Brazil vs Croatia, Mexico vs Cameroon Prediction.

As we (Nepal) are ahead of western time (having standard time of GMT+5:45), which is 8:45 hours ahead of Brazilian time, It is on June 13 (Jestha 30) here in our country that the very first game of the World cup 2014 kicks off with the host Brazil take on underdog Croatia. Though it seems vary rare that Croatia wins over the host Brazil, they will not leave any stone unturned to shock the host. Record has it that the host does not always start good with such immense pressure, and the nerve racking uproar can make best of Brazil to outperform or perform least. Neymar who is seen as the contender for the Golden boot, will definitely try to beat Croatia's inept defense and will score at least one. Croatia will suffer much in this match as his key player Mario Mandžukić (Bayern Munich forward) is suspended for this match due to the red card in the match against Iceland. Big pressure mounts on midfielder Luka Modric in this match. Lets see how will the underdogs play against this "favorite" team on paper.
I always love predictions and as I look back, I happen to cover some of the exciting events, like the Oscar awards, Golden Globe to Euro Cup 2012 to the Constituent Assembly election 2 in my blog. I was also the winner for the World cup 2006 predict and win contest held during my lecturing at Kathmandu Engineering College. This time, we are organizing a similar type of predict and win contest at office for FIFA world cup 2014. Administering the management of the contest and similar workload at office, I may not be able to post such predictions for every match but I will try to include the key matches. The reason: Like I already said-> I love predicting.

Here is my prediction for both the matches of Group A.

Brazil vs Croatia.

Where: Sao Paolo and in your TV/ Computer (just for fun!!).

When: Jestha 30 1:45 am (June 13).

Prediction: Brazil 2 Croatia 0

Head to head: Brazil had met Croatia two times before, in which Brazil won once, and another ended in a draw.

Mexico Vs Cameroon.

Where: Estadio Das Dunas, Natal

When: Jestha 30, 9:45 pm

Prediction: Cameroon 1 Mexico 0.

Head to head: Just 1, won by Mexico.

Disclaimer: As more of my intuition came into play for this prediction (with some football pundits remarks), do not blindly use this for betting. Also I may not predict the same in the Predict and win contest happening in my office. 

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Mukhauta nepali movie preview

Talented actor Arpaan Thapa's Directorial Debut Mukhauta is going to release this Friday, Jestha 30 (June 13): the same day of Kickoff of first game of World cup 2014. I happen to know there is a premiere show on the eve before the release day.

Mukhauta is a thriller based on gangster world which is known to deal with the various faces of the mafia regime like love, hatred, politics and atrocities. We can expect bloodshed killings, betrayal, and some suspense in the movie as seen from the trailer. Being a film graduate, Arpan Thapa, and from his performance in Batch no. 16, Sick city, Dhanda(also script writer), Chadke, we have learned he has got huge potential in acting / film writing. Now he has embarked on this journey of Direction for his own script. He himself is one of the lead roles in the movie along with other stars like Superstar Rajesh Hamal, Saugat Malla (in a exciting new mafia look and more f* words like he did in Loot), Dayahang Rai (corrupt police officer, we can expect some comic act from him), Sunil Thapa (as Mr.D like Godfather of Mafia in Thamel). "Robin and the new revolution" lead singer Rabin Tamang is also featured as a Mafia in the movie (his second after Chadke), along with Model/Choreographer Prashant Tamrakar. Nisha Adhikari (Apabad) and Harshika Shrestha are the female leads in the movie. You can watch some colorful romance of Nisha Adhikari and Arpan Thapa in the movie.

Producer Rabin Shrestha, CEO of Reef Entertainment is quite hopeful of the movie with the versatility of Arpan Thapa in script, direction and acting, together with the epic 5K camera. It is known that he has movie in his blood, also being a film graduate from Singapore, who has even done a OST for the movie featuring Yama Buddha. The movie has original score from Jason Kunwar and is known to be distributed by Popcorn group.
This is Rajesh Hamal's first movie release after his long talked marriage and with such line up of best Nepali actors and the talent of Arpan Thapa along with the massive promotions, I am positive of the movie to do good business but still good movies do not always end up earning money here in our country. So if the movie is worth watching, I will give all my effort in promoting it. As a matter of fact, lets all do something to promote good Nepali cinema.
This time I am going to the premiere show (happening on Thursday, Jestha 29), who knows they may let me in. :P

Here is the trailer of the movie Mukhauta from Youtube.

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Kantipur TV to broadcast Fifa world cup 2014 in Nepal

May 30, 2014: Kantipur Television, the leading Television station in Nepal, is known to telecast all of the Fifa world cup 2014 games. Aryan films production which has got the rights to broadcast the mega event in Nepal, is working with Kantipur to air all the games live. Government owned Nepal Television has been broadcasting the previous world cup games but it is not clear whether NTV will also be airing it. It was NTV and Avenues TV who telecast the world cup 2010 matches with Media Hub holding the sole rights.

Sony Six channel in India has won the exclusive rights to cover the event, from Kick off, Closing, actual games to the run up to the FIFA world cup 2014 that showcases special programs like World cup history, team and players profile. Sony Six will be another option to watch the live games if it is included in your cable. I have recently auto searched channels in my cable TV-> Subisu where I did not find the channel. But I am sure if the match previews are worth it, they will definitely bring it, as no one wants to miss the opportunity to cash the enormous enthusiasm for the biggest event of the world. 

It is also not clear if Starsports India (the biggest sports TV in this subcontinent) will be showing the world cup events. 

Click here to find the schedule of the FIFA world cup 2014 all games (Group Stage to Final) in Nepali Time (GMT+5:45).

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