Sachin Tendulkar to promote ‘3 Idiots’

You can always trust superstar Aamir Khan to come up with novel ways to promote his films and this time he has roped in ‘Master Blaster’ Sachin Tendulkar to endorse 3 Idiots. Aamir, who has put on a disappearing act as part of the promotion strategy of the film, met the cricket icon three days ago and left a clue about his whereabouts with him. “I don’t know anything more than this,” Sachin said and read out the clue in Hindi , “Kahan jaoon kaise jaoon, itne sawal kaise suljaoon, kabhi to sochoon main udd jaoon. Kabhi sadak pe car bhagaoon, ya chuk chuk gaadi ko aazmaoon, chahe main jaise bhi jaoon, maa ke aangan mein raat bitaoon.”

This is the first of the seven clues Aamir is giving to the media and his fans to search him out while he travels to seven cities in disguise, spending one or two days in each.Sachin, who watched the film at Ketnav studios in suburban Bandra along with his wife Anjali and friends including cricketer Ajit Agarkar, told reporters that he loved the film.”It has every thing from comedy to romance and I was reminded of my naughty days as a youngster,” he said.’3 Idiots’, releasing on December 25, has 44-year-old Aamir playing a 22-year-old engineering student along with actors Madhavan and Sharman Joshi. Kareena Kapoor is the female lead.

Meet Tendulkar's biggest Fan

It won't be wrong to call Mary Serrao the biggest and most passionate fan Sachin Tendulkar has had in the 20 years he has played international cricket.

If sharing her birthday with the master batsman is not enough, the 86-year-old celebrates every important landmark Tendulkar achieves.

On Sunday, when Sachin completed 20 years in international cricket, Mary was the happiest person in the world, perhaps even more than the cricketing legend and his family.

The moment she realised that November 15 was when he would cross the milestone Mary started planning for the big day.

She organised a party at her home, summoned family members from across the city and distributed sweets to her neighbours.

"But the most important thing was that we made fish curry. Tendulkar loves fish curry so much," Mary told rediff.com.

I love Sachin’s intensity: Aamir Khan

What is amazing about Sachin is that for 20 years he has been able to maintain a level. There has been no dip in his abilities, his application or his passion for the game. I would say very few people could last this long. I’ve played cricket and believe me, you can’t get out of bed for one week after one gruelling match.I saw him for the first time in 1988 when I was shooting at the Brabourne Stadium and he wasn’t playing for the Indian team yet. The team was practising at the nets and I was chatting with Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar and a few others. At a distance I could see this kid batting. I was surprised to see that he was middling the ball; he looked so small, and so young. I was zapped. I wondered who this little boy was, who was being allowed to practise at the nets with the Indian cricket team.

So I asked Kapil and Vengsarkar, “Who’s he? How come I don’t know?” They told me he was a new guy called Sachin Tendulkar, who was being seriously considered for the Indian team. So I had the good fortune of seeing Sachin play even before he walked into the team.The first time I met him was in 1990 when he came to the sets of Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Andaz Apna Apna. I don’t know how many people will recall this but it was Sachin who gave the clap for the mahurat shot at Mehboob Studios in Bandra. We met briefly and over the years we have been meeting off and on. We have been to each other’s homes.I have shown him all my movies, even Andaz Apna Apna which took three years to make. He came along with members of the Mumbai Ranji team to Bandra’s Gem theatre in the G-7 complex where I had organised a preview for them.Whenever we meet, we talked about both cricket and films.

He saw Ghajini at the test screening in my Khar office.He saw Taare Zameen Par also at the test screening. We stay in touch through SMS and when he plays really well, I promptly send him a text congratulating him — like when he smashed 175 in Hyderabad.What’s so attractive about Sachin’s game is the joy and passion with which he approaches the game. There is a lot of intensity in his game whether he is batting, bowling or fielding. For me, everything he does is perfect. I like to watch him open the innings in the ODIs. It gives me a high.

Big B all praises for Sachin Tendulkar

Like all of us, Sachin Tendulkar is also a fan of Big B. But little did we know that Big B also adores the LittleMaster. Infact Big B derives such pleasure in watching Sachin bat that he has delayed his shoot or postponed appointment innumerable times.

Big says, “It is a marvel that a sportsman can have such an extended, achievement-filled life. His recent performance (referring to Sachin’s 175 in Hyderabad) was better than all those much younger than him. He is a true genius!

On learning that Sachin is a fan of Big B, the icon said, “I am so, so humbled by this fact. It is Sachin’s greatness that he should consider me to be capable of his affection and love.”

Sachin completing his 20 years in International cricket has one more reason to smile after receiving all praises from none other than Big B himself.

Sachin Tendulkar favours use of maximum technology for accurate decisions

Indian star batsman Sachin Tendulkar said that maximum technology should be used in cricket to make the umpire's task more accurate

Umpires should be left to adjudge only leg-before decisions while technology takes care of the rest, according to Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.

"It is tough for the umpires to watch the no-balls and watch what's happening in the front," he was quoted as saying on the 'India Today' website.

"For basic line decisions, like no-balls and run outs, you must have a laser or something like that. Something like what you have in tennis to decide serves.

"You can call it (a no-ball) with a machine."

Tendulkar, 36, who begins his 21st year in international cricket next month, even advocated rotating on-field umpires every session of a Test match to give them adequate rest, but denounced the referral system.

Tendulkar, a veteran of 159 Tests and 431 one-day internationals, said bat-pad decisions can be relied on television X-ray technology called "hot spots" which clearly illustrates the first point of contact of the ball -- either pad or bat.

"They should use the hot spot for bat-pad decisions, so the main umpire has to make only the leg-before calls," he said. "I'm quite happy with the hot spot because that establishes the contact.

"For caught behind and all, the hot spot will come. Close-in catches, again the hot spot will come. You don't need a machine for clean bowled, so only the leg-before decisions is what the umpire has to concentrate on."

Tendulkar, the world's most prolific batsman, said three on-field umpires should be nominated so that they can take turns to rest for a session of a Test.

But he did not support the new referral system, where umpires get help from a colleague watching television replays to adjudicate on close decisions.

'Sachin sells my biscuits'Nysa Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgn’s six-year-old daughter Nysa is a big Sachin Tendulkar
fan.
When she was driving past Mumbai the other day, seated next to the actor, the little girl pointed to a Sachin hoarding and said, “There’s Sachin - I like him.” When Ajay asked why she loved Sachin knowing very well that Nysa was too young to know about cricket and the cricketing legend’s achievements, young Nysa surprised him by saying, “I like Sachin because he sells the same biscuits that I eat.” What Nysa meant was that Sachin endorses the same brand of biscuits that she eats and that’s her connect with the superstar batsman. Looks like Ajay need not worry about losing a fan at home.

Sachin Tendulkar Orkut Theme

A lot of you people must use Orkut and must be wondering how to change the default boring Orkut theme. We found Sachin Tendulkar Orkut Theme just to celebrate his recent Century in Compaq Cup Final
I would like to point out though, that these Orkut themes will only be shown to you when you are browsing Orkut.

First I will list the requirements that you need to fulfill in order to install these Orkut themes.

* Mozilla Firefox Browser
* Greasemonkey

Installation Procedure for these Orkut Themes

Once you have installed Mozilla Firefox and the grease-monkey add-on

Install Sachin Tendulkar Orkut Theme

Click install in pop up and it will be installed in seconds !

You can then go to browse Orkut with your new theme.

If you want to change a theme then you will first install the new theme from this page. Then you have to right-click on the little “monkey” face in the status bar below. From there, you will see a list of your installed scripts which will have the different Orkut themes. Just uncheck any theme you do not want to use and check any Orkut theme that you do want to use. Its just that simple!

Uninstall Procedure for these Orkut Themes

If you want to completely remove any of these Orkut themes then right-click the monkey face and click Manage User Scripts. You will see a list of your installed scripts. Just select any script that you want to remove and click the Uninstall button at the bottom.