Johannesburg : A spectator outside the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 shows his ticket prior to the World Cup qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Ethiopia. The match, the first sporting event to be open to the public since the start of the pandemic, was allowed to accommodate 2,000 spectators.North Dinajpur: A community puja pandal based on the theme of ‘Fight Against Coronavirus’ during the Durga Puja festival, at Raiganj in North Dinajpur district, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.Kolkata: Visitors at a community Durga puja pandal designed with drums, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021Yamuna Nagar: A farmer burns paddy stubble at a filed of Radaur in Yamuna Nagar district, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021Kolkata: An woman reacts to soap bubbles as she visits pandals during Durga puja festival in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021St-Sulpice: Hadrien Gurnel, software engineer EPFL’s Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) explores the most detailed 3D map of the universe with the virtual reality software VIRUP, Virtual Reality Universe Project developed by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) scientists of the Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO) on a full dome screen at EPFL’s Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+), in St-Sulpice near Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, October 12, 2021. The open-source beta software VIRUP that builds, in real-time, a virtual universe based on the most detailed contemporary astrophysical and cosmological dataGurugram: Ice Skaters make a formation during the reopening of ISKATE ice skating rink at Ambiance Mall, in Gurugram, Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar inaugurated the rink
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Hong Kong: A woman poses for a selfie at the waterfront of Victoria Habour in strong winds while a typhoon approaches Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. The Hong Kong Observatory said it will consider issuing the number 8 signal between 4pm and 6pm on Tuesday as Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu edges closer to the city
Iran: This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Army on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, shows missiles and a launcher during a joint army and the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard maneuver. Iran on Tuesday kicked off a massive, two-day air defense drill in the country’s sprawling central desert, the latest show of force by the Islamic RepublicAmritsar: Artists busy in making an effigy of Meghnath ahead of the Dussehra festival in Amritsar, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021Mumbai: Bollywood actress Kajol Devgn attends the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja Samiti as she celebrates the Durga Puja festival in Mumbai, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan pays his last respects to veteran film actor Nedumudi Venu in Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, Oct, 12 , 2021. Venu (73) died at a private hospital in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on Monday Tirumala: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy offers prayers at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.New Delhi: Black Ibises perch atop of dome of a building at South Block in New Delhi, Tuesday, Oct 12,2021Kolkata: Hindu devotees dance as they celebrate ‘Maha Saptami’ during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.Kolkata: Hindu devotees perform rituals on the banks of River Ganga on the occasion of ‘Maha Saptami’ during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.
Puri: Padma Shri awardee artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates a sand art of Goddess Durga during the ongoing Durga Puja festival, at Puri beach, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021Mumbai: A priest worships Goddess Durga on the first day of the Durga Puja festival, in a pandal at Shivaji park, in Mumbai, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021Tirumala: Devotees perfom rituals as part of the ongoing annual Srivari Brahmotsavam, at Tirumala, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021The Hague: Protestors from climate activism group of Extinction Rebellion block a busy intersection near the temporary home of the Dutch parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. The group says it plans a series of demonstrations in the city throughout the week ahead of a major United Nations climate conference that opens Oct. 31, in Glasgow. New Delhi: A worker spreads bio-decomposer on a field at Fatehpur Jat village in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. The Delhi government has started spraying free bio-decomposer for stubble smeltingNew Delhi: A worker sprays bio-decomposer on a field at Fatehpur Jat village in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. The Delhi government has started spraying free bio-decomposer for stubble smelting.New Delhi: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at Garvi Gujarat Bhavan in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 11, 202New Delhi: Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Mansukh L Mandaviya presents a memento to Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her husband Bo Tengberg at Garvi Gujarat Bhavan in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021
Ahmedabad and Lucknow are the two new members of the Indian Premier League (IPL) family as it will now be a ten-team affair from the next season.
The bidding took place at the Taj Hotel in Dubai on Monday and it is the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) (Lucknow) and CVC Capital Partners (Ahmedabad) who will join the cash-rich league as the new owners.
Sanjiv Goenka-owned RPSG Group has picked Lucknow as their home base with a winning bid of INR 7090 crores.
CVC Capital has opted for Ahmedabad with a bid of INR 5166 crores.
Speaking to ANI, a BCCI official confirmed this development.
The IPL’s first season was played in 2008, and ever since, the league has grown in stature and it is one of the most viewed competitions in the world.
Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, SunRisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, and Rajasthan Royals have been with the league since its inception. The Hyderabad franchise was earlier named Deccan Chargers but it came to be known as SunRisers Hyderabad after a change in ownership.
There have been fourteen seasons of the IPL tournament. The fifteenth season promises to be like no other and viewership is all set to increase.
In 2010, two new franchises – Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala – joined the league before the fourth season in 2011 and for a brief period, the league was played by ten teams.
One year later in November 2011, it was announced that Kochi Tuskers Kerala side would be terminated following it “breaching” the BCCI’s terms of conditions. Pune Warriors India had withdrawn from the IPL in 2013 over financial differences with the board.
But it is all set to be a 10-team affair again come 2022.
Vinothraj PS, who looks up to veteran directors Balu Mahendra, Satyajit Ray and Adoor Gopalakrishnan, said the location and timing of the shoot for Koozhangal was as crucial as the story of the film.
“The film has three characters – one is father, the child and the landscape. All these terrains were well off with agriculture. There was no problem with water. Later it succumbed to drought and led to huge social imbalance in the life of these people. This is what we wanted to address,” he said.
But shooting in real locations came with its own set of challenges.
The director recalled how the cameras would often get jammed due to extreme heat and how the entire crew had to walk barefoot to get the pulse of the story right.
The movie was partially complete before the Covid-19 pandemic struck but the team needed someone to take over the entire production.
In their search for a collaborator, they knocked on the doors of the NFDC Film Bazaar, a platform created and organised to encourage collaboration between South Asian and international film communities.
“The NFDC had invited director Ram, who won a National Award in 2013 for his movie Thanga Meengal, as a guest for one of the lectures. We met him and told him about the film, which he loved. Then Vignesh Sivan and Nayanthara saw the film and they took over the production as they believed in it,” Vinothraj said.
After having a festival run of about a year, the director said they were toying with the idea of releasing Koozhangal around December. However, the film might get an early release.
SAMANTHA CONGRATULATES NAYANTHARA AND VIGNESH SHIVAN
The film has two more steps to make it to the final nomination. After 2016, a Tamil film has been selected to represent India at the Academy Awards.
Sharing the poster of Koozhangal, Samantha wrote, “Big congratulations @wikkiofficial and Nayan. This is such mad news. Congratulations to the entire team. More power to you (sic).”
ABOUT KOOZHANGAL
Koozhangal, known as Pebbles internationally, is a realistic family drama produced by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan. The film explores the story of an alcoholic dad and his son, who follows their wife-mum as she flees home due to abuse. How the father-son duo wins her back forms the story.
Mangaluru: Devotees at Kudroli Gokarnanatha temple ahead of Dasara celebrations, in Mangaluru, Sunday, October 10, 2021.President Joe Biden walks between tombstones as he leaves St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., with his grandchildren, from left, Hunter Biden, Finnegan Biden and Natalie Biden, after attending a Mass, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 TWITTER IMAGE POSTED BY @DrSJaishankar** Bishkek: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar being welcomed on his arrivval in Bishkek, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 MS Dhoni, captain of Chennai Super Kings and Rishabh Pant, captain of Delhi Capitals during their Indian Premier League cricket match, at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.Trieste : A view of the sail boats taking part in the 53rd edition of the traditional “Barcolana” regatta in the gulf of Trieste, north-eastern Italy, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offers prayers to Goddess Durga during Durga puja festival in KolkataKolkata: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly with his fans during the inauguration of Barisha Players Corner’s Goddess Durga Puja, in Kolkata, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.Brussels : Protestors wear costumes as they participate in a climate march in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. Some 80 organizations are joining in a climate march through Brussels to demand change and push politicians to effective action in Glasgow later this monthMumbai: Bollywood actress Divya Khosla presents a creation by designer Sanjukta Dutta during the ‘FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week’ fashion show in Mumbai, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021La Palma: A volcano continues to spew out lava on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain in the early hours of Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. A new river of lava has belched out from the La Palma volcano, spreading more destruction on the Atlantic Ocean island where molten rock streams have already engulfed over 1,000 buildings. The partial collapse of the volcanic cone overnight sent a new lava stream Saturday heading toward the western shore of the islandAgra: Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen poses for a photograph inside the premises of the historic Taj Mahal, in Agra, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021Varanasi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi poses for photographs with air hostess after arriving in Varanasi, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. Gandhi will address a ‘Kisan nyay’ rally in Varanasi, ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2022.Mumbai: Models walks the ramp to present a creation by designer Anamika Khanna during the ‘FDCI’ Lakme Fashion Week at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021New York: An attendee dressed as Ghost Rider poses during New York Comic Con at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in New York.
MS Dhoni, captain of Chennai Super Kings and Rishabh Pant, captain of Delhi Capitals during their Indian Premier League cricket match, at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.
