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You can't embarrass him!
It isn't easy to pin down Myers' brand of humour. His chameleon-like ability to impersonate characters has earned him the title, `The Brando of Comedy,' writes PRADEEP SEBASTIAN.
Cinema
A star down to earth
Besides cinema, there are so many things that Nandita Das would love to do in life, as GOWRI RAMNARAYAN finds out.

Last word yet to be said
``CITIZEN KANE is the greatest film ever made.'' Says who? Say a hundred critics and a hundred filmmakers. But can they decide for the world in an objective fashion what the all time great film ought to be? And from there go on to announce the ...
Politics of star protests
ON THE afternoon of Friday, September 6, Bollywood star, Manisha Koirala, accompanied by her lawyer, Satish Maneshinde, walked into `Matoshree,' home of Shiv Sena chief, Bal Thackeray. An hour later, she was out sporting a huge tilak on ...

Film Review
Music
Pleasant listening
Dreams Audio MDC 004 - Carnatic Classical Instrumental - Dream Journey -Kadri Gopalnath - Price Rs. 50. THE AUDIO album `Dream Journey' is perhaps a launching pad for Manikanth Kadri, son of the popular saxophone vidwan, Kadri Gopalnath. ...
Style and scholarship
WITH STYLISED vocal accentuation and assertive strength of vidwat, T. V. Sankaranarayanan maintained the kirtanas and swaras in jolly good shape. In the alapanas he saw to it that the sancharas took on a breezy complexion with cohesive design ...

Dance
Music and dance fest
THE OOTHUKADU Venkatakavi Academy Trust has organised the annual six-day Jayanthi festival of music and dance (September 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29) at the R.R. Sabha Hall in commemoration of the birth anniversary of the Mahakavi. The ...

Arts & Crafts
Stunning mirrors
A CHARMING panorama of India's art and craft heritage is reflected in the stunning framed mirrors currently on display at Reflexions at The Accessory Shop, 7 Wallace Gardens, 3rd Street, Chennai. The concept of beautiful mirrors as objects of ...

Heritage
Captivating deities at Chettipunnyam
Devanathaswami temple in Chettipunnyam has separate shrines for Lord Rama, Nammazhwar, Ramanuja, Desikar, Hayagriva and Goddess Hemabjavalli. During festivals the holy spot draws devotees from far and near, writes T. A. SRINIVASAN.
On a Vedic quest
"I AM doing Agnihotram not for name or fame but because I love it. It is considered the mother of all Yagas. I believe in Srouta Yaga. I want to know how Agnihotram is performed in different parts of the country." Indeed it is the quest of a ...
Avatara Utsavam
SRI SRINIVASA Perumal temple at Purasawalkam will perform the Prathama Avatara Utsavam for Sri Vedanta Desikan on September 18. It is unique that Sri Vedanta Desikan shares the birth star, Sravanam, with Lord Srinivasa. Incidentally, this year ...

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