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Page 4 MAMBALAM TIMESMay 4 - 10, 2013BSNL DGMofficerelocatedBy Our Staff ReporterThe office of DeputyGeneral Manager (SouthEast), BSNL, ChennaiTelephones functioning tillnow in GR Complex (808,Anna Salai, Nandanam,Chennai 35) has been shiftedto Mambalam TelephoneExchange Building(652, Anna Salai, Nandanam)from May 1.Subscribers may contactthe DGM at the newoffice.Light fixture damaged by treebranchesBy Our Staff ReporterThe light fixture on the light post on the service lane of G. N.Chetty Road flyover near Residency Towers has been damagedby the branches of a nearby tree.The fixture, which is hanging precariously and is held byelectrical wires, is likely to fall at any time.Sai bhajanson 3 days a weekSri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.Nagar conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the followingvenues in T. Nagar:Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.Ayurvedasramam, 155, G.N. Chetty Road (near PanagalPark), Mondays, 6 p.m.50/38, Motilal Street (oppositeRanganathan Street),Wednesdays, 6 p.m.All are welcome.More details can be had fromD. Srinivasa Rao (9840050875) or C. Ramamurthy(94440 54819).Model waterfall outside shop toattract customersBy Our Staff ReporterTo attract customers, a textile showroom on Usman Road,T. Nagar, has installed a model waterfall made from plaster ofParis outside its premises.By Our Staff ReporterDaasya (a NGO in 12 th Avenue,Ashok Nagar, Ph: 9940638972) honoured the donorswho contributed towards thefree meal scheme for leprosypatients in Government Hospital(Saidapet), at Pani GrahaKalayna Mandapam (AryaGowda Road, West Mambalam)on April 27.They were felicitated by P.Nandhakumar (Deputy Commissioner,Income Tax).P. Raman (President) toldMambalam Times that theproject was started 3 yearsback and is successful due tocontributions from philanthropists.Mambalamresident brings outbooklet on‘Naimisaranyam’A booklet based on DevarajaPerumal Temple popularlyknown as ‘Naimisaranyam –one of the 108 Divya Desams’written by Sarma Sastrigal(resident of West Mambalam)was released by K. Rosiah(Tamilnadu Governor) duringa function held on April 27 inAhobila Mutt (Mylapore).In his booklet, the authorhas shared the experience ofhis visit to the temple, its significancein the Hindu dharma,the legends of the kshetramand some useful tips to pilgrimsvisiting the place for thefirst time.Devotees interested in gettinga copy of the booklet cancontact Sarma Satrigal in94443 80973.Daasya honours its donorsTraffic congestion during peak hours atArya Gowda Road-Brindavan Street junctionBy Our Staff ReporterThe automatic traffic lightsinstalled several monthsback at the junction of AryaGowda Road and BrindavanStreet (West Mambalam) arenot operational during peakhours.A traffic official told MambalamTimes that the automaticsignals are leading totraffic congestion during peakhours and they are able to betterregulate the traffic manuallyduring that time.Calling volunteersfor free service inTirumalaBy Our Staff ReporterSevas (50, Dharga Road,Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram)sends volunteers for week-longservice to pilgrims in Tirumalastarting on Sundays and endingon Saturdays.Men and women who arephysically fit and are willing tostay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their servicesfor 6 hours everyday.The work will be of supervisorynature.Accommodation, lunch anddinner will be provided free ofcost.They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkateswara.Travelling expense and thecost of breakfast must be borneby the volunteers.Those interested can contactNalini Ravikumar (18/43,Jubilee Road, West Mambalam)in 99621 53644, L. S. V.Mahadevan (98411 76386), P.Sundaram (98417 26695) orD. Gopinath (94442 09751).Talk on‘Thiru Arutpa’on TuesdayBy Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of VallalarSanmargasangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph:98403 66306), SanmargaArunagiri will give a discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa – EnnnaiKavarntha Vaira Varigal’ onTuesday, May 7, at 6 p.m inSakthi Vinayagar Temple(P.T. Rajan Salai, K.K. Nagar).All are welcome.Free Veda classesthrice a weekBy Our Staff ReporterKurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar(resident of 8, 2 ndMain Road, CIT Nagar East,Nandanam) conducts freeVeda and Suktham classesfrom 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays.More details can be had inphone 98406 40705.41,000 copies of thisedition are deliveredFREE everySaturday!CMYK
May 4 - 10, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMESPage 5TAMIL CINEMA 75 -Computer glitch in SETC counter causes Sai Seva Chakraconducts freeresidents hardshipVeda classesA LOOK BACKsil buses at the State Express By Our Staff ReporterTransport Corporation counterat T. Nagar bus terminus Bharathi Street, West Mam-Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15,By RANDOR GUYTAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 53for the past several days. balam) conducts free Veda,The counter staff said that bhajans and sloka classes onthey are helpless as the server Sundays in its premises fromkeeps failing.3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m.The passengers told MambalamTimes that there are noIt also conducts these classesin the following venues.alternate SETC bookingOn Saturdays and Sundayscounters near T. Nagar andfrom 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m in SriMambalam and thereforeKrishna Gana Sabha, MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T.they are forced to go toKoyambedu bus terminusNagar.where there seems to be noOn Mondays, Wednesdaysserver issues.The counter functions fromand Tuesdays from 5 p.m to 6By Our Staff Reporter muters are facing problems 8 a.m to 1 p.m and from 2 p.mp.m in Sarva Priya GanapathiDue to technical hitch, com-in booking tickets for mofus-to 8 p.m on all days.Temple (Moorthy Street Extension,7th Avenue, AshokThanneer pandal warns Nagar).On Mondays and Thursdaysagainst misusefrom 8 p.m to 9 p.m in No 15,Bharathi Street, West Mambalam.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 98843 05676.‘Pavalakodi’ had as many as fifty songs. The composer wasPapanasam Sivan, who played a major role in the rise of M. K.T. Bhagavathar as a singing star. Old-timers still argue whetherBhagavathar became famous by singing Sivan’s compositions,or vice versa. Papanasam Sivan, incidentally, wrote thelyrics and set the tunes as well, a rather uncommon practicein the cinema world!After the success of ‘Pavalakodi’, Thyagaraja Bhagavatharstarred again with S. D. Subbulakshmi in ‘NaveenaSarangadhara’ (1936), again directed by K. Subramaniam whohad by now become a popular filmmaker. The movie fared welland a song, composed by Sivan and sung by Bhagavathar,‘Sivaperuman krupai vendum…’, became a super hit. This songin praise of Lord Siva is popular even today, seventy- plus yearslater.The next year would lift M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar’sfame skyhigh and make him a living legend!In that year, 1937, South Indian film history was made withtwo of Bhagavathar’s films ‘Chinthamani’ and ‘Ambikapathi’being released. ‘Chinthamani’ (1937) was the first mega-boxoffice hit of South Indian Cinema and the earliest film to enjoyyear-long runs in many towns in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere too.A mixture of fact, fiction and myth, ‘Chinthamani’ was thestory of Bilwa Mangal, a Sanskrit poet of Varanasi who wrotethe famed musical epic in praise of Lord Krishna called ‘KrishnaKarnamritham’. The story of Bilwa Mangal had earlier beenstaged as a play and made into a silent film by DhirendranathGanguly (DG), one of the founding fathers of Bengali Cinema.Madan Theatres of Calcutta who made it in Telugu in 1933.Surprisingly - and somewhat ironically - ThyagarajaBhagavathar was not the first choice to play Bilwa Mangal!The producers and the director, Y. V. Rao, originally had thepopular singer-actor Serukalathur Sama in mind. On secondthoughts, Sama was shifted to the roles of Lord Krishna and awandering ascetic - in fact Krishna himself in disguise. To playthe role of Bilwa Mangal, Thyagaraja Bhagavathar was thenengaged. To play Chintamani, a devadasi with whom the herofalls in love, K. Aswathamma was chosen because of hermelodious voice and facile style of singing.Aswathamma, tall and pencil-thin, hailed from the old Mysorestate and was a popular singing stage star. Endowed with a finehaunting voice, she had cut many gramophone discs and oneof them, a sad melancholy sentimental song, ‘ Haa priyaaaprashantha hridhayaa’ was a best seller. In those days, evenmany non-Kannada-speaking homes had this 78-rpm-disc intheir collection. She was known as ‘Kannadatha Kogiley’ (‘TheKannada Cuckoo’). Sadly, tuberculosis cut short her life andshe died young after playing the lead role in only three films, allof which were hits ‘Sadarame’ (Kannada, 1935),‘Chintamani’(1937) and ‘Sakkubai’(1939), both in Tamil.There were 25 songs in ‘Chintamani’ and many of thembecame super hits. One of them, ‘Radhey unakku kopam…’found a place in the list of all-time hits of Tamil Cinema.‘Natakame ulagam…’, the opening words of a song sung bySerukalathur Sama highlighting the fickle nature of life, enteredthe Tamil idiom and is used even today by the commonman. ‘Chintamani’ was indeed a milestone movie, one thatmade people in South India movie-mad.Later in the year came the other Bhagavathar hit‘Ambikapathi’. It portrayed romantic love with a sheen oferoticism never before seen in a Tamil movie. It also gave astatus to its dialogue-writer, a new trend in Tamil Cinema,which would lead to significant consequences in later years andwould create an impact on the political fortunes of the stars ofTamil Nadu. The screenwriter was Elangovan, the first starwriter of Tamil cinema!(To be continued)REQUEST TO READERS!Please help us to serve you better!Mambalam Times is being deliveredfree at every doorstep in thisneighbourhood week after week. If ourdelivery boy skips your house or flat inany week, please call 2434 9236between 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m on weekdays to enable us to take effective andimmediate remedial action.Tutorial instituteoffers concession topoor studentsBy Our Staff ReporterARU Academy (7/3 MadleyRoad, T. Nagar) is offering feeconcession for bright studentsfrom economically weaker sections.Students wishing to avail theconcession need to producetheir family income certificate.It also provides coaching forCA-CPT, CA-IPCC, CS Foundationand ICWA Foundationcourses.The institute also offers tuitionsfor Stds. 11 and 12.Students are also advised onthe merits of various careeroptions available to them.The Institute’s contactnumbers are 97909 31868 and87544 04449.Manilal elected as Governorof Lions ClubBy Our Staff ReporterDr. G. Manilal (resident of61/4, VGP Complex, 1st Avenue,Ashok Nagar) was recentlyelected as Lions Governorfor District 324A8.He met Pranab Mukherjee(President of India) on April 30in New Delhi along with a fewother members of the club andgave a presentation of theclub’s ongoing and proposedprojects for 2013.The projects include donationof free dialysis units topoor patients, tree planting,education and medical assistancesfor underprivilegedpersons and aid to destituteand physically challenged persons.Manilal has been a memberof Lions Club since 1994and has held various positionsin it. He expanded the Club’sactivities by forming more than30 Lions Clubs in various partsof Chennai.By Our Staff ReporterA thanneer pandal on theservice lane of Usman Roadflyover with a message writtenon paper and affixed to thewater container requests thepublic not to take away waterin cans.GAMBLERSANONYMOUSmeets at Holy Angels Conventevery Sundayfrom 11.30 a.m to 1 p.m.All compulsive gamblers whowish to get rid of the habitare welcomeCMYK
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