Kirtichakra- Indian NSG film – Mohanlal -13
Kirthichakra is a 2006 Malayalam war film directed by debutant Major Ravi, and starring Mohanlal and Jeeva. The film is based on true events related to militancy in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The film was released on August 7, 2006 worldwide. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Aran. The title is derived from the Indian gallantry award, Kirti Chakra. The film was a critical and commercial success. Kirtichakra is one of the few films to depict the operation style of the National Security Guards. Major Mahadevan (Mohanlal) is an officer deputed to the National Security Guards (NSG), and has been assigned on counter terrorism activities in Kashmir and commands an elite group of NSG commandos. He calls back his buddy pair Havildar Jaikumar (Jeeva) from his honeymoon leave because he had received an information about major activities of the militants and he felt Jaikumar is needed for the team. The commandos raid a mosque in civilian dress and seize a big collection of arms and explosives. Later during an operation focused on some cottages near the Dal Lake, a commando in the team is killed and an outraged Jaikumar shoots down a captured terrorist who challenges the commandos. A human rights activist (Shwetha Menon) learns about this and threatens to file a complaint with the government. She later understands the situation and the sincerity of the commandos and decides not to proceed with the complaint. Meanwhile a group of terrorists from Afghanistan and Pakistan conspire to hit the Hazratbal Shrine with a missile, and they thinks this will create unrest in the region and the Indian army will be blamed for this. They highjack a house which offers good vantage point to the shrine and plants the missile there. Some of them rapes a girl in the house and shoots a person who protests. A military patrolling vehicle hears the gunshot and as they approach the house, they are fired upon. The patrolling team intimates the NSG, and Mahadevan and his team immediately joins the battle. After a long operation, the team kills the terrorists, frees the civilian hostages and disarms the missile. But a civilian informs that the chief of the terrorists is not to be seen among the corpses, and the commandos start a combing operation in the house. They locate the terrorist and Mahadevan recognises the man has the same person who had killed his wife and daughter. The terrorist is killed but he manages to shoot at Mahadevan. Mahadevan is covered by Jaikumar who gets hit by the bullet and dies. Jaikumar is awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumousl
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Hrithik wants Sachin awarded Bharat Ratna
Exhibiting a rare unity, members of parliament recently advocated the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. After witnessing Sachin score 200 runs, the first ever double ton in One Day International (ODI) cricket against South Africa on February 24 in Gwalior, Maharashtra chief Minister Ashok Chavan had said that the State government would recommend his name to the Central government for the Bharat Ratna award.
The support to honor Sachin with the Bharat Ratna has gained momentum with the Bollywood stars expressing their open support for his name’s recommendation. First it was Shahid who expressed his support with Sachin, and now its Hrithik. Hrithik also filed a petition in support of Sachin.
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I Am Focusing On Cricket, Not Bharat Ratna, Says Sachin
Milestone man Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he would be like to be on the list of ‘Bharat Ratna’ awardees but he is not thinking about the highest civilian honour as of now and would leave it on destiny.
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A.R. Rahman’s tune for A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s lyrics!!! – India
This is a song written by his excellency A.P.J Abdul Kalam Missile Man of India) about India for which A.R. Rahman has scored the music.. APJ did his Engineering in MIT (Currently one of the constituent colleges of Anna University), Chennai. After completing his engineering he joined as a trainee in DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization of India). After some years he moved to ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) where he had lead many projects. Most of his projects were very much successful. One of his notable proble was AGNI missile which is the first missile developed by India fully using Indian technology. Later he became a scientific advisor for Ministry of Defence. Finally he became the PRESIDENT OF INDIA and complted his tenure in the year 2008. Currently he works as a Professor in Anna University. He got Bharath Ratna award which is the highest civilian award in India. He has been honoured with Doctorate degree by more than 36 Universities around the world. He is a role model for most of the Indians and he is called Missile man of India!
Listen to the song n enjoy…. But don’t forget to put your comments!
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Kargil (Kashmir) War Heroes-(Indian Army) – Part 1
Every soldier who sacrificed his life for his mother land deserves a Param-vir- Chakra. If the government does not give, them. We (the people) can give them the bravery award they deserve.
for instance, Captain Saurabh Kalia was not given any bravery award for his ultimate sacrifice, well, we can give him a Param-Vir-Chakra.
The enemy is such that it can’t call its own men its own, and it thus cannot be trusted.”
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Unprecedented number of Ashok Chakra this year
Six security personnel, who laid down their lives fighting terrorists in the Mumbai terror attacks, have been selected for Ashok Chakra, the highest peace-time gallantry award. Anti-Terrorists Squad Chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Mumbai police Ashok Kamte, ‘encounter cop’ Inspector Vijay Salaskar, Asst Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble, NSG commando Major Sandeep Unikrishnan and NSG Havaldar Gajender Singh have been honoured with the prestigious award posthumously.
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Barath Rathna – M S Subbulakshmi – Queen of Music(1916/2004)
September 16, 1916 – December 11, 2004) was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor.
M.S.Subbulakhsmi was born to Shanmukhavadivu (Veena Vidwan) and Subramaniya Iyer on 16 Sep,1916 in a musical family, in the temple town of Madurai situated in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. M.S. started learning Carnatic music from a very early age and released her first recording at the age of 10. She then began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas. Her first public performance was during the Mahamaham festival at Kumbakonam. Then, she performed countless musical forms in different languages such as Hindi, Bengali , Gujarati , Marathi, Tamil , Malayalam, Telugu , Sanskrit and Kannada.
Subbulakshmi had participated in music concerts all over the world,but her participation in the concerts at New York in 1970,London in 1982 and Moscow in 1987 had a special significance in her life.17 January,2001 was a very important day in karnatak classical music when M.S.Subbulakshmi was given a national award by Ramaseva Mandal in bangaluru.She was the first woman who recived this prestigious award.
We are hearing the beautiful voice of MS Subbulakshmi.
11/12/2004 was a sad day for indian music but we all remember her for ever. I am very happy to make this video.
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Soldier’s widow helps families of martyrs
As the nation marks the 62nd year of India’s Independence, the widow of an Ashoka Chakra awardee, Subhashini Vasanth works tirelessly to ensure education for the martyrs children. Subhashini’s husband, Col Vasanth Venugopal had been killed in the battlefield of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir and she now keeps the soldier’s memory alive with her work.
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Ashok Chakra’s brave recipients
Three Army personnel will be awarded the Ashok Chakra this year on the occasion of Republic Day, this is the highest peacetime award for gallantry. The Ashok Chakra is awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent to the Param Vir Chakra and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery”.
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