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Kalakendra is a small but significant effort to expose the hitherto un-projected facets of India's vibrant tradition and enable the world to appreciate the civilizational greatness of the country. As a portal, it will showcase all that is India is synonymous with - Yoga, Vedas, Bharathanatyam and other forms of Indian dance, Carnatic Music or the South Indian classical music, Ayurveda, the ancient Indian school of medicine, Hindustani or the musical traditions of northern India- or simply any Indian art.

Kalakendra is presented by Swathi Soft Solutions, a Chennai based IT company that has distinguished itself for its slick interpretations of the arts and sciences of ancient India using innovative technologies.

The GNB charisma Buy Now
The GNB charisma
SUGANTHY KRISHNAMACHARI

Written and directed by S.B. Khanthan, ‘Isai Vaseekaran' has something fresh to offer about the legend.


If told that there is to be a screening of a film on GNB, one might ask, and with justification, if there is anything new to add, considering all the articles that have been written about GNB. That's precisely how this writer felt when asked to attend the screening and release of review the film ‘Isai Vaseekaran,' DVD, written and directed by S.B. Khanthan, the DVD of which was released on January 4 at the German Hall, as part of the ongoing GNB centenary celebrations.

However, the film was not a rehash of facts already known about GNB. It documents the thoughts of senior vidwans such as Lalgudi on GNB's music as well as those of younger ones including like T.M. Krishna and Sanjay. Sanjay mention how GNB showed that ragas could be developed using little phrases, instead of only through akharas. While GNB made this seem easy, it isn't.

The Hindu News

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US Consul- General Andrew T. Simkin launches the Special Collector's Edition DVD of Margazhi Raagam in Chennai on Sunday. (Others from left) Singers Bombay Jayashri and T.M.Krishna, Director Mani Ratnam, the film's producer C.Srikanth and director Jayendra are in the picture.

If the imposing stage decor, soothing lighting and aesthetic ambience of Margazhi Raagam attracted Carnatic lovers to theatres, its DVD format promises all that and more for those who missed it on the big screens.

At the launch of the special collector's edition DVD of the Carnatic music feature film, brought out by Real Image and Aghal Films, here on Sunday, the speakers observed that the film created waves among the foreign audiences with its distinctive presentation.

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Yoga

If there's something as rich, deep and also as old as the Indian civilization, it is the science of Yoga. The term 'Yoga' has its origin in the Sanskrit word 'Yoktra' meaning a yoke. Yoga reins in human beings from temptations by providing a regimen for a disciplined life. The frontiers of Yoga extend much beyond grotesque body contortions and regulated breathing as widely perceived.


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Dance Forms of India

Almost all forms of Indian art have an inextricable and intimate bond with the land's mythology and spiritualism. Bharathanatyam, one of the classical dance forms of India is no exception. In fact, the very word Bharata Natyam brings images of another form of Lord Siva- Nataraja, the dancing deity or the 'king of dancers'. The strong theological undertones in Bharatha Natyam are further demonstrated by a divine ensemble that includes Lord Ganesha and Sri Krishna.

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Tamil Comedies

The Tamil theatre is almost defunct. But that does not detract anything from the brilliant creativity of those colorful personalities who made signal contributions to the Tamil stage. If the 40s & 50s belonged to Swami Shankaradas, Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar, Nawab Raja Manickam Pillai who gave a judicious variety of socials and mythologies, the 60s and 70s belonged to the comedy kings.

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Vedas

No study of India is complete without understanding the Vedas, the bedrock of the country's cultural life. 'Veda' in Sanskrit means knowledge which it provides to lead a wholesome life sans any conflict or confusion. Interestingly, the topics covered by the Vedas are not bound by narrow parameters like time, region or religion. They are eternal and their relevance transcends all such barriers.

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