Entertainment

This section is all about entertainment – dance, music, drama, concerts – transcending barriers of language, form, genres or style. Any type of entertainment that has a stamp of class and grace will be featured here. If you have information on entertainment activities in the city we request you to share with us. Just send the information to ctw@servicesquare.com and we will do the rest.

Margazhi month or the Kutcherry Season or the Season of Music Festivals has started. From now, for about 45 days, Chennai will sway to the melodies of classical music and dance. It is a veritable fest for the eyes and the senses. We hope you partake of the mood, melodies and rhythms of this season.

Karthik Fine Arts

04th Dec – 10 AM – Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal) , Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mrdangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira).

04th Dec – 12.15 PM – Vidya Srinivasan (Vocal), S. Kamakshi (Violin), J. Arvind (Mrdangam)
4th Dec – 2 PM – K. Bharath Sundar (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mrdangam).

At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201, 24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in
04th Dec – 4.30 PM – Priya Sisters (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam
(Mrdangam), Shree Sundarkumar (Ghatam).
04th Dec – 6.45 PM – Thiruppavai – Dance Ballet, Anitha Guha (Dance).At Narada
Gana Sabha – Main Hall, 314 T.T.K. Road, +91 (44) 24993201, 24990850

05th Dec – 10 AM – Violin Duet – Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Akkarai S. Swarnalatha (Violin), Neyveli
R. Narayanan (Mrdangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
05th Dec – 12.15 PM – R. Shridhar (Vocal), G. Suresh Kumar (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mrdangam)
05th Dec – 2 PM – Aiswarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin)Tanjore S. Balakrishnan (Mrdangam)

At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201, 24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in
05th Dec – 4.30 PM – Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin)
Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mrdangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
05th Dec – 6.45 PM – P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin)
Patri Satishkumar (Mrdangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam).At Narada Gana Sabha – Main Hall, 314 T.T.K.Road, +91 (44)24993201,24990850

06th Dec – 10 Am – Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin),J. Vaidhyanathan (Mrdangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
06th Dec – 12.15 PM – N.J. Nandhini (Vocal), C.V.Krishnasubramaniam (Violin), Madurai B. Sundar
(Mrdangam)
06th Dec – 2 PM – Subiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Akkarai S. Swarnalatha (Violin)
Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan (Mrdangam)At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44) 24993201,24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in

06th Dec – 4.30 PM – Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), B. Raghavendra Rao (Violin)
Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mrdangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
06th Dec – 6.45 PM – Malladi Brothers (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin)
K.V. Prasad (Mrdangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam). At Narada Gana Sabha –
Main Hall, 314 T.T.K. Road, +91 (44) 24993201, 24990850

07th Dec – 10 AM – Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mrdangam), Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (Ghatam)
07th Dec – 12 .15 PM – Raghav Krishna (Vocal), S. Raghuram (Violin), Ammangudi
S. Ramanarayanan
(Mrdangam)
07th Dec – 2 PM – Rithvik Raja (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin)
Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan (Mrdangam)
At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201,24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in
07th Dec – 4.30 PM – Gayathri Girish (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin)
Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mrdangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
07th Dec – 6.45 PM – Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), M. Chandrasekaran
(Violin)
Vellore G. Ramabhadran (Mrdangam)At Narada Gana Sabha – Main Hall, 314 T.T.K. Road, +91 (44) 24993201, 24990850

08th Dec -10 AM – Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna(Vocal), Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi
(Violin),
Konerirajapuram varadarajan (Mrdangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)
08th Dec – 12.15 PM – Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (Vocal), Bombay Anand (Violin)
Nellai Srikrishnan (Mrdangam)
08th Dec – 2 PM – K. Dharini (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), Srivanchiam R.
Sriram (Mrdangam)
At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201, 24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in
08th Dec – 4.30 PM – Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin)
Anand Anantharaman (Mrdangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

08th Dec – 6.45 PM – T.M. Krishna (Vocal), H.K. Venkatraman (Violin)
Poongulam Subramaniam (Mrdangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)At Narada Gana Sabha – Main Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201,
24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in

09 Dec – 10 AM – C. Sukanya (Vocal), Jayanti Keshav (Violin), H.R.J.
Bhuvaraghavan (Mrdangam)
09th Dec – 12.15 PM – J.B. Srutisagar (Flute), R. Gokulakrishnan (Violin),
Thirupanthuruthi Viswanathan
(Mrdangam)
09th Dec – 2 PM – Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), Bombay Anand (Violin)
Arjun Ganesh (Mrdangam)
At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201,24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in
09th Dec – 4.30 PM – O.S. Arun (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin)
Guruvayur Dorai (Mrdangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)
09th Dec – 6.45 PM – T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu
(Violin)
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mrdangam), Shree Sundarkumar (Ghatam)
At Narada Gana Sabha – Main Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201, 24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in

10th Dec – 10 AM – Ajay Numbudiri (Vocal), Ambika Prasad (Violin), Shertalai
Ananthakrishnan
(Mrdangam), Udupi Srikanth
10th Dec – 12.15 PM – Hyderabad N. Subbulakshmi (Vocal), S.K. Raghavasimha
(Violin), Akshay Ram
(Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 2 PM – Savita Sreeram (Vocal), Mysore Srinivasamurthy (Violin)
Uzhavoor K.Babu (Mrdangam)
At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201, 24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in
10th Dec – 6.30 PM – Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin)
K.V. Prasad (Mrdangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
At Narada Gana Sabha – Main Hall , 314 T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600018, +91 (44)
24993201,
24990850, ngsabha@airtelmail.in

Brahma Gana Sabha

04th Dec – 1 PM – V. Pradeep Kumar (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), B.
Srivatsan (Mrdangam).
04th Dec – 2.15 PM – G. Ravikiran (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin),
R. Sankaranarayanan (Mrdangam).
04th Dec – 3.45 PM – B. Vijaygopal (Flute), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin)
R. Ramesh (Mrdangam).
04th Dec – 6 PM – Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal),Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin)
Patri Satishkumar (Mrdangam),Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

05th Dec – 1 PM – Shraddha Mohan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), K.
Parthasarathy (Mrdangam)
05th Dec – 2.15 PM – Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin),
Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan
(Mrdangam
05th Dec – 3.45 PM – Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), Akkarai S.
Subhalakshmi (Violin),
Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mrdangam)
05th Dec – 6 PM – Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin)
Trichur C. Narendran (Mrdangam), Shree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)

06th Dec – 2.15 PM – Lavanya (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Tanjore K.
Praveen Kumar (Mrdangam)
06th Dec – 3.45 PM – Mambalam Sisters (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin)
Nellai A. Balaji (Mrdangam), K.S. Rangachary (Kanjira)
06th Dec – 6 PM – Praveen Gdkhinde (Flute), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin)
R. Ramesh (Mrdangam), Udayraj Karpur (Tabla)

07th Dec – 2.15 PM – Vrinda Aacharya (Vocal), Bombay Anand (Violin)
Thalaignayiru Harish Kumar (Mrdangam)
07th Dec – 3.45 PM – Thiruvarur Swaminathan (Flute), V.L. Kumar (Violin),
Shertalai Ananthakrishnan
(Mrdangam), Pudukkottai Ramachandran (Ghatam)
07th Dec – 6 PM – P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin),
Neyveli B. Venkatesh
(Mrdangam)

08th Dec – 2.15 PM – Shoba Sriram (Vocal), Akkarai S. Swarnalatha (Violin)
Guru Raghavendra (Mrdangam)
08th Dec – 3.45 PM – Savita Narasimhan (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin)
Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mrdangam
08th Dec – 6 PM – N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Mrdangam)
J. Vaidhyanathan (Mrdangam)

09 Dec – 2.15 PM – Nanditha Ravi (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin)
A.V. Manikandan (Mrdangam)
09th Dec – 3.45 PM – Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin)
B. Ganapathiraman (Mrdangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

10th Dec – 2.15 PM – Pushpa Kannan (Vocal), Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin)
Swamimalai Girish (Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 3.45 PM – Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin)
Arjun Ganesh (Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 6 PM – Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin)
B. Harikumar (Mrdangam), Kovai Mohanram (Ghatam)

These concerts are held at Sivagami Petachi Auditorium, 179 Luz Church Road, Mylapore

Nadha Brahmam

04th Dec – 4.30 PM – Subasree Ramachandran (Vocal).04th Dec – 6.45 PM – Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal),Delhi P. Sunderrajan
(Violin)Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mrdangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)

05th Dec – 4.30 PM – Vrinda Aacharya (Vocal) 06th Dec – 4 PM – Bhavadarini
(Vocal),

06th Dec – 5.45 PM – Sundarakandam, Pavithra Srinivasan (Dance)

06th Dec – 6.30 PM – T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)
06th Dec – 7 PM – Disciples of Meenakshi Chittaranjan (Dance)

07th Dec – 4.30 PM- Usha Lakshmi (Vocal)
07th Dec – 6.45 PM – T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu
(Violin)
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mrdangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

08th Dec – 4.30 PM – Uma Subramaniam (Vocal)
08th Dec – 6.45 PM -Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar (Namasankeerthanam)

At Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, 33 Alamelumangapuram, Mylapore

Naradha Gana Sabha

04th Dec – 4.30 PM – Saralaya Sisters (Bangalore) (Vocal), R. Satish Kumar
(Violin)
Hanumanthapuram R.J. Bhoovaragan (Mrdangam), V.V.S. Manian (Kanjira).
04th Dec – 6.30 PM – Dr. Subashini Parthasarathy (Vocal), T. Hemamalini (Violin)
Tirupathy Sudhakar (Mrdangam), S. Venkataraman (Kanjira).

05th Dec – 4.30 PM – Shreya Devnath (Violin), Thirunageswaram T.R.S. Manikandan
(Mrdangam), Master
S. Krishna (Ghatam)
05th Dec – 6.30 – S. Srinivasan (Veena), B. Sivaraman (Mrdangam), T. Rajaganesh
(Kanjira)

06th Dec – 4.30 PM – Mohan Santhanam (Vocal), Tiruvallur Parthasarathy (Violin)
Neyveli K.V. Ramkumar (Mrdangam), Guruprasanna (Kanjira)
06th Dec – 6.30 PM – Geetha Rajasekhar (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin)
Delhi Sairam (Mrdangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)

07th Dec – 4.30 PM – Hyderabad N. Subbulakshmi (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin)
M.S. Venkarasubramanian (Mrdangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
07th Dec – 6.30 PM – Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mrdangam), D. Venkata Subramaniam (Ghatam)

08th Dec – 4.30 PM -Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Vocal), Kovai S. Chandran (Violin)
Nellai A. Balaji (Mrdangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)
08th Dec – 6.30 PM – Vishnubhatla Sisters (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin)
B.V.S. Prasad (Mrdangam), N. Sundar (Morsing)

09th Dec - 4.30 PM – Koviladi R. Madhwaprasad (Vocal), Anayampatti G.
Venkatasubramanian (Violin),
Kumbakonam Saravanan (Mrdangam),hidambaram Rajendran (Morsing)
09th Dec – 6.30 PM -Sushma Somasekharan (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan
(Violin), Arthavan
Selvanathan (Mrdangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

10th Dec – 4.30 PM – Sumitra Nitin (Vocal), Roopa Rajagopal (Violin), Atlanta
Ram Sriram (Mrdangam),
D. Venkata Subramaniam (Ghatam)
10th Dec – 6.30 PM – V.K. Manimaran (Vocal),M.A. Sundaresan (Violin), Neyveli B.
Venkatesh (Mrdangam),
Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)

At Narada Gana Sabha – Mini Hall, 314 T.T.K. Road, +91 (44) 24993201, 24990850,
ngsabha@airtelmail.in

Nungambakkam Cultural Academy

04th Dec – 4.30 PM – Mangala Isai – Namagiripettai Murugan (Nadaswaram), A.
Manikandan (Thavil) .
04th Dec – 5.30 PM – Inauguration and Awards Presentation
04th Dec – 7.15 PM – Janani Jagath Karani, Disciples of Sheela Unnikrishnan
(Dance).

05th Dec– 9 AM – Kalyanapuram Veeraraghavan (Harikatha)
05th Dec – 11.15 AM – Drama – Athma Visaranai – Mali’s Stage (Drama)
05th Dec – 1.30 PM – T.C.A Sangeetha (Veena),Jayamangala Krishnamani (Mrdangam)
05th Dec – 2.45 PM – Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal),M. Vijay (Violin),Palayamkottai
Guru Raghavendran(Mrdangam)
05th Dec – 4.30 PM – N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin)K. Arunprakash (Mrdangam), N.
Guruprasad(Ghatam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
Emani Lalitha Krishnan
05th Dec – 4.30 PM – R. Kashyap Mahesh (Vocal),Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin)
manikudi Chandrasekar (Mrdangam)
05th Dec – 7 PM – O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin),
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
(Mrdangam), T.V. Vasan (Ghatam)

06th Dec – 9 AM – Seetha Narayanan (Vocal), Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V.R.
Jayakumar (Mrdangam),
Ernakulam S. Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)
06th Dec – 11.15 AM – Drama – Padmavyugam- Karur Rangarajan (Drama)
06th Dec – 2.45 PM – Rahul Narayanan (Vocal), Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin),
Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mrdangam)
06th Dec – 4.30 PM – Parur Quartet (Violin), Tanjore Kumar (Mrdangam),
Pudukkottai Ramachandran
(Ghatam)
06th Dec – 7 PM – S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Neyveli R.
Narayanan (Mrdangam)

07th Dec – 1.30 PM – Abhishek Ravichandran (Keyboard), K. Parthasarathy (Mrdangam)
07th Dec – 2.45 PM – G. Madhavan (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Vijay B.
Natesan (Mrdangam)
07th Dec – 4.30 PM – Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan (Vocal), Mullaivasal G.
Chandramouli (Violin), R.
Ramesh (Mrdangam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)
07th Dec – 7 PM – Deepa Mahadevan (Dance)

08th Dec – 1.30 PM – Radhika (Vocal), Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin)
manikudi Chandrasekar (Mrdangam
08th Dec – 2.45 PM – Gayathri Sankar (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin)
Ramiah Vittal (Mrdangam)
08th Dec – 4.30 PM -S.P. Ramh (Vocal), Pakkala Ramadas (Violin)
Thiruvarur Subramaniam (Mrdangam), K.V.R.S. Mani (Kanjira)

09th Dec – 1.30 PM – L. Athira Krishna (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal
(Mrdangam)
09th Dec – 2.45 PM – Sharanya Krishnan (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin)
Jayamangala Krishnamani (Mrdangam)
09th Dec – 4.30 PM -B. Kannan (Veena), Bombay Anand (Violin), Karaikudi Mohanram
(Mrdangam), G.
Ravichandran (Ghatam)
09th Dec – 7 PM – Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin)
K.V. Prasad (Mrdangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

10th Dec
– 1.30 PM – Jayamangala Krishnamani (Vocal), Rahul (Violin),
M.R. Srikrishnan (Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 2.45 PM – K. Subhiksha (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj
(Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 4.30 PM – Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin)
Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mrdangam)10th Dec – 7 PM – Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin)
Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mrdangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

These Concerts will be held at Rama Rao Kala Mantap, 111 Habbibullah Road,
T. Nagar, +91 (44) 64529913, 28343252.

Bharadhiya Vidhya Bhavan

04th Dec – 5 PM – Dr M. Narmada (Violin). At
04th Dec – 6.30 PM – Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)

05th Dec – 4.30 PM – R. Prasanna (Guitar)
05th Dec – 6.30 PM – Bhajan Sandhya – O.S. Arun (Vocal)

06th Dec – 10 AM – Ghatam Karthick’s ‘Heartbeat’ Ensemble
06th Dec – 4.25 PM – Geetha Rajasekhar (Vocal)

07th Dec – 5 PM – Mambalam Sisters (Vocal)
07th Dec – 6.45 PM – Pushkaram- Karaikudi Mani (Mrdangam)

08th Dec – 5 PM – Isai Payanam – Charulatha Mani (Vocal)
08th Dec – 6.45 PM – Dr. Panthula Rama (Vocal)

09th Dec – 5 PM – Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam (Vocal)
09th Dec – 6.30 PM – Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin)

10th Dec – 5 PM – S.R. Veeraraghavan (Vocal).
10th Dec – 6.45 PM – Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena)

Theses concerts will be held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan – Main Hall
No. 18,20,22 East Mada Street, Mylapore, 26442823, 26442168

Jaya TV & Maximum Media’s Margazhi Maha Utsavam

04th Dec – 5 PM – Gayathri Girish (Vocal).
04th Dec – 6.30 PM – Celebrating a Suspense – T.M. Krishna (Vocal)

05th Dec – 5 PM – Carnatica Brothers (Vocal)
05th Dec – 6.30 PM – Celebrating Mayuram Viswanata Sastrigal – Sanjay
Subrahmanyan (Vocal)

06th Dec – 5 PM – Celebrating Nandanar Charitram – Script & Presentation by S.
Sowmya, Haricharan
Sheshadri, K. Bharath Sundar , Raghav Krishna
06th Dec – 6.30 PM – Celebrating En Thaai Neeyandro, Aruna Sairam (Vocal)

07th Dec – 5 PM – Dr. Ganesh (Vocal)
07th Dec -6.30 PM – Celebrating Guruvaai Varuvaai -N. Vijay Siva (Vocal)

08th Dec – 5 PM – Manasi Prasad (Vocal)
08th Dec -6.30 PM -Celebrating Thiruppugazh -Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

09th Dec – 5 PM – Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam (Vocal)
09th Dec – 6.30 PM – Celebrating Bhakthi Yatra -P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal)

10th Dec – 5 PM – N.V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal)
10th Dec – 6.30 PM – Celebrating Myriad Hues of Raagas – S. Sowmya (Vocal)

These Concerts will be held at Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram
School, 2B Greenways Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai 600028

Charsur Arts Foundation

04th Dec – 6 PM – Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal),H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Vellore G.
Ramabhadran (Mrdangam).

05th Dec – 6 PM – Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin)Poongulam Subramaniam (Mrdangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam).

These Concerts will be held at Tag Centre,No. 69 T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet

Nalinakanthi

04th Dec – 6.30 PM – S. Srinivasan (Veena), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mrdangam)
T.V. Vasan (Ghatam).

05th Dec – 6.30 PM – Carnatica Brothers (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin)
Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mrdangam), A.S. Krishnan (Morsing)

06th Dec – 5 PM – Prasanna Venkatesh (Vocal), N.C. Madhav (Violin), Sriduth
Pillai (Mrdangam)
06th Dec – 6.30 PM – N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Amritha Murali (Violin), N. Manoj
Siva (Mrdangam)

07th Dec – 6.30 PM – Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin)
Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mrdangam)

08th Dec – 6.30 PM – V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin)
Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mrdangam)

09th Dec – 6.30 PM – K. Gayatri (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin)
B. Ganapathiraman (Mrdangam)

At Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women Sathyabama MGR Maligai,
11-13 Durgabai Deshmuk Road, Raja Annamalai Puram

Shanthi Arts Foundation

08th Dec- 6 PM – Inauguration of SAFE
08th Dec – 6.30 PM – Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin)
Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mrdangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

09th Dec – 4.30 PM -Usha Padmanabhan (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin)
Trivandrum R. Vaidyanathan (Mrdangam)
09th Dec – 6.30 PM – Sriram Gangadharan (Vocal),B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin)
Poongulam Subramaniam (Mrdangam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)

10th Dec – 4.30 – Trichur Brothers – Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal)
M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mrdangam), Anirudh Athreya
(Kanjira)
10th Dec – 6.30 PM – Jayalakshmi Santhanam (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin),
Nellai A. Balaji
(Mrdangam)

These Programs will be held at Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore

Ananthaswamy Centre for Carnatic Music

09th Dec – 4.25 PM – Krithika Arvind (Vocal), Akkarai S. Swarnalatha (Violin)
B. Sivaraman (Mrdangam)

09th Dec – 6.30 PM -Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin)
Nellai A. Balaji (Mrdangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

At Aasthika Samajam, Venus Colony, 1st Street Venus Colony, Alwarpet
+91 (44) 24352242

Sri Thiyaga Brahma Gana Sabha

10th Dec - 1 PM – Erode S. Anantharaman (Vocal), Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan
(Violin)
Vikram Vasudevan (Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 2.15 PM – Ranjani Hariharan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin)
Tanjore Padma (Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 4 PM – S.M. Vilasini (Vocal), Bombay Anand (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mrdangam)
10th Dec – 6.30 PM – T.M. Krishna (Vocal), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin)
Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mrdangam), G. Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

At Vani Mahal – Mini Hall, 103 G.N. Chetty Road, T.Nagar

Naadha Inbam

10th Dec – 5.45 PM – Naada Inbam Inauguration

10th Dec – 6.30 PM – V. Subramanian (Vocal), Paalai Ramachandran (Vocal),R.K.
Shriramkumar (Violin),
Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mrdangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

At Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2 Luz Avenue, Mylapore,+91 (44) 24992672

Mudhra

09th Dec – 6 PM – Mudhra Inauguration
09th Dec – 7 PM – T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin)
Trichur C. Narendran (Mrdangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
10th Dec – 6.15 PM – Harikatha – Krishna Leela, Kalyanapuram R. Aravamudhan (Harikatha),
Dr. R.
Hemalatha (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Mrdangam)

At Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School, No. 71 Bazullah Road, T.Nagar

Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy

05th Dec - 5.30 PM – Inauguration
05th Dec – 6.15 PM – Ms. Divya Kasturi – Bharathanatyam

06th Dec - 6.30 PM – Dr. Sudha Ragunathan – Vocal
07th Dec – 11.30 AM – Rajini Hariharan – Vocal
07th Dec – 2.30 PM – Gayathri Devi – Vocal
07th Dec – 6.30 PM – Madavapeddi Murthy- Kuchipudi

08th Dec – 11.30 AM – Geetha Bennet – Veena
08th Dec – 2.30 PM – S.M.Vilashini – Vocal
08th Dec – 6.30 PM – Sowmiya – Vocal

09th Dec – 11.30 AM – K.Gayathri – Vocal
09th Dec – 2.30 PM – Mahalakshmi Bharadwaj – Bharathanatyam
09th Dec – 6.30 PM – Dr.Nithyasree Mahadevan – Vocal

10th Dec – 11.30 AM – Deepti Ravi – Bharathanatyam
10th Dec – 2.30 PM – Akkarai Sisters – Vocal
10th Dec – 6.30 PM – Sulakshana Jayaram – Bharathanatyam

At Meenakshi College K.R.S.Auditorium, 363, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai – 24725466

Brahma Gana Sabha

03rd Dec – 6 PM – Inauguration –Lighting Of Kuthuvilaku by Shri. M.Ct. Pethachi
03rd Dec – 7 PM –Naadaswara Thavalisai by Thirukovilur T.S.E. Babu & T.S.A. Kumar,
Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel, Thirunageswara T.R. Subramaniam

At Sigvaami Petachi Auditorium, 179 Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai. For details 9444444767 /98410 70390.

KalaKruthi

05th Dec – 5.30 PM – Inauguration by Vidushi R. Vedavalli
05th Dec – 6 PM – Saralaya Sisters(Vocal), Ananda Krishnan(Violin), Vikram Vasudevan ( Mridangam),Harihara Sharma(Kanjeera)

06th Dec -6.30 PM – M.Balamurali Krishna(Vocal), Ambika
Prasad(Violin),Dr.T.K.Moorthy(Mridangam),
K.S.Ramanan(Mridangam), Nerkunram Shankar(Kanjeera)

07thDec – 6.30 PM – Sangeetha Sivakumar(Vocal), R.Hemalatha(Voilin), Kalladakurichi Sivakumar(Mridangam)

08thDec – 6.30 PM – Chinmaya Sisters(Vocal), Melakanchi Thyagarajan(Violin),
Madipakkam Suresh
(Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan(Ghadam)

09th Dec – 6.30 PM – Surya Prakash(Vocal), Chandramouli(Violin), Thanjavur
Murugaboopathi(Mridangam), Dheenadayalan(Morsing)

10th Dec – 6.30 PM – K.Gayathri (Vocal), S.P.Ananthapadmanabhan (Violin),R.Sankaranarayan(Mridangam).
At Sankaralayam, 63, Mayor Ramanathan Road, Chetpet. For details
28190154.

“Terrain Vague” – Hip-Hop, Flamenco and Contemporary
Dance -

This is a show that should not be missed. Käfig Company is one of the most prominent companies of
French hip-hop! The cultural diversity of France is in evidence in this show where flamenco dance forms blend not only with contemporary dance but also with circus art forms.

In January 2006 Terrain Vague (‘vacant lot’) was created in the Maison de la Danse of Lyon. This show
revisits a world dear to the choreographer – the circus. Hip-hop dancers and artists originating from theatre and circus share the stage.

Choreography is by Mourad Merzouki who experienced that dance could be a strong means of communication in difficult and extreme circumstances. Since 1996, Mourad Merzouki has not ceased revitalizing the language of hip-hop with a great choreographic, scenographic and aesthetic diversity.Kafiq Company which has toured all over the world has put up very entertaining shows wherever they have gone. Their rhythm gives impetus to a colored dance, a dreamlike and sensitive universe that wins the heart of the audience. The Käfig companyfound its artistic dimension within the fusion of styles. It combines a sense of humor with gravity and flavors its works with the hip hop
vocabulary as well as a spirit that is open to other choreographic and artistic languages.

The show will be on 9th and 10th Dec 2009 7.30 PM at Sir Mutha Venkata Subbarao Hall Lady Andal School.

The shows are open to the general public. Contact AFM for invitations Children below 8 years are not allowed. Please be seated by 7.15 PM For more information about the company behind the show, visit www.kafig.com
Alternatively you can contact AFM for all information.Or Contact AFM 2827 9803/2827 1477

Katha Collage 1 – Comedy Play with Naseeruddin Shah

Katha Collage 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.

‘The Park New Festival Edition III 2009’

Prakriti Foundation presents ‘The Park New Festival Edition III 2009’ a five day theatre festival from the 2nd to 6th December 2009 in Chennai. The festival will showcase Dance and Musical performances from across the globe. The details of the play are as follows.

3rd Dec 7:00 PM Mahmood Farooqui – Dastangoi Performance at Museum Theatre
Performers: Mahmood Farooqui & Dan Ayyar

The lost art of magical storytelling in Urdu, revived recently to great national and international acclaim. Popular in India since at least the eleventh century, the romance acquired immense prestige because of Emperor Akbar’s personal interest in the form. With its transmission into Urdu, the Dastan of Amir Hamzah came to acquire the mammoth, epic proportions that are peculiar to Indic story-telling. As well as being
performed they also came to be printed. Completed in 1905, the forty-six volumes of the Dastan-e-Amir Hamza were an extraordinary achievement: not only the crowning glory of the Urdu dastan tradition, but also surely the longest single romance cycle in the world literature.

4th Dec 7:00 PM H.R.Brittton’ s – FROM MADISON TO MADURAI at Museum Theatre
Performer : H.R.Britton , USA
Venue: Museum Theatre
A monologue by H.R.Britton based on his visit to India and going to pilgrimage sites as a wide-eyed seeker, and about the awkward situations he got into with his naiveté.

5th Dec 7:00 PM Anusha Laal’s – TILT
Choreographer: Anusha Lall
Venue: Chandra Mandapa, Spaces
Tilt: a dance performance in the round. Using the movement vocabulary of Bharatanatyam as a starting point, it attempts to discover fresh dynamics and create new perspectives, both, in the way that it is performed, and in the way it is viewed.
The venue is, Chandra Mandapa, ‘Spaces’

6th Dec 6:00 PM Dhruba Ghosh and Ernest Rombout in “SHIV SHAKTHI”
At Kalakshetra, Koothambalam
Dhruba Ghosh : Sârangi, composition
Ernest Rombout : Alto Oboe
Rokus de Groot : Composition, concept
Râga’s Bhairav and Bhairavi; Shankara and Durga

“The very Lover (Shiva), impelled by a desire to enjoy himself, assumes a reverse position and becomes the Beloved (Shakti), occupying the same beautiful place.

”This verse from the opening of Amritânubhava by Jnâneshwar (13th c.) is inspiring this performance.Though Shiva and Shakti are associated with seeming polarities like consciousness and energy, meditation and dance, asceticism and eroticism, silence and the violence of cosmic dissolution, terror and seduction,“their duality remained undivided”, as Jnâneshwar has it. ShivaShakti’s endless play of delight, disguised as longing and union, is beautifully expressed in the image of Ardhanarishwara. At the same time the performance is an interplay between an Indian instrumentalist and a European one, virtuoso players of the sârangi and the alto oboe. The latter instrument is related to the nâgasvaram and the shehnai, and theformer to the lute and violin. Finally this ShivaShakti performance is an intertwining of Indian and European music traditions, the great arts of râga and tâla, and of polyphony and dialectic composition.

6th Dec Ben J.Riepe’s – Love Death, And The Devil
Directed by Ben J.Riepe, Love, Death and the Devil is a five-part series of
dance performances. They create whimsical worlds with beautiful – comical –surreal scenes, working along the border to visual arts,painting, photography and film. The actors move with a reduced, formal language of movement in engrossed artificial worlds, turning to the absurd when confronted with mundane concerns and their various states of emergency. Tension mounts, at all points ready to break out –into comical or dramatic
directions. At Kalakshetra, Koothambalam

Tickets are priced at Rs.1000/- each for a Seasons Pass. Daily Passes are priced at Rs.500/- & Rs.300/- denomination. Student Passes are Rs.100/- (ID proof required.)

Daily passes available at:
Landmark – Nungambakkam & City Centre, Nuts & Spices – Adyar & Anna Nagar, Silkworm Boutique -Khader Nawaz Khan Road, Colour Plus – Spencer Plaza, The Park Hotel – Nungambakkam Daily tickets available at the venue. Children below 12 NOT Allowed For details please contact Media Mix at info@mediamix.co.in [or] ph: 044 – 2452 7941 or +91-9884663342 Please see the website http://www.theparksnewfestival.com/ for detailed information about each program.

Music Treat at Stella Maris College – Raise fund for charity

Stella Maris organizes a musical extravaganza, featuring singers such as
Srinivas, Stephen Devassy, Naresh Iyer, Malgudi Subha, Benny Dayal, Vinaya, Divya Vijay, Rita and others. The fundraiser will be held on 6 Dec at 5.30 PM on the college campus. Actor Madhavan will be the chief guest for the event.

Hindi Play – Teri Bhi Chup, Meri Bhi Chup

Kamachi group in association with Shree Agarwal Navyuvak Sangh presents Hindi
play on 6 Dec at 7 PM. At Sri Muthu Venkata Subha Rao Concert Hall (Lady Andal School). It is directed by Dinyar Contracto and produced by Raju Lodhia For tickets call 9281392818 / 9543200256 / 9543200257.

S. Ve.Shekher’s Kaadhula Poo

Kaadhula Poo is one of S.Ve Shekher’s comedy plays. It will be staged on December 06th at 7 PM at Vani Mahal. For tickets contact 98841 52200

K Balachander’s “Oru Koodai Paasam”

Presented by Sri Devi, this is a new delightful romantic comedy featuring TV stars Fathima Babu, Renuka etc. The play will be staged on 5 Dec at 7 PM. At Rani Seethai Hall, Near Gemini Flyover, Anna Salai.

Shock – 2009 – Dance Programme

This event is a dedicated, full fledged western dance form. The event, organized at Music Academy every consecutive year, is bigger and even better than ever! You can watch the talented dance groups performing live on the stage. This is a show that you don’t want to miss! On 6 Dec at 6 PM. At The Music Academy, T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet.

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