Archive for October, 2007

Saawariya: The movie – Why the spelling is not ‘Saanwariya’ ?

Saawariya the forthcoming film from the stable of Sanjay Leela Bhansali is in hot news these days. The movie is being promoted aggressively in all the media, as it is the debut movie of two stars kids – Ranveer Kapoor, Son of Rishi Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, daughter of Anil Kapoor. Both these stars (and their star parents) are appearing in almost all the reality programs on TVs such as Sony (Jhalak Dhik La Ja), Star (Voice of India) etc. Almost everybody who is associated with this movie is doing it’s bit to promote the movie and creating a buzz around it.

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By the way, have you noticed the strange spelling of ‘Saawariya’ ? Saawariya is actually the name of Lord Krishna and is written as Saanwariya in Hindi (note the letter ‘n’). (more…)

Naaginn : the new Zee TV serial and it’s spelling

If you watch Indian television, you must be aware of this new TV serial from Zee TV by the name Naaginn (means Female Snake).

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This serial is full of fantasy, black magic, Tantra-mantra and stuff like that and basically caters to the typical Indian Audience. My reason to mention this serial in this blog is it’s peculiar spelling. Nagin is a Hindi word and is written as Nagin. There have been many Hindi movies by the name Nagin in the past.

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However, this particular new serial has been named Naaginn. (note the extra ‘a’ and ‘n’ in the name.

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