Chiru...the eternal hero

The megastar of Telugu films Chiranjeevi recently completed 29 years of his film career. A function was organized to celebrate the occasion wherein his friend and another Telugu star Nagarjuna was present. Being one of the superstar’s quartet, (Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal and Rajinikant comprises other three in this club) Chiru, as he is fondly called by his fans, is undoubtedly the most prominent figure of the Indian movies. The word Chiranjeevi...

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Spiritual Pull of the Hinduism

Eventhough world, especially English speaking literate class taked pride in deriding Hindu ethos. But the Hindu tradition and spirituality continues to overhelm people all over the world. This fact is corborated by a story that I chanced upon recenly. I reproduce the story as it is.Allahabad : It was 38 years ago that Baba Rampuri, as this once Beverly Hills resident is now called, set out from Los Angeles in search of truth and peace. He was just...

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Tamil Films facing closed doors in South

It was not long ago that Kannada film industry, apparently raged over the diminishing collections on account of copetition with Tamil films, demanded to the State government to restrict release of non-Kannada films in Karnataka for the six weeks. The state government subsequently conceded on account of which non-Kannada films were barred entry for the first six weeks of their release in Karnataka. That decision affected all other languages films...

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Humanity Goes to Dogs

Special Eating Zone? This is what modern india has come to! The nation in its eagerness to embrace progress, has unlearned the basic dignity of human, body and et al! This photo taken at Sonachuri area of Nandigram, in the state of West Bengal. Stray dogs were feeding on a charred human body of all the thing! Six people were killed and scores more injured in clashes between villagers and ruling Communist Party members in India's West Bengal state...

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Nancy Pelosi: Sky is the limitThat the American polity in general and American politics in particular is more mature than many other parts of the world is a fact few can deny. This maturity manifests itself time and again. The occasion of Nancy Pelosi taking the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives was such an occasion.Nancy Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House who grabbed the gavel yesterday. She opened the 110th Congress...

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BharatiLucky CoincidenceBy Tanya KokoskaHe will be the only, who speaks. Will tell of millenniums old myths and ritual, will report about the struggle between tradition and modern that is the country of India. And in between he will interlace cheerful anecdotes. He will provide the German public an understandign of the love story of the beautiful Bharati and Siddharta, which otherwise comes out without words. He will become the cue for an ensemble of hundred dancers, musicians and acrobats – and will even wear himself Indian costumes. He, Friedrich...

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I had written before about the growing popularity of Indian films and India thereof in Germany. At that time, I had mentioned about the show, Bharati, to be held there. That mention remained albeit passingly and now I chanced upon some details of this show.FRIEDRICH-KARL PRAETORIUS is a name to be reckoned with in Germany and the man is playing Sutradhar, the Narrator in the show. I read a couple of interviews which appeared just before this show...

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