati and other challenges that man faces when                ways of generating laughter are sought desperately.                                 composition for British filmmaker Danny Boyle's film
wooing a woman.                                                           In one early episode Kriti Kharbanda who executed herself                           "Slumdog Millionaire" at the 81st Academy Awards.
Balli (Jimmy Sheirgill) has proven singularly unlucky in                  with restrained humour in her last romcom 'Shaadi Mein                              The concer t, in the r un-up to the 90th annual Oscars,
love. How do we know? He says so and even puts his                        Zaroor Aana', pulls out all stops pelting kulfi bars at people                      was held at the Walt Disney Concer t Hall, as par t of a
mouth where his money is by dating women who don't                        on the road. Her father played by Satish Kaushik gets                               collaboration between the Academy of Motion Picture
seem interested in him. One such lady Rinki (Payal Rajput)                hysterical whenever someone mentions the name 'Prabhu'.                             A rts and Sciences and Los Angeles Philhar monic. It
keeps talking constantly about her ex-boyfriend until                     Maybe he couldn't get Prabhdheva's dance steps right in                             included the world premiere of suites arranged from all
Sheirgill known to have infinite patience with difficult                  some shaadi. It's hard to tell when Kaushik is aggravated,                          five original score Oscar nominees: "Dunkirk" by
women (in "Happpy Bhaag Jayegi", his bride ran away to                    since each one of the 277 characters (or is it 278?) tends to                       Zimmer, "Phantom Thread" by Jonny Greenwood, "The
Pakistan from the mandap) quietly asks, "Aap chup chap                    get hysterical sooner rather than later. I did try to keep up                       Shape of Water" by Alexandre Desplat, "Star Wars: The
jayengi yaa main aapko yahan se neeche phekwa doon."                      with the torrent of characters.                                                     Last Jedi" by John Williams, and "Three Billboards
There is a female cop (Yuvika Choudhary) who has the hots                 But soon gave up. There are only that many gate crashers                            Outside Ebbing, Missouri" by Carter Burwell. The
for Balli. Swooping down to raid the wrong venue she is                   you can check at a wedding. By the time the rudderless                              Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the second
meant to be a laugh riot. Laugh at Balli's misadventures                  humour express chugs to its wedding climax there is a                               consecutive year, will be held on March 4 here. It will
with women if you must. His kid brother Veere (Pulkit                     Haryanvi Mamajee and his brainless sidekick running                                 air live in India on March 5 on Star Movies and Star Movies
Samrat) is worse. He is your local do-gooder who helps                    around the venue probably in search of a script. Do wake us                         Select HD.
distressed people. If only Veer knew of the audiences'                    up when they find it.
WAS AAMIR KHAN OFFERED 2.0? - South Asian Daily
STINGRAYS GET BY BEAST 5-1
                                                                                                                                                                                  SOUTH CAROLINA - For the second straight night in
                                                                                                                                                                                  South Carolina, the Brampton Beast ran into a hot
                                                                                                                                                                                  goaltender. South Carolina Stingrays netminder Parker
                                                                                                                                                                                  Milner stopped all but one of the 46 shots he faced to
                                                                                                                                                                                  lead the Stingrays to a 5-1 victory over Brampton at the
                                                                                                                                                                                  Nor th Charleston Coliseum on Saturday night. The Beast
                                                                                                                                                                                  came out flying to star t the opening frame and outshot
                                                                                                                                                                                  the Stingrays 19-9, but it was the hometown squad who
                                                                                                                                                                                  opened the scoring. Paul Geiger sent a wrist shot through
                                                                                                                                                                                  a screen that eluded Beast star ting goaltender Will King
                                                                                                                                                                                  to open the scoring at 10:53.
                                                                                                                                                                                  Brampton maintained pressure throughout the opening
                                                                                                                                                                                  frame and were rewarded for their effor ts in the final
                                                                                                                                                                                  minute of the first period. Jordan Henr y star ted the play
                                                                                                                                                                                  in front of Stingrays star ter Parker Milner. The initial
                                                                                                                                                                                  shot from in close was kicked away but Chris Leveille
                                                                                                                                                                                  was in the right place at the right time to slide home the
                                                                                                                                                                                  rebound for his 14th goal of the season at 18:07. The
                                                                                                                                                                                  Stingrays were the team to find their scoring touch in the
                                                                                                                                                                                  second period and scored twice in the frame to take a 3-
                                                                                                                                                                                  1 lead into the third period. Tim McGauley gave the Stin-
                                                                                                                                                                                  grays a 2-1 lead just 1:29 into the second frame, walking
                                                                                                                                                                                  out of the corner and tucking a low shot underneath the
                                                                                                                                                                                  pad of King.
  PSL 2018: ISLAMABAD UNITED WON BY EIGHT WICKETS AGAINST KARACHI KINGS IN ITS CHASE OF 154 RUNS AT SHARJAH CRICKET
  STADIUM IN A RECENT MATCH.
                                                                                                                                                                                  INDIA BEGIN BUSY HOCKEY
                           SULTAN AZLAN SHAH SCHEDULE WITH TORONTO TIMINGS
                                                    MARCH 3, 2018 - INDIA VS ARGENTINA (3AM)
                                                                                                                                                                                  CYCLE AT AZLAN SHAH CUP
                                                                                                                                                                                  IPOH (IANS) India's hockey team began a crucial phase,
                                                    MARCH 4, 2018 - INDIA VS ENGLAND (3AM)
                                                                                                                                                                                  featuring a string of impor tant tour naments, as they face
                                                    MARCH 6, 2018 - INDIA VS AUSTRALIA (5AM)                                                                                      Olympic champions Argentina in the opening match of
                                                   MARCH 7, 2018 - INDIA VS MALAYSIA (7:35AM)                                                                                     the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup on Saturday.
                                                   MARCH 9, 2018 - INDIA VS IRELAND (5:05AM)                                                                                      Head coach Sjoerd Marijne has been insisting on a rota-
                                                        MARCH 10, 2018 - FINAL (7:30AM)                                                                                           tion policy as well as expanding the talent base keeping
                                                                                                                                                                                  in mind the busy hockey calendar in 2018 that features

Sultan Azlan Shah: India lose to Argentina, Australia                                                                                                                             the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April followed
                                                                                                                                                                                  by the Hockey Champions Trophy at Breda, the Nether-
                                                                                                                                                                                  lands in July, the Asian Games at Jakar ta in August,
IPOH - Hockey India opened their Sultan Azlan Shah campaign against world              Britain won the title after beating Australia 4-3 in the final. In the Pool Stage though
                                                                                                                                                                                  Asian Champions T rophy in October and the much-
number two Argentina, suffering a 3-2 defeat on Saturday and to Australia 2-4. The     India had a mixed outing with a 2-2 draw against Great Britain in their first match,
                                                                                                                                                                                  awaited World Cup in Bhubaneswar in November-De-
season-opening event features England, Ireland and hosts Malaysia as well. In the      followed by 3-0 win against New Zealand in their second match, but lost
                                                                                                                                                                                  cember. The squad in Ipoh includes three debutants in
previous edition, India had finished third after beating New Zealand 4-0 while Great   to Australia 1-3 before a narrow 4-3 win against Japan.                                    defender Mandeep Mor and forwards Sumit Kumar and
                                                                                                                                                                                  Shilanand Lakra -- a decision to give the youngsters the
   SHOOTER RIZVI SETS WORLD RECORD, WINS WORLD CUP GOLD
                                                                                                                                                                                  oppor tunity to showcase their talent but also keeping
   MEXICO, (IANS) Indian shooter Shahzar Rizvi created a new world record on his way to the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World
                                                                                                                                                                                  seasoned players fresh. It is also an underlining mes-
   Cup here. Rizvi, who was making his World Cup debut, registered a world record score of 242.3 points in the final on the opening day of the event here on Saturday
                                                                                                                                                                                  sage to all of his wards that no one should take his place
   evening. The Indian beat reigning Olympic champion Christian Reitz of Germany, who had to settle for the silver with a score of 239.7. India's
                                                                                                                                                                                  for granted.
   Jitu Rai bagged the bronze with 219. Om Prakash Mitharval, the third Indian to reach the final, finished fourth with 198.4 points. In the women's 10m air rifle
                                                                                                                                                                                  The tournament, featuring World No.1 Australia, World
   event, India's Mehuli Ghosh also made a memorable debut at a senior World Cup, taking the bronze with a world junior record of 228.4 points. Her compatriot
                                                                                                                                                                                  No.2 Argentina, England, Ireland and hosts Malaysia,
   Anjum Moudgil finished in the four th position with 208.6 while Apurvi Chandela was seventh with 144.1 points.
                                                                                                                                                                                  apar t from India, will give Marijne the oppor tunity to
                                                                                                                                                                                  narrow down on a core group before the high-profile

    NIDAHAS TROPHY 2018 SCHEDULE
                                                                                                                                                                                  events. Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh, considered
                                                                                                                                                                                  passed his peak, has returned after not featuring in the
                                                                                                                                                                                  Hockey World League (HWL) Final, where India claimed

    MATCHES CAN BE SEEN ON YUPPTV
                                                                                                                                                                                  the bronze medal.
                                                                                                          FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: 1 (866) 663-7557                            Sardar will captain the side, while the responsibility of
                                                                                                                                                                                  vice captain will be shouldered by forward Ramandeep
                                                                                                                                                                                  Singh. Experienced defenders Rupinder Pal Singh,
                                                                                                                                                                                  Birender Lakra and Kothajit Singh are not in the squad,
                                                                                                                                                                                  and neither are seasoned attackers S. V. Sunil and
                                                                                                                                                                                  Akashdeep Singh, captain Manpreet Singh and veteran
                                                                                                                                                                                  goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh. Sardar will play in the midfield
                                                                                                                                                                                  along with S. K. Uthappa, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma and
                                                                                                                                                                                  Simranjeet Singh. India's defence wears a young look. It
                                                                                                                                                                                  comprises of Var un K umar, Amit Rohidas, Dipsan Tirkey,
                                                                                                                                                                                  Surender K umar, Mandeep Mor and Nilam Sanjeep Xess.
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Indian goalpost will be kept by Suraj Karkera and
                                                                                                                                                                                  Krishan Pathak.
                                                                                                                                                                                  Apar t from Sumit and Shilanand, the forward line will
                                                                                                                                                                                  feature Gurjant Singh, R amandeep Singh and Talwinder
                                                                                                                                                                                  Singh. Olympic Champions Argentina, meanwhile, are
                                                                                                                                                                                  in Ipoh without the services of their celebrated Coach
                                                                                                                                                                                  Carlos Retegui who has resigned from the top job. It was
                                                                                                                                                                                  under the tutelage of Retegui that Argentina had won their
                                                                                                                                                                                  only Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2008 beating India 2-1 in
                                                                                                                                                                                  the final. Though it will be interesting to see how this
                                                                                                                                                                                  World No.2 side fairs in the absence of Retegui, the squad
                                                                                                                                                                                  remains strong with Gonzalo Peillat, Lucas Rossi, Juan
                                                                                                                                                                                  Manuel Vivaldi, Pedro Ibarra, Matias Paredas who are
                                                                                                                                                                                  bound to test the Indian team. India skipper Sardar, said
                                                                                                                                                                                  that they are not intimidated by the prospect of facing the
                                                                                                                                                                                  Rio Games winners . "While a winning start is what we look for,
                                                                                                                                                                                  it's impor tant for the team to execute the structure we want to play
                                                                                                                                                                                  in. There is no room for error when you play a team like Argentina
                                                                                                                                                                                  and we cannot let their 'Olympic champions' tag intimidate us," the
                                                                                                                                                                                  31-year-old said.
     SQUADS:                                                                                                                                                                      "I am hopeful we will stitch together a good performance on Satur-
     INDIA: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Kar thik, Deepak Hooda, Washington                                                 day. The practice match against Australia has given the first-timers
     Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar P atel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj, Rishabh Pant                                                           an insight into what they can expect and I am sure they
     SRI LANKA: Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Perera, Thisara                                                  will take that confidence into the opening game as well."
     Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Niroshan Dickwella, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Isur u Udana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Akila                                                    stated the 31-year-old skipper. In the previous edition of
     Dananjaya, Amila Aponso, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Dhananjaya de Silva                                                             this tournament, India had finished third after beating
     BANGLADESH: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel                                        New Zealand 4-0 while Great Britain won the title after
     Hossain, Abu Jayed, Taskin Ahmed, Imr ul Kayes, Nur ul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Islam, Abu Hider Rony                                                       beating Australia 4-3 in the final.
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MIDWEEK NEWS
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                06, 2012
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  Hotstar reimagines VIVO IPL 2018                                                                                                                                     KING STANDS TALL IN BEAST
                                                                                                                                                                       DEBUT AS BRAMPTON FALLS
placing US fans at heart of experience                                                                                                                                 1-0 TO SOUTH CAROLINA
                                                                                                                                                                       SOUTH CAROLINA - Goaltender Will King turned in a stel-
 Cricket legends Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh joined CricFest event to spread cheer                                                                                    lar per for mance in his first game with the Brampton Beast,
                                                                                                                                                                       stopping all but one of the 22 shots he faced, but he was
                                                                                                                                                                       outdueled by the opposing netminder Jeff Jakaitis, who
                                                                                                                                                                       turned away 32 shots to help the South Carolina Stin-
                                                                                                                                                                       grays to a 1-0 win on Friday night in South Carolina. After
                                                                                                                                                                       a scoreless opening frame that saw both teams earn six
                                                                                                                                                                       shots on goal, the Stingrays found the back of the net at
                                                                                                                                                                       4:59 of the second period. Taylor Cammarata cut in on a
                                                                                                                                                                       par tial breakaway on the right wing side and lif ted a shot
                                                                                                                                                                       over the glove of King to give the Stingrays a lead they
                                                                                                                                                                       would not relinquish.The Beast threw everything they had
                                                                                                                                                                       at the South Carolina netminder in the third period, firing
                                                                                                                                                                       16 pucks on goal but he was able to stop them all to
                                                                                                                                                                       preserve the shutout.

                                                                                                                                                                       AS HIS PRIMARY SKILL,
                                                                                                                                                                       PANDYA NEEDS TO IMPROVE
                                                                                                                                                                       HIS BATTING: KAPIL
                                                                                                                                                                       BY SAUMOJYOTI S CHOUDHURY
                                                                                                                                                                       MONACO, (PTI) Former India captain Kapil Dev wants
                                                                                                                                                                       Hardik Pandya to "work harder on his batting" as that is
                                                                                                                                                                       his primar y skill as an all-rounder. Pandya, af ter his 93 in
                                                                                                                                                                       the first Test against South Africa in Cape Town, failed to
                                                                                                                                                                       get a single half-century across formats in the remaining
                                                                                                                                                                       matches. Comparing any talented all-rounder to Kapil is a norm
                                                                                                                                                                       in Indian cricket and the World Cup winning captain wants
                                                                                                                                                                       Pandya to play without pressure. He (Pandya) has shown the
                                                                                                                                                                       glimpse. He has the talent and the ability. Comparing with any-
                                                                                                                                                                       one put more pressure on him. I would like to see him go and
                                                                                                                                                                       express himself, enjoy himself, Kapil told PTI in an exclusive
                                                                                                                                                                       inter view on the sidelines of the Laureus World Spor ts Award
                                                                                                                                                                       here. For Kapil, any all-rounder should be strong in one of the
                                                                                                                                                                       two skill sets and for him Pandya is primarily a batting all-
TORONTO - Hotstar, India's largest premium streaming platfor m is all      "           Exclusive pre- and post-match shows, and analysis- all
                                                                                                                                                                       rounder. I would like to see him in the team for one reason,
set to reimagine VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 by making           available via live stream.
                                                                                                                                                                       definitely either as a bowler or as batsman. He has to work little
India's greatest spor ting spectacle more engaging and bringing it         "           Snackable content including highlights and complete replays
                                                                                                                                                                       harder on his batting because he is a batsman all-rounder. If he
closer to Nor th American cricket fans. As the official digital stream-    available as Video-On-Demand
                                                                                                                                                                       can per form a little more with the bat, the bowling will come
ing par tner for VIVO IPL 2018, Hotstar will live stream matches across    "Hotstar aims to become a platform that connects and celebrates the
                                                                                                                                                                       easy to him and that s what happens to all-rounders," said
Nor th America beginning this April.                                       South Asian diaspora by bringing rich and diverse enter tainment
                                                                                                                                                                       India's greatest ever all-rounder. Kapil said that Pandya is still
To celebrate this, Hotstar hosted the VIVO IPL Hotstar CricFest, a         across Indian movies, TV shows and live spor ts. It gives us great
                                                                                                                                                                       very young and everyone is expecting too much from him.
cricketing extravaganza at MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn on Saturday,         pleasure to bring VIVO IPL 2018 on Hotstar for cricket fans in Nor th
                                                                                                                                                                       We have started expecting too much from him soon but I think he
Febr uary 24 in association with event par tner, CricClubs.Cricket leg-    America", said Ipsita Dasgupta, President - Strategy and Incubation,
                                                                                                                                                                       has the ability and is one of the finest athletes in the team. But he has
ends Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh graced the occasion and in-           and Hotstar Inter national at Star India. "Leveraging our technology,
                                                                                                                                                                       to work harder to achieve success as an all-rounder, the 1983 World
teracted with fans as they experienced cricket first and through live      consumer insight, and exper tise in cricket coverage, Hotstar will
                                                                                                                                                                       Cup-winning Indian skipper said. Talking about next year s World
simulations, activities and enter tainment zones. Ipsita Dasgupta,         deliver an immersive and engaging experience combined with greater
                                                                                                                                                                       Cup, Kapil said that India will require both current skipper
President - Strategy and Incubation, and Hotstar International at Star     convenience to our Nor th American audience."
                                                                                                                                                                       Virat Kohli s aggression and his predecessor Mahendra
India presented content and features of the Hotstar platform that make     "VIVO IPL is undoubtedly the most exciting cricket proper ty in our
                                                                                                                                                                       Singh Dhoni s calmness to lift the trophy once again.
the experience unique, immersive and engaging for Nor th American          country and brings together the best of cricket talent from across the
cricket fans.                                                              world in an intense league," said Anil Kumble, for mer Team India
Earlier this year, Hotstar live-streamed the much awaited and much
watched player auction event. Going forward, Hotstar will deliver the
                                                                           player, captain and coach. "Cricket fans in Nor th America deserve to watch
                                                                           the sport on a platform that understands their love for the game and is powered by
                                                                                                                                                                       BCCI's refusal leaves Pakistan
following unique content and features in VIVO IPL 2018:
"         Regionalized and exper t commentar y in six languages- En-
                                                                           technology that focuses on delivering a great consumer experience. I'm truly
                                                                           excited that Hotstar is the official digital streaming partner of VIVO IPL 2018 in Nor th
                                                                                                                                                                       tournament in doubt
glish, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali.                         America." "It's incredible to see such passion for cricket halfway across the world,"       KARACHI, (PTI) The BCCI's refusal to send its team to the
"         Immersive Vir tual Reality (VR) experience enabling fans to      said Harbhajan Singh, former captain of Mumbai Indians and current member of                Asia Emerging Nations Cup scheduled in Pakistan this
come closer to the game within the comfor t of their homes.                Chennai Super Kings. "VIVO IPL 2018 will be an exciting season for all cricket              April has put a question mark on the tournament's
"         Unique fan-graph feature that allows the audience to track       fans and enthusiasts, including those in Nor th America, who can now                        organisation in the countr y. An official in the Pakistan
the number of simultaneous viewers and relive key moments during           par ticipate in the same experience as millions of Indians back home                        Cricket Bo ard said that since India was not willing to send its team
any game.                                                                  do through Hotstar."                                                                        to Pakistan, the Asia Emerging Nations Cup could be shifted to either
                                                                                                                                                                       Sri Lanka or Bangladesh.

     IPL 2018: COMPLETE SQUADS OF EIGHT TEAMS
                                                                                                                                                                       "We agreed to host the event in April this year on the understanding
                                                                                                                                                                       that all nations would participate in it," he said. PCB chairman Najam
                                                                                                                                                                       Sethi told the media in Dubai that as head of the Asian Cricket
    CHENNAI SUPER KINGS [25 players]                                                                                                                                   Council, he would soon be calling a meeting of the ACC in Colombo
    MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo. Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati                                             to take final decisions on the Asia Emerging Nations Cup and Asia
    Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner,                                      Cup, scheduled to be held in India in September.
    Lungisani Ngidi, Asif K M, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi                                                 He said Pakistan s participation in the Asia Cup in India was also
                                                                                                                                                                       subject to conditions. India has steadfastly refused to play Pakistan
    DELHI DAREDEVILS [25 players]                                                                                                                                      in a bilateral series since the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai. And even
    Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul                                          in the ICC and ACC forums, it has been reluctant to give any conces-
    Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Gautam Gambhir, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw,                                          sions to Pakistan. Sethi also made it clear that his par ticipation in the
    Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Shar ma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan                                           ICC board meetings in Kolkata in April would be dependent on whether
    Ghosh                                                                                                                                                              the ICC could obtain a visa for him from India. "I have no interest in
                                                                                                                                                                       traveling to India. If the Indian authorities issue a visa I will go if not
    KINGS XI PUNJAB [21 players]                                                                                                                                       the ICC should see," he said. Sethi also said that the next meeting of
    Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Andrew Tye, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Karun Nair, Mujeeb Zadran, Ankit Singh                                         the ACC would be conclusive as venues and dates for the Asian
    Rajpoot, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Singh Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Christopher Gayle, Ben Dwarshuis, Akshdeep Nath,                                           Emerging Nations and Asia Cup events would be decided. "We will
    Manoj Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Manzoor Dar, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar                                                                                              soon decide the dates for the meeting in Colombo," he added.

    KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS [19 players]
    Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Kar thik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla,                                       Beast Settle for Single Point
    Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron
    Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi                                                                                                       in OT Loss to Jacksonville
                                                                                                                                                                       FLORIDA - The Jacksonville Icemen scored a late third
    MUMBAI INDIANS [25 players]                                                                                                                                        period goal to tie the game and scored the game-winner
    Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis,                                                 in over time to take home a 4-3 victor y over the Brampton
    Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy,                                              Beast from V eterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on
    Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Mayank                                                 Sunday afternoon. Cody Donaghey led the charge on of-
    Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan                                                                                                                    fense for Brampton with a goal and an assist, while
                                                                                                                                                                       defensemen Tyson Wilson and R eggie Traccitto also
    RAJASTHAN ROYALS [23 players]                                                                                                                                      scored for the Beast. After an evenly-played opening frame,
    Steve Smith, Benjamin Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane,                                         it was the Icemen who carried the 1-0 lead into the first
    Darcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet                                         intermission. After a flurry of fantastic s aves in tight by
    Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror                                                  Beast starting goaltender Daniel Spence, Elgin Pearce netted the
                                                                                                                                                                       rebound to give the hometown squad a 1-0 lead at 12:37. It didn't take
    ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE [24 players]                                                                                                                           the Beast long to find a goal early in the second period. The Beast
    Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Brendon McCullum, Washington                                        were enjoying a temporary 6-on-5 advantage on a delayed penalty
    Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Quinton De Kock, Mohammed Siraj, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, M. Ashwin, Parthiv Patel,                                        call when Tyson Wilson capitalized on a pretty passing play for his
    Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Pavan Deshpande,                                             second goal of the season at 1:51. The Icemen pulled ahead later in
    Anirudha Ashok Joshi                                                                                                                                               the second period on Pearce's second of the game at 11:12, but
                                                                                                                                                                       the Beast got it back just over a minute later to tie the
    SUNRISERS HYDERABAD [25 players]                                                                                                                                   game again. The Beast were moving the puck well in the
    David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan Arman, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda,                                   offensive zone and Donaghey lit the lamp on a per fect
    Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi,                           goalmouth feed from Brandon Marino in front of the goal
    Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal                                                   for his sixth goal of the campaign at 12:46.
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