Tintin earns Rs 7.35 crore in opening weekend

Animation movie The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn has earned about Rs.7.35 crore over three days, making it the highest opening for any Steven Spielberg film in India.

The film released with over 350 prints in both English and Hindi in the 3D and 2D formats. Apart from the big cities, this is the first movie to open simultaneously in smaller centres like Alwar, Gwalior, Akola, Amravati, Madurai, Salem and Trichur.

"Not only is the animated genre gaining ground amongst all age groups in India, but Tintin is unique in the sense that the franchise is enjoyed and appreciated by a very wide audience right from kids to adults who grew up on Tintin," Kercy Daruwala, managing director, Sony Pictures India, said in a statement.

There is an amazing passion for both the franchise and the film in India with even celebrities like Aamir Khan giving the film an enthusiastic thumbs-up. The film's collections have increased day upon day and we expect to see the film sustain strongly based on excellent word of mouth," Daruwala added.

Tintin fans can't stop heaping praise on the animated franchise and term it an intelligent film.

"There is not a dull moment in the movie. You never feel you are watching animated characters because they are so true to life. And at the same time it doesn't not step away from the Tintin cartoon," said Brishti Ganguly, a young school-going fan.

Praising the film, Anand V, another Tintin fan, said: "Spielberg has not made a predictable film. He has merged three-four Tintin comics in the movie in a very intelligent way. The characters are fantastic - Captain Haddock is lovable. All the characters live up to their images.

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Sasikumar The Superman

It's not without reason we give this sobriquet to Sasikumar, the man who kickstarted his journey with 'Subramanyapuram' a few years ago.

For, in the recent times, hardly anyone had proved himself/herself in the top three trades of cinema industry- actor, director and producer.

After establishing himself in all the above said areas in his very first film itself, Sasikumar has since then been switching from one trade to another in the movies that followed.

'Nadodigal' brought out the actor in him, while 'Pasanga' spoke about his penchant to produce meaningful movies. 'Easan' is his directorial venture once again, while in 'Poraali', he fared well as an actor and producer.

And now, Sasi is busy with 'Sundara Pandian', a film which he is producing besides playing the lead role. It is being directed by Prabhakaran, who is none other than his former associate.

"For the first time, I am playing a romantic hero in this film," says Sasi with a smile. "Sundara Pandian is a refreshing story and I enjoyed doing it," he adds.

Interestingly, Sasikumar has stepped into Mollywood too. He has played a crucial role in 'Masters' and his performance has won him accolades.

With 'Sundara Pandian' getting ready to hit the screens, all eyes are on Sasikumar. And he will not disappoint, one can say, going by his past records.

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Shankar's I becomes Manoharudu

Shankar is one of the pioneers in the south who started making bilinguals, years before such a trend emerged. Now that making movies in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously is becoming the order of the day, will the director's next be an exception?

Obviously, Shankar's forthcoming flick 'I', which has Vikram in the lead, is being simultaneously made in Telugu. The title of the Tollywood version, according to sources, is 'Manoharudu'.

Starring Amy Jackson as the leading lady, the movie is touted as a romantic thriller, with Suresh Gopi, Ramkumar and others playing crucial roles. Music is by A R Rahman. The film also sees Powerstar Srinivasan as a robot according to rumor mills.

Aascar V Ravichandran is said to be producing the film at a whopping budget of Rs 140 crore, thereby making 'I' one of the costliest movies of the decade.

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All bulk SMS-es banned for 15 days to stop rumours

New Delhi: After reports of threatening SMS-es being sent to North Eastern students in Bangalore and other cities like Hyderabad, the government has banned bulk text messages for the next 15 days. So no cellphone user can send a message to more than 5 people.

Cities like Hyderabad and Pune have been on edge with their large North Eastern communities feeling insecure about their safety. In the last month, nearly 80 people have died in ethnic violence in Assam and doctored MMS-es and text messages have infected other states, warning that students and professionals from the North East will be attacked.

Thousands have been boarding special trains in Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad to head back home, though many have clarified that they are visiting their families for the long weekend. The Karnataka government has stressed that nobody from the North East has been attacked and the police is patrolling neighbourhoods popular with people from states like Assam, Manipur and Mizoram, "The whole government is with you....don't worry," said chief minister Jagadish Shettar yesterday.

Helplines have been set up in Hyderabad ( 040-27852333 and 23261166) and Bangalore (080- 22250999, 080- 22942222).

The government has said those who are spreading rumours online and through text messages will be identified and punished. The Home Affairs Ministry has ordered online surveillance.

In parliament, leaders across political parties said that all Indians from the North East must rest assured that their safety is a priority for the government and that they must work and live wherever they want.

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Scientists take quantum leap to ultrafast communication system

 Scientists claim to have cracked the code to creating ultra fast communication systems operating at much faster speeds without the use of cables.

          Chinese researchers were able to teleport a qubit (a standard unit of data in quantum computing) 97 kilometres across Qinghai Lake using a small set of photons without fibre-optic cables or other intermediaries, a new report said.'

          They created entangled photons by stimulating a crystal with ultraviolet light, producing a pair of photons with the same wavelength, but opposite polarisation values.

           Using these photons, the researchers copied the quantum state from the laboratory to the far station, achieving quantum teleportation over a much larger distance than the previous record of 16 kilometres.

          The laser targeting device developed by Chinese scientist Juan Yin was necessary to counteract the minute seismic and atmosphere shifts that would otherwise break the link between the two remote locations.

            A European and Canadian group claims to have teleported information from one of the Canary Islands to another, 143 kilometres away. However, the paper has not been peer-reviewed or published.

        Quantum teleportation relies on a phenomenon known as entanglement, through which quantum particles share a fragile, invisible link across space.

         Two entangled photons, for instance, can have correlated, opposite polarisation states - if one photon is vertically polarised, for instance, the other must be horizontally polarised.

        But, with the development of quantum mechanics, each photon's specific polarisation remains undecided until one of them is measured.

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Karthi speaks about Saguni

                     Karthi after completing Saguni is busy with Alex Pandian. When asked Karthi that how his film Saguni has come out, he said, “Very superb. It is a good film. One person comes to solve his personal problem.

                  In this process he gets strangled with public problems. How he comes out of this and solves his problems is the rest of the story. We have narrated this with action and comedy. There will always be politics around us.

            Those who do not do politics will get trapped in politics. For every second every one of us gets trapped in politics. This is the base of this film. This film is about me who journeys from a village to city. Radhika, Mumtaz and Kotta Srinivasa Rao are all wonderful actors. It was challenging for me to act with them.

            The height of comedy was in Siruthai. I feel that this film will overtake Siruthai. The reason for this is Santhanam. In the epic Mahabharata, wherever Saguni appears, there will be entertainment. He will not spare anyone. This film will also be like this. So far I have never seen such a shooting spot. It was so gala.

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I am writing story for my Hollywood film! : Kamal Haasan

          Actor Kamal Haasan has mentioned that he is writing the story for his Hollywood film. Kamal had participated in the IIFA function held in Singapore. The trailer of his film Viswaroobam was released there.

         He also announced in the function that he will soon be acting in a Hollywood film. At this juncture Kamal on return to Chennai from Singapore spoke to the media. He said, “Only Tamil cinema elevated me to the International standard. Hence I will not forget this.

        Now I have been approached to act in a Hollywood film. I had been to Singapore to finalize the details regarding the agreement. I am not acting in Hollywood film with the aim of getting Oscar Award.

        The Hollywood producer approached me seeing my acting as a Tamil actor. I took this as an opportunity and agreed to act in Hollywood film but I will not be a permanent Hollywood actor and stay there. I will continue to act in Tamil films. Tamil cinema only made me grow up. Only this has taken me to Hollywood level.

        I will never forget Tamil cinema and audience. I am making Viswaroobam in Tamil and Hindi. At this stage I cannot say that whether there is any difference in the story in these two languages. You will come to know only when the film is released. The title of the Hollywood film is yet to be decided. I am writing the story for my Hollywood film. Hollywood producer Osborne listened to the story and asked me to complete the whole script. ”
     

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