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C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 19, No. 17 953rd Issue : September 21 - 27, 2013 FREE Page 2 MAMBALAM TIMES September 21 - 27, 2013 T. NAGAR BAZAAR This column is intended to help small businesses in & around T.Nagar and West Mambalam to have a cost-effective advertisement medium. Advertisement in this section will be in standard panel sizes of 4 cm. x 1 column (costing only Rs. 500) and 4 cm. x 2 column (costing Rs. 1000) POLYWOOD Advertise Loft cover, Pooja Shelf, Cupboard, in the 5% - 10 % Showcase, bazaar Discount Modern Kitchen, upto Sep. 27 False Ceiling, Painting column for VISWA ENTERPRISES your VADAPALANI business to 98400 18492, 6537 9721 www.viswadecorators.com, E-mail: [email protected] boom! This space costs Rs. 1000 only! September 21 - 27, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3 New traffic assistance booth on Arya Gowda Road By Our Staff Reporter A newly constructed R3 Ashok Nagar Police assistance booth outside ICICI Bank, Arya Gowda Road was opened nouncements. on September 17. An official said that installa- The booth has been provided tion of CCTV monitoring sys- with a public address system tem is under progress and will to make traffic related an- be made operational soon. Navarathri music concerts in Kali Bari Temple By Our Staff Reporter Sept. 28: 7 p.m: Violin con- Navarathri music festival cert by master C. Visvesh ac- will be conducted from Sept. 26 companied by R. Sundaramur- to Oct. 11 in Madras Kali Bari thy (mridangam); 8 p.m: Vocal Temple (12, Umapathy Street, concert by Jayanthi Prithvira- West Mambalam). man accompanied by Meera The concerts will be per- Sundar (violin), R. Sundara- formed by leading musicians murthy (mridangam). and also by upcoming musi- Details for the ensuing cians. week’s concerts will be pub- The following are the pro- lished in our next issue. gram details up to Sept. 28: All are welcome. Sept. 26: 7 p.m: Vocal con- For more details, please con- cert by Arudathi Krishnan (vo- tact R. Subramanyan (pro- cal) accompanied by B. gram coordinator) in 98408 Anantha Krishnan (violin) and 45507. B. Srivatsan (mridangam); 8 p.m: Vocal concert by Mysore Talk on ‘Thiru Sangeetha accompanied by Arutpa’ on Tuesday Apoorva Ravindran (violin), B. By Our Staff Reporter Srivatsan (mridangam). Under the auspices of Val- Sept. 27: 7 p.m: Devotional lalar Sanmargasangam (V.O. music concert by students of C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: Gurukrupa lead by Jayashree 94453 43706), Dr. V. Sethura- Jayaramakrishnan accompa- malingam will give a discourse nied by Tirucherai Kartik (vio- on ‘Thiru Arutpa – Mahadeva lin), B. Sathyavageeswaran (mridangam); 8 p.m: Vocal con- Maalai’ on Tuesday, Sept. 24, cert by Aparna Kumar accom- at 6 p.m in Sakthi Vinayagar panied by Tirucherai Kartik Temple (P.T. Rajan Salai, K.K. (violin), B. Sathyavageeswa- Nagar). ran (mridangam). All are welcome. Long queue for new auto fare cards By Our Staff Reporter fixed to the rate card and lami- There was a long queue of nated before being issued. autorickhaw owners waiting to A traffic official said that collect the new rate card after passengers can demand to see verification of vehicle docu- the rate card from autorick- ments in RTO (West) (Bha- shaw drivers and lodge a com- rathidasan Colony, K. K. Na- plaint giving the vehicle’s reg- gar) on September 16. istration number if drivers The photograph of the refuse to follow the new tariff autorickshaw owner was af- or demand exorbitant fares. Page 4 September 21 - 27, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES C M Y This dog is both man’s and bullocks’ Day-long special K TAMIL CINEMA 75 - poojas in Shiridi A LOOK BACK best friend bullock cart. Dhyana Maiyam By RANDOR GUY Charlie accompanies Karthi daily to work. tomorrow TAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 68 The dog walks under the cart The hit song ‘Lendu Bharatha veerularaa…’ in “Grihalakshmi’ or between the bullocks which was inspired by the famous hit song by the popular Blind Singer itself is a sight to behold for of Bengal and noted film music composer K. C. Dey, ‘Manki passersby. It has established ankhen khol babaaa…!’) an unique bond with the bul- The success of ‘Grihalakshmi’ separated the two Reddis, HM locks whom he guides on his and BN for many reasons. Then BN, in association with the own over short distances, ac- brilliant twins of South Indian Cinema, K. Ramnoth and A. K. cording to Karthi. Sekhar, promoted the historic Vauhini Pictures. Nagaiah was Charlie keeps a strict watch by now an intimate pal of BN and involved himself in the new over the rice bags at the load- company heart, soul, mind and body. ing and unloading sites and BN cast Nagaiah as hero in his first directorial venture gives a warning bark if anyone ‘Vande Matharam’ (1939). Scripted by Ramnoth based on an so much as touches a bag with- unpublished novel by BN, ‘Vande Matharam’ dealt with rural out Karthi’s permission. poverty, unemployment among the educated and such socially Karthi said that Charlie was relevant issues. BN sincerely believed that every film should gifted to him as a pup by his carry a message of social significance and his first film was By Our Staff Reporter among his friends not only for neighbour and he trained it . moulded accordingly. Charlie, a 2 1/2 year old pet its antics but also for its dedi- Charlie is friendly and loved Ironically, the title of the film had nothing to do with the story. dog owned by K. Karthi (resi- cation to its owner. by the children in his neigh- The expression synonymous with the Indian Freedom Move- dent of D Block, Giriappa Karthi earns his living by bourhood, he added. His con- By Our Staff Reporter ment is used only once in the movie when Nagaiah buys a Derby Street, T. Nagar) is popular transporting rice bags in his tact number is 99629 06470. Sri Shiridi Sai Baba Dhyana Lottery (which he wins!) from a Madras city street vendor. Maiyam (6, Sarojini Street, T. Free counseling Colourful ‘pookalam’ in Nagar, Ph: 94444 53777) will When asked by him in whose name the ticket is to be issued, on ‘Careers Nagaiah replies, ‘Vande Matharam’! Interestingly the British Ayyappan temple for Onam conduct special poojas to cel- Indian Film Censors objected to the title and, as a compromise, in media’ ebrate its 11th anniversary on BN added a word ‘Mangalasutram’ under the main title, making tomorrow Sunday, September 22 from 6 it clear that the film was only an emotional family drama and By Our Staff Reporter a.m to 9 p.m. not a political patriotic tract opposed to the British rule. Centre for Media & Public The following are details of ‘Vande Matharam’ was a big success and Nagaiah came in Affairs (West Mambalam) will the program. for high praise both by the crowds and the critics, and he was conduct a free counseling pro- 6 a.m: Kakada Harathi hailed as the new hero on the Telugu film horizon! gram on ‘Career opportunities 7 a.m: Mangala Harathi The Vauhini unit worked as a family with everyone contrib- in media’ on Sunday, Sept. 22, 8.30 a.m: Dhuni Pooja uting to the production. Even though Nagaiah was the hero of from 10 a.m to 1.30 p.m in 9.15 a.m: Sath Saritha the film, he did not hesitate to push the camera trolley. When DNS Plaza, 2nd floor, next to Paarayanam the film was released, he went along with the print as the Nalli Jewellery, Panagal Park, 12 noon: Special Harathi producer’s representative. Such was his spirit and involve- 12.30 p.m: Mass prayer ment, quite common in those happy days gone by. Today one T. Nagar. It will be beneficial to colle- 3.30 p.m: Sthavana Manjari cannot even dream of such things happening in the dog-eat-its- Paarayanam ge students and recent gradu- own-tail film world. 4.30 p.m: Sri Vishnu Sahas- ates. When BN made in his next film ‘Sumangali’ (1940), much to ranaama Paarayanam For more details, please con- the surprise of many, he cast Nagaiah not as the hero but as By Our Staff Reporter 5 p.m: Namasankeertha- an elderly silver-haired social reformer fighting for the uplift of tact V. Venkat Raj in 98845 A colourful ‘pookalam’ laid out by women devotees in Ayyapan nam women, especially widows. The character was broadly inspired 54656. Temple (CPWD Quarters, Natesan Road, K. K. Nagar) on the 6 p.m: Evening Harathi by the well-known social reformer of his day, Kandukuri occasion of Onam on September 16. 7 p.m: Procession Veeresalingam Panthulu, who had sacrificed his life for the 8.45 p.m: Mass prayer betterment of women and fought a hard battle for the remar- Fogging machine smoke creates scare in T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) riage of widows. Nagaiah accepted the role without a murmur, T. Nagar bus terminus said that in the last one year it for such was his passion and devotion to work. BN imported a has received donations amoun- silk wig all the way from Paris and, to fit it properly, Nagaiah By Our Staff Reporter ting to Rs. 12.3 lakhs from had to shave some of his hair in front, which he did, again Commuters and employees without a murmur! rushed out of T. Nagar bus philanthropists and devotees. His fine performance in this minor role attracted great terminus at around 8.30 a.m He said that the funds are attention in spite of the failure of the film.