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?Soorya Festival? begins on Sept. 21.

Published in Newsletter Issue No. 120 - Aug 1 2003

51-day annual Soorya Festival begins on September 21.This year?s Soorya Festival will begin on 21st September and will be inaugurated by the cine star Mr. Mammooty. This year, the festival will have Ramayana Festival besides the regular programmes that have been part of the festival in the past years. A festival of classic Indian films, titles ?Old is Gold? will be a major attraction this year and would feature films like ?Do Ankhein Baarah Haath?, ?Mrugaya? etc.Painting exhibition, ethnic food festival, crafts festival, artists? village and open forum will be part of the event.

The dance and music festival will feature eminent artistes like Mr. K. J. Jesudas, Ms. Bombay Jayasree,Ms. Padma Subramaniam,Ms. Chitra Visweshwaran,Ms. Daksha Seth and others. The 51-day extravaganza will also have a ?Talk festival?, a theatre festival ,and Kaviyarangu (session for poetry recital), and video festival. The festival will conclude on November 11.