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By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Indi-aMLS, a companywhose mission state-ment is to create thelargest and most accu-rate database of prop-erty listings in India,has brought the great-est invention in realestate to India. Thecompany does not takecredit for inventing theMLS (Multiple ListingService) of course, butit has brought and cus-tomized the MLS forthe Indian market. Thepeople of Navi Mumbaiwho search for theirhomes through differ-ent portals which arenot accurate all thetime may use MLSwhich will be very help-

IndiaMLS will bring revolution inNavi Mumbaikars’ home search

The company aims to improve the quality of the real estate market in India

ful in their homesearch.

An MLS is the sin-gle most important realestate tool in westerncountries such as theUS, and absolutely theneed of the hour for thereal estate industryhere. The Indian real

estate market is sofragmented, unstruc-tured, and mired withjunk data that visitorson real estate websitesoften call on propertylistings only to learnthose listings are noteven available. Thishappens because thesource of the propertyis not verified, thustheir data also cannotbe verified for accura-cy.

Founded by Jay Pa-tel, who has more than

two decades of experi-ence in real estate, In-diaMLS is a member-ship-based, profession-al software solution forbrokers and builders.Due to its structure asa B2B company, notonly does the MLS con-tain the most accuratesale or rental listings,but it also includes buy-ers’ requirements, cre-ating a large databaseof buyers and sellers on

Cont. on pg. 2

By Abhitash D. Singh

Mithoon a multi-tasking talentdoesn’t need any in-troduction. He is amusic director, com-poser, lyricist andalso a singer. Themusic director iswell known for hiscomposition of thefamous Hindi song“Tum Hi Ho” froma big hit movie Aash-iqui 2. The song wason everyone’s lipswhen it released in

Exclusive Interview: Mithoon (Music Director, Composer)

I believe in working onmy own terms: Mithoon

2013. He won theFilmfare Award forBest Music Directorfor it. In 2016 hewrote as well as com-posed one of mostheard songs on You-Tube and it was“Sanam Re” forwhich he won theGlobal Indian MusicAcademy Awards.In a telephonic con-verstaion with News-band, Mithoon talksabout his journey.

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NAVI MUMBAI: MayorJaywant Sutar alongwith senior NMMC of-ficals, ward in-chargeand corporators on Mon-day inspected the draincleaning work at Ghan-soli and Koparkhair-ane. During the visit hesuggested that thesludge in the drains ofNocil Naka, MIDCarea, and drainage inSector-2, Ghansoli,should be removed andwork should be com-pleted soon. In some

places, he directed tocheck the drain walland change the man-hole cover. He also em-

Mayor Jaywant Sutarsurveys pre-monsoon

work in city

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one platform, similar toan exchange like theBombay Stock Ex-change. This allowssellers to quickly findbuyers for their saleproperties, making itthe most effective mar-keting tool for the in-dustry, unlike any oth-er realty portal in In-dia.

Considering thecurrent scenario of therealty sector and prop-erty portals in thiscountry, Jay Patel said,“Most real estate por-tals in India have somuch junk data be-cause they operate witha ‘Pay-Per-Listing’structure which essen-tially means people canadvertise whateverthey want as long asthey are paying for it,since there is no verifi-cation of data after ithas been entered.”

Patel further added,

“The Pay-Per-Listingconcept used by por-tals cannot be sus-

tained over the longterm, because eventu-ally brokers will real-ize their sale invento-ry is even more valu-able for the property

portals than it is forthe brokers. If the realestate portals did not

have the listings whichbrokers provide them,what revenue or valuewould portals have?Zero! That’s why por-tals should NOT be

IndiaMLSwill bring

revolution...Cont. from pg. 1

charging brokers fortheir listings. In fact,since they really needthe listings, the portalsshould actually be pay-ing brokers for theirvaluable data.”

IndiaMLS aims tochange the quality ofthe real estate marketin this country throughthe implementation of anational MLS system.

Speaking to News-band, on his efforts formaking his vision a re-ality and creating Indi-aMLS, Patel said “Afterhaving undergone morethan two years of realuser testing and feed-back from more than10,000 Indian brokers,our MLS product is per-fected for this market.It’s very important torecognize that Indi-aMLS is not just anoth-er tech company. Weare completely differentfrom traditional realestate portals, and weare positioned to shakeup this industry as weintroduce the greatestreal estate tech inven-tion to India.”

Key company USPs include:• IndiaMLS is a unique property portal which

includes a database of active sellers and buy-ers, thus creating a true marketplace, sim-ilar to a stock exchange.

• There are NO FAKE LISTINGS on theMLS, unlike most real estate portals whichhave many junk listings posted by brokersonly to generate leads.

• There are NO DUPLICATE LISTINGS, be-cause all multiple listings for the same prop-erty are consolidated into a single listing,making it much easier for all users.

• The MLS contains only LIVE listings, thusno old or Expired Listings.

• The MLS has a subscription revenue mod-el, is operated by a Code-of-Ethics, and in-cludes no PPL (Pay-Per-Listing), thus noneed for brokers to buy large listing pack-ages to advertise their properties or enterjunk data.

• The MLS is the only system which can pro-vide accurate metrics, based upon local de-mographics – a very valuable tool.

NMMC to givesports scholarshipto talented playerNAVI MUMBAI: With

an aim to encouragetalented players fromthe city the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation hasannounced sportsscholarship. Eligiblesportspersons shouldsubmit certificate andother necessarydocuments for “sportsscholarship” to theSports Department ofNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation till15th July 2019.Applications madeafter the prescribed

deadline will not beconsidered.

The applicationform and format isavailable at RajivGandhi SportsComplex, CBDBelapur, and onwww.nmmc.gov.inwebsite. For furtherinformation, contactNavi Mumbai Munici-pal CorporationSports Department orcall Rajiv GandhiSports Complex,Sector 3, CBD,Belapur, TelephoneNo. 27573294.

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: KonkanRailway in co-ordina-tion with Central Rail-way have decided to runadditional one waySummer Special Trainfrom Dadar to Madga-on Jn. to clear extrarush of passengers. Thedetails are as follows :

Train No. 01091Dadar - Madgaon Jn.One Way Special willleave from Dadar at22:30 hrs on Sunday09th June 2019 and nwill reach Madgaon Jn.

One Way Summer SpecialTrain On Dadar – Madgaon

Route Coming Sundayat 10:35 hrs on the nextday. The above Specialwill have a total of 14Coaches. This includesTwo AC Chair Car, Ten(2S) Second Seating andTwo SLR Coaches. Theabove Special train willhalt at Thane, Panvel,Roha, Chiplun, Ratna-giri, Kankavali,Sindhudurg, Kudal,Sawantwadi Road,Pernem and Thivimstations en-route.

Passengers are re-quested to kindly availthe services.

phasised on cleaning ofthe drains of Sector-7,Ghansoli, and carryingout of repair work in thedrains as per require-ment. He also men-tioned that more clean-liness should be done tostreamline the flow ofwater in Sector-9, Sec-tor-21, Ghansoli Nal-lah and in sector-2, Sec-tor-10, Sector-11 in Ko-parkhairane division.

Similarly, onJune 4, 2019, duringthe inspection at Vashiand Turbhe area, may-or pointed at the Aren-ja Corner. He instruct-ed to take measures toensure no bad odor fromthe drain emanates. Healso inspected VashiSector-16 And Sector-12, Kopri Sector-20,Nerul Laxmiwadi, Jun-nagar Station, SanpadaSector-11, JuninagarSector-23.

MayorJaywant...

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File application 15 daysprior to Lokshahi Din: NMMC

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation will be hold-ing Lokshahi Din on thefirst day of every month.Citizens who have com-plaints/ queries will haveto submit an applicationBy June 15. All the citi-zens’ civic related issueswill be addressed duringthe Lokshahi Din by thecivic officials.

NAVI MUMBAI: ACabinet meetingtoday approved theexemption of stampduty for the NaviMumbai InternationalAirport project,which is beingdeveloped on thebasis of PublicPrivate Partner-ship Policy.

CIDCO is thenodal agency fordeveloping GreenField InternationalAirport on PublicPrivate Partner-ship (PPP) basis inNavi Mumbai.There is a conces-sion related agree-ment between theCIDCO and theagencies related toNavi Mumbai Inter-national Airportdevelopment. As perthe Article no. OfNotification No. 30 ofApril 2016 of Revenueand Forest Depart-ment on this Agree-ment, the stamp dutyis waived in accor-dance with 25 and 36.The transfer of land,

NMIA Project: stamp dutyexempted for CIDCO

other than the leaseagreement, will not beaccepted as the firstdocument on thecontract betweenCIDCO and the

concessionaire isallowed to be exempt-ed from stamp duty.

For the NaviMumbai InternationalAirport project, theuse of minor mineralsin the form of rocks,etc., which will beused by CIDCOexcavators, will bedone only in CIDCO

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withrequired amount ofelectricity from theLong Term PowerPurchase Agreementsand Power Purchasefrom the New andRenewable Sources;there is no shortage ofpower even if thefourth phase of theKoyna Powergenerationhas beenstopped.There isenoughelectricityand there isno load-shedding inthe state.

Currently, thehighest electricitydemand of Mahavita-ran is 19,000 to19,500 MW which isfulfilled through thelong term powerpurchase agreementsfrom the thermalpower plants and theNew and RenewableSources. Mahavitaranhas an excess of 1,144MW of electricityunder the ZeroSchedule Parli set no.6, 7 Thermal PowerPlant and NTPCThermal Power Plant,Solapur. Also, theavailability of powerthrough the PowerExchanges and as theavailability of electric-ity is equal to thedemand in the State,there is no load-shedding anywhere inthe state even if thefourth phase of theKoyna Power genera-

No load shedding in state due to

effective provision of powertion is stopped.

On 29th May 2019,the SuperintendingEngineer, SataraIrrigation Board,Satara had informedthat the KoynaHydropower Projectwill be closed untilnext orders as there isvery low stock ofwater in the Koyna

Dam which is neces-sary to be kept up to15th July for drinkingpurpose. Therefore,from the evening ofMay 29, the Mahagen-co has stopped gener-ating electricity fromthe fourth phase of theKoyna Power plantand also the phase 1and 2 is generatinglow tension (40 MW)power so that there isregular water supply

to the Chiplun Taluka.Mahavitaran has

done various long termpower purchaseagreements withMahagenco, NTPC,NPCIL, Independentproducers and Newand Renewable Sourc-es. Correct plans andkeeps a balancebetween the electricity

demand andavailabilityas per theavailability ofpower fromthese sourc-es. In casethe electrici-ty demandrises or there

is any shortfall ofelectricity due to anyreason, Mahavitaranhas also made provi-sions to purchaseelectricity from thepower projects underthe zero schedule andpower exchange tofulfill the demand.Therefore, there is nochance of load-shed-ding anywhere in theState due to unavail-ability of Power.

or other governmentprojects in the area.Therefore, Maharash-tra Minor MineralExcavation (Develop-ment and Regulation)

(Improvement) Rules-2007 allowed 100percent exemption tothe CIDCO corpora-tion as per the Rule46. However, if thereis a tender process inthis regard, it hasalso been decided tomaintain the termsand conditions of thetender.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Anunidentified body of awoman with severedhead was found ina water tank insector 9, Ghanso-li. The womanwas killed andher body wasthrown insidewater tank,revealed theprimary investi-gation. According-ly, Rabale policeregistered amurder case andsent the deadbody of thedeceased to JJHospital forpostmortem.

The incidentcame to lightwhen a youth onTuesday, around noon,went to the watertank to take selfie.However, due to bad

Severed body of woman found inunused water tank at Ghansoli

smell emanating fromthe water tank, healerted others and thetank was examined in

which woman’s bodywas found. Aftergetting informationabout the incident,

Rabale police rushedto the spot.

Senior Superinten-dent of Police Dinkar

Mohite said thatthe case has beenregistered againstunknown personin connectionwith the murderof the deceased.Mohite said thatefforts are beingmade to identifythe deceasedwomen in thisincident.

About 25 yearsago, CIDCO hadbuilt a high levelwater pump inGhansoli Sector-9division. Howev-er, this watertank could not beused for some

reason. Therefore,water is not stored inthe water tank formany years.

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Issue : 30 5 June, 2019

Controversy over Hindi impositionThe language issue has acquired disproportionate importance.

The ruling party is embarking on its second innings with a hugemandate. It does not have much of a presence in South India,barring Karnataka. It does not want trouble with southern States,especially Tamil Nadu.

The newly unveiled draft National Education Policy to manda-tory teaching of Hindi in all States was withdrawn following anoutcry from political leaders in Tamil Nadu.

The gist of the original sentence in the draft NEP was that inHindi-speaking States they continued to study Hindi, English andone other Indian language of their choice, and those in non-Hin-di-speaking States would study their regional language, besidesHindi and English. The revised draft merely says students maychange one or more of their three languages in Grade 6 or 7.

The Constitution had adopted Hindi as the official language,with English also as an official language. Language is primarily autilitarian tool. While acquisition of additional tools can indeedbe beneficial, compulsory learning should be limited to one’smother tongue and English as the language that provides accessto global knowledge and as a link language within India.

The three language policy is totally good but the problem isthat some politicians and parties of south find this type of policyas a political tool. The problem is not the people of those states.The people are keen to learn Hindi as a communicating languagefor the pan India and the whole population do not understand theEnglish to communicate with each other.

Not learning Hindi as a language under political pressure isdetrimental to the long term interest of Tamil students who can-not find all the jobs in TN and have to move out to other parts ofIndia. All TN schools must provide opportunities to learn Tamil,English and Hindi to enable the students to learn Hindi if theywish. If a young IAS aspirant studies only Tamil and English andwhen posted outside TN in any northern state, he will feel hand-icapped due to lack of knowledge of Hindi. Imposition is not at alldesirable but opportunities should not be blocked due to politicalactivism.

How does a Tamilan converse with a Gujarati? Or a Malaya-lee with a Bengali? The permutations of the crisscross of India’slanguage mosaic are endless. Hindi is an easy way to end theconfusion. A simple, practical knowledge of Hindi is what thecenter should have aimed for with persuasion and incentives -not imposition.

This is a political reality. In principle the understanding of HIndiby all citizens of India is a laudable objective. The lack of com-munication between the elites who have little knowledge of thelanguage spoken by the majority has led to the current situationwhere the gullible masses are led into a garden path of past glo-ry.

No attempt is being made to strengthen the institutions likethe Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha to carry the knowledgeof Hindi to the masses. That is sad!

On the occasion of former MP Ramsheth Thakur’s birthday, a get-together of ex-stu-dents 2019 was held at Changu Kana Thakur College. During this occasion, RamshethThakur said that the students of this college are bound to give boost to the image ofthe college since the institution has acquired a A Plus Grade status. Chief guest forthis event was CIDCO Chairman MLA Prashant Thakur. Also present were JanardahnBhagat Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha’s deputy president and BJP’s district spokesmanY T Patil, former deputy mayor Charushila Gharat, corporator Nitin Patil, corporatorAjay Bahira, Dr Siddeshwar Gadade, sanstha’s secretary Janardhan Bhagat, collegeprincipal Prof. Vasant D Barhate, deputy principal Dr S K Patil and others.

Get-Together of Ex-Studentsof CKT College held

On the occasion of birthday of former MP Ramsheth Thakur, Akhil Bharatiya NatyaParishad, Panvel, had organized famous cine-actor Anshuman Vichare’s program ‘HiChal Turu Turu’ which was held at Addya Krantivir Vasudev Balwant Phadke Auditoriumat Panvel. The event received great response. Present for this event were Akhil BharatiyaNatya Parishad of Panvel’s president, CIDCO Chairman MLA Prashant Thakur anddeputy president Paresh Thakur.

Cine-actor Anshuman Vichare’sevent ‘Hi Chal Turu Turu’ receives

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In order to help him pursue higher education, Aman Allauddin Shaikh has received monetary help of Rs 2 lakhs fromShri Ramsheth Thakur Samajik Vikas Mandal. The amount was handed to him by the founder of the Mandal former MPRamsheth Thakur on 4 June 2019. Present during this occasion were CKT Vidyalaya’s principal Dr NandkumarJadhav, women front’s taluka president and panchayat committee member Ratnaprabha Gharat, former corporatorKalpana Thakur, mandal’s office secretary Anil Koli and others.

Shri Ramsheth Thakur Samajik VikasMandal extends a helping hand

By Advoate Nagesh Joshi,

Goa State Secretary,

Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad,

Contact: 8451006055

Advocates in Goasubmitted a memo-

Advocates protesting in front of the CBI office in Goa.

Advocates condemn arrest of Adv. Sanjeev Punalekar

Protest in front of CBI office

randum to the CBIoffice in Goa con-demning the arrest ofAdv. Sanjiv Punale-kar and demanded toimmediately release

him on June 3.Advocates alsoprotested in front ofCBI office in Goa andgave slogans con-demning the arrest.

Memorandumfurther says that‘’arrest of Adv. SanjivPunalekar is a gross

Cont. on pg. 8

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Threemembers of a familywho had gone for walkon Service Road at Sea-woods Sector 46A wereknocked by a speedingcar resulting in the in-stant death of a youth.The youth’s injuredmother died of heartattack in the hospital.This incident occurredon Monday night. NRIpolice have held the cardriver responsible forthis accident and havearrested him. Since thisaccident claimed thelives of mother and son,there was mourning inthe Seawoods area.

Amol Arjun Patil(35) and his mother

Lalita ArjunPatil (55) arethe ones wholost their lives.The car driverwho has beenarrested is AmirMohd IsmailAnsari (21).

Amol Patilwas employedat Asian Paints.He has a daugh-ter and his wifeis six monthspregnant.

Most of theresidents of Sea-woods Sector46, 48 come to this Ser-vice Road at Sector 46Afor morning or eveningwalk. There is alwaysa crowd of walkers onthis Service Road. It isfound that the schoolbuses and other vehi-

Mother and son

die in the accident

at Seawoodscles are illegally parkedon this road. This caus-es inconvenience to theresidents who come

here. It is also foundthat some youngstersresort to doing stuntswhile riding motor cy-cle or driving car on thisroad. This causes a lot

of trouble for the peoplewho come here for walk-ing purpose. The resi-dents of this area haveappealed to the author-ities to prohibit suchvehicles from plying onService Road.

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5 June 2019

The Hindi filmindustry is stillrunning behind theusual “formula” basedcontent. There is noexperimentation beingdone. Actor AbhayDeol believes the webspace is a “godsentopportunity” becauseit provides opportunityto experiment.

In Hollywood, theirdrama became so goodon TV that now youonly see superherofilms releasing (intheatres) as cinemahas become all about aspectacle. If you wantto watch good drama,then you watch it onHBO or Netflix.

In India, filmshave never actuallygone beyond theformula. But there areexpectations forBollywood to matchup. The 43-year-oldactor, was himself apart of Shah RukhKhan-starrer Zero,which fell flat at thebox office.

The audience isdone with “larger thanlife stories” in Hindifilms. That’s thereason why Abhay ismaking his digitaldebut with Netflix’sChopsticks.

In Sachin Yardi-directed Chopsticks,Abhay will be seenplaying a conmanalongside actressMithila Palkar. This

‘Chopsticks’ is a film without ‘formula’ based contentis not the first timeAbhay will be seenplaying a conman. Itis a role he memora-bly played in OyeLucky! Lucky Oye!.This (Chopsticks)character is far moresuave and urban fromthe Oye Lucky! LuckyOye! character. Andfor him, stealing issomething he doeswith a passion. It’ssomething he’s goodat.

Chopsticks is anIndian Hindi-language comedydrama film directedby Sachin Yardi andproduced by AshviniYardi. It starsAbhay Deol andMithila Palkar inthe lead roles. Thefilm is a story of awoman who isreferred to anenigmatic con manwho agrees to helprecover her stolencar from a thug forfree, and how itbrings about changein their lives. It wasreleased on 31 May2019 worldwide onNetflix.

The film hasAbhay Deol as Artist,a con man, MithilaPalkar as NirmaSahastrabuddhe, aMandarin translator,Vijay Raaz as FaiyazBhai, BenafshaSoonawalla as Anan-ya, Achint Kaur as

Zacharia and Naren-dra Khatri as Farooq,a caterer.

Rohan Naahar ofthe Hindustan Timesrates the film withtwo out of five stars.He feels it has mud-dled story which islow on comedy, and

writes, “Like theinconvenient cutlery itis named after, there’slittle reason to try it ifthere are alternativesto be found.” ShrishtiNegi of the News18also rates the filmwith two out of five

stars and opines thatthe film never rose toits true potential.Anupama Chopra ofFilm Companionopines that thehumour inherent in asitcom has not comeout as the film scenesare preposterous.

The movie talksabout what happenswhen a young girl, amysterious con man,and a goat-loving goonindulge in a cat-and-mouse chase toretrieve a stolen car?This is what unfolds

in Netflix’s latestIndian originaloffering, Chopsticks,starring Abhay Deoland Mithila Palkar.The film has beenwritten and directedby Sachin Yardi (KyaSuper Kool HainHum).

This is the plot.The film talksabout a cat-and-mouse chase inpursuit of a stolencar. An under-confident yet sweetyoung girl buysherself a brand newcar from her hard-earned money, onlyto get it stolen thesame evening. Therest of the filmchronicles herquirky but transfor-mative journey toretrieve her carfrom a local gang-ster, with the helpof a charming conman.

Chopsticks, in away, is like a start-up idea that soundscool, to begin with,but when put toaction, it fails tomake a mark. Thefilm’s initial half-

an-hour is engaging,and promises anentertaining ride.

Abhay and Mithilaplay their top game.Mithila Palkar (LittleThings, Karwaan) asthe shy and naiveNirma Sahastrabud-

dhe, working as aMandarin translatorin Mumbai, delivers asweet and memorableperformance. She isenjoyable in almost allher scenes. On theother hand, AbhayDeol, as an eccentricand charming conman, is effortlesslycompelling. Forsomeone who haspulled off way harderroles, this one is aneasy picking. VijayRaaz and ArunKushwah are great.Vijay Raaz as theshort-tempered localgangster, Fayyazbhai, who, for someunknown reason, isobsessed with goats, isflawless as usual.Having done uncount-able roles of this kindin the past, this is aneasy turf for the GullyBoy actor. ArunKushwah also appearsin a small role, in theform of a saving gracein this otherwiseboring film.

Netflix has aggres-sively targeted Indiafor growth and thenew projects willfollow the criticallyacclaimed crimedrama series SacredGames, upcomingcricket drama showSelection Day and theeagerly anticipatedhistorical epic series

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Iftar party held

Vashi Congress President Vijay Valunz organised an Iftar party at sector 15 & 16. (By Divakar Gore)

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Aspart of the road mapahead of the FIFAWorld Cup QualifiersQatar 2022 in Septem-ber 2019, the IndianSenior Men’s NationalFootball Team are allset to kick-off their pre-paratory campaign inthe prestigious King’sCup in Buriram, Thai-land on Wednesday 5thJune, 2019. Fondlyknown as ‘Blue Tigers’by their fans the teamwill be led by experi-enced Sunil Chhetri,under the guidance ofHead Coach Igor Sti-mac, who took chargeof the Indian* team as

India Gear-up For CuracaoChallenge In King’s Cup

City player Rahul Bheke part of 23 member

squad shortlisted by Head coach Igor Stimac

Indian national team under the leadership of Sunil Chhetri (2nd from left first row)prepare for their opening match against higher ranked Curacao for the prestigiousKings Cup

Navi Mumbai based RahulBheke is part of the 23member Indian Nationalsquad for the Kings Cup

it squares off againstCuracao* today in whatwould be their first ap-pearance in an invita-tional overseas FIFARanking tournamentsince 2001, the last be-ing the Merdeka Tour-nament in Kuala Lum-pur.

The 23-membersquad which was se-lected after a prepara-tory camp from a list of37 portables’ in Delhihas six newcomerswhich includes NaviMumbai based RahulBheke. The hard work-ing defender who scoredthe match winner in in

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Baahubali: Before theBeginning based onthe hugely successfulfilm franchise.

Here is some moreinformation about thecharacters of the filmChopstic. NirmaSahastrabuddhi(Mithila Palkar) is anintrovert, under-confident Mandarintranslator, who tendsto vie with her fellowcolleagues for theirboss’ attention inorder to grab moreimportant opportuni-ties at work. Eventhough she is regularand proactive in herjob, she ends upshowing Dharavi andDhobi Talao to foreigntourists. While hercolleagues deal withinternational bankersat five stars. Her lessdeveloped vocabulary

(‘work outing’) andpoor pronunciation—she pronounces the ‘L’letter in Salmon—always prove aformidable obstacle toher success. She isscared and awkwardin social interactionsas well, until atragedy triggered herto step up and com-municate with themost random peopleunder the sun. Soon,she embarks on athrilling adventurewhen she enlists anattractive conman MrArtist (Abhay Deol)who eventuallybecomes her guidetoward recovering herstolen car from aMumbai thug.

Abhay Deol’scharacter is so coolthat he can open anysafe or lock withoutthe keys. How? Well,he believes that everylock has a heart and

he simply needs tohear its heartbeat toopen it. Deol’s comicalsmirk of complicity isappealing, and soon wesee Nirma and he arehanging out, havingfun and not admittingto themselves or eachother their growingtenderness.

There’s a goat-loving gangster, too,in the movie— playedby incredibly excep-tional Vijay Raaz.However, his scenesare only limited togiving out weirdpunishments topeople.

Chopsticks usesits premise to ex-plore a variety ofthemes, includingloneliness, socialphobia and romance.But it only pretendsto work towards aclimax which turnsout to be whollydisappointing.

Movie world..Cont. from pg. 6

extra time during therecently concluded HeroIndian Super League2018-19 while repre-senting Bengaluru FCunder the current Indi-an skipper against FCGoa which his teamwon by 1-0. Bheke wholearnt his footballingskills at St. AugustineHigh School, Nerul andgraduated from PillaiCollege of Arts, Com-merce & Science, Pan-vel was unlucky to havemissed out on an AFCAsian Cup 2019 slotunder previous headcoach Stephen Constan-tine. Twenty eight yearold right back Bhekewho has representedvarious elite teams in Ileague, Hero ISL in hisprofessional careerspanning eight yearswill hope to make animpact on debut if se-lected by Stimac,Croatian World Cupper.

“We can feel the ex-citement on the players’faces. They are excitedabout playing togetherfor the first time as agroup. The camarade-rie between the playersis really good. I’m gladto see the boys gellingwell, pushing each oth-er to get better, and in-

culcating a number ofgood habits. The Cura-cao players are experi-enced with a number of

players playing in Eu-rope. Technically, theyare of a higher classthan us on an individ-ual basis. We need todraw the advantage asa team from it. We willhave our chances and Ihope the players willshow up, work, behave,

put in an extra effortand finish the game asone unit” shared Headcoach Igor Stimac onthe eve of the matchagainst Curacao, andthen play either Viet-

nam, or host Thailandwhich concludes on 8th

June, 2019The iconic striker

Chhetri who himselfstands on the cusp ofbecoming India’s high-est cap player of all-time (represented Indiain 107 matches) and is

India Gear-up For Curacao...Cont. from pg. 7

also the all-time topgoal scorer for the Indi-an national team, with67 goals said “It’s moreabout how we play. Wehave to build a teamand it’s for us to show

how we can play. Theresult is important butfor us, it is critical toshow how much we canassimilate the informa-tion given to us by the

coach and produce it onthe pitch. It’s importantthat our coach stayssatisfied with our ap-proach on the field aspossible. My main fo-cus right now with the

new coach it to be syncwith him in as less timeas possible. On our wayto do that we definitelywant to win games. Noteam ever plays to lose,

and neither do we”.(Photos Courtesy AIFF& ISL).

Indian Team for theKing’s Cup:

G o a l k e e p e r s : Gurpreet SinghSandhu, AmrinderSingh and KamaljitSingh^; Defenders:Pritam Kotal, RahulBheke^, Sandesh Jhin-gan, Adil Khan andSubhasish Bose;

Midfielders: Udan-ta Singh, JackichandSingh, BrandonFernandes^, AnirudhThapa, RaynierFernandes^, PronayHalder, Vinit Rai, AbdulSahal^, AmarjitSingh^, LallianzualaChhangte and MichaelSoosairaj^; Forwards:Balwant Singh, SunilChhetri, FarukhChoudhary and ManvirSingh. HeadCoach: Igor Stimac.

The match kicks-offat IST 2pm at theChang Arena in Bur-iram, and will be tele-cast live on Star Sports3, and Hotstar.

* As per the latestFIFA World RankingIndia are ranked 101,while Curacao for therecord are ranked 82.

^ Six Newcomerswho were selected byHead Coach Igor Sti-mac.

About Igor StimacAppointed by the Executive Committee of the

All India Football Federation (AIFF) as the HeadCoach of the Men’s Senior National Team Coachon a two-year contract. Igor Stimac comes withan experience of over 18 years in coaching, struc-turing, and developing Football and players inCroatia, and internationally cherishing newchallenges. As a Coach, Stimac’s major achieve-ment was guiding Croatia to qualify for the FIFAWorld Cup Brazil 2014. During his tenure asthe National Coach of Croatia, he handed Na-tional Team debuts to the likes of Mateo Kovac-ic, Ante Rebic, Alen Halilovic, and Ivan Peri-sic, amongst others. He also played a pivotalrole in developing likes of Dario Srna, DanielSubasic, Ivan Strinic, Kovacic, Perisic, and oth-er players. His last assignment was with Al-Shahania Club in Qatar.

As a player he played in central defence andwas part the of the Croatia National squadwhich finished third in the FIFA World CupFrance 1998, and a member of the CroatiaNational squad which qualified for the quar-terfinals of the UEFA European Championship1996 (Euro) in England. Besides, he was also apart of the Yugoslavia U-19 National Teamwhich won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 1987.

Former Croatian World Cupper and Indian Head CoachIgor Stimac will hope Sunil Chhetri men will make themost of King’s Cup experience as part of their FIFA WorldCup Qualifiers Qatar 2022 preparation

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Pakistan made astrong comeback afterdefeat in the hands ofWest Indies as cricketteam defeated hostsEngland by 14 runs intheir second match ofthe World Cup tourna-ment played at TrentBridge. MohammadHafeez missed out onbecoming the firstcentury-maker of theWorld Cup but avastly improvedbatting display fromPakistan saw them

Pakistan made amatch of it

make 348 for eight.Hafeez made the mostof a reprieve whenJason Roy floored aroutine chance at mid-off following a skieddrive off Adil Rashid,with the batsman on14. With Babar Azam(63) and Pakistancaptain SarfarazAhmed (55) alsomaking fifties, thiswas a major turn-around from a Paki-stan side who col-lapsed to 105 all out ina seven-wicket defeatby the West Indies intheir World Cupopener at the sameground.

Meanwhile, thefast bowling sensationMohammad Aamir

By C K Subramaniam

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 22year old youth residingat Wadala in Mumbaitried to commit suicideon Tuesday afternoon

A mental patient attempts suicideBy jumping from Vashi Creek Bridge

by jumping from theVashi Creek Bridge.However, the policehappened to notice thisand they with the helpof local fishermen res-

cued the youth. Duringthe investigation, it wasfound that the youthhad attempted suicideowing to his impropermental state.

By Ashok Dhamija

Two time champi-ons India will begintheir ICC World Cup2019 campaignagainst a beleagueredSouth Africa at theRose Bowl inSouthampton, En-gland on Wednesday.The Virat Kohli-ledIndian team are theonly team left in thetournament to havenot played a matchyet. Kohli (with his10,843 runs in 227ODI matches at anaverage of 59.57) inhis first 50-over WorldCup as captain, hashit a century in eachof the opening match-es in the previous twoeditions of the WorldCup and will aim tomake it three in a rowagainst the Proteas.South Africa underFaf du Plessi, havelost their opening twomatches — to En-gland and Bang-ladesh, respectivelyearlier, despite scoring300 plus in their runchase, the first suchinstance for them in aCricket World Cup. Inaddition they are alsowithout the services oftheir key playersincluding veteranpacer Dale Steyn whohas been ruled out ofthe tourney due toshoulder injury, fastbowler Lungi Ngidiwith hamstring strainand Hashim Amlawho was hit on thehelmet by a short ballagainst England inthe opening game.The Men in Bluementored by veteranwicket keeper bats-man MS Dhoni, underKohli have spent twoyears as a unit on

India Kick-off Their Campaign Against BeleagueredSouth Africa: ICC World Cup 2019

building this teaminto a potent ODIsquad, something thatstarted right after the2017 ChampionsTrophy final loss toPakistan. Indianbowling attack led byJasprit Bumrah, thetop-ranked one-dayinternationalbowler in the worldand ably supportedby fellow quicksMohammed Shami,BhuvneshwarKumar along withwrist spinnersKuldeep Yadav andYuzvendra Chahalwill aim to cache inon their opponentslow morale.

The pitch at theAgeas Bowl stadi-um in Southamp-ton, is devoid of grasscover, and is expectedto be a batting-friendly but Kohli willhave a few points toponder upon as theweather forecast onmatch day indicatescloud cover withintermittent shower.

ICC No 2 ODIranked team India isone of the favouritesalongside Australiaand England will aimto get off to a goodstart and win six oftheir nine leaguegames which wouldensure them smoothpassage into the semisto start off.

Teams To Be Short Listed

From:

India: Virat Kohli(Captain), ShikharDhawan, RohitSharma, K L Rahul,Mahendra SinghDhoni (WK), HardikPandya, KedarJadhav, Vijay Shan-kar, Kuldeep Yadav,Yuzvendra Chahal,

Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Shami,Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Dinesh Karthik,Ravindra Jadeja

South Africa: Fafdu Plessis (Captain),Quinton de Kock(WK), AidenMarkram, Hashim

Amla, JP Duminy,David Miller, BeuranHendricks , KagisoRabada, DwainePertorius, AndilePhehlukwayo, TabraizShamshi, ImranTahir, Lungi Ngidi,Chris Morris, Rassievan der Dussen.

Interesting Facts &

Numbers

1 – India’s 130-runwin against SouthAfrica in the 2015World Cup was theirmaiden World Cupwin over South Africa.India faced off theProteas in 1992, 1999and 2011 editions andlost in all of thosewhile defending atarget.

3 – India lost eachof their previous threematches in the ODIformat. Only oncesince the start of 2007that India has beendefeated in four ormore straight ODImatches. They lostfive in a row during

2015/16 seasonincluding four insuccession during theODI series in Austra-lia.

5 – India won alltheir previous fivemeetings with South

Africa in the ICCevents. India defeatedthe Saffers twice inWT20s (2012, 2014),twice in CT (2013,2017) and once in

CWC (2015).28 – South Africa

is the only opponentagainst which RohitSharma has a battingaverage under 35 inODIs. (Min: 5 innings)He scored 644 runs in

23 ODI inningsagainst Saffers withhelp of two tons andtwo half-centuries.

64.5 – Quinton deKock’s ODI average

against India of 64.5 ishis 2nd best againstany team. De Kockamassed 774 runsagainst Indians in 12ODI innings as hestruck five tons and afifty.

66.78 – ViratKohli’s batting averagein India-South AfricaODI matches is thebest for any player whoscored over 100 runs.Kohli scored 1269 runsagainst the SouthAfricans in only 24ODI innings with fourcenturies and six half-centuries.

11926 – The Indianvice-captain RohitSharma needs 74 moreruns to become the 9thIndian to score 12000runs in Internationalcricket. Rohit needs tohit one more four tobecome the 8th Indianto with 700 fours inODIs having his 699thus far

Match Starts: 3 pmIST.

Team work the key to success

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Worrying factor about waterThy name is life and water is part and parcel

of our life. Three fourths of earth’s surface iscovered by water and only one fourth is landmass as per geographical survey. Most peopleknow it and it is time to keep an eye on waterposition available at our disposal. What many ofus do not know is that 97.5% of the water avail-able in earth is salt water and unworthy of drink-ing and bathing. Only 2.5% of earth’s water issweet water of which roughly 68% is held as icein Arctic and Antarctic region. Of remaining32% of 2.5% most quantities are stored in un-derground and in various kinds of organic andinorganic matters. It is only a mini minusculepart, precisely 0.26% of entire water of the worldwhich is in all the rivers, lakes, ponds and otherwater bodies which are the only sources of sweetsurface water available to living beings and theneed to preserve and protect is of our utmostimportance. So preserving water and not pollut-ing it is of paramount importance and each and

everyone of us in a thickly populated countrylike India should realize this and control usagewater to the optimum level.

It is reliably learnt that levels of live waterstorage across drought hit Maharashtra are at7.7%, the lowest in the decade for this time ofthe year and that is alarming. In Marathwada,it is down to 0.7%. Add to the water shortage, asevere heatwave continued to sweep India’snorthern plains as 10 places in the region fig-ured on the list of 15 hottest places in the world.Rajasthan’s Churu and Sri Ganganagar, wherethe mercury shot up to 48.9 and 48.6 degreeCelsius, were the hottest places in the world fol-lowed by Jacobabad (48 degree Celsius) in Paki-stan, according to El Dorado Weather website.Uttar Pradesh’s Banda (47.4 degree Celsius) andNarnual (47.2 degree Celsius) in Haryana alsofeatured on the list. The water level will comedown drastically in these areas following theheatwave.

In a reality check we observe on the WorldWater Day that the source of ground water isdrying up in this country and the alarming wor-ry about water levels continue. Many of the pro-posed smart cities in India lacks basic infrastruc-ture and the decision to include them is defeatedwith the drawbacks particularly lack of drink-ing water and usable water. Thus we are introubled water and India’s largest state UP topsthe list. Wells and bore wells serve the purposewhen there is water shortage.

As water levels go down considerably weshould plan for Rain Water Harvesting as inTamil Nadu and other neighbouring states. Allthrough our childhood and growing up years,whenever we had an opportunity to play in wa-ter or leave the tap open with water flowing downthe drains, as elders always used to reprimandus for stating that with every drop of water, wast-

ed it was money that was getting wasted. Neverdid we realise the consequences or the connectionbetween water and money, but now with the sortsof situation that we are heading towards and placedon the brink of a catastrophe and buying waterwith ground water drying up, remember the gold-en words. It is time for retrospection at this crucialjuncture as the water shortage threat throughoutthe world is catching up thick and fast.

We believe, in India we have not taken the is-sue of water on top priority. Still there is no properand concrete guidelines to restrict the malpractic-es, misutilisation of water. There is no segregationof water in India. Drinking water is used for wash-ing clothes, gardening, cleaning cars, roads andthe most important usage in huge and bulk by thehousing sector. No policy for industrial water andthe wastage continued in every field without any-body bothering about water. The worrying factorabout water is the main concern all over the worldand India with highest population may find theway tough.

There is no policy of restricting the usage ofdrinking water for multipurpose requirements. Itis a matter of great regret that we pay water taxand impurified water is supplied at doorstep whichis then purified by various process to obtain drink-able water. Despite the fact that water is suppliedby Government Agencies, we talk big and hardlybelieve in doing minimum. Adjust your daily hab-its to save litres of clean fresh water every day.

While brushing your teeth, use a glass of waterinstead of a running tap for wetting the brush andrinsing. A running tap can waste about 16 litres ofwater each minute. When taking bath shower in-stead of a bath and limit your showers to a maxi-mum of four minutes. For shaving use a cup, sinkor container of warm water to clean the shaver inrather than a warm running tap. Never shave inthe shower. Clearing dishes after the meal requiremore water and so scrape and compost your foodwaste instead of rinsing it off plates and dishes. Atthe time of washing dishes, rinse dishes in a buck-et and use the water on the garden after wards. Indishwasher do not rinse dishes before putting themin the dishwasher. It is time to save water or wewill have to face acute water shortage if monsoonrains fail miserably this time.

Ensure you only do full loads of washing, if pos-sible using cold water and adjusting water levelsto suit the size of loads. Instead of waiting for thewarm water to arrive try and capture the waterthat flows out of the shower or tap prior to it beingthe right temperature and put it on the garden.Fix dripping taps and toilets quickly. They canwaste up to 13 litres of water a day.

Fresh water is the life blood of nature. Withoutit, we would not have clean air, food, drink andmany aesthetic and recreational benefits. There-fore, we need to ensure we use water in a sustain-able way – we need to share it with all life on theplanet and respect and value this ‘life blood’. Theconsequences of doing otherwise can be seen in thespreading deserts across the world and the result-ing drought and famine that can soon follow.

- C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

US gun culture causing concernLatest shooting on Virginia beach opened up

the Pandora’s Box and the gun culture in US iscausing concern and the young generation is mis-

Letters to the Editor....led by these unfortunate events taking place ev-ery now then in schools and Gurudwaras all cre-ating panic among the people. It is common inUS that the Gun culture is going overboard andeven late President of US, John F. Kennedy wasalso killed in a planned attack in 1963 by a sharpshooter.

Things have not improved much and the peo-ple fear gathering in Churches and Gurudwarasin America fearing such relentless attack on dur-ing prayers. It is a mass killing and the dearlife has not value in States. A disgruntled publicutilities employee caused berserk and killedmany of his colleagues in anger. Ugliest out-come of mighty market economy, when it hashappened in almost every month, USA mustintrospect and aspirants may take a note.American society is imploding. Lop sidedprogress— only in the material zone without anyeducation in the spiritual zone. Human life haslost value in USA. This is the most devastatingday in the history of Virginia Beach.

There is mass disruption in peace and thelast Las Vegas shooting was the worst of its kindin recent times. People were running here andthere to save their lives and it was pathetic scene.People scramble for cover after hearing gunshotsat the Harvest country music festival and it wasa horrible scene to witness. It was one minutedancing and in the next moment they were flee-ing. In all 58 victims died and 500 others werewounded in the deadliest mass shooting in UShistory.

Gun culture is causing concern as a 64 yearold man at a Las Vegas hotel showered gunfireon a huge outdoor musical concert and inflictedmany deaths and number of them were wound-ed. As in the past the Islamic State group hasclaimed responsibility for the mass shooting. Thegunman fired indiscriminately at the crowdfrom the 32nd floor and hence it caused widespread loss of life in a big gathering. It is timeto combat terror activities in total and US cantake lead role in eliminating the terror groupswith concerted efforts with the help of countrieslike India, France, Spain and Russia. It is nowor never situation and need a permanent solu-tion.

Day in and day out incidence of violence areincreasing every where but when it happens incivilized so called democracies it becomes a causeof concern for every one as to where the modernsociety is lacking in inculcating right kind ofvirtues in every one where instead of resortingviolence every one should think about the peaceand harmony and try to know as to what trou-bles such individuals or group of individuals thatthey burst out their anger, despondency, frus-tration by inflicting so much sorrow and pain.The statesmen, philosophers, academicians andsocial workers and elite must find out some wayfrom where all such mentally ill people couldcome out. Such situations are not mere law andorder problem but it is more than that. Humansneeds a right kind of environment to live.

The mass shooting in the coastal resort ofVirginia Beach was the deadliest instance of U.S.gun violence since November 2018, when a doz-en people were slain at a Los Angeles-area barand grill by a gunman who then killed himself.It is an eye opener and the US governmentshould bring an ordinance as in New Zealand tomake sure that the gun culture does not dis-rupt public peace in general and attacks on reli-gious places in particular.

- C.K.S., Navi Mumbai

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appeared to haveregained his form ashis phenomenalbowling display of 2-67proved to be thedifference betweenboth the sides. ButPakistan coped wellon a ground whereEngland had twice seta world record for thehighest one-dayinternational total —444 for three againstPakistan in 2016 andlast year´s 481 for sixagainst Australia. Yethaving failed to defenda score of 340 againstEngland, the world´stop-ranked ODI sideat Trent Bridge lastmonth, the worry forPakistan was that

they may not have putenough runs on theboard. For all the talkabout England´s

quicks, it was off-spinner Moeen Ali whotook the first threewickets on his way tofigures of three for 50.

By contrast, fastbowler Jofra Archer´s10 wicketless overscost 79 runs while

Woakes, who equalledthe record of fourcatches by an outfield-er in a World Cupinnings, took an

expensive three for 71in eight overs.

In one day cricketif you gift runs, then

it is difficult to scoreof those runs whilechasing. South Africadid falter againstBangladesh and now

Pakistanmade a...

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it is the turn ofEngland to buckleunder pressureagainst Pakistan.The chase was on tillthe end but thethrilling match setthe tone for things tofollow in this Worldcup. Both Root andButler scored hun-dreds but that was invain. World cup hasreached an interest-ing stage.

What unites thenation more than theIndian cricket team.The Indian cricketteam is venturing outin ICC Cricket Worldcup. The game is notwhat it once was. Ithas changed quitefaster. The sixer soarhigh and the lightsflash when the bailsfall off. There are

many different for-mats and leaguesplayed round the year.Yet the 50 over ICCWorld Cup rolls inevery four years, itfeels more relevantthan any other crickettournament. Wewitness the pinnacle ofachievement since itsinception in 44 yearsand in 11 editionssince 1975. The WorldCup kicked of on May30 and India are readyto launch their cam-paign at the extrava-ganza called World cupwith a match againsta strong South Africanside. With scintillatingIndian side at its best,we can witness matchof the World cup. Itappears as though theWorld cup has come toour doorsteps.

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Q.1) Share your experi-ence of your first hitsongs like “Who Lamhe”in Zeher and “Aadat” inKalyug?

In fact, Wo Lam-he in Zeher and Aa-dat - both of themwere not my originalcompositions; theywere adaptationwhich were done le-gally and properlycredited as well. So Ithink they were goodplatform for me tostart off and commu-nicate with my listen-ers in terms of musicproduction. I comefrom a background ofmusic theory ar-rangement and forme to do somethingwas very excitingback than when I wasjust 19. After that Istarted off with myindependent originalcomposition from BasEk Pal and after thatI have never doneany further recre-ation. I think therewere good songs tostart off from but thenI left recreating be-hind back then.Q.2) Parents are regard-ed as God those whohave brought us to thiswonderful world and wehave observed that yougive full credit to yourfather for your success-ful journey, Comment?

I think for everyson his father is com-pletely irreplaceableand the way a fatherinfluences his chil-dren I think it’s no-body else in thisworld can do becausethe first superherothat a child actuallymeets is nobody buthis father same is inmy case I thinkwhatever I am todayas a musician as acomposer and even asa human being I oweit to my father It washis passion and thehonour he earnedamong the fraternitywhich inspired me totake the music infirst place. And it wasbecause of training,guidance and inspira-tion that he gave me

that I started my ca-reer at the age of 19which saved a lot oftime for me and he hasstood by me like a rockand I think that is oneposition which is com-pletely irreplaceable inmy life.Q.3) Elaborate as to why in10 years in the industryyou have done less than

15 films with very few soloor complete movies?

I always believed inworking on my ownterms. In fact even insome of my first filmsthat I did I really re-membered being veryvery firm about mywork patterns. I trulyfeel blessed that I get towork with people whowere gracious enough togive my space and mytime. And even today Itake my own time to dothe music which I do. Ilove my music. I lovethe process of creatingmusic. And I enjoy itand I am not there toprove the point to theamount of work I do,but I believe whateverI put out should bequality, genuine, sin-cere, honest music thatis my mantra that Ihave been I followingand I am very happydoing that. As far assolo film are concernedI have done some goodsolo films The Train,Agar, Lamha, LastYear Shabd which alsowon earned me an in-ternational for its mu-

sic was an solo soundtrack and its highly ap-preciated music evenAkshar 2 was solo songtrack. I have been do-ing some good solo songstracks as well as I donot have problem shar-ing because it also suitskind of work patterns Ihave that if I have to doone or two songs than I

get that much moretime and I take monthson those songs and Ienjoy that also andsome of my best ofworks come on sharedsound tracks includingAashique 2 so individ-ually I don’t have anyproblems.Q.4) It is said that some-time you take one monthfor one song, Comment onit?

So my previous an-swer just replies that.I really enjoy the pro-cess a lot and I spendlots of my time on mu-sic. Until and unless Iam fully convincedwhat I have done I my-self don’t play to my di-rectors. I have a verycritical self analyticalprocess which I gothrough that so whymy music has the kindof impact it does on mylisteners.Q.5) How it was composingall the songs for Ajay Devgnmovie Shivaay, Comment?

Working on Shivaaywas one of the adventur-ous experience for mebecause I think AjayDevgn is a very passion-

ate filmmaker apartfrom the great actor heis known to be. He real-ly inspires you a lot andthe best thing is hepushes you to do whatyou have never done.The Shivaay title trackand even the love songin the film call Dark-hast was a very newexperience for me be-

cause I see love frommelancholy perspectivebut he wanted me todelve into the adventur-ous side of love and Ireally enjoyed it. Eventhe BGM the film wasshot so beautifully andit has such a powerfulscript and such an emo-tional journey that scor-ing for the film was atreat and I took 35 daysto do the BGM and theway everything I shapedup I am really veryproud of it.Q.6) How important is themusic for a film?

I think music hasalways been very impor-tant in cinema rightfrom the beginning. Beit in Hindi Cinema orWorld Cinema. Andspeaking of Hindi cine-ma I would say of songsapart from music evenBGM is universally very

crucial it’s a characterin the film. Song aresoul of any Hindi filmsand I come from theschool of makers likeRaj Kapoor, Guru Dutt,Raj Khosla, MaheshBhatt and makers likeSubhash Ghai Sahabwho have actuallyshown that how musiccan be a greatest nar-

rative a film makers canuse. And we as an Indi-ans are very much mu-sically oriented and weare emotional listeners.We have so much mu-sic in our country likeclassical, Hindustani,folk, semi classical andall is integrated intoHindi films and thatwill always be the foun-dational pillar of our cin-ema and it should al-ways remain which Idon’t want to change.Q.7) Let us knows aboutyour future projects andalso plans?

I have many inter-esting projects Linedup. I have got Ek Villain2 with Mohit Suri alsohis very ambitiousproject called MerryChristmas which willhappen sometimearound next year, I havegot Satellite Shankar

happening. I am scor-ing music for a film ti-tled ‘The List’ whichis my first globalproject.Q.8) Earlier melodies werethe soul of the films andlyrics were meaningfulbut today a trend haschanged what is your in-put on it?

I personally do notbelieve that thetrends have changed.I think every genera-tion has its share ofgood and bad and thattoo I feel is very reflec-tive because what isbad for someone may-be someone else is dai-ly consumption. So Ireally don’t look atmusic from that nar-row perspective. Rel-atively speaking froma personal perspectivegood and bad has al-ways co-existed in ev-ery point of view? Itdepends on what lis-teners choose to listen.I think even in to-day’s time in last de-cades some greatsongs has come andsome composers hasput a fabulous work,great work and somegreat lyrics has alsocome out. I couldmake a mention of asong which RochalKohli did Tera Yar HuMain which is beauti-ful composition andbeautifully writtenand it’s done so welland I could not believethat good music is nothappening. It’s hap-pening in its own way.Q.9) Lastly, can you elab-orate in sync with the fu-ture plans, basically whatdo you think is the needof the audiences in thesetimes?

I don’t function asan artist catering toany needs as such. Ibelieve that musicwhich is done sincere-ly and think if musicdone without anyagenda without theinfluence of anytrends or any plasticinfluences alwaysreaches people andanything that is donesincerely will alwaystouches the heart ofthe people and ulti-mately that people’sneed and nothingmore that.

I believe inworking...

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