Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, April 12, 2002
Entertainment
Published on Fridays
News Update

Features
Magazine
Literary Review
Life
Metro Plus
Open Page
Education
Book Review
Business
SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Quest
Folio

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline

Home

Cinema

"Cannes is not my goal"
His recent honest endeavour, "Kannathil Muthamittal", has not received the kind of response it deserves. But Mani Ratnam takes it in his stride, as he reveals in this unusual interview with GOWRI RAMNARAYAN, wherein he answers queries from celebrities in the film world.


`Artistically Wired'
BILLY WILDER'S long collaboration with Charles Brackett and I.A.L. Diamond on the screenplay makes you suddenly realise how rare such partnerships are in cinema. Film, after all, is the most collaborative art and yet you seldom find the same ...
Ansh
ONE WOULD think that having good actors like Om Puri, Ashutosh Rana and Milind Gunaji would make a good film! Add to that list Ashish Vidyarthi, Sayaji Shinde and Aloknath. What a wealth of talent. Well it could have been a meaningful film if it ...
When in Malaysia...
SOMETHING ABOUT Sushmita Sen, apart from her beauty, drew the attention of those around. She was in Malaysia all right but everything from her attire to her food had also turned Malaysian overnight! Sushmita laughed as she said, "True ... but I ...
Awaiting superhits
WILL THE Tamizh Puthandu (New Year) releases kick-start the box office? The past year has been bad for the Tamil film industry as there were no major hits. It desperately wants at least one of the films released this week to be a blockbuster. ...
Black magic on silver screen
Oscar history was rewritten on March 24. RANDOR GUY traces the past.
Fascination for the docu format
Gautam Bora's ardent love for documentary film-making continues unabated though his forays into the arena of feature films have been rare. MALEEHA RAGHAVIAH finds out why in this interview.
Award for ``Kutty'' and its maker
HER FIRST film made many people cry - so moved were they on seeing the trials and tribulations of a young girl taken away from her home in the village and made to work in a city. It was not so much the work as the pain she goes through when she ...
A green signal to go on
Calm and unaffected to the point of stoicism, director Vikram Bhatt tells SUBHASH K. JHA that the stupendous success of his recently released "Raaz" has not changed his life in any way.
Ushering in the new year
LOVERS OF Tamil cinema must be looking forward to films to be released on the auspicious Tamil New Year's Day. Producers have not let them down what with half-a-dozen films hitting the theatres next week. AVM productions is coming up with ...
On woman and society
"Fatma", fetched Khaled Ghorbal the Rajatha Chakoram Award for the Best Director at the Seventh International Film Festival of Kerala held in Thiruvananthapuram recently. He talks to PRAKASAM K. UNNI abo ut the film, Tunisian women and society.

Film Review
Music
Simply traditional
THE PERFORMANCE of Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan for Nadopasana served to emphasise that a simple, straight approach to music reveals the beauteous facets of Carnatic music more effectively than flamboyancy. Of course, he elaborated the ragas ...
Amazing musical skill with water
THE PERFORMER sits in front of a dozen porcelain cups with varying colours containing water at different levels. Like a magician's wand, he delivers music by bestowing brisk touches on them with two sticks. Anayampatti S. Ganesan must be one ...
Dedicated to Purandaradasa
IT was not a routine Purandaradasa Day celebration at Hamsadhwani. Although Sowmya rendered such popular kritis as "Sakalagrahabala neene" (Atana), "Nimma Bhagya Doddado Namma Bhagya Doddado" (Begada), "Dayamado Ranga" (Kalyani), with alapana and ...
Building bridges...
MARIUS DE Vries lives a mile off St. Paul's Cathedral in London with his wife, two children and 21 guinea pigs. He has worked with some of the biggest acts in the world of rock and pop. He has worked in the movies, including "Moulin Rouge". He is ...
Janaki weaves magic
AGE HAS not affected her voice nor constant singing made it stale. S. Janaki, queen of melody, still weave a magic spell on the audience as was evident from the standing ovation given by a huge gathering of Chennai Telugu film music lovers. The ...
Music festival
Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peeta Carnataka Sangeetha Seva Trust is organising the 18th Jayanthi celebrations of the Music Trinity and a music festival, will be held from April 15 to April 21, in Tiruvarur. Mr. V. Jayaraman, IRS (Retd.), will inaugurate ...
Carnatic music — a complete system
At a time when the world is faced with clash and confrontation among various ancient art practices, it is imperative that the tradition of Carnatic music is reclaimed and its glory disseminated.
Artiste with balanced perception
WITH HER rich and powerful voice and comfortable high-pitch that does not cause ear fatigue Amritha Murali can invite audience attention and sustain it through out. This, together with her own efforts at honing her skills, was evidenced in her ...
Promoting art among the young
WELL-KNOWN among educational institutions across India, SPICMACAY— Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth — is a non-profit NGO dedicated to propagating Indian culture among the student community. ...

Arts & Crafts
Creativity showcased
AN ALL India Crafts Fair organised by ``Srushti" brings together eye-catching quality crafts of many hues and shapes from distant parts of the country. Against the backdrop of a mela ambience, with its exuberant craft vitality and variety, the ...
Bold strokes of a master
IT IS probably the first time that Chennai is being privy to such a major exposition of the renowned modern Indian artist Paritosh Sen's work. Having studied under D. P. Roy Choudhary in Chennai in the 1940s Paritosh Sen was a founder member of ...
The stuccoes stand apart
USING THE radio-active carbon dating (C-14 half period decay) method, the frescoes made on the stone sculptures in a very ancient temple (in a small village Malaiyadipatti), near Tiruchi, have been found to be around 2000 years old. This kind of ...

Heritage
With high objectives in mind
MANY TEMPLES in the Cauvery delta area built by the Chola kings, were in a dilapidated state. But they came to life after devotees renovated them. Sri Sarguneswaraswamy temple at Karuveli village in Tiruvarur district is one such. The temple, ...
Ordeals of a saint
Poignant incidents from the life of Ramanuja and his disciple Vaduga Nambi, have been included in this narrative by T. A. SRINIVASAN.
Marked by exclusive carvings
THE ARULMIGU Narumboonathar Swamy Temple in Tiruppudaimaruthur village, on the bank of river Tamiraparani, in Tirunelveli district, is situated in an aesthetic ambience. The temple, with Lord Narumboonathar and Goddess Gomathi Ambal as ...

Miscellany
TV Serials

See the earlier stories
Lead | Cinema | Film Review | Music | Dance | Theatre | Arts & Crafts | Heritage | Miscellany |


News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Index | Features: Magazine | Literary Review | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Business | SciTech | Entertainment | Young World | Quest | Folio |

The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | Home |

Comments to : thehindu@vsnl.com   Copyright © 2002, The Hindu
Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu