One
of Asia's fastest growing cities,Bangalore combines
a quaint old world charm with the hustle and bustle of a mordern
metropolitan city. Located 920 m above sea level,the
capital of the state of Karnataka,Bangalore,is a vibrant
cosmopolitan city,a major industrial and commercial
centre of the country. Despite being one of Asia's fastest
growing cities, Bangalore remains one of the most
elegant metros in India.
A well-planned city,with tree-lined avenues,a large number
of parks,gardens and lakes,Bangalore is aptly
called India's garden city.
The city
attracts people in large numbers, from all
over the country, and abroad, who come to look
for better job opportunities, and higher
education.Surprisingly,all this frantic industrial expans
ion and increase in the population, has not robbed Bangalore
of its essential old-world appeal.It
is, in the true sense, a very 'happening' city.
The advantage of Bangalore is its location which
is almost like a gateway to
South, well connected by Rail, Road and Air to al the
big and small business centres, spots of tourist interest,
places of worship and easy approach to hill stations
make it as an ideal place for tourist to
use it as a base camp while planning their tour iternary
of South India.
Our main objective is to provide
abundant information about Bangalore in
almost all fields of interest. Moreover,
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even with the streets in Bangalore by going thro' this
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Cyberbangalore
Artist of the Year :
The
Artist of the Year - Resul Pookutty, who won Oscar for
the best sound mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire
Resul Pookutty is one of the best known sound
designers in the industry. A graduate of Pune’s
FTII, Resul has been in the industry for 12 years
now with a filmography that has an interesting
mix of biggies like Saawariya, Dus Kahaniyaan,
Black, Gandhi My Father, Zinda, Bluffmaster and
small independent films like Amu, Raghu Romeo
and Mixed Doubles. “While I cater to the mainstream
cinema, there is also another section of films
which I personally relate to. There are friends
of mine, there are people who come up with brilliant
ideas, who have no money to make. I also idenitfy
with them where I do far more creative work and
with constraints,” said the now celebrated sound
designer.
Starting his career with Rajat Kapoor’s lesser
known film Private Detective, Resul came into
limelight with his work in Black. Black was a
songless film but the sound got everyone talking.
Then there are films like Gandhi My Father where
Resul’s work went unnoticed.
Malayalam
Movie directors - Aravindan and Adoor were his
role models, "Both of them used sound as an art
form in their films. Cinema is not solely meant
to watch, but to listen too. The present state
of Malayalam films is disappointing. The technique
of sound mixing is hopeless. What happened to
Chithranjali studio, a government firm, which
started with all facilities to promote Malayalam
films. Who is responsible for the degradation
of the studio?, he asked.
"In the field of sound mixing Devadas and Krishnanunni
are my masters. In Adoor's Elipathayam, a scene,
Karamana Janardhana Nair was eating rice, we could
feel the sound of biting stone in the rice. Only
a director who can distinguish sound as a culture
can incorporate it.
Sambasivan, the well known malayalam 'Kathaprasangam'
artiste introduced me to the world classics through
his performances," he said.
Cyberbangalore
Sportman of the Year :
The
Sportsman of the Year -S Sreesanth .
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, the right-arm
fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed
tail-ender batsman from Kerala- with Lot
of Power and Energy.
Sreesanth was given the new ball[9] in the
first ODI against Sri Lanka in Nagpur. After
being punished early by Kumar Sangakkara
and Sanath Jayasuriya, Sreesanth returned
to claim his first two ODI wickets at the
end of the match.[10] He was left out of
the team and was later recalled for the
fourth, fifth and sixth ODIs as coach Greg
Chappell tinkered with the line-up. He was
retained in the squad[11] but did not play
in the 5 match series against South Africa,
but played all five matches in the tour
to Pakistan, recording a haul of 4/58 in
the fifth ODI against Pakistani cricket
team in Karachi. A good home series against
the England in April 2006, in which he claimed
10 wickets at an average of 16.3, including
a career best 6/55 in the final match at
Indore (in which he was awarded the man
of the match award [1]),[12] led to him
subsequently being awarded a BCCI contract,
in the C-grade in May.[13].
Sreesanth was selected for his first Test
squad in the home series against England
in March 2006, in place of Zaheer Khan.
He claimed 4/95 in his debut appearance
in the 1st Test in Nagpur, where he opened
the bowling with Irfan Pathan.[14] He was
ruled out of the second Test in Mohali due
to illness, but recovered and captured five
wickets as well a 29* with the bat in the
Third Test in Mumbai. With the axing of
Pathan, Sreesanth became India's leading
pace bowler on the tour of the West Indies.
He missed the second Test due to an injury
but managed to claim his best match figures
of 5/72 in the 4th Test in Kingston, Jamaica.[15]
Sreesanth's most significant performance
to date in Test cricket was his role in
the 1st Test of India's 2006 tour to South
Africa at Johannesburg. After losing the
limited-overs series 4-0, Sreesanth produced
took 5-40 in a display of pace and swing
to help dismiss South Africa. This performance
helped to bowl South Africans out for just
84, leading to first Indian win on South
African soil, for which he was named man
of the match.
According
to Mr Dhoni- The Indian Caption after the
Win over Sreelankans in Test November 2009,
"Sreesanth
was at his best. He used the reverse swing
effectively and he was bowling in the right
areas. It was good to see him in action.
He had been bowling really well in the net
sessions, and this was one wicket where
we all knew reverse swing would come into
play. I feel Sree and Zaheer are the two
best reverse-swing bowlers that we've got.
In fact, of all the bowlers, only Sreesanth
can take the reverse-swinging ball away
from the right-handers."
