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Aug 26,2013   If you are a business traveller and looking for a hotel to stay on Old Mahabalipuram Road/IT Expressway , there are five business class hotels as of this writing. Please find them below with their address details and rating in trip advisor: Kohinoor Asiana Hotel 1/238, Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), Semmencherry, Chennai - 600 119 Tamilnadu, India Phone: +91 44 674 11 000 Fax: +91 44 674 11 999 Email:mail@asianahotels.com website:  http://www.asianahotels.com/index.htm Rating in trip advisor :   Rating in trip advisor Aloft aloft Chennai, OMR – IT Expressway, 102, Rajiv Gandhi Salai Sholinganallur, Chennai – 600 119. telephone : +91 44 4592 5500 fax : +91 44 4592 5550 email : resv.chennai@aloftchennaiomr.com website : www.alofthotels.com/chennaiomr ,       www.aloftindia.com Rating in trip advisor :   Rating in trip advisor Sabari Classic No.33, Rajiv Gandhi Salal (OMR) Navalur Chennai- 603 103 Tel.: +91-44-4744 5030 Fax: +

                                    Courtesy:ajithfans.com Few days back Thala Ajith had a ride on OMR in his sneaky new BMW bike S100RR.Excited fans watched him whiz past them in his grandiose bike.He was wearing sports attire, a red and white sports wear. He occasionally stopped by tea shops too and took photos with his fans. Awareness ride                                    The reason behind Ajith's drive seems to be to create awareness among bike riders to wear helmets . The reason commuters avoid helmets is that either it is expensive or it is uncomfortable in the hot weather.But it is better to sweat than  to bleed, Ajith says. He even quotes the cost of MRI scans required in case of accidents highlighting the importance of wearing helmets. Message to commuters                   courtesy:ajithfans.com              Ajith advises all bikers to wear helmets and consider safety first.Life is too precious to be lost on the road he quips.His grandiose ride with sp

Madras Day 22 Aug 1639, Francis Day of the British East Company buys a strip of land from the Vijaynagara King Peda Venkata Raja.A year later Fort St.George is built on this land by the British .It becomes an administration centre for the British and the city of Madras starts growing around it. And thereby,Madras Day was born. Madras Day - Today Madras Day was celebrated first in 2004, when two journalists Shashi Nair,Vincent D'Souza and the editor of Madras Musings S.Muthiah met over a coffee and discussed the possiblity of celebrating this event.Since then Madras Day has been celebrated every year accompanied by many events.This year it is celebrated as Madras Week starting from August 15 and ending on August 22. These events include: Bicycle heritage rides: http://themadrasday.in/category/events-ha

                                        OMR is almost a straight highway, taking a bus ride can be smooth except at few junctions like Tidel park and Shollinganallur.Though MTC offers nearly 400 trips a day, buses are often crowded.The hot sun adds to the uneasiness.There are a few AC buses though mostly taken by IT professionals working in software companies situated along the IT corridor.                                         To take these bus rides, commuters have to wait at bus stops situated along the road.There are 23 major bus stops as of now and two routes , one from Adyar to Kelambakkam and the other from Velachery to Kelambakkam.Both these routes meet at SRP tools. Source : Wiki The stops from Madhya Kailash are: Madhya Kailash CPT or Indhira Nagar Railway station bus stop Tidel park SRP tools IGP  Kandhanchavadi Perungudi Thoraipakkam Jain College Mettukuppam PTC Quarters Oggiyampet Karapakkam Dollar biscuit company Shollinganallur Ponniamman k

                                                                         Any idea of how many tonnes of garbage is generated in Chennai everyday ? 5000 TONNES says 'The Hindu'. Every major restaurant generates 1 tonne of waste every day the article says.Food is considered sacrilegious  in our culture.Yet food wastage contributes to the major amount of garbage collected in the city.Chennai though called Singara Chennai does not really match to its name. Unclean roads and garbage are a daily sight. Why can't Chennai be as clean as Singapore? What as a Chennaite can we contribute for a cleaner city? What as a OMR Rider can we contribute to this?                                       Pallikaranai along OMR is a major garbage dump yard for the city. Though it hosts more birds than Vedanthangal , it also hosts more garbage driving away the birds and other species inhabiting the marshland.OMR is not clean either , an IT highway hosting major of our country's software com

                                                              OMR holds all kinds of restaurants ranging from South Indian to Chinese and Italian.Here are few of the restaurants listed: (Click to know more) South Indian Restaurants North Indian Restaurants Hyderabadi Restaurants American Restaurants Chinese Restaurants Italian Restaurants Happy Restauranting!

(Updated on 10 Aug 2013) Chennai Express                                                      Featuring Sharuk Khan and Deepika Padukone,Chennai Express is a romantic comedy and 'Rohit Shetty' style film (Goalmaal).Runs in OMR at AGS .There are 10 shows this weekend each day! Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu                                   Bharath's latest film popularised by his six pack and muscular body photoshoots.Directed by Sasi this film revolves around mind games.It runs both at AGS and Arvind theatre in OMR The Conjuring (A)                            A thriller film based on a true story, the film's theme is two paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren helping a family whose farmhouse is inflicted by a dark presence.Runs at AGS,OMR. Thalaiva, featuring Vijay which was supposed to be released this weekend did not get released due to some reasons. Happy Movie Watching OMR Riderz!

(Rate this theatre above) About Arvind Theatre: Situated at OMR Karapakkam and was renovated. Has a single screen accomodating 434 people. Address: Arvind Theatre. Karapakkam, Okkiam Thuraipakkam, OMR,Chennai View Larger Map Facilities: No of screens : 1 Seating capacity : 434 Other facilities : Comfortable push back seats,high resolution digital projector (QUBE), 3waydigital setereo surround sound system,interior with LED lights Website: http://www.arvindtheatre.com (Please leave your experience/comment below)

About AGS: AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd is primarily a feature  film production and distribution company which has produced films like Madharasapattinam, Yudham Sei , Santhosh Subramaniam etc and distributed films like Myna.It has started two multiplexes in Chennai , one at Villivakam and another at OMR. Mr.Archana Kalpathy is the CEO of AGS Cinemas Address: AGS Cinemas - OMR Coromandel Plaza, 87/1A,5th floor,Navalur, Chennai 603103 Facilities: AGS Cinemas at OMR has the following facilities: No of screens : 4 Seating capacity: 3000 Other facilities : Dolby digital surround sound,2k resolution picture quality, comfortable seating with ample leg space,kids zone, concession island counters Featured promotions:            Bulk bookings:                     Bulk bookings can be done by emailing to bulkbooking@agscinemas.com(minimum count should be 50). Contact no : +91 9841562629            Corporate offers:                         Corporates can book tickets

AGS Cinemas at Navalur  ( Click to know more ) http://www.agscinemas.com/ View Larger Map Arvind Theatre Karapakkam ( Click to know more ) http://www.arvindtheatre.com/ View Larger Map Arul Muruga Theatre Thiruporur,OMR View Larger Map Happy Movie watching OMR Riderz!

                                                  A typical office day, i take a ride on my office bus towards Siruseri from Velacheri. The bus enters the main plaza at Perungudi, my bus driver does not seem to pay any toll though other car drivers , lorry drivers pay toll to the toll guards. Is it free for IT professionals ? Paying toll at OMR                                           Taking a ride on OMR is not free for three wheelers and four wheelers. OMR s income comes from these tolls collected too.The toll plazas start at Seevaram near Perungudi and end at Egattur with three other satellite plazas .Altogether there are five toll plazas on OMR, 1.An entry/main toll plaza at Seevaram near Perungudi 2.A Satellite toll plaza towards Pallavaram 3.A Satellite toll plaza towards Medavakkam 4.A Satellite toll plaza towards ECR 5.An exit toll plaza at Egattur OMR Riders need to pay tax at these toll plazas for a ride.The tax rates as of August 4,2013 are as follows:

On a long road to death, i sat lonely wondering, is this life worth living, is this life worth knowing, You came along, Gave me your hand, Patted on my shoulders, said you are with me, I said go away, i am a loner, i will walk it alone, you didn't listen me, you took my hand, caught it tight, Said if all i want is just walk alone, You will walk alone with me Thank you friend, lets walk alone together.. Happy friendship Day, OMR Riderz.

(03 Aug and 04 Aug,2013)                  Few new English movies are running this weekend in OMR .The Smurfs2 ,a 3D animated movie, The Conjuring, a horror movie and The Man with the Iron Fists are new this weekend. Following are the English movies running at OMR: The Smurfs2 @ AGS Cinemas.. The Conjuring  @ AGS... The Man with the Iron Fists @ AGS... The Wolverine @ AGS... Tamil movies ... Pattathu Yaanai @ AGS                                           Sonna Puriyathu @ AGS and @ Arvind theatre                                     Mariyaan @ AGS Singam @ AGS           And hindi movies.... Bhaag Milkha Bhaag @ AGS           Rabba Main Kya Karoon at @ AGS... Happy weekend OMR Riderz!