Asheem Chakravarty of the popular contemporary fusion music band Indian Ocean passed away in Delhi. He was 52.

Asheem, who had earlier suffered a heart attack in October this year had been in coma for a brief period but was recovering.

“He was out of coma and in a semi-conscious state. He had a heart attack and breathed his last at around 2 in the afternoon today. The death happened at his home here. His friends and family were around him,” said Amit Kilam, the drummer of the band.

source:ndtv

Cast : Sam Worthington, Siqourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana
Direction: James Cameron
Genre: Sci-Fi

Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is an ex-marine who is forced into participating in Avatar program. The program is setup by humans and comprises of encroaching a distant moon Pandora as it has an abundance of precious minerals on its land. However, getting hold of Pandora won’t be easy as humans can’t breathe on it. Also, the warrior Na’vi tribe resides in it.

In order to encroach Pandora’s land, one has to be able to breathe its air and thus become one of the Na’vis. Scientists thus create these genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars have a Na-vi body and a human DNA. Jake becomes one such Avatar…human kind’s weapon to make truce with Na’vis and thus force them to evacuate their planet. As Jake starts shuttling between his human and Na’vi body, he starts getting emotionally attached to Pandora and there begins the conflict between his medium of existence.

source: indiatimes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Football film “The Blind Side” tackled the top spot at North American box offices with $20.4 million in ticket sales for a rare climb up the charts in its third week, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

Vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” dropped one place from last weekend to No. 2 with $15.7 million in ticket sales, and new release “Brothers,” about soldiers returning home from war, landed in third place with $9.7 million.

The rise of “The Blind Side” bucks the accepted Hollywood wisdom that a new film will claim the No. 1 spot in its first week, then drop down the charts in subsequent weeks.

source:starphoenix

Film: Tinker Bell and The Lost Treasure (Animation)
Cast: Voice of Mae Whitman, Jesse McCartney
Direction: Klay Hall
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes

Disney still draws the line when it comes to animation, despite the surge of other production houses like Pixar and Dreamworks. The colours and the characters of Tinker Bell create a living-breathing canvas that’s pure art. More importantly, the film is a must-learn lesson for Indian animators who need to take the big leap in this growing field.

This one’s an archetypal fairy tale that gladdens the heart of kids and adults alike. Tinker, with her strapless green dress, her gossamer wings and her golden bun is a fiery little fairy who literally sees red when she loses her cool. And she does loose it quite often. So much so, she even manages to break the fragile and precious moonstone in a fit of fury.