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Film: "Veera"; Cast: Ravi Teja, Kajal Agarwal, Tapsee, Prakash Raj, Pradeep Rawat, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Rahul Dev and Brahmanandam; Director: P. Ramesh Verma; Producer: Ganesh Indukuri; Music Director: S. S. Taman; Camera: Chota K. Naidu; Rating: * 1/2

It was quite a roller coaster ride during the week for the market. Nifty started the week on a rough note when it erased all the gains that it had recorded in the previous session.

Mumbai, May 22 : She is all of 23, suffers from a heart problem, but her zest for life and music keeps her going. British singer-songwriter Jessica Ellen Cornish, popularly known as Jessie J, says she will never give up performing because music is her drug.

"I live on music-singing and performing is my drug," Jessie J told IANS in an e-mail interview from London.

Voltas Ltd’s Q4FY11 revenue grew by 16.4%YoY to Rs16.8bn. As expected, OPM contracted by 210bps to 8.4% dragged by Electro-Mech segment (PINCe 8.6%). Lower operating profit coupled with higher interest charges translated in a 23.9% fall in adj. net profit to Rs961mn (PINCe Rs882mn). Reported net profit was Rs1.0bn including exceptional income of Rs77mn.

Muted performance by Electro-Mech (MEP) segment:

Film: "Pyaar Ka Punchnama"; Cast: Raayo Bakhirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgal, Divyendu Sharma, Ishitta Sharma and Kartikeya Tiwari; Writer-Director: Luv Ranjan; Rating: *** 1/2

"Pyaar Ka Punchnama" packs in a precocious punch. In telling the story of three friends-cum-flatmates who get into 'serious' relationships with three self-serving working-class female monsters of the concrete jungle, debutant director Luv Ranjan gives us a film that's fresh, flavourful and finally hugely rewarding.

Mumbai, May 22 : Indian equities markets closed the week in the red with benchmark indices losing over one percent and broader indices slipping more, as bearish sentiments strengthened after oil marketing companies hiked petrol prices. A hike in diesel prices is also on the cards, which could result in a bout of high inflation.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed the week 1.11 percent or 205.19 points lower at 18,326.09 points, compared to its previous weekly close of 18,531.28 points.