#first roy khan now this i stay winning

[gothprentiss]

somehow STILL behind on lesson planning AND i got CYBERBULLIED (old best friend texted me out of nowhere like hey have you done and shared any creative writing recently? and i was like no. what’s language) BUT

BUT!!!!!!! when i was in high school i was very into the xandria album neverworld’s end which is kind of like. if you were trying to average out female-fronted symphonic metal into a single album, it might very well be that. and it was the sole album they made with the vocalist manuela kraller. i liked the album! it was fun! i still like it probably even if it is a bit devoid of personality! and then she stopped making music (not fully but mostly)! i was a HUGE fan of hers. i think they hired her because she does sound a LOT like tarja turunen and if you’re trying to symphonic metal up your symphonic metal, that’s an easy way to do it babey. and an equally easy way to worm your way right into my heart. and then i was on youtube a few minutes ago and she’s back with her youtube and claims to be very DEFINITELY making music. what a time to be alive

[battingonjakku]

A guide to the 18 counties and why you should/shouldn’t support each one (version 2.0)

Hello! It’s been a couple of years since I did this original guide, so I thought it was time for an updated version as after all, a lot has happened since then. 

All the confirmed overseas players I’ve found have been included, the most significant Kolpaks (not all though, because there are many), and the most recent England/Ireland/Scotland players as well…and then some just to look out for.

Without further ado then, here is a relatively comprehensive guide to choosing your county for the year ahead…

Derbyshire

Overseas & Kolpak: Logan van Beek, Kane Richardson (T20), Ravi Rampaul

England/Ireland/Scotland: Mark Watt

England prospects: Matt Critchley, Hamidullah Qadri

Why you should support them: Who doesn’t love an underdog? Quite a bit of young talent around, including in Hamidullah Qadri the first county cricketer born in the 21st century (welp)

Why you shouldn’t support them: They always seem to fly under the radar, and I still haven’t met a Derbyshire supporter (please reveal yourselves if you are out there!)

Durham

Overseas & Kolpak: Cameron Bancroft, D’Arcy Short (T20)

England/Ireland/Scotland: Ben Stokes, Mark Wood, Stuart Poynter

England prospects: Josh Coughlin, Matty Potts

Why you should support them: One of the leading producers of England players over the years, and who have suffered a lot at the hands of the ECB. Who doesn’t have a soft spot for Durham?

Why you shouldn’t support them: It’s been a tough few years due to off-field circumstances, and a lot of their top players have left in the process. Likely to struggle again.

Essex

Overseas & Kolpak: Peter Siddle, Adam Zampa (T20), Mohammad Amir (T20), Simon Harmer, Cameron Delport, Matt Quinn

England/Ireland/Scotland: Alastair Cook, Tom Westley, Ravi Bopara

England prospects: Jamie Porter, Daniel Lawrence, Nick Browne, Sam Cook

Why you should support them:  The place to get your Alastair Cook fix post-England retirement. They’re also a lovely bunch of lads, and with their unexpected 2017 CC win have become one of the division’s leading teams.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Have a notable Kolpak contingent, and are just one of those teams for whom when things go wrong, it happens spectacularly.

Glamorgan

Overseas & Kolpak: Shaun Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Ingram, Marchant de Lange

England/Ireland/Scotland: Ruaidhri Smith, Timm van der Gugten (well, Netherlands)

England prospects: Prem Sisodiya

Why you should support them: Flying the flag for Wales as the only county not based in England, and another underdog to root for as well. A decent pace bowling attack that should see them improve on last year.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Continually struggling, last year coming bottom of the County Championship and with no trophies in a long time.

Gloucestershire

Overseas & Kolpak: Michael Klinger (T20), Dan Worrall  

England/Ireland/Scotland:  Adrian Neill

England prospects: Ryan Higgins, Ben Charlesworth

Why you should support them: A team with an exceptional history in short-form cricket, and though they tend to be underdogs nowadays, can still prove themselves worth more than the sum of their parts.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Have tended to stay mid-table in Division Two over the past few years without making huge strides forward. Though known for limited overs success, form can be variable.     

Hampshire

Overseas & Kolpak: Aiden Markram, Kyle Abbott, Fidel Edwards, Rilee Rossouw

England/Ireland/Scotland: Liam Dawson, Mason Crane, James Vince

England prospects: Sam Northeast, James Fuller, Aneurin Donald

Why you should support them: Often strong performers in the shortest forms, winning the one day cup last year and having been regulars at T20 finals day in the last decade.

Why you shouldn’t support them:  Tend to scrape their Division One safety in the CC every year, so prepare for the stress. Also one of the counties people love to hate, thanks in part to high profile Kolpak signings and the attitude of their chairman.

Kent

Overseas & Kolpak: Matt Renshaw, Adam Milne (T20), Mohammed Nabi (T20), Heino Kuhn

England/Ireland/Scotland: Joe Denly, Sam Billings

England prospects: Daniel Bell-Drummond, Zak Crawley  

Why you should support them: A steadily improving county in all formats, reaching the one day final and being promoted from the CC last year. Soon to be 43, the evergreen Darren Stevens is also worthy of a mention here too.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Another team with a notable Kolpak contingent in addition to those above. A team with little experience of the first division as well, so who will be facing a challenge.

Lancashire

Overseas & Kolpak: Joe Burns, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner (T20), Dane Vilas

England/Ireland/Scotland: James Anderson, Jos Buttler, Haseeb Hameed, Keaton Jennings, Liam Livingstone

England prospects: Saqib Mahmood, Alex Davies, Matthew Parkinson

Why you should support them:  With a strong squad it would be a surprise not to see them promoted this year, especially with the bowling attack that managed to pick up the most bonus points last year. It also looks like they’ve final gotten rid of that god-awful green kit, too.

Why you shouldn’t support them: It’s Lancashire, what more is there to say? (I had to get a dig in here somewhere, didn’t I?)

Leicestershire:

Overseas & Kolpak: Mohammed Abbas, Colin Ackermann, Mark Cosgrove

England prospects: Will Davis

Why you should support them:  Just lovely, and definitely improving as a team after many years at the bottom of the pack. Always developing young, talented players. The only ground I’ve been to where I’ve been offered a bag of Sweets Or Weed. 

Why you shouldn’t support them: Well known for their top players leaving, and another big exodus took place at the end of the season. Supporting them can be painful, too.

Middlesex

Overseas & Kolpak: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (T20), AB de Villiers (T20), Ross Taylor

England/Ireland/Scotland: Eoin Morgan, Steven Finn, Toby Roland-Jones, Tim Murtagh, Paul Stirling, Sam Robson

England prospects: Nick Gubbins, Ethan Bamber, Tom Barber, Tom Helm, Max Holden

Why you should support them: A squad with a lot of English and Irish talent and hot prospects who will be striving for promotion this year. And there’s the Lord’s factor, because where better to watch cricket?

Why you shouldn’t support them: Have underperformed in the two years following their CC win, and it’s best not to even mention the shorter forms. 

Northamptonshire

Overseas & Kolpak: Temba Bavuma, Faheem Ashraf (T20), Jason Holder, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Levi

England/Ireland/Scotland: Kyle Coetzer

England prospects: Ben Curran

Why you should support them: A team without big resources who have become one of the more successful T20 teams in the country. Also, I love Temba Bavuma in general and just want that stated here.

Why you shouldn’t support them: That T20 success that made them famous went spectacularly downhill last year, finishing well adrift at the bottom of the group. Have lost important players since, too.

Nottinghamshire

Overseas & Kolpak: Dan Christian (T20), James Pattinson

England/Ireland/Scotland: Stuart Broad, Jake Ball, Alex Hales, Ben Duckett

England prospects: Joe Clarke, Zak Chappell, Matthew Carter, Tom Moores, Ben Slater

Why you should support them: A team with a lot of England talent from the past, present, and likely the future. Have strengthened their squad a lot over the winter and will be looking to challenge on all fronts.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Not too popular for buying a lot of their talent, particularly with their winter recruitment. Have also underperformed in the longer format despite a strong squad.

Somerset

Overseas & Kolpak: Azhar Ali, Jerome Taylor (T20)

England/Ireland/Scotland: Jack Leach, Dom Bess, Craig Overton, Josh Davey

England prospects: Jamie Overton, George Bartlett

Why you should support them: A well-liked county, by everyone really apart from the ECB. Also the home of Marcus Trescothick, making centuries into his forties, and probably the best place in the country for spin bowling.

Why you shouldn’t support them: It always ends in pain, doesn’t it? A great track record for finishing high among the runners up, but not getting over the line, which has also returned among the last couple of seasons.

Surrey

Overseas & Kolpak: Aaron Finch, Dean Elgar, Morne Morkel

England/Ireland/Scotland: Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Ollie Pope, Rory Burns, Liam Plunkett, Ben Foakes, Jason Roy, Mark Stoneman 

England prospects: Amar Virdi, Will Jacks, Conor McKerr

Why you should support them: England players a plenty, with many coming through the academy system at the moment. The reigning champions of the CC and the favourites to win again, and should compete in the other formats.

Why you shouldn’t support them: One of the definitive love-to-hate counties among the 18, and another who like Notts are regularly called out on their spending.

Sussex

Overseas & Kolpak: Rashid Khan (T20), Mir Hamza, David Wiese, Stiaan van Zyl

England/Ireland/Scotland: Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills

England prospects: Jofra Archer, George Garton, Delray Rawlins

Why you should support them: An up-and-coming team, coached by the wonderful Jason Gillespie. Particularly exciting fast-bowling stocks, and last year’s T20 runners up who will want to go one better. Also, Luke Wright.  

Why you shouldn’t support them: For whatever reason, they tend to be bad at 50 over cricket, so probably not the team to root for if you’re after that Lord’s final.

Warwickshire

Overseas & Kolpak: Jeetan Patel, Ashton Agar (T20)

England/Ireland/Scotland: Chris Woakes, Olly Stone, Ian Bell

England prospects: Will Rhodes, Ed Pollock, Sam Hain, Henry Brookes, Dom Sibley     

Why you should support them: A likeable team, as they would be with Chris Woakes and Ian Bell. After a few years with an aging squad, now have quite a few young players who have either come through or been given a second chance from elsewhere.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Though they’ve bounced straight back from division two, they really crashed out during their relegation season so their return to the top flight might be a learning curve.

Worcestershire

Overseas & Kolpak: Callum Ferguson, Martin Guptil (T20), Wayne Parnell

England/Ireland/Scotland: Moeen Ali

England prospects: Pat Brown, Josh Tongue, Dillon Pennington

Why you should support them: A team with a lot of strong homegrown young talent, who won the nation’s hearts on their way to their T20 Blast win in 2018. Led by Moeen Ali, and if you don’t appreciate them for that then what’s up with you mate?

Why you shouldn’t support them: The ultimate yo-yo team, constantly being promoted or relegated whilst rarely staying in one place, so not one to support if you don’t want the sadness every other year.

Yorkshire

Overseas & Kolpak: Duanne Olivier

England/Ireland/Scotland: Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Gary Ballance

England prospects: Ben Coad, Matthew Fisher, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Harry Brook

Why you should support them: They’re my team and I would die for them, the best team you can support. In seriousness though, they feature a lot of England players from past and present and tend to challenge across all competitions in some degree. Look strongest in the shorter forms.

Why you shouldn’t support them: Another love-to-hate county, as us Yorkshire fans do tend to go on about our successes. It has been a tricky couple of years as well, with a struggling batting line-up and no major reinforcements on that front.

[mrhotmaster]

Best Netflix Hindi Movies Of April 2020 In India To Watch

The Best Hindi Movies Of April 2020 On Netflix In India

Below is the list of all Hindi movies from Andhadhun To Udta Punjab on Netflix to watch in India 

In the past year, Netflix has made huge strides on the movie the front in India: it signed an extended-term address Karan Johar, and it has a gaggle of upcoming projects from the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Ajay Devgn, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, and Dibakar Banerjee. But the ones are still to return, and thus far, aside from Soni, none has been a clear winner. For now, the exceptional Hindi movies on Netflix belong to different studios. And happily, the sector's biggest streaming carrier has some amazing partnerships in the vicinity, despite the fact that it's nonetheless too reliant on stuff from the existing century.

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To pick out the fine Hindi-language films on Netflix, we trusted Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb rankings, and different critics reviews, to create a shortlist. The latter two were preferred because RT does not provide a complete illustration of evaluations for Indian movies. Additionally, we used our own editorial judgment to feature or get rid of a few. This list may be up to date once every few months if there are any worthy additions or if some movies are removed from the provider, so bookmark this page and maintain checking in. Here are the pleasant Hindi films currently to be had on Netflix in India, taken care of alphabetically.

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Andhadhun (2018)

Inspired via the French brief film L'Accordeur, this black comedy thriller is the tale of a piano participant (Ayushmann Khurrana) who pretends to be visually impaired and is stuck on the internet of twists and lies after he walks into a murder scene. Tabu, Radhika Apte celebrity along.

Aamir (2008)

Adapted from the 2006 Filipino film Cavite, a young Muslim NRI doctor (Rajeev Khandelwal) getting back from the United Kingdom to India is forced to comply with terrorists' needs to perform a bombing in Mumbai after they threaten his family.

Andaz Apna Apna (1994)

Two slackers (Aamir Khan and Salman Khan) who belong to middle-class families fight for the affections of the heir and unintentionally become protectors of the central gangster in Rajkumar Santoshi's cult comedy classic.

Article 15 (2019)

Ayushmann Khurrana is a cop in this portrayal of casteism, non-secular prejudice, and the modern-day socio-political condition in India, which explores the absence of prosecution against three adolescent girls in a small village. A hard-hitting, nicely-made film, even if satirically, has been criticized for being a caste player and having an outsider's perspective.

3 Idiots (2009)

In this satire of the Indian schooling gadget's social pressures, pals recount their university days and how their 0.33 long-misplaced musketeer (Aamir Khan) stimulated them to suppose creatively and independently in a heavily-conformist international. Co-written and directed by means of Rajkumar Hirani, who stands accused inside the #MeToo movement.

Barfi! (2012)

Set within the 1970s amidst the hills of Darjeeling, writer-director Anurag Basu tells the story of three humans (Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D'Cruz) as they learn to love at the same time as fighting the notions held by using society.

Bawarchi (1972)

This remake of the 1966 Bengali movie Galpa Holeo Satya reunited the Anand trio of Rajesh Khanna, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Amitabh Bachchan, although the latter has a voice-most effective position. It's about a prepare dinner (Khanna) who offers to paintings in a household recognized for its unwell-remedy of domestic assist, handiest to grow to be the apple of everybody's eye earlier than disappearing with the family jewels.

The Blue Umbrella (2005)

Based on Ruskin Bond's 1980 eponymous novella, the tale of a young girl in rural Himachal Pradesh whose blue umbrella will become the item of fascination for the whole village, riding a shopkeeper (Pankaj Kapur) to desperation. A National Award winner directed through Vishal Bhardwaj.

Budhia Singh: Born to Run (2016)

Before he guided Jamtara for Netflix, author-director Soumendra Padhi brought us this first-of - an a-genuine-story tale of the youngest marathon runner in the world, the titular five-year-old (Mayur Patole), who completed almost 50 marathons under the tutelage of his teaching (Manoj Bajpayeee). Padhi had auditioned over 1,200 children before picking Patole.

Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017)

After an unfastened-spirited, younger woman (Kriti Sanon) in small-town Uttar Pradesh chances upon an eponymous ebook whose protagonist reads exactly like her, she units out approximately looking for the writer (Rajkummar Rao) with the help of the printing-press owner and novel publisher (Ayushmann Khurrana). Many critics loved Rao's work, whilst some observed trouble with its unsubtle script.

Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

Farhan Akhtar's directorial debut about 3 inseparable formative years buddies whose wildly special technique to relationships creates stress on their friendship stays a cult favored. Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Preity Zinta famous people.

Delhi Belly (2011)

Three suffering buddies and flatmates (Imran Khan, Kunaal Roy Kapur, and Vir Das) are unwillingly stuck in the lure of a lethal crime syndicate in India's capital. Praised for his satire, his speed, his imagination, and his goofiness, even though a few have had issues with his over-reliance on scatological humor. It's all in English, and while there's a Hindi version, it's not on Netflix yet.

Dev.D (2009)

Anurag Kashyap gives a present day-day reimagining of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali romance conventional Devdas, in which a man (Abhay Deol), having broken up along with his formative year's sweetheart, unearths safe haven in alcohol and tablets, before falling for a prostitute (Kalki Koechlin).

Dangal (2016)

The notable proper tale of amateur wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat (Aamir Khan) who trains his daughters to turn out to be India's first world-class female wrestlers, who went directly to win gold medals on the Commonwealth Games.

Dhanak (2016)

This National Award-triumphing film from author-director Nagesh Kukunoor is the tale of two siblings — a 10-year-antique lady and her visually-impaired, 8-12 months-vintage brother — who set out on a 300-km adventure across the desert of Rajasthan to locate actor and goodwill ambassador Shah Rukh Khan, believing he can assist with a cornea transplant.

Drishyam (2015)

Ajay Devgn and Tabu megastar on this remake of 2013 critically praised Malayalam special, about a small cable operator (Devgn) who is doing everything he can to shield his own children, accused inside the missing-men and women's case of the son of a high-ranking police officer (Tabu) who was blackmailing his daughter with a nude photo. It's overlong and easy, watch the original — on Hotstar — if you're all right with the subtitles.

Dil Se.. (1998)

Shah Rukh Khan portrays a radio journalist who fell for an enigmatic feminist (Manisha Koirala) in this third and very last part of the author-director Mani Ratnam's thematic trilogy portraying a love tale against a political backdrop. It is the rebellion in Northeast India. Often recognized as A.R. The paintings of Rahman, in particular, the title music and "Chaiyya Chaiyya."

Gurgaon (2017)

Set within the titular Haryana city, this neo-noir thriller explores gender inequality and the dark underbelly of the suburban wastelands via a tale of an actual property mogul's (Pankaj Tripathi) undisciplined son who kidnaps his very own sister to repay a gambling loss. Its grittiness did not especially match audiences, however, critics were greater appreciative.

Gol Maal (1979)

A chartered accountant (Amol Palekar), with a knack for singing and performing, falls deep down the rabbit hole after mendacity to his boss that he has a twin, in this Hrishikesh Mukherjee comedy.

Guru (2007)

Mani Ratnam wrote and directed this rags-to-riches tale of a ruthless and formidable businessman (Abhishek Bachchan) who does not let something stand in his way as he turns into India's largest rich person. Loosely stimulated by using the lifestyles of Dhirubhai Ambani.

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003)

Set in opposition to the politically-charged backdrop of the Emergency in the Nineteen Seventies, author-director Sudhir Mishra's film revolves around three friends (Kay Kay Menon, Chitrangada Singh, and Shiney Ahuja) whose lives are converted inside the wake of the turbulent period.

Haider (2014)

The Shakespearean trio from Vishal Bhardwaj was finished with the contemporary version of Hamlet, which is also fully based on the Curfewed Kashmir Memoir of Basharat Peer's 1990s (CNP). It follows a younger man (Shahid Kapoor) back home in a continuing violent upsurge to investigate the death of his wife.

Hamid (2019)

Sitting in the midst of the most insurgent neighborhood on the world stage, a younger Kashmiri kid attempts to reach out to his brother he's ever met to his uncle, whom Allah is ordered to be with. It was mohd's base. Amin Bhat's 'Cell No.786' was awarded the National Prize, although it was deemed a little tougher by other observers.

I Am Kalam (2010)

A smart and poor kid (Harsh Mayar), the son of a former noble family and influenced by India's late President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, whose social circle in his youth had a destructive impact, has become a directorial debut of Nila Madhab Panda. Mayar was awarded a national prize.

Ittefaq (2017)

Inspired by means of the 1969 Yash Chopra movie of the identical name, which itself became a remake of the 1965 movie Signpost to Murder, an acclaimed author (Sidharth Malhotra) and a younger homemaker (Sonakshi Sinha), the best witnesses and suspects in a double homicide, gift special variations of activities to the investigating officer (Akshaye Khanna).

Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008)

Imran Khan made his appearing debut — in creator Abbas Tyrewala's directorial debut — as Jai, a mild-mannered, peace-loving younger man, who is the opposite of his high-quality pal Aditi (Genelia D'Souza). The two start to look for a companion publish-university, oblivious and blind to how perfect they are for every other, as their pals and own family recognize very well.

Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

This 16th-century epic is a probably 3.5 hour-long tale of the same Mughal emperor (Hrithik Roshan) and Rajput princess (Aishwarya Rai), who, as he knows, is still his identical political union, and who will become true love. In a rising number of intolerant India, his message has only been informed but strong. It's led by Gowariker Ashutosh.

Koshish (1972)

In 1961 Gulzar rebuilt the Japanese film Happiness of Us Alone as a deaf and mute pair with Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri (now Bachchan). Their lives had been influenced by their courtship for several years, as their young people had started. Gulzar and Kumar were both recognized for their composure and their iconic depiction of illness on an Indian show computer.

Kahaani (2012)

A pregnant girl (Vidya Balan) travels from London to Kolkata to search for her lacking husband in creator-director Sujoy Ghosh's National Award-triumphing mystery, scuffling with sexism and a cowl-up along the way.

Kapoor & Sons (2016)

After the heart failure of their grandfather (Rishi Kapoor), distant brothers return to their home adolescence where they have to confront a host of other issues in their society. The star is Alia Bhatt and Ratna Pathak Shah.

Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)

Having kept a successful property supplier (Boman Irani), his son and his son's friends are forming a scheme to replicate a swindling squatter and compensate him less for it along with his own cash, to compensate for a freshly acquired property for a ransom. The directorial debut of Dibakar Banerjee.

Lagaan (2001)

Set in the very peak of British Raj in a remote, ruined Indian region, a village farmer (Aamir Khan) is all about cricket fun with the good colonists, exchanging three years for tax relief. He was named for the Oscars by director Ashutosh Gowariker.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)

The eponymous underworld don of Mumbai (Sanjay Dutt) continues to be electronic to the radio jockey with whom he has been smitten in this sequel to the original 2003 (also included in the list). Remarked for his willingness to combine the word with enjoyment while others think he fell into Gandhian. Co-written and directed in the # MeToo campaign, by Rajkumar Hirani.

The Lunchbox (2013)

Four managers – Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar – are responsible for four separate components of this anthology series, which is based on four women's romantic lives, deepening their passion, energy, place and natural urge. Popular for their credibility and their portrayal on the television of real people. A Netflix Original.

Lust Stories (2018)

Four administrators — Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar — helm four unique components of this anthology drama that focuses on the romantic lives of 4 women, delving into love, strength, status, and naturally, lust. Popular for their credibility and their portrayal on the television of real people. An original Netflix.

Lootera (2013)

Set in West Bengal in the early 1950s with the elimination of the regime by the zamindari, the young writer and daughter of a Zamindar (Sonakshi Sinha) is an archaeologist (Ranveer). This drama stimulated through O is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The short tale "The Last Seed" by Henry in 1907. His graphics were widely appreciated, but the love tale wobbled.

Manto (2018)

The existence of Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) — one of the best Urdu writers of the 20th century — before and after the Partition of British India, whose acclaimed lifestyles in then-Bombay is uprooted and unearths his work being challenged in Lahore. Nandita Das directs.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

Highly normal Mumbai subworld don (Sanjay Dutt) attempts to save his life by enrolment in medical colleges, and his humanity bends to the oppressive dean (Boman Irani). When his mother and dad learn that their son is pretending to be a doctor. Co-written and directed using the # MeToo Movement by Rajkumar Hirani.

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2018)

Born with an extraordinary circumstance that doesn't permit him to experience physical pain, a boy who grew up watching martial arts films trains to defend the prone and longs to satisfy the one-legged man who won hundred-men combat. Praised for being a fun trip that trades on film nostalgia, although it would not aspire to be greater than a crowd-pleaser.

Masaan (2015)

Neeraj Ghaywan is investigating the lives of four men at his directing debut in the heartland of India, who will all battle caste, tradition and norms. State Award Winner and the Cannes FIPRESCI Medal.

Masoom (1983)

Shekhar Kapur's directorial debut changed into an uncredited model of Erich Segal's 1983 novel “Man, Woman, and Child”, wherein the joyful existence of a family is disrupted after an orphan boy — born of the husband's (Naseeruddin Shah) affair with every other female — involves stay with them. It's a real tear-jerker, thoughts you, and complex in some places.

No One Killed Jessica (2011)

In 1999, a journalist-activist (Rani Mukerji) and the victim's sister (Vidya Balan) have brought the rightful son of a famous leader into court on the grounds of the assassination complaint against her in 1999. Extremely praised, while others have doubted their heaviness.

OMG: Oh My God! (2012)

A remake of the 2001 Australian movie The Man Who Sued God, and additionally based totally on the Gujarati play Kanji Virudh Kanji, this satirical comedy-drama follows a small-time shopkeeper (Paresh Rawal) who documents a lawsuit in opposition to God after a low-intensity earthquake — legally dubbed as an “act of God” — ends in the financial spoil. Akshay Kumar also stars.

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)

The inspirational acclaimed thief (Abhay Deol), who after having been detained, recounts his life that began in a negative suburban West Delhi home, is ready to conduct Dibakar Banerjee's 'second directing company, as well as to the way he became media celebrity with a spree of burglary.

Paan Singh Tomar (2012)

An actual tale of the eponymous soldier and athlete (Irrfan Khan) who received gold at the National Games, and later turned into a dacoit to clear up a land dispute. Won pinnacle honors for movie and actor (Khan) at National Awards.

Pink (2016)

A legal professional (Amitabh Bachchan) comes out of retirement to assist 3 girls (Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, and Andrea Tariang) to clean their names against the law involving a politician's nephew (Angad Bedi). Won a National Award.

PK (2014)

A surreal comedy-drama that explores religious dogmas and superstitions through the eyes of an alien (Aamir Khan) streaked on Earth as he drops his private communicator and makes friends with a TV anchor (Anushka Sharma).

Peepli [Live] (2010)

In the run-up to an election, the farmer is pursuing the assistance of an apathetic leader who advocates suicide in order to profit from the central government's policy that requires households of departing farmers to forfeit his property owing to an unpaid government mortgage. An incisive critique on Indian farmers 'suicides, the media and political circus. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao's aunt produced it.

Queen (2013)

A 24-year-antique shy girl (Kangana Ranaut) units off on her honeymoon by myself to Europe after her fiancé calls off the wedding a day previously. There, freed from the traditional trappings and with the help of new pals, she profits a newfound perspective on existence. Won two National Awards. Co-written and directed by way of Vikas Bahl, who stands accused within the #MeToo motion.

Rang De Basanti (2006)

Aamir Khan leads the ensemble forged of this award-prevailing film that makes a specialty of four young New Delhi men who change into innovative heroes themselves even as playacting as five Indian freedom fighters from the Twenties for a docudrama.

Stree (2018)

Based on a Karnataka city legend — although transported to small-metropolis Madhya Pradesh within the movie — this Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.-written comedy-horror follow a girls' garb tailor (Rajkummar Rao) who falls for a mysterious female (Shraddha Kapoor), who regularly disappears.

Swades (2004)

Shah Rukh Khan stars a successful NASA scientist on this based on a real tale drama, who returns domestic to India to take his nanny to the USA, rediscovers his roots and connects with the local village community inside the procedure.

Shaitan (2011)

Blackmailed by means of a Mumbai cop after successful-and-run, five buddies (Kalki Koechlin among them) level a fake kidnapping with a plan to gather the ransom on this black comedy. While a few observed it spell-binding, others were removed by its attempts to encounter as ‘hip' and ‘cool'. Produced by Anurag Kashyap.

Soni (2019)

In their everyday lives and paintings through which it influences their organizing attempts to resolve the upward drive of crimes against women through Delhi, a teenage cop who has a wave of brief anger and a cool-headed lady supervisor will battle with a profound mistake. An original Netflix.

Special 26 (2013)

Inspired by way of the 1987 Opera House heist in then-Bombay, Akshay Kumar stars as one in every of several conmen posing as authorities sellers running for the CBI — India's equivalent of the FBI — who execute a fake income tax raid on an outstanding jeweler. Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday!) writes and directs.

Sadma (1983)

Balu Mahendra remade his very own 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai with Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, and Silk Smitha reprising their roles from the authentic. It's the story of a younger female (Sridevi) with retrograde amnesia who regresses to a baby's intellectual nation and finally ends up in a brothel, wherein she's rescued by means of a lonely college trainer (Haasan).

Secret Superstar (2017)

Though often melodramatic, this coming-of-age tale — produced by using Aamir Khan and wife Kiran Rao — of a Muslim woman from Vadodara who goals of being a singer dealt with important social problems and broke numerous field office information in the course of its theatrical run.

Taare Zameen Par (2007)

Sent to boarding school towards his will, a dyslexic 8-12 months-vintage is helped through an unconventional art teacher (Aamir Khan) to conquer his incapacity and discover his authentic ability.

Talaash (2012)

The ensemble of this psychological crime drama is headed by Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, and Kareena Kapoor, in which a police officer (Khan) will face up to his future in order to settle a murder of a rank that includes an intimacy employee (Kapoor) and an opponent (Mukerji). Additional manager, co-written by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti. Pretty much commended, but a few think it seeks so hard.

Talvar (2015)

In 2008, a dual-hostility case in Noida was murdered by a teenage woman with an employee of the family; and the incompetent police bungle the probe with Meghna Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj, together to combine powers. Uses the influence of Rashomon to take three measures.

Tu Hai Mera Sunday (2016)

In the light of their heartfelt romantic story, which discusses gender and social divide alongside the other direction, 530 friends were at war to find a position in Mumbai where they could play football peacefully.

Udaan (2010)

Vikramaditya Motwane made his directing debut with this forthcoming tale about a youth expelled from the boarding school and returned home to the Jamshedpur company region where he had to paint at his father's restrictive factory.

Udta Punjab (2016)

The dark comedy crime film shows the interwoven lives of a junior police officer (Diljit Dosanjh), a welfare activist (Kareena Kapoor), a stripper (Alia Bhatt) and a pop star (Shahid Kapoor), with the Indian opioid crisis as a backdrop.

Wake Up Sid (2009)

A wealthy, carefree and privileged son (Ranbir Kapoor), a prosperous Mumbai businessman, feels like an unholy awakening when his college fails very recent exams, after which a desiring writer friend (Konkona Sen Sharma) from Kolkata starts taking more accountability and becoming independent of himself. The directorial debut of Ayan Mukerji.

A Wednesday! (2008)

Neeraj Pandey's movie is ready between 2 pm and 6 pm on a Wednesday, obviously, while a not unusual guy (Naseeruddin Shah) threatens to detonate five bombs in Mumbai until 4 terrorists accused in the 2006 Mumbai teach bombings case are released.

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[TH] Not Another Bedtime Story: Jack and June

Jack’s home office sits right off the front foyer. Two sliding pocket doors open up to twilight blue with white wainscoting walls. Along the north facing wall is a waist high oak book shelf. Inside the bookshelf is a signed Ryan Sandburg baseball Jack got September 21, 1997. This was Ryne Sandberg’s last game and the last ball he would hit inside Wrigley Field. Coincidentally this would be the last time Harry Caray would sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game as he died the following winter. Next to the baseball sat his high school year books. All four laid stacked one on top of the other. “Best years of my life”, he would say. Next to the books was a photo taken of Jack and his father Roy during a fishing trip to Yellow Lake, Wis. Jack and Roy are still very close. Roy no longer lives in the area but they talk every Saturday about how the Cubs or Bears have been playing that week. Above the bookshelf is a large 18”x12” framed glossy print of a photo that Sara, Jacks wife took on their five year anniversary trip to Maui. Sara had a passion for photography, it was her major in college. She bought a new Nikon DSLR specifically for the trip. Jack and Sara spent every night walking the beach in front of the condo they had rented. Just walking and talking all the while taking in the sunset. Sara would take pictures and Jack looked for seashells and crabs that would pop out of their little holes in the sand, scurry sideways a few yards and then dart back below the grains. In the middle of the office was a reproduction 19th century french oak desk with fluted legs. Simple yet elegant. While in his office, Jack would sit in a leather upholstered, wood armed executive style chair. It was the only piece of furniture in the house Jack personally selected. He sat in the office 9-10 hours a day so he felt he better be comfortable. Directly in front of the desk sat two chairs. The chairs were positioned 22 degrees at opposing outward angles from each other. The chairs were purchased for clients, but Jacks kids used them more. Each night they would climb up to either get help with their homework or hangout. In front of the chairs along the South facing wall was a large bay window. The window looked out on the wrap around porch and the front lawn beyond. On the lawn was a large maple. If he was lucky he might catch pair of squirrels chasing each other around the trunk. Most mornings he would drink his coffee right there and just watch, appreciating his view and how far he had come.

Jack was doing well, but he was humble and would never have said it. He didn’t come from money. His parents gave him plenty of love but not much else. After their farmhouse renovation was completed Sara insisted they drive downtown to the Historic Three Arts Club, the site of the new Restoration Hardware. This wasn’t Steinhafels or even Ethan Allen. The line was blurred between retail and a weekend getaway that comes with hired help. Sara began to imagine what their home should be. By the end of the second day Sara was happy and they had spent what most families spend on their first home. Jack was happy with his old Lazy-Boy. He had won it off his neighbors in college in a game of Texas Hold’em. Hold’em was popular in his college days. Rounders came out a few years prior and Chris Moneymaker had just won the World Series or Poker which sent a wave of excitement across middle-class America, it was a modern day gold rush. There is a strange allure to poker. It’s easy to learn and even easier to mistake luck for skill. That Lazy-Boy was the first place Sara and Jack hooked up, seeing Jack win it was strangely satisfying for 19 year old Sara. Like watching two lions challenge each other for dominance and it was her boyfriend that came out on top.

When Sara got pregnant the two of them had only been together 8 months. Jack was far from what you would call an adult, he played video games and smoked weed, he stayed up late and worked as a bouncer at the local pub. He always was a thinker, he never made rash decisions unless of coarse he was drinking. After a few beers he played off the cuff. It almost cost him his life on more than one occasion. One night at Side Tracks, a bar located next to the railroad which ran straight through the middle of Carbondale, his buddies told him they were heading to another bar across town. Jack had already bought himself a shot and one for a girl he was talking with. “I’ll meet you at the car, just give me five minutes” he said. The bartender handed him his drink and as his fingers made contact with the tiny glass he heard the horn of a freight train barring down. He picked the shot glass off the sticky surface of the well abused bar, threw back his head, “Sorry, gotta go” he said and he bolted for the door. He jumped down the stairs and headed west down Main. The crossing gates were down but he didn’t stop, he looked to his right and saw the light on top of the train. The conductor probably shit himself as he grabbed for the airhorn not knowing if he was about to take a young mans life. His friends would tell this story for years and say how they lost him under the light as the train passed. Sober, he was calm and calculated. Drunk he was stupid and bold, a risk taker.

Everything changed when his son was born. They named him Roy Jr. but everyone called him R.J. Jack never drank again, not like he had with his friends in college. Jack knew he couldn’t be that guy anymore. He cut ties with his friends. His friends were living different lives. He was changing diapers, and they weren’t changing. Jack excepted a job as a runner for the Chicago Board of Trade. He loved the city. In another life he may have lived there, but he had a family now and that wouldn’t work. The cost of private school alone would be more than he was making as a runner. He would get off at Union Station and walk past the roaring engine of the train down the long corridor up the stairs to Madison Ave. It was there he would pause take a deep breath. There was something he loved about the smell of the city in the morning. It was the smell of commerce. The smell of tires, exhaust fumes, grime and stench of moving people. Jack, being a college drop out knew he couldn’t go any higher working there, so he studied at home. He was good at math and trading came natural. He managed to save a few thousand dollars and opened up an account with an online broker. He still worked as a runner but read earnings reports at night. He made some good calls and some even better puts. He managed to get a little backing from some of the traders he had met on the trading floor. Jack turned $200,000 into $4 Million buying puts against Citibank during the collapse of the financial sector in 2008. After he made everyone even he was 25 years old with 1.4 million in the bank. Jack quit his job and opened J&R Capital.

His life would change again in 2013 with the birth of his daughter Lucy. R.J. and Jack were close but there is something very special about a father daughter relationship. He loved that little girl with all his heart. Around this time the markets lost their volatility and began trending sideways. Jack had more and more free time. During which Jack became increasingly interested his genealogy. He bought a subscription to Ancestry.com but the more he looked, the more confused it all became. Jacks last name was Smith, being the most common last name in America certainly had its drawbacks when attempting to map out his family tree.

Jack was sitting at his desk going over the downward trend lines of Chesapeak Energy when his wife came in. “Happy Birthday Sweetie” Sara said as she handed him a wrapped present. Jack was excited because Sara always gave the best presents. During Jacks childhood his parents asked what he wanted and that’s what he got. There was never a surprise. Sara didn’t do that. She payed attention all year and would come up with the most unexpected, yet so thoughtful and useful gifts. Jack gently tore at the blue and yellow stripped package. A white square box that read 23 and Me. “This is amazing”. “Do you like it?” Sara asked. “It’s the combo one, it checks for certain genetic gene markers, don’t ask me which ones, and also puts you in a database which show you close relatives”. “I do” Jack smiled, “I really do”. “Alright, we really should get going”, Jack and Sara went to the same restaurant for both of their birthdays. It was their favorite restaurant after all. A small Italian Restaurant in downtown Libertyville. They have been eating there since the night Jack purposed. Jack was so nervous that night, she still jokes about how he fumbled his words ordering his meal. Jack knew she would say yes, but that didn’t make it any less anxiety producing. After the meal they took a walk down Main Street. They came to a small park in front an 1800s Greek Revival home. Jack stopped and dropped down to his knee.

When the DNA results came in Jack was thankful he was not a carrier of the E4 variant of the APOE gene and surprised to learn he was 5% Mongolian. He didn’t look Mongolian but he chalked it up to Genghis Khans sexual prowess. “1 in every 200 men are direct descendants of him” Jack told Sara.

A few months past and life went on as usual. Jack loved to read bedtime stories and his favorite was One Fish, Two Fish. Lucy developed a love for Oh The Places You’ll Go. Much like every night, Jack would brush her teeth and get her in Pjs. He would tuck her into her My Little Pony bedsheets, then take a set next to her pillow and read her the story. As Jack read the last page, “Congratulations!

Today is your day.

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!”

There was a knock at the door. Jack looked at his watch, who is at the door at 9 o’clock he thought. He kissed Lucy’s forehead, she was already asleep. He walked out closing the door softly as to not wake her and headed towards the stairs. Sara opened the door, “We’re looking for a Jack Smith ma’am, is he home” a stern voice said. “One second, can I tell him who’s here?”

“Detective Pose, ma’am” Jack rounded the banister, “What’s going on Sara?” Looking at Jack then back to the gentlemen on the porch, “there’s a Detective…” “Pose, ma’am” the detective interrupted. “Jack Smith?” the detective now making eye contact with Jack. Jack nodded, “how can I…” before he could finish, the Detective grabbed Jack by the left wrist. In one smooth motion he twisted Jacks arm behind his back, bending the wrist forcing pressure on the ligaments that join the fingers and arm. “What the fuck is going on” Jack snaps. “Jack” Sara cowardly whimpers as she tries to make heads and tails of the transgression taking place. “Take it easy… give me one second and I will explain everything” Pose says. He slips a pair of chrome handcuffs from his belt line and places them around Jacks wrist. They were cold, Jack thought as they gripped tightly. My name is Detective Pose from Lake County PD, I am here to exercise a warrant for your arrest out of Lincoln, Nebraska. “Lincoln, Nebraska?” Jack says. “I have never even been to Lincoln, Nebraska”. Jack says it, but thats a lie. He stayed at the Marriot off I-80 last year when he helped his father move to the Front Range just outside Boulder. “You have a warrant written by Judge Raymond Sands for one count of Statutory Rape” “What the fuck is he talking about Jack?” Sara pleads for an answer. “This has got to be a mistake Sara, we’ll figure this out. “Call Jimmy”, Jimmy was Jacks brother and a local criminal defense attorney, “and see if he can get down to the police station” Jack yelled as he was lead away to the squad car park in the pebble stone driveway. “Nice Lantern” the accompanying officer says. The officer was African American and he’s referring to the black jockey statue holding the lantern. Jack could have explained to the cop that it wasn’t a racist thing, it was actually a period piece that shown the way north for slaves traversing the underground railroad, but Jack didn’t give a fuck about what this cop thought, not tonight.

The next morning Jimmy arrived at the station, “I got some good news and bad news” he says. “The good news Jimmy!” Jack says. “You should be able to win this based on the statute of limitations, but the bad news is you can’t post bail here” Jimmy explains. “What do you mean” “You’ll have to be transported to Lincoln and post bail there”. “Statute of Limitation? When are they saying this happened?” Jack asked from between his hands. “2002” “Jesus Christ, I was in High School in 2002. I hadn’t been to Nebraska till last year Jimmy”. “It wasn’t in Nebraska Jack. It alleges you fathered a child with an underage girl. It says here, you met in Cancun. Your DNA in the searchable FamilyTreeDNA Database was linked to a baby born to a minor in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2003” “Times up” an officer barks, sounding harsher than necessary but understandable given the population he works around. “I’ll find a good lawyer in Lincoln by the time you get there”, “Thanks, Jimmy”.

“Over here” pointing to a black line on the floor 3 feet from steel door. The officer grabbed for his radio that he had clipped on his khaki pants pocket. “One from the Cafeteria to Intake” he said while making eye contact with central control. The steel door made a load click and became slightly ajar. The officer walked Jack through three more doors and into the intake office. An intake officer brought Jack into the bathroom and strip searched him, “didn’t we already do this?” Jack questioned. “Once on the way in and once on the way out. Don’t want you taking those Bob Barkers home with you” the officer joked. Jack didn’t laugh. Jack was lead out to an awaiting unmarked white van. The van was surrounded by three walls and two razor wire gates. “Normally you have to wait weeks for extradition, you must be someone special” the officer said as he helped Jack into the back seat. The two officers up front talked for the first few hours but Jack wasn’t listening. His mind wondered. Fathered a kid, he thought to himself. He knew what Jimmy was talking about, it had been 17 years since he thought about that night.

Jack was 18 in the the summer of 2002. All his friends were doing a high school graduation trip to Cancun, Mexico. They stayed at some all inclusive hotel with the rest of the kids from his high school. From the moment they got to the hotel the drinks flowed. Rum Punch was popular. On the second day, while walking by the tourist shops, his roommate Matt was called over to a staircase that led from the street and adjacent store fronts to apartments above. The man was smaller than Matt. The clothes he wore looked like discarded hand me downs form middle class american families. Matt bought coke from that man in the stairway. Not any coke that could have been found in the states, this was uncut cocaine. Well if it was cut, it wasn’t cut much. The boys spent the rest of the afternoon at the cabana beach bar drinking mai tai’s and rum punch , occasionally running back to do lines in their room.

Jack remembered that cocaine well, it seemed to liquify on the glass table, leaving an oily residue in its place after the line was blown. Jack went out with a group of guys to watch the Mike Tyson Lennox Lewis fight. It was there Jack met June.

Jack and Matt were up on the second story balcony looking down on the people below. Jack bought a table and a bottle of Vodka. It was a show of prestige but it worked. As the fight ended, Jack saw June below. She wore a faded Dead Kennedys half shirt and a plaid red skirt. Her hair was curly made more so by the humidity, it was short, like a 1920s flapper but it had much more volume. She was either way behind or way before her time. Her cheeks had light freakles which accented her olive skin. She was standing with a group of girls and guys, he motioned to her to come up. June not wanting to go alone grabbed her friend. June and Jack danced and laughed all night. They both lost track of their friends. The night ended when June, dancing on the hightop lost her balance. Jack caught her, but both fell to the ground. They smiled deeply into each others eyes. “I should find my friends” June said, “come on” and she grabbed Jack by the hand. They walked through bar until June finally asked, “will you walk me back to my hotel, I don’t know where everyone went”. They hoped a bus that lead from Senior Frogs to the hotel side of the city. The bus was packed, they kissed the whole ride while the other drunks sang accapella with each other. Jack was drunk, PDA wasn’t his thing. He thought it was trashy, but Jack had been drunk since noon and was only awake thanks to cocaine and his teenage hormones. Their stop was a block from the hotel. June grabbed for his hand. “This way” she said as she took the lead. The hotel was nicer then his, not as loud, it must have catered to a different set of people. June brought Jack to the second floor, “my rooms right over here”, in pure alcohol fueled passion they kissed. She was shorter then he was, all his girlfriends were. She opened the door, noticing the lights were off she turned, “shush, my friends are sleeping”. This was it Jack thought, this is actually happening. Still holding his hand she opened the door. As she disappeared into the shadow she turned and put her finger to her lip, she pulled him inside. It was pitch black in the room as June lead the way to the sliding glass door. There were no chairs, Jack sat down with his back to the wall. June sat down next to Jack. There was a short pause as they both figured out how to proceed. Jack leaned in and kissed her. One awkward position after another and June found herself on top. She stopped kissing, leaned back, grabbing Jacks left wrist as she began to roll to the side. She slide her underwear off, exposing a full, unmanaged bush which was unusual for 2002, but it turned him on. Jack pulled out a condom, slipped it on and sank down onto of her. She moaned. 7 minutes later, thanks to the whiskey, it was over. He rolled over and layed there for a moment. When Jack reached down to take off the condom he found it wasn’t there. It must have fallen off after we were done, he thought. “I should probably go, do you want to hang out tomorrow” Jack asked. “Yeah” June said, “let me go to the bathroom and I will meet you outside and give you my number”. They got up, quietly slide the heavy glass door open and walked into the pitch black. June went into the bathroom. Jack was making his way through the room when a voice came through the darkness, “I think you better leave” it said. “thats my sister, she’s fifteen”. June was still in the bathroom, but Jack took the stranger at his word. He left out the front door. What the fuck he thought. He didn’t stick around for an explanation. His mind ran wild, he was still drunk but he felt dirty. In the time it took the voice in the darkness to udder those words he went from on top of the world to gutter trash. There’s no way she’s fifteen, there’s just no fucking way. She’s in a bar drinking with friends. And where the fuck are her parents. Maybe he’s fucking with me. Jack thought the whole walk back to his hotel. The next morning, Matt and Jack had bacon, hash browns and mimosas for breakfast. Jack never saw June again.

“All rise” the bailiffs voice rang out. “The honorable Judge Raymond Sands presiding, you may all be seated”. Jack looked around, his wife sat behind him, never thinking she would see the day her husband would stand trial for rape.

June’s parents had pressed charges the day they found out June was pregnant, the detective took down the notes but it was clear there was little that could be done. Ten years went by before the science came around. They were able to send the childs DNA into the FamilyTreeDNA Database, but there were no hits. Five years went by before her parents got the call they had been waiting for.

Jack took a plea bargain, he couldn’t risk 10 years, he would serve two years with credit for time served. Jack was shuffled off to Lincoln Correctional Center, he wouldn’t pass go he wouldn’t collect $200. His wife went back home, he was all alone. It was Jacks 14th day, the officer was calling the inmates names that had visitors. “Jack Smith” the officer shouted, “line up”. When he arrived in the visiting room he hardly recognized the face of the women in front of him. She had tight blue jeans that were ripped at the knees and an old Pantera shirt. The women stood up and turned to walk away. “June?” Jack quietly asked. The women turned around. “Please, sit back down.” Jack’s world would never be the same. His home life was in shambles. He still had 699 days left. There was a 17 year old out there that may or may not want to meet him. There was back child support he owed. He looked at her freckles, it was the girl from all those years before. He wanted to know all about her life. “Can we talk?” She smiled and took the seat across the from him.

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Moeen Ali says England’s big hitters can laugh all the way to the final

Eoin Morgan of the sharp tongue of the dressing room humor referee who helps England cope with the pressure of a home world cup.

Moeen Ali, who makes his 100th one-day appearance against Sri Lanka on Friday, is known as a man of serious principles, but he is also the joker-in-chief of England, who ensures that his teammates have a keep a smile in the heat of battle.

And Moeen quickly turned his captain to Old Trafford on Tuesday, even after he made a day of history against Afghanistan with his extraordinary six-hitting display.

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Moeen in Headingley on Thursday. I don't miss a shred.

& # 39; When Morgy hit 17 sixes, I turned around and said: & # 39; But I hit the biggest one. & # 39; I felt that my first Rashid Khan was the biggest of the day.

& # 39; If someone goes beyond 53 balls (Moens & # 39; fastest one hundred) like Eoin did at Old Trafford, I always say: "Yes, it's a good knock, but it's a bit slow for my taste. "

] We have a lot of fun and constantly tear each other apart. We stick together about everything, about our football matches, about playing FIFA.

& # 39; It's all part of team bonding and it's very natural. During the World Twenty20 in India we literally laughed completely.

& # 39; But then we probably took the Champions Trophy too seriously, so now we want to stay true to ourselves.

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Jonny Bairstow and Jofra Archer

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& # 39; We actually have to laugh more at the World Cup and enjoy it as much as possible, even more as the pressure increases.

& We are going to do this only once and it's a great chance to win the World Cup at home.

There is much debate within the team about the six-hit merits of the explosive talents who broke their own record by hitting 25 between them against Afghanistan. Who touches the ball furthest?

& # 39; Jos Buttler & # 39 ;, insisted Moeen. & # 39; With ease. Jonny Bairstow is brutal, but Jos has power with timing. Morgy hits the big sixes, Jason Roy is definitely about power and Joe Root hits the most sixes.

& # 39; But I think I am the best of them all. & # 39;

Moeen speaks with the ease of the senior player he has become in the aftermath of the last disastrous World Cup.

& # 39; I am now 32 and I feel

& # 39; I'm 32 now and I feel it, & said Moeen. & # 39; I'm getting old. Reaching 100 caps is a great achievement, but it has gone in an instant.

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Chris Woakes could find himself equipped for the collision of England with Sri Lanka on Friday

& I never thought I would be a senior player in any side of the county, let alone in England.

[ItisapleasuretothinkthatIhavenotlookedbackatthenumberofcapswhenIgetittheywillsmileatthefaceofSriLankan

So accomplished that the batsmen of England became the captain of Sri Lanka Dimuth Karunaratne even on Thursday even suggesting that they would not have

& # 39; if they have the best battle order against spider in the world & # 39 ;, said Karunaratne. you take the Asian countries, England plays better than they do.

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We are having fun with the weather being fair in Leeds – remarkably enough the weather is bad to hit England in one of their games – they know that they have to take a big step

& # 39; The top four is not for nothing, because they play the best cricket & # 39 ;, Moeen added. & # 39;

Win and England will almost certainly be among them.

& # 39; There are still many games to go but it seems that this could be the last top four.

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New Promo Of Gold Tells You To Work For The Sake Of Country

Two big releases can be seen this Independence Day. One of the two is certainly Akshay Kumar starrer Gold. It is a sports drama that is based upon the Olympic Gold win in hockey as a free nation at London 1948. Through the first trailer of the movie, we are certainly impressed. Now, a dialogue promo from the movie has released. In this way, the makers are building up for the release. New promo shows how Akshay Kumar is trying to convince the committee member in order to take the hockey team to the Olympics. One of the members from the committee seems very cynical. Similar premises have been seen in Shahrukh Khan’s Chak De India as well.

Here, background music of the movie must be praised as it has managed to motivate us. Certain energy and inspiration can be drawn from the theme song as it has started to play in the background. In the avatar of Bengali man, Akshay Kumar is really appealing. Regarding the role, Akshay has said earlier, “I worked closely with our dialect coach. I have stayed in Kolkata for two years which actually helped me to play the character, its body language etc. I tried to speak with a Bengali accent… (but) I tried not to make it a caricature.”

Later on, Akshay Kumar has also added “People should know what happened in 1948… How we won the first Olympic gold medal in hockey after the independence of India. I think things also have changed because the government is supporting the sport a lot, the number of medals are increasing in the game, so I am happy seeing the encouragement”

Gold is directed by Reema Kagti. In addition to Akshay Kumar, you may be able to see Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunaal Roy in important roles within the movie as well. On the same day as Gold, John Abraham’s Satyameva jayate is releasing also.

Reference Link: https://youtu.be/FEk4DFoaN8M

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Steve McClaren on Manchester United’s 1999 Champions League final win

Amid the Mayhem of Teddy Sheringham's injury-time equalizer for Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League final , assistant manager Steve McClaren sought an urgent word with the boss, Sir Alex Ferguson.

'I remember saying to him, gaffer it looks like extra-time now, we could get back into some kind of shape and not take so many risks, "says McClaren.

" He looked at me and said: "Steve, sit down, this game ain't about yet." Sixty seconds later, we know what happened. I thought we had stopped another half-hour but Ole. What a shame! '

Steve McClaren was Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at the 1999 Champions League final

McClaren is sipping coffee in the lounge of a north London hotel, mind whirring back 20 years to one of the greatest stories in British sports, summed up perfectly by Ferguson after beating Bayern Munich 2-1 with two late, late goals: "Football, bloody hell."

United return to the scene, Barcelona's Well Camp, on Tuesday night needing to overturn a 1-0 first leg lead from this season's quarter-final. At least they have a man in charge who knows about comebacks in Catalonia, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who scored the winner in '99 to complete a historic Treble.

McClaren, who later got used to managing England and won major trophies with Middlesbrough and FC Twente, was just 38 at the time and had the best seat in the house alongside Ferguson, just five months after being plucked out of relative obscurity as a coach at Derby.

McClaren had the best seat in the house for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's stunning late winner

"My memories of the Nou Camp are so strong," he says with feeling. "Apart from marrying my wife and having three boys, winning the Treble was the greatest 10 days of my life, and still are.

" The FA Cup Final on the previous Saturday was big in itself. I'd never been to Wembley as a player so I was like a little kid. After the warm-up, I got Albert the kit man to put on some gloves so I could take some shots on the pitch.

'I was determined not to let the Champions League final go by in a blur. After the final whistle, I stopped during the lap of honor to look at the United fans going crazy, they'd packed out three quarters of the stadium.

'I soaked it all up for five minutes and I' m so pleased I did. From a football point of view, it was like going to heaven. I still have a picture of it in my mind and will have forever. "

McClaren had joined United at the start of the year and it proved perfect timing. Ferguson managed the quest of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, never done before.

Without the suspended Paul Scholes and Roy Keane for the European final, Fergie galvanized his troops one final time against opponents who boasted world stars like Oliver Khan, Lothar Matthaus and Stefan Effenberg.

McClaren has lifted the member on preparations, such as David Beckham in the middle

STEVE MCCLAREN'S MANAGERIAL CV

Derby (assistant manager): July 1995-January 1999

Manchester United (assistant manager): February 1999-June 2001

England (assistant manager): November 2000-November 2002; June 2004-July 2006

Middlesbrough: July 2001-June 2006

England: August '06 -November '07

Twente: July 2008-June 2010

Wolfsburg: July 2010-February 2011

Nottingham Forest: July-October 2011

Twente: January 2012-February 2013

QPR (assistant manager): July-September 2013

Derby: October 2013-May 2015

Newcastle: June 2015-March 2016

Derby: October 2016-March 2017

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (advisor): September-December 2017

QPR: May 2018-April 2019

'One of the gaffer's greatest strengths was planning. That's why he was able to stay at the top with United for 27 years, "said McClaren.

" He looked at fixtures ahead. I remember once he told Wes Brown he was leaving him out of the next game but to make sure he was ready for Arsenal in three weeks time. He believed Wes was the only one who could deal with Thierry Henry's runs down the left.

'He would have known the team to play Bayern long before. We knocked on Dwight Yorke's by the morning of the FA Cup final and told him he wouldn't be playing at Wembley. Yorkie was devastated but it was because Fergie needed him for the Nou Camp.

'The biggest dilemma was midfield. Ronnie Johnsen could have played with Nicky Butt but Alex wanted Jesper Blomqvist in the team, so David Beckham shifted to the middle.

'I did the coaching but the gaffer was the master on match day. His team talk was based on emotion rather than tactical details – why this was the greatest game of their lives.

'He said it was like flying to moon, not many people get the chance, not many people even want to do it, but tonight they could fly to the moon. Were the players ready after that? Damn right, they were ready. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing up as well.

'At half-time, when we were losing, he spoke about the Champions League trophy and what it would feel like if we had to leave Barcelona without it. '

McClaren admits he said United should sit back after Teddy Sheringham's equalizer

1999 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

Manchester United (4-4-2): Schmeichel; G. Neville, Johnsen, Stam, Irwin; Giggs, Beckham, Butt, Blomqvist (Sheringham 67); Cole (Solskjaer 81), Yorke

Unused subs: van der Gouw, P. Neville, May, Brown, Greening

Goals: Sheringham 90 + 1, Solskjaer 90 + 3

Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Bayern Munich (4-4-2): Kahn; Babbel, Matthaus (Fink 80), Effenberg, Kuffour; Jancker, Basler (Salihamidzic 87), Jeremies, Zickler (Scholl 71); Tarnat, Linke

Unused subs: Dreher, Helmer, Strunz, Daei

Goal: Basler 6

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

United's spirit during that era was legendary. McClaren witnesses the competitive element in training.

"We practiced penalties at Bisham Abbey before we flew to Barcelona for the final," he reveals. 'We wanted it done properly in case we needed to take them for real. Yorkie walks up with a big smile and chips Peter Schmeichel with a 'Panenka'.

'Pete went ballistic and chased him all over. He didn't like being chipped and he also felt Yorkie wasn't taking the exercise seriously. We sat Yorkie down and asked if he'd honestly take a penalty the same way in a Champions League final and he asked quite firmly: "I would do it."

Match day itself was a time for the players to relax but McClaren had work to do at the team hotel: 'I was busy writing up the set of plays, doing my flip charts, working out the marking. When the Bayern team sheet was handed in, we went through it all on the board.

'Defensive set pieces mainly, they knew what they were doing at the other end! David Beckham had the best delivery in the world and we just told him to put it in the right areas. "

The fairy tale had a horrible start when Mario Basler scored for Bayern after six minutes. Midway through the second half with United still trailing, Ferguson threw on Sheringham for Blomqvist, with Ryan Giggs and Beckham returning to their normal flanks.

It left United with just one orthodox central midfielder – Butt – but it was a risk they felt they needed to take, with Yorke instructed to play a bit deeper than usual.

McLaren was pulled from a coaching role at Derby to be Fergie's No2 months before the final

"Most subs would warm up in the corner until they got the shout, Teddy would do his stretches in front of the bench, trying to catch your eye, "McClaren explained. "It's something I also remember him doing from working with Sven Goran Eriksson with England.

" Teddy came on and it was a bit of a gamble because we were a bit more open. One Bayern counter had us fearing it was all over but Mehmet Scholl chipped against the post and the rebound fell into Schmeichel's hands. That's when you get this feeling: "Hmm, interesting!" "

The rest is history. Solskjaer replaced Cole with nine minutes to go. As the 90 minutes were up, Sheringham turned into Giggs' shot for the equalizer. Before Bayern could recover from the shock, United won another corner, Sheringham flicked on Beckham's cross and Solskjaer stuck out for instant legendary status.

'All the Bayern players were on the floor – they didn't even because to kick off again. We knew we'd won it, "said McClaren. 'It was chaos with everyone jumping on everyone. I was so proud to have my mum and dad in the stage and my eldest son. He remembers it clearly to this day.

'Being a newer arrival on the United staff, there weren't enough medals for me to get one at the stage, but at the celebration dinner that night, David Gill ( United's finance director at the time) presented me with one. It was incredible – not bad for someone mistakenly called Steve McClaridge by the chairman (Martin Edwards) when I arrived!

'We had the parade back in Manchester which was amazing and then I was ready to drive off for a holiday. I was absolutely exhausted, but the gaffer called in staff for nine o'clock the next morning at The Cliff. So there we were, pots of tea, bacon butties, planning the next season! '

Ex-England boss McClaren left United for a career in management, most recently with QPR

McClaren left United two years later to become a manager himself. Though his career is framed by a failure with England to reach Euro 2008, his record is far better than he's given credit for.

He's the only manager in Middlesbrough's history to win a major trophy, the League Cup, and took them to the Uefa Cup final in 2006, with Gareth Southgate captain.

He won the Dutch title with FC Twente, reached a Championship play-off final with Derby and also managed Newcastle, Wolfsburg and, until a fortnight ago, QPR.

He passed the baton to another No 2s as Ferguson did with him. His assistant at Twente was Erik ten Hag, now the manager of Ajax, himself Champions League quarter-finalists.

It will be a thrill for McClaren to see Solskjaer become the first United manager since Ferguson to lead them out at the Nou Camp.

'Ole wasn't one of the players I automatically thought I would be a manager but the characteristics have changed. Ruling with a rod of iron isn't the way and Ole was a nice kid, studious, knew his role, very humble.

'The club's values ​​are returning. We were a good attacking transition team in 1999 and they are now. Alex always used to say at the end of the season he wanted clean sheets and I think Ole will feel the same.

'If there was one player from that Treble team that could use now it's probably Jaap Stam because he was a damned fine defender. The best one-on-one defender I have ever seen. "

United fans heading to Spain this week will doubtlessly serenade their new manager with 'Ole's at the Wheel." Perhaps Frank Sinatra's 'Fly me to the Moon' might also be appropriate in trying to stop Lionel Messi. It worked for Fergie and Steve McClaren at the Nou Camp in '99.

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