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A celebration of innocence and harmonyTHE "CLAY bird" ("Matir Moina", 2002) cannot take wing, but neighbouring Bangladesh came off with flying colours in this first feature by documentary filmmaker Tareque Masud who turned the burning issue of religious zealotry into a lyrical tale ... 
Comforting love taleItalian filmmaker Pupi Avati's latest creation, "A Heart Elsewhere", which was part of Cannes's prestigious competition in May, had something interesting to say, feels GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN. Win tickets SATHYAM CINEMA presents the `Hulk Contest' in association with Landmark at Spencer Plaza. Visit the Landmark store between 5.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. on Saturday (Aug 9) to take part in the contest. The lucky winner will win tickets for "Hulk", ...
Kumbhmela made him a seekerWITH HIS long hair and designer glasses, Denis Whyte looks like a film maker. And he is one. A digital film maker who prefers the medium of documentaries and has been making them since 1985. The London-based Irishman was in Chennai recently to ...
Soulful kritis on Devi GAYATHRI VENKATARAGHAVAN has a soft and soothing voice, and with skilful modulation turns out caressing and fondling phrases, adding colour and glamour to her renditions, not to speak of the impact it makes on the discerning rasikas. One of the ... Lively and brisk concert SAKETARAMAN REVEALED in his concert at the recent Thyagaraja festival at Tirupati, all the ingredients that go to make it lively and brisk. With good control of form and creativity, matched by expressional dynamism, he placed before the ... Routine fare WHAT VENTILATORS are to a patient in the intensive care unit, are chattering swaraprastaras to a performing artiste, a life-support system to make a concert click. In the Krishna Gana Sabha recital in the Gokulashtami series, O. S. Thiagarajan ... 
Salutation to the SunSuryanamaskara Mantras - A Practical Guide - Geetanjali - (SUPER Audio, Madras) Pvt. Ltd. CD - SA - 150 - (52140067, 52140068), Rs. 200. GEETHANJALI presents Suryanamaskara Mantras, Sacred Sanskrit Recital, in CD form. The ... Varnam, a vital component Carnatic classical - Varnams - R. Vedavalli - Price - Rs. 200 (4 volumes) HMV, RPG, STHVS - 857134 to 857137. THE MUSICAL form of varnam is an integral, valuable component in the repertoire of Carnatic Music. This genre ... Remarkable voice LALITHA SESHADRI, a senior vocalist with a traditional musical background, was featured by AIR Chennai, on August 2. Her remarkable voice that has maintained the same high pitch, the same fluency and the same melody for more than five decades, ... Special concert SARVANI SANGEETHA Sabha, T. Nagar, has organised a programme at Kasturi Srinivasan Hall (Music Academy Mini Hall), on August 9 at 6.30 p.m., in which select compositions of Bhadrachala Ramadas, Sadasiva Brahmendra and Toomu Narasimhadas will be ...
Celebration through theatre"ANGLO INDIANS love to celebrate. They celebrate everything. They celebrate life with music and dance and food and wine." So, on August 2 the community (today scattered across continents) celebrated World Anglo Indian Day, commemorating the ...
Alluring floral array IT'S A dazzling riot of flowers at the Sixty Sense Gallery exhibition-cum-sale of floral arrangements currently drawing large numbers of aesthetes and flower lovers. The flowers come from far-flung corners of the country and abroad, their ...
Fearsome and loveableIn order to pacify an enraged Narasimha, Goddess Mahalakshmi embraced Him and thus Parikkal acquired its name. The moolavar idol here is said to be swayambu. T. A. SRINIVASAN writes...
Where the Ganga flows as GodavariThousands of pilgrims have congregated on the banks of the Godavari to take part in the Pushkaram festival. 
Gayathri - Mantra supreme and universalTHE CITY of Coimbatore has the unique distinction of having a Sri Gayathri temple, said to be the third in the State. According to the Hindu pantheon the ultimate power is the `Brahman' and Sri Gayathri is the Cosmic form of that power. Still not ...
The aim is to entertainWHEN YOU mentioned his resemblance to Prabhu Deva his instant reaction was that unlike the star he could not dance for nuts. But that was three years ago. Today Balaji, comedy actor, who is a reasonably well-known face on the small screen and to ...
Pioneer of religious discourse Homage to Sengalipuram Anantharama Dikshitar, legendary upanyasaka, whose birth centenary celebrations concluded yesterday. A sapling he nurtured A SMALL flat in Sion in what was then called Bombay, in the early 1950s. The entire household was agog with reverential excitement at the prospect of the venerable Brahmasri Sengalipuram Anantharama Dikshitar coming to that humble abode. The head ... Spiritual leader with social welfare at heart The Golden Jubilee of the initiation of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the 69th Pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, is being celebrated. A profile. A leaf from the pages of history PROBABLY ONLY a few devotees were present to witness the event on March 22, 1954, when Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati initiated a young vedic student, Subramaniam, into the order of the Sankaracharyas and gave him `Sanyasa diksha' and the ...
Homam for peaceFOR THE sake of world peace and prosperity, the Atirudra and Sahasra Chandi Homam and Rig Veda Samhita Homam (August 1-11) are being performed at the Vasantha Mandapam of Sri Kamakshi Amman temple in Kancheepuram. Besides Lalitha Sahasranama ...
VCD on Meiyappan A VIDEO compact disk, "Etramigu AVM," containing important events in the life of the late Av. Meiyappan was released in Chennai at a function organised in connection with the 97th birth anniversary of the founder of AVM studios. The simple but ...
A different kind of dance showCROSSROADS — JOURNEYS and Transformations Through Life and Dance, a programme by Nirmala Seshadri and Neewin Hershall, will be held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, on August 8 (today), at 7 p.m. The production brings together the two ... Award for Dhananjayans THE AMERICAN Association of Indian Dance, jointly with Arti School of Indian dance, San Antonio, U.S., has instituted an award for an overseas artiste who has contributed to the overall development and propagation of Indian classical performing ... 
Gollapudi Srinivas AwardIN 1992, a young life was claimed by fate. He was at work doing something he passionately believed in, a film that was to be his maiden venture. A film called "Prema Pusthakam". But the film was left orphaned by his death at age 26. And ...
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