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HYUNDAI SANTA FE

India’s second largest car manufacturers ‘Hyundai Motor India’ is going to strengthen its position in the Indian car market by launching its much awaited Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) titled ‘Santa Fe’ in Indian market. It is one of the best SUV models from Hyundai, and it will be launched in India in 2010. ‘Santa Fe’ will be available with 2.2-litre diesel and 2.4-litre petrol engines. The 2.2-litre diesel version generates 197 horsepower and the 2.4-litre petrol packs 174bhp and both the engines are fully Euro V-compliant. It’s eco feature, which uses red, white and green lights indicates the fuel efficiency. In addition, its new alternator management system helps to improve the fuel economy by losing the alternator when the clutch is suppressed and allowed it to spin freely.Tyres are made of a new kind of silica compound, which provides lower rolling resistance, and it saves the fuel. The exterior of the car will be decorated with diagonal headlamps and tail lamps, the flowing waistline, and flashed wheel arches. The exteriors give it a sporty and stylish look. It’s beautifully designed seats and features like automatic climate control give comfort to all passengers. It’s safety features like Electronic Stability Control (ESP), ABS (Antilock Braking System) and Airbags to provide maximum safety to its occupants. Overall, it is a stylish family vehicle that can transport up to seven passengers. The price of this SUV is in between Rs.22 - 24 Lakh. Hope that this SUV will compete with the vehicles like Honda CR-V, Toyota Fortuner, Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, Ford Endeavour, Chevrolet Captiva and Mitsubishi Outlander in the future.

HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LIMITED

‘Hyundai Motor India Limited’ is a sub division of the automotive giant South Korean company ‘Hyundai Motor Company’. It was established in 1996 in Chennai. It is the second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter from India. Currently, this company produces 37 variants of passenger cars in various segments. The ‘Santro’ in the B segment, the ‘Getz Prime’, ‘i10′ and the Premium hatchback ‘i20′ in the B+ segment, the ‘Accent’ and the ‘Verna’ in the C segment, the ‘Sonata Embera’ in the E segment and the ‘Tucson’ in the SUV segment are the various passenger cars produced by Hyundai. This company gained many awards for its excellence in delivering quality services and products to Indian customers. ICICI awarded Hyundai Motor India with the “Car Maker of the Year” award and BS Motoring bestowed upon it awards like “Car of the Year” and “Company of the Year” . Now this company has 251 strong dealer networks and one research and development centre at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. Knowing the needs of Indian car lovers, this company produces new model vehicles in every year. Now they are going to launch their much awaited Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) titled ‘Santa Fe’ in Indian market.

PAA

Directed by      : R Balakrishnan
Produced         : Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Sunil Manchanda
Star                 : Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan
Generation       : Drama
Music              : Ilayaraja
Release Date   : 4th December, 2009

Today, the bollywood is much talking about the upcoming movie “Paa” in which Bollywood’s Big B, Amitabh Bachchan is appearing as a kid. This film is in the direction of R Balakrishnan and it is produced by Amitabh’s AB Corporation and Sunil Manchanda. In this film, Amitabh Bachchan portrayed the role of 13 year old boy who is suffering progeria, a rare disease which causes premature ageing among children. In addition, Abhishek Bachchan is appearing as the father of Amitabh Bachchan along with other stars Vidya Balan and Paresh Rawal in this film. The veteran actor Amitabh’s look is being widely discussed and praised by everyone and hope that this heartbreaking film will be hit on the box office on 4th December, 2009.

ABOUT MOVIE

The movie “Paa” is dramatic movie which tells the story about a father-son relationship. It tells the story of a 13 year old boy Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) who suffers Progeria, a unique disease that makes the child age quickly. Auro is mentally normal but physically looks 5 times older. He lives with his father Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan), who is a young politician and mother Vidhya (Vidya Balan), a gynecologist. Amol is a politician with full of ideas, and he wanted to prove the world that ‘politics’ is not a bad word. This movie revolves around the relationship between Amol and Auro. Amitabh Bachchan suffered a lot of difficulties to make his role as Auro. The makeup man Stephen Dupuis give an extraordinary look to Big B. The veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja composed the music of this film. Another peculiarity of this movie is that Jaya Bachchan is introducing the cast and the crew of the film instead of the usual credit titles. Movie lovers are anxiously waiting for watching Amitabh and Abishek in the same movie. Hope that Big B’s marvelous look will attract many viewers to the theatre and this film will create a huge wave in the Bollywood.