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      Rana credits RGV for appreciation coming his way.Joginder Tuteja, Glamsham Editorial
If there is one man who has come out unscathed in DEPARTMENT, it is Rana Daggubati. Playing a no-nonsense cop, he has managed to move ahead from his DUM MAARO DUM days and has come across as a central protagonist in the Ram Gopal Varma affair.
Even as he is busy fetching all the appreciation, Rana goes on to credit his director Ram Gopal Varma for the results that are visible on screen. He says, "Ramu sir was pretty much hands on with the script and knew exactly what was required from each of his actors. He briefed me about every little detail related to the script and the character. Also, he gave me ample time to prepare. That helped."
Moreover, working with stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt helped him as well.
"I have grown up watching these veterans act and obviously there was a lot to learn from them. As can be seen, I have my scenes divided between the two. I was practically working with at least one of them every day," he says.
For someone who has idolised Dutt since childhood and has also worked with Bachchan scion in his very first Hindi film, Rana was happy to share screen space with the duo.
"Sanjay Dutt is a huge superstar down south. I still get goose bumps when I watch VAASTAV. On the other hand Abhishek was my first co-star with DUM MAARO DUM. How can I forget that? After Abhishek, it is now Mr. Bachchan. That made DEPARTMENT all the more reason for me to be happy about."


Texting kills 5,000 people every year in the US

Washington, May 20 (IANS) Texting and talking on cell phonesbehind the wheel kills more than 5,000 people every year on US highways. Teen drivers seem to be especially susceptible to distraction, a study says.
A 2009 study focusing on drivers of larger vehicles and trucks has concluded that texting raised the risk of a crash by 23 times compared with non-distracted driving, says an environmental report.
Environmental researcher Uvid Hosansky, who authored the report for the journal CQ Researcher, wrote, "Texting drivers took their eyes off the road for each text an average of 4.6 seconds, which at 55 mph means they were driving the length of a football field without looking."
Talking on a cell phone is also dangerous. "Experts say that talking on a cell phone while driving is far more distracting than talking with an adult passenger because it consumes additional cognitive resources, including creating a mental picture of the person on the other end of the conversation," added Hosansky, who was twice nominated for Pulitzer Prize.
The National Highway Traffic Safety -Administration, US, estimated that 16 percent of all drivers younger than 20 years involved in fatal crashes were believed to be distracted, "the highest proportion of any age group," by texting and mobile phone use, reports the journal CQ Researcher.
"Although some people may think they can safely talk and drive, researchers who observe people in driving simulators as well as in actual cars on the road find that a cell phone conversation will invariably intrude on a driver's attentiveness," said Hosansky.
"The distractions don't stop with cell phones. Car makers are adding new technologies to the dashboard, such as Web browsers and GPS units. Car makers say that such technologies are designed very carefully for safety, but safety advocates worry that they are creating even more hazardous driving conditions," Hosansky concluded.

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