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A perfect solitaire but...
While one is a visual treat, the other is plain sans frills. But where ``Devdas" fails ``Bend It Like Beckham" scores. RATNA RAJAIAH has more to say on these lines.
Drama
Collage of inner emotions
``Thiraikadalodi... ," staged recently, led the viewer to a different realm of experience. KAUSALYA SANTHANAM shares her thoughts.

Cinema
The mirror as camera!
THE SCENE of action is a hill resort. The weather is gloomy accentuated by thunder and lightening. Power plays truant. And someone or the other almost always books the most comfortable room. Everything is fine until a murder takes place. And each ...


Raising expectations
THE SUCCESS of ``Dhil'' has inspired the entire unit, led by director Dharani, to work overtime to make Sri Surya Movies's ``Dhool" a box-office hit. Dharani feels the pressure of success and the expectations it brings along with it. ``My ...
Award for director
THE FIFTH Gollapudi Srinivas National Award (2001) for best directorial debut will be given to Janaki Viswanathan for "Kutty". The function will be held at the Music Academy, Chennai, on August 12. The chief guest will be Hema Malini and the ...
An Asian kaleidoscope
Cinefan, festival of Asian films held recently in New Delhi, proved once again that despite similarities in our value systems and cultures, our socio-political and economic conditions are marked by disparities. GOWRI RAMNARAYAN narrates her experien ce.

Film Review
Music
Chiselled sancharas
IN THE performance of T.M. Krishna for Narada Gana Sabha in association with Ramana Maharishi Centre for Learning, Bangalore, there was unmistakable indication of a feel for aesthetics, but it was at the cost of maintenance of uniform concert ...
Trained voice, clean diction
SPEAKERS, INCLUDING Justice K. S. Bhaktavatsalam, chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai, and B. R. Kumar, Deputy Director General (AIR and Doordarshan), praised the services of the G. K. Foundation Trust run by Managing Trustee P. K. ...
Music competition
PAPANASAM SIVAN Rasikar Sangam will celebrate the 112th birth anniversary of the composer next month. As part of the celebrations Papanasam Sivan Songs Competition will be conducted on September 8. The competition will be held in various ...
Devotion underlined
Gita Cassettes Classic GCC 527 - Carnatic Classical - Utsava Sampradaya Kritis of Saint Tyagaraja - Geetha Raja - Rs. 50. IT CAN be emphasised without risk of contradiction that saint Tyagaraja's bhakti for Lord Rama was the acme of ...

Dance
Emotive prowess on show
HER `MUKHA abinaya' was subtle, yet so intense, that even the delicate sound of her ankle bells could disturb that stillness. This was a gut reaction to Bragha Bessell's performance. A senior student of Kalanidhi Narayanan and Adyar Lakshmanan, ...
Honour for dancer
KAPILA VATSYAYAN will inaugurate the 47th Art and Dance Festival and the 22nd Natya Kala Conference of the Krishna Gana Sabha, and confer the title `Nritya Choodamani' on Bharatanatyam exponent Priyadarshini Govind, and `Acharya Choodamani' on ...
Mammoth celebration
SHOULDN'T ART rise above the artist? This was the doctrine followed at the Golden Jubilee function of Sangeet Kala Kendra, founded by the unassuming Prity Ghose Chakraborty, where the chief guest, K. J. Yesudas was requested to sing, not ...

Arts & Crafts
Jazzy jute items
WITH A special jute counter now open at Poompuhar to showcase Grama jute products, the golden fibre has finally got a permanent niche in the State Handicrafts Emporium. The event also marks another milestone in the National Jute Diversification ...

Heritage
Maduranthakam — unique and significant
The Aeri Katha Ramar temple in Maduranthakam, near Chennai, abounds in interesting incidents and enlightening legends, as T. A. SRINIVASAN finds out.
What Jeers stand for
IN KEEPING with the tradition of ascetics, Jeers observe Chaturmasya sankalpam. They take the sankalpam or vow in the presence of the Lord of Tirumalai. Both Jeers enter the sanctum crossing the `Kulasekaran Padi' and are ...

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