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The merchandising of cinema
What happens when clever filmmakers and cleverer product-peddlers team up? ROSHNI MENON checks out the results on screen and in the cash registers
General Wellness

Benefit of low fat foods
Low-fat food raises debate among nutritionists
Interview

Time for news
Rajdeep Sardesai's take on journalism and CNN-IBN
Lifestyle

To text or not to text
How does Shakespeare sound in SMS lingo?


Douse those temper tantrums
Some tips to help your children keep their temper under control
Arts & Crafts

Orissa on view
An array of handicrafts from Orissa beckon attention
Personality

For the love of French
Meet R. Kichenamourty, former head of Department of French, Pondicherry University, who was conferred the Chevalier award
Cinema

Great teamwork
The shoot for the year 2006's biggest movie AVM's "Sivaji", starring Rajnikanth and directed by Shankar, is going on at a brisk pace. A 12-day schedule has just been completed during which a song tuned by A. R. Rahman was picturised on Rajni and ...
Return of romance
Suriya is once again paired with his `good friend' Jyothika for the sixth time in "Jillendru Oru Kathal". The film is directed by Krishna who was an assistant to Gautham Menon. Suriya and Jo play man and wife and there is a twist in the tale when ...
Another surprise
Laila sprang a surprise with her vibrant performance in debutant director Priya V's "Kanda Naal Mudhal", which is turning out to be a super hit. For the actress with an infectious smile, it was a come back of sorts, as she was not seen in many ...
Poised for big time
Siddharth, one of the heroes of Shankar's "Boys" and Mani Ratnam's "Ayitha Ezhuthu", has become the pin-up boy of Tollywood following the success of his "Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana", which was one of the biggest grossers of 2005. Now Siddharth is ...
Music

`A concert is not a contest'
At a time when many dismiss fusion music as a farce, American composer Robert Morris presented a paper recently in Boston on chitraveena vidwan N. Ravikiran's Melharmony concept. It deals with Ravikiran's compositions for Western orchestras, ...
Chords and Notes
Aiysha no doubt has a good voice but lacks that touch which separates one from the crowd. This is the Sydney-based NRI's debut album and she has quite intelligently dished out a mishmash of everything in it simply because something would ...
Music for a cause
The Live 8 DVDs promise to break chart records
Cuisine

A special dish for a special occasion
Expecting friends for lunch? You can floor them with this combination of biriyani, pachadi, takali titippu and yennai katrika
Green Notes

Charming creeper
Ficus pumila with its oval leaves and wiry stems is ideal to camouflage unseemly walls




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