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Came like a Meteor
The face matched the voice — reminding you of honey. And in this case, they both belonged to the same person — Suraiya. RATNA RAJAIAH writes...

Cinema

Lording it over the Oscars?
The J. R. Tolkien classic, "Lord of the Rings", has all but sewn up the Best Picture Academy Award, says ANAND PARTHASARATHY.

"Khakee"

On Location

Neat screenplay
NORMALLY, ONE sees film shooting only on the studio floors. But on bright sunlit day, the AVM studio was abuzz with activity. A car was ready for a shot for the film, "Kannaadi Pookkal" on the side road inside the studio. The director was ...

Personality

Remarkable in three roles
A TALENTED musician, composer of remarkable acumen and a teacher of extraordinary patience. All the three rolled into one. That is Thanjavur Sankara Iyer. This was the theme of several speakers at his 80th birthday celebrations held at Ragasudha ...

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Dedicated to cinema
TRIBUTES WERE paid by leading film personalities to the late D. Ramanujam for his service to the film industry at a condolence meeting organised by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce recently. Born in 1924, he was the son of a freedom ...

Music

Enjoyable jugalbandi
SARASWATI RAJAGOPALAN, a Delhi based artiste and a disciple of the late veena K. S. Narayanaswami, and Kailasnath Sharma belonging to the Gandharva Vidyalaya, presented a jugalbandi on the veena and the flute respectively. It was a creditable ...

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Balanced interpretation
T. V. Sankaranarayanan, in his performance for the Music Academy on the Tyagaraja Aradhana Day, struck a balance between intellectual and emotional aspects of interpretation. There was a drive in the alapanas of Pantuvarali ("Appa Rama Bhakti"), ...

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Divine releases
SAMRAJ MUSIC has brought out the rendition of Skanda Sashti Kavacham and Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham sung by Bombay Jayashri and Nithyasree Mahadevan respectively, for which L. V. Vaidyanathan has composed music. Icon Perfumeries, ...

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CDs for the romantic
MUSIC WORLD Entertainment Limited, Spencer Plaza, IV Floor, No. 769, Anna Salai (Ph: 28523611), has released two new exclusive series of CDs of the immortal love songs of Hindi cinema, composed by legends such as Madan Mohan, O. P. Nayyar, S. D. ...

Dance

Well-researched effort
ULA, LIKE the well-known Kuravanji and Pillaithamizh, is one of the literary forms of Tamil literature. Besides the detailed description of the `grand procession' and the magnificence of the nayaka, Ulas explain the seven stages of a young ...

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Impressive recital
LAKSHMI PARTHASARATHY Athreya, a disciple of Chitra Visweswaran, presented an impressive thematic presentation "Kodai Alwar" at the Karthik Fine Arts. Lakshmi was able to give us a glimpse of this intense import of Andal's poems. Dressed ...

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Lucid presentation
RANGANAYAKI JAYARAMAN of Sri Saraswathi Gana Nilayam is a practitioner of the Pandanallur tradition, who has embellished the style with her own aesthetic sensibilities. Her treatise on Hanuman, `Maruthi Mahimai,' presented by her students, leans ...

Drama

Caged in fears
WHEN BOMBAY Chanakya first came down to Chennai in the Eighties, he presented plays that were refreshing compared to what was being staged by many troupes. Mainstream but with touches of the parallel theatre, they engaged attention and took up ...

Theatre

Play for kids
THE DRAMATICS Club of Bala Vidya Mandir, Gandhinagar, Adyar is presenting their debut play, `The Little Witch,' translated and adapted from the original German children's novel by Otfried Preussler. The English adaptation, suitable for ...

Heritage

Kumbabhishekam
VITTAL NAMA Prachar Sabha, Adambakkam has built a temple for Sri Rakhumayi sametha Pandurangan a tower resembling Pandarpur at Sri Karpaga Vinayagar temple complex, Shanthi Nagar. Kumbabhishekam of the new temple will take place on February 8 ...

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Consecration
DESIKA DARSANA Sabha, Taramani, conducted the mahasamprokshanam for the shrines of Lord Raja Ramar, Lakshmi Hayagreevar, Thayar, Chakarathazhwar, Sri Nigamantha Maha Desikan and Danvanthri on January 26. The 45th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt graced ...

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