Players Theatre Release
 | | Players is an upcoming Bollywood heist film directed by Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikander Kher and Aftab Shivdasani. Based on the 2003 Hollywood blockbuster, The Italian Job, it is amongst the most expensive films in Bollywood. The theatrical trailer was revealed on November 3, 2011, whereas the film is expected to release on January 6, 2012. This remake promises to pack one heck of a punch. With high speed chase sequences and state of the art special effects set against the backdrop of gorgeous locales in New Zealand and Goa, Players will redefine Bollywood action movies as we know them The film is expected to release on Jan 6th 2012. |
You can watch the trailor of the movie below.
You can watch the movie on the 24th at a local theatre near you listed below
- Indian Theatres in Australia
- Indian Theatres in the United Kingdom
- Indian Theatres in the United States
- Indian Theatres in the United Arab Emirates
Ooma vs Vonage for Calling India
 | | When I first came to the United States in 1999, I paid about 55c/min to make a call to India, that too after signing up for the AT&T International calling plan which cost another $5. How times have changed in the decade since! You can now call India for about 1c/min or in some cases, pay a flat rate and make unlimited calls. The low cost of communication can be attributed to many things but Voice Over IP (VOIP) is certainly on of the main factors. In this article, we compare two VOIP services, Vonage and Ooma that are available in the US which we have tried and compare them for their services (within the US) and also for calling India. |
Vonage - Vonage has been a long time player in the VOIP space and have an excellent plan for calling India. They offer an unlimited calling plan nationwide and 60 countries including India, which costs $25/month with taxes (works out to about $35/month). Vonage will provide you with a VOIP adapter for free once you sign up. We have used their service for more than 8 years now and overall are very pleased with the success in reaching India and also with the quality of the call. There have been a few times, especially at certain times on weekends or during holidays when it may take a couple of tries before you get connected. There is little to no VOIP delay or breaks in the voice quality. They also offer a 3-month or 6-month discounted package as well.
If you call India very often and talk for more than 15-20 hours/month, this is a great service. Guys with girlfriends or fiances back in India, this is a great plan. Vonage also offers you a Vonage extension so you can also use the same account to make calls from your Smartphone for no extra charge (except of course for your mobile airtime if you are calling during peak hours).
Ooma - Ooma is also a VOIP service provider but they do not have a monthly service fee model. You only pay for the device, which can run you between $200-$250. After that you pay about $4 for taxes. With that, you get a phone line for life with no monthly service fees and unlimited calling to the United States. The risk with this company is whether it will stay in business or not. If the company is alive for between 8 months and 1 year after you buy the device, you would have paid for the device. Unlike Vonage where you have unlimited calling to India, you need to signup for a calling plan for India. Ooma offers two plans currently $5/500 minutes or $10/1000 minutes to 60 countries. If you stay within your plan, you pay about 1c/minute but once you go above plan its 8c/minute.
We tried the 500 minutes plan and we extremely disappointed by the entire experience of calling India. The calsl failed more than 75% of the times. When we were lucky to get through the sound quality was terrible or we got disconnected midway through a conversation. The call to the support desk was not very helpful either. They made us go through the entire reboot process (which of course disconnected us) and never acknowledged that the problem is at their end. Based on our experience we would not recommend Ooma's calling plans for calling India.
Verdict : If you call more than 20+ hours a month calling India then Vonage is certainly recommended. Their call quality and service is much superior compared to Ooma. If you speak less than 15 hours a month, then the combination of Ooma with a calling plan like Reliance works better. We called India using Ooma and Reliance and the call quality was excellent.
Do you use Vonage, Ooma or another VOIP service for calling India? Let us know what you think.
Don 2 Theatre Release
 | | Don 2 is an upcoming Indian action thriller film directed by Farhan Akhtar. It is a sequel to the 2006 film, Don: The Chase Begins Again. The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles and also Om Puri, Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor in supporting roles.The film marks Farhan Akhtar's return to direction after a gap of nearly 5 years. The film's original score and soundtrack has been composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, who composed the music for the first installment of the series, with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. The album features ten tracks, and was released on 17 November 2011 by T-Series to by and large positive reviews. It is set to release on 23 December 2011 in both 2D and 3D formats and will also be available in Tamil and Telugu languages. The film was shot in Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia and India. The film is scheduled to be released on December 23rd, 2011. |
The movie stars
- Shahrukh Khan as Don
- Priyanka Chopra as Roma
- Lara Dutta as Ayesha
- Kunal Kapoor as Sameer Ali
- Om Puri as Malik
- Boman Irani as Vardhaan
- Aly Khan as J.K. Diwan
- Nawwab Shah as Jabar
- Saahil Shroff as Arjun
- Florian Lukas as Jens Berkel
- Hrithik Roshan
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Ladies vs Ricky Bahl Theatre Release
 | | Ladies vs Ricky Bahl is an Bollywood romantic comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma in lead roles.The pair will be seen together, once again, after their last hit together Band Baaja Baraat.
The film released on December 9th, 2011. |
The movie stars
- Ranveer Singh as Ricky Bahl
- Anushka Sharma as Ishika Desai
- Parineeti Chopra as Dimple Chaddha
- Dipannita Sharma as Raina Parulekar
- Aditi Sharma as Saira Rashid
- Renish Merchant as sahil lalani
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