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ate actor Health Ledger's Joker in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight has been dubbed as 'best villain in a superhero movie of all time'.

Los Angeles entertainment reporter Sam Rubin said on his KTLA-TV blog that Ledger's role as The Joker is 'amazing work', eports Daily Telegraph .

He said that Ledger 'gives a blockbuster performance' and 'will absolutely be nominated for an Oscar, and at this point in the year, Ledger is also a hands-down favourite to win it posthumously'.



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] can be described as a romantic action thriller which stands out for its distinct narrative style. Despite many negative points, Meravanige appeals largely because of it's lively and engaging moments that mixes well with the story.

The film stars young Prajwal and fresh-face Andrita Ray in the lead, who are able to make a mark effectively. And credit for this goes to Mahesh Babu.

However the pace of the film staggers in a few places, and there is inconsistency too. The film moves in a faster pace in the first half, but as soon as the story shifts to the forests, the film's narration takes a slower pace.



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] , Sadhu Kokila and Doddanna, the Kannada film falls flat. And partly to blame is the wayward script, which defies logic.

The story goes like this: Ravi and Jaggu are the sons of a rich tycoon, who are prepared to do anything for money. The father kicks out these two irresponsible pranksters from his home by arranging a funny contract on their heads.

Jennifer and Pooja Gandhi are seen mostly in song and dance sequences. The other girls just come and go.    Only a fan of Ravichandran and Jaggesh will call this even a time pass film.



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Kismat Konnection , and, borrowing heavily from current market trends and influences, comes up with a couple of nice tracks -- and then spends over half the CD making us listen to them again and again.

song. Singer Neeraj Shridhar takes turning sounding like Apache Indian and Himesh- bhai , and frightening as that combination sounds, it's not bad.

The segue into track 2 couldn't be more abrupt. Balladeer Atif Aslam embraces Bakhuda Tumhi Ho with open arms, and the song sounds like his typical spirited self until his voice collides with that of Alka Yagnik almost exactly midway through the song. It's an interesting, unusual pairing and -- save for the church-choir style chorus -- works well on first listen, unless, that is, you're tiring of Aslam by now.



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] and her husband Guy Ritchie are heading for a split soon after it emerged that the couple have sought advice from divorce lawyers.

"Guy and Madonna are at breaking point and have both separately talked to lawyers. Their friends have not ruled out all hope but the situation is dire, to say the least," an unnamed source, close to the couple, was quoted as saying.

] looked frail and pale, like someone under tremendous strain, and he seemed utterly miserable," a source reportedly said.



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is a clarion call for people to unite and fight for what is rightfully and legitimately theirs even if the enemy is a politician-cum-don-cum-land shark. To some extent it reflects reality with the underlying message woven in.

The Telugu film begins with mother Earth talking about her woes -- how mankind is trying to destroy her and how resilient she is. She also mentions the war for territory and the ensuing bloodshed. From here the general introduction zooms to a specific region (Andhra) and a specific person (Devraj) -- a land shark bent on terrorising people.

Vijay, who hails from a middle class family wants to join the police force. Janaki (Mamta Mohandas) is an independent girl who finds her match (Vijay) on an online matrimonial site (his parents posted his profile). Janaki with the help of Vijay's parents gets him to stop smoking and the occasional drinking.



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on the same day, and plastering the film posters side-by-side . Unfortunately, the Jackie Shroff-starrer is vague, with many questions left unanswered, and is quite a bore.

The film begins with a frantic search for MK (Shroff), a simple, unpretentious and undemanding man, who finds happiness in the small things of life. He lives for the moment and materialistic things do not excite him.

MK is happiest when surrounded by underprivileged kids. His life revolves around ordinary people and in their happiness lies his happiness. But soon, he is transported to an extraordinary world, which does not go down well with him.



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A few months ago when Pulkit walked out of Balaji Telefilms , Yash was anything but the obvious choice since he was neither a television star nor a successful movie star. So how did he bag the role? "Balaji was looking out for the new Lakshya and they got in touch with me. When I met Nivedita Basu, creative head of Balaji, she discussed several roles with me, including Lakshya. I took an instant decision and asked for Lakshya's role. This character is the most positive character in the Virani family and most popular one after Baa and Tulsi," Yash says.

Images ] are working on the small screen. It means a lot in terms of money and popularity.

"Nothing went wrong with my career," he clarifies. "I am an actor and for an actor, it's not good to be jobless. But yes, the big screen has its own charisma. I have a film lined up with Rituparno Ghosh, which will start early next year.



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on of Raj Babbar and the legendary Smita Patil, Prateik is going to make an appearance in Abbas Tyrewala 's directorial debut, Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na . He plays leading lady Genelia D'Souza's brother, in a tiny role.

If sources are to be believed, Raj Babbar is none too pleased with his son for taking up this film, as he feels that Prateik could have got a better launch had he not been in haste to get in front of the camera.

But Prateik is quick to announce that this is not his formal launch. "I just want to learn how the movie industry works," the 21-year-old actor says, defending his decision.



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Silsila . Chopra struggled to find the desired 'old-world music' for this film until Madan Mohan's son, Sanjeev Kohli (who is the CEO of Yash Raj Films), suggested some of his father's unused tunes. About 35 tunes were shortlisted, of which 11 were eventually used in the film.

Chopra struggled to find the desired 'old-world music' for this film until Madan Mohan's son, Sanjeev Kohli (who is the CEO of Yash Raj Films), suggested some of his father's unused tunes. About 35 tunes were shortlisted, of which 11 were eventually used in the film.

2. The composer duo of Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia, better known as Shiv-Hari, once gave music for Yash Raj Films on a regular basis. Name their first collaboration.



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The actor is in India to hunt out locations for his next movie Racing the Monsoon, a thriller about a diamond robbery aboard an Indian train. The movie also stars the actor's wife Catherine Zeta Jones and Matt Damon.

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really needs, basically, is enough music for the stunner to groove to, so a servicable 'fun' album is all one can look forward to.

song by Hard Kaur, using her as the intro singer and fusing standard-issue Punjabi 'patiala-peg ' chirpiness with some generic dancefloor rhythm.

The problem lies with singer Anmol Malik, who has a distinctive voice, in the least pleasant sense. Perhaps it's only to sing this particular track's oh-I'm-sloshed lyrics that Anmol has been distorted into cacophony -- one can only hope she hasn't inherited her dad's vocal genes -- but the result is just annoying to the ears, not to mention repetitive.



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Katherine Heigl has been named the Most Desirable Woman in a poll by AskMen.com. The Grey's Anatomy star pipped the likes of Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson to land the top spot at AskMen.com's annual list of Top 99 Most Desirable Women.

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Ekta Kapoor has now ventured into mythology with her new show, Kahaani Hammaray Mahabharat.

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as executive director to kick off its social protection initiative in 2000, it couldn't have found a man with better credentials for the job.

Diop, one of Africa's well-known trade unionists, served as labour minister for three years in his native Senegal and, more importantly, was twice minister of health. Diop, who was in New Delhi recently for an Asia-Pacific meeting on socially inclusive strategies, tells Business Standard that these initiatives make for good economics as these are vital investments in a country's human resources.

Is inclusive healthcare an important part of social security coverage? Every year, around 150 million people slip into poverty because of out-of-pocket medical expenses. In most developing countries, healthcare is available only to formal sector workers. Governments say they provide universal healthcare but for me it is not universal if people have to pay for basic healthcare.



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Images ] . It was India's unique contribution to the inaugural edition of the shorter version of the game. But it was eight years later that he etched a name for himself in Indian cricketing folklore.

In the 1983 Prudential Cup, he snared 17 wickets @ 16.76. More importantly, his performances were ones that won matches for India -- be it his 3/27 against Zimbabwe at Leicester, his 3/42 vs Zimbabwe again at Tunbridge Wells, his 4/20 against Australia at Chelmsford or his 3/31 in the final.

The 57-year-old has since retired, and had coaching stints with UAE, India, besides being a member of the selection committee.



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