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Overkill dilutes the impact INTERVIEW
From beauty pageant to celluloidMaking her silver screen debut through a Tamil film, Priyanka Chopra, Miss World 2000, is confident that she will win people's hearts. S. R. ASHOK KUMAR writes. More
In celebration of a theatre iconThere was a totality in the way the tribute to writer N. Muthuswamy was conceived at The Other Festival, observes KAUSALYA SANTHANAM. More
A HOST of cloth banners in different shades and names receive the audience in the small hall. The Chennai December music season demands more halls and auditoria for their innumerable concert series. An obscure hall like the ``Swami's Hall" on ... More Soulful and satisfying EVEN THE hardiest admirer of Madurai Mani's style of music and his use of odd syllables like ``Tarata'', ``La Va'' and so on during the alapanas might be wondering whether his nephew-pupil T. V. Sankaranarayanan did not indulge in their excessive ... More
Lesson from the veteran's bowT. N. KRISHNAN, in his solo violin concert for SAFE (Shanti Arts Foundation and Endowments) took the rasikas on a pilgrimage to Tiruvaiyaru through five beautiful Tyagaraja kirtanas in a row. That a vidwan of his stature with six decades of ... More Factors combine in their favour A VOCAL concert is a product of several factors background of the main artistes and their public image, state of their voices, assigned time of day and duration, composition of the programme, the accompanists, and the ability to harness ... More A mixed bag of concerts SINGING IN the afternoon slot on December 7, young Harish made a bold attempt to do a raga alapana in Bahudari (``Brovabarama") and it was good in patches. With more training and practice the voice should mellow down and improve. Niraval and ... More More dazzling than memorable Glory of Namasankeerthanam Singing contest Interesting tarangams Music festival Novel experiment in sound
THE PROGRAMME announced that the show ``combines classical dance, story telling and mime to explore the perception of Shakti.'' A description which can be applied to several works produced by many artistes in the different classical dance genres ... More A new experience FRAGILITY, CHOREGRAPHED by Padmini Chettur and danced by her and three other dancers, Krishna Devanandan, Sujata Goel and Malini Srinivasan was a totally new experience for the Chennai audience. Chennai has had limited exposure to contemporary ... More
SHAKESPEARE AND Kathakali? Strange combination? Not really when you think of the dramatic elements in both. The play of emotions, the feel for theatrics and the same sense of the positive winning over the negative. In this case since it was ... More
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