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Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005

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An effective teaching tool

Staff Reporter

Mime themes can be educative: Kaladhar

EXPRESSIVE: Kaladhar and his troupe at a performance.

HYDERABAD: Mime can be an effective medium for teaching children various aspects of personality development, says the popular mime artiste, Kaladhar.

Mr. Kaladhar, whose mime-based weekly serial, Khushi ki Duniya, shown on Sony channel every Friday for children in the age group of 4-12, includes two to three-minute mime episodes on various topics like self-confidence, time management, unity, patriotism, discipline, etc.

The 54-episode serial that is being telecast in 26 countries has already completed 20 episodes. "The CBN Multimedia that is producing the serial for entertainment of children is keen on taking it to 200 countries," he said.

Universal language

Mr. Kaladhar who runs the Kaladhar Academy to train those interested in the art said that mime was universal language with a highly entertaining performance that could convey a variety of themes effectively based on humour and not appearing to be preachy.

The Magic Fun School Director, Chokkapu Venkata Ramana, said Mr. Kaladhar had entered the Limca Book of World Records for 24-hour non-stop mime performance. He held another record for presenting 240 mime themes within an hour.

Contact number

Mr. Kaladhar, a Central Government employee, said he would train children interested in mime free of cost. More details can be had on the phone number 98490 72483.

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