Superstition kept Virender Sehwag from applauding most part of Sachin Tendulkar’s double ton in Gwalior but once the batting maestro reached 190, he shunned his belief and cheered every shot of his idol till he reached the milestone.

“I am the superstitious kind. I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out. Till Sachin was on 190 in Gwalior, I was rooted in my seat in the dressing room. But when he got to 190, I couldn’t contain myself. I came out and started cheering every stroke till he got to 200,” Sehwag recalled.

While Tendulkar reached the magical figure in a controlled manner, relying on singles and doubles, the Delhi marauder said he would have finished it off in a hurry.

“When he got to 180, I knew he was going to get it, but when he was in the 190s I was concerned. If I was in his place, I would have tried to finish it quickly, because the longer I take, the greater the possibility of me getting out. I would try to wrap it up in three or four balls.

“Also, he was looking really tired: he had been clutching his right side and showing signs of cramping. So when I stepped out of my seat, I was just saying, ‘Finish it, finish it’,” he wrote in his column for a cricket website.

Sehwag said Tendukar’s patience and control over his innings, makes him an altogether different batsman.

“But Sachin is never in a hurry. He is a different kind of batsman – one who can rotate the strike with ease and understands there is no need to take any chances. Whenever I have been on the brink of landmarks he has instructed me to do this and do that. But those are things only he can do,” Sehwag said.

“You might say, this is 200 but then we are talking about Tendulkar. He looked calm and confident even when he was at the non-striker’s end in those final moments. I knew he just needed one ball, and I also knew he would get the opportunity,” he said.

Sehwag also disclosed the conversations he had with Tendulkar about this rare feat and said the Mumbai batsman was never bothered about the milestone despite expectations.

“He thought it was difficult, but I told him only he could do it. Last year in New Zealand, when he retired on 163 I told him he had missed the opportunity, but he said ‘It will eventually happen if I am destined to do it’. He said the same when he got 175 against Australia last year. On Wednesday he said ‘Woh likha tha, toh mil gaya (I got what was destined)’.”

Several cricket experts feel Sehwag can also achieve the feat but the Delhi player said with the attacking game he plays, it would be difficult.

“In the past certain people have said I could have scored 200 in one-day cricket, because of my performances in Tests, where I have got near to a hundred before lunch. But I have had the tendency to take too many risks once I reach the 120 or 130-run mark in ODIs. That is difference between me and Sachin,” he said.

It is a historic moment. The Women’s Reservation Bill has cleared the first hurdle, being passed by Rajya Sabha at 6.48 p.m. on Tuesday with 186 votes for and only 1 against.

With Congress ally Trinamool Congress abstaining, the BSP boycotting the vote and staging a walkout, and dissenting, unruly members of the Samajwadi Party and RJD evicted from House, the move to amend the Constitution to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and state Assemblies was passed with overwhelming support.

But not without drama and discomfort for the Congress-led UPA government, first. Senior minister Mamata Banerjee is in a sulk and the support of Mulayam Singh and Lalu Prasad is all but gone, with the two leaders announcing they are meeting the President soon.

More than 24 hours and much chaos after the Women’s Reservation Bill was brought in the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Hamid Ansari asked for a division of votes, after slogan-shouting MPs refused to let the debate begin.

As the Upper House reconvened at 3 pm on Tuesday, Ansari invited Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley to begin speaking. Jaitley stood up to do so, but members opposed to the Bill refused to stop shouting.

The Chairman then called for a voice vote, declared the motion passed by voice vote and called for division. Marshals, meanwhile, evicted the unruly members protesting against the Bill. But not before one of them had also dropped a glass of water in the House prompting other members to protest that there was no place to sit with glass pieces all around.

The BJP was up in arms and demanded a debate, with Jaitley saying: “We are for the Bill, but not these tactics.” Jaitley addressed the House in support of the Bill but ended his speech by condemning the physical eviction of MPs.

Other speakers fast-tracked their speeches to allow for the vote to take place. Congress and Left leaders, the AIADMK and even the JD(U) have spoke in support, the BSP said it opposed the bill in its current form and eventually walked out.

But Congress ally Trinamool Congress abstained from voting, showing its displeasure against the way the Government has pushed through with the Bill. Trinamool leader Sudip Bandopadhyaya made clear that his party was for the Women’s Bill, with the government, but wanted quota for minorities included. No Trinamool member was present in the Rajya Sabha.

After Monday was lost to aggressive opposition and some poor politics, the UPA took a decisive stand to push through to a vote on Tuesday. Congress president Sonia Gandhi told her party that there was no turning back on the Women’s Reservation Bill and that she would like a vote today, despite the political risks.

Those risks are posed both by the threat of withdrawal of outside support to the UPA government by Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav, who are opposed to the Women’s Bill. And by pushing through even at the risk of upsetting important allies within government like Mamata Banerjee.

The Congress is worried that withdrawal of support by the Yadavs will affect the UPA government most in the Rajya Sabha, where it will find itself in a minority and unable to push legislation. Sources indicate that the Congress reached out to the Yadavs by telling them to pass the bill first, before negotiations could take place.

Sonia too met Mulayam Singh and Lalu Prasad on the floor of the Lok Sabha and held a 20-minute discussion with them.

However, the opposition to the Women’s Bill by the three Yadavs remains intact. Sharad, Mulayam and Lalu Yadav met the Prime Minister this morning and reasserted that the Women’s Bill in its current form cannot be pushed through Parliament.

Their MPs continued to disrupt Parliament and seven of them were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the rest of the session. But the Samajwadi Party, RJD and the JD(U) MPs refused to leave House till they were physically evicted, a step that the government wanted to avoid for as long as it could.

The PM and Sonia Gandhi held a meeting of top Congress leaders on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the way forward. Senior leader Pranab Mukherjee emerged from that meeting to say: “We had a discussion now will see how business can be conducted; let us try to see how things can be done smoothly.”

Sachin Tendulkar’s historic ODI double hundred is a feat that only Virender Sehwag can match or surpass among the current crop of batsmen, feels England’s Ravi Bopara, who doesn’t foresee it happening anywhere outside India.

Bopara, who plays for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, feels Tendulkar has nothing more to achieve in his illustrious career after becoming the first batsman in the history of cricket to notch up an ODI double ton.

“Sachin, by scoring the double century, has completed himself and achieved everything. As a batsman he is complete. He has all what a batsman wants from the three formats of the game. He has got so many 100s and 50s in Test and ODI cricket. He is a great, great player,” Bopara said.

“To be very frank, you don’t expect anyone to score a double hundred in ODI game. It’s historic and unbelievable. To maintain that rate of acceleration and to bat that long is difficult,” said Bopara.

The right-hander, who was bought for USD 450,000 at the 2009 auction, said Tendulkar’s opening partner Sehwag is the only batsman with a realistic chance of breaking the record, given the aggressive way he scores.

“Sehwag is promisingly the number one candidate. The way he scores definitely makes him the possible contender. He has got the chance. He comes as a opener and plays aggressively,” Bopara said.

He also feels that if the record is ever broken, it would be in India.

“I imagine that would be in India. I think the wickets suit such kind of batting and batsmen can go for it. You can be aggressive in your style. Sometimes, you can see people scoring 50 runs in just six overs. I think it will happen here only but when, don’t know. Probably 10 years from now,” he said.

The 24-year-old batsman, who had delayed his arrival in India after going through security advisor Reg Dickason’s report, said he never had any problems in playing in IPL and he was actually misquoted by a section of the media.

“I did not have concerns regarding coming to India for IPL in the first place. I was actually misquoted. Security around the team, stadium, and hotel is really good with police personnel and metal detectors.

“Even I did not make any contact with the franchise or anybody regarding security while I was in England. I don’t feel any danger at all here,” Bopara said.

The Essex player was practicing hard under the watchful eyes of coaches and support staff to get his act together before the first match on March 13 against Delhi Daredevils on home ground and vowed to entertain the crowd to maximum with some fiery batting.

“All I am going to do is play my natural game. I am not going to change my playing style. My job from opening is to go out and put some runs on the board. Get the good start, follow that start and then push on for the final assault.

“Obviously fans are expecting some good show by the team. They have paid good money to come on to the ground and I promise to entertain them as much as possible. We all training hard and working on off days. We want to win this event.”

Bopara said Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders would be among those doing well at the IPL this year as they have a good mix of foreign and Indian players.

“Both of them have got some superstars in their team. They would present some tough challenge for others. Delhi Daredevils is also a good side as they have some dangerous cricketers and consists of good batting and bowling line-up. Our aim is to make sure we win this competition,” he said.

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list.

The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the number one influencer in India, followed closely by IPL Chairman Lalit Modi at second spot and liquor baron Dr Vijay Mallya in third.

Union Agriculture Minister and President elect, ICC Sharad Pawar, Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and BCCI president Shashank Manohar are fourth, fifth and sixth on the list respectively.

Some of the names in 50 most influential people in Indian sports including Tendulkar, tennis ace Sania Mirza (50th on the list), Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra (41st), Churchill Brothers Team owner Churchill Alemao (48th), Dempo Sports Team owner Shrinivas Dempo (49) were felicitated during a function here late last night.

“I wanted to play cricket whole-heartedly for the country. I am living my dream and have played with two-three generations. I wanted to be a special member of the team and I have done it,” Tendulkar said on the occasion.

Tendulkar added he was still receiving congratulatory messages for becoming first batsman in the history of One-day cricket to score a double hundred and that he was enjoying the good time.

“It has taken many years for a batsman to get a double-hundred (in ODIs). I am still getting great feedback. It feels terrific,” he said.

Asked how he kept himself composed even after becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics, Bindra said, “I have waited for it for the last 16 years.”

Meanwhile, Sania, who had recently sustained a wrist injury said she was on the way to recovery and was preparing for the Commonwealth games.

“I am recovering from the injury. Should be back in a couple of weeks.”

As a special gesture, Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta (the most powerful woman at 23 on the list) was presented with a diamond studded cricket ball.

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Everytime you see Farhan Akthar pick up a script and work on it, you know for sure that there is something worthwhile in the product that is coming out. May it be his direction, acting or production, he sure knows what strikes the chord with the junta. Karthik Calling Karthik(KCK) isn’t an exception either. Very simple in its production value and not celebrating a big casting ensemble or song sequences in exotic locales, it sure is to make Farhan and team see a handsome return of investment.

If that was about the producer Farhan, the actor Farhan must not go unmentioned. One of the reasons why this movie keeps you glued to your seats is his performance in the mind-game movie. He has portrayed some mindblowing performance, all you see is Karthik on the screen and not Farhan, who probably directed great movies like Lakshya or DCH, neither do you see the Farhan you saw in Rock On or Luck By Chance. If Farhan is to be credited for carrying the character of Karthik so well on his shoulders, Vijay Lalwani, the director of the movie has to be credited for coming out with such a tight and gripping thriller.

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Karthik is a intelligent young man, topper from IIM and CA exams, but is a loser in social life and a typical introvert. He gets shamed from his boss at office and cant express his interest to the girl whom he adores so much and in all, lives a negative life. At times he gets to the extent of getting suicidal, his life is as much like the a rubix cube puzzle he tries to resolve continuously. Living a hopeless life in his small apartment, he gets a call on his landline phone one day morning at 5 AM. The person on the other end claims that he is Karthik too, in fact the alter-ego of Karthik himself. He offers to help Karthik out of his miserable life by giving tips for a better life, both professional and personal. Karthik cannot believe that somebody on the other end of the phone really is his alter-ego, but he cannot not believe too when the person narrates a lot of Karthik’s personal incidents right from his childhood, like his unwarranted guilt of thinking he had killed his brother who slipped and fell into a well, upto even telling the pin number of his personal banking account.

The mystery of the call prolongs further when Karthik finds from the telephone department that there have been no calls to him at all at 5 AM. However, Karthik attempts to do what his alter-ego Karthik had instructed him and finds to be a successful man at everywhere right from his workplace. The calls continue everyday morning at 5AM and Karthik is all swoon by the successes that keep coming. The caller even lets Karthik how to win the girl he admires, his co-worker Shonali. Shonali Mukherjee is played by the gorgeous and absolutely ravishing Deepika Padukone, another reason why you wouldnt want to miss out this movie.

It takes a while for Karthik to win her confidence and the heart of Shonali who is just out of a disappointing broken relationship. The scenes between them are very interesting to watch, there some lines between them that tickle your funny bone while there are scenes that make you feel good seeing their on-screen charisma. The chemistry Karthik and Shonali in the first half of the movie keeps it warm and cosy, with the undercurrent of the mysterious call that keeps you puzzled. She requests that he better not be like other men keeping secrets, this is where Karthik is thrown to the doldrums. He is severely nervous telling about the calls to her as he was warned not to reveal about the calls. But the true lover does not want to keep secrets from his beloved. Seeing the seriousness of the issue, Shonali insists that he see a doctor to keep his life and their relation healthy.

Karthik meets up a psychiatrist who also does not believe his tale. She in fact proposes to come to Karthik’s house the next day morning to see if he really gets such calls from the so-called alter-ego of his. She comes home around 4.30 AM the next day and they wait for the call, only to get horrified when the call actually comes and the alter-ego even talking to her. The next day, the same thing happens when Shonali comes to his house to see if such calls exist. She does not allow Karthik to take the call and asks him to ignore the calls and not talk to the caller. Karthik however picks the call the next day only to hear a furious Karthik on the other end. The alter-ego mentions that he is going to ensure that Karthik loses all that he has gained and put him back to the life of misery. This is what exactly happens, he loses his job, his girlfriend and has nothing more to lose. He decides to run away from Mumbai to an unknown place and has no access to any phone or other means of communication to the world he knew before. After a few months, incidentally, he has to get a landline phone. And the next day he gets the call again and is thoroughly shocked. The ends goes in revealing who the caller is.

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The first half of the movie keeps you guessing about is there such a call for sure. While it also let you feel good to see the makeover of Karthik. It sure is a hair raising experience seeing the introvert and nerdy Karthik transform into a suave and confident person, even outsmarting his boss and demanding a higher position at work. As a metaphor, you see the rubix cube being resolved progressively with the progress of his life. The first half also brings out the poignance between the lead pairs. If Farhan was good with his pieces, Deepika is just as great and outstanding. It really has been a long journey since the doll-like role in Om Shanti Om. It is glad to see Farhan give such a meaty role to Deepika who otherwise hasnt done great justice to other than in Love Aaj Kal. The character of Shonali is equally nicely written complementing to Karthik’s. She is a typical upright woman yet with all the essence of a lady with emotions. You feel she is that one tomboy when she says “Wine is for girls” and at the same time she elsewhere feels very emotional about relationships that have failed with other men who are just selfish.

The second half of the movie absolutely keeps your focus fixed to the screen moving from one scene to another. The sheer suspense element and the shocks that keep coming is what makes this part an absolute nail-biter to watch. “Is there such a caller and what is his identity?” This is the question carries the thrill factor of the movie until the end and when this is revealed you feel sometimes that there could have been a better twist in such an slick thriller so far. Probably feels like solving an intense rubix cube puzzle with rather an insipid end move. However, full marks to Vijay for a very tight and really thrilling screenplay throughout the movie, keeping the audience guessing and wanting for more as the plot unfolds. It never feels like a movie from a first-timer. May it be the gripping storyline, the scenes, the dialogs or the acting department, Vijay has taken care of every single frame on the screen to give an absolute mind-game thriller. It is a great watch in one of those off-hours you have and are in a real mood to catch some nice thriller stuff. Go for it on a big screen to feel the intensity of the thrills, a dvd viewing is still great.

When Tendulkar is at prime form what do we want him to do? Take on the best bowlers – previously it was Akram, Waqar, McGrath, Warne, later Lee and Akthar and now, Dale Steyn. That’s what precisely Scorsese has done. He has taken an extremely challenging story and given it in a way that will blow your mind away.

Warning: Please do not wikipedia the movie or read the book. I did not and I enjoyed the movie. Beware of some spoilers below

Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) is a Federal Marshall, a war hero from WW II who is assigned to investigate a disappearing person from the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane along with another deputy marshall, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). The hospital is situated on an island (source of title) whose only connection to the outside world is a ferry controlled by the authorities on the Island – Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley) and his police force. Teddy suspects that the folks on the island are engaged in some unethical activities with patients they are supposed to treat there. Teddy sees that most of the folks on the island are either insane or are coached to act/lie to him. Parallely, some of his past comes back to haunt him as well – his wife’s death in particular. And on top of all this, Teddy’s migraine get worser by the hour.

The movie now enters a vortex and the twist that comes is a master twist, though it has many ‘clues’ in the scenes before the actual twist.

The screenplay and direction are terrific. They cause the intended effect on the viewer. The subtle background score raises the tempo and keeps you on the guessing game till the director chooses to reveal his cards. The cinematography, again, chooses to be pliant to the story’s needs

On the acting front, it is a 2 man show – DiCaprio and Kingsley and both of them try to out do each other. DiCaprio, after Departed, Blood Diamond, Revolutionary Road and now S.I is firmly on track to join the league of celebrated actors.

I’m constrained to not write more as I do not want to give away anything (spoil the movie for most of you). But if you want to really to come out of the theater thinking “Whoa! What did I just see back there??!!”, think about this review!

Bottom Line: Haven’t you checked when it is releasing in your locale yet? And if it is already released, haven’t you booked for the next show?

I must admit that I have been completely smitten by the VTV bug.

It all started when the soundtrack was released two months ago and I only listened to VTV songs almost daily. Aaromale was a magical musical dope and I could only sleep after I played the song in a loop and scheduled my computer to go to sleep after one hour After a long long time, I liked almost all the songs (Kannukul Kannai was the least impressive one) in an ARR soundtrack (the last one was the “Rythm” soundtrack). The vintage ARR stuff only heightened my expectations of seeing them picturised on the big screen.

On Saturday I was casually switching channels when I noticed the interview with the VTV crew to be telecast on Sunday in Kalaignar TV. My excitement was doubled when I found that the movie was being screened in Stuttgart. Though the disappointment of driving 200 km’s for Ayirathil Oruvan was still in my minds, I decided to go for it just for Rehman’s music and the excitement to see Aaromale translated into the big screen in spite of having heard some mixed reviews about the perplexing climax.

So, I was in the movie hall with almost no expectations and VTV turned out to be a rather memorable experience for many reasons.

WARNING! SPOILER’S AHEAD!

The big pluses:

• I liked the movie very much since I could relate personally to most parts of the film except the climax and I think this is a strong reason why most people would like VTV.
• The background score was terrific and I did like Aaromale being repeated many times since it was my favorite.
• Cinematography and the locations were another plus and I haven’t seen Alappey like this ever before.
• GM’s eye for details just fascinated me. I felt something odd about the way Trisha’s walks during the entire movie and it was just fitting when Simbhu tells Trisha towards the end that “Jessie has a funny walk !”
• The dialogues were really refreshing though seemed heavily inspired from Maniratnam’s movies. I especially liked the one where Simbhu says “Most of the times she just walks away and I have only seen her back most of the times. Not that I was complaining”
• The characterisation of Jessey was good for the most parts reflecting the complexities except one place where I did not understand why she suddenly tells Karthik that the its over between then when he is away in Goa. Was it due to the fact that he was not there when she needed him or just that she realized again the she doesn’t want to give more pain to him? Somehow it seemed very arbitrary decision and may be that’s exactly what GM wanted to portray.
• Contrary to what other’s have said about Trisha’s performance, I think she has done adequate justice to the role. This was evident in the scene where Simbhu get’s angry and tells that “all this is due to your father andI will talk to him now” in a derogatory manner and the mixed reactions on her face speak volumes about the anger and anguish at her lover. Thought at times her voice (infact Chinmayi’s) infact reminded me of Shalini from Alaipayuthey.
• A special mention must go to Trisha’s simple yet ravishing costumes.
• Simbhu was good in the role of Karthik and it was good to see him without the usual histrionics.
• The timely comedy scenes from the cameraman was also a big relief to the slow pace of the second half.
• Hosanna and Omana penne were shot nicely except for the dancers in the background. Anbil Avan and Aaromale just went on with the flow with the movie though I did not like the idea to intersperse the songs with scenes. Mannipaya could have been better and Kannukul kannai seemed like an unwanted intrusion.

The minor flaws:

• Pretty lame and repetitive choreography with those GM trademark foreigners dancing like clowns in the background.
• Gautham’s voice dubbing with mouthful of chennai expletives (again a GM trademark) for the baddie who this time happens to be the heroine’s bro. GM’s shrill voice is getting tiresome and repetitive again reminding me of Pandya, Lawrence and Ilamaran. Generous usage of english expletives and the subsequent beeping seems to be becoming common place in Tamil films.
• When the title card “A Film by Karthik” was shown I was about to get up thinking the movie was over (though a bit confused since I thought the climax was supposed to be different) but then realized that it was still going on. The real climax came soon after and to be honest I did not feel the pain of Karthik since the previous “reel” climax was still on my mind. But I felt that such a climax was fitting well to the character of Jessey and if not the end would have seems cliched.

Gautam’s Vinnaithandi Varuvaya might not attain a cult status like Alaipayuthey but is still a memorable movie in the romantic genre.