Movie Review: Yaariyaan

Yaariyaan

Director:  Divya Khosla Kumar

Producer: Bhushan Kumar & Krishan Kumar

Music: T-Series

Cast: Lakshya (Himansh Kohli), Neil (Dev Sharma), Jenny (Serah Singh), Saloni (Rakul Preet Singh), Jia (Nicole Faria), Jannet (Evelyn Sharma), Pardi (Shreyas Pardi), Professor Jim Martin (Gulshan Grover), Deepti Naval, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Bunny Singh (Arvind Balli) .

Plot: The story revolves around five friends who are enjoying their college days, experiencing relationships and learning new values everyday.

Review: Yaariyan is a very disappointing film. There's no head or tail in the story. Its just that the boys want to visit the girls' hostel and dream of kissing a girl. The climax comes in when the Australians want to build a casino at the place where the college stands and there is a competition between the Australians and the college kids. And, to top it all, the college kids have to win five of the competitions. Oh, and how can I forget Himansh's smile! He smiles continuously, without any reason, and after a certain point, that smile irritates you. It gets onto your nerves.

This movie is intolerable, senseless and has lots of insanity in it. Whoever wants to watch this movie, can go for it (only for a few of its soundtracks) and nothing else. So, those who have the patience to watch this movie, hats off to you! The rest, leave your brains and senses at home before entering the cinema hall!

Rating: 1.5 star (1 star for the soundtracks and half a star for the 'effort' put in). 

Civic body to launch mobile apps for efficient services

Name: Kritika Bhatia
Sources: The Times Of India
Date: January 6, 2014

Mumbai:  The BMC (BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation) is set to launch mobile apps that can help the residents of the city to access civic services like getting the drains cleaned up and clearing the garbage, complaint redressal, procuring of certificates and licenses, tax payment and monitoring of files for civic projects. It can also be used for hospital appointments.
Since cell phones are highly used in the city, the BMC plans to start the service this year. They believe that mobile technology will make the access to these services hassle-free. Additional Municipal Commissioner, SVR Srinivas, said, "People have to spend money every time they visit the ward office for some work. We hope the mobile technology will make these services available to them fast and without hassles. A similar technology is used abroad."
According to Srinivas, the mobile app can be downloaded at a nominal fee and citizens will pay individually for each of the different services. "They will get an immediate response and a receipt for the payment. Shop owners can get their licenses, water and property tax can be paid here, hence saving citizens the trouble of visiting the ward office every two months for that. It's a part of our IT vision and we will roll it out fully by year end. Once a resident uses the apps, his/her mobile number will become a unique identification number that will be registered with the BMC. After the completion of the registration, citizens will receive a text message, telling them that they can download the applications," said Srinivas.