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Magician to celebrate silver jubilee

Kakinada: Magic is one of the ancient arts and needed to be preserved and promoted for the future generations, according to Anand, popularly known as Jadugar Anand, president of all-India magic federation. Anand who is having to his credit more than 27,000 magic shows performed in 36 countries and secured a place in the Guinness Book of World Records is celebrating silver jubilee of magic performances on August 1. The magician, who is now performing in the port city while interacting with presspersons here on Tuesday, claimed that he surpassed the world record of vanishing from the sealed box within 40 seconds. The other feats that brought him international fame, he said, were motorcycle riding blind-folded from Indore to Bhopal covering 200 km in 210 minutes, sending a telepathy message from Bhopal to Jabalpur which is 400 km away.

The unique magic performance that gave him a special recognition all over the world, the magician said was making an elephant vanish from the stage within a fraction of a second.

Another feat equally thrilling, he said, was the disappearance of the world famous statue of Liberty, within seconds making the audience spell-bound. Anand said that he developed a fascination for magic from childhood ever since he saw a street performance of a magician in his native place, Jabalpur. He approached several magicians to learn the art but without success as most of them refused to share the techniques owing to selfish reasons. Being the only son of an ayurvedic doctor, Anand faced the wrath of his father for not showing interest in studies in the early days. However on completion of post graduation, he pursued the art and achieved the desired proficiency. Anand’s only son Akash Avasti, is an MBA but following in the footsteps of his father as a magician. Anand said he was planning to start a magic academy in Jaipur with the support of the Rajasthan Government, offering two-year diploma course.

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