SUNDAY newstodaynet.com newstodaydaily ntchennai CHENNAI 8 30 DECEMBER Nayanthara making waves | NTN Bureau | h ctress Nayanthara hase scaled further heights in 2019. ARemember she endendedwa year 2017 with a blockbuster in . What followed was a couple of hits .in If 2018 she was in the a police form Aramm and KKolamaavu Kokila aikka Nodigal AArjunrjun ccompletesompletes of ImaikkaIm Nodigal g , she played a timid drug peddler Imaikka NodiNodigal . Come 2019, offi cer in mo Kolamaavu Kokila who wants to save her momw in Sy and in Telugu movie she has got a couple of women-centric Viswasam movies on hand besides sshoothoot fforor KKolaigaranolaigaran playing heroine to Ajith alongsidealo in Chiranjeevi. Re Narasimha Reddy | NT Bureau | Arjun recently completed his shooting portions in the city. ctor Arjun plays a meaty Arole in Kolaigaran. Directed ‘It is not the usual hero-villain by Andrew Louis of Leelai fame, story. It’s a city-based fl ick and ei- Vijay Antony is also in the cast. ther of them could be kolaigaran,’ Siddharth International beauty pageant- Andrew said. Arjun completed his winner Ashima Narwal forays shooting portions for the fi lm. The into Tamil cinema with this fi lm. movie is produced by B Pradeep. plans big PPartyarty ttoo rreleaseelease iinn FFebeb | NT Bureau | Recently, Siddharth ex- | NT Bureau | pressed his to wish to star here is a buzz that blblock-o in the remake of enkat Prabhu’s directorial Party is all set Tbuster Hindi film Andhadhun on his Vfor release in February. The movie stars Jai, Andhadhun will be re- microblogging page Shaam, Shiva, Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan, Regina made in Tamil and SId- and even asked his Cassandra, Nivetha Pethuraj and Sanchita Shetty dharth will play the lead fans whether the role among others. Sathyaraj plays a pivotal role. Pro- roloe in it. Directed by would suit him. Ay- duced by T Siva of Amma Creations, the fi lm has Sriram Raghavan, the ushmann Khurrana, cinematography by Rajesh Yadav and editing by KL fi lm has garnered huge who played the lead Praveen. Music is by Premgi Amaran. Actors Suriya appreciations from the in the original, has retweeted and Karthi have sung a peppy number in the movie. critics and considered oonene of and replied Siddharth saying, Venkat Prabhu will soon commence work on his next the best fi lms of the year. ‘Go for it Machaan!’. project with Simbu titled Maanadu. From costume designer to cricketer | NT BureauBurea | League. One of the conditions to be part of it is that the ac- athya NJ,NJ, thethe popular tor should have performed in costume desidesignergn in Kol- S at least seven movies. When I lywood, has won lalaurels for heard that Arunraja is mak- his performance in a key role ing his debut with Kanaa, I in Arunraja KamaKamaraj’sra Kanaa approached him and he gladly based on women ccricket.ri agreed and asked me to attend ‘I know ArunraArunrajaja Kamaraj the rehearsals. I was given a for a longtime and wwe became chance and I played the wick- friends through crcricket.ic While etkeeper in the fi lm as well,’ he was a fast bowlbowler,er I used to he said. be wicketkeeper duringd the Sathya also thanked Si- matches. My long-termlong-te dream vakarthikeyan for giving a is to play in CelebrityCelebri Cricket full-length role in Kanaa. MIND OVER MUSIC TOMORROW IN SABHAS All about divinity Krishna Gana Sabha, T Nagar (Veena) Sandeep Narayan (vocal), 4 pm Bharathanatyam by Dr Narthaki | NT Bureau | (Popular Veena Vidwans) Natraj, 7 pm his music season walk into any sabha, you Visalam Venkatachalam Tcan come across atleast one veena concert a Revathi Srinivasan The Indian Fine day. Considered a divine instrument, lets get to Srividya Chandramouli Arts Society, Mylapore know what it is all about. Karaikudi Shanthi Mahesh Brinda Manickavasagam (vocal), 4.30 pm It is a stringed instrument. It consists of a large Rajesh Vaidya Neeya Naana (play) by S L Nanu body hollowed out of a block of wood. The stem of Sujatha 7.15 pm the instrument is also made of wood. The bridge is Punya Srinivas Shreya Devnath (violin) and Sri Karthikeyan on nadaswaram placed on the fl at top of the body of the veena and rendering a concert at the annual music fete of Rasika Fine Arts Richard Wolfe Sri Parthasarathy the neck attached to the stem is usually carved into in Chennai. that pass over the Swmy Sabha weird fi gure like the head of the dragon. A gourd Neyveli Santhanagopalan frets and are which is smaller than the rounded part of (vocal), 4 pm attached the body is fi xed underneath the neck. Rajesh Vaidya (veena), 6.30 pm to the Twenty one metallic frets are fi xed on pegs the stem by means of a resinous sub- Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, of stance. The veena has seven strings. T nagar the Of them four are main strings SSrividyarividya CChandramoulihandramouli Vijaysri Vittal (vocal), 4 pm Ramakrishna Murthy neck. The other strings are used (vocal), 6.30 pm as side strings for rhythmic accom- paniment. These strings pass over The Music Academy an arched bridge made of brass. They Sumithra Vasudev lie fl at over the top of the body and are (vocal), 4 pm secured to the main bridge. The veena is Kalapini Komkali played by sitting cross-legged upon the (Hindustani vocal). 6.45 pm fl oor and holding the veena in front. The main body of the instrument is placed on The Mylapore the ground, partially supported by the Fine Ars Club right thigh. There are different varieties Sherthallai Ranganatha Sharma of veena. Some of them are Mahanataka (vocal), 4 pm veena, Saraswati veena, Rudra veena, Gayathri Venkatraghavan (vocal), Vichitra veena etc. 6.30 pm Saraswati veena is known as the queen Mudha, T nagar Young Shriya performing at the Bharat Cultural Festival in RRajeshajesh VVaidyaaidya of veenas. Mylapore. 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