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here is an infectious energy in the air as we begin2011 and it looks like big things are in store forIndia. The Brew is going from strength to strength

with its commitment to bring you the International andIndian lowdown on Film, Art & Music. We bring youone of the most ersatile actors in Hollywood on thecoer and lots more ecitement is in store for you thisedition. As for me, this year is about creating things thatI haent before, to be better than Ie been and to justlie life, because I feel somewhere amidst my ambitionsI forgot to lie life! So Im making up for it now..............How about you? Write to me and let me know what yourplans for 2011 are.............

India is where the action is. Last night I was delighted tohear Boris Johanson, Mayor of London, promote his cityat an informal dinner. Such a charismatic speaker was

he, that I once again wonder why we cannot hae moreengaging and charismatic leaders in our country.

In December alone we had isits from the Chinese PrimeMinister, the French President and his model wife, andnow the Russian President as well. Eery big brand isheaded to India, Jimmy Choo just had its annual party tocelebrate the onset of the festie season; celebration isall around us.

The inux of brands into India brings me to a questionour values systems that I nd are distorted by anecessie reliance upon money as the primary if not thesole metric for assessing the worth of eerything around

us. Be it a work of Art, a house, or een a human being.As a magazine on Art, Cinema, Cuisine & Music, weare trying to achiee that perfect balance for The Brew,where we look at the rising stars in the Arts, to celebratenot only the aluable artists and performers, but alsoto look at the world of creatiity based on the work andoutpourings of those that are going to be tomorrowsstars. At the same time we keep you updated about thegoings-ons of yesterdays heroes.

A wonderful New Year to all our readers from us atThe Brew. Theres a lot of ecitement brewing forthe magazine this year, so come and share it withus...............

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Features

10stripping itdown to the bare bones

BryaN aDaMs

- arul ross

14isaignani

Ilayaraja

22Music launch

127 Hours

36popcorn and

FrIDay NIGHTs

- pallavi nandagopal

38no Fear oF perFection

salvaDor DalI

- nisha JaMvwal

42stray and the great

INDIaN BloGoloGuEs

48to dance or not to dance...

sIlly quEsTIoN!!- riyukta Menon

cover story

28a tte tte withaNGElINa jolIE

review

18soMething big is going down!

GullIvErs TravEls- devina agarwal

24no Force is More powerFul

than the will to live

127 Hours

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PUBLISHERS NOTE

ADVISORY BOARD

Dear Readers,

Welcome to 2011! On behalf of the entire team, here at The Brew, I wouldlike to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year!

As we look back at the year gone by, its only natural to think of all the goodtimes wee had. 2010 will always be special for The Brew because it was

the year of our birth and each article we printed holds a special place in ourhearts. Now, as we welcome a brand new decade, we bring you eclusieswith one of the most sensous and talented actresses on the planet and alsoone of the greatest soft rock acts of the 80s and 90s! And, to top things offwe dele into the mind of one of the most etraordinary painters to grace acanas.

A New Year, new beginnings and endless possibilities; read on to get therst exclusive glances of 2011!

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It has always been a peculiarity ofthe showbiz industry to treat itsformer idols harshly. Such hasbeen the case with Bryan Adams,the Canadian soft rock sensation

of the eighties and nineties. It has notbeen a rosy path for the singer whoserecent recorded musical outings priorto his latest album had not broughthim much success, partly owing to

online piracy. Indeed his professionalendeaours leading up to this albumhad been relegated to the iPods of onlyhis most loyal followers from preiousgenerations as many ne listeners haeturned to new aenues for their softrock x. Adams however has beenery actie touring and performing

unplugged ersions of his songs.

His new album Bare Bones hasrejuenated the interest of his old fanfollowing and has een brought hima new young audience in the twilightof his career. The album featuring 20tracks is an acoustic lie album whichconsists of a staple offering of oldclassics like Here I am and Summerof 69 and also has other less heard

of songs, in a bid to popularise thesetracks. The singer has epressed hispleasure in receiing positie feedbackfor the newer tracks in recentinteriews. This album is essentially astripped down offering where manyold tracks hae been gien an acousticspin.

Bare Bones showcases the oice of amaestro that still retains its timbre.The tracks on the album are, as can beepected from a stripped down album,mellow and soothing. Buying analbum would be money well inestedfor fans of all persuasions. It really isquite a treat on the ears from a purelymusical point of iew, as its almost asif his songs were meant to be playedacoustically at some point. They trulylend themseles faourably to this type

of rendition.The album starts out with the songYoue Been a Friend to Me whichis quite touching, given the context.Adams epresses his gratitude to thefans who supported him throughout alifetime of musical achieements asin this business more than any other itis the fans who drie your success. Itthen moves on to the equally touchingbut more commercial Here I am.From there, on it moes through aprogression of fast and slow numbers.

The song selection really takes offtowards the middle with the cultclassic Summer of 69 and moesthrough well known numbers likeHeaen and Cloud number ninewhile culminating in the famous Allfor loe.

Listening to the album you cannot help

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but feel the nostalgia of the nineties,proided you were around back then!Songs which once blared oer theradio and popped up on MTV every ve

minutes, now nd themselves maybestripped of their former glory butdenitely not of their innate class. Whoamongst us can listen to a track likeThe way you make me feel and notsing along without een realising thatyou are or not be moed by the sultryocals on Its only loe.

Eery generation has an artist theyall go back to when they want to feel

good and need uplifting. Sadly, thisgeneration only has two bit rappersand tweeny boppers. Howeer,back in the day, Bryan Adams was

that artist. His soulful melodic rocksound coupled with insightful lyricscut straight to the heart. Memoriesattached to these songs ood backwhile listening to this album.

Bare Bones is truly for the fans as apoll was taken on twitter to decidewhich tracks were to be put on thealbum. The tracks which solicitedthe most otes from the fans were

included in the album, so it is no bigsurprise to see all the major hitson the album. Indeed Bare Bonesitself came about in response to fans

requesting a CD of the songs theydjust heard stripped down raw unplugged the way they had

originally been created. The resultingCD is a window into the sold-outhighly acclaimed tour that Bryan hasinterspersed with full band stadiumdates oer the past few years.

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achieements read like a shortnoel and the Canadian artist has nodearth of awards to his name. TheGrammy and Juno award-winning

singer-songwriter has spent thelast three decades making musichistory. He has sold more than 65million albums worldwide, toured sicontinents, garnered 21 top 10 hits,earned nominations for three AcademyAwards and ve Golden Globes,receied 18 Juno Awards, an AmericanMusic Award, and ve ASCAP Filmand Teleision Music Awards forMost Performed Song from a Motion

Picture (his music has appeared onmore than 40 moie soundtracks).But with all this, in all his encounterswith the public and his doting fans

he has been the picture of humilityand taken his massie success in hisstride. This humility is reected in hisperformances and his insightful lyricswhich are again on display in BareBones.

They say one mellows with age andthis seems to be the case with BareBones. Howeer one should notmistake this for a lack of itality as

Adams infuses each song with thesame energy that he did back in theday. What we do get anew here is asense of gratitude as he sings his

songs at a more pondering pace. Onecould look at Bare Bones

In two ways, either as the curtaincall on an illustrious career or as anew beginning for an ageing but stillimmensely potent rock idol. Whateeryour persuasions, this album is a musthae for fans of the rock legend andmusic loers from the nineties andeighties alike.



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orn and brought up inan obscure illage nearKambam in SouthernTamil Nadu, Ilayarajabecame the rst

Asian to score a symphony for theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra,besides scoring oer 500 featurelms in a period of 20 years. Raja,as he is popularly known andaffectionately called, comes froma family of musicians. His mother,a huge repository of Tamil folksongs, seems to be a ery stronginuence in his music. He learnedto play the harmonium, the typical

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musical instrument used in street

performancesIn 1969, Raja migrated to the city ofMadras, the Southern Moie capital,when he was 29 years old, lookingfor a break into music making forthe public. He studied under DhanrajMaster, playing the guitar and piano inthe Western style. He later earned adiploma in music from Trinity Collegein London. Ilayarajas break into musicfor lms came with Annakili (1976).The lm dealt with a village story,to which Ilayaraja composed great

melodies. The songs offered simplicityand musicality typical of Tamil folk inan authentic way, and they offered newsounds--rich orchestration typical ofWestern music. The songs becamean instant hit, the most popular beingMachchana Partheengala sung bya female oice, S. Janaki. This wasfollowed by a series of lms thatportrayed contemporary Tamil illagesin an authentic way, against stylisticshallow portrayals before. For all ofthese lms Raja created memorable

songs.Raja went for a trip abroad to Europe,partly to isit places where WolfgangAmadeus Mozart, Johann SebastianBach, and Ludwig an Beethoenlied. They were his Manasika Gurusor non-physical teachers, he wroteonce. His listeners were awestruck bythe quality and quantity of his musicaloutput. Ilayaraja also recorded non-

lm albums, such as How to Name Itand Nothing But Wind, which werewell-receied in India and abroad.To many people who know him, Rajarepresents more than his music. Heis a mark of great achieement that ispossible by hard work, yet he is seen inmost of his interiews as talking ery

philosophically.Raja soon proed his abilities in otherstyles as well. classical Karnaticmelodies were used in Kannan Oru KaiKuzhandhai (1978) (Rag Mohanam),Mayile Mayile (Ragam Hamsadhwani),and Chinna Kannan Azhaikiran (ReethiGowlai). Rajas grasp of Westernclassical structure became eidentwith his masterful use of the piano,guitar, and string ensembles. Some ofthe numbers that show his orchestralgenius are Pon malai Pozhudu and

Poongadhae from Nizhalgal (1980),Kanmaniye Kadhal from AarilirindhuAruvathu Varai (1979), RamaninMohanam from Netri Kann (1981).These songs could literally be heardcoming from eery doorstep in TamilNadu state eery day for at least a yearafter being released. Raja composedlm music prolically for the nextfteen years, at a rate of as many asthree new songs a day.



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Imust confess, I hae neer readany ersion - be it unabridgedor a kiddie ersion, of JonathanSwifts Gulliers Traels. Myrst introduction to Gulliver and

the Lilliputians came from listeningto different ersions of the storythat people around me had to offer.So honestly, I knew I had nothing tocompare the moie with and had goneto the theatre with an open mind.

With that said, haing Jack Blackplaying the self-gloried hero of theyarn sounded like a lot of fun. Onpaper, at least...

For those who hae not read theoriginal classic, heres the gist:Lemuel Gullier tells his story ofglobe-trotting and the breath-takingcountries he isited while traelling.His traels took place in the early

1700s when England was discoveringand claiming lands around the world.The unabridged ersion holds a lot ofamusement for any politically sayadult. Also, Swifts strong criticism ofthe modern society is an importantfacet in the story.

Now in this lm set in our time,Lemuel is a lowly mail room guyworking at a newspaper for oer 10years and does not hae any dreams or

any ambition of sorts to do more withhis life. The Guitar Hero junkie andStar Wars fan-boy, seems obliiouslycontent with his lifestyle despite beingstuck in a dead-end job.

When reality starts catching up withhim, he subsequently starts messingup. From neer haing the courage toface an ofce ame, Darcy Silverman(Amanda Peet) to nally working for

her, the story seems a bit too clichdfor my liking.

He is gien an assignment to writeabout the Bermuda Triangle and thearious mysteries behind the place andthus begin his adentures. He ends upin the land of the Lilliputs where hemeets Horatio; (Jason Segal) and callshim his only best friend. The sub-plot here is that Horatio a commonerhas been punished for falling in loe

with the Kings daughter PrincessMary (Emily Blunt).

General Edward (Chris ODowd) who,when he isnt wooing Princess Mary,is trying to nd ways to discredit TheBeast. All attempts at sarcasm andcomedy fell at on me.

It is here that Lemuel Gullier startsenjoying the taste of being a hero,when the Lilliputians shower the

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towering man with loe and respect.Gullier goes to proe his alour andstrength by sering the Lilliput armyin his own special way, only to createmore political complications for theLilliputians and the Blefuscians. He

Gullierises and modernises theentire Lilliputian Kingdom. This isreally bizarre as it completely drawsaway from the original plot of thebook, which is the criticism of modernsociety.

The lm seems undeniably rushedand so much like a ideo game, thatI kind of lost any sort of emotionalconnect with it. Also, the ending iskind of predictable and at the sametime, quite unbelievable. Moreover,this supposed childrens lm takes too

many liberties with the idea of what afamily lm should be.

I respect the intentions of RobLetterman and the writers NicholasStoller and Joe Stillman but honestlyso much more could hae been donewith such a strong cast line. Thereis no denitive adaptation of Swiftsclassic noel, but, Jack Blacksredundant and inappropriate-to-the-character performance, lets all hisfans down. The lm aims low and failsto meet its potential at eery turn.

This is classic Jack Black turf, in whichhe prances around comfortably andhas nothing that would challenge theboundaries of his histrionics. Quiteoften, you really couldnt care less forwhats happening on screen and moreoften than once I found myself beingthe only person laughing in the hall,only because I am easily amused.

With a weak adaptation of the originalstory, a poorly eploited cast, one canonly look at the technical aspects of

the moie for posities. For instance,the moie isnt a complete loss sincethe special effects are ecellentand the Japanese-inspired robotthat Gulliver ghts is also worthmentioning. Also, whateer you do,dont miss the opening credits. Its aiew of Manhattan from a Lilliputiansperspectie!



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127 HOUrS, anothergripping tale, this time based ona true story, by Danny Boyle, ofSlumdog Millionaire fame, of howthe human will to surie andoercome, especially while facinggreat adersity, is one of the most

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Academy award winning directorDaniel Boyle follows up hisBest Picture recipient, Slumdog

Millionaire, with 127 Hours, anotherstellar movie about nding hope in aseemingly hopeless situation. Basedon the book, Between a Rock anda Hard Place, by Aron Ralston, 127

Hours recounts the tribulations ofmountain climber Aron Ralston, playedby Hollywoods James Franco, in asure to be Oscar-nominated tour-de-force. The gripping and thrill-a-minuteaccount of how a stranded mountainclimber manages to see through themost harrowing eperiences anyonewould hae to endure, in an attempt tosurie.

Ralston falls 65 feet down into anisolated, narrow canyon, his rightarm pinned by a fallen boulder. He is

trapped. Try as he might, this athletic,eperienced outdoorsman cannotbudge the rock and must utilise all hisskills and eperience and what littleresources he has to sae himself. Butafter ve days of being trapped thereand edging closer towards death, Aronis faced with doing the unthinkable ifhes going to escape his hellish ordeal.

In adapting Ralstons memoir, DanielBoyle and his co-screenwriter SimonBeaufoy, who was also part of theteam of Academy Award winningSlumdog Millionaire, hae takenwhat could hae been the man s.nature equivalent of a survival guide,

and transformed it into a isceral,ehilarating drama about hope, lifeand the need to belong to somethinggreater than ones self. As Aron growsincreasingly delirious in his daystrapped in the canyon, he ashes backto the mistakes hes made and dreamsof the life he could lead.

These sequences include ashes ofhis family, of eperiences with his dad,played by Treat Williams, his mom,played by Kate Burton and his sister,Lizzy Caplanas and a beautiful e-

girlfriend Rana, depicted on screenby Clemence Poesy, of preious HarryPotter and In Bruges fame. It is her

chilling parting words that haunt histhoughts. Aron also thinks of the lastpeople he encountered just beforehis plight began - two young women,Megan and Kristi, played by AmberTamblyn and Kate Mara, whom heshared a playful afternoon with.

Torture, depression, panic, regretsand despair soon gie way to hope andresole as Aron realizes the one wayby which he can escape and lead thefuller, richer life hes enisioned oerthe last 127 hours.

The lm makes it clear that it wouldhae been easy for Aron to hae gienup, but he ultimately chooses life,and the hard choices that come withit, oer death. Many already knowthe outcome of Ralstons story, whathe had to do in order to escape, butfor those who dont I wont botherspoiling it for you, sufce to say thatthe scene while brutal is not eactly asgruesome as something youd see in aSaw moie.

This gripping thriller is wonderfullypunctuated by A.R Rahmanswondrous soundtrack. ARR whorejoins Danny Boyle after winninga multitude of awards for SlumdogMillionaire deliers yet anotherstunner. Apparently, his marellousmusical score in the ick 127 Hours,directed by Danny Boyle, has fetchedhim a nomination in the Best OriginalScore category at the upcoming



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Oscars. If I Rise, the popular songin which Rahman was assisted bypop star Dido, has created wondersand receied wide spread acclaimworldwide.

Under the same category, Rahmanwill be seen competing with AleandreDesplat for The Kings Speech, DannyElfman for Alice in Wonderland,Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for TheSocial Network and Hans Zimmer forInception.

The 44 year old composer won his rstGolden Globe Award last year in thesame category for his ecellent musicin Slumdog Millionaire. He also wontwo Academy Awards for his score inthe same moie.

We hae come across a number ofconcept lms in the past, where

the vast majority of the lm is shotin one place or the focus remainingon one indiidual. Easily coming tomind would be Joel SchumachersPhonebooth, starring Colin Farrell, aswell as Stuart Hazeldines Eam.

What is remarkable about Boylesfashioning of the lm is that hesdesigned it as a ery trippy thriller,employing a multitude of techniquesand two different cinematographers tocreate different looks throughout themoie. All this, howeer would hae

all been for naught without a solidactor in the central role. Playing whatamounts to a one-man show, Francois a reelation here. An incredibleperformance in an incrediblycomple role, he is alternately goofy,ulnerable, cocky, brae and poignant.The role was obiously not just aphysically gruelling challenge for him,but an emotional one as well, gienthat hes alone on screen for nearlythe entire movie. All in all, 127 Hoursis one of the years most powerful and

moving lms.127 Hours is the kind of movie youabsolutely must see once and then,battered and broken by enduringRalstons gruesome predicamentwith him, youll neer want to seeagain. Danny Boyle has done it again,showcasing the sheer power of thehuman spirit.

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WE CATCH UP WITH ANGELINA JOLIEIN vENICE, ITALY; THE SET OF HERUPCOMING AND MUCH AWAITEDMOvIE THE TOURIST ALONGSIDE THETALENTED JOHNNY DEPP. RELAxED,COMPOSED AND SPORTING THATWELL KNOWN MISCHIEvOUS SMILEALONG WITH HER WITTY TONGUE, MS.

JOLIE HAD A POP AT A vARIETY OFQUESTIONS RANGING FROM THE MOvIETO BRAD TO HER KIDS AND EvEN ALITTLE BIT OF WORLD POLITICS. SO,READ ON AND GET UP CLOSE ANDPERSONAL WITH ANGELINA JOLIE!


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So what made you decide to act inThe Tourist?

I was looking for a ery short thingto do before Brad started lming[Moneyball]. And I said I neededsomething that shoots not too long,in a nice location for my family.

Somebody said theres a script thatsbeen around, and it shoots in veniceand Paris. And I said, Is it a characterI haent played before? And they said,Yes, its a lady!

You always seem to take on strongfemale roles in your movies. Why isthat so?

I was feeding the babiesviienneand Knowhile I was reading thescript of Salt, and I was feeling eryround and loely and Mommy-like,

as Id been liing in a nightgown fora ery, ery long time. So part of thereason I did it was to get back in shape.Practicing the stunts is where you getyour strength back. I felt it was a weirdthing that eery time you ask for astrong female role, its written in thisstrange way where it uses seualityfar too much. Or its all about being awoman and beating a man. So it wasnta surprise to me that the only way todo a strong female role properly wasto not hae originally written it for a

woman.Which is the best movie you haveacted in?

A Mighty Heart. Possibly becauseI loed Mariane [Pearl], and Bradproduced it, and I think it was awell-done lm about something thatmatters.

The word on the street is that blackis your favorite colour. Is that true?

As Bradll tellyouand my kidsapparently Mommyonly wears black. Its utilitarian, itspractical. I like to get up so eery pairof pants goes with eery top; eerydress goes with eery shoe. Ie a erytiny closet. Brads always laughing

at me. Some days, yes, I hae thenightgown that looks like a dress thatI can sleep in and pick the kids up atschool. And maybe take a meeting if Iswitch into heels.

With your busy schedules, how doyou manage to take care of yournot-so-small family?

We take turns working. One of us is

always at home with the kidsalways.Taking them out to things and beingthere with them and bringing them toschool or to the set to isit Mommy orDaddy. But at home from February toMay this year was a illa on the GrandCanal. Daddy was child-wrangling inVenice while I was lming The Tourist.The kids loed it, and I am fabulouslylucky to hae been able to work while

liing in the history of this gorgeouscountry.

Tell us about your kids!

Mads a real intellectual, which I cantake no credit for genetically. Hesgreat at school, great at history. Hefeels like he could be a writer or traelthe world and learn about places andthings. Zaharas got an etraordinary

oice and is just so elegant and wellspoken. Shilohs hysterically funny,one of the gooest, most playfulpeople youll eer meet. Kno and viare classic boy and girl. Shes reallyfemale. And hes really a little dude. Goofy and erbal, the earlysigns of a performer. I used to get


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dressed up in costumes and jumparound. But at some point, I got closedoff, darker. I dont remember anythinghappening. I think you just get hit withthe realities of certain things in life,think too much, start to realise theworld isnt as you wished it would be,so you deepen. Then, as I had kids andgot olderbeing goofy, lighterit allcame back.

Did you always want a big family?

I dont know!I didnt hae all my children. I onlyplanned for two! . To each his own. Its one ofthose things. How you build yourfamilyyou hae to know what yourecapable of handling and how yourchildren will relate to each other.

Maybe if you hae one child and thatchild has a lot of needs, you realise youcannot gie more attention to another.Sometimes you just know as aparent. We felt we could handle morechildren, and we hae a ery happy,ery full home.

So apart from your large family, doyou have pets at home?

Well, someone found a lizard in thehouse yesterday!! And a couple ofdays back. And Im sure theresgoing to be some comment about this,which fortunately I will not read, Shilohfound a dead bird, so she came in andsaid, Can I hae a dead pet? And Im. . . Uh-uh, I dont think its healthy,honey. I think they hae to put him

in a box, and I had to run out to nd,like, a taidermy bird. I just worked itout for her. No. But I gured that Icouldnt keep the actual dead birdfrom the yard, so I swayed her towardone that had been cleaned, at least!We also have a bulldog called Jacques,who lies in our house in France.

Weve heard that you have foundan ingenious way to maintainconsistency in your kids education?

Wee enrolled all the school-agechildren at the Lyce Franais, wheremuch of the curriculum is in French.This fall, while I was in Hungarylming my Bosnian movie, Maddox,Pa, Zahara, and Shiloh trotted off toschool at Budapests Lyce Franais,


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N, Im nt pegnnt. Wee nt ppedt it. Bt we wnt t mke e we cn gie

eebd peci time."


picking up eactly where they leftoff at the Lyce in L.A. How smart isthat? We can make moies in Athens,Bangkok, Caracas, or Dsseldorf (andthats only A to D) while our kids get onwith their lessons normally becausethe instruction is the same the worldoer.

Do you get time to cook for your

kids?Sometimes. Im not the best cook.Pa is a better cook than me. Palikes to cook. But I try to when I can.Any house that were in, we all chipin. But the kids are ery sweet . . . soenthusiastic anytime I cook. EspeciallyMaddo; hes just this little man thatsery supportie of meits like hesraised me a bit. So I cooked them allbreakfast before school this morning,and he has that kind of Thanks, Mom!Good job look about him!

Weve been hearing rumours thatyou are pregnant again? Are theytrue?

No, Im not pregnant. Were notopposed to it. But we want to makesure we can gie eerybody specialtime. Theyre kids now, and can playtogether, but theyre going to need alot more talking in the middle of the

night, like I did with my mom for hours.We want to make sure we dont builda family so big that we dont haeabsolutely enough time to raise themeach really well.

Jumping a little off topic, youwere appointed UNHCR Goodwill

Ambassador in 2001. What is yourtake on the situation in Pakistanand Afghanistan?

The country with the highest numberof refugees in the world is Pakistan. I tell her Pakistan isa hard country to raise money for:Zardaris goernment seems prettyunloable. She becomes slightlyheated: The president is not thepeople! If you are concerned aboutsecurity in the world, the last thing youwant to do is not gie your support toPakistan and Afghanistan, becausethats the most dangerous thing.Thats the least intelligent thing, as faras Im concerned, to do.

So whats Brad been up to in

Venice, while youve been shooting?

He sculpts and designs. He makesfurniture, sculpts things related tohouses. Traditional male. I keep tellingBrad he owes me. Hes had a fewmonths off in one of the most beautifulcities in the world with the children.And hes such an artist and goes to thestone yards and the art ehibits, and

loes being in such a cultural place.

Venice is such a romantic city! Canwe expect wedding bells for youand Brad, anytime soon!?

Were not againstgetting married, but its just like wealready are. Children are clearly acommitment, a bigger commitment[than marriage]. Its for life.

Brad gets a lot of female fanattention. How do you react to

that?Well, hes a handsome man. Yes! Ithink hes etremely sey! But, when Ithink about him, I just think of the manwhos such a great friend and suchan etraordinary father. And thatswhen I fall, you know, when I hae mymoments of gettingwhoarr!caughtup in how much I loe him... its usuallywhen I see him with the children.


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Would you consider co- starringwith Brad again?

Id loe to. Wee talked about it.Wed have to gure out whos goingto watch the kids, but its really aboutnding the right thing, because wevelooked. When youre a couple, thereare certain things people dont want tosee you do. It becomes too indulgent,too personal. I dont think people want

to see people who are really togetherintimate on-screen. Maybe we haeto play bad guys that try to kill eachother, so its just fun and aggressie,not dealing with some man-womandeal..

Ive heard whispers of a Mr. & Mrs.Smith sequel! Any truth there?

People hae tried. And its strange:

do we hae kids in the moie? Weethought about that, but it becomespersonal now that we actually haekids. And if we work on it, we pull fromour own life, which is funny to us, butyou feel strange sharing too much.We did ask somebody to look intoMr. & Mrs. to see if they could crack

a sequel, but there wasnt anythingoriginal. It was just, well, theyre goingto get married, or theye got kids, orthey get separated. Neer great.

How long will audiences be able toenjoy Angelina Jolie- The actor?

Its not the most important thing inmy life. Acting helped me as I wasgrowing up. It helped me learn aboutmyself, helped me trael, helped meunderstand life; epress myself, allthose wonderful things. So Im ery,

ery grateful, its a fun job. Its aluury. Look, Im at work today in themiddle of venice. But I dont think Illdo it much longer. Because I hae ahappy home.I got back from worklast night, and eerybody was playingmusic and dancing and I suddenlyfound myself dancing around with abunch of little fun crazy people.


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Cholamandal Artistsvillage was establishedin 1966 as the largestartists commune inIndia and also the only

artists illage established by theartists. Cholamandal is located atInjambakkam, nine km from Adyarin Chennai. It was founded by K.C.SPaniker, who enisaged and fosteredthis new moement in Indian art

called the Madras Moement (1950s-80s), which brought modernism toart in south India. Art of the MadrasMoement was characterizedpredominantly by the use of theline, ubiquitous of Indian tradition.Inspiration came from script,formulae, and ritual images such assnake forms, lingams, inscriptions,kolam designs, etc.

About 38 artists from the GoernmentCollege of Arts & Crafts, under theguidance of Paniker, formed the

Artists Handicrafts Association (AHA)in1963 and bought 10 acres of landin 1966 from the proceeds of theirgroup craft ehibition (batik). Eachartist bought himself a piece of landout of the 10 acres and became amember of the community. TheMadras sculptors based their work onthe line, developed a frontal qualityand emphasized craft. For a long

time, especially in the initial years,the community used the art meetscraft approach where artists madehandicrafts for a liing een as theypursued their art. Here the artistsengaged in part-time craft work thatyielded enough income for them topursue serious art and realize theirpotential as artists. Through aantgarde wood/leather work, ceramicsand batik that found a good market,

they een familiarized the buyers tomodern art. By the 1970s, the villagebecame self-sufcient and grew intoone of the most important meetingplaces for international artists in India.Today it remains one of the few artist-driven movements in India. Uniquein character, concept and contet,Cholamandal has been an eample incooperatie enterprise and communityliing.

Oer the last three years, the artistsraised money from the priate sector

to found a museum within the illageto house a permanent collection of artworks representatie of the MadrasMoement. Thus the CholamandalCentre for Contemporary Art(CCCA) was opened at the illagein February 2009. The Centreconsists of a museum displayingworks of all prominent artists of theMadras Moement, a gallery for the

Cholamandal artists, two commercialgalleries (the Laburnum & IndigoGalleries), a craft shop, guest housesand Shiraz art caf.

The transformation saw Cholamandaleole from being merely a communityof self-employed contemporaryIndian artists to a dynamic centredisseminating art awareness,awareness about a particular artmoement in India, awareness about

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modern art and art education among

the public as well as cross culturalinteraction through its Museum andforums for interaction. It is the senseof community that has helped sustainthe illage oer 40 years .Cholamandalhas eoled into a resourceful centrefor disseminating knowledge on artand culture.

The Friday Moie Club @ Cholamandalstarted in August 2010, with

screenings from the Art 21 series.

Other shows featured artists FrancisBacon, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirstand architects Zaha Hadid and FrankGehry.

Twice a month on Fridays there arescreenings coering a spectrum of artrelated moies - documentaries aswell as feature lms.

Cholamandal welcomes artenthusiasts to come and enjoy the

show in this unique ambience soaked

in art and stay on for liely discussionsand debates later. Entry is free andopen to all, seating is on a rst come-rst served basis.

Eery screening is ineitably followedby animated debates among theaudience.

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No Fear oF

PerFectioNSalvador daliEvERY MORNING, WHEN I WAKE UP, I

ExPERIENCE AN ExQUISITE JOYTHE JOYOF BEING SALvADOR DALIAND I ASK

MYSELF IN RAPTURE, WHAT WONDERFULTHINGS THIS SALvADOR DALI IS GOING TO

ACCOMPLISH TODAY?

SALvADOR FELIPE JACINTO DALI

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At this moment as I amcreating something new inmy life, the words of one ofmy faorite artists come tomind, that amboyant artist

who used bizarre dream imagery to

create unforgettable landscapes of hisown inner world. And what could bringDali and his disquieting interpretationof fantastical imagery to the forefrontof my mind? Certainly his madness,but also his meticulously renderedcanases with double or tripleentendre!

I am thinking today of all the refractedhumour of Dalis early paintings, thatdepict dream imagery and eerydayobjects in unepected forms.

Some memorable episodes in Dalis

life, that stay with me, were his refusalto take his nal examination, sayinghe knew more than the professor,leading to his epulsion from theSan Fernando Academy of Fine Arts.Another turning point was his rst

meeting with muse Gala Eluard,when she visited Cadaques with herhusband, French poet Paul Eluard.Ironically she became Dalis loerand inspiration, leading to his rstone-man show in Paris, at GoemansGallery. They married in a ciilceremony and she constantly adisedhim on how to interact with the artcommunity, especially while they werein America.

Dali painted, sculpted, photographed,designed perfumes and jewelry. I

think of him when I am introducedand people ask me what is it eactlythat I do? Am I an Interior Architector Designer or Host or Writer or ArtCurator? His scripts caused scandaland the League of Patriots rioted in

protest, destroying many surrealistworks.

He interacted with Picasso, HarpoMar, Miro, Luis Bunuel. He designeddresses and hats for Elsa Schiaparelli,drew portraits of Sigmund Freud.He worked with Walt Disney on ananimated lm project (Destino),designed dream sequences for AlfredHitchcocks moie, Spellbound; andillustrated Macbeth and Don Quiote.He did scenarios, costumes andsets for Bacchanale; and designed



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productions by Peter Brook andLucino visconti. He created a seriesof jewels for Carlos Alemany. As hesaid, At the age of si, I wanted tobe a cook. At seen, I wanted to beNapoleon. And my ambition has beengrowing steadily eer since.

And his kaleidoscopic life waspeppered with intriguing artsituations. Like the famousphotograph taken a short while before

his demise, in 1989, where vanityFairs Helmut Newton photographedhim in a satin gown. He wears theGrad Cross of Isabella the Catholicand displays the tube in his nose,through which hed been fed, dueto a psychological problem withswallowing.



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Using social media and

blog posts for the sake ofTRP rate by media is not anew tale. But what StrayFactory attempted and

eecuted recently was not the same.Stray Factory along with Indiblogger,brought in a unique collaborativeenture, The Great IndianBlogologues. As the name suggests,this was purely based on blog content.

A series of standalone blogs were

selected and adapted to form a play.Initially, 30 Chennai bloggers wereshortlisted from an oerwhelmingresponse of 1012 posts. This waspurely for Chennai bloggers. At theend of the selection process, volume01 of the Chennai Chapter had 15posts and a nal adaptation titledYours Digitally Madras.

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As part of the initiatie, 9 Chennaibloggers hae collaborated withlocal directors and actors. All ofthese blogs were in some or theother way very unique to Chennai.The posts aried from Flash Fiction

to cloning to a satire take on CurrentAffairs. Stray Factory chose a arietyof tools to showcase the content likeMime, Hip Hop, Projection and Lievideo making it a truly collaboratiemultimedia performance.

The nal adaptation Yours DigitallyMadras had 3 short plays Judy ndsThe One, vigilante vs vigilante &Confessions of a scattered a mind.

J f t o d M rj

This was a Black Comedy that takes aneaggerated and unrealistic look intohow a girls attempt to nd The Oneleading her into a blind date with abumbling terrorist. The play eaminesthe stereotypes that surround loeand matrimony in the city.

The act started off with Judybehind a picture frame rantingabout being a blogger andpolluting cyberspace and peppersher discourse with strategicpauses after particularly witty

quips, anticipating laughter fromthe audience.

What ensued was a mi of Letterto The One and The F Factor.

This was a lengthy monologue byAiswarya Mahesh who simply walksup and down the stage and deliersa lengthy monologue that had atrace of the Megalomaniac BloggerSyndrome. Then Mathianan took tothe stage and played the piece WhyNot Be a Terrorist. Mathianan gae aperformance that was soulful, spirited,and the audience was enthralled.

And that pretty much set the tonefor the rest of the act. Net post15 Reasons Why I Want to Marry a

Female Blogger was relegated to justa brief conersation.

v v v d h bm

A Science Fiction piece that tells thetale of a blundering idiot who ends upin a position of compromise with allthe wrong people. His tale takes himto loan sharks, banks, churches and

police stations all oer the city and hisfortunes rest on the incredulity of alocal cop, in his last shift for the day.

To be simple, this act was pwned byInspector Sathya. His one-liners keptthe crowd in splits throughout the act.The cru of the act was based on thereally short Transference. It was apretty somber, murder and all, butliely neertheless. This act had lots ofcolorful characters: the pretty youngscientists held captie, one of themhyperentilating badly; the eil loan

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shark woman who swore like a sailorand quoted Shakespeare in the samebreath; and of course, the InspectorSathya, of the Ray Bans and the TamilSuperstar poise.

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A Pseudo-musical about a scientist

who hypothesizes that Chennais trafcis akin to a jar of Beans. His subjectsinclude a Megalomaniac businessman, 3 fake Godmen and an awkwardloe-struck teenager. The highlightof the play is Chennais trafc scenerecreated in Mime.

It started with the Bean Jar Analogy.Besides the humor, a mime troupewas brought in, to mimic trafc, andthe Bean Jar Analogy burst into a full-blown musical!

Among the plays in thethird act, Tweet You!stood out: it was the onlyblog in the bunch that wassatirical and commentedon current affairs. Thestage adaptation ofA Truth Strangerthan Fiction wasway better than theblog, all credit tothe artistes and thedirector.

And to wind up, therewas a Tamil skit. The showput on by Amzad Khan,RJ Ma Ka Pa Anand andespecially Sharaan Raghaanrocked the stage with MallikaSharawath polle oru pambu

volume 01 of the ChennaiChapter was based on Material byChennai Writers Giri vijayakumar,

Charan, Judy Balan, S.PradeepKumar, Teenu Terrance, AnuraagSeshadri, Athisha , vinay Menon andZaid Mohd and directed by HariherBalasubramanian, MathiananRajendran and Raji Rajaram.

The stage adaptation included specialperformances by The Mactrics (MimePerformers) and Hip HopTamizha.

This was auniqueattemptby StrayFactorywhichwaswell

eecuted too. They braely strayed intothe uneplored and the unheard offdomains and no doubt are en-route arm path towards fame, achievementsand accolades from a growingaudience.

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Ariels Dorfmans eplosiely proocatie and tongue-in-cheekplay Death and the Maiden is ecellent to read while drinkingyour coffee or while driing to a meeting or then for actualdissection for a literature eam. Dorfmans thriller confrontsa litany of moral conundrums regarding crime, reenge, guilt

and punishment. Set in a country that has only recently wonits democracy, this play reoles primarily on the prealenceof brutal, animalistic crimes committed in the country andthe justice meted out to the ictims, which was for merenamesake. All that justice encompassed was the appointment ofa commission that inestigated the crimes of the old regime, butwas neer allowed to reeal the names, rendering it powerless tobring about concrete results.

A woman called Paulina is kidnapped and consequently rapedbecause she refuses to gie out the name of the person headingthe Inestigation Commission. Intensely described with eerycruel gross detail deled into, it makes ones hair stand on end.After 15 years of trauma, Paulina nally chances on Dr. Miranda,

the perpetrator of the crime, the man who raped and torturedher as she lied blindfolded in a military detention centre. Now isthe time to get reenge and she wants her justice, be it throughpulling the trigger or through any other means. Sympathy is nota quotient Paulina Salas is going to consider while seeking outher justice, and she knows that she is going to make his eistenceseem like a curse to him. But bad is how bad?

Intense and compelling, this book is emotionally charged anddoes not allow one to put it down until the 68 pages of thrill arecompleted. In this short read, Dorfman successfully captures

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the attention of his readers with hisiid and intricate detailing, withoutdwelling too much on pulling theplay too long. The play is short andfast-paced with not one dull moment,

adding to the charisma of Death andthe Maiden. This material of crimeand justice is etremely well-seredby Dorfman who knows perfectlyhow to instil a subtle, claustrophobicsense of dread in an audience puttogether in a rather elegant pot-boiler.Dorfman certainly gets the maimumoltage and precision out of his storyand characters, keeping his readerspreternaturally alert to shifting powerrelationships and delayed reelations.

Death and the Maiden is at once

caustic and sincere, tantalizing andsatisfying, thrilling and pacifying. Astellar play, Death and the Maidenis a quick-read which leaves one inthought for hours about the plotline.Chilling and thought-prooking, thisplay is crafted for the intelligentand discerning reader who can lookbeyond the elegant, yet unobtrusiedance of words and gauge the depth

and releance of crime in our world.

Relentlessly paced and lled withlethal surprises, this play is marked

with emotional hair-triggers of se,terror and reenge, but scarier andricher, with queasy psychosexualundertones. Also made into a majormotion picture by the famous director,Roman Polanski and starring BenKingsley, Sigourney Weaer and StuartWilson, this play is also the winner ofthe Oliier Award for Best Play of theLondon Season.

A sadomasochistic crime story thatlocks torturer and ictim together in achillingly intimate spiritual embrace,

the play cannot be fully appreciateduntil one picks up this thin read andactually eperiences the hair tingling,the pathos and the anger coursingthrough ones veins. An inquest intothe darker side of humanity, Deathand the Maiden is an entirely differenteperience in itself.



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There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing isone of them, said the famous writer vicki Baum. Hecouldnt hae been farther from the truth, for dancingalways eleates ones mood and it brings joy not only tothe performer but also to the audience.

Different people iew dancing differently for some itis an epression of feelings, while for others it is a wayof communication or een social interaction. But more

commonly, it is an art form inoling graceful bodymoements.

Dancing oer the years has spawned many styles,from the early classical forms such as Ballet andBharatanatyam to the more popular Ballroom,Jazz, Latin American and the more recent Hip-Hop,Contemporary and Freestyle.

Ballroom and Latin styles of dancing are becomingery popular now, een in India. Ballroom is a moreformal style of dance and this is where it differs fromLatin that is more fast-paced, zestful and cheeky.

Latin has been my faourite owing to its ery

amboyant character. The dances that originated inLatin America were primarily Rumba, Cha Cha Cha,Samba, Merengue, Bolero, Jie and Mambo and Salsa.

Eery year there are prestigious dance competitionsconducted in England and the Latin competition iscalled the International Latin American Competitionformulated by the British Dance Council. TheInternational Latin American competitions compriseve dances: Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Samba, Jive andPaso Doble conducted in line with the British Dance

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Council regulations.

The United Kingdom Alliance forProfessional Dancing, a part of theBDC comes down to India eery yearto conduct Medal eams in Ballroomand Latin styles. Dance schools inIndia, especially from Chennai andBangalore, are associates of theUKA and undertake these Latinmedal eams, paing the way forthe International Latin AmericanCompetition.

There are seen leels to these eams:bronze, siler, siler bar, gold, goldbar, gold star and gold cross. Ateach leel either a different style ofdance is added or the choreography isenhanced.

Under International Latin, Rumba

is one of the slowest forms of Latindance and is known to hae originatedin Cuba. It combines the musicaltraditions of the Africans and Spanishcolonizers. Rumba, thedance of loe, is a slowand composed, stylishdance where music allowseaggerated hip moements on eerysingle moe. Cha Cha Cha unlikeRumba is an upbeat dance known forits peppy and sensuous steps. It isbelieed that this dance form got its

name from the sound of the feet whenmoving across the oor on the quickthree beats (which sounded like chacha cha). Cha Cha Cha can be dancedto authentic Cuban music or een LatinPop and Latin Rock.

Samba, which originated in Brazilcombines African, Iberian and natieIndian moements. This dance formrequires a very high level of energy asit combines quick steps with energetic

jumps and a constant bounce in thebody. In order to bring out the real

characteristic of this dance form it isusually performed to Brazilian musicand thus Samba is common andpreferred mostly only by eperienceddancers.

Like the Samba, Jie, a form of swing,is also an energetic and liely dance.Jie originated in the United States andis danced to fast rock and roll music.

Paso Doble is a more serious dance

form where the performers wear anintense attitude. The mood of thisdance is ery stern, modelled on thesound, drama and moement of theSpanish bullght. Paso Doble for themost past is danced only competitiely,almost neer socially.

Salsa, though not included among theve International Latin dances, is stillthe most popular of the different Latinstyles. Salsa is the latest fashion inIndia, especially in cities like Bombay,Bangalore and Chennai; it is the mostpreferred dance style.

Salsa is danced on the same lines asMambo and, as the name suggests,it is a syncretic dance form thatoriginated in Cuba. Salsa is popularthroughout Latin America and alsoin the United States, Spain, France,Japan, Portugal, Germany, EasternEurope and een India.

Salsa is commonlyknown as a partnered

dance althoughthere are

recognisedsolo and group

forms. This danceform has ariousstyles and themore common one,especially in India,is the Los Angelesstyle. The LosAngeles styleof Salsa wasborn inNorthernAmericawhen Salsa was fashionedto the Latin-Americanmusical hits of the late1980s and 90s. Thoughthe LA style has manydetractors it still remains themost preferred dance form.

Salsa owes it popularity to thefact that it is one of the easierLatin dance styles. It has anadded zeal to it because of

the music it is usually danced to andalso because Salsa is a very irtatiousdance by nature. Salsa, apart frombeing the most common club style,has moed on to become the new-age tness module for most people.What more can you ask for when your

workout regimen comprises dance,music and fun?

Dance can be any one of these aperformance dance, a competitiondance, a club dance, a dance fortness, what is commonly knownas dancercise, or een performingin your liing room. You can danceanywhere, as W.H Audens wordsecho: Dance till the stars come downfrom the rafters. Dance, Dance, Dancetill you drop.



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