According to industry scuttlebutt, Shriya Saran is approaching Telugu filmmakers to grab a couple of offers.
The sexy siren gave a piece of her mind on this issue when she was in the city recently and revealed her fascination for Tollywood films.
"She has been in touch with her producer friends for quite some time," says an industry source, who claims that with her Bollywood and Hollywood dreams getting shattered, she will make a comeback. Following her ruinous Tollywood debut Ishtam, she became a hotshot star with hits like Santhosham, Tagore and Chatrapathi.
The dusky actress was also seen in Tamil and Hindi films like Sivaji and Mission Istanbul respectively. Nevertheless, Telugu audience can watch her again in bi-lingual film Mallanna opposite Vikram. Need to wait and see what her Tollywood comeback film will be! - (TNN)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Heroine Kalyani turns producer
Family heroine Kalyani who acted in many good movies like Kabaddi Kabaddi, Avunu Validdaru Istapaddaru, Raksha and many more, married director Surya Kiran and is now all set to turn into a producer.
Surya Kiran who started her filmy career with Sumanth Satyam, didnt have any success in telugu after that. So he went to other film worlds and is trying his hand there. He is now all set to direct a tamil film titled Adhyayam 6 with his wife Kalyani producing it.
Adhyayam is a combination of six stories with all new faces in it. The movie will have six different colours depending upon the moods of each story…so the name Adhhyayam 6 or Chapter 6.
Surya Kiran who started her filmy career with Sumanth Satyam, didnt have any success in telugu after that. So he went to other film worlds and is trying his hand there. He is now all set to direct a tamil film titled Adhyayam 6 with his wife Kalyani producing it.
Adhyayam is a combination of six stories with all new faces in it. The movie will have six different colours depending upon the moods of each story…so the name Adhhyayam 6 or Chapter 6.
I’m afraid to do interviews with Salman: Katrina
Pretty woman? Yup, sure. Mrs Salman Khan some day? Not sure. Actress of calibre? Umm, let’s see, it’s possible. Cool conversationalist? Yes, yes. So, here’s Katrina Kaif in conversation with us.
Q: Salman Khan has mellowed down. Are you responsible for that?
I don’t think so. If he has mellowed down, that’s wonderful. On occasion, the media can be (struggles to find the apt word) aggressive and write something hurtful. But at the end of the day, there’s no need to be upset. I’m glad that he’s more comfortable with the media.. because I think no one is against him.
Q: How would you describe your chemistry with him?
(Pause) What do you mean?
Q: I’m talking on screen, of course.
See, it’s being said that Yuvvraaj is the first film in which we’ve been teamed romantically. But I would like to point out that I’m in the film 100 per cent because of Subhash Ghai.. and not because of the pairing, which is secondary. And yeah, I think the chemistry between us is very spontaneous. It doesn’t look forced.
Q: Has the off-screen chemistry helped in achieving that?
(Smiles) Since we’ve known each other for many years now, there’s an equation. He’s a very, very special person, you have to give him a lot of leeway, space and understanding. And that’s exactly what I do when we work together as well.
Q: He’s even signed on Zarine Khan in Veer who looks like you.
(Laughs) Isn’t that flattering? I think that’s so sweet. I even helped her with her make-up during her screen test. She’s a lovely girl and I hope she does very well.. though I don’t think she looks like me. But if Salman misses me and wants to work with girls who look like me, that’s so sweet.
Q: You’ve said he is very unromantic.
I was speaking as someone who knows him, and not in an intimate way.
Q: You were supposed to do all your interviews together, but now you are..
(Cuts in) No that wasn’t the promotional strategy at all. I’ve always given interviews on my own. But yeah, we are doing a few interviews together for news channels in Delhi. Having said that, Salman’s too unpredictable. (Laughs) I’m afraid to do interviews with him.. you never know what he’ll end up saying.
Q: Subhash Ghai has said that there’s not much of a role for the female lead in Yuvvraaj.
Now, where did you get that? He’s a legendary director and has a reputation for showcasing his heroines. I wanted that experience, even though I knew I wasn’t the central character. (Laughs) Salman has pointed out too that Yuvraaj can’t obviously be about me.
Q: The critics had written you off as just a pretty face.. did that hurt?
I don’t think I’ve faced an unreasonable amount of criticism. My initial goal was to do many commercial movies, so I could be well known in the interiors of India. I’ll be experimenting with performance-based roles in 2009. I don’t want the audience to just think that she dances well and looks pretty.
Q: Priyanka Chopra has alluded to you.. without taking your name.. when she said she would rather be known for her performances than for giving seven hits.
(Smiles) I see everything in life with the glass half-full, not half-empty. If you think everyone wants to attack you personally, you’ll be a very lonely and unhappy person. So I would like to think she wasn’t talking about me.
Q: Have you come to terms with catfights?
Most of these are egged on by the media. I didn’t come in with a big launch film which shot me to the top immediately. I had to take baby steps, and now I’m being offered good work..so I’m very happy.
Q: You did the Temptations tour with Shah Rukh Khan. Did you discuss the Salman Khan fight with him?
No, of course not. He’s a thorough professional…we did a great show together. In fact, it was the first time I went on stage without getting the jitters.
Q: Have you tried to resolve the issue between them?
I don’t know, baba. This isn’t about me.. it’s about Salman and Shah Rukh. I know Salman for many years but I don’t control him. (Smiles) I don’t even have control over him. It’s a matter he has to sort out on his own.
Q: Has the recession affected your price?
No, not yet. I don’t think it will either, since I didn’t over-inflate my price.
Q: Are you aware that Bipasha Basu will be paid a higher fee that you for performing at a hotel on New Year’s eve?
To be honest, this game is very silly and childish. Very, very childish. I don’t like it. I have six sisters and several responsibilities. I have to make decisions which secure my future. If someone gets less money, more money or the same money, good for her. It’s not a game. I don’t care who is getting paid what. I don’t care who is doing what.
Q: Is it possible to sustain yourself in Bollywood with such an enclosed attitude?
Why not? I’m not Mother Teresa. I have my insecurities and problems like any normal person. I won’t sustain myself anywhere by pulling others down.
Q: Arbaaz Khan is producing a movie in which he wanted to cast you opposite Salman Khan. It’s rumoured that Malaika Arora-Khan wasn’t happy about this.
That’s probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. I can’t think of one reason why she’d have a problem with me.
Q: You seem to know how to discourage controversies.
Why would I want to encourage controverises? A lot of people have asked me how I manage to stay out of drama in my personal life. It’s because I want to avoid drama at any cost.
Q: Okay, you’ve sent your sister Isabel for an acting course to New York. Has she expressed interest in Bollywood?
I haven’t sent her.. she wanted to go, I just helped her to get admission. It’s a wonderful opportunity for her. She doesn’t know what she wants to do.. she may try her luck in Hollywood as well.
Q: Do any of your other five sisters want to act too?
(Laughs) No, they are all very settled in their respective fields. They have absolutely no interest in all this. Isabel is the only one who likes being around here.
Q: It’s rumoured that you want to marry after you finish your current assignments.
That’s ridiculous. That’s people talking nonsense, as they usually do. I have six films on hand. I’ve agreed to do four more movies.. so it will take me a while to finish them.
Q: Will you ever talk openly about your relationship with Salman Khan?
(Smiles) Never.
- (msn india)
Q: Salman Khan has mellowed down. Are you responsible for that?
I don’t think so. If he has mellowed down, that’s wonderful. On occasion, the media can be (struggles to find the apt word) aggressive and write something hurtful. But at the end of the day, there’s no need to be upset. I’m glad that he’s more comfortable with the media.. because I think no one is against him.
Q: How would you describe your chemistry with him?
(Pause) What do you mean?
Q: I’m talking on screen, of course.
See, it’s being said that Yuvvraaj is the first film in which we’ve been teamed romantically. But I would like to point out that I’m in the film 100 per cent because of Subhash Ghai.. and not because of the pairing, which is secondary. And yeah, I think the chemistry between us is very spontaneous. It doesn’t look forced.
Q: Has the off-screen chemistry helped in achieving that?
(Smiles) Since we’ve known each other for many years now, there’s an equation. He’s a very, very special person, you have to give him a lot of leeway, space and understanding. And that’s exactly what I do when we work together as well.
Q: He’s even signed on Zarine Khan in Veer who looks like you.
(Laughs) Isn’t that flattering? I think that’s so sweet. I even helped her with her make-up during her screen test. She’s a lovely girl and I hope she does very well.. though I don’t think she looks like me. But if Salman misses me and wants to work with girls who look like me, that’s so sweet.
Q: You’ve said he is very unromantic.
I was speaking as someone who knows him, and not in an intimate way.
Q: You were supposed to do all your interviews together, but now you are..
(Cuts in) No that wasn’t the promotional strategy at all. I’ve always given interviews on my own. But yeah, we are doing a few interviews together for news channels in Delhi. Having said that, Salman’s too unpredictable. (Laughs) I’m afraid to do interviews with him.. you never know what he’ll end up saying.
Q: Subhash Ghai has said that there’s not much of a role for the female lead in Yuvvraaj.
Now, where did you get that? He’s a legendary director and has a reputation for showcasing his heroines. I wanted that experience, even though I knew I wasn’t the central character. (Laughs) Salman has pointed out too that Yuvraaj can’t obviously be about me.
Q: The critics had written you off as just a pretty face.. did that hurt?
I don’t think I’ve faced an unreasonable amount of criticism. My initial goal was to do many commercial movies, so I could be well known in the interiors of India. I’ll be experimenting with performance-based roles in 2009. I don’t want the audience to just think that she dances well and looks pretty.
Q: Priyanka Chopra has alluded to you.. without taking your name.. when she said she would rather be known for her performances than for giving seven hits.
(Smiles) I see everything in life with the glass half-full, not half-empty. If you think everyone wants to attack you personally, you’ll be a very lonely and unhappy person. So I would like to think she wasn’t talking about me.
Q: Have you come to terms with catfights?
Most of these are egged on by the media. I didn’t come in with a big launch film which shot me to the top immediately. I had to take baby steps, and now I’m being offered good work..so I’m very happy.
Q: You did the Temptations tour with Shah Rukh Khan. Did you discuss the Salman Khan fight with him?
No, of course not. He’s a thorough professional…we did a great show together. In fact, it was the first time I went on stage without getting the jitters.
Q: Have you tried to resolve the issue between them?
I don’t know, baba. This isn’t about me.. it’s about Salman and Shah Rukh. I know Salman for many years but I don’t control him. (Smiles) I don’t even have control over him. It’s a matter he has to sort out on his own.
Q: Has the recession affected your price?
No, not yet. I don’t think it will either, since I didn’t over-inflate my price.
Q: Are you aware that Bipasha Basu will be paid a higher fee that you for performing at a hotel on New Year’s eve?
To be honest, this game is very silly and childish. Very, very childish. I don’t like it. I have six sisters and several responsibilities. I have to make decisions which secure my future. If someone gets less money, more money or the same money, good for her. It’s not a game. I don’t care who is getting paid what. I don’t care who is doing what.
Q: Is it possible to sustain yourself in Bollywood with such an enclosed attitude?
Why not? I’m not Mother Teresa. I have my insecurities and problems like any normal person. I won’t sustain myself anywhere by pulling others down.
Q: Arbaaz Khan is producing a movie in which he wanted to cast you opposite Salman Khan. It’s rumoured that Malaika Arora-Khan wasn’t happy about this.
That’s probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. I can’t think of one reason why she’d have a problem with me.
Q: You seem to know how to discourage controversies.
Why would I want to encourage controverises? A lot of people have asked me how I manage to stay out of drama in my personal life. It’s because I want to avoid drama at any cost.
Q: Okay, you’ve sent your sister Isabel for an acting course to New York. Has she expressed interest in Bollywood?
I haven’t sent her.. she wanted to go, I just helped her to get admission. It’s a wonderful opportunity for her. She doesn’t know what she wants to do.. she may try her luck in Hollywood as well.
Q: Do any of your other five sisters want to act too?
(Laughs) No, they are all very settled in their respective fields. They have absolutely no interest in all this. Isabel is the only one who likes being around here.
Q: It’s rumoured that you want to marry after you finish your current assignments.
That’s ridiculous. That’s people talking nonsense, as they usually do. I have six films on hand. I’ve agreed to do four more movies.. so it will take me a while to finish them.
Q: Will you ever talk openly about your relationship with Salman Khan?
(Smiles) Never.
- (msn india)
Nitin is hero in Ram Gopal Verma Agyaat
Variety director Ram Gopal Verma is making a murder thriller movie in hindi and telugu titled Agyaat. He has selected hero Nitin to play the lead role in this movie. This will be the first movie and also the launch pad for Nitin in Bollywood. The shooting of Agyaat will start from next month in the deep forests of Srilanka.
Ram Gopal Verma liked Nitin and decided upon him as hero for Agyaat after seeing the posters of Nitin’s telugu flick Hero. Verma approached Nitin and his father Sudhakar Reddy for the role and both of them were more than happy to approve.
Though Nitin has double hat-rick of flops in telugu, his luck seems to shine high because he is getting offers in abundance even after series of flops. While Nitin is getting ready to shoot for Agyaat, his next film in telugu Drona is getting ready for release.
Ram Gopal Verma liked Nitin and decided upon him as hero for Agyaat after seeing the posters of Nitin’s telugu flick Hero. Verma approached Nitin and his father Sudhakar Reddy for the role and both of them were more than happy to approve.
Though Nitin has double hat-rick of flops in telugu, his luck seems to shine high because he is getting offers in abundance even after series of flops. While Nitin is getting ready to shoot for Agyaat, his next film in telugu Drona is getting ready for release.
Anushka demands 20 lacs for one single night
Anushka, the 28 year old seductive actresses is reported to charge Rs 20 lacs for one single night and that too for only 2 hours. This rate is said to be the charge of Anushka for December 31st. recently, an event management company has approached the lustrous beauty for performing at a venue on December 31st night for 2 hours. Anushka is said to have agreed for the said cost, but said that she will just be present on the venue and will not dance to any sort of music. But finally, the event management company , whose name has been withheld due to their consent, has agreed for paying 25 lacs as single payment provided , Anushka gyrates for 2 songs maximum.
Meanwhile, close sources to her reveal that Anushka is going to be a part of a party which is going to be organized at the residence of Nagarjuna and she will be present at the party after 12am on January 1st. It is also revealed that she has ordered a diamond jewellery to present it to Nag’s wife Amala on the occasion. - (telugupoint)
Meanwhile, close sources to her reveal that Anushka is going to be a part of a party which is going to be organized at the residence of Nagarjuna and she will be present at the party after 12am on January 1st. It is also revealed that she has ordered a diamond jewellery to present it to Nag’s wife Amala on the occasion. - (telugupoint)
India beat England lead series 3-0
Kanpur: India overcame a wobbly start and some anxious moments before beating England by 16 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in a closely-contested third cricket one-dayer to take a comfortable 3-0 lead in the seven-match series here on Thursday.
Chasing 241 for a victory, the hosts were less dominating but were conscious of the Duckworth-Lewis requirement as they scored 198 for five in 40 overs before fading light necessitated an early end to the game.
India needed to score 183 for five in 40 overs under the D-L method and were declared the winners when bad light came into play.
For the hosts, Virender Sehwag topscored with 68, while Yuvraj Singh scored a brisk 38 off just 31 balls. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on 29 to steer the team to victory in a more keenly contested tussle at the Green Park stadium.
After the early morning haze delayed the start and reduced the tie to a 49-overs-a-side affair, England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and had little hesitation in opting to bat first.
India now need to win the next match in Bangalore on Sunday to clinch the series by taking an unassailable 4-0 lead.
A rejigged batting order saw Ravi Bopara (60) walking out to open with Ian Bell (46) and the openers put on 79 runs before England lost the plot in the face of some disciplined bowling by the Indians and folded for 240 in 48.4 overs.
For India, Harbhajan Singh stood out, scalping three for 31, joining the 200 ODI wicket club in the process.
For the home team’s in-form and awe-inspiring batting order, the target of 241 should have been a stroll in the park. However small the target, they still needed to score those runs but a jittery start jolted them out of complacency.
A reckless Gautam Gambhir (14) and Suresh Raina (1) perished in quick succession and for India, reduced to 34 for two inside 10 overs, the chase for a modest target wasn’t a cakewalk anymore.
Andrew Flintoff banged his fifth delivery short and Gambhir charged out only to guide it to third man where a grateful Broad pouched the catch.
Flintoff tormented Suresh Raina (1) as well but it was Broad who got the left-hander when the batsman, rooted in the crease, dragged a ball onto his stumps.
Sehwag read the situation well but did not allow it to bog him down. Boundaries still came thick and fast and Sehwag enjoyed the fortune of the brave as well when Samit
Patel almost caught him off his own bowling before the ball popped out of the left-arm spinners palm.
Sehwag celebrated by clobbering Graeme Swann for a six to complete his fifty and raised 67 runs with Rohit Sharma (28) to lend some stability before trouble came in pair and both the batsmen returned in quick succession.
Rohit once again failed to convert the start and fell to Swann and then an airborne Paul Collingwood silenced the choc-a-bloc stadium by pulling off a stunner at point off Flintoff.
Sehwag left unhappy with himself, having scored 68 off 75 balls with eight fours and a six in it.
England’s nemesis Yuvraj Singh walked amid thunderous applauds and joined by captain MS Dhoni and the duo had just steadied the ship before Flintoff again turned the game on its head by removing the left-hander.
In deteriorating light, Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan (12 not out) played smart cricket to keep the team ahead in the Duckworth-Lewis chart before bad light interrupted match.
Earlier, for the first time in the series, England got off to a strong, if not spectacular, start with the Bell-Bopara duo raising 79 runs for the first wicket inside 15 overs.
It was a marked improvement by the visitors, considering the fact that the opening stand had yielded 12 and six runs respectively, in the last two matches.
With Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel maintaining a claustrophobic line, runs were not easy to come by, let alone boundaries. To their credit, Bopara and Bell did not panic.
The run rate was nothing to write home about but England crossed the 50-mark in 11 overs without any loss. Bell greeted the erratic Ishant Sharma with two boundaries in the first over, upsetting his rhythm by repeatedly stepping out of the crease. With Bell on song, Bopara also chimed in. The Essex player proved the perfect foil for his partner and helped himself to occasional boundaries, including a couple of streaky ones.
A change in end and Munaf finally drew the first blood in the 15th over when Bell perished caught behind, four-run shy of the half-century.. Bells 47-ball 46 included eight hits to the fence.
With the opener laying the perfect foundation for a big total, England required a big knock from either Pietersen (13) or Flintoff (26) but both let the side down.
Pietersen hoicked Yuvraj Singh for a massive six to signal his intention but it was the same unbridled aggression which did him in when he went for an encore of the shot, this time against Harbhajan and ended up finding Zaheer at long-off.
Harbhajan sorted out Paul Collingwood (1) with a doosra and almost caught Flintoff off his own bowling with the ball dropped marginally short.
Yuvraj ended Boparas vigil by luring him out of the crease and Dhoni had a world of time to whip off the bail. Bopara hit eight fours en route to his 82-ball 60. With Flintoff still in the crease, Englands hopes of a big total was very much alive, till Yusuf Pathan trapped him with his second ball to pre-empt any batting fireworks by the talismanic all-rounder.
Owais Shah (40) added 36 runs with Samit Patel (29) before holing out in the deep, giving Harbhajan his 200th ODI wicket, but that was not enough in the end to reach the 250-mark.
Final Score Board
England:
Ravi Bopara st Dhoni b Yuvraj 60
Ian Bell c Dhoni b Patel 46
Kevin Pietersen c Khan b Harbhajan 13
Paul Collingwood st Dhoni b Harbhajan 1
Andrew Flintoff lbw b Pathan 26
Owais Shah c Khan b Harbhajan 40
Samit Patel c Raina b Ishant 26
Matt Prior b Ishant 5
Graeme Swann not out 5
Stuart Broad c Dhoni b Khan 0
James Anderson b Patel 1
Extras (lb 3, w 9, nb 5) 17
Total (all out in 48.4 overs) 240
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Bell, 14.3 overs), 2-102 (Pietersen, 19.1), 3-106 (Collingwood, 21.2), 4-133 (Bopara, 28.5), 5-167 (Flintoff, 36.2), 6-203 (Shah, 43.4), 7-231 (Patel, 46.4), 8-231 (Prior, 46.5), 9-235 (Broad, 47.5)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 10 0 45 1 (1w)
Munaf Patel 6.4 0 36 2
Ishant Sharma 9 0 60 2 (5nb, 2w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10 2 31 3 (1w)
Yusuf Pathan 2 0 7 1
Virender Sehwag 1 0 4 0
India:
Gautam Gambhir c Broad b Flintoff 14
Virender Sehwag c Collingwood b Flintoff 68
Suresh Raina b Broad 1
Rohit Sharma c Prior b Swann 28
Yuvraj Singh c Broad b Flintoff 38
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 29
Yusuf Pathan not out 12
Extras (lb 5, w 3) 8
Total (for five wickets in 40 overs) 198
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Gambhir, 6.5), 2-34 (Raina, 9.1), 3-107 (Rohit Sharma, 22.4), 4-125 (Sehwag, 25.2), 5-177 (Yuvraj Singh, 35.6)
Bowling:
James Anderson 6 0 47 0 (1w)
Stuart Broad 9 2 36 1 (2w)
Andrew Flintoff 9 0 31 3
Graeme Swann 10 0 47 1
Samit Patel 3 0 18 0
Kevin Pietersen 3 0 14 0
Toss: England, who chose to bat first
Result: India won by 16 runs (Duckworth-Lewis Method)
Man of the Match: Harbhajan Singh (India)
Umpires: Ameish Saheba (India) and Russel Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire: Suresh Shastri (India)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
- (cricketnext)
Chasing 241 for a victory, the hosts were less dominating but were conscious of the Duckworth-Lewis requirement as they scored 198 for five in 40 overs before fading light necessitated an early end to the game.
India needed to score 183 for five in 40 overs under the D-L method and were declared the winners when bad light came into play.
For the hosts, Virender Sehwag topscored with 68, while Yuvraj Singh scored a brisk 38 off just 31 balls. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on 29 to steer the team to victory in a more keenly contested tussle at the Green Park stadium.
After the early morning haze delayed the start and reduced the tie to a 49-overs-a-side affair, England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and had little hesitation in opting to bat first.
India now need to win the next match in Bangalore on Sunday to clinch the series by taking an unassailable 4-0 lead.
A rejigged batting order saw Ravi Bopara (60) walking out to open with Ian Bell (46) and the openers put on 79 runs before England lost the plot in the face of some disciplined bowling by the Indians and folded for 240 in 48.4 overs.
For India, Harbhajan Singh stood out, scalping three for 31, joining the 200 ODI wicket club in the process.
For the home team’s in-form and awe-inspiring batting order, the target of 241 should have been a stroll in the park. However small the target, they still needed to score those runs but a jittery start jolted them out of complacency.
A reckless Gautam Gambhir (14) and Suresh Raina (1) perished in quick succession and for India, reduced to 34 for two inside 10 overs, the chase for a modest target wasn’t a cakewalk anymore.
Andrew Flintoff banged his fifth delivery short and Gambhir charged out only to guide it to third man where a grateful Broad pouched the catch.
Flintoff tormented Suresh Raina (1) as well but it was Broad who got the left-hander when the batsman, rooted in the crease, dragged a ball onto his stumps.
Sehwag read the situation well but did not allow it to bog him down. Boundaries still came thick and fast and Sehwag enjoyed the fortune of the brave as well when Samit
Patel almost caught him off his own bowling before the ball popped out of the left-arm spinners palm.
Sehwag celebrated by clobbering Graeme Swann for a six to complete his fifty and raised 67 runs with Rohit Sharma (28) to lend some stability before trouble came in pair and both the batsmen returned in quick succession.
Rohit once again failed to convert the start and fell to Swann and then an airborne Paul Collingwood silenced the choc-a-bloc stadium by pulling off a stunner at point off Flintoff.
Sehwag left unhappy with himself, having scored 68 off 75 balls with eight fours and a six in it.
England’s nemesis Yuvraj Singh walked amid thunderous applauds and joined by captain MS Dhoni and the duo had just steadied the ship before Flintoff again turned the game on its head by removing the left-hander.
In deteriorating light, Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan (12 not out) played smart cricket to keep the team ahead in the Duckworth-Lewis chart before bad light interrupted match.
Earlier, for the first time in the series, England got off to a strong, if not spectacular, start with the Bell-Bopara duo raising 79 runs for the first wicket inside 15 overs.
It was a marked improvement by the visitors, considering the fact that the opening stand had yielded 12 and six runs respectively, in the last two matches.
With Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel maintaining a claustrophobic line, runs were not easy to come by, let alone boundaries. To their credit, Bopara and Bell did not panic.
The run rate was nothing to write home about but England crossed the 50-mark in 11 overs without any loss. Bell greeted the erratic Ishant Sharma with two boundaries in the first over, upsetting his rhythm by repeatedly stepping out of the crease. With Bell on song, Bopara also chimed in. The Essex player proved the perfect foil for his partner and helped himself to occasional boundaries, including a couple of streaky ones.
A change in end and Munaf finally drew the first blood in the 15th over when Bell perished caught behind, four-run shy of the half-century.. Bells 47-ball 46 included eight hits to the fence.
With the opener laying the perfect foundation for a big total, England required a big knock from either Pietersen (13) or Flintoff (26) but both let the side down.
Pietersen hoicked Yuvraj Singh for a massive six to signal his intention but it was the same unbridled aggression which did him in when he went for an encore of the shot, this time against Harbhajan and ended up finding Zaheer at long-off.
Harbhajan sorted out Paul Collingwood (1) with a doosra and almost caught Flintoff off his own bowling with the ball dropped marginally short.
Yuvraj ended Boparas vigil by luring him out of the crease and Dhoni had a world of time to whip off the bail. Bopara hit eight fours en route to his 82-ball 60. With Flintoff still in the crease, Englands hopes of a big total was very much alive, till Yusuf Pathan trapped him with his second ball to pre-empt any batting fireworks by the talismanic all-rounder.
Owais Shah (40) added 36 runs with Samit Patel (29) before holing out in the deep, giving Harbhajan his 200th ODI wicket, but that was not enough in the end to reach the 250-mark.
Final Score Board
England:
Ravi Bopara st Dhoni b Yuvraj 60
Ian Bell c Dhoni b Patel 46
Kevin Pietersen c Khan b Harbhajan 13
Paul Collingwood st Dhoni b Harbhajan 1
Andrew Flintoff lbw b Pathan 26
Owais Shah c Khan b Harbhajan 40
Samit Patel c Raina b Ishant 26
Matt Prior b Ishant 5
Graeme Swann not out 5
Stuart Broad c Dhoni b Khan 0
James Anderson b Patel 1
Extras (lb 3, w 9, nb 5) 17
Total (all out in 48.4 overs) 240
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Bell, 14.3 overs), 2-102 (Pietersen, 19.1), 3-106 (Collingwood, 21.2), 4-133 (Bopara, 28.5), 5-167 (Flintoff, 36.2), 6-203 (Shah, 43.4), 7-231 (Patel, 46.4), 8-231 (Prior, 46.5), 9-235 (Broad, 47.5)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 10 0 45 1 (1w)
Munaf Patel 6.4 0 36 2
Ishant Sharma 9 0 60 2 (5nb, 2w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10 2 31 3 (1w)
Yusuf Pathan 2 0 7 1
Virender Sehwag 1 0 4 0
India:
Gautam Gambhir c Broad b Flintoff 14
Virender Sehwag c Collingwood b Flintoff 68
Suresh Raina b Broad 1
Rohit Sharma c Prior b Swann 28
Yuvraj Singh c Broad b Flintoff 38
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 29
Yusuf Pathan not out 12
Extras (lb 5, w 3) 8
Total (for five wickets in 40 overs) 198
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Gambhir, 6.5), 2-34 (Raina, 9.1), 3-107 (Rohit Sharma, 22.4), 4-125 (Sehwag, 25.2), 5-177 (Yuvraj Singh, 35.6)
Bowling:
James Anderson 6 0 47 0 (1w)
Stuart Broad 9 2 36 1 (2w)
Andrew Flintoff 9 0 31 3
Graeme Swann 10 0 47 1
Samit Patel 3 0 18 0
Kevin Pietersen 3 0 14 0
Toss: England, who chose to bat first
Result: India won by 16 runs (Duckworth-Lewis Method)
Man of the Match: Harbhajan Singh (India)
Umpires: Ameish Saheba (India) and Russel Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire: Suresh Shastri (India)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
- (cricketnext)
To file case against Chiru
The IV Additional Munsif Magistrate has ordered the Kazipet police to register a case against Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi under the SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on a complaint filed by a Scheduled Caste leader that he referred to the community by the name of his caste.
Magistrate G. Bhavani Chandra, gave this direction following a complaint by Arepally Kumaraswamy (34) of Karimnagar district, who claimed to be the president of Andhra Pradesh Reservation Parirakshana Samiti. The magistrate wanted the police to investigate into the allegation, register a case under Section 3 (1) (10) of SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Sections 337, 338,506 and 507 of IPC and submit a report by December 29.
Accusation
Mr. Kumaraswamy said that when he and his associates were waiting at the KUC junction in Kazipet with placards on November 3, Mr. Chiranjeevi who had always promised to work for uplift of the weaker sections called him and enquired as to why they were holding the placards. When Mr. Kumaraswamy tried to remind the PR chief of his promise,Mr. Chiranjeevi who was in his vehicle reportedly said he had nothing to talk to them if they belonged to the Madiga community. He was also accused of asking his driver to move ahead. The complainant and his associate were injured in the process. Mr. Kumaraswamy lodged a complaint with the police who reportedly referred him to MGM Hospital for treatment. - (Hindu)
Magistrate G. Bhavani Chandra, gave this direction following a complaint by Arepally Kumaraswamy (34) of Karimnagar district, who claimed to be the president of Andhra Pradesh Reservation Parirakshana Samiti. The magistrate wanted the police to investigate into the allegation, register a case under Section 3 (1) (10) of SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Sections 337, 338,506 and 507 of IPC and submit a report by December 29.
Accusation
Mr. Kumaraswamy said that when he and his associates were waiting at the KUC junction in Kazipet with placards on November 3, Mr. Chiranjeevi who had always promised to work for uplift of the weaker sections called him and enquired as to why they were holding the placards. When Mr. Kumaraswamy tried to remind the PR chief of his promise,Mr. Chiranjeevi who was in his vehicle reportedly said he had nothing to talk to them if they belonged to the Madiga community. He was also accused of asking his driver to move ahead. The complainant and his associate were injured in the process. Mr. Kumaraswamy lodged a complaint with the police who reportedly referred him to MGM Hospital for treatment. - (Hindu)
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