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An ambassador of laughs
Comedian, actor and cult figure, Bob Hope celebrated his birth centenary last month. His flair for wisecracks built up his reputation on the radio and then in the movies finally making him an icon, says RANDOR GUY.
Cinema

Parasuram
ARJUN AND action are inseparable. Beat him up black and blue, shoot him down or tie him up upside down with one leg and one hand dangling, he would rise like a phoenix to vanquish the baddies! After all, that's the hero's job. The patriotic ...


Jajantaram Mamantaram
THIS IS a summer of plenty for children. Barely had they forgotten "Chhota Jadugar" and "Jungle Book" that here comes another film that promises to take them to the world of Gulliver and all the little interesting things which took place in the ...
Dreams of youth
IT WAS a location of a different sort. One caught up with ace director Shanker as he was preparing to leave for Cochin to shoot a scene at the sport stadium there. As the MAC stadium in Chennai was not available for three days, Shanker was forced ...
Spirited away to another world
ONE OF the best films from the last year is finally here. I'm referring to Hayao Miyazaki's animated film, "Spirited Away," which will soon play in theatres here, and is just out on DVD. It was a tidal box office hit in Japan, toppling the ...

Personality

Laced with wisecracks
A stage singer on the light music circuit for 34 years (which includes the 30 years of his troupe, Musiano) A. V. Ramanan's achievement in the entertainment scenario of Chennai cannot be overlooked or underestimated. And if people try to brush ...

Music

Pleasing devotionals
Devaganavali Trust, No. 2, Lakshmipuram Street, Chennai - 600014. Compact Disc - Tamil Devotional - Sri Andal's Nachiyar Thirumozhi - R. Vedavalli — Rs. 200. SRI ANDAL, known as Godha Devi, was the foster daughter of ...
Music contest
HARIKESANJALI TRUST announces its annual vocal music competition in the compositions of Harikesanallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar on June 22 at 9 a.m. at the `L' shaped hall, Narada Gana Sabha, for age groups 13-17 and 18-25. For details contact ...
He never played to the gallery
IN 1944, Justice T. L. Venkatrama Iyer, speaking at Dikshitar Day celebrations at R.R. Sabha, deplored the habit many musicians had of singing at the speed of the boat mail. This train, popular with those travelling between Madras and Kumbakonam, ...
Maharajapuram Santhanam Day
PERAMBUR SANGEETHA Sabha will celebrate Maharajapuram Santhanam Day tomorrow (June 7) at 6.30 p.m., at Sri Sankaralayam, 15, Meenakshi Street, Perambur. R. Ganesh, will present a vocal recital, with V. V. Srinivasa Rao (violin) and Melakkaveri ...
The end of an era
THE PASSING away of Krishnanandji, who single-handedly held the torch for the promotion of Hindustani classical music in Chennai, on May 11, at his residence, marks the end of an era. Even at 83, he was teaching 40 odd students, going from one ...
Art of making tender overtures
MANY COMPETENT young musicians are in the field today, but unmindful of the emotional contents of the sahityas or the subtleties of raga bhava, they get lost in intellectual self-indulgence in exposition. They seem to be ill at ease with the ...
A mini marathon
O. S. THYAGARAJAN appears to have standardised his recitals so well that he seldom does he let down his rasikas. And he did not fail them at the first anniversary of Naadhabrahmam — Music Journal at Bharathiya Vidhya Bhavan. ...
Music competition
NALINAKANTI WILL be conducting the second annual classical vocal competitions for school and college students on June 28 at MGR Janaki College, R. A. Puram. For details, contact 2234 4401 / 2234 6132 / 2499 ...

Arts & Crafts

Brilliantly crafted rosewood
WITH ROSEWOOD getting increasingly scarce, objets d' art and furniture items crafted out of it are also becoming prized items. With prices going up the trend of Mysore's rosewood inlay craftsperson's work is today veering towards crafting small ...

Heritage

Kumbabhishekam
THE ASHTABANDHANA Jeernoddharana Rajagopura Mahakumbabhishekam of Raja Vinayagar at 76, Venkatraman Nagar, Chitlapakkam P.O. will be performed on June 11 between 9 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. The renovation expenditure has been estimated at Rs. 2.5 ...
Brahmotsavam at Singaperumalkoil
IT IS festival time at the Padaladri Narasimhaswamy Temple, popularly known as Singaperumalkoil, 48 km from Chennai on the National Highway to Chengalpattu. Brahmotsavam is on from June 2, beginning with "Angurarpanam" and "Dwajarohanam." On ...
Consecration of an ancient temple
AMONG THE numerous shrines that dot the Mylapore area, one of the oldest and most venerated is the shrine of Lord Karaneeswarar, situated on the Bazaar Road off Kutcheri Road. The quiet and serene ambience in this temple, which dates back to the ...
For Sholingur pilgrims
ON FULL moon day every month, devotees throng the Sholingur temple, the abode of Sri Lakshmi Yoga Narasimha Swami, to perform girivalam, a distance of 21 km from the foot of the big hill. Pournami this month falls on two days (June 13 and ...

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