Akshay Kumar has films like Mission Mangal, Housefull 4, Good News, Laxmmi Bomb and Sooryavanshi in his kitty and now, today he has announced one more movie. Akshay will be seen in a movie titled Bachchan Pandey which will be directed by Farhad Samji.
The actor took to Twitter to announce the movie and share the first look poster of the film. He tweeted, “Coming on Christmas 2020! In & As #BachchanPandey ? In #SajidNadiadwala’s Next, directed by @farhad_samji @NGEMovies @WardaNadiadwala.”
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Akshay is showing off his chiseled body in the poster and he is looking quite hot. But what grabbed our attention was the release date, Christmas 2020.
Luv Ranjan’s next starring Ajay Devgn and Ranbir Kapoor is also slated to release on Christmas 2020, and on the same day, even Aamir Khan will be coming on the big screen with his movie Lal Singh Chaddha. So, of course, it will be the clash of the titans as senior actors like Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar will be pitted against each other at the box office.
Well, Christmas 2020 is quite far, so we won’t be surprised if the makers of these movies plan to change their release date.
Title Bachchan Pandey reminds us of Akshay’s character from YRF’s Tashan. In the movie, his character was named Bachchan Pandey. Reportedly, Kriti Sanon will be seen opposite Akshay in the film. Akki and Kriti are also paired opposite each other in Housefull 4 which is also directed by Samji.
Talking about Luv Ranjan’s next, there are reports that Deepika Padukone and Nushrat Bharucha are roped in as the female leads of the film. Coming to Lal Singh Chaddha, the movie is a remake of Hollywood film Forrest Gump and reportedly stars Kareena Kapoor Khan opposite Aamir in the film. Well, if the reports turn out to be true, it will surely be interesting to watch Aamir and Kareena on the big screen after a long gap.
GOOGLE will invest $15 billion over the next five years to set up an artificial intelligence data centre in Andhra Pradesh, marking its biggest investment in India.
The US technology company announced the plan at an event in New Delhi attended by India’s infotech and finance ministers. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the new facility in Andhra Pradesh would be the company’s “largest AI hub” outside the United States.
“This long-term vision we have is to accelerate India's own AI mission,” Kurian said.
The data centre campus, located in the port city of Visakhapatnam, will have an initial capacity of 1 Gigawatt. Google’s investment is part of its global plan to spend about $85 billion this year on data centre expansion as technology firms race to meet rising demand for AI services.
US-India tension
The announcement comes at a time of tension between New Delhi and Washington over tariffs and a stalled trade deal, as prime minister Narendra Modi has urged a boycott of foreign goods.
US-based companies are facing boycott calls in India, with business executives and Modi supporters protesting against a 50 per cent tariff on imported Indian goods.
“This initiative creates substantial economic and societal opportunities for both India and the United States,” Google said in a statement, without mentioning the tariffs.
According to two sources cited by Reuters, Indian officials have recently met US company executives privately to assure them of a supportive business environment despite concerns over tariffs.
A billion internet users
Microsoft and Amazon have already invested billions in Indian data centres, tapping into a market of nearly one billion internet users.
Indian industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have also announced data centre investments. Adani Group and Airtel have partnered with Google to develop infrastructure for the new project, which includes construction of an international subsea gateway.
AI development requires large computing power, increasing demand for specialised data centres that link thousands of chips in clusters.
Earlier, state officials had estimated the Google project’s cost at $10 billion and said it would create about 188,000 jobs.
Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc, considers India a key growth market. YouTube has its largest user base in India, and Android dominates smartphone usage. The company, however, faces antitrust investigations in the country and a lawsuit from a Bollywood couple challenging YouTube’s AI policy.
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