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Dishoom- Personal Movie Review!


What if the best Cricketer from your national team go missing ,before the final match and the match is between two rival nations? The 120 minutes film entirely shot in the Middle East,with characters introduced at the right moment building the curiosity of how they go about to complete the mission of finding their most important player of the team with just 36 hours in hand. The movie keeps the audience interested with chase sequences and locations like the Yas Marina Circut,Ferrari theme park etc Makes you want more of it.But,the film just keeps it right.

The star cast John Abraham & Varun Dhawan are a great pair. Just like the John Abraham & Akshay kumar from Desi Boyz.

The actress Jacqueline Fernandez too has a considerable important role to play in the film.

Akshay Khanna’s comeback too makes you wonder what kept him out of action for so long.

Oh! The highlight of the film is a guest appearance by Akshay Kumar.

The title track will soon catch up after the audiences watch the film,but “sau Tarah Ke “has done the trick to get the audience humming the song through out, till they leave the auditorium.This is surely a value for money movie for the audiences who like speed,action and a well compiled story without a single minute of boredom .great direction by Rohit Dhawan.

MacDonald – The founder !

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Richard & Maurice McDonald also known as Dick & Mac In 1940 started a BBQ restaurant.But in late 1940s they changed their business as a hamburger stand. Fast forward to 1955 Ray Kroc joined the company as a  franchise agent in 1955  and then began the journey Of Brand MacDonald.

Ever wanted to know structure of the 1st MacDonald built?Why women weren’t employed until 1965? What has happened to the 1st macdonald ?

Did you Know?

1.MacDonald has a Hamburger University located in Oak Brooks,Illinois suburb of chicago.

Which started In 1961, Fred Turner, McDonald’s former senior chairman and Ray Kroc’s first grill man had  founded the Hamburger University in the basement of a McDonald’s restaurant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

2.By the time MacDonald went public in 1965  they had 700 stores.Today 50 years later there  are  33,000 serving over 64 million people in 119 countries every day. 

3.And the most shocking  truth is – Women weren’t employed until 1965, nearly a decade since it was founded,Since the founder believed it would get attention of  audience  that would be distracted .

4.The 1st  The original MacDonald  was called the Big M was an octagonal structure built by the brothers in 1940 s a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Boulevard   at florence Avenue  in  Downey,California 

  5.The  MacDonald  opened by Ray Kroc as a franchise agent  his 1st unit in Des plaines Illinois in 1955 now preserved as a museum .

6. Lou Groen a franchise owner discovered fish-O-Fillet  and the famous Big Mac was invented by  Jim Delligatti.

7.Herb Peterson a franchise in Santa Barbara developed egg muffin. 

8.April  23,1991 Beijing attracted 40,000 customer to the 28,000 sqft restaurant which featured 29 cash registers on day 1. 

9. How did MacDonald succeed in Japan ? They had a joint Venture with Den Fujita the Japanese founder for MacDonalds and on 21st july ,1971 they opened the store and called it Makudonarudo to convince the japanese it was 100 % owned by them .

Euro 2016 in Europe !!

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The football season is in full swing in Europe,And what better than being on a vacation at this time in that part of the continent. On my recent exploration, which happened to coincide with the UEFA EURO 2016,France being the host .No,I wasn’t in France,But The Eastern European Circuit. Prague ,Vienna and Budapest   and on those dates  itself when each of these Host Countries were playing a competitive team.Football being The international  National Sport  of the European countries This experience of enjoying an Important  football tournament was the highlight of my trip. Watching the Portugal v Austria outside the station with locals enjoying their beers,cheering to support their country, while there was a minority of Portugal supporters out there,The Austrian went Oh! Ah! at every attempt of scoring a GOAL.Thats was just the beginning of the football action we were going to experience. The Next Stop Budapest (HUNGARY) And HUNGARY Plays Portugal,A match very important for the Portuguese.

This match,Was a match we did not want to miss experiencing.We headed to a Stadium,Capacity of 7,000 people and this full with its capacity,had a atmosphere of  if a Concert had been organised.  people jumped  to enter from the fenced Boundaries,climbing the gates.But as the match ended with a draw 3-3, the Hungarian  Shouted Slogans and flocked around the streets forcing the public transport to shutdown (The buses specially) and as we reached our hotel on the way we saw people climbing the signals,Jumping and having a gala time and Do you Know why?

Not because,they were at par with The Portuguese,But because it was history that was made that evening it took Hungarian’s  44 years to qualify to the next stage of the league.

This  experience is  off my Bucket list.

PRAHA !

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Travelling is something that makes you relate to places you have visited before, So on my recent vacation to Prague the moment I started exploring the city of Czech republic, I was reminded of Edinburgh in Scotland ,the particular setting of that place ,the statue near the Charles bridge,And the tram line towards the old town going through the architecture gave me the feeling of me being in Florence in Italy.To the extent ,the panoramic view of the city made me relate to Capri in Italy  from Petrîn hill , when I could endlessly only see red roof tops from the viewing point as compared to the White House of Capri.No,I am not boasting of being a globetrotter,But only getting you to notice how travelling to so many places has made me observe and believe,that Prague is a place having something like every European country.

The cathedrals name Being the same with only the beauty of the stained glasses around being  different.

The traditional food “goulash”  soup like curry with the option of beef,Pork and chicken and bread is popular cuisine here.That was something different since all over Europe there are only a few dishes that are wet.The “Tredlink” Pronouced Tredlin was another tasty sweet cone with sugar coated on the sides, And if you wanted to have some guilty pleasure you could add the Nutella and vanilla ice cream to go for the kill.

This trip to Prague has been one of those trips that makes you wonder Europe has everything alike,Yet is so different.

Mercedes Benz-Luxe Drive

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Luxe Drive – A Concept by Mercedes Benz,To bring its existing clients and  future probable clients from around the city in India event Was started  last year touring around cities around india To experience Luxury at its best with Three important aspects that highlight the Brand.  Adrenaline.Gourmet.Design. Mercedes Continued  the concept this year too by starting the tour from Kolkata in March ,Moving to Vizag,Vijayawada,Chennai and bangalore in south and finally coming to Nashik  my home town this weekend,It was an amazing experience to experience the three most important elements the brand stands for Adrenaline.Gourmet.Design  

Adrenaline- Experience GLA,A Class and C class driven around by Racing professional through obstacles,features highlighting the off road capabilities of the Suv available with the brand and last,but not the least  got to experience the safety features of the cars with the brand by getting driven around by the professionals,By knowing exactly what ESP – Electronic  stability Program helps you, You  too drive around the GLA,A and C at the obstacles track and full your wish of experiencing a Mercedes. Have a look at the complete range of Mercedes at the event from the AMG’S to the most  recent launched SUV “GLC”.

Thats not all ,got to know about the complete functionality of “ILS”-Intelligent lighting system of the  car and how it helps us.

The Gourmet highlight is getting to feast on the most exclusive food taste  available for your palate with Ritu Dalmia curating some of her finest dishes for the crowd.

Design- A brand known to distinguish and craft a design with the essence of being true to luxury has partnered with  Gauri Khan to showcase her luxurious  furniture designs.

The Weekend had activities for kids too,to engage with the brand – “The kid zone” – PS4 Having the racing games for kids to drive around the Mercedes virtually without being left out to experience the car from the drivers seat just Yet. The Merchandise Store –   A store for the kids and Mercedes fans to,not loose hope if they can’t buy one  car right away,They can surely buy the favourite  model cars 1:1 ratio   from the brand,or buy the accessories .

The fitness Freak could also invest in Mercedes bike,since cycling is still a trend these days 

For the adults and kids both you can end your luxe drive weekend by trying your hand with Golf at a Golf Course set up at the venue.

Ending the weekend with true luxury and living a true Mercedes experience.