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MUMBAI - INDIA'S first 'sea bridge' was officially opened in Mumbai on Tuesday, raising hopes that the state-of-the-art structure will ease chronic congestion on the city's notoriously choked roads.

The sweeping, 5.6-kilometre Bandra-Worli Sea Link was inaugurated by the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi on a visit to India's financial capital.

It is hoped that the 16.5-billion-rupee (S$492 million) eight-lane freeway will help cut the 40-minute journey between the suburbs of Bandra and Worli to just eight minutes.

But although hailed as a triumph of engineering, the landmark bridge - seen as a beacon of hope for other, much-needed infrastructure projects elsewhere in India - is not fully operational.

Only four lanes will be open to traffic from 12.01am on Wednesday. Work is scheduled to be completed on the remaining section in the coming months.

Ajith's "Asal" update

The shooting for Asal has started and has been proceeding at a brisk pace. Directed by Saran and produced by Sivaji Productions, major portions of the film's shoot are expected to take place in Malaysia and parts of Europe.

Since Ajith is extremly popular, his fans always follow him. According to reports, some of his fans come to watch him every day at the spot where the shooting for Asal has been going on.

Sameera Reddy is the heroine. The film's story is said to revolve around an underworld don played by Ajith. The director plans to have some edge-of-the-seat chases and stunt sequences on par with Hollywood films.

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"Kamal" walks out of ‘19th Step’

Kamal Haasan, who had recently announced that his project after ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’ would be ‘19th Step’ in which he plays a martial arts teacher, has backed out of the project. The film, which will be directed by Bharat Bala, has Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano in the lead. He will be paired with Asin in the film. The film is being produced by Walt Disney and will have music by AR Rahman.
Kamal Haasan’s was originally slated to be an extended guest appearance, and he was expected to begin work on it after shooting for ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’. It, however, is learnt that Kamal Haasan had wanted a few changes to be effected in the script, which did not work well with the producers. Due to this, the actor has now backed out of the project.
There were talks earlier that the production house, Walt Disney, had planned on producing an Rs 120 crore mega flick with Kamal in the lead, but the actor later denied it himself. There were also initial suggestions that ‘Marmayogi’ would be produced by them

Tata Motors launches Jaguar, Land Rover in India - Photo Gallery

Tata Motors Ltd on Sunday unveiled Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles — the marquee brands it bought from Ford Motors last year — in India. It launched Jaguar XF, XFR and XKR and Land Rover Discovery 3, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover in India. The Jaguar range is priced between Rs 63 to 92 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai), while the Land Rover range is between Rs 63 to 89 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai). The company acknowledged that the two brands will have a very niche market. Among the two — Jaguar and Land Rover — it sees the latter getting volumes, especially with Freelander (diesel), to be launched this October.

Freelander will carry a starting price tag of around Rs 32 lakh.