Rockstar Theatre Release
 | | Rockstar is an upcoming Hindi film being directed by Imtiaz Ali and starring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role. Ranbir plays a rockstar in the film, whose name is ''Janardhan Jakkad'' who transforms into the rockstar ''Jordan''. The hero is a very local guy, who lives in New Delhi, but he plays western music. His music is a mix of the local taste and the influence of western music. He is also a Hindi speaking guy who can''t speak English well. Eros International Ltd. will co-produce the film with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. The female lead of the film is Nargis Fakhri. The film score and soundtrack will be composed by A. R. Rahman. Legendary actor Shammi Kapoor, who passed away earlier this year, makes his last silver screen appearance in this film. The film is set to release on November 11, 2011. |
The movie stars
- Ranbir Kapoor
- Nargis Fakhri
- Sanjana Sanghi
- Shammi Kapoor
- Jaideep Ahlawat - Special appearance[citation needed]
- Aditi Rao
- Moufid Aziz - Character Role
- Shikha Jain
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Hindu Funerals in the United States
 | | A funeral is not something you wish to encounter when you are in a foreign country but unfortunately there may come a time when a close family or friend may pass on and you have to help with the last rites. Unfortunately one of my friend's wife passed away earlier this year after a prolonged fight with cancer. When my father passed away in India a few years ago, neighbors, friends and family helped make the arrangements and I never knew what they had done. This time it was my turn to help and I found little help on the Internet so I thought I would share my experiences with everyone. Overall, you need to look at the following three main things
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Arrangements with a Funeral Home
If you live in a metropolitan area such as Dallas, Chicago, New York-New Jersey etc, then you are fortunate enough to find a Hindu temple that can help you with some good information. Hindu temples in the US do not have a crematorium but there are many funeral homes that do. If you call the Hindu temple, they will recommend a few that they have worked with in the past. If you do not have a local temple, you can call the funeral homes from the Yellow pages and ask them if they have a crematorium and if they would allow a Hindu funeral to take place at their premises. We called the Hindu temple and they told us the name of the most commonly used one.
Priest for the Ceremony
This is probably the most difficult part of the arrangements because not all priests do funeral services. If you live in a big metro, you are likely to find someone at the temple who can help. If you live in a smaller town, you may have to drive to a bigger city and get a priest or may even have to fly someone in. I did not have that dilemma because we have a big temple in our city. The priest said he is not a funeral expert but can perform the last rites to the best of his abilities. My friend had no issues and so we went with this priest.
Items for the Pooja
Once you have selected your priest, he will give you the list of Pooja items needed for the ceremony. It includes the standard things you would expect like Rice, Haldi, Kumkum, coconuts, flowers, diyas etc but there are some special things that maybe hard to get like Ganga Jal and Tulsi. We got Ganga Jal but were not able to get Tulsi at any of the grocery stores. Luckily another friend of ours had a Tulsi plant and I got some. The priest later told me that even Tulsi seeds (which may be available more easily) would have sufficed.
It was a stressful time making the arrangements but we were able to get the ceremony done in the best and most traditional manner that we could under the circumstances. It was a duty I had to fulfill.
Dallas 2011 Diwali Mela
 | | Every year, the Dallas area Desi community hosts one of its biggest events, the Diwali Mela. For the last few years, the Diwali Mela was held in the Texas Stadium in Irving and this year its going to be at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The event is on November 5th, 2011. 4pm to Midnight. This year they organizers are expecting over 100,000 people to show up for this event. Some of the attractions planned for this year are
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The address for the new Cotton Bowl Stadium is
Cotton Bowl Stadium
3809 Grand Avenue
Dallas TX 75210
There is an entry fee of $8 ($10 at the gate) this year to attend the event.
For more details, visit the DFW Diwali Mela Website
Ra.one Theatre Release
 | | Ra.One is an upcoming 2011 Hindi science fiction superhero film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha, and starring Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles. It also stars Shahana Goswami, Dalip Tahil and Chinese-American actor Tom Wu in supporting roles, along with Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra making guest appearances. It is now set to have a worldwide opening during the Diwali weekend of 26 October 2011. Ra.One is currently India's most expensive film to date and will be released in both 2D and 3D formats across over 3,500 screens worldwide in 2D and around 550 screens in 3D, along with its dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu and German. Ra.One is the modern, new age technology version of our mythological "Raavan", who was a mixture of ten different evil characters. Shahrukh plays the role of G.One or better say "Jeevan", a superhero who saves the mankind from Ra.One's torment. The film is set to release on October 26, 2011. |
The movie stars
- Shahrukh Khan as G.One / Shekhar Subramanium
- Kareena Kapoor as Sonia Shekhar Subramanium
- Arjun Rampal as Ra.One
- Armaan Verma as Prateek Subramanium a.k.a. Lucifer
- Shahana Goswami as Jenny Nayar
- Tom Wu as Akashi
- Dalip Tahil as Barron
- Suresh Menon
- Satish Shah as Iyer
- Rajinikanth as Chitti (Guest appearance)
- Sanjay Dutt as Khalnayak (Guest appearance)
- Priyanka Chopra as The Damsel in Distress (Guest appearance)
- Amitabh Bachchan (Voice-over)
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