Though producer Aswinidutt maintained a low profile during the shooting of 'Kantri' and tried to maintain some privacy, the audiences in general and the NTR fans in particular kept good expectations on the film, in view of the recent blockbuster like 'Yamadonga' from the hero. Meher Ramesh, though made his debut in Telugu as director, with this film, had good working experience by associating himself with Puri Jagannath. Moreover, he gave two hit films in Kannada, the remakes of Telugu films 'Andhrawala' and 'Okkadu'. But it was proved that doing a film with a hero with certain image was not that easy and the director belied the hopes of the audiences as well as NTR, who wanted repeat the success history.
![[2desibabes.blogspot.com_ayeesha2.jpg]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u-X5QSwHeoA_BgP3V8g4hfP1dBJkdT9fzu6_VaMvmDafzW8kGWHC33UuSV8R3MM9EPcjXKSWyzm5NkeJ1br9Lfwv0zir2MGqH7HVns5-6ASuo5XRKoysSprScHlIcQ0Z8TaJfpThA96pJ0DvK_h2NIV1VEACkRE8yLYlk1ke2Eazq4fOM=s0-d)
Abhinav Bindra shows his medal as he stands with silver medallist Zhu Qinan and bronze medallist Henri Hakkinen.
Thousands of specks of light make up the Olympic rings on the floor of the arena and are then magically lifted into the sky.
A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.
Drums thundered, strobe lights flickered and 14,000 performers poured through the Bird's Nest stadium in a dazzling extravaganza that offered up a vision of global harmony in line with the Games' motto "One World One Dream".
