title: Voxel

text: "Outcast", and other 1990s video games employed this graphics technique for effects such as reflection and bump-mapping and usually for terrain rendering. "Outcast"'s graphics engine was mainly a combination of a ray casting (heightmap) engine, used to render the landscape, and a texture mapping polygon engine used to render objects. The "Engine Programming" section of the games credits in the manual has several subsections related to graphics, among them: "Landscape Engine", "Polygon Engine", "Water & Shadows Engine" and "Special effects Engine". Although "Outcast" is often cited as a forerunner of voxel technology, this is somewhat misleading. The game does not actually model three-dimensional volumes of voxels. Instead, it models the ground as a surface, which may be seen as being made up of voxels. The ground is decorated with objects that are modeled using texture-mapped polygons. When "Outcast" was developed, the term "voxel engine", when applied to computer games, commonly referred to a ray casting engine (for example the "VoxelSpace" engine). On the engine technology page of the game's website, the landscape engine is also referred to as the "Voxels engine". The engine is purely software-based; it does not rely on hardware-acceleration via a 3D graphics card.


title: Voxel

text: John Carmack also experimented with Voxels for the "Quake III" engine. One such problem cited by Carmack was the lack of graphics cards designed specifically for such rendering requiring them to be software rendered.


title: Voxel

text: Comanche was also the first commercial flight simulation based on voxel technology. NovaLogic used the proprietary Voxel Space engine developed for the company by Kyle Freeman (written entirely in Assembly language) to create open landscapes. This rendering technique allowed for much more detailed and realistic terrain compared to simulations based on vector graphics at that time.


title: Voxel

text: A voxel represents a single sample, or data point, on a regularly spaced, three-dimensional grid. This data point can consist of a single piece of data, such as an opacity, or multiple pieces of data, such as a color in addition to opacity. A voxel represents only a single point on this grid, not a volume; the space between each voxel is not represented in a voxel-based dataset. Depending on the type of data and the intended use for the dataset, this missing information may be reconstructed and/or approximated, e.g. via interpolation.


title: Voxel

text: The value of a voxel may represent various properties. In CT scans, the values are Hounsfield units, giving the opacity of material to X-rays. Different types of value are acquired from MRI or ultrasound.


title: Voxel

text: Voxels can contain multiple scalar values, essentially vector (tensor) data; in the case of ultrasound scans with B-mode and Doppler data, density, and volumetric flow rate are captured as separate channels of data relating to the same voxel positions.


title: Voxel

text: While voxels provide the benefit of precision and depth of reality, they are typically large data sets and are unwieldy to manage given the bandwidth of common computers. However, through efficient compression and manipulation of large data files, interactive visualization can be enabled on consumer market computers.


title: Voxel

text: Common uses of voxels include volumetric imaging in medicine and representation of terrain in games and simulations. Voxel terrain is used instead of a heightmap because of its ability to represent overhangs, caves, arches, and other 3D terrain features. These concave features cannot be represented in a heightmap due to only the top 'layer' of data being represented, leaving everything below it filled (the volume that would otherwise be the inside of the caves, or the underside of arches or overhangs).


title: Voxel

text: While scientific volume visualization does not require modifying the actual voxel data, voxel editors can be used to create art (especially 3D pixel art) and models for voxel based games. Some editors are focused on a single approach to voxel editing while others mix various approaches. Some common approaches are:


title: Voxel

text: There are a few voxel editors available that are not tied to specific games or engines. They can be used as alternatives or complements to traditional 3D vector modeling.


title: Voxel

text: A generalization of a voxel is the "toxel", or temporal voxel. This is used in the case of a 4D dataset, for example, an image sequence that represents 3D space together with another dimension such as time. In this way, an image could contain 100×100×100×100 toxels, which could be seen as a series of 100 frames of a 100×100×100 volume image (the equivalent for a 3D image would be showing a 2D cross section of the image in each frame). Although storage and manipulation of such data requires large amounts of memory, it allows the representation and analysis of spacetime systems.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris, legally "Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A.P.I. de C.V.", is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City with its hubs in Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Tijuana, and focus cities in Cancún, León, and Monterrey. It is the country's second largest airline after Aeroméxico and serves domestic and international destinations within the Americas. It is the leading airline in the Mexican domestic airline market, with a market share of over 28% of domestic traffic.


title: Volaris

text: The pre-operations phase (founding of the legal entities and setting up of the required infrastructure) started in August 2005 under the name "Vuela Airlines". The idea for the airline was formed from the proposed "Vuelamex" project. Major initial shareholders of the company were Grupo Televisa (the world's biggest Spanish-language media conglomerate), Inbursa (an insurance company owned by multi-billionaire Carlos Slim), TACA Airlines and the Discovery Americas Fund. Each of these partners invested 25% of the initial cost of activities, or 100 million USD. In July 2010, it was announced that Televisa and Inbursa had sold their stake in Volaris leaving the ownership of Volaris as follows: TACA Airlines with Roberto and Maria Cristina Kriete (50%), Investment fund Discovery Americas (over 25%) and Indigo Partners: Fund led by former America West CEO Bill Franke.


title: Volaris

text: Ticket sales started on January 12, 2006, and, following the delivery of the airline's first aircraft, the first (non-commercial) flight was operated in February 2006. Scheduled revenue flights were launched on March 13, 2006, with the inaugural flight having been operated from Toluca to Tijuana.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began service to Mexico City in September 2010 after absorbing flight routes from two defunct Mexican airlines, Aerocalifornia and Mexicana. In March 2011, the airline announced that its hub in Toluca would move to Guadalajara.


title: Volaris

text: On June 5, 2012, the airline launched a frequent flyer program called VClub. It is the membership program that provides special fares, offers, last minute travel deals and other perks. Customers can save up to 40% using the VClub membership. On June 6, 2012, PayPal became a payment alternative for the airline, enabling customers to purchase tickets directly from the airline's website. On September 17, 2012, Volaris announced a codeshare partnership with a German airline, Condor. Passengers of Condor are able to fly to more international destinations.


title: Volaris

text: On March 13, 2013, the airline celebrated its seventh anniversary, offering passengers 70% off all flights, it has done this every year since then. Volaris announced the creation of a subsidiary, Volaris Costa Rica, in March 2016. The subsidiary, based at Juan Santamaría International Airport in the Costa Rican capital of San José, started operations in November 2016.


title: Volaris

text: In November 2008, Volaris announced a codeshare agreement with U.S.-based low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines.


title: Volaris

text: In April 2009, Volaris announced the start of U.S.-bound flights out of Toluca and Guadalajara (initially to Los Angeles and Oakland) to feed into the hubs of Southwest Airlines. Later on, U.S. flights were also offered from Zacatecas and Morelia, with Monterrey-Los Angeles and Fresno in planning.


title: Volaris

text: On December 13, 2010, Volaris started services between Chicago/Midway and Guadalajara. It was Volaris' fourth international destination, first international service to a secondary airport and the longest route in Volaris' history. After Mexicana de Aviación's shutdown, Volaris took over many of Mexicana's international destinations and flights from its focus city, Guadalajara.


title: Volaris

text: On February 25, 2011, it was announced that Volaris would begin service to Fresno on April 14, 2011. Fresno was Volaris' first US destination where it did not partner with Southwest Airlines. The airline began using Guadalajara International Airport as an American gateway hub in late 2011.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris sought permission to fly between Dallas/Fort Worth and Mexico City, along with a number of other U.S.-Mexico routes. Volaris submitted the request on February 3, 2011 and the U.S. Department of Transportation granted approval on February 11. However, Volaris did not launch the service until over four years later, on April 29, 2015, when it began flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Guadalajara.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris received approval to fly to San Diego International Airport on July 12, 2012. Volaris then began non-stop flights between Orlando and Guadalajara on July 14, 2012.


title: Volaris

text: On February 22, 2013, Volaris and Southwest stopped codesharing. Southwest decided to focus more on the Mexican market with AirTran Airways, instead of codesharing with Volaris.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began flying to its first destination in Texas, San Antonio, from Guadalajara on December 14, 2013. Volaris also started its new route from Mexico City to San Antonio on September 15, 2017.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began non-stop flights between Chicago/O'Hare and Mexico City on December 17, 2013. This replaced Volaris' Chicago/Midway-Mexico City flights.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began flights between Guadalajara and Ontario, California, a reliever airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area, on April 12, 2014.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris applied to fly Mexicana's former Portland to Guadalajara route. The application was granted and service to Portland began on October 6, 2014. Volaris has since taken over Mexicana's former Portland to Morelia route, scheduled to start in 2021.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began serving its second destination in Florida, Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, from Mexico City on December 1, 2014, and then from Guadalajara on December 4, 2014. The airline later ceased flying to Fort Lauderdale and replaced the route with non-stop flights to Miami from Mexico City and Guadalajara.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began non-stop flights between Reno–Tahoe International Airport and Guadalajara on December 16, 2014.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris planned to launch service to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas as soon as the new terminal was completed, but the airline chose to begin flying to Houston-Intercontinental from Guadalajara on March 26, 2015, instead.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris began its first non-stop flights to the Northeastern United States, when it began service between New York-JFK and Guadalajara on July 15, 2015, and on March 1, 2017, started non-stop service between Mexico City and New York-JFK.


title: Volaris

text: In the summer of 2015, Volaris launched its first ever international flights outside the Continental United States; to Guatemala on June 18, to San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 2, and to San José, Costa Rica on September 10.


title: Volaris

text: On May 9, 2016 the airline announced non stop flights between Monterrey and Dallas/Fort Worth beginning on July 8, 2016.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris has confirmed it does not plan to fly to Santiago de Chile, and rather focus in the US, Central America and domestic markets, after a local newspaper announced the airline had plans to begin operations in South America.


title: Volaris

text: On January 16, 2018, Volaris announced a codeshare agreement with American low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines.


title: Volaris

text: On November 17, 2018, Volaris started flights to Albuquerque from Guadalajara. Volaris was the first Mexican airline to fly to Albuquerque since Aeroméxico in 2009. This flight was discontinued in June 2019, along with a very short-lived (2 week) Albuquerque-Chihuahua flight


title: Volaris

text: The airline is headquartered in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City. It formerly had its headquarters on the first floor of Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 490 in Peña Blanca, Santa Fe.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris has faced multiple class-action lawsuits due to failure to properly refund flights canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris operates scheduled flights to Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas from its hub at Guadalajara International Airport in Guadalajara, Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, and Tijuana International Airport in Tijuana, and focus cities in Cancún International Airport in Cancún, Bajío International Airport in León, and Monterrey International Airport in Monterrey.


title: Volaris

text: On November 15, 2017 during the Dubai Airshow, Indigo Partners announced an order for 430 aircraft of the Airbus A320neo family of which 80 will be for Volaris as follows: 46 A320neo and 34 A321neo.


title: Volaris

text: On November 14, 2021 during the Dubai Airshow, Volaris announced an order for 39 A321neo. Additionally an existing order for 20 A320neo was converted into A321neo.


title: Volaris

text: Volaris does not provide complimentary meals or drinks on its flights. Passengers may purchase items on board from the "Entre nubes" buy on board program. Onboard sales are an important part of the airline's ancillary revenue; items such as snacks, pillows, blankets and Volaris-branded items are sold on board. The airline's monthly inflight magazine is called "V de Volaris".


title: Volaris

text: The airline had previously provided in-flight entertainment (IFE) in most aircraft, utilizing drop-down screens on its Airbus aircraft; by 2019, all use of IFE had been discontinued.


title: Volaris

text: VClub is Volaris' frequent flyer program. It gives members exclusive deals on flights, baggage and packages. The airline offers individual and group memberships, with the option to pay monthly or annually. In addition, Volaris offers VPass, similar to Spirit's "$9 Fare Club". It offers a set subscription price, and charges customers only for taxes and additional services. Further, customers can book codeshare flights and earn points through fellow ultra-low-cost carrier, Frontier Airlines.


title: Volaris

text: The Volaris logo, since its launch in 2005, has been a colorful, pixelated star against a black background. It represents the north star, Polaris, after which the airline's name is derived from.


title: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round

text: The third round of CAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 25 to 29 March 2022. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five ties. The five overall winners of these fixtures qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.


text: The draw for the third round was held on 22 January 2022 in Douala, Cameroon, starting at 16:00 (UTC+1). The seedings were based on the November 2021 FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses). Teams from Pot 2 hosted the first leg, while teams from Pot 1 hosted the second leg.


title: Recreation

text: Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun".


title: Recreation

text: The term "recreation" appears to have been used in English first in the late 14th century, first in the sense of "refreshment or curing of a sick person", and derived turn from Latin ("re": "again", "creare": "to create, bring forth, beget").


title: Recreation

text: People spend their time on activities of daily living, work, sleep, social duties and leisure, the latter time being free from prior commitments to physiologic or social needs, a prerequisite of recreation. Leisure has increased with increased longevity and, for many, with decreased hours spent for physical and economic survival, yet others argue that time pressure has increased for modern people, as they are committed to too many tasks. Other factors that account for an increased role of recreation are affluence, population trends, and increased commercialization of recreational offerings. While one perception is that leisure is just "spare time", time not consumed by the necessities of living, another holds that leisure is a force that allows individuals to consider and reflect on the values and realities that are missed in the activities of daily life, thus being an essential element of personal development and civilization. This direction of thought has even been extended to the view that leisure is the purpose of work, and a reward in itself, and "leisure life" reflects the values and character of a nation. Leisure is considered a human right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


title: Recreation

text: Recreation is difficult to separate from the general concept of play, which is usually the term for children's recreational activity. Children may playfully imitate activities that reflect the realities of adult life. It has been proposed that play or recreational activities are outlets of or expression of excess energy, channeling it into socially acceptable activities that fulfill individual as well as societal needs, without need for compulsion, and providing satisfaction and pleasure for the participant. A traditional view holds that work is supported by recreation, recreation being useful to "recharge the battery" so that work performance is improved.


title: Recreation

text: Work, an activity generally performed out of economic necessity and useful for society and organized within the economic framework, however can also be pleasurable and may be self-imposed thus blurring the distinction to recreation. Many activities in entertainment are work for one person and recreation for another. Over time, a recreational activity may become work, and vice versa. Thus, for a musician, playing an instrument may be at one time a profession, and at another a recreation.


title: Recreation

text: Similarly, it may be difficult to separate education from recreation as in the case of recreational mathematics.


title: Recreation

text: Recreation has many health benefits, and, accordingly, Therapeutic Recreation has been developed to take advantage of this effect. The National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) is the nationally recognized credentialing organization for the profession of Therapeutic Recreation. Professionals in the field of Therapeutic Recreation who are certified by the NCTRC are called "Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists". The job title "Recreation Therapist" is identified in the U.S. Dept of Labor's Occupation Outlook. Such therapy is applied in rehabilitation, psychiatric facilities for youth and adults, and in the care of the elderly, the disabled, or people with chronic diseases. Recreational physical activity is important to reduce obesity, and the risk of osteoporosis and of cancer, most significantly in men that of colon and prostate, and in women that of the breast; however, not all malignancies are reduced as outdoor recreation has been linked to a higher risk of melanoma. Extreme adventure recreation naturally carries its own hazards.


title: Recreation

text: Recreation is an essential part of human life and finds many different forms which are shaped naturally by individual interests but also by the surrounding social construction. Recreational activities can be communal or solitary, active or passive, outdoors or indoors, healthy or harmful, and useful for society or detrimental. Some recreational activities – such as gambling, recreational drug use, or delinquent activities – may violate societal norms and laws. A list of typical activities could be almost endless


title: Recreation

text: A significant section of recreational activities are designated as hobbies which are activities done for pleasure on a regular basis. A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time, not professionally and not for pay. Hobbies include collecting themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, playing sports, or pursuing other amusements. Participation in hobbies encourages acquiring substantial skills and knowledge in that area. A list of hobbies changes with renewed interests and developing fashions, making it diverse and lengthy. Hobbies tend to follow trends in society, for example stamp collecting was popular during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as postal systems were the main means of communication, while video games are more popular nowadays following technological advances. The advancing production and technology of the nineteenth century provided workers with more availability in leisure time to engage in hobbies. Because of this, the efforts of people investing in hobbies has increased with time.


title: Recreation

text: Bricolage and DIY are some of the terms describing the building, modifying, or repairing things without the direct aid of experts or professionals. Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where "individuals engage raw and semi-raw materials and parts to produce, transform, or reconstruct material possessions, including those drawn from the natural environment (e.g., landscaping)". DIY behavior can be triggered by various motivations previously categorized as marketplace motivations (economic benefits, lack of product availability, lack of product quality, need for customization), and identity enhancement (craftsmanship, empowerment, community seeking, uniqueness). They could involve crafts that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. Typical interests enjoyed by the maker culture include engineering-oriented pursuits such as home improvement, electronics, robotics, 3-D printing, and the use of Computer Numeric Control tools, as well as more traditional activities such as metalworking, woodworking, and, mainly, its predecessor, traditional arts and crafts. The subculture stresses a cut-and-paste approach to standardized hobbyist technologies, and encourages cookbook re-use of designs published on websites and maker-oriented publications. There is a strong focus on using and learning practical skills and applying them to reference designs. There is also growing work on equity and the maker culture.


title: Recreation

text: Any structured form of play could become a game. Games are played sometimes purely for recreation, sometimes for achievement or monetary rewards as well. They are played for recreation alone, in teams, or online; by amateurs. Professionals can play as part of their work for entertainment of the audience. The games could be board games, puzzles, computer or video games.


title: Recreation

text: Recreation engaged in out of doors, most commonly in natural settings. The activities themselves — such as fishing, hunting, backpacking, and horseback riding — characteristically dependent on the environment practiced in. While many of these activities can be classified as sports, they do not all demand that a participant be an athlete. Competition generally is less stressed than in individual or team sports organized into opposing squads in pursuit of a trophy or championship. When the activity involves exceptional excitement, physical challenge, or risk, it is sometimes referred to as "adventure recreation" or "adventure training", rather than an extreme sport.


title: Recreation

text: Other traditional examples of outdoor recreational activities include hiking, camping, mountaineering, cycling, canoeing, caving, kayaking, rafting, rock climbing, running, sailing, skiing, sky diving and surfing. As new pursuits, often hybrids of prior ones, emerge, they gain their own identities, such as coasteering, canyoning, fastpacking, and plogging.


title: Recreation

text: Participatory dance whether it be a folk dance, a social dance, a group dance such as a line, circle, chain or square dance, or a partner dance such as is common in western Western ballroom dancing, is undertaken primarily for a common purpose, such as entertainment, social interaction or exercise, of participants rather than onlookers. The many forms of dance provide recreation for all age groups and cultures.


title: Recreation

text: Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from recreation, religious or ceremonial purposes, or for entertainment. When music was only available through sheet music scores, such as during the Classical and Romantic eras in Europe, music lovers would buy the sheet music of their favourite pieces and songs so that they could perform them at home on their instruments.


title: Recreation

text: Video games are immersive experiences that leave some of the aesthetics to be defined by the player while reserving the author's authority on the latter.


title: Recreation

text: Woodworking, photography, moviemaking, jewelry making, software projects such as Photoshopping and home music or video production, making bracelets, artistic projects such as drawing, painting, Cosplay (design, creation, and wearing a costume based on an already existing creative property), creating models out of card stock or paper – called papercraft fall under the category visual arts. many of these are practised for recreation.


title: Recreation

text: Drawing goes back at least 16,000 years to Paleolithic cave representations of animals such as those at Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain. In ancient Egypt, ink drawings on papyrus, often depicting people, were used as models for painting or sculpture. Drawings on Greek vases, initially geometric, later developed to the human form with black-figure pottery during the 7th century BC.


title: Recreation

text: With paper becoming common in Europe by the 15th century, drawing was adopted by masters such as Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci who sometimes treated drawing as an art in its own right rather than a preparatory stage for painting or sculpture.


title: Recreation

text: In the US, about half of all adults read one or more books for pleasure each year. About 5% read more than 50 books per year.


title: Recreation

text: Like drawing, painting has its documented origins in caves and on rock faces. The finest examples, believed by some to be 32,000 years old, are in the Chauvet and Lascaux caves in southern France. In shades of red, brown, yellow and black, the paintings on the walls and ceilings are of bison, cattle, horses and deer. Paintings of human figures can be found in the tombs of ancient Egypt. In the great temple of Ramses II, Nefertari, his queen, is depicted being led by Isis. Greek and Roman art like the Hellenistic Fayum mummy portraits and Battle of Issus at Pompeii contributed to Byzantine art in the 4th century BC, which initiated a tradition in icon painting. Models of aeroplanes, boats, cars, tanks, artillery, and even figures of soldiers and superheroes are popular subjects to build, paint and display.


title: Recreation

text: An amateur photographer practices photography as a hobby/passion and not for monetary profit. The quality of some amateur work may be highly specialized or eclectic in choice of subjects. Amateur photography is often pre-eminent in photographic subjects which have little prospect of commercial use or reward. Amateur photography grew during the late 19th century due to the popularization of the Hand-held camera. Nowadays it has spread widely through social media and is carried out throughout different platforms and equipment, including the use of cell phone. Clear pictures can now be taken with a cell phone which is a key tool for making photography more accessible to everyone.


title: Recreation

text: Many recreational activities are organized, typically by public institutions, voluntary group-work agencies, private groups supported by membership fees, and commercial enterprises. Examples of each of these are the National Park Service, the YMCA, the Kiwanis, and Walt Disney World. Public space such as parks and beaches are essential venues for many recreational activities and Tourism has recognized that many visitors are specifically attracted by recreational offerings. In particular, beach and waterfront promenades such as the beach area of Venice Beach in California, the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes, the Promenade des Anglais in Nice or the lungomare of Barcola with Miramare Castle in Trieste are important recreational areas for the city population on the one hand and on the other also important tourist destinations with all advantages and disadvantages for the locals.


title: Recreation

text: In support of recreational activities government has taken an important role in their creation, maintenance, and organization, and whole industries have developed merchandise or services. Recreation-related business is an important factor in the economy; it has been estimated that the outdoor recreation sector alone contributes $730 billion annually to the U.S. economy and generates 6.5 million jobs.


title: Recreation

text: A recreation center is a place for recreational activities usually administered by a municipal government agency. Swimming, basketball, weightlifting, volleyball and kids' play areas are very common.


title: Recreation

text: A recreation specialist would be expected to meet the recreational needs of a community or assigned interest group. Educational institutions offer courses that lead to a degree as a Bachelor of Arts in recreation management. People with such degrees often work in parks and recreation centers in towns, on community projects and activities. Networking with instructors, budgeting, and evaluation of continuing programs are common job duties.


title: Recreation

text: In the United States, most states have a professional organization for continuing education and certification in recreation management. The National Recreation and Park Association administers a certification program called the CPRP (Certified Park and Recreation Professional) that is considered a national standard for professional recreation specialist practices.


title: Recreation

text: Since the beginning of the 2000s, there are more and more online booking / ticketing platforms for recreational activities that emerged. Many of them leveraged the ever-growing prevalence of internet, mobile devices and e-payments to build comprehensive online booking solutions. The first successful batch includes tourist recreation activities platform like TripAdvisor that went public. The emergence of these platforms infers the rising needs for recreation and entertainment from the growing urban citizens worldwide.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: ""Top Gun" Anthem" is an instrumental rock composition and the theme of the "Top Gun" media franchise, including the original 1986 film "Top Gun" and its 2022 sequel "". Harold Faltermeyer wrote the music with Steve Stevens playing guitar and Faltermeyer on the keyboard on the recording. In the film, the full song is heard in the film's ending scene.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: An edited version of the song without the electric guitar is played in the opening sequence set aboard the aircraft carrier deck during launch preparations - the music is set so that after the F-14 Tomcat's engines are on full afterburner and the aircraft subsequently launches from the catapult, it immediately changes to "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins. This edited version would re-appear in a similar fashion during the opening scene of "", but with F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets and F-35s replacing the F-14s.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: In an interview for RedBull Academy in 2014, Faltermeyer recalled simultaneously recording keyboard parts for Billy Idol's "Whiplash Smile" while also composing a melody for a scene in the movie "Fletch". Idol passed by the control room on a break and opened the door for a listen. He liked the melody and pumped his fist in the air, saying it was "Top Gun". In a 2002 interview with AXS TV, Stevens said Faltermeyer showed him a Betamax copy of the film's workprint and offered him to record the guitar section of the song.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: The song's music video, directed by Dominic Sena, shows Faltermeyer playing the piano and Stevens on electric guitar in a hangar with naval aircraft. This video was re-released within the 2004 "Top Gun" Collector's Edition DVD.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: Stevens used a Hamer SS signature guitar in the music video but for the recording he used his Charvel San Dimas Glow and a 100-watt Marshall amplifier to record his part. He also used a Boss compressor pedal to add more sustain. There is only one guitar track throughout the entire piece, with the exception of the ending.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: The song is available on both the original "Top Gun" soundtrack album and the expanded edition. A re-recorded version is also available on the soundtrack, "".


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: The theme was played on organ as an intro to "Don't Need a Gun" during Billy Idol's "Whiplash Smile" tour.


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: On July 3, 2008, Activision released a free downloadable version of the "Top Gun Anthem" covered by Steve Ouimette for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of "".


title: Top Gun Anthem

text: A remixed version of the song is featured as the official soundtrack for the "Top Gun: Maverick" DLC in "", alongside "Danger Zone".


title: Will Champion

text: William Champion (born 31 July 1978) is an English musician and songwriter best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the rock band Coldplay. Raised in Southampton, he learned various instruments during his childhood, being influenced by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Nick Cave and traditional Irish folk. His energetic drumming style is based on prioritizing the essential elements of a song and he is known to occasionally take lead vocals during live performances.


title: Will Champion

text: Champion has a degree in anthropology at University College London, where he joined Coldplay with Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland and Guy Berryman. The group signed with Parlophone in 1999, finding global fame through the release of "Parachutes" (2000) and subsequent records. He won seven Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards as part of Coldplay. The band have sold over 100 million albums worldwide as of 2021, making them the most successful group of the 21st century.


title: Will Champion

text: William Champion was born on 31 July 1978 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, being the second child of archaeology lecturers Timothy and Sara Champion. He was raised in the Highfield suburb of the city close to the University of Southampton, where his parents worked. He studied at Portswood Primary School while secondary education was held at Cantell School and Peter Symonds College. During his youth, Champion played cricket for Chandler's Ford CC along with his older brother, they were known to attend Highfield Church as well. He commented that music was "constantly on the stereo at home", which included listening to "anything from Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Nick Cave to traditional Irish folk", and performed in a group called Fat Hamster.


title: Will Champion

text: His upbringing influenced him to start lessons on various instruments, including violin and piano from the age of eight, guitar when he was twelve, and eventually bass and tin whistle. However, Champion did not always enjoy the sessions, given he could not read music and played songs mostly from memory instead: "I watched my teacher's hand on the piano, memorized it, and ended up doing it myself". Despite occasionally playing drums at school and with his neighbour's kit, he was not interested on the instrument yet. He also did work experience at Nuffield Theatre's box office and backstage when he was 14 years old.


title: Will Champion

text: Champion's education then continued in University College London, where he attained a 2:1 degree in anthropology and met Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland and Guy Berryman, eventually forming Coldplay. Years later, during an interview for "Drum!" magazine, he stated that having experience with other instruments helped with his coordination and offered a different perspective from other drummers, being a notable part of his style: "Knowing the difference between the major and minor key is very important too, and I was lucky to learn all that before I was playing drums. That has more to do with the feel of a song, knowing what's right for the song, instead of knowing how to play powerfully for a second or two".


title: Will Champion

text: Champion was the fourth and last member to join the band in 1998. He explained that Martin, Buckland and Berryman came to his house because a roommate had a drum kit and was a good drummer, but he had not turned up, "so I just said I would give it a go". They recorded the session and he was eventually invited to the ensemble in spite of basically not having prior experience. In 1999, he was temporarily sacked from the group by Martin over heated discussions regarding his abilities as a drummer: "Three days later, the rest of us were feeling miserable, [...] we asked him to come back. They made me have lots of vodka and cranberry juice in remembrance of what a nasty piece of work I was being". The incident became an inspiration for "Trouble", which was written as an apology to him.


title: Will Champion

text: In Coldplay, Champion is often regarded as the rationality of the band, with Martin saying "When I think of him, I think of something heavy and granite-like. Like the base of a statue. Without that, the thing topples". While answering questions from fans, other members added that he "does have a very sensible head on his shoulders and when it comes to making decisions he is really good at putting valid points across and keeping everyone focused. He frequently has the casting vote and his decision can sometimes override the consensus". They often praise his multi-instrumentalism as well, describing him as a "human jukebox". Although Buckland and Berryman have taken part in backing vocals, Champion remained the most prominent. During the Viva la Vida Tour, he performed an acoustic version of the song "Death Will Never Conquer", which was later included on "LeftRightLeftRightLeft" (2009). His lead vocals can also be heard on "The Goldrush", a B-side for "Life in Technicolor II". Meanwhile, his rendition of "In My Place" from the A Head Full of Dreams Tour was released on "Live in Buenos Aires" (2018).


title: Will Champion

text: Champion guested on a-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen's debut album, "Past Perfect Future Tense" (2004), along with Berryman. He also made a cameo appearance as one of the Red Wedding musicians on the "Rains of Castamere" episode from "Game of Thrones", which aired on 2 June 2013. In the following year, he contributed to Brian Eno and Karl Hyde's collaborative album "Someday World" (2014) by playing electronic drums. In November 2017, he visited the University of Southampton to talk with music students about his experience in the industry, composing, studio recording, live performances and managing stardom. Along with Buckland, he assisted in Jodie Whittaker's "Yellow" cover recording for BBC's Children in Need album in October 2019. He is a supporter of DrumathonLIVE as well, the virtual charity event is focused on raising money for children's mental health through a 250-hour livestream, featuring numerous drummers from around the world.


title: Will Champion

text: Champion's first drum kit was a Yamaha 9000. Since "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (2002), however, he uses a custom maple set with a 22"x16" bass drum, 13"x9" rack tom, 16"x15" floor tom, various snare drums and Zildjian cymbals (20" K Heavy ride, brilliant finish; 18" A Custom Medium crash [x2] and 14" K Custom Dark hi-hats). The drumheads are Remo coated ambassadors and he plays with Pro-Mark's hickory wood 5A drum sticks. Champion also owns a Yamaha hardware, a Roc-N-Soc drum throne, two electronic drum pads and one electronic percussion pad. Noted for an energetic drumming style, he was not confident to play loud or heavy at first, which became part his performance: "That is my trademark – Wait, keep waiting" and "at the last moment possible come in and steal the limelight at the end".


title: Will Champion

text: When questioned on which Coldplay songs he thinks are his technical or "feel-wise" best, Champion commented being most proud of tracks where everything is boiled down to the essentials, citing "Viva la Vida" as an example: "It's just a kick drum, a bell and a little bit of timpani here and there, but it's so simple [...] We tried so many different things with that, four-beats, rock beats, everything – but nothing worked. It was a case of you've got to strip absolutely everything away to its very, very bare minimum. There are so many intricacies on the violins, the melodies and everything, I just felt it have to be simple with no frills, just support the song". He named Ginger Baker (Cream), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) as some of his favourite drummers as well, receiving compliments from the latter in return.


title: Will Champion

text: According to "The Times", Champion has an estimated wealth of £113 million as of May 2022. He is a lifelong fan of Southampton F.C. and has owned a seasonal ticket for many years. His parents Tim and Sara used to DJ as Champion Tunes at local pubs, the latter died from cancer in 2000. Her funeral was scheduled for the same day Coldplay had to shoot the music video for "Yellow", which is why only Martin appeared on it. Their debut album, "Parachutes", was later dedicated to her. In 2003, he married teacher Marianne Dark, becoming the first band member to wed. They have three children and reside in the Hampstead area of Camden, London.


title: Will Champion

text: When asked about fame, Champion said he loves that after playing stadiums around the world, he is able to "disappear" back to his children (who are studying Suzuki method violin) and his wife (who sings in Brian Eno's private choir). This "skill" was subject of a sketch by British comedian Nish Kumar in "Live at the Apollo". The drummer also mentioned the way Martin has to deal a lot more with practical things becoming difficult would "drive him crazy". His favourite non-musical activity is cooking and he frequently dances with Dark at their house. Her backing vocals were included in the title track of "Everyday Life" (2019), being the piece of music Champion likes the most from the record.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Need for Speed: Carbon is a 2006 racing video game and the tenth installment in the "Need for Speed" series. Developed by EA Canada, Rovio Mobile, and EA Black Box, and published by Electronic Arts, it was released on October 30, 2006, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Wii, Windows, and Mac OS X and in 2008 for arcades. The game sees players conducting illegal street races within the fictional city of Palmont City, with the game's main story taking place after the events of "" and focusing on the player's character taking control of the city from various street-racing gangs. While the gameplay is similar to its predecessor, "Carbon" introduced a number of new features, including crews and racing wingmen, Touge-styled racing events, and greater customization options.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Alongside console, home computer, and arcade versions, the game also received portable editions for the PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Zeebo, titled Need for Speed: Carbon – Own the City. While the portable games featured similar gameplay to the console version, they included new/modified gameplay elements, a different setting and storyline, and a different selection of AI teammates.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Upon the release of "Carbon", the game received positive reviews from critics, though it faced some criticism over elements of its gameplay mechanics, including a lack of emphasis on police chases compared to its predecessor. A special "Collector's Edition" version of the title was developed for PlayStation 2, Windows and Xbox 360, and included additional content including new cars, new customization items, and new events for two of its game modes. The game was later succeeded by "" in 2007.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: As of 2021, a download versions of the game are no longer available for purchase in any online stores, and online play was shutdown on September 1. The non-download boxed EA DVD versions of the game can still be purchased from some online stores until supply runs out.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: In the game, players take part in illegal street races that focus on different styles of races, utilizing a variety of licensed real-world cars (available at the time of the game's development and release) that can be upgraded and customized with new parts, while contending with the involvement of the police in their efforts to impede the player. Racing Events focus on competitive races with other drivers on circuits or point-to-point routes, checkpoint races, and races involving sprints or drifting (the latter being absent in its predecessor), with players able to use Nitrous Oxide and Speedbreaker whenever needed – either to help win races or get out of tight spots – both of which recharge over time. The game itself features four game modes – Career, Quick Race, Challenge Series, and Multiplayer – with the latter featuring online gameplay available in all console and PC versions of the game, except the Wii's edition.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The game operates on the same gameplay mechanics used in previous entries in the series, including its predecessor "", though "Carbon" introduced new elements. A new element exclusive to "Carbon" is Canyon events – special racing events styled after Japanese Tōge racing, in which players compete in competitive racing on canyon roads outside the game's main setting. These events consist of sprints, drifting and duel events, in which the latter two feature a majority of destructible guardrails that the player must avoid crashing through or risk losing these respective events as a result. Duel events on these circuits operate differently to events involving major rival racers in "Need for Speed" games, as these are conducted across two stages on a canyon circuit – in each stage, one driver acts as the chaser and pursues the other at close proximity, with the first stage seeing the player as the chaser and scoring points the closer they can tail their opponent, while in the second stage their opponent becomes the chaser and the player must keep as much distance as possible to avoid losing too many points before the stage is completed. At the end of both stages, the car who took the lead wins if their score is positive, otherwise, their opponent wins if they turned it negative. Apart from scores, an instant win is possible depending on which mode the Duel is conducted in – in Career mode, the player can win instantly if they can stay ahead of their opponent for ten seconds, but lose if they fall behind for too long; in Online Multiplayer, a player wins if their opponent crashes through a guardrail.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Police pursuits, a staple of the series, function similar to "Most Wanted" in that police can turn up at any time during a race and attempt to impede the player during the event, except in Canyon Race events and checkpoint races; in Career mode, the police can also turn up during Free Roam, but will not act against the player unless they have a warrant (for evading a previous pursuit) or committed an offence in their sight, whereupon they focus on blocking in and arresting the player unless they can lose them and find a safe spot to hide until they lose their heat. As the player is pursued, they can either attempt to evade the cops or knock them out of action by ramming their cars or using destructible props called Pursuit Breakers to impede their pursuit, though extensive pursuits will cause the player's heat level to rise, leading to stronger pursuit tactics including spike-strips, roadblocks, and the involvement of state/federal authorities. "Carbon" modified the pursuit function by making police less dominant in arrest tactics at higher heat levels, and reducing the chance a Pursuit Breaker blocks/destroys a pursuing vehicle.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Licensed real-world cars used in the game are divided into three tiers (performance level) and three classes – Exotic, Tuner, and Muscle. For example, a Nissan 240SX is a tier 1 tuner car, while a Corvette Z06 is a tier 3 muscle car. Cars receive visual damage during the game, but no physical damage. Cars can be upgraded in performance through new components and fine-tuning of each component – such upgrades can help, for example, to improve speed, or improve braking. "Carbon" added the ability to customize visual parts via autosculpt parts, which allow adjustments of components for example, while adding flexibility with vinyls and decals by allowing them to be placed in layers over each other, with the ability to modify these in shape and size, and place them anywhere on the car. Additional cars and customization parts can be acquired through completing Reward Cards – each card consists of a set of challenges for the player to complete across the game modes, and reward the player either with a new vehicle to use or new parts for customization.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The game's main mode focuses on the player competing in races against rival street racing crews, instead of individual racers like in "Most Wanted" and "". When starting in Career mode, players must choose a class that is not only permanent for their playthrough in this mode, but also dictates which of the initial three districts in the game's setting they begin in and which racing events are available first. Additional cars and classes become unlocked as the player progresses in this mode; any cars earned from Reward Cards for Quick Race mode are also available but without limitation. Players operate their own crew in Career mode and can recruit AI wingmen to assist them, each of whom operates under a different role – Blocker, Drafter, and Scout – and specialty – Fixer, Mechanic, and Fabricator. The type of role and specialty that each wingman operate under dictates how they assist the player – some can find shortcuts during races, while others can help to reduce police heat – with their role also dictating which car they drive in; the first two wingmen the player unlocks have their cars match the player's chosen class. During races, players may use their wingmen for a period of time, after which they must wait a while until their wingmen gauge has recharged before they can use them again.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: To win career mode, players compete in races against other crews to secure territory – each district has a number of territories, each controlled either by the district's main crew or a minor crew through a series of racing events. Winning a majority of the races in a territory converts control to the player's crew and unlocks additional races elsewhere. Races that have been won can be engaged again, but the prize money offered is reduced as a result. Taking control of all territories will unlock a duel event with the main crew's boss, in which winning the event will allow the player to unlock special rewards, in a similar manner to the rewards offered in rival events in "Most Wanted". As the player accumulates territories, they can lose any earned by losing control over its racing events to minor crews, either by failing to defeat them in takeover challenges or forfeiting the right to do so.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Quick Race mode allows players to create custom events for single-player or multiplayer – both splitscreen or online – making use of any circuit and cars in the game, and altering various factors such as the difficulty of opponents, track conditions and so forth; what cars and circuits can be used depends on the player's progress in Career mode, though all players can be allowed to use wingmen they have unlocked in these events, provided this option is allowed.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Challenge Series consists of a series of racing events that are divided into 12 categories, each divided further into three difficulty levels. Each challenge event requires the player to complete a specific goal, depending on the type of event, using a set car on a specific course in the game. Players may choose any category to begin with, unlike in "Most Wanted", but must complete in order of Easy to Hard. Completing all of the difficulty levels of a challenge unlocks either a new car or customization option for the player to use in other modes.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Online Multiplayer mode focuses on two exclusive events for multiple players – Pursuit Knockout and Pursuit Tag:


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Carbon" takes place within the fictional city of Palmont, which encompasses four boroughs linked by a highway system; Kempton, which houses the city's industrial complexes; Downtown, which houses the city's metropolitan and financial buildings; Fortuna, which houses the city's residential area; and Silverton, which houses the city's casino & resort facilities. The city is also surrounded by three canyons known as East, West, and Carbon, which feature their own layout of the route, but which are not connected to Palmont. In the game's story, which takes place during a fixed period at night, the player is not able to access Silverton until they have made progress in career mode and only can access the canyon routes during events.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The player assumes the role of a street racer who, several years prior to their involvement in the events of "", took part in a major street race around Palmont for a large cash prize against three other racers, each leader of a street racing crew: Kenji, leader of the Bushido; Angie, leader of the 21st Street; and Wolf, leader of the T.F.K. However, the racers were ambushed by the city's police, who immobilized the player's opponents with an EMP and began arresting everyone involved. The player escaped with the help of Darius (Tahmoh Penikett), another street racer, and their former girlfriend Nikki (Emmanuelle Vaugier); before leaving she handed over the bag containing the race's prize money, which later turned out to contain paper.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Following their time in Rockport, the player returns to Palmont but is pursued along a canyon route by former police sergeant Nathan Cross, who now works as a bounty hunter and seeks revenge against them. After a crash causes the player to lose their car, Cross attempts to arrest them for the bounty on their head but is stopped by Darius, now leading his own crew called the Stacked Deck, who pays him off. Offering to help them, Darius asks Nikki, who now dates him, to assist despite her belief that the player betrayed everyone for the prize money. With Nikki's help, the player receives two crew members to help in races and a safehouse to operate from. On Darius' advice, the player begins taking part in street races for control over territories controlled by rival crews across three of the city's main boroughs. In the process, they also engage against Kenji, Angie and Wolf, defeating them and securing a member of their crew to aid them, each of whom confides in the player that they suspect someone else set up both them and each crew member's former bosses.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: After securing all three boroughs, Darius calls a meeting with the player, only to reveal that he sought to use the player to take control of the city from the other crews, betraying them to Cross. After leaving, Nikki arrives to save the player after making a secret deal with Cross. She soon reveals that Darius was responsible for setting up the player for the theft of the prize money Darius had tipped off the police, and in the chaos that ensued, switched out the prize money while leaving the player to take the blame by helping them escape the police sting. Now aware of the truth, Nikki sides with the player to help take control of the last city borough, leading Darius to reinforce his crew with assistance from Kenji, Angie and Wolf to prevent this. The player eventually defeats Darius and his crew, gaining control of all of Palmont's territory, despite Darius warning them to enjoy their victory before someone faster than them takes over.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Need for Speed: Carbon" was first shown in EA's montage at Nintendo's E3 2006 conference and booth and was the cover story in the "Game Informer" magazine issue from July. "Carbon" is the first in the "Need for Speed" series to be released for PlayStation 3 and Wii seventh generation consoles and also the final in the series to be released for Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. "Carbon" features some of cars of its predecessors, namely "" and "", but also incorporates many new additions including the Audi Le Mans quattro, the Chrysler 300C SRT 8, Chevrolet's Chevelle SS, and the Alfa Romeo Brera. Carbon features the Canadian actress and model Emmanuelle Vaugier as Nikki, the player's main source of help and ally in the Career storyline. The game is available for use with Mac OS X. "Need for Speed: Carbon" debuted at number one on the UK All Format Gaming Chart on its first week of release, beating Konami's "Pro Evolution Soccer".


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Carbon" was also the first game in the series to feature detailed character animations for the Windows and seventh-generation releases using facial motion capture, where in-game models of characters such as Neville, Wolf, Angie and Kenji appear in real-time cutscenes taunting or remarking the player in a race or at certain points. This has however been omitted on the sixth-generation and Wii versions due to platform limitations.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The Need for Speed: Carbon – Collector's Edition features 4 exclusive cars, 10 pre-tuned cars, 6 new races, 3 unique challenge events, 10 unique vinyls and a Bonus DVD showing the making of "Carbon" and showcasing all the cars used in the game. The Collector's Edition also features alternate box art and a metallic-finish sleeve encasing the case of the game. Although the Mac edition doesn't display the Collector's Edition title, it contains all Collector's Edition features. The downloaded version of the game features the Ultimate Performance Kit, 2006 Pagani Zonda F and the 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T. An arcade version of the same name was released by EA Arcades in 2008. The Collector's Edition is not available for PS3.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The game features a licensed soundtrack by EA Trax just like other games developed by EA. Unlike most other games, there are different songs depending on what car category your using. For Tuners, it mostly plays electronica music performed by artists like Gary Numan, Ladytron, The Presets, as well as Melody (who is known for portraying the Bushido crew member Yumi in the game) . For Muscles, they mostly play rock songs performed by artists like Eagles of Death Metal, Wolfmother, and Kyuss. For Exotics, its mostly rap songs performed by Ekstrak, Pharrell, Sway, Spank Rock, and Dynamite MC. These songs can only be heard during free roam or checkpoint races. The game also has a composed soundtrack performed by Trevor Morris that mostly play during race sequences and canyon duels. Some of the pursuit chase music performed by Paul Linford that was originally featured in "" also play during pursuit chases.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Need for Speed: Carbon" was met with generally positive reviews. IGN gave the PC version an 8.2 out of 10 and the PlayStation 3 version a 7.9 out of 10. GameSpot gave praise for adding more movie clips, customization and solid gameplay, but was critical about frustrating boss battles and underutilizing police chases.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Electronic Gaming Monthly" gave the game an average score of 8.0. "Hyper"s Daniel Wilks commends the game for its "large gameworld", but criticises it for its easy drift course mechanics and the actors in the cutscenes. The Australian video game talk show "Good Game" gave the game a 5/10.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Need for Speed: Carbon" has sold 3.2 million copies in the United States. Its PlayStation 2 version received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: "Own the City" features similar gameplay to the console editions, but while the Autosculpt function, Canyon Race events and drifting events are absent, the portable edition allows for free-roaming around the game's setting of Coast City, offers three new racing events, and modification to some of the gameplay mechanics. The new events consist of Escape, in which players attempt to escape from a rival crew's territory; Delivery, in which players and their crew race to a designated area with a package and attempt to beat other racers doing the same thing; and Crew Takedown, in which players to eliminate a set number of rival racers to win. During free roam, the player can explore the city and seek out crates scattered across the game's setting, in a similar manner to the hidden package system in "Grand Theft Auto", which when broken unlock rewards ranging from cash to game art. Police pursuits can occur in "Own the City", but only in free roam; the player is not pursued during racing events.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Players can hire up to five wingmen for their racing crew, in which two members may be active for use in racing events, though like "Carbon" they cannot be used in the game's Lap Knockout, Escape, and Crew Takedown events. Wingmen are divided into three classes – Brawlers, Drafters, and Assassins. While the first two classes operate in a similar manner to "Carbon"s wingmen roles of Blockers and Drafters respectively, Assassins replace the console's role of Scouts, and can be used to take out multiple rivals with deployable spike strips. The game's main mode of gameplay requires players to take control of territory – unlike the setting of Palmont, Coast City features around 13 areas of territory across 6 districts, with each area that is conquered unlocking new items for purchase and a new wingman for the player to recruit.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The player and their brother Mick compete in an illegal street race with two other racers, seeking to see who will own the whole of Coast City amongst them. However, the race ends in a terrible car crash that kills Mick and leaves the player in the hospital with amnesia. In the aftermath of Mick's death, his control over the city's territories is divided up between various street racing crews. When the player wakes up six months later, they are greeted by Mick's girlfriend Sara and his wingman Carter, both of whom help the player regain their memories of the race when visiting their brother's grave.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: The player sets out to find who killed Mick, forming a crew to help them race and defeat the other crews, regaining territory and asking the defeated crew bosses what they know about the race's accident. During this time, Sara disappears. Eventually, the player is informed that a young driver named Buddy caused the crash, whereupon a crew boss known as EX helps the player to locate Buddy. When they confront the driver, the player learns that Buddy was hired by someone to kill Mick, and hands them a phone. Upon completing more races, the player encounters and defeats an undercover police officer named MK, who uses his connection with the city's police to trace Buddy's employer. The player soon discovers that EX planned Mick's murder, and so pursues after and defeats him, leaving him to be apprehended by MK and the city police.


title: Need for Speed: Carbon

text: Sara soon returns and instructs the player to race her, whereupon she reveals that the player arranged for EX to kill Mick. Sara reveals that the player's brother had a monstrous personality that led to her and the player being hurt, so the player arranged for Mick to be killed in an accident during a race to be rid of him, thus allowing Sara and themselves to be free. Sara soon embraces her freedom, handing over Mick's watch and stating how different the player is to him.


title: Black Narcissus

text: Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, and Jean Simmons. The title refers to the Caron perfume "Narcisse Noir".


title: Black Narcissus

text: Based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden, the film revolves around the growing tensions within a small convent of Anglican sisters who are trying to establish a school and hospital in the old palace of an Indian Raja at the top of an isolated mountain above a fertile valley in the Himalayas. The palace has ancient Indian erotic paintings on its walls and is run by the agent of the Indian general who owns it, a handsome middle-aged Englishman who is a source of attraction for the sisters.


title: Black Narcissus

text: "Black Narcissus" achieved considerable acclaim for its technical mastery with the cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography, and Alfred Junge winning an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.


title: Black Narcissus

text: According to film critic David Thomson, "Black Narcissus is that rare thing, an erotic English film about the fantasies of nuns, startling whenever Kathleen Byron is involved".


title: Black Narcissus

text: General Toda Rai, the Rajput ruler of a princely state in the Himalayas, invites the Congregation of The Servants of Mary to establish a school and hospital at Mopu, a dilapidated palace situated on a high cliff. Several monks previously failed to start a school there; the general's agent describes the social and environmental difficulties the sisters will face. The ambitious Sister Clodagh is appointed Sister Superior and is sent with four other nuns: Sister Philippa for gardening; Sister Briony for the infirmary; Sister Blanche, better known as "Sister Honey", to teach lace-making; and the emotionally unstable Sister Ruth for general classes. Mr Dean is unimpressed and predicts the women will last only until the beginning of the monsoon season.


title: Black Narcissus

text: While setting up the convent, the sisters face difficulties with the old palace and also the local Hindu population, often clashing with the native caretaker, Angu Ayah. They have difficulty accepting a holy man in their grounds (the general's uncle) who spends all his time in meditation of one of the mountains. The sisters take in Kanchi, a local girl, to try and control her erratic behavior, and they also tutor the general's heir—referred to as the Young General—in Western culture prior to a trip to Britain. Ayah whips Kanchi for stealing, but the Young General stops her. He soon falls for Kanchi, creating a situation that Mr Dean compares to the tale of "The King and the Beggar-maid".


title: Black Narcissus

text: Each convent member begins experiencing ill-health and emotional problems caused by their surroundings. Philippa loses herself in the environment and plants the vegetable garden with flowers. Ruth, already highly strung, becomes increasingly jealous of Clodagh and obsessed with Mr Dean, leading her to renounce the order. Clodagh recalls a failed romance which prompted her to join the order. Honey's growing attachment to the local children ends disastrously after she gives medication to a fatally-ill baby. The child's death angers the locals, who blame and abandon the mission, putting further strain on the sisters. Mr Dean fails to persuade Clodagh to leave before anything else untoward happens.


title: Black Narcissus

text: One night Clodagh confronts the now-unstable Ruth, finding her wearing a modern dress she ordered to entice . Ruth escapes Clodagh's watch and finds . When he rebuffs her advances, she suffers a mental breakdown and returns to the mission, intent on killing Clodagh. When Clodagh rings the morning service bell, Ruth attempts to push her over the cliff edge. In the ensuing struggle, Ruth falls to her death. The mission leaves just as the monsoon season begins, with Clodagh's final request to that he tend Ruth's grave.


title: Black Narcissus

text: "Black Narcissus" was released only a few months before India achieved independence from Britain in August 1947. Film critic Dave Kehr has suggested that the final images of the film, as the sisters abandon the Himalayas and proceed down the mountain, could have been interpreted by British viewers in 1947 as "a last farewell to their fading empire"; he suggests that for the film-makers, it is not an image of defeat "but of a respectful, rational retreat from something that England never owned nor understood". The story in the film quite closely follows that of the book, which was published in 1939.


title: Black Narcissus

text: "Black Narcissus" was adapted from writer Rumer Godden's 1939 novel of the same name. Michael Powell was introduced to the novel by actress Mary Morris, who had appeared in "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940) and an early film he did with Emeric Pressburger, "The Spy in Black" (1939). Godden had adapted her novel for a stage production for Lee Strasberg in the United States, but allowed Pressburger to write his own screenplay adaptation with Powell.


title: Black Narcissus

text: Kathleen Byron was among the first to be cast in the film, in the role of the crazed Sister Ruth. Pressburger described Byron as having a "dreamy voice and great eyes like a lynx", which he felt appropriate for the mentally disturbed character. In the role of the leading Sister Superior, Sister Clodagh, Deborah Kerr was cast. Pressburger chose Kerr for the role despite the reservations of Powell, who felt she was too young for the part. At one point, Powell considered Greta Garbo for the part. Kerr was paid £16,000 for fifty-five days of work.


title: Black Narcissus

text: David Farrar was cast as Mr Dean, the virile British agent who becomes the object of Sister Ruth's obsession. Farrar was paid £4,500 for forty-five days of shooting. Flora Robson appears as Sister Philippa, a gardener in the convent.


title: Black Narcissus

text: Of the three principal Indian roles, only the Young General was played by an ethnic Indian, Sabu; the roles of Kanchi, played by Jean Simmons, and the Old General were performed by white actors in make-up. Kanchi, 17, is described by Godden as "a basket of fruit, piled high and luscious and ready to eat. Though she looks shyly down, there is something steady and unabashed about her; the fruit is there to be eaten, she does not mean it to rot." Godden approved of Simmons's casting, remarking that she "perfectly fulfilled my description". The Indian extras were cast from workers at the docks in Rotherhithe.


title: Black Narcissus

text: Filming of "Black Narcissus" began on 16 May 1946, and was completed on 22 August. The film was shot primarily at Pinewood Studios but some scenes were shot in Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex, the home of an Indian army retiree which had appropriate trees and plants for the Indian setting. While Powell at the time had been known for his love of location shooting, with "Black Narcissus" he became fascinated with the idea of filming as much in-studio as possible.


title: Black Narcissus

text: The film is known for making extensive use of matte paintings and large-scale landscape paintings (credited to W. Percy Day) to suggest the mountainous environment of the Himalayas, as well as some scale models for motion shots of the convent. Powell said later: "Our mountains were painted on glass. We decided to do the whole thing in the studio and that's the way we managed to maintain colour control to the very end. Sometimes in a film its theme or its colour are more important than the plot."


title: Black Narcissus

text: For the costumes, Alfred Junge, the art director, had three main colour schemes. The sisters were always in the white habits that he designed from a medley of medieval types. These white robes of heavy material stressed the sisters' other-worldliness amid the exotic native surroundings. The chief native characters were robed in brilliant colours, particularly the generals in jewels and in rich silks. Other native characters brought into the film for "atmosphere" were clad in more sombre colours with the usual native dress of the Nepalese, Bhutanese and Tibetan peoples toned down to prevent overloading the eye with brilliance.


title: Black Narcissus

text: According to Robert Horton, Powell set the climactic sequence, a murder attempt on the cliffs of the cloister, to a pre-existing musical track, staging it as though it were a piece of visual choreography. There was some personal, behind-the-scenes tension, as Kerr was the director's ex-lover and Byron his current one. "It was a situation not uncommon in show business, I was told," Powell later wrote, "but it was new to me."


title: Black Narcissus

text: Originally the film was intended to end with an additional scene in which Sister Clodagh sobs and blames herself for the convent's failure to Mother Dorothea. Mother Dorothea touches and speaks to Sister Clodagh welcomingly as the latter's tears continue to fall. When they filmed the scene with the rainfall on the leaves in what was to have been the penultimate scene, Powell was so impressed with it that he decided to designate that the last scene and to scrap the Mother Dorothea closing scene. It was filmed but it is not known whether it was printed.


title: Black Narcissus

text: "Black Narcissus" had its world premiere at the Odeon Theatre in London on 4 May 1947. According to trade papers, the film was a "notable box office attraction" at British cinemas in 1947. It premiered in the United States on 13 August 1947 in New York City at the Fulton Theatre.


title: Black Narcissus

text: In France, where it released in 1949, the film sold 1,388,416 tickets. In Japan, it was the fifth top-grossing film of 1950, earning in theatrical rentals.


title: Black Narcissus

text: In the United States, the Catholic National Legion of Decency condemned the film as "an affront to religion and religious life" for characterising it as "an escape for the abnormal, the neurotic and the frustrated". The version of the film originally shown in the United States had scenes depicting flashbacks of Sister Clodagh's life before becoming a sister edited out at the behest of the Legion of Decency.


title: Black Narcissus

text: "The Manchester Guardian" described the film as possessing "good acting and skilfully built-up atmosphere" and praised the cinematography. Philip Scheuer of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the film high praise, deeming it an "exquisite cinematic jewel", continuing: "I can't say how authentic "Black Narcissus" is, but the lotus land to which it carries us is uniquely unforgettable." Jane Corby of the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" described the film as a "peculiar recital of religious life" and praised the cinematography, but felt that the "mixed atmosphere of religious seclusion and romantic vagaries is very confusing".


title: Black Narcissus

text: The Criterion Collection, an American home media distribution company, released "Black Narcissus" on laserdisc in the early 1990s, and issued it on DVD in 2002. Noel Murray, writing for "The A.V. Club", deemed the 2002 DVD as a "crackerjack release," noting it was a direct copy of the old laserdisc.


title: Black Narcissus

text: In 2008, ITV, the corporate heir to the Rank Organisation's General Film Distributors, released a restored version of the film on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom. The Criterion Collection subsequently issued the restored version on DVD and Blu-ray on 20 July 2010. Network Distributing, under license from ITV, released another Blu-ray edition in the United Kingdom in 2014.


title: Black Narcissus

text: "Black Narcissus" achieved acclaim for its pioneering technical mastery and shocked audiences at the time of release with its vibrant colour and the themes of the film. Audiences gasped at some of the scenes, notably the shot of the pink flowers which, shown on the big screen, was a spectacle at the time. The film's use of lighting and techniques have had a profound impact on later film makers, notably Martin Scorsese who used the extreme close-ups of the sisters as the inspiration for the treatment of Tom Cruise's character around the pool table in "The Color of Money". Martin Scorsese has said that the film, particularly in its last quarter, is one of the earliest erotic films. The film was one of his favourites as a boy and one of the greatest experiences he has had with film is viewing "Black Narcissus" projected on a massive screen at the Director's Guild in 1983. In Michael Powell's own view, this was the most erotic film he ever made. "It is all done by suggestion, but eroticism is in every frame and image from beginning to end. It is a film full of wonderful performances and passion just below the surface, which finally, at the end of the film, erupts." The English film critic Peter Bradshaw, who put it on his list of the ten best films ever made, took Powell's statement further, and said that it was the most erotic film he had ever seen.


title: Black Narcissus

text: In "The Great British Picture Show", the writer George Perry stated, "Archers films looked better than they were – the location photography in Technicolor by Jack Cardiff in "Black Narcissus" was a great deal better than the story and lifted the film above the threatening banality." In contrast, the critic Ian Christie wrote in the "Radio Times" in the 1980s that "unusually for a British film from the emotionally frozen forties the melodrama works so well it almost seems as if Powell and Pressburger survived the slings and barbs of contemporary criticism to find their ideal audience in the 1980s". Marina Warner, introducing the film on BBC2 (on a nun-themed film evening, with "Thérèse"), called it a masterpiece.


title: Black Narcissus

text: The film's resonance with populations exploring previously stifled sexual desires and expression extends beyond its contemporary milieu of women in the post-war era. "Black Narcissus" also influenced the themes and aesthetic of the ground-breaking gay experimental film "Pink Narcissus", which portrays a series of pornographic vignettes in vivid colour as the fantasies of a prostitute between visits from his keeper. Although "Pink Narcissus" was lost in obscurity for some time, in recent years it has resurfaced as a cult classic, due in part to the vivid, fantastical aesthetic inspired by "Black Narcissus".


title: Black Narcissus

text: The look and cinematography of the 2013 Disney film "Frozen" was influenced by "Black Narcissus". While working on the look and nature of the film's cinematography, "Frozen" art director Michael Giaimo was greatly influenced by Jack Cardiff's work in "Black Narcissus".


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Yennai Arindhaal () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar,


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty and Arun Vijay and revolves around a former police officer who tries to protect a young woman from a vengeful criminal linked to his past. The film co-stars Anikha, Parvathy Nair, Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Suman and Avinash.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Menon decided to finalise the script in October 2013, with Sridhar Raghavan and Thiagarajan Kumararaja being the consultants. Principal photography of the film was launched on 9 April 2014, where its first schedule took place at Chennai on 11 April 2014, within 12 days. The second schedule of the film took place in May 2014, where the filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Sikkim, and a few parts in Malaysia. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, reuniting with Menon after "Vaaranam Aayiram" (2008). Dan Macarthur handled the cinematography, while Anthony edited the film. It is also the final film of Menon's police trilogy, after "Kaakha Kaakha" (2003) and "Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu" (2006).


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Released theatrically on 5 February 2015, the film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Ajith and Arun Vijay's performances. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards South, the film was nominated under five categories including Best Actor for Ajith Kumar, Best Supporting Actor for Arun Vijay, Best Music Director for Harris Jayaraj and Best Lyricist for Thamarai. The film was nominated for six categories under the 5th South Indian International Movie Awards, in which Arun Vijay won the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Tamil. Menon has since 2018 expressed plans for a sequel.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: In 2010, Thenmozhi, a carefree girl from Chennai, comes to Boston to meet her new-born niece. Three weeks later, while leaving for Chennai, in the airport, she gets a free upgrade to first class. During the flight, she starts vomiting due to overeating, and with her co-passenger Sathyadev help, she feels better, and develops a crush on him. The next day in Chennai, Sathyadev and Thenmozhi meet at a cafe, when a gangster named Victor Manoharan comes with his gang to abduct Thenmozhi, but fails due to Sathya's intervention.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Past: In 1986, Sathya's father is killed by a gangster, after which the 16-year-old Sathya makes a decision. In 2002, Sathya is seen in prison with Victor where he fights along Victor on a botched attempt to kill the latter. They escape from prison, and Sathya arranges Victor married to his love interest Elizabeth aka Lisa. Sathya and Victor meet an illegal organ dealer named Matthew where Sathya infiltrates the gang, revealing himself as IPS of Tamil Nadu Police Department Crime Branch. Sathya kills Matthew and engages in combat with Victor and shoots him on his shoulder, to which the latter swears vengeance on Sathya.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: 2 years later, in an attempt to nab a gangster in Egmore Railway Station, he helps a pregnant woman named Hemanika, who needs to get to a hospital urgently for delivery. Two years later, Sathya again meets Hemanika and her child Isha. After meeting and knowing about each other over the course of 3 years, they decide to get married. On the eve of their marriage, Hemanika is brutally murdered, which leaves Sathya heartbroken, but Isha is saved as she was with him that night. Sathya meets and kills his adversary "Golden" Raj, but learns that Raj did not kill Hemanika. Sathya hides the fact from Isha by telling her that Hemanika had left somewhere far away and she wanted him to take care of her where he decides to quit his job and travels with Isha around India, along with his colleague DCP Richard's help.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Sathya returns to Chennai after 6 years, where he learns that his friend Kandha's 15-year-old daughter Niranjana has gone missing. He discovers that Victor has resurfaced and is stealing organs illegally with foreign doctors to earn millions, and is trying to save his new customer, billionaire Muruganandham who needs a heart transplant. Sathya is able to find the child and eventually the organ theft network's next target, Thenmozhi. Sathya is reinstated into the police department and leaves for Boston.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Present: Sathya lets Thenmozhi stay in their house with Isha. In an attempt to get Thenmozhi, Victor and his team kidnap Isha, who is held captive by Lisa. Victor tells Sathya that he will release Isha only if he surrenders Thenmozhi, to which Sathya accepts. When they arrive at the location, they kill Muruganandham. Sathya finds Thenmozhi's location, and leaves to find Isha, who is held at knifepoint by Lisa and attempts to stab Isha which makes Sathya to shoot and kill her, which leaves Victor heartbroken.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Victor sneaks into Sathya's house, kills all the policemen positioned on Sathya's house and reveals himself as Hemanika's killer. The duo engages in a bloody fight with Sathya victorious; he slashes Victor like how Victor did to Hemanika, he drags a wounded Victor outside and leaves his colleagues to kill him. Isha and Thenmozhi plan out the former's birthday. Thenmozhi promises to be with Isha throughout the day. Before Sathya takes Isha home, he reminds Thenmozhi of the pending coffee that Thenmozhi wanted to have with Sathya, indicating that he is ready to move on with Thenmozhi.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: In October 2013, producer A. M. Rathnam signed up Ajith Kumar for another film following their collaboration in "Arrambam" (2013). Initially, the producers approached director Gautham Vasudev Menon to direct the Tamil remake of Race 2 (2013) but Menon was not interested in the remake and came up with an original storyline which later became Yennai Arindhaal.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Shridhar Raghavan, who wrote the script for the Bollywood film, "Dum Maaro Dum" (2011), was also signed by the team to assist Gautham Menon with film's script. Thiagarajan Kumararaja is also credited for the screenplay. Harris Jayaraj was signed on as composer, despite early speculations that A. R. Rahman would work on the film.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Anirudh Ravichander had hinted about himself working in the film, but his inclusion remained unconfirmed and ultimately proved to be untrue. Australia-based cinematographer Dan Macarthur was selected to do the film's cinematography. On 29 October 2014, Suresh Chandra, Ajith's agent, confirmed the title for the film to be "Yennai Arindhaal" ("Well, if you know me..."). The title is a play on "Unnai Arindhaal", a song from "Vettaikaaran" (1964). The title of the dubbed Telugu version was announced as "Entha Vaadu Gani" ("No matter how strong the opponent is...") along with a few poster designs on 23 November 2014.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Anushka Shetty was signed on by the team to play the main lead, despite early suggestions that Amy Jackson had been selected for the film. Prior to the official announcement of the cast, several actors were linked to portray the role of the antagonist in the film, including Karthik and Prashanth. Actors Aadhi, Arun Vijay, and Arvind Swamy were also reported to be part of the cast, though the latter denied signing the film. Aadhi also clarified on not acting in the film. In mid-April 2014, Arun Vijay was confirmed to portray the film's antagonist and had started filming his portions.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: On 18 April 2014, comedian Vivek joined the cast, collaborating with Gautham Menon after the director's first venture "Minnale" (2001). Bangalore-based Amit Bhargav was selected to play the role of Anushka's beau in the film.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Trisha was officially cast as another lead of the film, collaborating with Gautham Menon for the second time after "Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa" (2010). Her role was later confirmed as the love interest of Ajith's character. Actor Arun Vijay was chosen to play a supporting role. Ajith's salary was reported to be around for the film. Parvathy Nair was cast in a role paired opposite Arun Vijay, making this film the second she signed in Tamil, after the later-released "Uttama Villain". Daniel Balaji played a cameo, thus becoming a part of all films in Gautham Menon's cop trilogy. Nassar made a cameo appearance as the father of Ajith's character.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Menon stated that details regarding the film would be unveiled by the end of August 2014. As per his statement, Menon later said that Ajith would appear in four different looks in the film, and Anushka would portray an IT professional in the film. Trisha said that her portion in the film would have a more intense love story than her last outing with Gautham Menon, "Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa" (2010). For Trisha's character of Hemanika, stylist Uthara Menon made dresses out of Kanchi cottons and used retro brocade for her dance costumes, while basing her look on actress Shobana. She further said that though Ajith had been playing commercial films off late, this film would show him in a radical avatar that she herself would love to see him in. It was confirmed that Ajith would be sporting black hair, a thick moustache and a slimmer look in the portions involving Baby Ankitha and Trisha, whereas he would appear in his natural grey hair style in the portions involving Anushka. According to sources, Ajith would be seen riding a Bullet Bike in the film. Stills featuring Ajith sporting a bearded look were released in early October 2014. In November 2014, Vivek confirmed that his character — a police officer — would be a rather serious character with only a subtle sense of humour.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: A. M. Rathnam issued an official statement confirming that the film would be launched on 9 April 2014, and a ceremony was thereafter held to mark the beginning of the project. The first filming schedule subsequently began on 11 April 2014 near the VGP Universal Kingdom theme park near Chennai. The first schedule was completed after 12 days of shooting in Chennai, during which an action sequence was filmed.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: The second schedule began shooting on 14 May 2014. A lot of nighttime shooting was said to have taken place in the film, especially on Mount Road. Shooting also took place in Malaysia. Dan Macarthur confirmed that the second schedule was completed by the end of May 2014. A wedlock scene between Ajith and Trisha was canned in the last week of July 2014. Shooting continued in Chennai along the ECR stretch up to the first week of August, during which the portions involving Baby Ankitha were completed. In the second week of August 2014, about 75% of the filming was reported to be completed and a few scenes, including a train sequence, were shot in Hyderabad. A scene featuring Ajith and Trisha and background artists was filmed in a theatre.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Filming moved to Rajasthan where a song sequence was shot in segments in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer for 10 days. A romantic song, "Mazhai Vara Pogudhae", which featured Ajith, was shot in September 2014. Filming then proceeded in Sikkim, where a "lullaby" song sequence featuring Ajith and Baby Ankitha was shot. The final schedule of filming began at Hyderabad again, where filming continued for 15 days. By late November, the shoots of all the songs have been done, and a fight sequence was shot in Binny Mills in Meenambakkam, Chennai. A solo song with Trisha was also completed. In early December, shooting of the climax chase sequence was done in guerrilla filmmaking mode in some busy roads of Chennai without the knowledge of the public. Shooting of the climax fight sequences began on 8 December 2014. A few key scenes were shot at Hyderabad Railway Station in mid-December 2014. Later, a few patchwork scenes were shot at Chennai for three days with which principal photography came to an end.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Gautham Menon described "Yennai Arindhaal" as the third in his franchise of police films after "Kaakha Kaakha" (2003) and "Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu" (2006) and also the last of the trilogy. He also described Ajith's character Sathyadev as an "extension" of the protagonists in the first two films.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Harris Jayaraj, the first time for a film starring Ajith. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks. Six tracks had lyrics written by Thamarai, and one song was written by Vignesh Shivan. In July 2014, Harris recorded a romantic song sung by Karthik. Harris said that he had recorded a fresh voice from the United Kingdom for the first song in the film, which was planned to be similar to "Karka Karka" from Menon's "Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu" (2006). In August 2014, Harris started recording the third song for the film. On 18 September 2014, he updated that three songs were completed. It was also known that Trisha's character would have a solo song. In response to the request by Ajith's fans, the makers agreed to release a single track prior to the soundtrack release. The mass number "Adhaaru Adhaaru" sung by Vijay Prakash and Gana Bala, with lyrics written by Vignesh Shivan, was released as the lead single on 11 December 2014. Within hours of its release the track topped the iTunes Indian songs chart.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Trisha's first look in the film was revealed in mid-August 2014, where she was seen on the sets sporting a saree. Another still of the actress was made available on 29 August 2014. The film's title and first look poster were reported to be revealed in August 2014, on Ganesh Chaturthi. However, a still featuring Ajith in his black haired look was released instead, where he was pictured riding a Royal Enfield Bike. More stills featuring Ajith and the other cast and crew members were released on the same day.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: The first teaser trailer was released on 3 December 2014, and gained over 5 lakh views within 12 hours of its release on YouTube. The teaser received over 15,000 likes in YouTube, the highest number of likes for a South Indian film, in just over a day. The teaser later went on to cross 55,000 likes in three days. The teaser became the most-liked Indian film teaser, which was previously held by "Bang Bang!" with 61,429 likes at that time. The teaser has crossed five million views on YouTube, becoming the second South Indian film after 'I' to cross this mark, and has received a 92,000 plus likes so far. The official trailer was released on the New Year's Day on 1 January 2015.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: The film was earlier expected to be released in January 2015, but Menon confirmed that the audio launch would take place in November 2014, and the film was planned for a December release. On 22 November 2014, it was confirmed that the film would be released on 11 January 2015, during the festive occasion of Pongal weekend., but the film was again postponed to 30 January due to delays in post-production, and later to 5 February. The film had featured in the "Behindwoods" list of the "Top 10 most anticipated films of 2014", before its release was delayed to 2015.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: In March 2015, the website Herotalkies.com (VS Ecommerce Ventures) legally released "Yennai Arindhaal" online in Full HD 1080p with English subtitles, but only for audiences who live outside India.


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Nicy V.P of The International Business Times rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote, ""Yennai Arindhaal" is one of the classiest movies of Ajith, and Gautham Vasudev Menon is back with a bang with this entertainer". Karthik of CNN-IBN rated 4 out of 5 and stated, "Ajith as the cop, the gangster, the father, and the lover will win you over". M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "It does seem less punchy than "Kaakha Kaakha" and "Vettaiyaadu Vilayadu", but the film belongs to Ajith, and the star is in such fine form here". IANS gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Despite some tonal and length issues, Gautham impresses mostly in "Yennai Arindhaal", and gives this tale of a police officer a much need emotional tug".


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Karthik Subramanian of "The Hindu" wrote, "Performances lift an otherwise predicatable fare from Gautam Vasudev Menon". Another reviewer from The Hindu, Sudhir Srinivasan, wrote, "A rushed climax, a problematic organ trafficking angle, a repeated plot device, a predictable ending… and yet "Yennai Arindhaal" comes as a breath of fresh air...There's just that one melisaana kodu (thin line) that stops it from being terrific". A third reviewer from that site, Udhav Naig, wrote, "the final installment of Gautham Vasudev Menon’s cop trilogy...is a much-needed intervention in the Tamil commercial cinema space. It is also the most engaging of the three".


title: Yennai Arindhaal

text: Sify wrote that the film was "watchable" for "Ajith’s majestic screen presence and the underlying emotional current". Rediff gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The backdrop of "Yennai Arindhaal" is new and the plot is engaging, but the characters, the situation, and even the dialogues are reminiscences of director Gautham Menon's previous cop films". "Indiaglitz" rated the film 3.25 out of 5 and wrote "Gautham Menon Class delivered by Ajith’s Mass screen presence". Behindwoods.com rated the film 3 out of 5, calling it "Gautham's movie with Ajith adding colour admirably".


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