‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5’ plot unveiled

Los Angeles: The synopsis for the highly anticipated fantasy film “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” will witness Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow having a hard time facing off a new character.

As the movie has started its production in Australia, Depp’s eccentric character is all set for an adventure to find an important artifact, reports aceshowbiz.com. 

“Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea…including him,” read the official plot.

“Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas,” the synopsis reads further.

The fifth instalment in “Pirates of Caribbean” movie franchise will be co-directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning with a script by Jeff Nathanson. 

Actor Javier Bardem is confirmed to play the villain, Captain Salazar. The film will also star Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites and Golshifteh Farahani in pivotal roles.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” is expected to release in US July 7, 2017.

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Irrfan Khan cast in Tom Hanks-starrer ‘Inferno’

Los Angeles: Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan has been roped in for yet another Hollywood project — this time he will share screen space with Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones in the upcoming mystery thriller film “Inferno”.

Apart from the 48-year-old, “Inferno”, the third film in the franchise that launched with “The Da Vinci Code” in 2006 and continued with “Angels & Demons” in 2009 will also star French actor Omar Sy, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

The film adaptation of Dan Brown’s eponymous novel will witness Ron Howard returning to the director’s chair, and Hanks will play the lead character Robert Langdon.

In this latest instalment, Langdon finds himself in a hospital room in Venice as well as the target of a manhunt. With the help of Sienna, a nurse, and his knowledge of symbology, he will try to escape while they have to solve the most intricate riddle Langdon has ever faced.

Irrfan will portray Provost, the head of a shadowy group that becomes involved with Langdon, while Sy will play the leader of a disease prevention team.

After starring in Hollywood films like “A Mighty Heart”, “Slumdog Millionaire”, “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “Life of Pi”, Irrfan has been on a roll in the West. He will also be seen in the Hollywood science fiction adventure film “Jurassic World”, which will hit theatres June 12.

Meanwhile, “Inferno” has been slated to release Oct 14, 2016.

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‘Furious 7’ soundtrack to release in March

New Delhi: The original soundtrack of the highly anticipated action-thriller film “Furious 7” will release March 17, Sony Music has announced.

Titled “Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”, the film’s album will feature international artists including T.I., Young Thug, Iggy Azalea, Flo Rida, Sevyn Streeter, Price Royce, Juicy J and Mos Def.

Earlier, “Ride Out”, from Kid Ink, Y.G., Wale, Tyga and Rich Homie Quan, and Khalifa-Iggy Azalea’s “Go Hard Or Go Home” were released Feb 17. 

The roll-out of singles will continue Feb 24 with T.I. and Young Thug’s “Off Set” and “How Bad Do You Want It (Oh Yeah)” by Sevyn Streeter. 

Prince Royce’s “My Angel” and “Payback” by Juicy J, Sage The Gemini, Future and Kevin Gates will debut March 3, while a second single from Khalifa, “See You Again” (featuring Charlie Puth), will be released March 10.

“Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” has been produced by Atlantic Records, Grammy Award winning soundtrack producer Kevin Weaver, Warner Music Group and record producer Mike Caren, said a statement.

The album will feature 16 tracks in total including “How Bad Do You Want It” by Sevyn Streeter, Dillon Francis and DJ Snake’s “Get Low”, “Blast Off” from David Guetta and Kaz James, “Six Days” (Remix) made by DJ Shadow (featuring Mos Def), “Ay Vamos” by J. Balvin (feat. French Montana and Nicky Jam), “GDFR” (Noodles Remix) by Flo Rida (featuring Sage The Gemini and Lookas), DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s “Turn Down For What”, “Meneo” from Fito Blanko and “I Will Return” made by Skylar Grey.

“Whip” by Famous To Most is included as a bonus track.

NITI Aayog should continue plan panel’s functions: Chandy

New Delhi: The NITI Aayog should continue the function performed by the Planning Commission, of deciding in consultation with the finance ministry and state governments, the amount of resources available for plan and budget preparation, said Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Speaking at the NITI Aayog’s governing council meeting, called by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he also said that there are many technical issues that cannot be discussed in detail at the level of chief ministers.

“Also, there are state specific issues which need thorough discussion. It is important therefore to constitute bodies at the national and regional levels to address such issues. 

Teenager injured in Pakistan firing in Jammu

Jammu: A teenager was injured in unprovoked, overnight firing by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s R.S. Pura sector, police said Monday.

Qasim Hussain, 18, a resident of R.S. Pura sector in Jammu district, received splinter injuries due to firing by Pakistan Rangers during the night, a senior police officer told IANS. 

The officer said the injured is out of danger.

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Cross LoC bus service suspended

Jammu/Srinagar: The cross-LoC (Line of Control) bus service scheduled for Monday has been suspended following the impasse over trade across the frontier, the authorities said.

“Following the impasse in the cross LoC trade on Friday, after a driver belonging to Muzaffarabad was arrested following recovery of narcotic substances from his vehicle, today’s run of cross LoC bus service from Chakan Da Bagh (Poonch) and Aman Setu (Baramulla) has been cancelled,” a senior officer supervising cross-LoC trade and travel told IANS in Jammu.

The service between the Indian and Pakistani administered parts of Jammu and Kashmir operates every Monday from Poonch and Baramulla districts of the state.

Class VI girl delivers baby in hostel, two arrested in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Two teachers of a tribal welfare school in Odisha were arrested after a class VI student delivered a baby in its hostel, police said Monday.

The headmaster and hostel superintendent were arrested Sunday for negligence of duty, not informing the administration about the incident and trying to suppress the matter, said Jeypore sub-divisional police officer Rajendra Senapati. 

The tribal girl from Umuri Ashram School, a state-run residential school for SC and ST students, in Jeypore, block of Koraput district 500 km from here, delivered a baby Feb 4. 

When the school authorities came to know about this, they took the baby and the minor mother in a jeep to her village in Upperkendi, under the jurisdiction of Semiliguda police, and left them with her parents. 

After the district administration came to know about the incident, the welfare extension officer of Jeypore block informed Jeypore police Sunday. 

After preliminary investigation, the police arrested school headmaster Kailash Verma and hostel superintendent Sabita Guru. 

This is the second incident in the state in the last forthnight. A class X girl of a residential high school at Lingagada in Kandhamal district had delivered a baby in her hostel Jan 23. Police had arrested a man, Sukanta Pradhan, who allegedly got her pregnant.

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Advani, Amitabh, Ramdev, Rajnikant may receive Padma awards on Republic Day

New Delhi : Days after honouring former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Bharat Ratna, the Narendra Modi-led BJP government is reportedly mulling to confer Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in the country, on former deputy PM Lal Krishna Advani.

According to the Zee Media sources, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, noted yoga guru Baba Ramdev, southern superstar Rajnikant and Shiromani Akali Dal patron and Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal may also be honoured with Padma awards this year.

Besides the above-mentioned celebrities, Hindi cinema veteran Dilip Kumar, noted film director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, script writer and lyricist Salim Khan and renowned ad film-maker Prasoon Joshi’s names also figures in the list of 148 hopefuls for this year’s Padma awards, the sources said.

From the sports world, the names of hockey team captain Sardara Singh, badminton player PV Sindhu, chess grandmaster Sasikiran Krishnan, wrestler Sushil Kumar, his coach Satpal and Arunima Sinha – the first women amputee mountaineer to climb Mount Everest – are being considered.

Renowned economist Bibek Debroy, who is also a member of NITI Aayog, journalist and India TV chairperson Rajat Sharma, Swapan Dasgupta, Hari Shankar Vyas, late actor Pran have also been nominated for the award.

Obama to conclude India visit today with address to youth

New Delhi : US President Barack Obama will conclude his three-day-long visit to India on Tuesday.

Prior to leaving for Saudi Arabia in the afternoon, Obama will address a select gathering that will include young Indians, at south Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditorium.

During the address, Obama is expected to stress on the shared values of the world’s largest democracies and speak on how to tap the energy of the people of India and the US, and to turn that into positive progress on the issues that matter in people’s lives.

“The President will want to speak to how do we tap into the energy and the support in both countries for the relationship and turn that into positive progress on the issues that matter in people’s lives.

“When you look at energy, counter-terrorism, defence cooperation, efforts to create economic growth, these are things that have a direct bearing on the well-being of US and Indian citizens,” Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes had said last week.

Ranbir Kapoor inspires me: Mrinal Dutt

Mumbai: Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor’s style and charm has a fan in TV actor Mrinal Dutt.

Mrinal, who is seen as the male lead in TV show “Private Investigator”, has shot a few advertisements with the “Barfi!” star, and Ranbir became his inspiration during one such shoot. 

“I have worked with several Bollywood celebrities — from Ranbir Kapoor to Kareena Kapoor to Nargis Fakhri to Ali Zafar. But I guess Ranbir is someone who has left an everlasting impression on my mind,” Mrinal said in a statement.