Aamir Khan has decided to take a break from his acting career

After enjoying one of the biggest successes in Bollywood, Aamir Khan has decided to take a break from his acting career. Currently, he is only focused on his wife's directorial debut, "Dhobhi Ghat," and his next production "Peepli Live." Following this, his attention will be on his nephew, Imran's, "Delhi Belly." It seems he will not be taking a leading actor role until 2012.

When it comes to planning a filmi career, no one knows it better than Aamir Khan. Many of our B-town beauties would hit the panic button if they didn’t have atleast one movie in hand, and even sign up for mediocre projects in desperation (no faults of theirs, blame it on the rat-race). But this Khan man has a strange way of planning his career. Well, call him an idiot if you please, we think he’d love that too. After enjoying one of the biggest successes of Indian cinema, Aamir has pulled the brakes on his bollywood career.

Currently he is only focussed on his wife’s directorial debut, Dhobhi Ghat, and his next production Peepli Live. Soon after that all his attention will be on nephew, Imran’s Delhi Belly. So dearies, chances are that we won’t be seeing AK in a full-fledged role till 2012.

IPL 3 - Going Bigger and Better

The IPL's Season Three promises to be bigger and better, and not just because a UK- based brand evaluation firm has pegged the value of cricket's biggest circus at Rs 18,999 crore, more than double of what it was last year.

The IPL action is happening every where. Apart from watching the matches on television, viewers will have a whole lot of options. They could either catch the matches on giant screens in restaurants are even complementing the IPL experience with drinks named after the teams or see them at multiplexes. UFO Moviez, a digital distribution company, will telecast all 60 matches live across theatres in the country. In Delhi, some multiplexes that the company has tied up with are PVR Cinemas, DT Cinemas and Movie Time.

For the first time, IPL has tied up with vRock Mobile to be its Value Added Services ( VAS) partner. It means, apart from getting SMS and MMS updates, users can tune in to commentaries by cricket experts on their mobiles - an experience limited so far to television and radio. If being online is your preferred mode of communication, you can log on to YouTube, which will live stream all 60 IPL matches with a time lapse of only five minutes.

Fans can also catch the cricketing fever by downloading the IPL application on their iPhones or by tackling the official IPL T20 game that has been launched by India Games on Facebook. The online media, meanwhile, is buzzing with activity.

An analysis by The Nielsen Company using Nielsen Online Buzz Metrics, which has measured online posts on message boards, blogs, discussion groups and Twitter across all cricket- following nations, have found that the overall buzz about IPL in social media is almost twice as high this year.

The analysis shows that Kolkata Night Riders is the most discussed team online, a distinction it had in 2009. Among the players, Ricky Ponting is the most discussed online, like he was last year.

This year, the IPL management is also out to prove that it is not only about fun and games. It has partnered with the UN Environment Programme to make cricket fans across the world more eco-sensitive.

Through this long- term partnership, the IPL joins the ranks of global events such as the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, and even the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which are working hard to project themselves as 'green' events. IPL has grown, bigger and better.

Green Common Wealth Games in India

Delhi will host the XIX Commonwealth Games between 3-14 October 2010 which will see the participation of 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA). The Games are being held for the first time in India and assume great national importance and are a matter of pride for the country. There will be 17 sports played across 22 sporting venues, 43 training venues and a new state-of-the-art Games Village is being built to house the athletes and CGA officials.With 71 countries participating, India can showcase herself as being an environmentally responsible nation.

Environment will play a key role in this year's Commonwealth Games with the organisers announcing a series of green measures from boosting energy efficiency and air quality to expanding the city's forests. Organisers and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are going to jointly promote Ecological Codes over the next eight months in the run-up to the opening ceremony.Delhi Government along with the Central Government has taken several initiatives to fulfill Delhi's green city agenda. Delhi has already introduced CNG-propelled public transport system like public buses, auto, taxis. Even Delhi government has recently introduced subsidies on the cost of battery-operated cars and two wheelers to keep harmony with nature. And these hybrid buses would add an extra edge to Delhi's eco-friendly transportation structure to be provided during the Games.

Beside the eco-friendly hybrid buses, Delhi government has also constructed an eco-friendly stadium for 2010's Common Wealth Games. This stadium which is the chosen venue for boxing competitions.Other green initiatives underway are ‘green’ buildings that are being constructed, the Balewadi Sports Complex being one of them. “Rainwater harvesting, waste water treatment and recycling plant, insulated roofs, heat reflecting surfaces, low floor sanitary fittings, solar water heaters and cross ventilation are some of the features these green buildings will comprise.