Mail from Kingfisher Airlines

I got the following mail from Kingfisher Airlines,

Dear Mr. Reghunadh,

On behalf of Kingfisher Airlines, I am grateful to you for your support and patronage of our services. I would like to take this opportunity to update you on recent developments at Kingfisher Airlines vis-a-vis media reports on our performance.

As you are aware, the Indian Aviation Industry has been faced with the difficult task of coping with high costs and lower yields. Post considerable thought and deliberation, Kingfisher Airlines has rolled out initiatives that aim to drive the long-term profitability in our efforts to meet these challenges.

As announced earlier, we have decided to focus on the full-service market; to this end Kingfisher Airlines has initiated reconfiguration of its aircraft. This exercise will require few of our aircraft to be out of service for the next few weeks. Ergo and in line with maximizing productivity we have rationalized our network, resulting in a temporary discontinuation of approximately 50 flights out of our current operating schedule of approximately 350 departures per day. Once the reconfiguration is complete, these aircraft will be pressed back into service immediately. Clearly the report about our flights being cancelled owing to the supposed exodus of pilots appears to be falsified.

Our service commitment to you remains sacrosanct, and we have taken every measure to reduce any inconvenience caused due to the temporary changes in schedule. Please accept my sincere apologies in case you have been inconvenienced on this account; I truly appreciate your support, and thank you for your understanding.

I look forward to your continued patronage and remain,

Yours sincerely,

 Anshu Sarin

Vice President

Guest Loyalty and Kingfisher Holidays

We would’ve to wait and see what’s really going to happen.

Top 10 Hindi Movies of 2009

I’m no film critic, but i sure can realize if a movie is worth the 3hrs in the theater. 2009 had seen its share of good and worse Hindi movies (the ones that i know about).

The year started of with Chandni Chowk To China, the movie that took slapstick comedy to even lower depths. It made me realize that the torture that i had to endure came close to the torture of watching a movie by a great South Indian Movie Hero 4 years ago.

But i have reasons to rejoice. The year is ending with 3 Idiots.

10 Worst Hindi movies of 2009

10. Chandni Chowk To China

9. 8 x 10 Tasveer

8. Aa Dekhen Zara

7. What’s Your Raashee?

6. London Dreams

5. Kambakkht Ishq

4. Jashnn

3. De Dana Dan

2. Luck

1. Dil Bole Hadippa!

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10 Best Hindi Entertainers of 2009

Now these are the ones that i was happy about spending 3hrs watching the movie. They had some twist in them.

10. Quick Gun Murugun

9. Aloo Chaat

8. Delhi-6

7. Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year

6. New York

5. Love Aaj kal

4. Dev.D

3. Wake Up Sid

2. Kaminey

1. 3 Idiots

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Looking back at 2009, i’m a firm believer that the years to come we will see better hindi movies and some very great entertainers.

Wanted7 Top 10 Hindi Movies of 2009A special mention about the movie Wanted. I haven’t seen the movie. But the tamil version of that movie, Pokkiri, is one of my favorite. I will put it at zeroth position in the worst list if Wanted doesn’t do justice to Pokkiri.

Pokkiri poster Top 10 Hindi Movies of 2009

Karunakaran Passes Away and Relives with in moments on Asianet

asianet Karunakaran Passes Away and Relives with in moments on AsianetNews sites have to be a bit more reliable. Especially if you are one of the most watched news channels.

Asianet India should realize that death of a leading political leader is not one to be played with. Its not there daily Idea Star Singer show.

Before – Congress leader K Karunakaran passes away

karu1 thumb Karunakaran Passes Away and Relives with in moments on Asianet

After – Karunakaran put on ventilator; condition improves

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Totally WTF!