Akshay Kumar at National Karate Championship Awards Function in Mumbai (Images)

Akshay Kumar attended the finals of his Akshay Kumar Karate Invitationals in Mumbai on 31st October 2010 to hand out medals and pose alongside the winners in the respective categories.

“It was because of the love for martial arts, I entered the film industry. It was because of the film industry I could be a part of organising India’s biggest Karate championship here. The students, you can see here, have come from all over India. This year we received around 55,000 applications in comparison to 33,000 last year. We have invited around 4500 students here and have given them a platform to showcase their talent,” said Kumar.

The best five kids of the competition would be sent to Japan to take part in an international tournament. “I would select three to four students and send them to Japan for the international tournament,” said Kumar.

Pictures of Akshay Kumar at National Karate Championship Awards Function in MumbaiAkshay Kumar attended the National Karate Championship award function, Akshay Kumar Karate Invitationals in Mumbai.

Akshay Kumar at the National Karate Championship awards function.

Akshay Kumar Karate Invitationals in Mumbai

Akki also revealed plans to take his karate invitationals global in order to create a platform for youngsters to cultivate their talent all across Asia

Videos of CWG 2010 Opening Ceremony in Delhi, Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony Videos

The Commonwealth Games opened in New Delhi on Sunday night in a spectacular of dance, music and fireworks. It was a proud moment for India to host Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, said, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his welcome speech at the three-hour-long dazzling opening of CWG 2010, on Sunday, Oct, 3.

These videos below show the spectacular opening ceremony of the Delhi commonwealth Games 2010 showcasing the diversity and splendor of India.

CWG: Glimpses of grand opening ceremony


CWG Opening ceremony with colour, music and a giant balloon


CWG kicks off with spectacular opening ceremony


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Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony Pictures, CWG 2010 Opening Ceremony Photos, Images

CWG gets off to breathtaking start: The biggest sporting spectacle India has ever hosted kicked off in typically colourful fashion on Sunday night (Oct 3rd 2010) when the 19th Commonwealth Games was officially declared open at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

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About 60,000 people filled Nehru Stadium for the opening ceremony, which featured 7,000 performers from all over India, many of them schoolchildren. It depicted 5,000 years of India's cultural history in a pageant of music, light and dance.

Pictures from the Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony in New Delhi, India

"I am delighted to declare the Games open," said Britain's Prince Charles, who was greeted with chants of "India! India!" before he read out a message from his mother Queen Elizabeth, the head of the Commonwealth.

A plethora of musical instruments enthralled a capacity crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi as the grand opening ceremony was able to showcase what India is good at on the night - putting on a show full of rich culture and tradition.

India has always been a land of rich musical heritage and the opening ceremony, which had a number of cultural programmes, saw some traditional and unique musical instruments from different parts of the country.

The ceremony was heralded in a traditional Indian way by the blowing of a conch or 'shankh', considered auspicious for the start of any event.

Next was the 'Dung Chen', a long trumpet or horn used in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies and one of the oldest instruments dating back to 1500 BC.

The Dung Chen players along with the conch blowers set the tone for the evening as the famous 'Nagada' players also joined them to mesmerise the spectators.

'Nagada', a percussion instrument that resembles the kettle drums of the old Naubat -- traditional ensemble of nine instruments, along with the two wind instruments, provided the background score.

This was followed by the aerostat, filled with 20,000 cubic metres of helium gas, rising dramatically to its full height to the thunderous applause of the spectators in a dimly-lit stadium.

The 'Pung', a unique Manipuri hand-beaten drum, then enthralled the audience with the Pung cholom, where the dancers twirl and jump mid-air, culminating into a thunderous climax.

As the Pung Cholom subsided, the audience were kept spellbound by another traditional form of drum called Chenda, a cylindrical percussion famous for its loud and rigid sounds.

120 Chenda drummers took to the stage and soon two tribal drummers - Bihu and Gudum Baja -- came out from under the stage on to the field of play.

Soon, two more unique musical instruments - Gaja Dhol and Wangala - were played as the drummers entered from under the stage as others formed choreographic patterns on the field to provide a memorable evening to the spectators at the 60,000 capacity stadium.

Australia led the teams into this impressive stadium while England came out resplendent in Kurta outfits - loose red shirts over white trousers - which were made to measure from an Indian company such were Commonwealth Games England’s coffers and lack of sponsorship.

Nevertheless, it is medals that are now on chef de mission Craig Hunter’s mind and Nathan Robertson, England’s flag bearer, will be one of those in the running for gold in the badminton event while the clash of the week will be in the pool against Australia.

India, of course, were saved to last. Led out by Olympic gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra, their entrance sent the stadium into a Sachin Tendulkar-like frenzy before Kalmadi said that “India’s moment is finally here. India is ready”.

The other segments during the evening included the Tree of Knowledge, Yoga and the Great Indian Journey. Bollywood, of course, played its part in the ceremony as did the major attraction of the event - a huge aerostat with video projections and graphics displayed on the screen
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Rani Mukerji at Sunil Yash Kalra's Docu-Drama On Indian Womens Cricket Team

The Bollywood actress Rani Mukerjee who launched the first sports docu-drama on women cricketers, Poor Cousins of Million Dollar Babies in New Delhi, said that cricket is wrongly termed a'gentleman's game'.

"Since childhood, girls are always discouraged from playing sports and are told that cricket is a gentleman's game, which is incorrect. Learning it for the film made me realise what a beautiful game cricket is. It is about technique, not power," Rani told reporters.

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Rani Mukerjee with Former Women's

Rani Mukerji at Yash Kalra's Docu-Drama

Rani Mukerji at Sunil Yash Kalra's Docu-Drama

The 25-minute-film directed by Sunil Yash Kalra features members of the national women's cricket team of India, over a period of 4 years and focus on their lives on and off the pitch.

Salim-Sulaiman To Compose Anthem For FIFA (Football) World Cup in SA, They Will Also Perform There

It’s a feat that no Indian has achieved before. Music composers Salim Merchant and Suleiman were not only asked to compose the anthem for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, but the Bollywood duo will also open and close the football tournament in South Africa that commences on June 11 and goes on till July 11.

Salim and Suleiman - Music composers

India has reached the global stage and we are being recognised for not just the land we come from but also for the music we make.

They will be performing along with African RnB singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina who flew down to Mumbai specially to record the song.

“It’s called the African Promise,” says Salim who along with Suleiman had composed the popular track Chak De! India which had almost become like an anthem while the T20 matches were on. But the FIFA anthem, no doubt, is a bigger honour. The music composers say it all started with a friend from Africa suggesting that they compose music for the country. And thus was born the song which later reached the FIFA committee. “They loved it so much that they wanted it as the anthem of the World Cup,” says Salim, who later got in touch with Loyiso and Eric — who have done many songs on Africa’s freedom and are quite popular in their country. “The song’s written by my wife Jeanne and we will also be performing it for the Nelson Mandela Foundation after which we intend having a concert too,” adds Salim.

Watch video as Salim-Sulaiman record Anthem For FIFA with African RnB singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina

Salim and Suleiman will fly to Johannesburg in June but won’t be staying there till the end of the World Cup. “We can’t afford to. We’ll just go for the opening and the closing ceremony,” reveals Suleiman. So are they nervous? “No way,” they reply. “We don’t care if we are going to share the same stage as international celebrities, all we care about is our performance,” say the duo whose real concern is what designer clothes to wear at this big event in their lives.

T10 Cricket Match Between Akshay Kumar's Housefull Movie Team and Mohammad Azharuddin's FGC Team (Images)

Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar participated in a T10 cricket match between their Housefull team captained by Akshay and Future Group Customers team captained by Mohammad Azharuddin, as part of the ongoing 'The Great Indian Shopping Festival' in Mumbai, on May 1.

The movie’s starcast was out on the field at Goregoan for a fun game. Besides Deepika and Akshay, the cast of Housefull, Arjun Rampal and Riteish Deshmukh along with director Sajid Khan were also spotted on the field.

Pictures from the Cricket match between Housefull team and Future Group Customers teamDeepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar promoted Housefull at a cricket Match

Deepika Padukone promoted Housefull at a cricket Match

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar

Jiah Khan, Sajid Khan, and Deepika Padukone

Sajid Nadiadwala, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Rampal

Deepika Padukone

Sangeeta Bijlani and Mohd Azharuddin with some kids on the field

Sangeeta Bijlani, Wife of Former India Cricket Captain Mohd Azharuddin.

Mohd+Azharuddin, Akshay Kumar & Deepika Padukone

Mohd Azharuddin

Team of the Film Housefull at the Cricket Match

Arjun Rampal

Akshay Kumar

Jiah Khan

Jiah Khan Batting during the cricket match

Chunky Pandey

Sajid Khan

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