Madagascar- Escape 2 Africa (2008) Movie Review

Nov 072008

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The sequel of the first movie, the New York Zoo Animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, still stranded on Madagascar, started to leave the island. All of a sudden, they landed in the wilderness of Africa. There, Alex soon meet the rest of his family and starting to have trouble communicating with them after much of his time at the Central Park Zoo

The sequel, again directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, is an improvement. The story has a clear protagonist (instead of the lion and zebra battling for screen time), it’s a bit more straightforward, and the movie references are all but gone. It’s still primarily the supporting cast that’s funny, not the leads — but hey, if Dreamworks were capable of doing everything right it would have to change its name to Pixar.

Hero Honda launches four New models For this Diwali

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Oct 202008

cbz1 300x224 Hero Honda launches four New models For this Diwali

Aiming to cash in on the festive season sales, country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda unleased four new variants of its existing models with a target to sell about 6 lakh units during this period.

The company today rolled out self start versions of 100cc bikes Passion, (Passion Pro Power Start) and Splendor NXG ; a refreshed new CBZ Xtreme (150 cc bike) and refreshed Pleasure (100 cc gearless scooter).

“These launches are part of our strategy to boost sales during the festival season. Last year during the festival period we sold about five lakh units, this year we are looking to better the mark,” Hero Honda Motors Senior Vice-President (Marketing & Sales) Anil Dua told PTI.

While he did not specify the numbers that Hero Honda is looking at this festive season, company insiders said it has kept a target of six lakh units.

“What we are looking is to offer as much choices as possible to customers,” he said.

The ‘Passion Pro Power Start’ is priced starting at Rs 44,000 (ex-showroom Delhi) and the newlook Pleasure would be priced at Rs 36,950 (ex-showroom Delhi). The company has, however, not disclosed the prices of Splendor NXG self and the new CBZ Xtreme.

Dua said in order to promote the models the company would be carrying out campaigns across different media and also at the retail outlets.

Asked about the sales prospects for the rest of the year, he said the company expects to keep the momentum it has had so far.

In September the company had registered 22.4 per cent growth in sales at 3,85,262 units compared to 3,14,567 units in the corresponding month last year.