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Innovation spelt in style
Teaching music was his mission Purist to the core, O.V.Subramaniyan maintains that whatever the patantharam, it has to be perfect.
`Award underlines responsibility' Valayapatti Subramaniam dedicates his `Padma Sri' to a galaxy of thavil artistes who had inspired him.
In the City S.Guruprasanna; 7 p.m.: V.L. Kumar, V.L. Sudharsan, M.K. Thyagarajan and S. Raghuraman (violin). April 22, 6 p.m. K. Srinivasan, Vignesh and P.B. Sathish; 7 p.m.: J. Jayanth (flute). April 23, 6 p.m. Anupama, Swetha, ...
The immortal detective Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, remains alive in films, TV and in the minds of fans. 
Meet the RobinsonsIf you think your family is different, wait until you `Meet The Robinsons,' the family from an amazing, hilarious, inventive future where anything is possible.Walt Disney Pictures takes you on a ride into the future with the Robinson family. ... Through a young son's eyes `Appuvin Cinema' is Kaviya Pugazhenthi's third attempt after `Appa' and `December 6.'
Charmingly presentedThree factors combine to make `Unnale Unnale' a winner. They are camera, the music of Harris Jayaraj and the dialogue of S. Ramakrishnan. Jeeva's story is a one-liner — Karthik (Vinay) meets Jhansi (Sada) and they fall in love, but ... 
Fantasy, short and swift -- Arpudha TheevuYou can't categorise it as a straight film. Neither is it entirely dubbed. Jonathan Swift's Lilliput translates into Vinayan's Vamanapuri in Sri Mani Movies' `Arpudha Theevu' (U). Swift's less popular Brobdignag, made up of huge homo sapiens, ... 
Let down by screenplay -- MaayakkannaadiStoryline: About a couple of young people, who want to become over night millionaires. Bottomline: Disappointing! Cheran's much awaited film does not live up to its expectations. One does not know what Cheran wants to convey through ... 
Will `Veeran' help the hero? -- Madurai Veeran`Jiththan' Ramesh has caught hold of a commercial story with some twist in the end to make it convincing for the audience. Director Vincent Selva who introduced Ramesh in his film has now tried to give him a boost with `Madurai Veeran.' But the ... Feudal flavour -- Kaanal Neer Essentially a comedian, Chinni Jayanth as a filmmaker has taken up family drama for treatment in Ashtalakshmi Creators' `Kaanal Neer'. He has succeeded partially in his effort. A zamindar and his family die in a car crash. His only surviving ... 
Have no expectations -- Perfect StrangerStoryline: An investigative journalist goes undercover to solve the mystery behind her friend's gruesome death. Bottomline: Convoluted! If your idea of a murder mystery is to merely keep you guessing, then Perfect Stranger works. But if you ...
On the swing of joy Watch out for Sherin making a comeback in `Urchagam.'
Edifice built on sadhana His indomitable spirit touched a chord as Manakkal Rangarajan performed. The emphasis was on diction Pantula Rama can go places if the focus is turned on depth. Songs from seven composers Mohan Santhanam, a Carnatic musician, hails from a musical background as his mother Saraswathi Santhanam was a disciple of the legendary Mudicondan Venkatrama Iyer, and his aunt and uncle were direct sishyas of the great composer Koteswara ... Thiruppugazh collection Many great savants have extolled the glory of God in their devotional hymns, and saint Arunagirinathar was one of those whose soulful outpourings reflected the acme of Bhakti. It is believed that at a certain point of time, when he contemplated ...
Centre of socio-cultural activities The Narayana Brahmendra Matalayam of Kattuputhur shows the way in helping the rural population.
Encouraging talents Kalakruthi recently honoured young musicians at its anniversary. YGM conferred title Krishna Gana Sabha's drama festival opened with a function to felicitate Y.G.Mahendra. 
An evening of musicThe students of `Sangeet - the School of Music,' T. Nagar, treated a sizable audience at the Music Academy recently to an evening of music. In the age group 5-20, the students surprised the audience with their skill and imagination on their ...
SerialsTo make the mornings more enjoyable and pleasant, Radio Mirchi has launched a unique drive time show, Hello Chennai — Radio Rettaivaals. The programme, already on air from April 16, 7-11 a.m., will feature RJs ...
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