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Now There's A Movie On Chamkila - in the making

It’s quite common these days for an actor to come up with a story for a film. The latest entrant to this creative breed is Kunal Kapoor, who established himself as an actor with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti. However, unlike other actors who take credit for regular commercial fare, Kapoor’s story is based on Chamkila, a popular musician in Punjab in the 1980s, who was assassinated.
Tentatively titled Chamkila, the film will be directed by Navdeep Singh, who won critical acclaim for Manorama Six Feet Under, featuring Abhay Deol, Gul Panag and Raima Sen.

Getting started

Confirming the news, Kapoor said, “I was shooting in Punjab when I heard someone talking about Chamkila. I was curious and found out more. I felt it was an interesting story. I called Navdeep and discussed the idea. It excited him and he agreed to direct it. Another friend, Nilesh Dadich, whom I’ve known since the time I worked as an assistant to Rakeysh, is producing it.”

Singh admits that it was natural that the actor would play the lead in this movie. “Besides, he makes for a good Punjabi guy,” he enthuses. On further probing, he concedes, “It’s about a young Punjabi musician, played by Kunal. He’s a huge fan of Chamkila, and one day, something happens which changes his life.”

Despite the strong Punjabi flavour, Singh is certain that Chamkila will not be a standard Punjabi musical. When questioned if he will also shoot some portions in London and Canada, because a lot of Punjabis travel to those parts, Singh asserts, “Although the film will have a Punjabi setting, it will not be commercial, but more real.”

Reality check

Says Kapoor, “Every time you visualise Punjab in Hindi films, it’s portrayed in a typical way. We’ll explore the underbelly of Punjab, that is grungier and has never been seen before in our movies. There’s a lot more to Punjab than just the music that you hear in Hindi films.”
Amit Trivedi, who shot to fame with Dev D, has been signed to compose the soundtrack for Chamkila. And he’s already travelled to Punjab to get new voices for his compositions. “We’re looking for one male and one female voice.

But it’s also possible that we might make Kunal sing if we don’t get the kind of voices we’re looking for. We’ll train him,” says Singh.
Kapoor, however, has no idea about his director’s plans for him. “I just want to act in the film,” he asserts.

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Kunal Kapoor plays a singer

Manorama Six Feet Under director Navdip Singh’s film Chamkila hasn’t gone on the floors yet, but the movie’s lead actor, Kunal Kapoor, has already been asked to enroll himself in singing classes to lend authenticity to his role. Kapoor plays a singer who’s a fan of Punjab’s renowned singer, Amar Singh Chamkila, who was assassinated in 1988.
Amit Trivedi, who is composing music for the movie, says, “We’ve asked Kunal to learn how to sing, since it will do justice to his character of a folk singer. With someone else’s voice, I may end up looking unreal.” But Trivedi maintains that Kapoor will be asked to sing for the movie only if he’s unable to find any folk singer whose voice would suit his persona. In fact, the composer, who has given music for Dev D and Aamir, recently spent a week in Punjab with lyricist Shellee to look for folk singers with a voice that will suit the actor’s character in the movie.
“We auditioned singers in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and in many villages in Punjab to find raw, rustic, Punjabi ki mitti voices,” says the composer. “We unearthed some real gems and heard some pure, raw sons of our soil sing brilliant folk [songs]— the kind that’s unfortunately dying these days.”

The composer was also impressed with the sound of traditional folk instruments. “It was a rare phenomena to hear such instruments live, which are on the verge of extinction. Like, there’s an instrument called ‘algoza’, which has a sound similar to playing two flutes at the same time — it hasn’t been heard of in Bollywood. Today, everyone wants to take up a guitar and be a rockstar and such instruments are dying out,” he rues. Trivedi plans to use such instruments in Chamkila as well as upcoming projects.

But even though the composer-lyricist duo found voices of great potential, none of them matched in texture with Kapoor’s voice. Trivedi will keep the playing field wide open.

“I found a singer called Major Khan whose voice seemed to fit, but when I heard his recordings back here, it didn’t excite me as much,” rues the composer. “But I did find a Rajasthani folk group and a Punjabi band that I may invite to Mumbai soon. As of now, the search is still on.”


I PERSONALY BELIEVE AMAR ARSHI SHOULD BE THE SINGER, AS I BELIEVE HIS VOICE WILL FIT WELL WITH CHAMKILA SONGS

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CHAMKILA - The Legend

Chamkila was born “Dunni Ram” on July 21st 1961 in Dugri, Ludhiana. Chamkila was from a poor family and lived in great poverty. He had one brother and two sisters whom were older than him. His mother, Kartar Kaur, passed away when Chamkila was a young child, and his older sisters and father used to take care of him.
Chamkila had always wanted to become an electrician but due to family difficulties he had to leave his education and work in Ludhiana in a cloth mill. Chamkila had one of his first songs sang by “Narinder Biba and Surinder Sharma” by the age of 10. The majority of Chamkila’s earlier songs had lyrics to do with electricity such as shock and connection etc, due to the fact he wanted to become an electrician.
Chamkila was a talented musician from a young age and used to play the dholki and vaja for pocket money whilst still at school. He later played the dholki for singers such as Surinder Shinda, K.deep, Jagmohan Kaur and M.Siddque.By the age of 15 he had a number of songs sung by famous Punjabi folk singers, such as Surinder Shinda, Narinder Biba, Kulie Ram, Bibi Tara and Sohan Lal etc.
The name Chamkila comes from the name Rangila, who used to be a folk singer that Chamkila admired greatly. Chamkila comes from the word “Chamak” (shine) as he wanted to shine forever in the world of music. Chamkila began to play the dholki and vaja for Surinder Shinda regularly. It was here that Chamkila began to make his stage career as he would perform on Shinda’s stage during intervals.
Chamkila soon went solo leaving Shinda. When Chamkila left, he took Surinder Sonia, and much of Shinda’s band and stage comedian. Chamkila and Surinder Sonia released their first record in 1979. Punjabi Folk fans grew fond of Chamkila’s style quickly as he had a very charismatic personality. In addition to singing his own songs he continued to write and sell his songs to other artists.
Chamkila left Sonia in 1980 and began singing with Miss Usha, which was only a stage arrangement. By late 1980 he heard of a famous female singer called Amarjyot who sang with Kuldip Manak.. She soon became his permanent singing partner.
At the time of joining with Amarjyot, Chamkila was married. This partnership with Amarjyot lead to a break up of his marriage in December of 1982. Their first LP record together was “Lack Mera Kach Varga” which included a song written by Pali Dethawalia entitled “Chack Lo Drivero”.
People began to become offended by the fact Chamkila was of the “Chamaar” caste and Amarjyot a “Tharkani”. Due to this Chamkila began to use Singh in his name and became Amar Singh. Chamkila rarely used his first name after that. It also became a rarity for him to mention the name of his pind when writing songs.
By 1984 Chamkila and Amarjyot were in high demand and were producing hit LP after LP with new songs all written by Chamkila. The songs that Chamkila sang were mainly about relationships which some people found offensive. Chamkila began to get hate mail and threats to his life.
In the early 80’s, Chamkila toured such countries as, USA, Canada, Dubai and Bahrain. Accompanying Chamkila on stage would be comedians (Tukuan or Mano) who would do impressions of Mehal Mittal. His shows lasted about 2-3 hours and every show began with a few religious songs.
Chamkila continued to get more and more hate mail but Chamkila always said “this is my music this is what I sing if you don’t like it, then don’t buy my records and don’t call me to your functions”. In HMV’s recording history, 3 of Chamkila’s LP records are still the highest selling records that were ever produced by a Punjabi singer.
After receiving more letters from angry fans saying Chamkila you have many songs containing vulgar and offensive lyrics. Do something good. Chamkila produced 3 LP records of dharmik geet (religious songs). His religious songs became number 1 hits. Chamkila however, only wrote a few religious songs himself. Most of them he bought from other writers. All profits that came from the religious songs went direct to the charities and local gurudwara’s. This was done as Chamkila said it was God who gave him the gift of music and what better way to say thank you to God.
By late 1985 Chamkila stopped singing his more offensive songs. The public was still unhappy and wanted Chamkila to stop singing altogether. Chamkila started to write and sing songs which were of a very serious nature.
Chamkila was killed in a show in “Mesumpur” as he stepped out of his car. Amarjyot was pregnant at the time and was shot in the chest and Chamkila was killed with 4 bullets in the chest alongside Gill Surjit and the dholki player Raja. The other members such as Tukham escaped. The blame was put on terrorists. A Curfew order took place when Chamkila was killed and riots between gangs broke out.
Chamkila died on the 8th March 1988. The reasoning behind his death is not fully known. Many people have speculated that Chamkila was killed because of jealousy of other singers. It is said that the others singers grouped together and got him killed. But then again their were many other popular singers, Why Chamkila?

My Favourite Songs Of 2009

A VERY HAPPY 2010 New year To All

Here is my favourite playlist of 2009
Just a handful of winners in my opinion.
Really i went through about 70 albums of 2009 and this is virtually it for me
Not In Any Particular Order



song : Sab Rishte Naate Haske Tor Du
film : De Dana Dan
singer : Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Suzanne D’Mello

song : Ajj Din Chadheya
film : Love Aaj Kal
singer : Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

song : Teri Meri Yeh Zindagi
film : Life Partner
singer : Soham Chakrabarthy & Shreya Ghosal

song : Dhan Te Nan
film : Kaminey
singer : Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani

song : Rock The Party
film : Aa Dekhen Zara
singer : Sunidhi Chauhan & Shweta & Vijay

song : Yaariyan
film : Shadow
singer : Anand Raj Anand & Anushka Manchandani

song : Aasman Choona Nahin
film : Mornin Walk
singer : Shaan

My Stock Picks For 2010

Here are some of the stocks that i am predicting that could outperform in 2010.

Always remember to do your own research before you part from your hard earned money.
Your money is at risk, don't take these as guaranteed targets. It is only of my opinion.
Also take note company review & recomendation can change from this date to say a month later or year later
Software (SRT) 10p ................................target 25p

Nyota Minerals (NYO) 7.5p ...........................target 20p

Matra Petroleum (MTA) 3.55p ...........................target 8p

Plus Markets (PMK) 5.75p .............................target 25p

3 I Group (III) £2.75 ..............................target £4.50

Bahamas Petroleum (BPC) 4.4p.............target 50p

some wild gambles that could multibag or could potentially go bust

Sareum (SAR) 0.40p

Solo Oil (SOLO) 0.525p

Herenica (HER) 0.56p

Tricor (TRIC) 0.06P

The Bermuda Triangle

Truth Or Myth


The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared or are alleged to have disappeared. Some people have claimed that these disappearances fall beyond the boundaries of human error or acts of nature. Popular culture has attributed some of these disappearances to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Though a substantial body of documentation exists showing numerous incidents to have been inaccurately reported or embellished by later authors, and numerous official agencies have gone on record as stating the number and nature of disappearances to be similar to any other area of ocean, many have remained unexplained despite considerable investigation.




The Triangle area
The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezoid covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean island area and the Atlantic east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of Mexico. The more familiar, triangular boundary in most written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda, with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits.



The area is one of the most heavily-sailed shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing through it daily for ports in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Caribbean and South America from points north.




The Gulf Stream ocean current flows through the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico; its current of five to six knots may have played a part in a number of disappearances. Sudden storms can and do appear, and in the summer to late fall hurricanes strike the area. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels could founder in storms and be lost without a trace – especially before improved telecommunications, radar and satellite technology arrived late in the 20th century.


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Scrambled Films - Can You Guess Them

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STORY TWO LOVE NINETEEN A FORTY

DIKHANA ZAMANE HAI KO

SE PYAR HAI KISI HOTA JAB

LE DILWALE JAYENGE DULHANIYA

GAGAN MEIN KI CHHAON DOOR

KO HO GAYA SE RAJA PYAR RANI

GAMBLER THE GREAT

DADHI NAAM BADHTI KA

MARNA ISHQ ISHQ MEIN MEIN JEENA

MILAN GAATE GEET RAHENGE KE

JANE BEDARD KYA ZAMANA

PAAP DOONGA RAAKH KAR KAR KO JALA

LOG DHANDHA GOREY KALA

GULAM AUR BIWI SAHEB

AAG KAB BUJHEGI YEH

DHAGON KA KACHCHEY BANDHAN

RANI KA HASINO RAJA CHORON KI

MAA KI SAMPOORNA MAHIMA SANTOSHI

KRISHNA RAMA HARE HARE

TAK SE QAYAMAT QAYAMAT

LOONGA KASAM BADLA MAA

KE REHTE AAP MEIN HUM HAIN DIL

Celebrities Who Lost A Fortune

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Shane Ritchie
Shane Ritchie may be a famous star on the TV screen but don’t expect to see him splashing his cash on expensive furniture or buying everyone a drink at the pub.
Despite the rumoured £200,000 wage packet during his time at Eastenders, the lovable Alfie Moon faced arrears on the £8,000 a month mortgage of his £2million mansion. Ritchie had to sell his dream home to avoid bankruptcy and clear up his debts.
The TV star bought the house complete with a pool and cinema in 1996 for £400,000, but had to remortgage five times over the years running up £500,000 in debt after his career nosedived. Returning to our TV screens as the lovable Alfie Moon, he used his new income to splurge £250,000 in a 40th birthday party and fund a movie called Shoreditch starring Joely Richardson.
“I bankrolled it to the tune of half a million,” he says. “Every penny I had went into it. Last summer my car was repossessed. I could not pay the mortgage for a year and bailiffs were threatening to come round over a £2,000 bill.”
His friends helped him clear up his immediate debts and will no doubt be expecting to see their cash returned now Ritchie is back in the money.

Marvin Gaye
Born April 2, 1939(1939-04-02)
Washington, D.C.,
United States
Died April 1, 1984 (aged 44)
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)",
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine",
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough",
"Sexual Healing"
Motown genius Marvin Gaye didn't just lose his millions to the taxman; he also lost them to a costly divorce (despite having offered his ex-wife the profits of a specially recorded album entitled Here, My Dear) and the rest was spent on a much publicised drug addiction. He was made bankrupt in 1979 and suffered the humility of living in a bread van while planning his 1982 comeback. Despite the grim circumstances, Gaye managed to pen one of his biggest hits, Sexual Healing, before tragically being shot dead by his own father, two years later.

George Best
Former footballer, George Best, lived his life surrounded by women, gambling, fast cars and alcohol.
At the height of his career, Best was taking home £3,500 a week while the average footballer would bring home £75. But the large wage packet and the alcohol fuelled lifestyle failed to support the footballer and his life and health.
He took up gambling after he gave up football, claiming that it was his way of filling the void in his life. In November 1982, George was declared bankrupt, owing creditors £22,000. His most famous comment on his lifestyle was, “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”


MC Hammer
For a while in the early 90s, MC Hammer had it all. In the hip-hop game, Hammer quite literally wore the trousers. But even a hit as big as U Can't Touch This couldn't fund a lavish and generous lifestyle forever. He managed to squander $33 million in just five years, filing for bankruptcy in 1996 owing $13.7 million with only $9.6 million in assets. In his court hearing, Hammer listed debts including a $500,000 loan from Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders and $100,000 owed to an interior decorator whose business went bust after the rapper didn't pay. We're guessing that's who was responsible for famously installing a dishwasher in the rapper's bedroom, alongside a gold and marble Jacuzzi (surely he could've just bunged the dishes in there to save money?).


TLC
The singing trio had great commercial success, and had one album that sold over 11 million copies. Unfortunately the millions they made from their records and touring weren’t enough to make up for their other huge bills. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in an alcohol induced rage set her boyfriend’s house on fire, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins had huge medical bills because of her sickle cell anemia, and their record deal wasn’t very favorable to them. All of that meant that they were forced to declare bankruptcy. The band never fully recovered, and on the eve of the release of their fourth album, Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras.

Michael Jackson
For Michael Jackson, though, it looks like Pop goes the King. Jackson's chained to a $200 million millstone of debt, says a California lawsuit, and he's reportedly trying to stave off bankruptcy, scraping by on a million bucks a month. Don't let retirement sneak up on you.
Michael's meltdown started to show when his parents, Joe and Katherine, filed for bankruptcy, claiming debts of $45 million and assets of around $400,000.
The Jackson kids Tito, Jermaine, Randy and Rebbie also went bust, but Michael and his songbird sisters Janet and LaToya did nothing, saying they had no part of the family firm.
Others say the King of Pop couldn't help anyway. "Michael Jackson is a ticking financial time bomb, waiting to explode at any moment," says a lawsuit that seeks to freeze Jackson's Neverland assets.
The company behind the lawsuit says it arranged $230 million in loans for the singer between 1998 and 2000, and he owes them $12 million. The suit says he used much of the money to refinance earlier loans.
On top of his money woes, the singer faces molestation charges, his records aren't selling the way they used to, and he doesn't want to go home to his Neverland ranch since sheriffs "violated" the place by searching it.

Elton John
Over a 20-month period between 1996 and 1997 Elton John spent $205,774 on flowers alone -- and that's just a smidgen of his spending.
In 1999, the BBC reported that John asked a merchant bank to help him borrow $40 million to pay off his debts. A year later he admitted running up debts more than $2 million a month. His spending sprees were reported to include purchases of classic cars, clothing and jewelry.
John claimed his former accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, misappropriated millions of dollars. He filed suit. But defense lawyers seemed to think John's money problems lay elsewhere.
"I'm not a nest-egg person," said John when defense lawyers questioned his spending habits. "I'm a single man. I like spending my money."
The London Court of Appeals shot down John's lawsuit. The lawsuit cost him an additional $11.8 million in legal fees.


Mike Tyson
Former boxing champion Mike Tyson became a household name during a career which earned him more than £165 million. However, the famous boxer is now longer throwing his money around after being declared bankrupt with debts of more than £70 million.
His luxurious mansions have long since been sold along with his collection of classic cars. The boxing champion now lives in a modest rented home in Phoenix.

Chelsea Football Club for £1

Buying a football club in 1982
Success in business is all about timing. In 1982 Ken Bates, a self-made millionaire from ready-mix concrete, bought Chelsea Football Club for £1, while taking on debts of £1.5 million.

At the time it wasn't the bargain it now seems. The club was struggling in the second tier of English football, Chelsea finished 18th in 1982/83 and faced becoming homeless as the Stamford Bridge freehold had been sold to property developers.

Football then was a totally different proposition. The game was marred by falling attendances, crumbling facilities and hooliganism. Live TV coverage was in its infancy and merchandising was extremely rudimentary. In short football was a declining industry. But 1982 proved to be the nadir.

The on-field fortunes of Chelsea improved in the 1980s, with the club gaining promotion to the top flight in 1984. Then, after a long legal battle, Ken Bates reunited the Stamford Bridge freehold with the club in 1992 and Chelsea became a founder member of the newly established Premier League.

At the same time football underwent a revolution. Lucrative deals for live TV improved the cash flow of top football clubs, which was often frittered away in players' wages, while facilities were modernised in the wake of the Taylor report and leading clubs were required to have all-seat stadia.

Hooliganism largely disappeared and supporting football became a much more upmarket experience. Football had cachet and the powerful and wealthy wanted to be associated with it.

In 2003, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club in a deal worth £140 million.

The new owner stumped up £80 million to cover the club's debts and also bought a controlling interest in Chelsea Village, which owns the football club. Twenty-one years after purchasing Chelsea for £1, Bates made a £17 million profit on his investment.

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Things Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy Have In Common

Fascinating Or Weird

Abraham Lincoln ....................................... John F. Kennedy



This might seem like a coincidence but I dare say, coincidence or conspiracy? You be the judge. Here are weird and fascinating facts that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy have in common both in their lives and in their deaths.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
John F Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946

Abraham Lincoln won his presidential election in 1860
John F Kennedy’s won his presidential election in 1960

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on “Friday” and; was shot in the head
John F Kennedy’s was also assassinated on “Friday” and; was shot in the head

Lincoln’s assassin was “John Wilkes Booth” and he had a 3 word name with 15 letters
John F Kennedy’s alleged assassin was “Lee Harvey Oswald” with 3 words and 15 letters

John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed before being indicted or tried.
Lee Harvey Oswald was also shot and killed before he could be indicted or tried.

Abraham Lincoln was shot in the “Ford’s Theatre”
John F Kennedy’s was shot in a car made by “Ford Motors”

Abraham Lincoln’s wife was with him when he was shot
John F Kennedy’s wife was also with him at the time he was shot

Abraham Lincoln successor was by Vice-President Johnson (Andrew Johnson)
John F Kennedy’s successor was also named Vice-President Johnson (Lyndon B. Johnson)

Andrew Johnson was born on Thursday December 29 1808
Lyndon B Johnson was born on Thursday August 27 1908

Both names Lincoln and kennedy both have 7 letters in them

Lincoln and kennedy were also the only two US presidents to try and get the government to print its own money and put it into circulation without charging interest on it. Coincidently of course they were both assasinated!

Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theatre.


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