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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 8
 A. R. Rahman
NEXT STOP: OSCARS
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His original score for Slumdog Millionaire may havefetched him the Golden Globe but Namma Rahmanhas his sights set already on the bigger prize
REACTIONS TO ARR’S HISTORIC FIRST ATTHE GOLDEN GLOBES. TURN TO PAGE 3.
 
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
NAMMA CHENNAI
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 Another extended weekend, at least for some of you. And if you are wonderinghow to keep yourself engaged, here’s why you must read this space
HOORAY! IT’S A HOLI HOLIDAY 
Showbiz
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Padikaadhavan
(starring Dha-nush and Tamannah),
Kathal NaSumma Illa
(with Ravi Krishna andKamalinee) should release acrosstheatres on January 14, while
Villu
(starring Vijay and Nayantara) is al-ready running in theatres.
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 Just Connect 
 with actor-choreog-rapher-director Prabhu Deva as hechats with his fans and admirers.Tune in to SS Music on January 14at 10 p.m.
Kids world
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Dash to the Crossword bookstore with your children onJanuary 18 at 6.30 p.m. and explore a world of creativity.Colour your favourite cartoon character will be conductedat the T. Nagar store. For details call 97109 46222.
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Hippocampus invites all children and their parents forthe Pongal Thiruvizha on January 15. An evening of koothu-p-patrai, pottery, jewellery making and other Pongal-relat-ed activities promises to keep all you entertained. Drop in at4.30 p.m. at Children’s Co, 1/E, Subbraya Avenue, Abhira-mapuram. Call 94440 49175 to register.
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Pongaloo! Pongal! at Vanilla Children’s Place on January 17 will have storytelling session revolving around the har-vest season, a craft activity where children will be guided tocreate a traditional items, a folk dance session, and severalstalls selling traditional goods. Fair starts at 4 p.m. Call98847 21953 for details.
Go shoppingas …
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PUMA is offering up to 60 per cent dis-count on sweatshirts,sneakers, t-shirts andshorts.
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 Westside’s bi-an-nual sale is still on.So, if you are plan-ning to add moreclothes in to your wardrobe, its dis-count of up to 50 percent can be availedtill January 26.
Getaway 
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Make your Pongal weekend imag-inative, adventurous and fun. TI Cy-cles along with GRT Temple Bay gives you an opportunity to makesight-seeing in and around Mahaba-lipuram on a bicycle more memora-ble. These cycles can be hired fromGRT Temple Bay at a price of Rs. 50for an hour, Rs. 150 for four hoursand Rs. 250 for a full day.For reservations call 6650 0050 .
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The Trade Fair at Island Groundshas a array of games and events forthe whole family to enjoy.
Miscellany 
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The city’s annual book fairhas already opened at St. Ge-orge Anglo Indian School,Kilpauk. So for all you book lover, this is the place tocheck out for new publish-ers, new titles and some rarecollections. The fair is on tillJanuary 18
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Drop in at the nearest park near your house as ChennaiSangamam’s artistes have amedley of music, dance andtheatre performing for you. Also, get a taste of the lip-smacking old Tamil cuisines.
 
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The Mozart of Madras, Allah Rakha Rahman, haswon the Golden Globeawards for hiscomposition ‘Jai Ho’ in Danny Boyle’sSlumdogMillionaire. Hisfriends acrossthe music industry sharetheir joy and are pretty confident that he has agolden chanceat the Oscars.
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Rahman will not stophere. I am sure he willwin an Oscar too. I always knewonly Rahman can do it. He hasmade the country proud and putIndian music on the the top ofthe world. From here the futurelooks good and Rahman is solely responsible forthis. He is the best. Rahman is truly the king. He isone of the finest composers in the country. He hascarried India’s name on the global map and hasachieved something, which no one from thiscountry could do.
Shankar Mahadevan, Music composer & singer 
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We are very good friendsand we always aimed atmaking a mark at theinternational level. Today mydream has come true. He has notonly made Chennai proud butIndians all over the globe. It isreally awesome and I am extremely happy for him.I congratulated him early in the morning.
Sivamani, Drummer 
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Rahman has churned outgreat songs even in thepast but he did not get an awardso I feel that he truly deserves thisone. I am very happy for him andwhen he comes back to India, Iwill meet him. I’m sure he willdefinitely ask me, "Are you happy?" The song ‘JaiHo’ is a very naughty and playful number; it has agood combination of poetry and music and and Ienjoyed singing it.
Sukhwinder Singh, singer 
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I expected Rahman towin. I hope he makes itto the Oscars.
Chinmayee, Singer 
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It is a great victory forIndia. It’s a victory of alife time and I’m proud that anIndian artist has entered a newterrain of achievement. He trulydeserves it. His ‘Vande Maataram’and ‘Bombay Dreams’ gainedinternational recognition and the Golden Globewas an expected win.
Sudha Ragunathan, Classical singer 
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Rahman is a musical ge-nius and a fantastichuman being. It’s a greatmoment for musicians inChennai to see him achieve suchgreat heights. The next step isthe Oscars for sure.
Srinivas, Singer 
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God is great. It is defi-nitely a moment thateveryone will remember. It is not just an honour for Rahman butfor billions across the world.Rahman, by just being himself,has made everyone happy. Thisglobal win is just the beginning and God willing,he will achieve even greater things.
Blaaze, Rapper & Rahman regular 
JOY TO THE WORLD
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