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Shazeer(name changed)is an employee with a private limited company. A family man with two children, he had a good track record of credit. He belongs to a middle class family and as would be the dream of anyone, he too had a dream to own a house/flat. After finalizing a flat for purchase, he approached a government bank for a loan of Rs.25 lakhs after planning to chip in his own savings of another Rs.5 lakhs to complete the purchase. After several rounds to the bank and signi ng a thousand times on hundreds of documents along with his wife as co-applicant, the loan was approved. Having purchased the flat and living in that, he ensured that the post dated cheques given to the bank were honoured. This went on for five years. Suddenly one 'fine' day, he lost his job owing to the tough market conditions that his company faced. He was one among the staff that the company laid off.  For the next six months he couldn't pay the housing loan EMIs and went to the bank...

Friend A : Hey! Did you hear this about a guy called Sumit Agrawal who sent Rs.364/ to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asking him to buy shoes!!?? I He is reportedly 'ashamed' that the Delhi CM went to meet French President Francois Hollande at Rashtrapathi Bhawan in sandals and not shoes. Friend B : Yeah! I read it in the news recently and thought the guy must be a moron to have done like that. Friend A : Why do you say he is a moron? Friend B : Just imagine, Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of our nation, went around in simple dress of an Indian peasant. Millions of Indians who fought for Independence and walked behind him felt Gandhi was one among them. He went to meet British Emperor George V in London in the same dress in spite of strict dress code and protocol. If a leader is a Gandhian , what is wrong in following Gandhian way of life? Does this moron know that? Friend A : He may not be aware as he is an 'engineer' and may not know much about the freedom struggle. ...

Dubbed as the 99 th film for Balakrishna, it appears that he is somehow bent upon completing 100 films. Directed by Sriwaas,this is another high decibel, punch-dialogue driven film of Balakrishna. The story felt like a never ending saga with the hero delivering all dialogues in the same tone and diction irrespective of the scenes. That is one of the biggest drawbacks in the film. The story of the film feels like a mixed vegetable curry with the ‘vegetables’ being the movies Rajinikanth’s Basha, Surya’s Ghajini and Mahesh’s Dookudu. The story is about how India’s biggest business man fights against the organized crime in which businessmen are threatened by mafia that demanded protection money. Except for a few comedy scenes created around the characters played Hema( as Hema Patnaik) and Prithvi( as Mahesh Patro), the first half has nothing much to boast about. In one of the scenes, Balakrishna delivers a long dialogue highlighting the ‘greatness’ of movie actors and how they infl...

Nagarjuna has made it again. Produced by Annapurna Studios, his production house, this movie will send the audience home in a happy and cheerful mood. The plot for this 145 minutes movie opens in Sivapuram, a remote and beautiful village called Sivapuram. Directed by Kalyan Krishna, we would get to see the beauty of countryside in Godavari districts. Nagarjuna has done a fabulous job in the dual roles he played as Bangarraju and Dr.Rammohan. His performance as Bangarraju is so lively that the audience would fall in love with the character and the actor. Supported by the highly talented Ramya Krishnan who played as his wife Satyabhama, both of them rocked the screen with laudable action. His other role as doctor Rammohan too is impressive. Lavanya Tripathi as Sita, wife of Rammohan, did her role very easily and naturally. Nagarjuna switched between the roles with ease and élan. Nagarjuna, true to his Manmathudu style has many female characters in the film namely, Anushka, Hamasanand...

This film which is the 25 th for Jr.NTR doesn’t disappoint you to say the least. Given the credentials and track record of director Sukumar, the 168 minutes film may not be a match for his past films, (leave alone 1 Ninokkadine which was a damp squib). Sukumar always bases the story-line of his films on one simple popular belief and this film is no different. The entire story runs on the belief that every event, big or small, happening across the globe has an effect on something else, elsewhere in the world. This starts from the way the titles were presented. The film is about how the hero Abhiram(Jr. NTR) avenges to fulfill his father’s ( played by Rajendra Prasad) last wish, which is to witness the downfall of a villain Krishna Murthy Koutilya( played by Jagapathi Babu) who cheated him in the past. Jr. NTR played the role with all the honesty that the character needed. He lived the role except in the climax wherein it looked a bit weird and too unrealistic. His dan...

(Reproduced from FB post dated 7th January 2016) If you thought what a small insect can do to a big plane of the size of Boeing 737, please reconsider your view. As per a news item in today's newspaper, "a bee delayed a passenger plane, operated by Indonesian carrier Garuda, for four hours after getting stuck in vital equipment and causing a problem with the aircraft's controls. The flight was scheduled to take off from Sumatra and head for Jakarta."  Interesting, isn't it !!!! Never underestimate the power of people or things or beings by their size or their position because they are powerful in their own way.

(Reproduced from FB post dated 4th January 2016) My salutes to these real heroes of India who were martyred while fighting against the terrorists at Pathankot for the safety of our country - Lt.Col.Niranjan, Corporal Gurusevak, Lancenayak Phulwanth, Subedar Fateh Singh, Sepoys - Sanjeev Kumar, Jagadishchand and Mohitchand. While many of our leaders are busy finding ways to make money and acquire properties to lead ultra-luxurious lives at the cost of public money, we have such great men as these who fight constantly and sel flessly to protect us and the nation from invaders leaving their families behind.  These heroes have no agenda of their own except doing their duty and serving the nation. They come up the ranks through sheer hard-work and commitment with the sole aim of protecting the country.  On the other hand we have our political leaders who come to power through foul means and occupy positions given to them by the grand electorate.They plan elabor...