Sunday, October 27, 2013

1905: Small Introduction of V-8 Engine


  • Produced in 1905, V-8 was intended to compete with the then popular electric cars used in towns, during beginning of the 20th century. 
  • Claude Johnson, the business partner of C. S. Rolls suggested introducing an internal-combustion-engined in order to overtake the electric car market.The car had to be silent, free of vibration and smoke free. Less emphasis was given on power. The engine would also have to be mounted under the car to give the appearance of a town brougham(a car body style, in which an outside seat was arranged in front for the chauffeur and an enclosed engine was designed in the form of a 90-degree, side-valve,V-8. 
  • Though V-8 engine was produced in small numbers, the introduction of the V-8  cars was a decade earlier than the first mass production of a V8 engine by Cadillac. 
  • Two body styles were proposed, 
    • a Landaulet par Excellence to attack the town electric market and 
    • the Legalimit. 
  • Only one example of the V-8 was sold, a Legalimit (chassis number 40518) to Sir Alfred Harmsworth. This was later taken back by the factory.

Notable Role (3/1000): Tigmanshu Dhulia (Gangs of Wasseypur)




If the fans of the Hollywood flicks like The Dark Knight, like me are obsessed with the role of the Joker for him being the ideal villain in the world, believe me you can find a Bollywood equivalent after you watch the 2012 desi bollywood drama- Gangs of Wasseypur -I and II.


The emerging 'baap' of all villains is here in this movie, Tigmanshu Dhulia, playing the character of Ramadhir Singh, who is much famous for the "beta tumse na ho paayega" dialogue. 

Here are some scenes of this series:

Scene: Dekho Apne Vidhaayak ko Pitte Hue


Scene: Ab Toh Sach Bol De


Scene: Huma Kubool Na hai


Scene:Beta Tumse Na Ho Paayega
 

Scene: Hum Sanima (Cinema) Nahi Dekhte

क्रांति की गूँज

अपनी धरती आज़ाद है और
हम आज़ाद मुल्क़ के वासी हैं
फिर अपने दिल में क्यों पलती
एक डर और एक उदासी हैं

कहाँ गयी वो सोच जिसे हम
आधारशिला कहलाते थे
एक नयी सुबह की देख झलकियाँ
सब अपना मन बहलाते थे
कहते थे हम लड़ जायेंगे
वो अस्सी या इक्क्यासी हैं

क्रांति की इस सोच को
तुम जंग न लगने देना कभी
ये तेरा हथियार है राही
ये तेरा हथियार है राही
तोड़ दे तू इस चक्रव्यूह को
क्रांति की है ये गूँज सिपाही

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