Chennai, Oct 28 : A day after Karnataka's refusal to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said his government would face the issue legally, but asserted that it would not come in the way of recent good ties between the two states.
After chairing a meeting of DMK functionaries, Karunanidhi told reporters, "We will approach the issue legally and continue to fight for securing our share of water. But I don't want to comment on basis of media reports as it will affect ties and lead to unnecessary differences."
He said he did not come across reports of Karnataka saying that it will release water after (the Krishnarajasagar) dam reached its maxiumum storage capacity of 124.7 feet.
- Agencies
Google Car Can Drive without a Driver
The cars use video cameras mounted on the roof, radar sensors and a laser range finder to "see" other traffic, software engineer Sebastian Thrun said.
They remain manned at all times by a trained driver ready to take control as well as by a software expert.
Google hopes the cars can eventually help reduce road traffic and cut the number of accidents.
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In a posting on the company's official blog, Mr Thrun said the self-driven cars had so far covered 140,000 miles on the road.
They have crossed San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate bridge, negotiated the city's famous sloping streets, driven between Google offices, and made it around Lake Tahoe in one piece.
'Exciting future'
Traffic on the Golden Gate bridge (file pic) Nobody spotted the Google car crossing the Golden Gate Bridge
Engineers told the New York Times that the forays onto the highways have been largely incident-free, apart from one bump when the car was reportedly hit from behind at a traffic light.
In his Google blog post, Mr Thrun - professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford University - insisted that safety was the "first priority" in the project.
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But he pointed to figures from the World Health Organization which show that more than 1.2 million people are killed each year on the roads, and said that number could and should be reduced.
"We believe our technology has the potential to cut that number, perhaps by as much as half.
"While this project is very much in the experimental stage, it provides a glimpse of what transportation might look like in the future thanks to advanced computer science. And that future is very exciting," he added.
Google has rapidly branched out from its previous core business of search in recent years.
The company already has significant interests in location services through its Google Maps and Google Street View offerings.
SS Chandran the tamil comedian died
According to reports, the leading speaker of AIADMK was returning to Mannarkudi after delivering a speech at the public meeting near Muthupet. Sources say that the politican returned to his hotel room and told the party members that he wants to take a rest. After a few hours, one of his assistant found SS Chandran breathless and rushed him to a nearby hospital. However, doctors declared brought dead.
Popularly called as 'Nagaichuvai Selvar' in Tamil cinema, Chandran was a Rajya Sabha member from 2001-07. He stepped back from contesting Lok Sabha elections in 2009 on health grounds.
Karthi & Suriya: Brothers in the advt race
Notwithstanding the ‘undeclared’ in-house competition between him and elder brother and superstar Suriya, Karthi appears to be ready to take on Suriya in the ad world as well. The brothers, who have become established stars in Tamil film industry, are now seemingly competing against each other in the world of advertisements and endorsements too!
While Suriya has done and has been doing quite a huge number of commercials, younger sibling Karthi has taken up the Airtel assignment after recently being signed up by the cell-phone service provider as its brand ambassador. He has also said to have ‘floated’ a talk in the industry that he would be taking up any endorsement assignment if the pay packet is nothing less than Re.1 crore.
The ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ star has reportedly purchased many plots of lands in Saligramam locality, off Vadapali in Chennai. Many endorsement offers appear to be pouring in for Karthi on a daily basis. Karthi reportedly is toying with the idea of constructing a star-hotel in the city with the money he has been getting from Kollywood and through his commercial endorsements.
Recently, director Lingusamy remarked at an event that both Suriya and Karthi have been ‘occupying’ important slots in Kollywood. It appears that the brothers-in-arms are well and truly on their way to acquiring such a status in the advertising world as well!
'Endhiran': Movie Review
Cast : Rajnikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Dannny Denzongpa, Karunas, Santhanam
Director : Shankar
Producer : Sun Pictures( Kalanithi Maran)
Music : AR Rahman
Camera : Ratnavelu
Art : Sabu Cyril
The wait is finally over and Endhiran is here after a good three years almost. But upon watching the film the feeling you come out with is clear. The film is well worth the wait indeed!
For Rajni fans nothing could be better than having two Rajni’s and later hundreds of them in the film! From story, to dialogues, music, editing, special effects and screenplay, the film has it all tightly in place giving the viewer a happy feeling of a satisfying meal at the end of the day.
The story in brief:
Dr Vaseegaran (Rajni) is a scientist working on alternative intelligence and develops a robot that is almost human like, after researching for ten long years. He applies for a patent but his professor and former teacher Bora (Danny) refuses it, proving to the panel that the robot is unfit to be let loose among humans.
Vaseegaran tries to prove him wrong and shows him how useful the robot can be in saving lives and in the army in times of war, his reason for making such a robot in the first place. A series of circumstances however leads him to finally re- programme the robot called Chitty ( Rajni again) with human feelings and emotions so that he is able to distinguish between right and wrong. However things go wrong when Chitty falls in love with Sana ( Aishwarya), who is Vaseegaran’s girlfriend. Another twist in the story leads to Chitty falling in Bora’s evil hands and replicating himself into hundreds of similar robots, so that he can have Sana and destroy Vaseegaran. How Vaseegaran saves the day and what happens to the renegade robot forms the climax.
What works:
Its Rajni magic all the way and director Shankar’s touch can be seen throughout. The big plus of the film is the fact that even though you know Chitty is a machine, the scenes involving him steal the show and bring laughter and tears alike to your eyes. Shankar has been able to arouse emotions in the viewer using machines and graphics and that works even in the final scenes. Both the Rajnis are a treat to watch with humour being an integral part of the story all through. Aishwarya looks awesome and does her part well and Danny as the suave scientist is well chosen.
The music by Rahman is already topping charts and the visuals to go with them are just breathtaking. Each song is better than the other in look and feel, costumes and choreography. The locales especially for the song in South America are wonderful and Ratnavelu’s camerawork has to be commended throughout.
Anthony’s editing is well done to keep the story moving crisply. Shankar should be given credit for keeping the human touch throughout even though the film deals with machines. At no point do the graphics seems forced or extra and all go well in keeping with the story in just the right measure with no fancy gimmicks put in unnecessarily. This goes a long way in keeping the story ‘real’ even though sci- fi is involved. The scale of the film is awesome and the climax scenes keep you riveted. The science labs are a treat to watch for their very international look.
The crisp dialogues are a treat with no lengthy preaching. Yet the point the film is making comes across beautifully in the end leaving a lump in your throat.
What could be better:
Aishwarya seems to have been given similar dance steps and struggles through them strangely in most songs and sometimes seems overly made up. Santhanam and Karunas could have been used more.
The fans of Rajni looking for punch dialogues and the traditional Rajni ‘style’ may have to settle for his new age avatar because he looks totally different as the man and the machine and punch dialogues have been kept few and far between if at all.
The movie is definitely international in terms of feel and style and a sure shot watch worthy film for everyone with emotion, drama, action, humor, music and biggest of them all…the Rajni –Shankar factor!
Must watch!
Director : Shankar
Producer : Sun Pictures( Kalanithi Maran)
Music : AR Rahman
Camera : Ratnavelu
Art : Sabu Cyril
The wait is finally over and Endhiran is here after a good three years almost. But upon watching the film the feeling you come out with is clear. The film is well worth the wait indeed!
The story in brief:
Dr Vaseegaran (Rajni) is a scientist working on alternative intelligence and develops a robot that is almost human like, after researching for ten long years. He applies for a patent but his professor and former teacher Bora (Danny) refuses it, proving to the panel that the robot is unfit to be let loose among humans.
Vaseegaran tries to prove him wrong and shows him how useful the robot can be in saving lives and in the army in times of war, his reason for making such a robot in the first place. A series of circumstances however leads him to finally re- programme the robot called Chitty ( Rajni again) with human feelings and emotions so that he is able to distinguish between right and wrong. However things go wrong when Chitty falls in love with Sana ( Aishwarya), who is Vaseegaran’s girlfriend. Another twist in the story leads to Chitty falling in Bora’s evil hands and replicating himself into hundreds of similar robots, so that he can have Sana and destroy Vaseegaran. How Vaseegaran saves the day and what happens to the renegade robot forms the climax.
What works:
Its Rajni magic all the way and director Shankar’s touch can be seen throughout. The big plus of the film is the fact that even though you know Chitty is a machine, the scenes involving him steal the show and bring laughter and tears alike to your eyes. Shankar has been able to arouse emotions in the viewer using machines and graphics and that works even in the final scenes. Both the Rajnis are a treat to watch with humour being an integral part of the story all through. Aishwarya looks awesome and does her part well and Danny as the suave scientist is well chosen.
The music by Rahman is already topping charts and the visuals to go with them are just breathtaking. Each song is better than the other in look and feel, costumes and choreography. The locales especially for the song in South America are wonderful and Ratnavelu’s camerawork has to be commended throughout.
Anthony’s editing is well done to keep the story moving crisply. Shankar should be given credit for keeping the human touch throughout even though the film deals with machines. At no point do the graphics seems forced or extra and all go well in keeping with the story in just the right measure with no fancy gimmicks put in unnecessarily. This goes a long way in keeping the story ‘real’ even though sci- fi is involved. The scale of the film is awesome and the climax scenes keep you riveted. The science labs are a treat to watch for their very international look.
The crisp dialogues are a treat with no lengthy preaching. Yet the point the film is making comes across beautifully in the end leaving a lump in your throat.
What could be better:
Aishwarya seems to have been given similar dance steps and struggles through them strangely in most songs and sometimes seems overly made up. Santhanam and Karunas could have been used more.
The fans of Rajni looking for punch dialogues and the traditional Rajni ‘style’ may have to settle for his new age avatar because he looks totally different as the man and the machine and punch dialogues have been kept few and far between if at all.
The movie is definitely international in terms of feel and style and a sure shot watch worthy film for everyone with emotion, drama, action, humor, music and biggest of them all…the Rajni –Shankar factor!
Must watch!
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