MUMBAI: Its time for some desi action as Sunday Sarvanash will showcase some of the most action pact Hindi blockbusters of Bollywood every Sunday at 8 P.M. only on UTV Action, the ultimate destination for Action on Television.

Spicing up the offerings especially for the audiences, UTV Action will screen blockbuster movies Chandani Chowk To China, Race, Aab Tak Chhappan and Border for all the action movie buffs every Sunday.

Manasi Sapre, Programming Head, UTV Action, says ?We are introducing a slew of films that are sure to enthrall our viewers as we showcase the choicest of action blockbuster Hindi movies, every Sunday. So the viewer can look forward to an action packed weekend with UTV Action.?

MUMBAI: Safina Uberoi, in her autobiographical documentary this week takes you through the life of Patricia, her Australian mother who married a Sikh and moved to India.

The documentary traces the life of Patricia who had to adjust to a completely new culture and family. Despite being forced into a series of painful confrontations, she also brought up her three children in India along with her husband and survived the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.

The film makes you understand the complexities of Patricia?s journey from the wide horizons of ?the lucky country? into the dark heart of Indian domesticity. Catch the surviving story of Patricia on ?My Mother India? this Saturday, January 2, 2009 at 10:00pm with a repeat telecast on the following Sunday at 5:00pm only on NDTV Profit.
 

MUMBAI: NEO Cricket brings to its viewer?s non-stop cricketing action this New Year starting with the Tri-Series to be played between India-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh. The channel will telecast the series live starting from January 4th 2010.

Commenting on the live telecast of the tri series on NEO Cricket, Mautik Tolia, Executive Vice President ? Programming, NEO Sports Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. said, ?This is another foot forward by NEO Cricket towards its commitment of bringing live cricket entertainment to all its viewers. NEO promises it?s viewers to witness some extravagant cricketing action during the series. The matches in the Tri-Series will also be tied with in-depth pre and post match analysis from experts in the cricketing space.?

Legendary cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Athar Ali Khan, Shamin Chowdhury and Ranil Abhinayake will share their expert views on the matches from the commentary box.

Post the Tri Series the excitement will continue on NEO Cricket with the India South-Africa series (five ODIs and three test-match series) that will be aired live on NEO Cricket. So all you cricket hungry viewers stay glued to NEO Cricket this New Year season!

MUMBAI: Imagine being one of the most successful businessmen in the country. Sanjay Singhania (Aamir) is a rich businessman who owns a cellular phone company. Kalpana (Asin) is a model who brags to her friends and peers that she is the love interest of Sanjay, though in truth she doesn‘t even know the man.

When Sanjay comes to know about this anonymous admirer of his, he decides to dispel her delusions. But on his way he sees a beautiful woman helping the handicapped kids cross the road. Instantly, Sanjay falls for her. Later, he comes to know that she is Kalpana, the same model who boasted of being his girlfriend.

Sanjay gets introduced to Kalpana but doesn‘t disclose his real identity. Love blossoms between the two. While on a train ride, Kalpana saves a group of young girls from a rowdy bunch of eve-teasing goons. A few days later, the same group of eve teasers, led by their notorious head (Pradeep Rawat) close in on Kalpana. But Sanjay arrives and fights them. In the ensuing scuffle, Kalpana is killed and Sanjay is hit on his head with an iron rod.

Though Sanjay is able to survive the injury, he loses his memory. He gets only flashbacks of what really happened and his short memory makes it difficult to remember things he did just minutes back.

How does this man, who can‘t even remember the killers of his ladylove, goes about taking his revenge is what the remaining story is about. Jiah Khan plays a medical student who helps Sanjay find the killers.

MUMBAI: Speaking exclusively to NewsX, the former Chairman of the DDCA Pitches‘ Committee, Chetan Chauhan, defended the pitch at the Kotla ground.

Speaking for the first time since the Ferozeshah Kotla fiasco on Sunday, Chetan Chauhan told NewsX: "The Sri Lankans chickened out, there was nothing wrong with the Kotla track."

Chauhan issued a spirited defence of the Kotla track, where the India-Sri Lanka one-dayer was abandoned after a number of Lankan batsmen were hit by dangerous deliveries.

Chauhan placed the blame squarely on the BCCI‘s shoulders, saying, "We only followed the instructions the BCCI Pitches‘ Committee chief, Daljit Singh, gave us. The Kotla pitch was difficult, but not impossible to play on. I have played international cricket on worse pitches."

However, the NewsX cricket expert Bishan Singh Bedi countered Chauhan‘s stance, saying, "The pitch was terrible, and a Sri Lankan batsman could have been killed. The DDCA and Chetan should thank God that the Indians weren‘t batting and it wasn‘t Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir who were hurt. The pitch was a shame."
 

MUMBAI: As the year draws to a close and the festive fervour is at a high, immerse yourself in the festive spirit and join the celebrations with a range of special programming on CNN-IBN. To welcome the new year, a series of programmes will highlight all the events and news stories that made an impact on our world and left a mark on our lives in the year 2009.

As the countdown to the New Year begins, CNN-IBN will talk about all the highs and the lows of the year gone by from the world of politics, sports, business and entertainment. The exclusive programming on CNN-IBN will include

Whatever it Takes: A show which will feature the top ten news events that made an impact in 2008. The show will go on air 31st December @ 8:00 PM.

Top 10 songs of the year: This show will look at the top ten songs that rocked India in the year 2009. The show will be played on 30th December@ 10:00 PM.

Sports 365: The show will highlight the biggest events in the world of sports, from the 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships to the Sri Lanka tour of India and the Indian test cricket team?s elevation to the top spot in the year 2009. Catch the best sporting moments of 2009 on 1st January@ 7:30 PM.

CRICKET 365: A wrap-up of all that happened in Cricket from across the world and in India, from IPL Season 2 & India defeating Sri-Lanka to Sachin Tendulkar completing twenty years in cricket and his record breaking score of 30, 000 runs in international cricket. All cricket fans can watch this show on 31st December @7:30 PM.

Devil?s Advocate: the show will feature the very best of the interviews by the fiery and ferocious Karan Thapar. Watch the ?war of words? on 31st December@ 9:30 PM.

The Year that Wasn?t: This special edition of the show will wrap up all the big news of the year, the ?Cyrus Broacha? way. This show will play between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM on 31st December.

Best of Secret Kitchen: The show will feature the very best of secret kitchen shows with original customs and delicacies of various regions and cultures. The show will be aired on 3rd January ? 1:30 PM & 6:30 PM and 4th January ? 2:30 PM.

Image of the Year: These will be special segments capturing key moments of the year gone by. These special segments will be from 22nd December and 1st January.

Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief- IBN18 Network, said ?2009 has been a year full of surprises ranging from the UPA?s unsurpassed victory to the stabilizing of the world economy after the depths of recession. The special Christmas and New Year programming on CNN-IBN will reminiscence about some of these defining moments which have made an impact on the world at large and our lives?.