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Years ago, Munnabhai MBBS was a smash hit and emerged as a wholesome entertainer. The film’s director Rajkumar Hirani became a trusted name for good cinema. Munnabhai 2, though not as succulent as it’s predecessor, managed to retain the qualities of honest, clean, and enjoyable movie experience. Now with 3 Idiots, the director has hardened the fact that cinema is all about money and retaining the formula is best for business and the audience.
First : The praises
Brilliant! Breakthrough in digital film making! Many thanks for funding and experimenting with the technology used in this film, now we can finally get rid of all our egoistic actors. “Epic”, says a friend of mine, sure it is for those who can appreciate the technology behind it.
While speaking at the MELCC (Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce) Annual Awards Event, Thorsten Fischer (Senior Economist at Royal Bank of Scotland) expressed his personal views on the current economic climate and also answered a few questions posed by local businesses. One would assume that the representative of a failed bank would try to provide optimistic views and gain the trust of the crowd, instead Dr. Fischer was painting a dark and gloomy picture of the current and future economic condition of UK.
Did anyone see the Christmas advertisement by Marks and Spencer, this year? The commercial is a well produced (£10m) piece and stars Stephen Fry, Twiggy, Myleene Class, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders, and James Nesbitt. The advertising campaign was put together by RKCR/Y&R, a London based full service agency.
Do you know how London cabbies learn to count the change? Nintendo DS Brain Training helps the London Cabbies with math and teaches them to count! Thanks Ant and Dec, for letting us know! Yet another contrived advertisement from Nintendo DS/Wii staring ITV’s own, Ant and Dec. Click here for the first commercial.
Consumer behaviour is heavily influenced by digital technologies, with 80% of online shoppers wanting to compare prices and 17p of every Sterling Pound being spent over the internet. Online spending is expected to rise to 50p for every Sterling Pound. “Grab hold of the opportunities in the online marketplace and grow your business”, says Andy Barke (Industry Head), Satyan Joshi (Product Specialist), and Gilli Goodman (Product Specialist) from Google.
Google’s Adwords marketing team was in Edinburgh, to talk to local businesses about the advantages that Google can provide to those wanting to trade online. The conference hall at the City Chamber (High Street, Royal Mile) was filled with representatives from local businesses. The event was organised by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and the Business Gateway (Scottish Enterprise) Continue reading…
Would you like to meet Ant and Dec (of Saturday Night Takeaway)? I just overheard them say that they can’t wait to go out and meet real people who play the Wii! Wondering? Have a look at the commercial.
Frank Serpico
‘Doing the right thing’ was his motive and he still lives and fights for it. Frank Serpico, born in 1936 is an Italian American from Brooklyn. After spending his early years in the US Army, serving in Korea and his training at the military college, Serpico became a New York city Cop in the year 1960. Becoming a cop was his life time dream as that was a position he respected the most. But the police department was not what he though it was. Corruption was at every nook and corner. He kept moving from department to department but never found a peaceful work environment. His colleagues, immediate seniors, superintendents, officials, and even the chief commissioner of police were making the system corrupt. He always tried to fight back, but would end in vain. He had gone to outside agencies and even the New York Times. It all ended up in his colleagues being very angry on him and some of them setup a drug raid to get Serpico killed. Luckily, Serpico escaped with his left ear going deaf and a chronic cerebral problem.
Serpico in 1971
I was very impressed by this man, for he stood by what he believed in. If I was in his place I might have decided one day to be a part of the corrupt system and go along with it. But only after I came across Serpico’s story did I realise that humanity is something that is wonderful and I want to live up to it. Why cant we be true to ourselves and others. That too a Police officer! We all know that the cops are corrupt and yet they never change! Just imagine if we were to hide behind the house and smoke when we were kids and our parents found out; they would punish us or warn us and the next time I am sure we will have some guilt feeling down us. Do these cops ever have a guilt feeling? I wonder not because all they have is the gut feeling. It has become a job description for cops that they have to be corrupt! The sad part is that we all have been aware and in a way or the other helped corruption go deep into the system.
Al Pacino as Serpico
Serpico now lives in Europe during the summer and back home at New York at other times. He is still fighting to help the Lamplighters, who are generally called as the Whistle Blowers by the department. Serpico has been a moral support to all those Cops who have been going through similar incidents and hard times. In 1973 director Sidney Lumet made a film called ‘Serpico’ based on the biography written by Peter Maas. Al Pacino starred as Serpico in this emotional drama based on the real New York Cop who just wanted to do the right thing. During the filming of this film Al Pacino invited Frank Serpico to stay with him at a house that Pacino had rented in Montauk, New York. When Pacino asked Serpico, “Why did you do it?” Serpico replied, “Well, Al, I don’t know. I guess I would have to say it would be because… if I didn’t, who would I be when I listened to a piece of music?”
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