get ready people chennai is gonna get lil crowded

nice pic eh...just before the heavy rains few days back..
and for the main part...

At the recent Chennai Metblogs meet, when we were exchanging notes on the city's development, my plaintive question to everyone was, "Does anybody know of a multiplex coming up on the OMR?" No one did, nor had I heard of any such development. So I assumed that we, who live along the OMR (Old Mahabalipuram Road), were doomed to travelling long distances to watch a movie or shop.

So you can imagine my delight when today's Economic Times informed me that (hold your breath) not only one, but three malls with multiplexes are under development on the OMR with up to 1.3 million sq feet of retail space over the next 18 to 24 months. Each of these malls will apparently have a multiplex, food courts, hyper market and anchor stores, besides entertainment areas.

The largest is a 6.1 lakh sq foot development in Navalur by the Allied Group and Arihant which will include a 160 room business hotel. This mall will have 4.7 lakh sq feet of retail space, 1.4 lakh sq feet of hospitality space and a 8 to 9 screen multiplex. So it will comprise of retail stores, several food courts and the hotel with ample car parking.

The Riverside Mall by Marg Constructions, will have 4.5 lakh sq feet and will be completed in the next 18 months. Most of the space will be for retail stores and will also include a 5 screen multiplex. A hotel is likely to be added on at a later stage. The third is the Coromandel Plaza by Suryavardhan Estates with 2.5 lakh sq feet of space and a five screen multiplex, to be ready by March 2008.

According to Mr Sanjay Chugh, Head, TrammelCrow Meghraj, a leading property consultant, "All leading retail brands across India have expressed their interest to be a part of this new development on the OMR. This also applies to the established multiplex brands".

Up to 30,000 jobs are being added along the OMR this year, and many new residential complexes are under development. This will result in a growing demand for shopping and entertainment facilities along the OMR ("Yes,yes", says this OMR resident!), so this is welcome news indeed. Coming on the heels of the rapid development of the IT Corridor, this will further catalyze the future development of the city towards the South along the OMR.

HELL THATS COOL...
i heard even satyam is planning a FREAKING imax in chennai....

ALL the crap.....

tomorrow by this time i would know what apples gonna launch..the touchscreen video ipod maybe(i so hope its this one)..if its anything else i really wont bother..

and starbucks has bought barista(really cool) but guess what..they have bought it from tata!!!!!!!! yay!!! finally !!! starbucks will be in india by mid 07 soo cool....

and for the main post there is nothing so here are some really crappy videos...








more later...if i feel like.................

Just back from pune...

just back from a short trip to pune..

this time went by train had lots of time to sleep,the problem came up only when i was not sleeping..its a good thing that u can watch movies on train..
the food is pretty sad on trains so i tried some food(rooti and some dal) at the sholapur station and the food was rockinnnnn!!! all of u should have food in stations it seriously is good..















My train dint have a freakinnn hammer just the diagram or sticker of it..

thats the medical train(i guess) i studied something abt this in my 10th...

i was in pune during the ganesh thingy and pune is supposed to be the place with the biggest ganesh idols and the celebrate there like crazy..there is one pretty huge idol which is supposed to be the biggest dont know what it is called but the crowd there is huge..the whole dam street is packed with people,u get kicked from one corner to the other..

this dude was selling speakers on a cart(well i found it really funny.had to take a pic)

Let me have drum rolls people!! great man in pune one and only.....

BHANU............................


P.S:train journeys are bloody boring and irritating!!!!!!!!!!!!