mr. brooks is a 2007 american psychological thriller film directed by bruce a. evans starring kevin costner , demi moore , dane cook , and william hurt .

it was released on june 1 , 2007 .

the film follows the eponymous character , a celebrated portland businessman and serial killer ( costner ) who is forced to take on a protégé ( cook ) after being blackmailed , and has to contend with his bloodthirsty alter ego ( hurt ) who convinces him to indulge his " habit " .

his life grows even more complicated when a driven police officer ( moore ) reopens the investigation into his murders .

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mr . brooks <EOT> in the thriller mr brooks , mr . brooks and marshall ( who is an imaginary character and only visible to mr . brooks ) are always having conversations besides mr . smith in car , but mr . smith never asked mr . brooks to whom he is talking to .

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mr . brooks hits theaters on june 1 , 2007 ( pushed back from it’s original march release ) .

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from a dessert cafe , marshall spies on a couple dancing in a studio while mr . and mrs . brooks enjoy their ice cream . later , mr . brooks rocks and cries and prays in a bathroom . he does an obscene amount of praying and crying in bathrooms in this movie . it’s also worth noting that mr . and mrs . brooks actually refer to themselves as mr . and mrs . brooks , in that “cute” way of married olds in movies .

mr . brooks also teaches at yale university , and is a member of the american academy of arts and sciences .

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if anything , dexter ' s a good alternative to mr . brooks , well , that ' s how i thought .

the conversations that mr . brooks and marshall have are taking place inside the brain of mr . brooks . any other actual person in the same vicinity would not be aware that mr . brooks and marshall are having a conversation at all . another person might notice mr . brooks in somewhat of a daydreaming state , but they wouldn ' t see him physically talking to marshall . mrs . brooks didn ' t even realize that the two of them were speaking when he and marshall actually had a heated and emotional discussion about killing the couple from the dance studio .

mr . brooks , of course , is the world’s most professional killer , and we know this because of his amazing ridiculous disguises .

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mr . brooks cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of mr . brooks actors includes any mr . brooks actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view trivia about each mr . brooks actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to a page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of mr . brooks have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .

finally , at a news conference in south carolina , mr . trump said “i disavow” when pressed on mr . duke . he later described mr . duke as a “bad person . ”

what are the chances of a follow - up film to 2007 ' s mr . brooks ( staring kevin costner and danielle panabaker ) ?

mr . trump did not single out the marchers , who included the white supremacist richard spencer and mr . duke , for their ideology .

they meet in the conference room ; dane cook refers to himself as “mr . smith . ” he tells mr . brooks that he doesn’t want money ; he was simply taking pics of his exhibitionist neighbors for future jacking material , as you do , and when he saw mr . brooks kill them , he got all orgasmically shivery himself . he wants to go kill someone with mr . brooks ! twist ! we have ( potential ) serial killer number three ! mr . smith wants to find a victim with mr . brooks and murder the victim together…and soon . kevin costner gives one of several bizarre , intensely blank line readings with , “i feel i must warn you . killing can be very addictive . it can ruin your life . ” mr . smith’s all , “eh , whatever . let’s do this . ”

frailty and mr . brooks are 2 movies i really want my husband to see . netflix and my library don ' t seem to agree . . .

album cover has " music from the motion picture " , but spine , back artwork and disc simply list the recording as " mr . brooks " .

mr . brooks almost certainly suffers from a form of dissociative identity disorder . this disorder leads a person to be controlled by another personality living within themselves . while some people cannot control their conversations with this other personality or personalities , mr . brooks surely can control his conversations with marshall , especially while he is around other people .

in one twitter post on saturday , mr . trump nodded to that inclusiveness .

mr . brooks breaks into mr . smith’s apartment in the middle of the night and scares the shit out of him , then literally disappears into the darkness , the security chain on the door making it clear that he can’t have gone out the door . mr . smith murmurs , “wow . ” it is so , so stupid .

british heavy metal band , asking alexandria , wrote the song " hey there mr . brooks " as an homage to this movie on their first album stand up and scream .

i remember reading about kevin costner saying that the initial script was put together with an idea that it could be sequelized . are there any plans for mr . brooks 2 ?

the story is basically ( not basically ) that mr . brooks is a successful businessman in portland who is also a serial killer . his serial - killer alter - ego , earl , is played by william hurt ( don’t worry about it , it’s the worst . ) mr . brooks tries not to be a serial killer by going to aa meetings , but that’s not working because you can’t go to aa meetings for being a serial killer . so he kills a couple of people , and dane cook photographs him doing it , but instead of turning him into the cops or blackmailing him for money , dane cook blackmails him into taking dane cook along for a murder . meanwhile , mr . brooks’s daughter has dropped out of college but is being cagey about her reasons , and then it turns out that a friend of hers was murdered down at college and mr . brooks is like “oh no , she’s got the killin’ disease , ” and he goes down to her college and kills someone to cover up for his daughter . the end of the movie is a whirlwind of poorly thought out intrigue and double - reversals because also demi moore plays a cop who is chasing mr . brooks and mr . brooks decides that he likes her so he kills her ex - husband because he was extorting her for five million dollars because it’s also an important detail ( no it’s not ) that demi moore is a multi - millionaire who is also a cop , and then dane cook tries to kill mr . brooks , but mr . brooks has it all figured out , and then mr . brooks calls demi moore and she’s like “where are you , criminal ? ” and he’s like “smirk smirk” and then mr . brooks drops a cellphone off a parking structure and goes back to his family .

the stupidity of his pottery studio is only out - dummied by the surprisingly convenient moment at the end when mr . brooks leads dane cook into a cemetery and dane cook says “how did you get the keys” and mr . brooks says “i own it . ” sure , he owns a cemetery . who doesn’t . besides everyone . everyone doesn’t own a cemetery .

the next day , mrs . brooks is giving jane brooks a hard time for dropping out of college . jane reveals that she’s pregnant . twist ! jane wants an abortion ; mr . brooks isn’t having that . he’s all , “it’ll be super fun to have a grandbaby around ! we’ll raise her ! ” without consulting mrs . brooks at all , who looks like she might vom . jane magnanimously replies , “if it means that much to you , i’ll think about it . ” she sucks so much . mr . brooks says to mrs . brooks , “looks like we’re going to have to start getting up much earlier in the mornings . ” what he doesn’t say is “by ‘we’ i mean ‘you , ’ because you’re the woman . ” he sucks too .

while democrats and some republicans faulted mr . trump for being too vague , mr . duke was among the few trump critics who thought the president had gone too far .

but when this mind - bender of a thriller sticks to the war going on between earl and his conscience , mr . brooks spins a web that will wrap you up in nightmares .

we open on a title card , white on black : “the hunger has returned to mr . brooks’ brain . it never really left . ” yay ! this movie is hilarious from go .

the contents of your safety deposit box , mr . smith . . . have vanished !

mr . soderbergh ultimately connected with hollywood’s leading authority on distribution : dan fellman , a former warner bros . executive who now runs a consulting business . mr . fellman , who became an executive producer on “logan lucky , ” devised a plan that mr . soderbergh liked .

so many characters with so much trite , stupid back story . so many serial killers . so many twists . so many dropped storylines . such a weak - ass ending . meet mr . brooks .

mr . brooks follows earl brooks ( costner ) , an upstanding businessman who moonlights as a serial killer . demi moore plays an investigator on the chase . this eventually leads to “a strange symbiotic relationship between the two . ” dane cook also stars . if you havent seen it yet , check out the trailer .

when mr . brooks takes mr . smith to a cemetery to have him kill him , he changes his mind , killing mr . smith instead and tossing him into an open grave . he calls atwood anonymously , indirectly letting her know that smith wasn ' t the fingerprint killer . that night at home , as he kisses his daughter good - night , she turns and stabs him in the neck with a pair of scissors . as he dies , he wakes up . . . the last part was a nightmare . mr . brooks tries to go back to sleep reciting the alcoholics anonymous prayer .

mr . brooks has a ceramics studio where he keeps a whole bunch of identical sneaky clothes and shoes . he changes into a sneaky outfit and drives off in a sneaky , anonymous toyota . he then sneakily breaks into the dance couple’s apartment , holding a gun in a plastic bag . they have typical movie sex . mr . brooks kills them super loudly . i mean , mr . brooks himself is being quiet and stealthy , but once he starts shooting and the techno soundtrack kicks in , it’s crazy loud . the volume variation in this movie is wack . anyway , we’ve reached our first twist ! mr . brooks is a motherfucking killer . you should know that kevin costner makes the bold acting choice of getting all orgasmically shivery after he gets his murder on . it’s not a good look for him . he meticulously cleans up the joint , because he’s a brilliant , fastidious , uncatchable serial killer who’s been doing this for years—although he’s tried to stop ! —but he forgot to close the curtains before he murdered the sexy exhibitionist couple . maybe he wants to get caught ? ( twist ! ) marshall , however , does not . he makes mr . brooks close the curtains . too late , marshall ! mr . brooks takes pictures of the sexy carnage .

i loved this movie . the series * dexter * is such a huge hit . why wasn ' t mr . brooks ? i can ' t get enough of this film . and the soundtrack is fabulous .

we hear kevin costner muttering the serenity prayer over a photo of naked dead people , interrupted by william hurt’s voice whispering things like “why do you fight it so hard ? you’ve been a good boy . ” he’s at a gala hosted by the portland chamber of commerce , honoring him as man of the year . he’s a stand - up guy ! later , in their sweet lexus , mrs . brooks ( marg helgenberger ) gives us some easy exposition : daughter brooks is in college , she skipped the man of the year gala , it seems like she’s going to drop out of school , mr . brooks thinks she can do no wrong . william hurt leans forward from the shadowy backseat to coo some instigation in mr . brooks’ ear . “you want to do it ! tonight’s the night ! you’re the fucking man of the year ! you deserve this ! ” mr . brooks tells “marshall , ” as this is the name of his invisible dark passenger , “i said no . ” marshall replies , “you say no , but you don’t mean no . pwetty pwease ! ” this last bit of compelling argument does the trick . mr . brooks asks mrs . brooks if she’d like to stop for something sweet .

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then there’s the cop on brooks’ tail ( demi moore , who evidently still exists ) , who occupies a subplot that , but for a few preposterous leaps in continuity near the end , has little if anything to do with either brooks or his bumbling new sidekick . she’s on the trail of brooks’ killing spree , but she’s also in the middle of a divorce from her husband ( an utter dickbag ) , and she’s being stalked by another criminal she put away and … what the fuck does this have to do with anything ? the writing in mr . brooks was so bad it became almost weird .

mr . brooks is extremely intelligent , highly organized and he is very meticulous about everything that he does . he would not risk his sanity being questioned by others by acknowledging and speaking to marshall as if he were an actual person .

side note : you know what would make mr . brooks so much better ? if dane cook and jane and meeks all had inner ids like william hurt following them around , and all the dark passengers met up periodically and pedeconferenced .

all of my earlier commentary notwithstanding , this is truly a devious and entertaining title . brooks’ genuine torment , and the brooks - darker - brooks interactions , are well done ; even the budding - monstrous daughter has her moments , particularly in the jump - scare denouement , which practically begs for a daughter - grows - up , daughter - inherits - the - darker - self continuation .

well - respected businessman earl brooks ( kevin costner ) has a secret : beneath his family - man facade lurks a murderous alter - ego named marshall ( william hurt ) . brooks struggles with his addiction to killing , but marshall enjoys his grisly hobby too much to let go . finally , brooks resolves to commit one final murder , but a voyeur ( dane cook ) witnesses it and blackmails him to continue . with a detective ( demi moore ) hot on his trail , brooks / marshall must spin an increasingly elaborate web .

tracy is the most wooden screen performance of ms . moore’s career . looking exhausted and tense , the actress is as expressive as a wax museum effigy . that is not the case with mr . costner and mr . hurt , who pull out the stops to play a horror - movie tag team . in their scenes together mr . costner’s sinister but tortured earl and mr . hurt’s gleefully sociopathic marshall do a sadomasochistic soft shoe of psychological bullying and whining .

earl brooks ( kevin costner ) is a loving family man and a local business icon . but mr . brooks is deeply flawed and very aware of it . he is addicted to killing . struggling with his pathology , he tries to quit , but his alter - ego , " marshall " ( william hurt ) , has an altogether different idea . detective tracy atwood ( demi moore ) , battling with her own demons , is extremely frustrated at the lack of clues left by the mysterious killer . when brooks is compelled to perform one last murder , he gets sloppy and is seen by a voyeuristic neighbor . unexpectedly turned - on by what he sees , the prying neighbor , mr . smith ( dane cook ) , has an unusual and disturbing blackmail demand . with detective atwood on his trail , mr . brooks and " marshall " are forced to play out an increasingly elaborate game .

djawadi makes good use of a theme to underscore the scenes in which the murderous animal inside brooks is revealed – a kind of ‘nasty \ ' theme , if you will . relying heavily on synthesized and filtered sounds and a steady driving rhythm ( at times evoking a cardiac monitor ) , the theme suggests the measured steadiness – and the coldness – of mr brooks \ ' s approach to killing .

mr . brooks , marshall and mr . smith are stalking the truck - driving asshole . by some fully implausible twist of fate , meeks and his manly girlfriend are in the same parking lot as the truck - driving asshole , and mr . brooks decides to kill him instead , i think ? this part is nebulous , even in the screenplay . mr . smith is pouty that he keeps getting jerked around . he wants to kill someone now , dammit ! he stalks off and marshall wins my eternal love and devotion by musing , “even if that guy was charming and funny , i still wouldn’t like him . ” it’s satisfying because william hurt is talking about dane cook , although to be fair , the same could be said about this entire movie .

it would , in all likeliness , be all around terrible and do nothing more than open the door for turning ' mr . brooks ' into another freddy krueger and taking what was an under appreciated , surprisingly slick story and turning it into a disappointing franchise .

not every movie needs a sequel , and i think mr brooks is one of those . it works so well on it ' s own that i can ' t imagine what benefit another one of those movies could have . it is an awesome movie though .

so many characters with so much trite , stupid back story . so many serial killers . so many twists . so many dropped storylines . such a weak - ass ending . meet mr . brooks . but there’s a reason mr . brooks can’t die at the end even though we’re not even slightly invested in him as a character : the writer / director is planning a trilogy . may i make some suggestions for the sequels ? the second film should be called jane brooks and somehow make the daughter matter in the goddamn slightest . mr . brooks can tutor jane in the art of serial killing with competence , and jane can get her own dark passenger , played by sarah jessica parker . atwood starts investigating her murders while yet another one of the serial killers she’s put behind bars escapes and stalks her , and her other ex - husband sues her for support , so the second movie can be exactly like this movie in every way except for the smallest particulars . kind of like back to the future ii , but with serial killers . and the third movie will of course be called baby brooks , where jane’s baby grows up to also become a serial killer . what this trilogy really needs are more serial killers . mrs . brooks should be a serial killer . atwood , too ! mr . brooks’ bitchy assistant at the box company , other cop , atwood’s attorney : all serial killers ! get to work , bruce a . evans . we’re breathless with anticipation .

" . . . . the contents of your safety deposit box , mr . smith . . . have vanished ! "

critical reaction to mr . brooks was decidedly mixed , with some praising the darkness of the story and others claiming the film contained too many sub - plots to be enjoyable . audience reaction mirrored that of the critics to a point . while the film did manage to turn a small profit ( despite being released in the middle of a typical blockbuster - filled summer ) , its returns were not enough to either consider mr . brooks a success or continue with the proposed sequels that costner himself had announced during the movie’s press tour .

mr . brooks’ rude - ass assistant interrupts this inappropriate father - daughter moment to bring him an envelope from the gentleman in the lobby . mr . brooks opens the envelope to find pictures of himself in the dance couple’s bedroom . twist ! the photographer ? none other than dane cook , looking pasty and priggish and far too pleased with himself . ( i’m reading the screenplay as a dialogue refresher , and it describes the character as “pleasant looking . ” he isn’t . i didn’t realize until this very moment that he was supposed to be . )

for mr . soderbergh , that route was a nonstarter . “you’re way too far away from your money , ” he said .

okay ! it’s almost over ! mr . brooks sits in a cafe chatting with marshall , telling him he doesn’t intend to kill again . marshall is understandably skeptical . mr . brooks reads a newspaper article trumpeting the resolution of the thumbprint killer’s case , because dane cook left a pool of piss at the sleazy ex - husband’s house . i wouldn’t exactly call that “resolved , ” since nobody will ever find mr . smith’s body , but i guess it makes a good headline . mr . brooks steals a cell phone and randomly heads to a roof to call atwood and ask her , in the most non - sequitury non - sequitur of the entire movie , why she decided to become a cop . he tells her that he killed her ex - husband and his hot lawyer and sent atwood to meeks’ apartment ( twist ! ) as a gift , and she realizes that the pissing mr . smith is not the thumbprint killer . atwood answers his question , so that we may receive yet even more unwanted insight into her personal life : her dad always wanted a son or some shit .

of the score tracks , the most impressive are usually the most emotive . " her story " underscores one of the most effective scenes in the film , where mr brooks is forced to confront the truth about his daughter . it \ ' s one of the rare moments in the film where the score dominates the soundtrack , and djawadi rises to the occasion , capturing the melancholy and frustration of brooks \ ' realisation . " suicide note " opens in a surprisingly pleasant fashion , giving the thematic material a sensual and urbane sensibility through the use of snare drum and ride cymbal , but by its end turns to snarling , distorted electric guitars to reflect the more sinister aspects of mr brooks \ ' lifestyle .

the first plot strand is merely mr . brooks and his quasi - struggle with his “killer urges” which are , for some reason , personified as a rival personality named marshall ( and played by william hurt ) . other than this marshall aspect , brooks is an upstanding business mogul and philanthropist who muddles through his boring life until his troubled daughter ( danielle panabaker ) drops out of college and shows up at home . to top it off , brooks suspects that his pretty - in - pink offspring may have similarly murderous drives . serial killer - ism is apparently genetic . who knew ?

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he wants to stop killing , so he decides to have mr . smith ( dane cook ) kill him after he takes him on his first kill . mr . brooks , with mr . smith , kills det . atwood ' s ( demi moore ) ex - husband and his lawyer and gives her information on how to find the escaped killer she ' s also been looking for . he helped her because he respects the fact that she made herself into a good cop even though she came from money and didn ' t need to .

this film was excellent quality , it explored so many interesting aspects of a serial killer , a very smart killer who breaks the patterns of the quintesential serial killer , not to mention a father ' s love for his wife and daughter . i anxiously look forward to the next mr . brooks and i hope they go into more detail of a serial killers preperation and thought pattern . in addition i would like to see demi moores involvement and possibly mr . brooks abstaining from killing but his daughters urges increasing and the perfection of the killing becoming more intelligent and efficient .

marshall is a creepy flesh - and - blood extrapolation of the inner voice inside anyone who has considered raising hell for the sheer thrill of it . in the world of “mr . brooks , ” there’s no greater kick than acting like a really bad boy and getting away with it .

i loved mr . brooks . the ending was great and unexpected . i really do hope they make a sequel , but don ' t screw it up . i also hope the movie can find a larger audience on dvd . i know i will be buying it on the 23rd .

dahl’s book ends with mr . fox and his family and friends hiding deep underground from the farmers who are awaiting the chance to kill them . despite the depths of their isolation , however , mr . fox has found a steady source of food for them—the farmers’ own storehouses :

“after years of shooting my mouth off about absolute creative control , we’re going to attempt to do it , ” mr . soderbergh said .

so far , mr . soderbergh has spent only about 15 percent of his “logan lucky” advertising budget . with only three weeks until release , studios would have typically spent 40 percent . but mr . soderbergh believes that the vast majority of marketing should come immediately before a film’s release .

okay , shit’s finally about to get awesomely retarded . mr . brooks returns home to find cops waiting for him . they want to talk to jane ! there was a murder in her dorm , and her bmw was involved . she tells the cops it was stolen , but mr . brooks knows better . twist ! jane brooks is our serial killer number four ! she killed some guy ( her baby’s father , one presumes ) with a hatchet . so beautifully , blissfully stupid ! mr . brooks cries and prays in the kitchen instead of the bathroom for once . “she has what i have ! it’s my fault ! ’ marshall’s like , “dude , she is almost definitely going to kill you next . so she can take over the box business . let her go to jail . ” mr . brooks decides instead to cover jane’s sloppy , murderous ineptitude , so he gathers some fake id documents from his ceramics studio and then heads to stanford , donning increasingly hilarious disguises as he does so . first , on the plane out there , he looks like billy ray cyrus in a canadian tuxedo . then , carrying a hatchet in a duffle bag on the stanford campus , he pulls off jeff foxworthy in a snap button shirt and cargo pants . finally , on his way home , he’s a full - bearded , silver - haired professor with a cane . it is absolutely delightful , my friends .

mr . brooks is a 2007 psychological thriller starring kevin costner as earl brooks , who is a successful businessman and family man living in portland , or . who is also a highly prolific serial killer known as the thumbprint killer . the film undoubtedly owes much of its plot points to showtime ' s dexter , but was nonetheless a fresh take on the concept and filled with great performances . it wasn ' t an overall success , thanks to mixed reviews from critics and a modest box office take of $ 48 million ( from a budget of $ 20 million ) . it was originally supposed to launch a start of a trilogy of films , but those plans were put on hold indefinitely after its release . mr . brooks marked one of kevin costner ' s most interesting and unique rolls in a long time , and though this film can easily be enjoyed on its own and very much tells a solo story , it ' s easy to see how a sequel could expand on the narrative explored here and dive even deeper into the psyche of mr . brooks and how his inherent darkness affects his family .

who knew that serial killing is an addiction that sufferers hope to overcome by attending a . a . meetings and murmuring the serenity prayer ? that , at least , is how the buttoned - up title character of “mr . brooks , ” a nutty variation of “dr . jekyll and mr . hyde , ” deals with such inconvenient urges . “i’m an addict , ” he announces at a 12 - step meeting while withholding the true nature of his cravings .

mr . brooks attends aa meetings to keep the darkness at bay , all the while marshall ranting at him for being a fucking hypocrite . mr . brooks isn’t going to kill ever again . this is about 15 minutes into the movie , so we’ll see how that turns out . we get to see mr . brooks at work : he owns a box company . he says the words “box business” a lot and i laugh . his college freshman daughter , the utterly forgettable danielle panabaker , shows up in a cab to tell him she dropped out of school . she hangs onto his neck , their faces centimeters apart , for several minutes too long . then she sits on his lap for several more minutes . she wants to live at home , pay no rent or bills , and she refuses to live by a curfew or rules . she loaned a friend her bmw ; she’s not sure when she’ll get it back . meet jane brooks . she sucks so much . she tells him she’d like to take over the family box business ( heh ) one day , and she takes his glasses off his face and puts them on hers . it’s a metaphor ! he playfully spanks her bottom when she gets up from his lap , and the whole thing is just abominably gross and wrong . the whole time , marshall is whispering that jane isn’t telling mr . brooks something . like maybe that it makes her uncomfortable when her father touches her ass .

kevin costner definitely gives it the old college try , you know ? you can tell he thinks this shit is pretty cool . he rocks the middle america blandness that masks mr . brooks’ bleak depths . the thing is that by casting william hurt as mr . brooks’ violent , sexual id , hurt is the only one having any fun in the movie , while coster just gets to be bland white bread . demi moore is joyless and paper - thin in a role with an inexplicable amount of screen time . with a better actress or a better script , the audience might care about the detective obsessively haunting mr . brooks’ steps , but this isn’t the fugitive and demi moore is no tommy lee jones . we don’t care . and dane cook is dane fucking cook . of every baffling decision the director made in the writing , casting and production of this film that he ostensibly wants to succeed , hiring the sapless comedian for such a hefty role earns the biggest wtf ? of all .

serial killers are people too and , in the case of mr brooks , quite sensitive actually . kevin costner slips into the role with ease , battling his inner demon ( played by an oily william hurt ) and striving to protect his family from the truth . it ' s a cleverly plotted story , mixing thrills and domestic spills but writer / director bruce a evans does overcomplicate matters . despite numerous cutesy twists , it ' s the gradual unveiling of a warped morality that lures you into brooks ' world .

considering the thread had nothing to with dane cook , as opposed to the movie mr . brooks , i was making an attempt at humor regarding a seemingly universal love of hating on dane cook . yes , sometimes sarcasm and straight text do not mesh well , but i ( and apparently 3 others ) thought it was pretty obvious .

at this point , earl again decides he no longer wishes to kill but knows his compulsion is too great . he devises a plan to write a letter of explanation to his family that he is terminally ill and leaving to save them the pain of watching his demise . he researches the history of detective tracy atwood ( demi moore ) , the lead investigator searching for the thumbprint killer ( earl ) and determines that her soon - to - be - ex husband , jesse vialo , will be mr . smith ' s first victim . mr . smith , however , is not a seasoned killer and leaves his dna at the crime scene , foiling the plan completely . angered , smith pulls a gun on mr . brooks , which earl considered , only to learn that the firing pin has been bent . brooks ' brush with death makes him realize that dna will pin the vialo murder on mr . smith and that seeing his grandchild is worth more than walking away from his life .

there was talk of a trilogy , but from what i read it was based on how well the movie did in the box office . hopefully they realize it has gained a cult following since . also costner was only interested in the film because there was talk of multiple films . i would love to see more of mr . brooks !

the main drawback with thrillers in general is that by this time , everyone knows the conventions of the genre so thoroughly that it’s hard to surprise audiences anymore . mr . brooks manages to temporarily dispel that myth by offering up a colorfully multi - layered entry into the genre which is literally quite unlike most which have come before . most , if not all , of this can be attributed to the film’s unique architecture and the various subplots within , all of which seamlessly come together in the end . in an era where audiences can see everything coming a mile away , mr . brooks is that rare collage of a thriller where very few , if any , moves can be anticipated .

melancon said brown didn ' t respond for four days , when he forwarded the original e - mail to fema deputy chief of staff brooks altshuler and deputy director of response michael lowder .

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“and you know what this means ? ” said mr . fox . “ it means that none of us need ever go out into the open again ! ”

sorry , i mean her character , it made no sense to have that character she never even affects the plot . it ' s just a perceived threat to brooks that amounts to nothing .

for as bad as the acting is , you have to cut the actors some slack because the dialogue is so badly constructed . when it’s not leaden and generic ( “your daughter can’t do any wrong in your eyes , can she ? ” ) , it’s obvious and unimaginative . take for example this scene in which mr . brooks and dane cook drive around looking for someone to murder .

if you ' ve seen the film , then you know the rather shocking ending . and the best part is that it is certainly open ended . i ' d love to see more mr . brooks sequels and they can only get better . unfortunately what writer / director bruce a . evans says is not too promising , but at least he ' d be willing to do it .

“we know that a lot of big - time filmmakers are watching this , ” mr . fellman said . “we want this to be the beginning of a bunch of movies . ”

he ' s a wealthy businessman and devoted family man who just happens to have an addiction to other people ' s blood . after two years sober , that nagging voice grows more insistent and a couple wind up dead . brooks swears it ' s " the last time " but a witness to the slaying refuses to let him walk away . the so - called mr smith ( dane cook ) is a common - or - garden weirdo who blackmails brooks into letting him tag along on his next job . meanwhile , detective atwood ( a hard - nosed demi moore ) has picked up the scent .

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when his social media director , dan scavino , posted an image on mr . trump’s twitter feed with a star of david near hillary clinton’s head , with money raining down , mr . trump rejected widespread criticism of the image as anti - semitic . and after years of questioning president barack obama’s citizenship , he blamed others for raising the issue in the first place .

in particular , mr . feige , whom mr . rothman called “exceptionally brilliant , ” worked to re - center spider - man as a boy trying to understand his place in the world , both as a crime fighter and as a teenager . disney also agreed to loan one of its principal characters to the reboot effort : iron man , played by robert downey jr .

as he explored options , mr . soderbergh first considered forming an alliance with the national association of theater owners , a trade organization . why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators ? mr . soderbergh soon realized that was not an ideal solution , in part because the justice department keeps close tabs on the adherence of theater chains to federal antitrust laws .

that it doesn’t freak out mr . smith , the photographer in the apartment across the way who snaps earl in the act , is scarier still . mr . smith blackmails earl — not for money but for the chance to stand and watch during his next crime . comedian dane cook is sensational in the role , delivering a portrait of amorality that chills you to the bone .

yearwood , who stars on an emmy - winning cooking show , “trisha’s southern kitchen , ” and has a new line of products with williams sonoma , says brooks is not just her husband but a true partner in life .

i think that as mr . brooks protected his daughter who has also " the killer addiction " like him , may be the daughter should find out about her father double life and protect him or play cat and mouse with him in the sequel . . . or paly with demi moore character . . . she would never know who is the killer between the daughter or the father , keeps her guessing . . .

earl brooks is a well - respected wealthy businessman , who is recently named as the portland ' s man of the year . he is addicted to killing people and is now facing a difficulty in letting go of his habit .

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mr . brooks is a successful businessman , a generous philanthropist , a loving father , and a devoted husband . he is seemingly perfect , but he has a secret . he is also the notorious thumbprint killer , and no one has ever suspected it until now . tracy atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting , which leads to a symbiotic relationship .

earl ' s daughter , jane , arrives at his place of business and informs her dad that she has dropped out of college and would like a job at the company . soon after , mr . smith ( dane cook ) arrives at the office with photographs from earl ' s latest kill and intentions to blackmail the businessman , earl reluctantly agrees to take mr . smith along for the next kill .

“mr . president — we must call evil by its name , ” tweeted senator cory gardner , republican from colorado , who oversees the national republican senatorial committee , the campaign arm of the senate republicans .

the president remained silent on the violence for most of the morning even as house speaker paul d . ryan , mr . trump’s wife , melania , and dozens of other public figures condemned the march .

mr . brooks ( kevin costner ) realizes that his daughter jane killed the college student , and that is the reason she dropped out of college . he goes and kills someone else the same way she did so that she won ' t be a suspect any longer . he is upset that she has the same addiction he does , and worries , because of his alter - ego marshall ( william hurt ) that she may kill him someday .

in an interview that aired in september 2016 , mr . trump said “i am the least racist person that you have ever met , ’’ a statement he repeated at a white house news conference in february .

david brooks became an op - ed columnist for the new york times in september 2003 . his column appears every tuesday and friday . he is currently a commentator on “pbs newshour , ” npr’s “all things considered” and nbc’s “meet the press . ”

mr . brooks definitely belongs to the serial killer genre , especially given its scenes of violence , which prove just dark enough for a glossy production such as this to come off as reputable . there are also plenty of scenes in which earl devilishly revels in his favorite maniacal pastime while also trying to fight against it . this is more than brilliantly played out in the moments between him and marshall , who acts as a sort of anti - jiminy cricket , taunting earl and preying on his need to spill blood . it’s clear that marshall represents the dark and sinister yet comforting voice most addicts succumb and cling to . in fact , where mr . brooks really surprises is in the way in which it paints the act of serial killing as an addiction , a disease almost on par with alcoholism in which earl’s need to kill and the satisfaction he draws from it imparts a one - of - a - kind high .

the financial story of “logan lucky , ” which arrives in theaters on aug . 18 , starts in the fall of 2014 . according to mr . soderbergh , a “friend” asked him to read the script , about a ragtag group that robs a nascar track , and suggest a director . mr . soderbergh said he loved the idea ( ocean’s 7 - eleven , if you will ) and wanted to direct the film himself .

the movie also commits one of my biggest pet peeves , which is the “unnecessary hobby to give characters the appearance of depth and also provide some incredibly convenient plot points” peeve . so , mr . brooks is an amateur potter . he has a studio where he tells his wife at night that he is going to “test out some glazes” as a perfect alibi for “testing out some murders . ” after murders he comes home and burns the evidence in a kiln .

a second strand emerges after brooks’ latest killings , wherein he barged in on a pair of boinking socialites only to be witnessed and photographed by a wanking voyeur ( dane cook ) . cook’s character , who is never named , tries to blackmail brooks so that - get this - brooks will instruct him in the delicate art of murder ! i’ve already said that costner is unconvincing as an everyman who moonlights as a murderer , but dane cook is positively embarrassing in the same role . as we’ve already seen , dane cook has long worn out his welcome in the media , but this film role actually comes dangerously close to meta - awareness - he plays a blundering nincompoop either so well or so badly that it’s hard to actually distinguish a performance in there .

one of djawadi \ ' s gifts is knowing when to distort a sound and when to leave it untouched . echo filters are applied liberally to a variety of sounds , but usually with the intent of conveying a ( uniquely american ? ) sense of urban isolation and coldness . at some of the more sentimental moments , such as in the title track , the music remains in its natural state , perhaps as a way of highlighting mr brooks \ ' unavoidable humanity .

mr . brooks has an accomplice in his crimes . his name is marshall , and william hurt plays him with such cheeky irreverence that it takes you a few beats to figure out he’s not real . marshall is earl’s alter ego , the voice that goads him into murderous action . after a dinner in his honor , earl drives home with his wife , emma ( marg helgenberger ) , but it’s marshall whispering in his ear , “come on . let’s do it . ”

in addition , mr . soderbergh , who won an academy award in 2000 for directing “traffic , ” wanted full creative control over “logan lucky” advertising . he said studios had never given him absolute say over a campaign . trailers , for instance , are tested with focus groups before they are released and often tweaked based on the responses . “it’s very difficult once you get into studio testing to push back , ” mr . soderbergh said .

in response to questions about the screenplay’s author , mr . soderbergh said in an email , “clarify ? me ? why would i do that ? i can tell you that rebecca blunt is enjoying all this immensely . ”

mr . brooks was my favorite movie in years . i own the movie and watch it all the time . a sequal would be brilliant , and or triliogy . almost the whole movie sends you into a serial killers world and does it well . kevin costnar played his part great as did the rest of the cast . there should be a at least a second movie since the first was left to do so . so hopefully there will be a second one . loran kirby


raja narasimha ( kannada : ರಾಜ ನರಸಿಂಹ ) is a 2003 indian kannada romantic drama - action film directed by muthyala subbaiah and written by posani krishna murali .

the film stars vishnuvardhan along with ramya krishnan and raasi in the prominent roles .

the film was produced by medikonda amaravathi under the sri venkataramana productions banner .

the film released on 21 march 2003 to generally positive reviews from critics .

however , the film failed commercially at the box office .

the same story was remade in telugu as palnati brahmanayudu and released in the same year .

the film starred nandamuri balakrishna , arti agarwal and sonali bendre .

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raja narasimha <EOT> raja narasimha is likely to be given the home ministry in the ensuing cabinet reshuffle as had been followed earlier .

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↑ c . raja mohan narasimha rao and the bomb . www . acorn . national urltoken . retrieved on march 2 , 2007 .

↑ narasimha rao - a reforming pm . bbc news . retrieved on march 2 2007 .

↑ the lonely masks of narasimha rao . urltoken . retrieved on august 24 , 2007 .

↑ nation bids adieu to narasimha rao . the hindu . retrieved on march 2 , 2007 .

↑ pv narasimha rao passes away . teluga literary and cultural association . retrieved on october 7 , 2007

raja narasimha ( vishnuvardhan ) , is a wealthy land lord . he treats women with utmost respect . " god cannot be present everywhere , therefore he created a woman with half of his qualities " is one of the few preachings that shows raja narasimha ' s feeling towards women and the way he treats them . he is always there to save women from trouble . on one such incident he saves mahalakshmi ( rashi ) from rowdies . mahalkshmi is pleased with the simplicity and the humbleness of the landlord . she decides to marry him inspite of the fact that she is engaged to an nri . on the wedding day , raja narasimha is shot by soundarya ( ramya krishna ) . everybody is stunned as to how a person who respects women to the core is shot by a woman itself . post - interval of the movie is about why soundarya shot raja narasimha and how everything gets sorted out .

raja narasimha , an engineering graduate , represents the andole assembly constituency in medak district . he became minister for the first time in 2004 after the congress won the assembly elections after a gap of 10 years in 2004 and then in 2009 . he had earlier held primary education and marketing portfolios in the state cabinet . his father , raja narasimha , was a three - time mla from andole , an sc reserved constituency , in 1967 , 1972 and 1978 .

↑ a profile of narasimha rao . indian embassy in the us . retrieved on march 2 , 2007 .

↑ tribute to narasimha rao . the hindu . december 20 , 2004 . retrieved on march 2 , 2007

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c damodar raja narasimha , minister for higher education and agriculture ( in charge ) , has been appointed as deputy chief minister of andhra pradesh . governor esl narasimhan issued orders today appointing him to the post following the congress high command’s decision to nominate a person from telangana as deputy chief minister owing to the ongoing political unrest in the region .

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↑ p . m . india website p . v . narasimha rao - a profile . indian pm ' s official website . retrieved on march 2 , 2007 .

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the name of raja narasimha was doing the rounds ever since the party high command said the deputy chief minister would be from telangana . the practice of appointing deputy chief minister was discontinued in the 70s only to be revived briefly in the 90s when koneru ranga rao , a minister from krishna district , was appointed as deputy chief minister in the then congress government led by kotla vijaya bhaskara reddy .

a 2003 kannada film , it is the story of a man called raja narsimha , who is a rich landlord who respects and protects women . ironically , he is shot by a woman , and the twist is unturned when the woman explains her reasons and the misunderstanding are sorted .

megastar chiranjeevi ' s ‘sye raa narasimha reddy’ has been grabbing headlines ever since its commencement . now , according to reports , the team began its next schedule in hyderabad on thursday . they will reportedly shoot some key scenes and action sequences with the lead actors over a 40 - day schedule .

consider , in contrast , upa government’s self - defeating policies towards the region . yielding to domestic political considerations , the congress leadership sought to limit political engagement with israel and undermined the new political consensus on israel that had emerged under prime ministers p . v . narasimha rao and atal bihari vajpayee .

in tollywood , megastar chiranjeevi’s next with surender reddy ‘sye raa narasimha reddy’ is one of the highly expected releases in 2019 . while the film is currently in its filming stage , reports suggest that the hollywood stunt choreographer gary powell has been roped in by the makers to coordinate the action sequences in the film .

megastar chiranjeevi ' s upcoming film # chiru 151 , sye raa narasimha reddy . the makers have decided the title ' sye raa ' for this periodic drama . " sye raa narasimha reddy " . the story of india ' s first freedom fighter . . the chronicles of an unsung hero . the warrior monk who revolted against the despotism of the british raj . the story of the legendary " rebati suryudu " . # chiru151 # syeraanarasimhareddy # uyyalawadanarasimhreddy # syeraanarasimhareddymovie cast : megastar chiranjeevi amitabh bachchan jagapathy babu nayanthara kiccha sundeep vijay sethupathi directed by : surender reddy produced by : ram charan music by : ar rahman cinematographer : ravi varman , isc production designer : rajeevan writing duo : paruchuri brothers

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cast : vishnuvardhan , ramyakrishna , rashi , gurudutt , abhijit , shivaram , shobaraj , & others .

the movie is a good family entertainer . clearly the movie and the screenplay was written from start to finish with vishnu in mind . he dominates the movie from start to finish . again the computer graphics that has become a regular feature in vishnu ' s movies are a treat to any of his fan ' s eyes . couple of special effects like a lightning over vishnu and lions roaring from his eyes are stunning .

brilliant performance from vishnu who appears to have taken over from where he had left in simhadriya simha . rashi and ramya krishna look beautiful . dialogues by m . ramesh is another highlight in the movie . the movie has shades of telugu culture probably because the direction is handled by mutyalu subaiah . music by deva is good . couple of numbers are hummable and melodious .

will they succeed in delivering another hit ? before we tell you that , here ' s what the film is about . . .

balakrishna is the much respected head of a village in the palnadu region . he is forced to travel to another place to save his sister ( sujitha ) from the clutches of mukesh rishi , who has imprisoned her in his house because he wants to her to marry his brother .

balakrishna , in typical style , bashes them up and rescues her . sujitha ' s friend , aarti agarwal , begins to like him so much that she waves goodbye to her fiancé , prithvi . balakrishna reciprocates and their families decide to get them married .

a furious prithvi joins hands with jayprakash reddy . they co - opt reddy ' s daughter , sonali bendre , in their vendetta . just before the balakrishna - aarti marriage can take place , sonali shoots balakrishna . instead of getting angry , he leads her to the safety of his home .

but when he comes to know that sonali ' s brothers had crippled his worker chalapati rao ' s son jatin on the assumption that he had written her a love letter , he orders reddy to get sonali married to jatin . he promises he will not allow her to marry anyone else .

what happens next ? does jatin get justice ? do balakrishna and aarti reunite ? what happens to sonali ? these questions form the climax of b gopal ' s palnati brahmanaidu .

balakrishna tries to use his performance to compensate for his poorly etched character . instead , he should keep his image and fans in mind and opt for better roles .

the film has some breathtaking action scenes . writers paruchuri brothers have penned punch - laden dialogues . the songs are well - picturised .

the blame lies at the door of director gopal . instead of sticking to a strong storyline like he had done earlier , he overconfidently tries to cash in on his previous hits with balakrishna .

what ' s worse , both the director and the star have gone overboard comparing the conflict between balakrishna and sonali to the one between the late n t rama rao and bhanupriya in palnati yudham . but neither palnati brahmanaidu ' s story nor the performances of its stars are a patch on ntr ' s memorable film .

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modi applauded rao for his leadership during one of the most critical periods in the history of india .

amitabh bachchan and kamal haasan are arguably one of the two biggest superstars of indian cinema . the legendary actors ruled the roost in their respective industries in the ‘80s and ‘90s . in fact , the duo has worked together in the film ‘geraftaar’ in 1985 .

mangalore university dr p dayanand pai and sri p sathish pai yakshagana study centre has announced yakshamangala awards for 2017 - 18 .

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state industries minister j geeta reddy , who also belongs to medak district , had actively lobbied for the post but in vain . earlier this week , the congress high command had appointed botsa satynarayana , minister for transport , as the new pcc chief in place of d srinivas .

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world is getting miniaturized , becoming smaller , running faster and also getting abbreviated . abbreviations run in our blood . today’s movies have short names . viz , ddlj , k3g , rdb . just look at the abbreviations we use in our daily chat . lol , brb , btw , omg , wtf , rofl , jlt , ppl , tmr and so on . some write just ‘k’ for ‘ok’ and ‘s’ for ‘yes’ . ( i hate people writing kewl for cool . it has equal number of alphabets and sounds way too more complex than cool ) . but we hardly worry about the expansions of the abbreviations we use . i kind of hesitate or dislike using abbreviations until i know their expansions .

when i meandered on the streets of bengalooru i had seen many locations with the abbreviated or short names and hardly people knew their expansions . i did bit of research to find the expansions of the abbreviated locality names in the city . listing some of them below .

there are loads of other areas with abbreviated names but i haven’t yet figured out their expanded forms . they seem not too popular . listing some of them below . try if you can expand some of them .

hbcs layout , hbg layout , hkk lane , hgg layout , itc colony , rk layout , rr layout , oph road , otc road , khb colony , mr palya . ok . enough . the list doesn’t seem to stop . i’m tired of dealing with these names now . let me gthooh ( get the hell out of here ) : - )

my god . . i never knew what actually these abbreviations meant . . tnx for this factual blog ! ! : )

sajid . . t in t block is tilaknagar . . that is correct . : ) khb colony - karnataka housing board colony

wow ! i was not were of btm , hsr layout . . . good sajjid

well . . . i guess i am lazy and crazy guy . i am harmless but bit unpredictable . i strongly endorse simplicity and excellence . i live for today . i am funny and boring at times , enjoy both people ' s company and loneliness . in one word - an alien !

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originally known as chicacole , from the persian words chica ( meaning “a small cloth bag which can be closed by pulling its neck strings” ) and khol ( meaning “open” ) . the name was derived from the fact that during the muslim rule , people are commanded to “chika khol” , which means to open their bag and pay the toll .

and the story i have heard is the name chicacole turned to srikakulam over time . ( not sure if this is totally true ) .

- mosquitoes are called domalu in telugu . since the area was notorious for its mosquito population , it ' s name became

- contrary to what people say it ' s not derived from the hindparts of a elephantidae family . the area again was dominated by people of telugu origin whose language got kannadicized . the name was

a few of the trivia in the back of my head are marathahalli : the area get its name from a fighter aircraft named marut which was designed and assembled in hal , which is very close to this area . there are though a few contradicting reports that a marut once crash landed in this area giving it its name . halli in kannada means village . nagarabhavi : the name literally means " a well of snakes " . the name is due to the high number of snakes present in the area before it got urbanized . also , some believe that it is called a " well " because of the surrounding hillocks that are no longer present due to urbanization . whitefield : until the late 1980s , whitefield was a small village which was a retirement colony for anglo - indians ( read as ' whites ' ) . it remains a legacy of the british rule in india . the it boom in the city though has reshaped it as major suburb now . basavanagudi : the name " basavanagudi " refers to the bull temple that is located here . you can find a monolith statue of the nandi bull . basava in kannada , the local language , means bull and gudi means temple . hence , the name basavanagudi . malleshwaram : located in the north - west of bangalore , it derives its name from the famous kaadu malleshwara temple in this area . btm layout : btm is actually an abbreviation for byrasandra tavarekere madiwala . the area for the layout was carved out from these three neighborhoods and hence the name . hsr layout : hsr is an abbreviation for hosur sarjapur road layout . a relatively new suburb located in the south - east of bangalore , the layout , which is built on land reclaimed from the agara lake , is located between hosur road and sarjapur road . another interesting trivia though is about rajajinagar and jayanagar . rajajinagar was named after rajagopalachari , the freedom fighter and the last governor general of india . the interesting trivia is that both jayanagar and rajajinagar were inaugurated on the same day ! jayachamarajendra wodeyar inaugurated rajajinagar and rajagopalachari inaugurated jayanagar !

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there existed a seaplane channel in the bellandur lake during the second world war . the seafaring catalina planes would land in the bellandur lake and then be towed to the nearby hal airport where they would be kept under warps in hangers .

btm layout : ever wondered what btm stands for ? byrasandra , tavarekere and madivala , the layout got its name from the initials of these three places ; thus btm layout . these three areas are still known seperately too . together they make up btm layout .

hsr layout : hosur sarjapura road layout . this areas lies between two major roads . the hosur road and the sarjapura road .

banashankari : this area is named after the temple of goddess banashankari that lies right in the centre of this area .

basavanagudi : basava + gudi . it means bull + temple . this area is named after the famous bull temple , a temple dedicated to hindu deity nandi ( a . k . a the bull ) .

sadashiva nagar : till the 60s and 70s , this area in bangalore served as the summer destination for the wodeyar kings of mysore and was known as ‘palace orchards’ . later in the 90s , it was renamed as sadashivanagar in the honour of the great kannada freedom fighter and philanthropist karnad sadashiva rao .

nagarbhavi : popularly called the home to ‘bangalore university’ , nagarbhavi is another popular suburb in the city . the word ‘naga’ in kannada means ‘snake’ and ‘bhavi’ means ‘well’ , and thus the name ‘well of snakes’ . the large number of snakes found in this region of bangalore got it the name . the locals also believe , the area got its name due to its well - like shape and form ; small hillocks surrounding nagarbhavi make it look like a well .

jayanagar : jayanagar literally means " victory city " . one school of thought is that the name symbolizes the maharaja of mysore’s first name " jayachamaraja " . the foundation of jayanagar was laid in 1948 . it was one of the first planned neighbourhoods in bangalore and at the time , the largest in asia .

ulsoor : this area is close to mg road in bengaluru . it is the place where first british military station was set up . there used to be a jackfruit orchard near the ulsoor lake , and the kannada name for jackfruit being ‘halasina hannu’ , the area came to be known as halasuru . during the british rule , the name was anglicised to ' ulsoor ' .

majestic : this area acquired its name from a nearby popular cinema theatre by the same name . the majestic bus station , which is the major bus terminal is bengaluru is located on the site of the dharmambudhi lake , which dried up in the early 20th century .

malleswaram : this popular residential area in bengaluru derives its name from the famous kadu malleswara temple , which is located in the same area . it was developed as a planned suburb after the great plague of 1898 . which caused many people to move out of the city center . malleswaram is now almost the city centre .

yelahanka : the city of yelahanka had been in existence prior to 12th century . the region was called ' ilaipakka naadu ' during the rule of cholas . later , during hoysala rein , the city came to be known as ' elavanka ' and gradually shifted to ' yelahanka '

vidyaranyapura : vidyaranyapura is a colony that was formed in the late 1970s . it was formerly owned by a rich landlord , who still owns a large mango garden called dinshaw estate . legends suggest that it may have been a battlefield . the township is named after the great kannada poet , saint and priest , vidyaranya .

kodigehalli : kodigehalli is so called because it was a gift from the king to a resident of that area , who fed him . in kannada , kodige means gift .

this government guest house is situated on palace road , near manikyavelu mansion , which houses the national gallery of modern arts . the latter bears the name of manikyavelu mudaliar , who bought it from the mysore royal family . as to the origin of the former’s name , two competing theories exist . one , that it was given the name by ali asker , and that the name is a corruption of the farsi “bala beravi” , or “may you rise higher” . a more likely explanation , however , is that the name is a tribute to mark cubbon’s origins in the isle of man , where even today a few roads by the same name exist . in manx gaelic , the word means “farm on the river bank” .

seshadri iyer , who served as diwan of mysore in the late 1880s and early 1900s , was part of a number of interrelated developments , all of which shaped the city we now know as bangalore . he promoted the shivanasamudra hydroelectric project , which brought general electric to the region . the kolar gold fields began to be powered in 1902 , and in 1905 , bangalore , by virtue of proximity , became the first city in india to receive electric supply . iyer also convinced krishnaraja wodeyar iv to donate land to establish a scientific institute in the city – the offer of land and an electric supply gave bangalore the edge over bombay , because of which jamsetji tata chose the city to set up the iisc in 1909 . during his time , iyer also had to combat an outbreak of the bubonic plague epidemic in 1898 . as part of measures to prevent the spread of the disease , he established the localities of basavanagudi and malleswaram . this process was less than equitable , and saw protests by members of the upper classes and castes when attempts were made to include the poor and lower castes .

ph benson was a british surgeon who also served as superintendent of the central jail . gh cooke was a collector and president of the municipal commission during the 1920s . d’costa layout , within cooke town , is named after the gentleman who laid it out , a carlos d’costa , who was known to be a skilled town planner .

the question of renaming of maciver town as shantala nagar was moot ; neither are used today to refer to the locality that contains the city’s best known ( and most expensive ) neighbourhoods , including mg road , lavelle road and vittal mallya road . the former name honoured lj maciver , collector and president of the municipal commission of the civil and military station between 1934 and 1937 . maciver also served as president of the bangalore club in 1935 - 36 .

the area , the circle and the road are all named after a gentleman named richmond ( we couldn’t trace his first name ) , a barrister for the british government who was based in madras . the area was officially renamed mirza ismail nagar , after the diwan of mysore from 1926 to 1941 , who was also ali asker’s grandson . ismail was a man ahead of his time . in 1946 , thanks to his efforts , his plan for the retrocession of land in the city which had been occupied by the british was approved . however , after independence , the land fell under the authority of the newly formed mysore state , which then merged with the union of india .

one of india’s earliest test pilots , suranjan das was part of the team that tested the first aircraft designed by the hal , the ht - 2 , which was launched in 1951 . ( it was a training plane intended for the air force , and was used for almost 40 years . it was also the first aircraft to be exported . ) das also travelled around the world testing aircraft and advising the indian government on which models to purchase . he was killed in 1970 , during a test flight , following which the road connecting the main complex of hal ( now on old airport road ) to its engine division ( on old madras road ) was renamed in his honour . das’s wife , veronica loveless , died on december 28 last year .

in 1803 , the british east india company defeated the maratha confederacy in the battle of assaye , now in maharashtra . in the battle , the british were assisted by indian infantry regiments , of which one survives today – the madras engineers group ( it has gone through several changes in name over the centuries ) . the regiment was awarded an honour for the achievement , but after independence , the assaye honour , along with a few others , was declared “repugnant” by the indian government , since it celebrated the victory of a colonial power over an indian resistance . thus the assaye honour can no longer be displayed on flags and uniforms , nor can the victory be celebrated . the memory of the battle , however , lives on in a winding strip of road adjoining wheeler road ( which probably got its name from general john wheeler cleveland , an officer of the british army , after whom cleveland town is also named ) near the meg base .

the fact that an anglo - indian settlement founded in 1882 would be called whitefield might reek of political incorrectness today . but in fact the name was not a territorial assertion at all – the settlement was founded by an anglo - indian gentleman named des white , president of the anglo - indian association of madras , who had somewhat utopian visions for its future as a farming village without divided property ownership . whatever the merits of the idea , he must have pitched it well , since krishnaraja wodeyar iv granted him close to 4 , 000 acres of land to realise it .

one of seshadri iyer’s projects as diwan of mysore was to provide the region with a steady supply of water ( until 1894 , people relied on local tanks and lakes ) . he conceived of a project he called the chamarajendra water works , intended to draw water to the city from the hessaraghatta lake , situated on the arkavathi river . the project , which continued to supply water to the city for almost three decades , was executed by the then chief engineer of mysore , mc hutchins .

before it became a covered market , the area on which russell market now stands was a dry lake bed , which was often used for an open air market . the market is now named after tb russell , an officer of the indian civil services , who proposed the project . it was designed by wh murphy ( after whom murphy town is named ) and opened in 1927 , in a ceremony which cost r269 . 80 to put together .

– this knotty junction , as well as the hudson memorial church nearby , built in 1904 , are named after the missionary joshua hudson .

– kt bhashyam , who has two circles in the city named after him , was a businessman who was involved in attempts to organise mill workers in the 1920s .

– mudaliar was a small - time vegetable trader from tamil nadu whose businesses grew rapidly . he later became a key figure in the construction of the attara kacheri .

– mekhri was a civic - minded businessman who levelled the road from hebbal to the city . he was also a freedom fighter who spent time in jail with the likes of c rajagopalachari .

the establishment of the cantonment in the city would result in vast sections of the city acquiring english names . many of these have been officially changed back to local names over the years , but to little avail – most of the old british names in the city have remained in use .

names with the word “chamaraj” or “krishnaraj” in it are a tribute to the wodeyar kings . although the dynasty ( and the names ) existed many centuries earlier , names like chamarajpet , krishnarajapuram and jayachamarajendra road are in honour of the last kings of the dynasty , who ruled between 1799 and 1950 .

the chieftain of yelahanka now lends his name to a road , a locality and a bus terminus . the origin of the names of all the pete areas ( balepet , nagarthpet , chikpet ) date to this era , and refer to the fort that kempegowda built .

names that end with “sandra” and “mangala” probably belong to this period . “sandra” could refer to the “samudras” or water tanks of the chola period . “mangala” is probably derived from the “chaturvedi mangalams” , the name for an administrative unit during this period .

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i am sure many of you have wondered at least once why city ' s main bus stand is called as " majestic " by everyone though it is not the official name .

the bus station was initially called " majestic bus station " or " majestic " because of a popular cinema theatre of the same name nearby . it was later changed to

malleshwara ( called malleshwaram in english - i honestly don ' t know why the extra ' m ' in the end ) got its name , because of " kaadu malleshwara " temple , which is believed to be the oldest temple in bangalore .

basavanagudi has a similar story . the area got its name because of the bull temple there .

infact , many areas / localities in bangalore are named to honor some of the major contributors to india .

halli is kannada word for village you may see a lot of places ending with halli in bangalore and karnataka ( bommanahalli , marathahalli , hoskerahalli etc ) hosa means new in kannada and you can get to see places with that ( hosa road , hosangadi etc ) kere means lake in kannada so places which have some lake around tend to get kere with name ( tavarakere , arekere , arsikere ) also one can see kempegowda being used in front of majestic bus stand ' s name and airport ' s names , for a moment many . think that it will be some politician of region but he was the great warrior in mysore kings armada who established bangalore . some interesting place facts are few abbreviated places of bangalore , such as jp nagar btm and hsr layouts ! ! actually btm stands . f or byrasandra tavarekere and madivala layout where as hsr means hosur sarjapur road layout and jp nagar is respect to jayaprakash narayanan the loknayak ! !

vyhaali is the kannada word for a horse . kaaval means to guard . during the time when bangalore was ruled by kings , there were a lot of stables in this area near malleshwaram . as stables are the places where horses are guarded , this place came to be known as vyhaali - kaaval . the name later got modified to vyalikaval .

madiwala in kannada means a washerman . years when bangalore ended in jayanagar , this area was full of washermen and hence the area got the same name . btm layout actually stands for bommanahalli madiwala tavarekere , the three villages at the outskirts of bangalore at one point in time . b does not stand for byrasandra or bannerghatta .

the area around thimmaiah road , between queen ' s road and kamaraj road , is called black pally . the shivaji nagar bus stand and surrounding areas was a big lake over 150 years ago . this used to attract a lot of water birds , which , usually , are white . the town bordering the lake , therefore , was named after these birds . it was called bili hakki halli , which when transliterated is white birds village ( surely no pun intended ) . bili hakki halli was clearly not going to roll on a british tongue . therefore it was " improvised " ( corrupted ? ) to black pally . the name , though , is no longer used . it only exists on a government school board in that place , as far as i can remember .

jayanagar 4th " t " block . has anyone ever wondered why this additional t for the area ? before renaming the area as jayanagar to make it sound urban , its name was " thayappanahalli " . hence to respect the locals and honor the original name the area was renamed to " jayanagar 4th - t block " .

dodda ( big ) isn ' t a telugu word . the word for big in telugu is pedda . also , just because the word kundi also means an ass in kannada ( which might seem distasteful to some , lol ) it doesn ' t mean it won ' t have other meanings . etymologically speaking , kundi / gundi are both words which mean a ditch . so doddanekundi literally means a big ditch where one trapped elephants . pedda nakka vacchindi seems far fetched .

as for domlur , the word " dommalu " means noise / commotion / crowd in kannada . according to the kannada sahitya parishat dictionary . it could be the mosquito one too . but that seems like a forced attempt to establish a cosmopolitan nature to a locality which only recently got engulfed into the larger city of bangalore .

hegganahalli : this name came up just because there were more hegganas ( voles ) in here . when i was small , i was afraid going outside in evening and night just because of them . there were atleast 7 to 8 of them next to my home itself .

sunkadakatte : my grandpa used to say that this was like a tollgate which was next to lake and in kannada sunka means tax and katte means lake .

few people know that btm layout actually an abbreviation of byrasandra , tavarekere and madiwala layout .

chik - pete : the small street . chikka means small . dodda - pete : the big street . dodda means big / large .

you might ' ve heard of " malgudi days " . the " mal " of malgudi days was taken from malleshwaram and the " gudi " was taken from basavanagudi . : )

he led one of the most important administrations in india ' s modern history , overseeing a major economic transformation and several incidents affecting national security .

launched india ' s free market reforms that brought the nearly bankrupt nation back from the edge .

of modern india for his ability to steer tough economic and political legislation through the parliament at a time when he headed a minority government .

rao ' s term as prime minister proved an eventful one in india ' s history . besides marking a paradigm shift from the socialist based nehruvian style of economy to a market driven one , his years as prime minister also saw the emergence of the bjp , a major right wing party , as an alternative to rao ' s congress , which had been governing india for most of its post - independence history . rao ' s term also oversaw the destruction of the babri mosque in ayodhya which triggered one of the worst hindu muslim riots in the country since its independence .

political isolation , due to his association with corruption charges , marked rao ' s later life . before his death in 2004 , rao had been acquitted on all charges . he died after a heart attack in new delhi , his remains cremated in hyderabad . [ 7 ]

p . v . ranga rao , rao ' s father , belonged to a wealthy telugu brahmin family from a village called vangara ( pedda ) in the karimnagar district of andhra pradesh , india . [ 8 ]

rao studied at the osmania university and at the universities of mumbai and nagpur where he obtained bachelor ' s and master ' s degrees in law . [ 9 ] a polyglot , he could speak 13 languages including urdu , marathi , kannada , hindi , telugu and english with a fluency akin to a native speaker . [ 10 ] his mother tongue had been telugu . as well as seven indian languages , he spoke english , french , arabic , spanish and persian . [ 11 ] along with his cousin pamulaparthi sadasiva rao , rao edited a telugu weekly magazine called kakatiya patrika from 1948 to 1955 .

a freedom fighter , rao had been active during the indian independence movement and joined full time politics after independence as a member of the indian national congress . rao served brief stints in the cabinet ( 1962 - 1971 ) and as chief minister of the state of andhra pradesh ( 1971 - 1973 ) .

when the indian national congress split in 1969 , rao remained loyal to prime minister indira gandhi and stayed so during the emergency period ( 1975 - 1977 ) . he rose to national prominence in 1972 by handling several diverse portfolios , most significantly home , defence and foreign affairs ( 1980 - 1984 ) , in the cabinets of both indira gandhi and rajiv gandhi . speculation ran high that he had been considered for the post of india ' s president along with zail singh in 1982 . [ 12 ]

rao came close to retiring from politics in 1991 , the assassination of the congress president rajiv gandhi prompting him to make a comeback . [ 13 ] as the congress had received the largest number of seats in the 1991 elections , he had the opportunity to head the minority government as prime minister . he had been the first person outside the nehru - gandhi family to serve as prime minister for five continuous years , the first to hail from south india and so the first from the state of andhra pradesh . [ 14 ] since rao ran uncontested the general elections , he now participated in a bye - election to join the parliament . he won election from nandyal with a victory margin of a record 5 lakh votes , the guinness book of world records recording his win . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] his cabinet included sharad pawar , himself a strong contender for the pm ' s job , as defence minister . he also broke convention by appointing an economist , manmohan singh as his finance minister . ( earlier only politicians had occupied that post . )

most indians consider rao ' s major achievement the liberalization of the indian economy , launching of india ' s emergence as a great power . his reforms had been adopted to avert impending international default in 1991 . [ 17 ] the reforms progressed furthest in the areas of opening up to foreign investment , reforming capital markets , deregulating domestic business , and reforming the trade regime . rao set the goals to reduce the fiscal deficit , privatize the public sector , and increase investment in infrastructure . he led trade reform and changes in the regulation of foreign direct investment to open india to foreign trade while stabilizing external loans . rao ' s finance minister , manmohan singh , a trained economist , played a central role in implementing those reforms .

major reforms in india ' s capital markets led to an influx of foreign portfolio investment . the major economic policies adopted by rao include :

abolishing in 1992 the controller of capital issues which decided the prices and number of shares that firms could issue . [ 18 ] [ 19 ]

introducing the sebi act of 1992 and the security laws ( amendment ) which gave sebi the legal authority to register and regulate all security market intermediaries . [ 20 ]

opening in 1992 of india ' s equity markets to investment by foreign institutional investors and permitting indian firms to raise capital on international markets by issuing global depository receipts ( gdrs ) . [ 21 ]

starting in 1994 of the national stock exchange as a computer - based trading system which served as an instrument to leverage reform of india ' s other stock exchanges . the nse emerged as india ' s largest exchange by 1996 . [ 22 ]

reducing tariffs from an average of 85 percent to 25 percent , and rolling back quantitative controls . ( the rupee became convertible on trade account . ) [ 23 ]

encouraging foreign direct investment by increasing the maximum shares of foreign capital in joint ventures from 40 to 51 percent with 100 percent foreign equity permitted in priority sectors . [ 24 ]

streamlining procedures for fdi approvals , and in at least thirty five industries , automatically approving projects within the limits for foreign participation . [ 25 ]

the impact of those reforms led to the total foreign investment ( including foreign direct investment , portfolio investment , and investment raised on international capital markets ) in india growing from a minuscule us $ 132 million in 1991 - 92 to $ 5 . 3 billion in 1995 - 96 . [ 26 ]

rao began industrial policy reforms with the manufacturing sector . he slashed industrial licensing , leaving only eighteen industries subject to licensing . industrial regulation rationalized . [ 27 ]

rao energized the national nuclear security and ballistic missiles program , which ultimately resulted in the 1998 pokhran nuclear tests . some have speculated that the tests had been planned in 1995 , during rao ' s term in office . [ 28 ] he increased military spending , and set the indian army on course to fight the emerging threat of terrorism and insurgencies , as well as pakistan and china ' s nuclear potentials . during his term , terrorism in the indian state of punjab finally ended . [ 29 ] scenarios of plane hijackings , which occurred during rao ' s time ended without the government conceding the terrorists ' demands . [ 30 ] he directed negotiations to secure the release of doraiswamy , an indian oil executive , from kashmiri terrorists who kidnapped him , [ 31 ] and liviu radu , a romanian diplomat posted in new delhi in october 1991 , kidnapped by sikh terrorists . [ 32 ] rao also handled the indian response to the occupation of the hazratbal holy shrine in jammu and kashmir by pakistan - sponsored terrorists in october 1993 . [ 33 ] he brought the occupation to an end without damage to the shrine . similarly , he dealt with the kidnapping of some foreign tourists by a terrorist group called al faran in kashmir in 1995 effectively . although he failed to secure the release of the hostages , his policies ensured that the terrorists demands went unmet , and that the international community , even pakistan , condemned the action . [ 34 ]