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Will the magic still work?
J. K. Rowling has made publishing history with a 13-million print run of her book "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" which is all set for release on June 21. GOWRI RAMNARAYAN wonders what makes Potter so popular among children as also adul ts.
Dance

Glimpses of Odissi
Students of the Kala Vikash Kendra Cultural Center of Cuttack will present an Odissi performance on June 21 and 22 at the Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium.
Arts & Crafts

Romance with art
Prakrit Art Gallery makes a foray into the international scene with a show of the works of contemporary artists of South India in London between June 20 and 23. A preview of some of the works was held in Chennai recently.
Cinema

'King' Khan is back
AFTER A long time, a Hindi film "Chalte Chalte" has opened well in Chennai and Coimbatore grossing Rs. 12.8 lakhs from three prints in its opening weekend (Friday to Sunday). It is a phenomenal opening, which proves that Shah Rukh Khan's magic ...


Hard as a rock
LOHITHADAS IS Malayalam cinema's best-known scriptwriter after M.T.Vasudevan Nair. He has written scripts where the characters are real and with whom the audience can relate to. And it came as a surprise when K. S. Ravikumar, one of the top ...
New action hero?
TRADITIONALLY, ACTION heroes have held sway in cinema worldwide. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger became household names as they were projected as macho men. Back home in Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan, during the 1975-1990 period, ...
Hollywood meets Bollywood
THE HOLLYWOOD majors like 20th Century Fox are diversifying operations in India and getting into production and distribution of Indian films. So far, the Hollywood biggies had distributed Hindi films such as "December 16" and some cross over ...
Sport

Gaining a foothold
The immense interest evinced by women footballers in the State comes through at the ongoing Senior National Women's Championship at the Nehru Stadium. They share their experiences here...
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