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C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 19, No. 3 939th Issue : June 15 - 21, 2013 FREE Page 2 MAMBALAM TIMES June 15 - 21, 2013 T. NAGAR BAZAAR POLYWOOD Loft cover, Pooja Shelf, Cupboard, 5% - 10 % Showcase, Discount Modern Kitchen, upto June 21 False Ceiling, Painting VISWA ENTERPRISES VADAPALANI 98400 18492, 6537 9721 www.viswadecorators.com, E-mail: [email protected] June 15 - 21, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3 Free medical check- Car abandoned on Thirumoorthy ISKCON to conduct ‘Bhakta up and blood Street for several months Prahlad’ course for children donation program By Our Staff Reporter Contact Vijayalakshmi in on Sunday International Society for 99627 82407. South West Chennai Bharat Krishna Consciousness (ISK Scouts & Guides will conduct a CON) will conduct a year-long free medical check-up cum ‘Bhakta Prahlad’ course for blood donation program on children in the age group of 5 to Sunday, June 16, from 9 a.m 10 years from the third week of in Anjugam Higher Secondary June, in many centers in School (Jubilee Road, West Chennai. Mambalam. The course will be conducted There will be free general for two hours once a week to check-up covering problems give children strong roots in related to gynaecology, ortho- paedics, heart, eye, dental, Indian Vedic history, culture hearing and kidney. Free spec- and discipline. The students will tacles will be provided to needy also be taught bhajans, patients. A team of doctors Bhagavad-Gita slokas, man- from Public Health Center, tra meditation, craft, cultural Ragas Dental College & Hos- By Our Staff Reporter and social activities. pital, Tanker Foundation, A white Ambassador car without any number plates has The course fee is Rs. 700. Sight Care Foundation, Hi- been abandoned on the road margin outside Plot 40/17, The following are the venues tone Hearing and Vasantha Thirumoorthy Street, T. Nagar, for the past several months. in this neighbourhood: Memorial Cancer Center will T. Nagar examine the patients. C-2, Sabarmati Apart- Paramedical staff from Li- Abandoned tin shed blocks ments, 43, Madley Street 2nd ons Blood Bank will collect road margin Lane; Time: 4 p.m on Satur- blood from donors. days. Contact Kalyani in 97890 For more details please call 18896/91761 98400 98402 82700/98416 02099. 37/C, Unnamalai Ammal Street, North Usman Road; Time: 4 p.m on Saturdays. Contact Shreesha in 2814 2928. Radha Madhav Nivas, Flat 29, Mohan Apartments, 107/ 88, New No.107, South West Boag Road; Time: 4 p.m on Saturdays. Contact Prema Bhakti in 99403 40226/98416 69010. West Mambalam F6, Ganesh Flats, No. 15, Pushpavati Ammal Street; Time: 4 p.m on Sundays. Con- tact Rama Bhakti in 2474 0988/90927 50301 By Our Staff Reporter blocks the road margin. 2A, Rangasri Aptartments, An abandoned tin shed Construction debris and gar- No.3/1, Manickam Street; present at the junction of bage are scattered in its sur- Time: 10 a.m on Sundays. Con- Sadhullah Street and Venaka- roundings. tact Jayasri Rukmini in 94442 tanarayana Road, T. Nagar, According to a nearby resi- 89883. for the past several months dent, the shed used to house an Vijayashanti Apartments, unauthorized fast food stall. Flat-A, Ground Floor, No.1, Thought it was evicted by Eswaran Koil Street; Time: 4 the authorities, the shed has still not been removed. p.m on Saturdays. Contact Sunitha in 89395 39041/42 Free eye screening Ashok Nagar program 30, Bharathiyar Colony, 1st Avenue, (near Aavin Outlet next Sunday and Ashok Pillar); Time: 5.30 th Circle Library (11 Avenue, p.m on Saturdays. Contact Ashok Nagar) will conduct free Ramya in 82200 17695/98840 eye screening on Sunday, June 31259. 23, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m in its premises. A team of doctors K. K. Nagar from Dr. Agrarwal Eye Hospi- #R2, Opposite Green Peace tal will examine the patients. Apartment,10th Sector, 65th Please register in advance Street; Time: 5 p.m on Tues- by calling 97104 59375. days. Lorry wheel gets stuck in trench The left rear wheel of a sand ferrying lorry got stuck in a trench on Usman Road, near Siva Vishnu Temple, T. Nagar, at around midnight on June 5. The wheel was freed after a 12 hour struggle. It led to traffic jam in the morning for close to 4 hours. Page 4 June 15 - 21, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES C M Y Program in 50 units collected in blood Sai bhajan K TAMIL CINEMA 75 - Ramana Bhaktha donation drive programs in Samajam T. Nagar and A LOOK BACK on Sundays Mambalam By RANDOR GUY By Our Staff Reporter Sri Sathya Sai Samiti con- TAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 56 Sri Ramana Baktha Sama- ducts Sai bhajans every week jam, West Mambalam (BVSN in the following venues in T. ‘Ashok Kumar’ too was a major success, all its songs, written Nagar and Mambalam. Moorthy School, Thambiah and tuned by Papanasam Sivam, becoming hits. Some of them T. Nagar: Road, West Mambalam) con- are ‘Satvaguna bhodhan’. ‘Bhoomiyil maanida janmam’, ‘Unnai Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. kandu mayangaadha’(This song was a dance number with ducts the following program on Chetty Road (near Panagal Bhagavathar singing and Kannamba dancing to it. She was no Sundays: Park, Vijaya Bank building): dancer and yet she underwent rigorous training in 5 p.m: Veda paarayanam Saturdays, 5 p.m. Bharathanatyam to do this scene. It was shot during one night 5.30 p.m: Ramana Maha- Ayurvedasramam, 155, G. N. Chetty Road (near Panagal by the forgotten genius of South Indian Cinema, K. Ramnoth, rishi’s Aksharamanamalai. 6 p.m: Discourse. Park): Mondays, 6 p.m. who was specially requested to shoot this scene. The melodious All are welcome. 50/38, Motilal Street (oppo- song, Bhagavathar’s rendering of it, Kannamba’s dancing, More details can be had in site Ranganathan Street): Ramnoth’s camera-work and all made the scene the highlight phone 94441 72623. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. of the film. For many years, more than many husbands sang Muthumaari Amman Tem- Special pooja is conducted this song mainly to please their not so good-looking wives! By Our Staff Reporter ple, South Boag Road: Mon- and prasadam distributed Bhagavathar’s next film ‘Sivakavi’ (1943), featuring T. R. 150 units of blood were collected from volunteers during the days, 6.30 p.m among special children at 11.30 blood donation drive conducted by Sri Dharmasastha Ayyappa Rajakumari, Serukalathur Sama and Jayalakshmi, was an- Mambalam: a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s Seva Sangam (Sampangi Street, West Mambalam) outside 12A/27, Thambiah Road, other success and musical feast. Shot in Coimbatore, the film birth star day (Punarpoosam). Kittu Park (West Mambalam) on June 9. West Mambalam: Saturdays, was initially directed by Raja Sandow but, when a misunder- 5.15 p.m. standing arose between him and the producer Coimbatore- 30 participate in group Valaikappu function Vallabha Ganapathy Tem- based S.M. Sriramulu Naidu, Raja Sandow was replaced by ple, Arya Gowda Road, West Bomman Irani with Naidu directing him! As usual, many Mambalam: Fridays, 6.30 p.m. songs, again written and tuned by Papanasam Sivan, became Murugashramam, Sriniva- hits. These memorable melodies include ‘Soppana vaazhvil’, sa Pillai Street, West Mam- ‘Kavalayai theerpadhu naattiya kalaiye, ‘Vadhaname chandra balam: Second Tuesdays, 6 p.m. bimbamo’ (one of the immortal melodies of Indian Film Music). For registration, please call Then came the magnum opus ‘Haridas’ (1944). A Rayal 94456 11333 or 94447 73926. Talkie production directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni, it was a All are welcome. folk myth tale of a sinner becoming a saint and a devotee of Lord Krishna. The film had 17 songs sung by Bhagavathar, noted Balavikas classes singing actress N.C. Vasanthakokilam as Haridas’s wife, and on Sundays T. R. Rajakumari as the vamp Rambha. While Rajakumari as By Our Staff Reporter Rambha was sensuous and seductive, the sizzling romantic Sri Sathya Sai Seva Orga- sequences were considered very bold for the day. ‘Krishna nisation (Chennai Metro Sou- Mukundha Muraare’ and ‘Annaiyum thandhaiyum’, songs by th) will conduct free Balavikas classes for children in the age Bhagavathar, became extremely popular. The song group of 5 to 14 years on Sun- ‘Manmadha leelayai’, composed in the raga Charukesi, be- days, from 10 a.m to 11 a.m, in came an an all-time hit and is a favourite of millions to this day. Om Shakti Vinayakar Temple According to Carnatic music critic Subbudu, after the success (Todhunter Nagar, Saidapet, of ‘Manmadha leelayai , many classical musicians began to near bus terminus). Child Development Project the Samudhaya Valaikaappu given gift hampers containing Interested parents may con- sing the raga in their concerts, making it immensely popular. Officer IV (Ashok Nagar Divi- Scheme of Tamilnadu Govern- colour-ful bangles, cosmetics, tact S. Rangaswamy in 98847 Many film music directors, like G. Ramanathan, also used this sion) conducted a Group Valai/ ment on May 30. flowers and fruits. raga afterwards. 20268 to register their chil- kappu (Seemantham) func- More than 30 pregnant The staff gave a talk on an- dren. Sai bhajans will be con- Bhagavathar was the richest actor during his day and lived tion at Muthumariamman women participated in the tenatal care, diet restrictions, ducted on Tuesdays from 6.30 in princely style. Yet he was a humble person with fine qualities Alangara Mandapam (L.G.G.S event. They were treated to a postnatal care and the impor- p.m to 7.30 p.m. of which many were not aware. For instance, during a concert Colony, Ashok Nagar) under sumptuous meal and were also tance of vaccination.