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CINEMA


Fascination with conflict
He is an accomplished cinematographer and director. His advertisement clips are simply lapped up. Writing, however, is what he likes most. Rajeev Menon shares with CHITRA MAHESH his views on film-making. More
Unfazed by failure
Failures do not bog him down. Neither can they make him change his style of working. SUBHASH K. JHA talks to Mahesh Manjrekar, the prolific film director, whose "Pitaah" has been released recently. More

FILM REVIEW
MUSIC
The floodgates are open
THE DECEMBER season has come to a lingering end. The next significant event is the Sri Tyagaraja aradhana at Tiruvaiyaru. Between, the rasikas have an idea of what music is today heard in the festival season and what it ought to be at the ... More
A gift to the devotee
Krishi - Sanskrit devotional chant - Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam, Stotram - Prapatti and Managalasasanam - Price not mentioned. THE 70 Sanskrit slokas composed by Sriman Prativadi Bhayankara Annan, disciple of Sri Manavala Mamuni, are ... More
Refreshing veena recital
P. VASANTHKUMAR'S recital on the veena featured by Nayaki at the Thakkar Baba Vidyalaya in T. Nagar adhered to a graceful style of instrumental music. His rendition of the piece, "Nenendu" (Karnataka Behag) and "Varanarada" (Vijayasree) of ... More
Music competition
HAMSADHWANI WILL conduct vocal music competition on February 9 and 10 at Youth Hostel, 2nd Avenue, Indira Nagar, Adyar. Kritis of well-known composers, Papanasam Sivan and tarangams of Narayana Theertha have been included for the competition. ... More

DANCE
An enterprising bunch
PRESENTATIONS BY four dancers at the Narada Gana Sabha proved what an individualistic art form Bharathanatyam is. Lakshmi Ramaswamy is a disciple of Chitra Visweswaran. Chitra's style is full of jumps, sways and plenty of running around the ... More
Deft footwork
NATYANJALI TRUST presented Subhasri Vasudevan and Manusathya Sukumar, disciples of guru Palakkad C. Chandrasekhar in a Bharatanatyam recital that was marked by high energy. The guru led the orchestra with his nattuvangam; the vocalists ... More
A fine blend
URMILA SATYANARAYANAN is a good dancer - not just good but veers on excellence. So it was rather pleasant to discover that she turns out to be a good teacher too if her student Anwesha Das's recital is any indication. It was an evening when ... More
Bhakti dominates
WHY ARE the senior dancers switching from the mundane emotions of life to bhakti? Does it pose a greater challenge for them? ``Namamritha Sagaram," a thematic presentation by Chitra Visweswaran in Bharat Kalachar consisted of three kritis of ... More

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