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In fearless pursuit...
In a span of 20 years he has directed only four films. But he is considered one of the world's best film-makers. Why? RATNA RAJAIAH discusses Shekhar Kapur's speciality.
Cinema
'Fantasy is the key'
WHICHEVER WAY you look at it, Shekhar's story is the story of a man who dared not just to dream but dared to pursue that dream, risking all else for it. So, maybe nobody is better qualified than him to conceive a story of "Bombay Dreams", the ...


Jumping high for victory
AFTER "ROJA Koottam" Srikanth got more than half a dozen film offers but he has accepted only a couple — G.J.Cinema's "April Madhathil" is one. Slated as Srikanth's next release, the film would be welcomed by his eager fans, most of whom ...
Commitment hard to match
Jayabharathy, the committed film-maker is ready with his next project, which he hopes will be noticed on the commercial and film festival circuit, as he tells MALATHI RANGARAJAN.
Right place, right time
With his strong theatre background, Atul Kulkarni is steadily making progress in the tinsel world. CHITRA MAHESH meets Abhyankar of ``Hey Ram."

Film Review
On Location
Upholding woman's dignity
WORK IS going on at a brisk pace for ``Ivan." When this writer caught up with Parthiban, shooting a scene at a kalyanamandapam near Vadapalani, he was found delivering a homily to Soundarya about the dignity of women. She plays Dhikshanya, a ...

Music
Presented with aesthetic contours
TO WHAT empyrean heights Visranti can take a musician was amply demonstrated by Gayatri Venkataraghavan in her concert for Nada Inbam. In the present day context of collapsing Carnatic music values, the whole beauty of whatever she sang was ...
Rare ragamalkia
MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR'S `Sriviswanatham' in Adi talam is a most demanding ragamalika not often handled by musicians. Featured as one of the major items in their violin concert by A. Kanyakumari and her senior disciple Embar S. Kannan was played ...
Used as camouflage
THAT THE number of listeners in a sabha for a concert by a Carnatic musician depends on the calls he gets from the film field has come to stay. In the way it is moving, in a few years from now, the December season may have to be referred to as ...
Lucid lessons in violin play
Tel: 091-040-653678/6787118. Contact: A. Kanyakumari, D-11, Ayodhya Flats, Mandavelipakkam,Chennai - 28. Price not mentioned. A. KANYAKUMARI, one of the leading violinists of the day, quick to take innovative steps, has made a sincere ...

Arts & Crafts
Dazzling range on display
ECO-FRIENDLY, sustainable, fragrant, fresh and exuding a certain `natural' elegance and sophistication which is hard to beat. Add to this, aesthetic and contemporary design inputs expressing lifestyle products in traditional craft language and ...

Heritage
Holy constellation abroad
The huge Shiva-Vishnu temple on a sprawling area of 32 acres, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the U.S., houses the Gods in prosperous and spotless environs, writes PREMA NANDAKUMAR.
Bhagavati in ethereal surroundings
Worship at the four temples in Palakkad, in Kerala, on the same evening, would bring peace of mind, the devotee believes. GOWRI RAMNARAYAN undertakes the pilgrimage.

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