Entertainment

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language, form, genres or style. Any type of entertainment that has a stamp of class and grace will be
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Music Programme by Naada Inbam

At VDS Arts Academy

The performance will be at M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women

The Music Academy

The Music Academy presents as part of HCL Series of concerts by C.S.Sanjeev (Vocal), Melakaveri
Thyagarajan (Voilin), B.Sivaraman (Mridangam) on 26 Nov at 6.30 pm. At Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, TTK
Road, Mylapore.

Music Programe At Bharithya Vidhya Bhavan Hall

Bharithya Vidhya Bhavan Main Hall,No 18,20,22 East Mada Street,
Mylapore.Ph – 26442168
On 27th Nov–at 5 PM – Concert by Seshampatti Sivalingam (Nadaswaram)
On 27th Nov–at 6.45 PM – Concert by Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)
On 28th Nov–at 5 PM – Concert by Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal)
On 28th Nov–at 6.45 PM – Concerts by Priya Sisters (Vocal) at
On 29th Nov–at 10 AM – Concert by Ramjhi’s Isai Mazhalai Group
On 29th Nov–at 4.25 PM – Concert by B. Kannan (Veena)
On 29th Nov–at 6.15 PM – Concerts by Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)
On 30th Nov–at 5 PM – Concert by Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal)
On 30th Nov–at 6.15 PM – Concert by Kadri Gopalnath (Saxaphone)
On 1st Dec–at 5 PM – Concert by Rajesh Vidhya ( Veena)
On 1st Dec-at 7 PM – Concert by P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal).
Jaya TV – Maximum Media’s Margazhi Maha Utsavam
On 1st Dec –at 5 PM – Inaugural Concert – Nadaswara Thavilisai – Vaduvur S.N.R. Krishnamurthy
(Nadaswaram), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Thavil)
On 1st Dec-at 6.30 PM – Celebrating Baghavath Sakshatkara Kritis Malladi Brothers (Vocal).
This Program will be held at Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram School, 2B Greenways Road,
R.A. Puram

Charsur Arts Foundation

On 1st Dec –at 6 PM – Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran
(Mrdangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam).
At Tag Center, No 69, TTK Road, Alwarpet.

Concerts at Karthik Fine Arts

On 1st Dec – Kartik Fine Arts 35th Year Art Festival
At 6 PM – Inauguration
At 7.30 PM – Krishna Leela Tharangini, Sri Rama Nataka Niketan of Secundrabad (Dance)
On 2nd Dec – at 10. AM – Ranjani Hebbar (Vocal), G. Venkatasubramaniam (Violin)
Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Manikandan (Kanjira)
On 2nd Dec -at 12.15 PM – Cuddalore Janani (Vocal), R. Sowmya (Violin), K. Parthasarathy (Mridangam).
On 2nd Dec -at 2 PM – Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
This music Programe will be held at Sadguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha – Main Hall,314 T.T.K.
Road, Ph – 24993201, 24990850

Bharat Sangeet Utsav-2009

This is a Festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance, brought to you by Carnatica & Sri Parthasarathy
Swamy Sabha at Satguru Gnananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet. Programe details are given below.
28th November 2009 (Saturday)
5:00 PM – S. Karthick (Heartbeat Ensemble) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar
(Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
7:00 PM – Meenakshi Srinivasan (Bharathanatyam) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar
(Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
29th November 2009 (Sunday)
10:00 AM – Prakash Hariharan (Mandolin), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), K. Parthasarathy
(Mrudangam), C.S. Venkataramanan (Khanjira) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar
(Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
4:00 PM – S. Mahathi (Vocal), Melakkaveri Thiagarajan (Violin), B. Ganapathyraman (Mrudangam), N.
Guruprasad (Ghatam) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha –
Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
6:45 PM – Sulakshana Jayaraman (Bharathanatyam – Shivoham) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai
Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
30th November 2009 (Monday)
5:00 PM – Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Rahul (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mrudangam), Anirudh
Athreya (Khanjira) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat
Kalachar & Nalli)
7:15 PM – Pavithra Srinivasan (Bharathanatyam – Sundarakandam) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai
Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
December 2009
1st December 2009 (Tuesday)
5:00 PM – Mohan Santhanam (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mrudangam), E.M.
Subramaniam (Khanjira) @ YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha –
Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
5:00 PM – Vaduvur SNR Krishnamurthy (Nadaswaram), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Tavil) at
Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidhyashram, R.A. Puram (Margazhi Mahotsavam – Jaya TV and
Maximum Media) **Free**
6:30 PM – P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal) at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall, East Mada St., Mylapore
(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) **Free**
6:30 PM – Malladi Brothers (Vocal – Theme – Celebrating Bhagavat Sakshatkara Kritis) at Kumara Raja
Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidhyashram, R.A. Puram (Margazhi Mahotsavam – Jaya TV and Maximum Media)
**Free**
7:15 PM – Disciples of Sheela Unnikrishnan (Bharathanatyam – Janani Jagat Karini) at YGP Auditorium,
17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
2nd December 2009 (Wednesday)
4:30 PM – Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena) at Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road,
Mylapore (Naadhabrahmam) **Free**
5:00 PM – Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mrudangam), Nanganallur
Swaminathan (Ghatam) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi Vizha –
Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
5:00 PM – Savitha Narasimhan (Vocal) at Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidhyashram, R.A.
Puram (Margazhi Mahotsavam – Jaya TV and Maximum Media) **Free**
6:30 PM – Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin – Theme – Celebrating the Earth and Seasons) @ Kumara Raja
Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidhyashram, R.A. Puram (Margazhi Mahotsavam – Jaya TV and Maximum Media)
**Free**
7:00 PM – Madhavi (Bharathanatyam) at Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road,
Mylapore (Naadhabrahmam) **Free**
3rd December 2009 (Thursday)
4:30 PM – Geetha Murthy (Vocal) @ Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road,
Mylapore (Naadhabrahmam) **Free**
5:00 PM – Kuldeep M. Pai (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mrudangam), D.V.
Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar (Swagatham Margazhi
Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)
5:00 PM – S. Saketaraman (Vocal) at Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidhyashram, R.A. Puram
(Margazhi Mahotsavam – Jaya TV and Maximum Media) **Free**
6:30 PM – Priya Sisters (Vocal – Theme – Celebrating Hariyum Haranum) at Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall,
Chettinad Vidhyashram, R.A. Puram (Margazhi Mahotsavam – Jaya TV and Maximum Media) **Free**
6:45 PM – S. Sowmya (Vocal) at Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road, Mylapore
(Naadhabrahmam) **Free**
7:15 PM – Srekala Bharath (Bharathanatyam) at YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar
(Swagatham Margazhi Vizha – Bharat Kalachar & Nalli)

Nadha Brahmam

On 2nd Dec – at 4.30 PM – Music concert by Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena). At Dakshinamurthy Auditorium,
P.S. High School, 33 Alamelumangapuram, Mylapore

Satrangi’s “Voices Of Bengal”

Satrangi’s next program on 29th November will feature popular duets from Hindi Films of the 50s and
60s. The details of the program are given below -
Satrangi’s next musical program is titled ‘Voices Of Bengal’ and will be held on 29th November 09 at
Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Chetpet,from 6 pm onwards.
Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Geeta Dutt & Kishore Kumar, the gems from Bengal have innumerable duets
and Satrangi’s program will feature 30 evergreen duets of these legendary singers.
This program will feature songs from movies like ‘Shree 420, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Jhanak Jhanak Payal
Baaje, Paying guest, Chori Chori, Dilli Ka Thug’ and many others.
Singers for the program are Surojit, Usha, Pramod & Jaya.
Tickets will be home delivered on calling 9962578073 or 9884778073.

“Iron Maiden” – English Heavy Metal Band

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band. The group has released a collective total of 35 albums and
14 studio albums, 9 live albums 4EPs and 8 compilations
As pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved success during the early 1980s
and after several lineup changes, went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums. These include
the US platinum-selling landmarks The Number of the Beast in 1982, Piece of Mind in 1983, Powerslave in
1984, the acclaimed live album Live After Death in 1985, Somewhere In Time in 1986, and Seventh Son of
a Seventh Son in 1988. Their most recent studio effort, A Matter of Life and Death, was released in 2006
They will perform on Saturday, 28th November at 7.30 pm, at AFM Auditorium. Address is, Alliance
Francaise of Madras, New No 24 (Old No 40) College Road. Ph: 00 91 44 2827 9803/ 2827 1477

UKA Dance Competition

One Hundred and Fifty students from UKA schools will participate in four dance styles – Latin, Ballroom,
Hip hop and Freestyle. The competition will take place on Nov 29 from 12 noon onwards at Andhra
Club,T.Nagar. Tickets are priced at Rs.300 (Rs.350 at the Venue) and are available at Academy of Modern
Dance, Russian Culture Centre – 9840067123, O2 Health Studio, Khader Nawaz Khan Road – 044-
42323231 & Dance Factory – 9941367310

Katha Collage 1 – Comedy Play with Naseeruddin Shah

Katha Collage 1 has a star cast that includes the names of Naseeruddin Shah, Imaad Shah, Maoj Pahwa,
Seema Pahwa and Faizal Rasheed. This one-hour-forty-five minute play has already completed successful
50 runs. The play will be staged on December 4 at 7 pm at The Music Academy. Tickets are available at
Landmark (Nungambakkam & Spencer Plaza), Hunky dory and Gangotree. You can also call 9381094556
and 98400 36852 for tickets.

Chaos Theory Directed by Rahul da Cunha

This play is written by Anuvab Pal, produced by Rajit Kapur & Shernaz Patel and directed by Rahul da
Cunha. It will be staged at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Lady Andal School premises,
Harrington Road, Chetpet. Tickets priced at Rs.1,500, Rs.750, Rs.500 and Rs.300 are available at
Landmark, Silkworm, Sathyam Cinemas. For details contact: 98409 90759, 98410 12176. For Online
tickets www.ticketnew.com

Madras Players Present – Tunnel Vision

Madras Players Present – Tunnel Vision – an original stage adaptation of Shandana Minhas’ play
on Being 31 and Single in Karachi….This play has been adapted and directed by Nikhila Kesavan.
On November 27th , 28th and 29th November at 7.15 pm at Sivagami pethachi Auditorium, Luz
Church Road. Donor passes priced at Rs.300, 200 & 100 will be made available once you call
93819 11977 or 98400 80783.

Anna of Nazareth

This is a biblical play on the story of Anna, a contemporary of Mary.
Anna is jealous of Mary’s popularity and schemes for her downfall. How the first Christmas changed
everybody’s lives is depicted in a play directed by Michael Muthu, supported by a 45-voice choir, conducted
by Ms.Augustine Paul on 27 Nov & 28 Nov 7 pm. On Sunday 29 Nov 6.30 pm. At Museum Theatre, 406,
Pantheon Road, Egmore.
Donor Passes on Friday are priced at Rs.500, 300 & 150
On Sat & Sun donor passes are priced at Rs.600, 350, 200 and are available at Landmark, Odyssey,
Promusicals, Unwind Centre, Gatsby Outlets. For online booking www.bookmyshow.com

Comedy Play

– Chocolate Krishna
Crazy Mohan and Madhu Balaji join together to take you to a world of laughter.
On 28th Nov, Chocolate Krishna will be staged at 4 pm at Vani Mahal, G.N.Chetty Road, T.Nagar.

S.Ve Sheker’s Ellamae Thamash

This S.Ve Shekher’s Comedy play will staged On 29 Nov at 4 pm at Rani Seethai Hall, Near
Gemini Flyover, Anna Salai.(200 Jokes in 100 Minutes). For tickets contact 98841 52200

Abbas Presents Chocolate Krishna & Jurassic Baby

Abbas presents two of Crazy Mohan’s super hit comedy plays.

Chocolate Krishna

is the first one and it s a Crazy Mohan & Madhu Balaji starrer. It will
be staged on 29th Sunday at 4.15 pm at Vani Mahal.

Jurassic Baby

is the Second Play and, again has Crazy Mohan and Madhu Balaji acting in
the play. This comedy play will be at 7 pm on 29th Sunday, at Vani Mahal. Tickets are available
at the Hall or contact 96000 35375.

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