Chiru- Pawan: Melting point?
Film circles in Hyderabad is abuzz with a sensational rumour that a sharp difference of opinion has cropped up between Megastar Chiranjeevi and his beloved brother ‘Power Star’ Pawan Kalyan in the aftermath of Sreeja's elopement and marriage with her boyfriend on October 18 th morning.
As per the rumors, it has come to the notice of Pawan Kalyan that his brother Chiranjeevi knew about the love affair between Sreeja and Sireesh Bharadwaj even a year ago, but had kept it under wraps. As such, even though Pawan Kalyan had the knowledge of Sreeja's affair through his own sources four months ago; he kept silent as if he didn't know it at all. This communication gap between the brothers is said to have caused all the differences.
Another contention is that Pawan Kalyan has not bothered to enter into the post-Sreeja marriage fiasco. He kept aloof from the episode. Sources further hint that a day before Pawan Kalyan chose to deposit his revolver with the police; Chiranjeevi had called him to say that the newly-wed couple was afraid of him and hence not coming to the house. This was taken seriously by Pawan, who retaliated with a high drama of gun-depositing at Jubilee Hills Police Station!
The immediate step of Pawan depositing the weapon was to announce the setting up of Common Man Protection Force (CMPF) with a corpus fund of Rs. 1 crore. This is also said to be the own decision of Pawan Kalyan. During his emotional speech, he spoke little or nothing about his brother Chiranjeevi. He also went to a seemingly extreme extent of accepting his co-living with Renu Desai and having son even without marrying her.
In this context, a version prevails that Pawan Kalyan did this just to blot out the stigma on Chiranjeevi, if any had been done through his acts. All said and done, Pawan Kalyan has certainly reached a stage where he can no longer require a shield from his Mega brother. Pawan had clearly stressed – Naa Abhimaanulu, and not Annayya Abhimanulu (as he usually says). Time alone will prove or disprove rumours, about Tollywood’s best known brothers love for each other.
As per the rumors, it has come to the notice of Pawan Kalyan that his brother Chiranjeevi knew about the love affair between Sreeja and Sireesh Bharadwaj even a year ago, but had kept it under wraps. As such, even though Pawan Kalyan had the knowledge of Sreeja's affair through his own sources four months ago; he kept silent as if he didn't know it at all. This communication gap between the brothers is said to have caused all the differences.
Another contention is that Pawan Kalyan has not bothered to enter into the post-Sreeja marriage fiasco. He kept aloof from the episode. Sources further hint that a day before Pawan Kalyan chose to deposit his revolver with the police; Chiranjeevi had called him to say that the newly-wed couple was afraid of him and hence not coming to the house. This was taken seriously by Pawan, who retaliated with a high drama of gun-depositing at Jubilee Hills Police Station!
The immediate step of Pawan depositing the weapon was to announce the setting up of Common Man Protection Force (CMPF) with a corpus fund of Rs. 1 crore. This is also said to be the own decision of Pawan Kalyan. During his emotional speech, he spoke little or nothing about his brother Chiranjeevi. He also went to a seemingly extreme extent of accepting his co-living with Renu Desai and having son even without marrying her.
In this context, a version prevails that Pawan Kalyan did this just to blot out the stigma on Chiranjeevi, if any had been done through his acts. All said and done, Pawan Kalyan has certainly reached a stage where he can no longer require a shield from his Mega brother. Pawan had clearly stressed – Naa Abhimaanulu, and not Annayya Abhimanulu (as he usually says). Time alone will prove or disprove rumours, about Tollywood’s best known brothers love for each other.
ANOTHER MYSTERY IN BOB WOOLMER MURDER TRIAL
KINGSTON: There's yet another twist to the Bob Woolmer murder mystery. A janitor testifying in a court in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday said she saw Woolmer count "coils of US dollars" in the presence of another man inside a closed area of a dressing room at Sabina Park. "Woolmer was checking it (the money) and putting it away in a big bag, similar to bags carried by the cricketers. The money was in a thick coil. I saw a lot of coils of money on the table," Patricia Baker-Sinclair, a senior superintendent working with Manpower Maintenance Services told the coroner's inquest. Baker-Sinclair said she did not know the man who was inside the room alone with Woolmer but that "the person was an Indian". She didn't explain how she came to that conclusion. According to her, the incident happened on March 12, six days before the coach was found unconscious in his hotel room after Pakistan were knocked out of the World Cup 2007 following a defeat against Ireland. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly after. Match-fixing was one of the many theories that had cropped up then. According to the Kingston-based newspaper, Jamaica Gleaner , the janitor also said that the door to the dressing room was closed and she was allowed in after being asked to identify herself. Sinclair said as she replaced the dressing room toiletries, the men exchanged words, but they spoke in a language unknown to her
SACHIN DISMISS RETIREMENT RUMOURS
Sachin Tendulkar has dismissed speculation that he is thinking of retiring from one-day cricket or cutting down on the amount of ODIs to ensure a longer Test career. In an interview with the Times of India, the 34-year-old Tendulkar discussed a number of issues, from the challenges ahead against Pakistan and Australia to a look at his own fitness and form.
On the question of quitting the one-day game, Tendulkar was emphatic he had no such plans. "I have honestly not thought about the fact that I only need to play one version of the game to play the other longer. I am enjoying whatever I am doing at the moment. The moment I feel I am not enjoying myself, I will start thinking about it.
"I think I still like to do a lot of things on the cricket field. When I am bowling, I would want to do something more, surprise the batsman, beat him with a little bit of extra seam or some spin or whatever I am doing. That excitement is something else. Even today when I do that I feel happy. When you hit a cover drive, a straight drive or a cut, the feeling touches your soul. The sound of bat hitting the ball, even hitting it exactly where you want to do it, those feelings are special. I enjoy that feeling, I live for it."
Plenty has been written about his inability to dominate attacks in the last few years, but Tendulkar saw it differently, saying he is now more adept at shaping his game according to the needs of the situation.
"My batting has changed for the good, I would like to believe. I won't be able to pinpoint but I know when I go out in the middle now I do things a little differently, things I was not able to do earlier. You continue to raise that bar, to get better. I definitely feel there have been a lot of changes; my shot-selection has improved, I have more options now. If somebody is bowling a particular ball, maybe earlier I had only one or two options; now I may have four or even five options. And I am able to pick the best option for that particular moment and I go for it."
He also spoke at length about his battles with James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom during the Tests against England earlier this year to illustrate the fact that he had improved in his ability to mould his batting to suit the needs of the team.
"I thought on both the occasions I went in to bat at the most crucial moments in the Test matches," he said. In the second match at Old Trafford, Tendulkar overcame a terrific spell by Sidebottom, getting beaten several times and hardly scoring a run off him. "If I had lost my wicket at that stage, we would have been on the back foot. Even the result might have been different. I am not saying the batsmen behind me would not have done the job, but we would have been under more pressure. At that particular stage it was important that we didn't lose any wicket. Just play out that spell and gradually start building our innings again." Tendulkar finally fell for 91, but by then India were in command at 342 for 4, and a platform had been set for a huge first-innings lead.
In the next game, at The Oval, Anderson tested him with several short deliveries on the first day but Tendulkar refused to be baited into playing the pull or hook and instead took several blows to his body. "That evening spell [by Anderson] was very crucial. I thought if I could just hang in there it would put us in a better position.
"[The body blows] were all intentional. I though that was the best way of playing at that point. He was trying to intimidate me and I said fine, 'try it as long as you want'. I had basically used a different technique, a different approach to overcome it. I don't know how to express this but I was like 'if you are going to do this I will handle it like this'.
Tendulkar also explained why he didn't try to hook. "They had fielders there for that specific shot and if I mistimed even one shot they would have been successful in their plan. And I wasn't going to let that happen. Here it is not a battle between Anderson and me; it is about the team. I was looking at the big picture all the time. I knew he won't be able to go on and on with that line and length. And that's exactly how it worked out. Later on when the other batters came on, the pressure had eased out.
"Probably ten years ago I would have played my strokes, tried to dominate. I didn't mind not doing it that time." Anderson did eventually dismiss Tendulkar, but not before he had made 82 and put India on the road for a sizeable first-innings total.
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