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Cinema

The vagaries of Oscar
The Academy invariably goofs up on best film, best actor and best actress — giving it to the most popular movie or performance. The selectors get it right, however, with the less glamorous awards, which usually go to the most deserving, observe s PRADEEP SEBASTIAN. More


Actress with enduring charm
That Judi Dench is not exactly a femme fatale has worked to her advantage. AJIT DUARA describes how. More
Master of all genres
ALAIN CORNEAU occupies a unique place in French cinema. His films cannot be classified under one genre; they embody the main kinds of cinema: film noirs, detective stories, musicals, historical and adventure films and comedies. Recently ... More
Subtle communication
PACKAGING SOCIAL issues, sentiments, strong emotions and a little levity within a thin storyline and presenting it with its poignancy intact, calls for immense skill on the part of the creator and the crew. And if all these are to be achieved in ... More

Film Review
Music
At a high artistic level
THE TYAGARAJA aradhana concert of T.M. Krishna for the Music Academy had a full measure of imaginative gift well allied to expressive expansionism. The raga alapanas of Dhanyasi and Sankarabharanam were replete with rich and copious ... More
Completely in command
GIFTED WITH a shariram full of depth, melody and malleability T.V. Ramprasadh gave a concert that spells class for Hamsadhwani. From the opener, "Sri Ganesa Sharanam" (Tilang — Papanasam Sivan) to the end piece, a Brindavani tillana of ... More
Book on Tyagaraja
THE MUSIC Academy and P. Obul Reddy Charitable Trust celebrated the 155th aradhana of Saint Tyagaraja, at the T.T.Krishnamachari Auditorium, on March 2. The celebration included a group rendition of the composer's Pancharathna kirthanas by ... More
Vintage music from the veterans
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer - live concert (1974) three audiocassettes Rs. 150 - Lalgudi Jayaraman and Srimathi Brahmanandam, violin duet, live concert 1967, four audio cassettes, Rs. 200 - Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami, live concert (1982), two ... More
Chanting for solace
K. R. Sundaram Iyer Music Trust has brought out a cassette titled `Rama Nama Taraka Manthram,' chorus chanting by eminent musicians. The cassette begins with an invocation to Lord Ganesha followed by ``Ramaaya Rama Bhadhraaya'' and the rest of ... More
Tyagaraja aradhana
THE SATGURU Sri Tyagaraja Aradhana Trust will celebrate its 18th aradhana festival tomorrow (March 9) at the Sabha premises, at 21, Balaji Nagar II Street, Nanganallur. Nadaswara vidwan Andankoil A. V. Selvaratnam will inaugurate the function at ... More
Sivarathri series
BHARATIYA VIDYA Bhavan has organised a Sivaratri series between March 12 and 19 at its Sri Venkata Auditorium. The series will commence with a rendition of `Bhakti Bhavanubhavam', kirtanas on Lord Siva, by the Sugandhikuntala Trust, on March ... More
Vedas and music
TO PROPAGATE the significance of Vedas and the link it has with our ancient system of music, a lec-dem titled `Vedas and Music' will be organised on Sunday (March 10) at 9.30 a.m., at the TAG Centre (36, T. T. K. Road, Alwarpet). For further ... More
Vedic therapy
A SERIES of six audio-cassettes titled Vedic Mantras, produced by Super Audio (Madras) Pvt. Ltd and marketed by Super Tape and Discs Pvt. Ltd. contains Sanskrit slokas. Each cassette deals with a different aspect: release of stress and strain, ... More

Dance
Boon to young dancers
WHAT AILS Bharathanatyam? Most young dancers in the city might say lack of opportunities and patronage by sabhas. But the lukewarm response of the youngsters at the sixth annual festival of Natyarangam this past week proved otherwise. The two-day ... More
Natyanjali
THE CHIDAMBARAM Sri Nataraja Natyanjali Trust will celebrate its 21st Natyanjali Festival at Sri Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, from March 12 to 16. The festival is being organised with the assistance of the Governments of India and Tamil Nadu, ... More

Theatre
Stalwarts take a dramatic step
The coming together of four leading theatre groups in Mumbai opens up exciting possibilities for Hindi drama. V. GANGADHAR talks about the new-found unity. More

Arts & Crafts
Designed to entice
A VIBRANT and colourful Craft Fair featuring North Eastern Craft skills is currently drawing large crowds at the Corporation Community Hall, No. 30, C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet. Organised by Purbashree and sponsored by the Development ... More

Heritage
The Butterfly and the Banyan
In Santiniketan Rabindranath Tagore visualised a nest for enquiring minds. Rukmini Devi founded the Kalakshetra to train the youth in art, craft and tradition. More
Lapping up Indian literature
TO MANY of us, Latvia is one of the small countries in northern Europe near the Baltic Sea with a population of just two million. But the flip side is a veritable bag of surprises of the literary kind. For a change, India is not conjured up by ... More

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