I'm a social worker, no role in husband's group: Tina Ambani

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Deposing as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation case, Tina Ambani, wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, told a court here Friday that she was a social worker and had no role in running her husband's companies.

In the special court of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), presided over by Judge O.P. Saini, Tina Ambani also said that she had no knowledge about Swan Telecom, which is among the companies awarded telecom spectrum and licence in 2008.

"I have no role in running Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. I am a social worker. I run hospitals. I look after my family and my children," Tina Ambani said. "I am also not aware of any company named Swan Telecom."

The main charge of the investigative agency, prompting it to call Anil and Tina Ambani as witnesses, is that Swan Telecom was a shell company of the group, ineligible for telecom spectrum and licence -- a matter strongly denied by the defence.

The CBI says Tina Ambani presided over meetings where key decisions on 2G were taken.

Wearing a beige coloured salwar-suit (Indian attire), Tina Ambani took the witness stand in the packed room, and recorded her statement in a calm and composed manner. "I am fine with whatever you want to ask me," she said.

Asked about the three executives of the Reliance Group charged by the probe agency, she denied any acquaintance with two of them, but said she knew the third socially.

"I don't know Hari Nair, Surendra Pipara. I know Gautam Doshi socially, I know he is a tax person. I met him at a Diwali party," she said, adding, when probed further: "I don't understand if they have any role."

Tina Ambani was also asked to identify her signatures on documents pertaining to the company's meetings. "Its been more than six years. I don't recall now. But if the documents have my signature, then I must have attended the meetings," she said.

When the court concluded recording the statement of Tina Ambani, she invited the Judge to Mumbai and visit her hospital.

"Sir, please come to Bombay when you come there and make a visit to my hospital. It's a super speciality hospital. It's social work. You must come and see," she said.

Judge Saini seemed to have accepted the offer: "But after the disposal of this case."

Sushil Kumar says he was offered money to lose wrestling final

NEW DELHI: Two time Olympics medal winner Sushil Kumar revealed that he was offered money to throw the final away in the 2010 world wrestling championship in Moscow.

As he prepared for his final against Russian Alan Gogaev, a member of Sushil's training staff came up to him and said that the Gogaev camp wanted to talk to him about the bout.

A report in The Times of India, says that Sushil was apparently offered a few crores to lose the final match.

Sushil refused to take the bait and won the final 3-1.

Speaking to The Times of India, the wrestler said: 'It was not a matter of two or four crores. Humari bhi izzat ki baat thhi.'

Antaku Mundu Aa Tarvatha Movie Review

MOVIE:Antaku Mundu Aa Tarvatha

RATING:3/5

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Cast: Sumanth Ashwin, Eesha, Madhubala and others .MS Raju's son Sumanth Ashwin, who made a forgettable debut with Tuneega Tuneega is back again with AMAT. This film is a romantic tale executed in a matured fashion.

Directed by : Indraganti Mohana Krishna

Produced by : Damodar Reddy

Banner : Sri Ranjith Movies

Music : Kalyani Koduri

Release Date : 2013-08-23

What is it about? 

Anil (Sumanth) and Ananya (Eesha) fall in love and when they wanted to take the biggest step in their life, they get a doubt that their life won't be the same after marriage. So they tests their love by living together in a flat before marriage. Differences crop up as they expected and you have to watch it on screen to know how they end up.

Performances :

Sumanth Ashwin is good as the main lead. He has ease and very impressive with expressions. His oozing confidence is evident. He is a talent to watch for. Eesha is ordinary as the female lead. She neither have stunning looks nor great acting skills. May be this is a bit matured role to offer to a first timer. Rao Ramesh is fine and Ravi Babu is standard. They played hero's father and heroine's father roles respectively. Rohini is good as the hero's mother. Her performance in the climax scene is noteworthy. Madhubala of Roja fame is alright. She did well in the scene where she breaks down before Ravibabu. Srinivas Avasarala provided comic relief along with a married colleague of the hero.

Technicalities :

Dialogues penned by Mohana Krishna Indraganti are good. He has written some very good one liners. Music by Kalyani Koduri is neat. He delivers what is required for the film. So did cinematographer Vinda. They made this small film look good on the quality front. Editor Marthand K. Venkatesh did an okay job. Director Mohanakrishna proved his talent by handling this film in a very matured way. He didn't try to incorporate anything that deviates from the subject. He has stuck to the plot and did well to deliver a good film within the boundaries.

Analysis : 

First things first! AMAT is a class romantic film that is snail paced at times. One has to watch it with patience. However, real movie lovers will be pleased with the end product. It will appeal to the target audience and impress them with sincerity and honesty.

First half of the film runs at a smooth pace and has a decent interval point to sustain the interest of audience. But the director fails to continue to smooth flow in the second half. There are certain illogical things which couldn't be overlooked. For instance, heroine comes to live in with the hero although she is staying with her parents in the same city. It is not so easy for youngsters to stay together in one flat without getting married.

Besides the logic, the scenes between lead pair in the second half are not convincing at all. Whole film is based on this part and director failed to deliver the goods. The climax part is handled well and on a whole, AMAT will win audiences hearts for its honesty and simplicity. You may watch it.

Purandeswari targets Jr NTR

Jr NTR hasn't attended the wedding ceremony of Balakrishna's daughter Tejaswini on August 21st despite being in the city. Instead of gracing the family function, Tarak preferred to shoot for his upcoming film Ramayya Vastavayya.

Suddenly, the name of Daggubati Purandeswari is doing rounds in the issue. It is being said that the Union Minister isn't on good terms with NTR since sometime and she is behind the late-minute invitation to the young hero. To make Tarak voluntarily skip the wedding, Purandeswari who is looking after the arrangements had pushed the invitation that was meant to be given to the actor till August 20th.

As Balayya too didn't bother to invite NTR much in advance due to the unpleasant developments in the past, Purandeswari succeeded in keeping the youngster at distance.

New Telugu Channel without Serials & Cinema

A new channel has been launched to offer unlimited entertainment to people of the state. The promoters of Agri-Gold has floated this channel named as Tollywood Cinema channel and the operations will begin from7 pm on Friday (August 23rd). 

Sridevi, Jayasudha and Dasari will be participating the launch programme. Actresses Kajal, Tamanna, Shriya, Archana and Sanjana will be shaking their leg.

Chairman Seetharam informed that his channel isn't a competition to any other Telugu channel and willn't be telecasting serials or films but only covers all the news items in the Industry. The intention of Tollywood Cinema management is good and they will have to keep their promise to remain unique.

NTR Heroine turns B-grade Actress

Manjari Phadnis who was paired opposite Jr NTR in Shakti has been now doing sex-comedies and will be seen wearing bikinis in two of her upcoming Bollywood films Warning and Grand Masti. Lack of decent hits has forced her to choose a different track where she will have to showcase more of her skin than acting skills.

Warning is a 3D underwater flick in which Manjari will be mostly seen in a bikini. In Grand Masti too, she will be sporting a two-piece bikini and performing intimate sequences.

Manjari claims she lost all of her inhibitions after working in these films and has now become totally shameless in life. Ask her about why she is signing such films, the actress says audience have been enjoying adult comedies and glamour in the films. Her skin show will be the major attraction in these two adult flicks. 

My Body is perfect for Item Numbers

Generally, Actresses of top league refuse to accept the item girl tag. However, Shriya who has done a quite of number of item songs says her figure is perfect for item numbers.



"Audience say my figure is perfect for item numbers. So, I have done them and I am not having any regrets. All the roles I have played till now are the ones which I liked the most. I feel actresses shouldn't confine to one particular language or image," comments the actress, who's item numbers in Komaram Puli, Munna and Devadas are very popular.

Shriya is confident enough to say her career isn't yet over. She will be seen once again opposite Nagarjuna in Akkineni Multistarrer Manam.