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Interview

Making a point, silent and strong
`Mozhi' is doing brisk business and its director Radha Mohan is a happy man.
Know Your City

In the City
S. Ve. Shekar's `1000 Udhai Vangiya Aboorva Sigamani'; 7 p.m.: `Kadhula Poo.'


Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
No. 20, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar.
March 4, 6.30 p.m.
Vadhyar Raman presents `Aatchi ...
Telewatch

How to tackle exams
As the exam season is on, Magalir Panchayat to be telecast on Doordarshan, Chennai, on March 3, 10 and 17 titled, `Thervum Theervum' is based on exam fever and how it should be dealt with by parents, teachers and students. ...
Letters To The Editor


Cinema

Stargazing
Director Raghuvasan is busy directing `Puducherry.' "Love stories with new faces generally appeal. So we've gone in for an all-new cast. Hero Rahul is a classical dancer and is from koothu-p-pattarai, TV newsreader Shobana Ravi's brother Rathish ...
Film Review

A dream duet once again! -- Mozhi
Storyline: Of a self-reliant young woman, for whom physical challenges are no impediments!
Bottomline: An enchanting plume on producer Prakash Raj's hat! Duet Movies is steadily carving a niche for itself as a production house that backs ...
Good in patches -- Muruga
Cast: Ashok, Sruthi Sharma, Samiksha, Vadivelu, Mahadevan, Riyaz Khan, Vincent Asokan and Sudha.
Storyline: Love story, interspersed with twists.
Bottomline: Screenplay is a let down There may not be anything extraordinary about the love ...
Bucolic milieu laid bare -- Paruththi Veeran
The texture of `Paruththi Veeran' (U/A) is coarse. Its people are sometimes too insular and even fanatical. But behind the crude and unpolished characters, is the genuine depiction of village life, far removed from the finesse and sophistication ...
Window to a brutal world -- The Departed
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg and Vera Farmiga.
Storyline: The cops and mafia each have a mole in the other's territory. Suspense mounts as the race is on for each rat to expose ...
An exercise in self-actualisation -- Eklavya
A chap called Abraham Maslow once said that as humans meet their basic needs, they seek to satisfy higher needs that occupy a set hierarchy physiological safety, social, esteem and finally self-actualisation. If Vidhu Vinod Chopra's `Eklavya' ...
Music

When Suruti was a revelation
Abishek Raghuram surprised the audience by presenting Suruti as the main piece.
Imaginative attempt
Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan is a remarkable musician who has fought against many odds with ceaseless grit and courage through the years to establish himself as one of the fore rankers in the discipline of Carnatic music as a violinist, ...
Landscape sets the tone and tenor
The Sufi and Mystic Music Fest presented a melange of melodic forms.
With his musical vision intact
As brilliant as ever, Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan presented Dikshitar's compositions with great restraint and reverance.
Dance

Staging students' talent
Students performed at Shree Natya Niketan's two-day event, Nritya Sandhya, in Coimbatore.
Lively, interactive sessions
Thennangur came alive as Natyarangam participants engaged themselves in dance, yoga and demonstrations.
Footwork as its mainstay
Mythili Prakash's dance was an amalgam of styles.
Tribute

Scholar with deep historical insight
Celebrations are on to mark the centenary of M.Rajamanikkanar, a prolific writer and Tamil teacher.
Events

Villagers join aradhana
Narayana Tirtha's aradhana found devotees participating in large numbers.
Music, masti and magic
The Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio still feels great 10 years after they teamed up.
Spotlight on nagaswaram
The Chennai festival is a milestone in the efforts of Yazhpanam Murugathas to encourage nagaswaram and thavil vidwans.
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