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Remarkable portraits
Two films at the Indian Panorama of the IFFI framed peculiar human dilemmas. While one treated it metaphorically, the other borrowed from more mundane factors to drive home its point, writes GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN.
Cinema
Blend of action and romance
IT IS a printing press. People are busy. A young girl comes to the marketing manager. An eye donation camp is to be conducted and they want some pamphlets to be printed for the occasion. After knowing the cost she leaves the place but her ...


As star power wanes...
The superstars of Tamil cinema seem to have lost their magic touch. SREEDHAR PILLAI surveys the scene.
Classics at USIS
THE USIS screens classic English feature films every Friday at 4 p.m. at its Chennai auditorium. The movies for the following weeks are: "Fort Apache" (Nov. 8) starring Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz and John Wayne, directed by ...

Film Review


Music
Encouraging talent
"BLOSSOMS OF Tomorrow", organised by Shanthi Arts Foundation & Endowments (Ph: 4994208), is being held at the Ragasudha Hall, Mylapore, from November 5 to 12, with a three-day break on November 8, 9 and 10. All the 30 young musicians ...
Impeccable musical idiom
LALGUDI JAYARAMAN, violin maestro, and Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer, legend who raised the art of percussion to levels of poetry, are two all time greats. The violin concert, recorded more than two decades ago, by Lalgudi accompanied by Mani Iyer ...
Piano recital
THE WORKS of Shostakovich, Haydn, Brahms, J. S. Bach, Ravel, Berg and Bertok will be presented during an evening of piano music by Neecia Majolly, on November 10, at 6.30 p.m., at the Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai. ...
Madurai Mani's legacy
Sir, — This is with reference to the article, "He charmed young and old alike" on the late Madurai Mani Iyer by Lakshmi Devanath, (October 25). As an ardent admirer and devout rasika of Madurai Mani Iyer's music, I would like to provide the ...
Voice with an enchanting lilt
IT IS 12 years since she passed away and M. L. Vasanthakumari's voice still resounds in one's ears, recreating the rapturous joy her music gave her innumerable fans. Her music was also beautifully expressed in the many film songs she had sung ...

Drama
A journey of discovery
NANDLAL NAYAK is a third generation Jharkhandi folk musician settled in Boston who nurtured a dream of bringing international musicians to India; to make this happen he decided to finance the venture himself. On the first leg of Nayak's `dream' ...
Rama as people's leader
``THE RAMAYANA is not a sixth century or third century book, it is a contemporary book, changing its meaning with each succeeding age." This statement by Buck was brought alive in a magnificent contemporary dance production of the ASEAN Countries ...
Sanskrit drama contest
C. P. RAMASWAMI Aiyar Foundation will conduct the 10th inter-school Sanskrit drama competition on November 9 at 10 a.m. at The Grove, 1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet. For details contact ...

Arts & Crafts
Exquisite pottery
PRODUCTS MADE of red clay, pots depicting the faces of elephants and horses and several other decorative pottery items will be on sale at the exhibition at Aruna Thirumana Mandapam, No. 10, Mount Road, Little Mount, Saidapet, on November 8 and 9. ...

Heritage
Handsome and prosperous
``I have lost myself to his charm and am unable to recover" — so goes Nammazhwar's hymn on the Lord of Thentirupperai, where PRADEEP CHAKRAVARTHY stops on the Navatirupati pilgrimage.

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