Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

[hanumadu]

Well, that DOES show that Gukesh had the best rating performance in an Olympiad

It does, but can't say it's reliable. It's just from a random post on the internet.

[Amber G.]

India receives the Gaprindashvili Cup!

India takes home all 3 trophies in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad:
the Hamilton-Russell Cup, for winning the #ChessOlympiad
the Vera Menchik Cup for winning the Women's Olympiad
the Gaprindashvili Cup, a special trophy awarded for the best combined result in the Open and Women's sections

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[Amber G.]

Hon. Prime minister Narendra Modi met and congratulated the Indian teams on their accomplishments of winning gold medals at the #ChessOlympiad!

[Amber G.]

Allow me to post from great Susan Polgar's twitter:"

I had to come by to meet this amazing Chess Mom who devoted her life to raise 2 super Chess Stars!
"

[Cyrano]

Our chess girls and boys have been incredible! Keep going!!

[Cyrano]

Enjoy!

[Amber G.]

On Lata Mangeshakar's birthday, let me share a very unique piece - Incredible voices of K.L.Saigal and Lata Mangeshkar !

‘Main Kya Janu Kya Jadu Hai! This track is a humble gift from Baiju Mangeshkar and Jatin Sharma making her wish come to fruition!

(Credit: INRECO Entertainment Pvt Ltd & Saregama)

[SBajwa]

Junior shooting championship at Lima, Peru . With 11 Golds Indian juniors are having the field day.
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/3205


Country Gold, Silver, Bronze Total
IND 11 1 4 16
USA 2 4 4 10
ITA 2 3 3 8
NOR 2 3 3 8
CHN 2 1 3 6
GER 1 1 2 4
UKR 1 1 2 4
CZE 1 1 2

[sanjaykumar]

That’s impressive. Why so good?

[hanumadu]

That’s impressive. Why so good?

I think it's the system working. Money put into the junior programs are bearing fruit. We do quite well in junior wrestling too. And of course, quite a few youngsters in archery. We will have to wait and see how much of junior success translates to success at senior level.

[SBajwa]

junior shooting championship at Lima, Peru. India with 11 Golds is #1, #2 is China with 3 golds and USA is #3 with 2 golds.

Boys
10m air rifle team (Ajay Malik, Parth Mane, Abhinav Shaw) - Gold
50m rifle 3 position team (Shourya Saini, Vedant Waghmare, Parikshit Singh) Gold
10m air pistol team (Raajwardan Paatil, Mukesh Nelavalli, Harsimar Singh) Gold
25m pistol (Mukesh Nelavalli) Gold
25m air pistol team (Umesh Choudhary, Mukesh Nelavalli, Parmod) Gold
25m rapid fire pistol team (Mukesh Nelavalli, Suraj Sharma, Pradhymn Singh) Gold
25m pistol team (Mukesh Nelavalli, Suraj Sharma, Pradhyumn Singh) Gold

Girls
10m air rifle team (Gautami Bhanot, Shambhavi Shravan, Kshirsagar Anuskha Thakur) Gold
10m air pistol team (Kanishka Dagar, Lakshita, Anjali Chaudhary) gold
25m Pistol (Divanshi) Gold
25m Pistol team (Divanshi, Tejaswani, Vibhuti Bhatia) Gold


10m Air Rifle Men Junior Ajay Malik got Silver


9 Golds out of 11 are as a team which means that coaching staff is doing a good job. Individuals (Mukesh Nelavalli) are also doing good by themselves. 25m Pistol individuals (Mukesh Nelavalli and Divanshi) are good prospects.

[Amber G.]

^^^ Thanks.

[SBajwa]

2 more Golds in 25m Standard Pistol by Suraj Sharma and Divyanshi (one each for boys and girls).
INDIA with Total of 13 Golds out of 31 with Norway #2 (4 Golds), China #3 (3 Golds) and USA #4 (2 golds).

[Cyrano]

Makes me more worried when a gun culture country doesn't produce the best shooters ;⁠-)

[ernest]

Makes me more worried when a gun culture country doesn't produce the best shooters ;⁠-)

the best shooters from the 'gun culture country' don't prefer the airgun and 22LR competitions. They go for PRS and the like with proper firearms.

[chetak]

Suna hai that a new movie is about to release without waiting for Eid.

"टायगर की फटी पडी है"!

Is it true? Suna hai Tiger has bought one more Bulletproof SUV Worth ₹2 Crore.

Darr sabko lagta hai, Gala sabka sukhta hai

[Amber G.]

Modi Tweets:

Congratulations to Arjun Erigaisi for crossing the 2800 mark in live chess ratings! This is a phenomenal feat.

( Okay he drew his last game against Ivanchuk thus lost 2.2 rating points. He’s back to 2798.9 rating points.Nevertheless....)

[ricky_v]

during the first day of chhatth, a sad news of passing of padma bhushan, sharda sinha, who quite single handedly popularised the regional folk songs from bihar and in particular of devotional songs played during chhatth puja, which are ubiquitous and are now entwined with the identity of observance of chhatth



https://indianexpress.com/article/enter ... s-9655690/

It is that time of the year when people across the world celebrate Chhath puja with Sharda Sinha‘s popular Chhath songs. This year, just when the festivities began, the news of her passing was shared by her son Anshuman. The Padma Bhushan recipient died at AIIMS in Delhi on Tuesday due to complications arising out of cancer. She was 72.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to his X handle to express his grief about Sharda Sinha’s passing. He wrote, “I am deeply saddened by the demise of renowned folk singer Sharda Sinha ji. Her Maithili and Bhojpuri folk songs have been very popular for the last several decades. The echo of her melodious songs associated with the great festival of faith, Chhath, will always remain. Her demise is an irreparable loss for the music world. My condolences are with her family and fans in this hour of grief. Om Shanti!”

Actor-turned-politician Manoj Bajpayee, who paid his last respects to the popular folk singer at AIIMS in Delhi, took to his X handle to share photo and videos of the singer from his visit and wrote, “Today I had my last darshan of elder sister Sharda Didi, who spread the sweetness of Bhojpuri across the country and the world through Chhathi Maiya and devotional music, at AIIMS Delhi. The demise of Didi Sharda is an irreparable loss for the Bhojpuri world and the country.”

Laapataa Ladies actor and politician Ravi Kishan expressed sadness as he wrote on X: “Goddess of voice, the identity of our culture, without whose voice Chhath festival, marriage, all are incomplete, today Chhathi Maiya called Maa Sharda Sinha ji to her.
May Chhathi Maiya grant them heaven.”

[arshyam]

If you haven't caught this latest blockbuster yet, please do. It's a must watch for jingos, and worth watching on the big screen. They have released dubbed versions in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam as well.

It's the story of the life of Maj Mukund Varadarajan AC, 22 Rajput/44 RR, and is based on the book India's Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh.



I'll probably watch it for the 3rd time this week before it starts leaving the theatres. Just to get the feel of an active combat/COIN unit - it's depicted very well and shot on location with a lot of help from the Army during filming. Not to mention, a fitting tribute to a brave son of the land.

[Cyrano]

World Chess Championship:

Gukesh got Ding under the pump and won match 3 to equalise as they go into rest day tomorrow. Simply awesome play.

[Vayutuvan]

It's the story of the life of Maj Mukund Varadarajan AC, 22 Rajput/44 RR, and is based on the book India's Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh.
...

arshyam avare, thanks for the reco. The only haddi in the kabab is the heroine. Hopefully she doesn't have all that much screen time.

[Amber G.]

World Chess Championship:

Gukesh got Ding under the pump and won match 3 to equalise as they go into rest day tomorrow. Simply awesome play.

Yes score is now 1.5 - 1.5..
<Can see the last game here>

Gukesh with"family and friends ' - Some may enjoy this..

[arshyam]

It's the story of the life of Maj Mukund Varadarajan AC, 22 Rajput/44 RR, and is based on the book India's Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh.
...

arshyam avare, thanks for the reco. The only haddi in the kabab is the heroine. Hopefully she doesn't have all that much screen time.

Actually, the story is told from her PoV since Maj Mukund is no more. So she has good screen time and has made the most of it. Not sure why you feel "haddi in the kebab" here?

[Mollick.R]

arshyam avare, thanks for the reco. The only haddi in the kabab is the heroine. Hopefully she doesn't have all that much screen time.

Actually, the story is told from her PoV since Maj Mukund is no more. So she has good screen time and has made the most of it. Not sure why you feel "haddi in the kebab" here?

Saar,
have a dekho about this low IQ dumb #**%%$

'No difference': Sai Pallavi compares Kashmiri Pandit exodus with cow vigilantism
Pallavi's comments on violence in the name of religion has sparked a row on the internet

DH Web Desk Last Updated : 15 June 2022, 22:10 IST

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/no-d ... 18430.html


https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/sai-pal ... ta-parvam/


Sai Pallavi's controversial comments about Indian Army goes viral. Check the video
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ma ... s?from=mdr


Video
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/vid ... 61051.cms

[arshyam]

Ah yes, her stupid super-wokeness. But none of that is evident in the film, since it's a biopic and the Army (ADGPI) took care to ensure the representation of one its own was accurate. So I'd say let the individual actor's wokeness not distract from the real life story of an Ashoka Chakra hero. It's depicted well on screen, and even I was surprised by the open jingoism shown in the film. That it's a true story makes it all the more effective.

I too have some minor quibbles, but all films have them. I still remember the scene in Baby where Akshay Kumar says (paraphrasing) "religion ke jagah mein garv se INDIAN likhoonga" in response to an Islamist's provocation in a Mumbai mohalla. There was a minor controversy back then asking why he couldn't say "Hindu" instead? And at that point, he was a Canadian citizen telling us about nationalism. But the film otherwise was very good and the audience (moi included) gave it a good response at the box office. Same here.

Supporting such films, IMHO, encourages more such films to be made, and eventually such (military/nationalist) films become the norm. Baby was followed by Airlift, Paramanu, Ghazi Attack, Uri, Sher Shaah, Major, Sam Bahadur, Sardar Udham, Article 370, Pippa, Rocket Boys (OTT), Tashkent Files, Kashmir Files, Rocketry, etc. All of these came within the past decade, and I've not even listed everything. Not all of them may be good, but no one can argue the overton window has expanded for nationalists. Amaran is just the next in this list, and a well made entry.

[arshyam]

And finally, since this is BRF, let me share some of the military details shown in the film.

I epecially liked the fact that the Army's RR units finally got their due on screen - most military films focus on some unit deployed on the front, and not much is known about RR amongst the public. This film brings that out - what is RR, the battalions, affiliation to parent regiment (Rajput, in this case), CAT teams, the pressure of being always ready to engage, etc., why RR soldiers are exempted from the usual Army regulation around personal apperance like shaving, etc. One cannot but come out of the theatre with an admiration of what these guys achieved in J&K - most ops would need to be mounted on the fly, without the benefit of advance planning, and operating with less sophisticated equipment (compared to SF units). And we on BRF know how that increases our casualty rate. Yet people volunteer for the 3 year RR duty, even second tours (as did Sep Vikram Singh, SC - Maj Mukund's buddy in 44 RR, and a 4th generation Armyman). These are all true stories, and I feel it's good that common people can realize that such people exist, individual actors' personal opinions notwithstanding.

[Cyrano]

^^^ thank you saar.

Is this movie dubbed in Telugu/Hindi/Eng? My Tamil is rusty, cant understand much in other langs

[williams]

And finally, since this is BRF, let me share some of the military details shown in the film.

I epecially liked the fact that the Army's RR units finally got their due on screen - most military films focus on some unit deployed on the front, and not much is known about RR amongst the public. This film brings that out - what is RR, the battalions, affiliation to parent regiment (Rajput, in this case), CAT teams, the pressure of being always ready to engage, etc., why RR soldiers are exempted from the usual Army regulation around personal apperance like shaving, etc. One cannot but come out of the theatre with an admiration of what these guys achieved in J&K - most ops would need to be mounted on the fly, without the benefit of advance planning, and operating with less sophisticated equipment (compared to SF units). And we on BRF know how that increases our casualty rate. Yet people volunteer for the 3 year RR duty, even second tours (as did Sep Vikram Singh, SC - Maj Mukund's buddy in 44 RR, who was a 4th generation Armyman). These are all true stories, and I feel it's good that common people can realize that such people exist, individual actors' personal opinions notwithstanding.

I saw the movie is the theatre. The combat scenes are a bit more accurate and the family issues were also accurately depicted. I wish there were more combat scenes, but then it will become a documentary. However this is the story that happened in 2012-14, so if you are looking for Jingoistic stuff, it will let you down. However It depicts the plight of our boys when they need to fight as they were pelted with stone. I would says Paki Jihadi plan sort of succeeded until that govt was dismissed by the center.

[Vayutuvan]

^^^ thank you saar.

Is this movie dubbed in Telugu/Hindi/Eng? My Tamil is rusty, cant understand much in other langs

Yes ji, It is in Telugu. He already said it in the OP.

[arshyam]

And finally, since this is BRF, let me share some of the military details shown in the film.

I epecially liked the fact that the Army's RR units finally got their due on screen - most military films focus on some unit deployed on the front, and not much is known about RR amongst the public. This film brings that out - what is RR, the battalions, affiliation to parent regiment (Rajput, in this case), CAT teams, the pressure of being always ready to engage, etc., why RR soldiers are exempted from the usual Army regulation around personal apperance like shaving, etc. One cannot but come out of the theatre with an admiration of what these guys achieved in J&K - most ops would need to be mounted on the fly, without the benefit of advance planning, and operating with less sophisticated equipment (compared to SF units). And we on BRF know how that increases our casualty rate. Yet people volunteer for the 3 year RR duty, even second tours (as did Sep Vikram Singh, SC - Maj Mukund's buddy in 44 RR, who was a 4th generation Armyman). These are all true stories, and I feel it's good that common people can realize that such people exist, individual actors' personal opinions notwithstanding.

I saw the movie is the theatre. The combat scenes are a bit more accurate and the family issues were also accurately depicted. I wish there were more combat scenes, but then it will become a documentary. However this is the story that happened in 2012-14, so if you are looking for Jingoistic stuff, it will let you down. However It depicts the plight of our boys when they need to fight as they were pelted with stone. I would says Paki Jihadi plan sort of succeeded until that govt was dismissed by the center.

<Some spoilers in below >

For keen observers, films like Article 370 and Amaran show why we couldn't do much about stone pelters (news reports don't quite depict the Army/CRPF SOPs accurately). My biggest grouse was the equipment (or lack of) they had to use when clearing houses of terrorists - handheld torches along with their rifles! Uri and 370 show better kit, hopefully that's become the norm across all infantry and QRT units.

Reg jingoism, I was referring to the lines such as "don't wear your mask, let them know that this is the face of the Indian Army" - not necessarily in like in Uri where they show a cross-border operation that's more black and white. But I felt these lines here were more powerful because this being a biopic, the director had less creative license yet he thought of including such lines. That, to me, indicates how Maj Mukund was in real life.

Another indication was the depiction of the second confirmatory shot as part of the SOP, which hasn't been shown in any movie so far. And that clicked with the audience, going by the claps and cheers in the theatre. Overall, I'm just happy to see a vast improvement in the production quality of our military films, be it minor details like these, or techincally accurate depiction of battles, while raising awareness among the aam junta. I hope we get to see more such stories on screen.

[arshyam]

^^^ thank you saar.

Is this movie dubbed in Telugu/Hindi/Eng? My Tamil is rusty, cant understand much in other langs

Yes ji, It is in Telugu. He already said it in the OP.

Yes saar, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. Though it may be out of theatres outside of the south markets as it's been a month since the release.

[Cyrano]

Dr SJ released Mohinder Amarnath's autobiography "Fearless" with an excellent speech

[chetak]

The pakis are crying on all their jihadi channels about the champions trophy, and all these jihadi hypocrites are pretending that they don't know what's happening.

Every single one of the abdools and ayeshas has heard the unforgettable phrase that Modi has used while condemning the terrorist attacks on India by paki terrorists: "Humara siddhant hai, hum ghar me ghus ke marenge" and yet they claim that they don't understand why India will not go to pakistan to play cricket and they claim (and pretend) to be utterly perplexed at India's hostility towards the pakis

The pakis stand to lose a lot of moolah if India does not go to pukestan for the champions trophy and the hybrid model will not fetch them much either. The greedy buggers are angling for a hefty compensation from the ICC for the lo$$ of revenue which they will not get

The pakis have known for many months now that India will not travel to pukestan to play the champions trophy cricket (or any cricket, for that matter) with these jihadis and they also know exactly why .....

In other news, no beedi player has been bought by any of the IPL teams and all of them remain unsold as well they should be

from a beedi newspaper:

The bellicosity of Bangladeshi fans and media is apparent when the Indian Premier League (IPL), the biggest and most expensive cricket league, comes around. The burning question is always there: why are Bangladeshi players not being picked by any IPL teams? I would rather follow this question with another one: Isn't it the responsibility of our players to create their value with their works, not with their words?

Jun 30, 2015


Bangladesh's leading national daily Prothom Alo came up with
this shameful ad on Monday

Young Bangladeshi paceman , who tormented the
Indian players in the ODI series, is shown endorsing a cutter -
symbolising his 'offcutters' - and the Indian players are holding a
banner which reads, 'We have used it. You can use it too'.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma,
, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan and R Ashwin are shown
standing with the banner with their heads half-shaven. Half-shaven
heads are traditionally considered to be a sign of humiliation and an
ad like this might strain the relationship between the two cricket
boards

[Amber G.]

Ding and Gukesh finally make a draw by repetition in Game 4 .. score 2-2.

[Cyrano]

Ding tried very timidly and played safe, when he saw Gukesh was defending solidly Ding I felt lost all stomach to fight and quickly drew the game.

Post match press conf had some questions that could get high DDM ratings

[Amber G.]

^^^ Round4
At the beginning of the game, Ding made a surprise with Ba3 which was handled well by Gukesh. The critical move was Ne5 from black which provoked the world champion but Ding went to a solid simplification with Nf3. Draw. ...
Gukesh per experts played very secure and interesting today.
The whole game with the commentary and the press conference can be seen here

[Amber G.]

Another draw between Gukesh and Ding in Game 5 of the World Championship on move 40,

[Cyrano]

Another draw today. Gukesh refused draw thrice and pushed but after a few moves the 6th game still ended in a draw, leveling the players at 3-3.

Either Ding has lost the stomach for long fights and complicated end games, or he is playing for few more draws until game 10 or so to go all out for the big wins in this 14 match championship, leaving Gukesh no chance to catch up.

Here's some analysis of this match, which is pretty close to my own:

[Amber G.]

Interesting article by Vishy Anand - How the World Championship in Singapore has suddenly taken on the flavour of a psychological duel instead of a pure chess match.

In the last few games, a very clear trend has emerged where D. Gukesh can be seen trying to provoke his opponent into a battle, ready to decline draws and take risks.

Viswanathan Anand: A psychological duel has taken centrestage at FIDE World Chess Championshi

The World Championship in Singapore has suddenly taken on the flavour of a psychological duel instead of a pure chess match.

In the last few games, we have started to see a very clear trend where D. Gukesh is trying to provoke his opponent into a battle, is ready to decline draws and take risks. Ding Liren, on the other hand, seems to be pessimistic about his position, often going for the safest line on the first opportunity in the hope that Gukesh might overreach.

In Game 6, Ding chose the London System, which he had used to great effect in the last World title match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Gukesh’s preparation was excellent until move 16. On the next move, he had a couple of easy ways to make a draw, but chose a slightly inaccurate one that allowed Ding to get the unbalanced position he was presumably seeking.

On the 23rd move, Ding thought for a while, then gave up on his winning attempts and essentially offered a draw by repetition. Even more surprisingly, given that the position slightly favoured Ding, Gukesh turned down the draw and kept playing. He defended accurately but seemed to be taking extra risks. They agreed to a draw a few moves later.

READ: World Chess Championship 2024, Game 6: Nothing separates Gukesh, Ding Liren in round six as game ends in three-fold repetition draw

In Game 5, Gukesh surprised Ding in the opening by playing a peaceful variation. This year, the line has been somewhat popular, though as people have discovered it contained some venom. Ding was excellently prepared and equalised very easily.

On the 23rd move, Gukesh made a serious mistake by not exchanging rooks. Ding went for perhaps the smallest of the three advantages. He could have put the knight on ‘a4’ or activated his rook first, which would have led to a significant advantage.

He made Gukesh’s moves easier to find and then, shockingly, took his bishop to the wrong square, captured a pawn, and then returned it. The audience was astonished by this. In a game where Gukesh would have had to defend precisely for a long time, he managed to draw within a few moves thanks to Ding’s inaccuracy.

Game 4 was a fairly uneventful draw. Ding’s opening preparation was not lacking in venom, but he did not follow up with the effort required for the precise play. So with a few natural moves, Gukesh solved all his problems.


It is nice to have the rest day at this point because both sides will need to rework their strategies, given that neither seems to be getting his desired positions. Gukesh still hasn’t found any chinks in Ding’s armour.

Meanwhile, the defending champion hasn’t been able to take the chances that have come his way in the last few games.

[A Deshmukh]

We have 12 Bhartiyas in the top 100.!
World# Name ClassicalRating Age
4 Erigaisi Arjun 2801 21
5 Gukesh D 2778.2 18
10 Anand, Viswanathan 2750 54
14 Praggnanandhaa R 2740.5 19
23 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727.3 30
24 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. 2725.9 25
39 Harikrishna, Pentala 2695 38
41 Nihal Sarin 2690.4 20
53 Sadhwani, Raunak 2672.6 18
82 Narayanan S L 2647 26
90 Mendonca, Leon Luke 2642 18
98 Karthikeyan, Murali 2638.4 25