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Tuesday,February17,2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
LAXMIPATHI BALAJI
All set for the New Zealand series
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 30
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Delhi-6 is not an autobiography
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FLORIST’S FILM TRYST
He once helped Shalini throw a surpriseparty for Ajith. While for Rajinikanth’sdaughter’s wedding, he wove a storyin marigold. If it’s flowers in a Tamilfilm or a celebrity household,Sarangan has to be there.
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ERGO
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
NAMMA CHENNAI
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Madras Gymkhana Club
Its posh lounge with an old world charmmakes this place tick even today. A number ofsporting events are conducted for members.Contact Mr. Jagan at 2536 8160
Presidency Club
The club was formed in 1929 and is one ofthe premier club’s of Chennai. A health club,sports facilities and a host of other featuresmake this special. To become a member anexisting members needs to forward yourname and details. Contact them at 2822 6881
Cosmopolitan Club
The club was started in 1873 and is located onAnna Salai. Residential facilities for membersand guests are among the many features theclub houses. Contact general manager at 28525004
Madras Cricket Club
If you are a sports buff, not only cricket, thenthe club welcomes you to be part of itsdifferent sporting activities.Contact 2852 3976
Club rules
Furnished guest houses, plethora of events, like-minded people to socialise with and a horde lot of other activities to keep you out of boredom. These city clubs should bea good place where the entire family can unwind. However, a majority of them will need an existing member to forward your details.
I
n a shocking incident on Sun-day afternoon at a supermar-ket in Royapuram, anunidentified man stabbed ayoung woman employee andfled. The victim died on the wayto hospital. Police suspect an un-reciprocated love interest tohave sparked the attack.The victim, identified as G.Ananthi (23) of Sharma Nagar inMKB Nagar, was employed as asalesgirl in a supermarket inRoyapuram. Around 3.30 p.m.on Sunday, a man believed to bein his mid 20s walked into thesupermarket where Ananthiwas on duty.Police said the youth guidedAnanthi to a corner in the shopand the two had a heated argu-ment. Suddenly, the youngstertook out a knife from his pocketand stabbed her and ran out ofthe supermarket. Following analarm raised by Ananthi’s co-workers, neighbouring shop-keepers came in and rushed aninjured Ananthi to GovernmentStanley Medical College Hospi-tal. Doctors at the hospital pro-nounced her ‘dead on arrival’,police added.Royapuram police have regis-tered a case of murder and aninvestigation is underway.Reliable police sources revealthat Ananthi’s recent engage-ment to a man is known to havesparked tension between herand her male friend from thesame area who was interestedin her romantically.However, police have ques-tioned the victims’ colleaguesand friends and a breakthroughis expected in the next 24 hours.
 Anunidentified  youth killed a 23-year-old onSunday afternooninside a supermarket inRoyapuram where she was employed 
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 feedback@goergo.in
nthi’s recentengagement to a manis known to havesparked tensionbetween her and hermale friend from thesame area who wasinterested in herromantically
 Woman stabbed,one-sided lovesuspected
Brush with fame
‘Young Picassos – Art with a Heart’ – an exhibition-cum-sale of paintings ofparticipants who took part in The Hindu Young World painting competition –will be on display till February 22. Visit Apparao Galleries #7, Wallace Gardens,3rd Street, Nungambakkam, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
 
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e it a dream song or a wed-ding scene, the first callfrom any art director’s of-fice reaches Sarangan.More than 40 years into the busi-ness, this florist is still the favou-rite of many directors andproducers in the Tamil film in-dustry. With a jasmine garden inheri-ted from his father, this experi-enced entrepreneur’s entry intotinsel town was nothing but pru-dence. “My father owned a jas-mine garden in Poonamallee andhe used to supply flowers to ven-dors in Chennai. Later, when Iventured into business, I thoughtof doing something creative rath-er than just selling flowers andmy craze for movies landed me inKollywood,” says this florist, whois a well-known figure for peoplefrequenting Kapaleeswarar tem-ple in Mylapore.Getting in touch with art direc-tors was not that difficult for S.Sarangan, as he was already sup-plying flowers to most of them.So apart from supplying flowers,he asked art directors to give hima chance to decorate the setsbased on the designs drafted by them.The first movie for which Sa-rangan did the floral decoration was MGR’s
Kannan en Kadhalan.
 With a rough sketch from the artdirectors, Sarangan and his teamgave life to the set with colourfulflowers. To his surprise, orderspoured in. In fact, there weretimes when this florist-turned-decorator handled most of themovies that released.Some of the famous films which Sarangan has worked onare
Sakala Kala Vallavan
,
Rajad-hi Raja
(the ‘Maama un ponnakoodu’ song set),
Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey 
,
 May  Maatham
,
Ejaman, Kadhalar Dhinam, New, Roja Koottam
and
 A Aa E Ee.
He has worked withmany art directors, including Chalam and Thotta Tharani. After winning the trust of cinepersonalities, Sarangan was evencalled to decorate their real-life wedding venues. To name a few,Sarangan has decorated homesand wedding halls during the wedding ceremonies of actorChiranjeevi, the AVM family andthat of Dhanush and Aishwarya.He also does decorations for peo-ple outside the film fraternity.“Once Shalini planned tothrow a surprise birthday party for actor Ajith Kumar and we were asked to deck up a spooky set in Taj Coromandel. We madea scary setting with lots of skele-tons, each carrying a red rose inits hands, and the work was well-appreciated,” recalls Sarangan, who has studied only up to classIV.Thriving in this business is noteasy as flowers are a perishablecommodity, says this florist, add-ing that there have been situa-tions where he had to arrange forflowers during the off-season.“Customers order flowers threemonths in advance and fix theprice.In case of a price hike during those three months, we have tobear the loss as our prime mottois customer satisfaction,” says Sa-rangan, who was honoured withthe title ‘Maamalar Chakravar-thi’(King of Flowers) by saint Ki-rupanandawarriar. Asked him about his futureplans and Sarangan says there isno limit to creativity. “Till I havethe strength to work, I want tocreate wonders with flowers.”
Kannan en Kadhalan
to
Sakalakalaavallavan
to
New 
… If it’s flowers in a Tamil film, Sarangan is the man responsible
V. HARIPRIYA
haripriya@goergo.in
Sarangan at his flower mart in Mylapore.
PHOTO : R. RAVINDRAN
Sarangan
of the Kollywood flowers
A still from AVM productions
 A Aa E Ee
. The flower decorationin this song was done by Sarangan and team
Tuesday,February17,2009
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 Attention Project Managers
SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network), Chennai, is conducting a knowledge sharing session onsoftware processes and project management related areas on February 20. The topic of discussion wouldbe ’Effective Lean Management in Software Delivery’. For details visit www.spinchennai.org or get intouch with Major Chandra Sekharan @ 98410 14969. The target audience for this session could be ProjectManagers, Delivery Managers/ Heads, Process Improvement / Quality Professionals.
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