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A mixed bag of results
On the Hindi front, the first half of 2004 saw controversies and more flops than hits. Innocent charmers made it good while the seasoned ones failed to impress. ZIYA US SALAM gives a round-up.


Brilliance of Brando
Marlon Brando brought energy and magnetism to the screen. His understated style showed a touch of genius. Yet his path to true excellence was blocked by disappointments. GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN writes.
Film Review


  • Matchstick Men
  • Hyderabad Blues 2

    On Location

    The colony experience
    THE MUCH-AWAITED film of the year is Surya Movies "7G Rainbow Colony," directed by Selvaragavan with Sonia Agarwal and new face Ravi Krishna as the lead pair. "The work is over and we are in the process of shooting the last portion of the of ...

    Music

    A voice fresh and alive
    AVM Audio 1043 - Sanskrit devotional - Dayasathakam - Mani Krishnaswami - Price Rs.40 MANI KRISHNASWAMI, the popular Carnatic musician who attained mukti two years ago, has made a singular contribution to the genre of ...

    Dance

    A mix of emotion and devotion
    IN A burst of colour and music the dance drama unfolded — with it the life of Bhagwan Vardhman Mahaveer came into focus. The Music Academy on July 3 and 4 took time to fill up mainly because timing seems of little consequence for many, but ...

    Arts & Crafts

    Compelling platter pieces
    FORUM ART Gallery and Pothole's "Potters Platters" exhibition presents on a platter, as it were — or on 44 platters to be precise — ceramic craft. Ceramic is blazing new trails today. Potters Platters brings the platter as a ...

    Tribute

    Immortalised on celluloid
    What made Marlon Brando special, legend that he was? RANDOR GUY comes up with vignettes.
    Music and dance blend in rhythmic harmony
    K. N. Dandayuthapani Pillai's uncanny sense of laya made his technique rich and vibrant. His disciples across the globe will remember their Guru whose 84th birth anniversary falls on July 14. NANDINI RAMANI pays tribute to the doyen of Bharatanatyam.
    Connoisseur and patron
    LATE K. Parthasarathy Iyengar, advocate from Alleppey, whose birth centenary falls this month, was well known among Carnatic musicians and music-lovers as a connoisseur and patron of music. Better known as Papasami, he was one of the first ...

    Events

    Memorable evening in many ways
    KAVIARASU KANNADASAN Thamizh Sangam had organised the 78th birthday celebrations of the great poet and lyricist Kannadasan, the 13th anniversary of the sangam and a felicitation to poet Vaali at Vani Mahal recently. It was a function that ...
    Litterateur celebrated
    FROM JUNE 25 to 27, the Alliance Francaise organised a festival to celebrate well-known Tamil novelist-poet-translator-critic Sundara Ramaswamy. Readings from his works, talks by artistes and writers, enactment of his poems translator's ...
    Theatre workshop
    THE MUSIC of folk songs resounds in the air at the AICUF House, Nungambakkam. Groups of young men and women rehearse their steps in accompaniment. They are participants in a month-long theatre workshop conducted by the National School of Drama ...

    Miscellany


  • Concert series
  • Parayanam
  • Homage
  • Remembering Mani
  • Prayer for rain

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  • Yes Boss
  • Siva Mayam
  • Dhisaigal
  • Chuupke Chuupke
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