Kochi: Four accused, including a former investigating officer, have been granted anticipatory bail in a case registered by the CBI in connection with the ISRO scam. The first and second accused, former police officers S Vijayan and Thampi S Durgadath, the seventh accused, former IB Deputy Director RB Sreekumar, and the 11th accused, former Central Intelligence Officer PS Jayaprakash, were granted anticipatory bail by High Court Justice Ashok Menon.
Kannur: The Department of Motor Vehicles has filed a charge sheet in court in the case against the E Buljet Vlogger brothers. The charge sheet was filed in Thalassery ACJM court. He was also charged with violating the 1988 MVD Act and the Kerala Motor Tax Act and failing to pay a fine of Rs 42,400.
Meanwhile, the police said that they would file a case against those who called the office on the day of the riots at the RTO office and threatened the officers. Kannur Judicial First Class Magistrate Court had granted bail to E Buljet brothers Ebin and Libin. The two were released on Rs 3,500 bail and two sureties of Rs 25,000 each for vandalism of public property.
Meanwhile, the Department of Motor Vehicles has canceled the registration of Napoleon’s caravan of e-bullet vloggers. The Department of Motor Vehicles said the action was taken for dangerous driving and violation of road traffic rules. The action has been taken under Section 51 (A) of the Motor Vehicles Act.
Shimla: The death toll in the landslide in the Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 15. The search, which had been suspended Thursday following a landslide, resumed at 4 am. Two more bodies were reportedly recovered this morning.
The bodies of 10 people were found on Wednesday and four on Thursday. The National Disaster Response Force, Indo-Tibetan Police, C.I.S.F, and the police are involved in the rescue operation.
The accident took place at 11.50 am on Wednesday on the National Highway in the village of Chaura in Kinnaur. About 40 people were killed in the accident. Eleven people were rescued with injuries.
Kochi: The High Court rejected the demand to block the screening of the film ‘Eesho’. The Christian Association and Alliance for Social Action in Kochi approached the court stating that permission should be given only after the censor board decides on the complaint.
The court ruled that the petitioner’s request was not substantiated, stating that the title of the film itself was “Eesho – unbiblical.” The petitioners alleged that the film was being misused by naming it Eesho.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice said that the court could not intervene on the ground that the film was named after God.
Thiruvananthapuram: Onam food kit will be available to all categories of cardholders from today. This will depend on the availability of each ration shop.
The government had allowed various categories of ration cardholders to be given kits within the stipulated time. But that did not happen because the supplies were not available. The distribution of kits to white card holders was scheduled to start on Friday, but the distribution of yellow, pink, and blue cards is yet to be completed. Therefore, it is reported that the distribution will continue after Onam.
Items in Onam kit: – Sugar – 1 kg, Coconut oil – 500 ml, Beans – 500 g, Nuts – 250 g, Tea – 100 g, Chili / chilli powder – 100 g, Salt – 1 kg, Turmeric – 100 gm, Semia 180 gm, a packet of cashew nuts – 20 gm – a packet of cardamom – 50 gm, ghee – 50 ml, jaggery / pickle – 100 g, atta – 1 Kg, bath soap – 1.
Review for SHERSHAAH:
•Language: HINDI
•Duration: 02 Hours 15 Minutes.
•Genre: BIOGRAPHICAL WAR DRAMA.
•Release Date: 12th August 2021
• STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEOS.
• REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R.VALIYAVEETIL.
•POSITIVES:
1: Direction.
2: Story and Screenplay.
3: Performance of actors.
4: Cinematography.
5: Editing.
6: Music and Background Score.
7: Actions and Stunts.
•NEGATIVES:
1: Contains regular army movie cliches.
2: Romance lacks depth.
3: Subplots felt lagging.
4: Average Dialogues
•ONE WORD: AN ENGAGING FIGHT FOR THE NATION.
•STORY IDEA:
The story starts with Vikram Batra (Sidharth Malhotra) the son of a school teacher who dreams to become a soldier to serve his county. He falls in love with Dimpal and decides to marry but her father rejects and decides to get her daughter married to someone but she still sticks with the love of Vikram. Soon Vikram joins the army and leads many fights and won many hearts of his senior officers and colleagues. After a successful commanding operation, he leaves home to spend his vacation with his family and Dimple but things get upside down when the Pakistani army bunked Indian many territories leading to the Kargil War. Soon Vikram leaves and joins the army to fight against them, will be and his battalion can defeat Pakistani armies is the rest of the story.
•DETAILED REVIEW:
Shershaah is directed by the Tamil filmmaker Vishnu Vardhan who had previously given the hits like Billa, Arrambam, and Pattiyal and the writings are done by Sandeep Srivastava. The movie is produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi. The cinematography is by Kamaljeet Negi and editing is made by A. Sreekar Prasad. The movie comes under the production of Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment and the movie is currently streaming through Amazon Prime Videos.
Vishnu Varadhan’s movies always have the content to get cherish and the package of engaging materials he used to build in his making is something worth our time. So as his first Bollywood film he followed his pattern and made Shershaah one of the gripping and thrilling military movies of recent times. What all elements that we can expect from an army movie is filled in Shershaah with many good compelling moments. The making was amazing, the war and the commitments of our dedicated army officer were bewildering all over the movie and those were exciting to watch. Vishnu Varadhan was having the right clear ideas and thoughts on how to make a war film that is inspired by a real-life hero, so he had perfectly blended the real-life scenarios with his making style which had resulted positively. The making from Vishnu Varadhan was interesting, he starts with the movie with the climax which hinting us that more and more cherishing things are yet to come and on the other hand the narration from one of the twin brothers characters gives it more space to relate to the ongoing scenarios.
The story, screenplay, and dialogues were written by Sandeep Srivastava, the writings were good but not great. The things I liked in the writing is the story and screenplay, inspired by the life of Vikram Batra and by the events of the Kargil War the writer here makes a combined job by mixing all these. So the life of Vikram Batra combing with his personal life and his contributions to the Indian Army gives the viewers a clear idea to connect with his spirit. How did he live, what he does, what he faced, and finally how does he sacrifice himself for the country is written out excellently. The screenplay was also promising, there are enough moments of war and fight of army officials to feel proud unfortunately at certain points things lack depth. The bringing out of emotions was well written, the screenplay was having the different emotions of fight, survival, justice, sorrow, betrayal, love, parenthood, brotherhood, and trust, so these kinds of emotions were neatly written out and passed to the right characters. The war scenes made in the screenplay is the highlight, the entire fights between two military groups were thrilling till the end. As a military war movie the element of patriotism lies down everywhere and certain scenes give us goosebumps and reminding the hard work and sacrifices they use to face to protect us and our country.
The problem with the writings is the regular cliches which we can see in every war movie. The in-between flashbacks make the viewing dull, the usual pattern of heroes defeating the villains and heroes romance, etc were all repeated in the writing of Shershaah. As a biographical movie, the life of the protagonist needs to apprehend bit still the way of showing it was following the regular style and typical methods. The subplot of romance between the central character and heroine was giving the feelings of lag and the chemistry happening between them was not having the real romantic depth. Looking into the dialogues also the impact was less, as a war film the dialogues must be powerful to pass the kick and smash but sadly the dialogues were felt normal, a kind of amusing or influencing words were missing from the central characters. For example, the film The URI: The Surgical Strike was rich with many powerful dialogues but in Shershaah those impact on words was not able to see.
Looking into the performance, Sidharth Malhotra as Captain Vikram Batra & his brother Vishal Batra shines as a brilliant military officer. The whole performance was superlative with his incredible acting and terrific actions. The war scenes were authentically handled by him and the qualities of a daring military officer were perfectly seen on him. The dialogue delivery and its timing were flawless also the aggression he expressed to kill the enemies was fascinating also the few emotional scenes were genuine according to the scenes. The pairing and combination scenes with Kaira Advani were normal which was moderate. Kiara Advani as Dimple Cheema, Vikram Batra’s fiancé did a notable performance. The chemistry between Sidharth and Kaira was not that great but still, some look good and were watchable. Shiv Pandit as Captain Sanjeev Jamwal did good and his combination scene with Sidharth was highlighting especially when it comes to war scenes. Raj Arun as Subedar Raghunath Singh and Nikitin Dheer as Major Ajay Singh Jasrotia aka Jassi did excellent supporting roles, both of their scenes with Sidharth were great with some good emotional scenes. Himmanshoo A. Malhotra as Major Rajeev Kapoor and Anil Charanjeett as Naib Subedar Bansi Lal Sharma did complete justice to their respective characters.
The technical side makes this movie more beautiful especially the cinematography and music. The cinematography by Kamaljeet Negi was outstanding, with no words to describe after seeing his beautiful frames and extraordinary camera movements. The camera movements he used to capture the action scenes and war scenes were magical, the right mannerism to give the proper impact was seen this his work. There are many frames especially the wide-angle shots of the war and the preparations of army officials. The battlefield was taken faultlessly and the lighting methods he used in indoor scenes were also captivating. The editing of A. Sreekar Prasad was powerful as usual with the perfect cuts and the detailed work on coloring was attractive, also none of the scenes hasn’t given any kind of mismatches. The background score tuned by John Stewart Eduri was spelling with the right mood to maintain the film. The background score at the war scenes was perfectly matching to set the scenarios. The tracks were also melodious especially the romantic track “Raataan Lambiyan” sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Asees Kaur. Tanishk Bagchi tunes were flowing with the mood of love. The song “Ranjha” sung by Jasleen Royal and B Praak was melodious and the lyrics by Anvita Dutt were strong. “Mann Bharrya 2.0″ by B Praak and Jaani with the vocals of B Praak was sentimental and both the visuals and song were heartbreaking. Special mention to the whole team behind the action sequences and behind the wat scenes, they made remarkable hard work and the result was wonderful to a great extent.
•CONCLUSION:
So overall Shershaah is a good biographical war drama with many wonderful moments and the life of Vikram Batra is something that can inspire anyone. The clear-cut directions from Vishnu Varadhan and the performance of Sidharth Malhotra make Shershaah worth our time. Therefore to conclude, the movie had satisfied me and won’t disappoint anyone, watch it for the daring officer Vikram Batra also for the Kargil events.
•VERDICT: WORTH WATCH
•RATING: 3.5/5
Thiruvananthapuram: The state has received 8,86,960 doses of vaccine, Health Minister Veena George said. 8 lakh dose Covishield vaccines and 86,960 dose covaxin vaccines were delivered. Thiruvananthapuram received 1,69,500, Ernakulam 1,96,500 and Kozhikode 1,34,000 for dose covishield vaccine, Thiruvananthapuram 29,440 for Ernakulam 34,240 and Kozhikode 23,280 for dose covaxin. Apart from this, 3 lakh covishield were added to Ernakulam. In some centers, the vaccine is available overnight.
With the arrival of the vaccine in the state, the vaccination drive is gaining strength. The first dose of the vaccine is expected to be given to all people over the age of 60, over the age of 18, and in-patients before August 15. Today alone, the first dose has been given to more than 1.5 million people over the age of 60. Of these, a total of 2,37,528 people were vaccinated today.
There were 1271 vaccination centers, including 949 government centers and 322 private centers. So far, a total of 2,24,29,007 people in the state have been vaccinated with one or two doses. Of these, 1,59,68,802 were given the first dose and 64,60,205 were given the second dose. According to the estimated population of Kerala in 2021, 45.5 percent were vaccinated with the first dose and 18.41 percent with the second dose vaccine. According to the population over 18 years of age, 55.64 percent were given the first dose and 22.51 percent the second dose.
Thiruvananthapuram: With the number of Covid patients in the state exceeding 20,000 per day, theaters will not be able to open soon, said Minister Saji Cherian. The decision to open theaters will be taken only if the TPR is low. The minister said theaters could be opened if the TPR is at least eight percent. Saji Cherian also said that the government is considering giving entertainment tax exemption.
Meanwhile, theater owners have decided not to put pressure on the government to open theaters in the state. Fioc officials said the theaters would be reopened as per the government’s instructions. The decision was made at an emergency executive meeting of FIOC.
Shimla: The search for missing persons in a landslide on the National Highway in Kannur, Himachal Pradesh, has resumed. So far 13 bodies have been recovered. Thirty people are still believed to be trapped in the bus and car involved in the tragedy.
The accident took place at 12.45 pm yesterday when vehicles were crossing the national highway. The rocks were falling on top of the vehicles. Himachal Transport Corporation bus, truck and tourist car were crashed in the accident. The vehicles were completely destroyed when the soil and rocks collapsed. Traffic was also disrupted. The landslide was reported after days of heavy rains. The Army and the Disaster Management Force are involved in the rescue operation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced Rs 2 lakh assistance to the families of those killed in the accident. Fifty thousand rupees will be given to the injured.
Kozhikode: Air India has offered final compensation to the next of kin of 19 passengers who died in an accident at Kozhikode airport last year and to 165 passengers who were injured.
According to Air India, 80 of the 165 injured in the accident have accepted the offer. The company said it was waiting for a response from the relatives of the remaining 85 injured and 19 of the dead.
The Air India flight from Dubai crashed on August 7, 2020, while trying to land in heavy rain.
At least 19 passengers and two pilots have died and 165 passengers and four crew members are injured in the accident.
Earlier, interim compensation of Rs 10 lakh was paid to the next of kin of passengers above 12 years of age, Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of passengers below 12 years of age, Rs 2 lakh to seriously injured passengers, and Rs 50,000 to injured passengers.
The spokesman added that the airline had offered compensation to each of the injured passengers between November 2020 and April 2021 and the next of kin of the dead pilots.
The airline had started holding one-to-one meetings in Kozhikode to resolve the concerns and doubts of the injured passengers and their close relatives regarding the offer of compensation. As of August 6, 138 such meetings had taken place.
An Air India spokesperson said full and final compensation had been offered to the four injured cabin crew members and close relatives of the two dead pilots and had been accepted.
Five days after the crash, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) formed a five-member panel to investigate the circumstances of the crash, but the panel has not yet submitted a report.
