Todays Events In Chennai (08/06/2012)

Nightlife & Parties

Black Night Party
Flame Le Club, GST Road
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Freeze Entertainment presents Black Night Party - the all new theme night on Friday with a nashty twist. DJ'S on the decks Djane Senchu, VDJ Wish, Deejay Riyan, Deejay Mikey, Visual Artist: VDJ Ramuk. Couples walk-in free before 10pm.

Music & Concerts , Workshops

T Brinda and Madurai Mani Iyer Centenary Workshop
Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Event Details

Neraval & Rare Krthis and Javalis from the Brinda School - Commemorating the carnatic music Legends and Sangeeta Kalanidhis, T Brinda and Madurai Mani Iyer.

Kids & Parenting

Meet Ruskin Bond
Hippocampus Children’s Experience Centre, Adyar
6:30 PM Onwards

Event Details

Landmark has extended an invitation to all Hippocampus members to be a part of this event. Get a chance to interact with the prolific author and poet, Ruskin Bond.

Todays Events In Chennai (07/06/2012)

Music & Concerts

Chathurthi Concert
Ishta Siddhi Vinayakar Temple
Neelankarai
6:30 PM Onwards

Event Details

Kunnakkudy School of Music presents a vocal concert by Malavika Vaidhya as part of their Chathurthi Concert series.

Music & Concerts

Vocal Concert
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Mylapore
6:30 PM Onwards

Event Details

Vocal concert by N.C. Badrinarayanan. N.C. Badrinarayanan started learning music at the tender age of 3. He had his initial training under Smt. Shyamala Venkateswaran. He undertook training in Annamacharya kritis from Prof S.R. Janakiraman, a leading musicologist and musician.

Todays Events In Chennai (06/06/2012)

Nightlife & Parties

Bollywood Nights
The B Bar, MRC Nagar

Event Details

India's No.1 Bollywood diva DJ Rink along with Lathish at The B Bar.

Music & Concerts

Vocal Concert
Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore
5:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Naada Inbam presents vocal concert by Keethana Sankar, who will be accompanied by Sudha R S Iyer and K H Vineeth and Akshay Padmanabhan, who will be accompanied by Akkarai Swamalatha and V Rajesekar.

Nightlife & Parties

Mirchi Chennai Night
Star Rock, Nungambakkam
8:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Event Details

Get your dance shoes ready Mirchi Chennai Night gives you this Wednesday all the right reasons to get down the dance floor Whats more buy 2 domestic beverages and the next one is on the house. And to all the wonderful ladies out there it is also your night.

Todays Events In Chennai (05/06/2012)

Film

French Film Festival - Poliss/Polisse
Edouard Michelin Auditorium,
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department’s Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing ncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group’s hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.

Directed by: Maïwenn / 2010

Music & Concerts

Vocal Concert
Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore
5:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

A vocal concert by Bharath Sundar with M Vijay on the violin and Guru Raghavendra on the mridangam. Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishana with V Sanjeev on the violin, Poongulam Subramaniam on the mridangam and Nerkunam Sankar on the kanjira.

Shopping

Weaves of India Exhibition Cum Sale
Valluvar Kottam, Nungambakkam
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Event Details

Weaves of India exhibition cum sale exclusive collection of silk & cotton designer suit & saree, dress material.

Todays Events In Chennai (04/06/2012)

Film

French Film Festival - Nobody Else But You /Poupoupidou Edouard Michelin Auditorium, 7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Rousseau is a bestselling crime novelist from Paris, troubled by a persistent writer’s block. Candice Lecoeur is a local beauty, gracing the famous «Belle de Jura» cheese packaging, who following a hypnosis session, has gotten it into her head that she might well be the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe. The two will meet in the coldest village in France, but only after Candice has been found dead. The case was closed before it even pened and the cause of death has been announced as suicide by sleeping pills. Rousseau is the only one who doesn’t buy it. eality turns out to be stranger than fiction - and a source of inspiration - as Rousseau uncovers the truth about Candice’s past and her untimely death.

Directed by: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu / 2010

Music & Concerts

Vocal Concert
Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore
5:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

A vocal concert by Aswath Narayanan with B Ananthakrishnan on the violin and Kumbakonam Ramkrishnan on the mridangam. K Gayathri with Usha Rajagopalan on the violin and B Sivaraman on the mridangam.

Art

Paintings Exhibition
Sri Sankara Hall, Alwarpet
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Event Details

Award winning artist Bhaskaran has put on display some of latest works that have been done using acrylic on charcoal and canvas, drawing on paper, dry pappad paintings, sand paintings and water colour art.

Todays Events In Chennai(03/06/2012)

Film

French Film Festival - Delicacy/La Dlicatesse
Edouard Michelin Auditorium,
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Nathalie has everything to be happy. She is young, beautiful, and contentedly married. But then her husband’s accidental death stops her in her tracks. For several years, she buries herself in her work and puts her love life on hold. Then suddenly, without really knowing why, she kisses one of her colleagues, Markus, a very atypical man. A peculiar love affair then ensues between this highly improbable couple that gives rise to bewilderment and aggressiveness amongst Nathalie’s colleagues. Do we really choose the way in which life is reborn? Nathalie and Markus end up fleeing so as to live their relationship and joy in peace. This story of a rebirth is also one about the strangeness of love.

Directed by: David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos / 2011

Music & Concerts

Re-Live MD. Rafi and Kishore Kumar
The Music Academy, Royapettah
6:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Re-Live MD. Rafi and Kishore Kumar (7)- Live in concert. Featuring Hamid Khan and Md. Aslam.

Restaurant Promotions

Sunday BBQ & Beer Brunch
Garden Cafe Poolside, St. Thomos Mount HO
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Event Details

Visit Garden Cafe with family and friends and enjoy your favorites from their live stations, wood-fired pizzas and Showarmas also salads and curries from their buffet. Enjoy unlimited beer with live music. While you take a short break after your Lunch, you may wish to enjoy the delectable mini snack buffet come with Tea / Coffee absolutely incl. of the Lunch price.
Price: Rs. 995 + taxes

Todays Events In Chennai (02/06/2012)

Film

French Film Festival - A Better Life/ Une vie meilleure Edouard Michelin Auditorium,
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Yann, a cook and Nadia, a waitress and mother of a 9-year-old boy, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves pushed into a jungle of financing and bank loans that quickly overwhelms them. To bail them out, Nadia has to take a job in Canada, while Yann is forced to stay behind to save the restaurant. Together, he and the boy confront a relentless avalanche of creditors, an uncaring system and the daily grind from which there is no respite… until Yann finally understands that his only chance of salvation lies in joining his lover - as well as reuniting mother and child - and following Nadia toCanada and a better life.

Directed by: Cédric Kahn / 2011

Music & Concerts

Summer of Love
Museum Theatre, Egmore
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

The Summer of Love vocal and performance course has been one of the celebrated activities of the Unwind Center since 2008, where aspiring singers are given vocal training and also taught songs from Hollywood movies, Broadway classics and even some Bollywood hits. After the training they also perform on a professional stage which is the highlight of the course.

Venue Details

Museum Theatre Pantheon Road , Egmore, Chennai Phone:28193238, 28193778, 28193711, 9444415050

Sales & Offers

Annual Garage Sale 2012
Vanilla Children Place, R.A.Puram
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Event Details

Annual Garage Sale 2012, a one kind of children's carnival buy, sell and exchange. Buy and sell books, toys, baby products, clothes, accessories.

Venue Details

Vanilla Children Place
No.89, Bishop Garden Greenways Road , R.A.Puram, Chennai

Phone:9940012785, 42104104

Todays Events In Chennai (01/06/2012)

Film

French Film Festival - Chicken With Plums / Poulet aux prunes
Edouard Michelin Auditorium,
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Teheran, 1958, since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most famous musicians of his time, has lost all taste for music. Finding no instrument worthy enough to replace his violin, he decides he’ll go to bed and wait for death. While hoping for it to come, he drifts into deep reveries as melancholy as they are joyful, which take him back to his youth. They lead him to speak with Azrael, the angel of death, and reveal his children’s’ future. As the pieces of this puzzle fall into place, the shattering secret of his life is revealed: a magnificent love story that nourished his genius and his music.

Directed by: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud

Nightlife & Parties

Thank God its Friday
The B Bar, MRC Nagar
7:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Lytz on Media and Party Hustlerz presents Thank God Its Friday (TGIF party) hip hop, pop, house and music videos on big screen featuring DJ Panic from Bangalore and VDJ Wish.
Phone: 9790558556, 9884663663

Today's Evens In Chennai (31/05/2012)

Corporate Lunch Combo

Thursday, May 31st, 2012.
Dakshin Spice, 21/45, KB Dasan Road, Alwarpet

Event Details

Dakshin Spice is introducing a new Corporate Lunch Combo, offering South Indian and North Indian dishes in both vegetarian and meat options. One can also opt for take-away or delivery (for a minimum of three orders) and enjoy a ten percent discount on the bill.

Kebab and Malt

Thursday, May 31st, 2012. 7 p.m.
Beyond Indus,
Taj Club House,
2, Club House Road,
Mount Road

Event Details

Enjoy a wide selection of Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian Kebabs along with choicest single malt to compliment.

New Menu @ Golden Dragon

Thursday, May 31st, 2012.
Golden Dragon, Taj Coromandel,
37, MG Road,
Nungambakkam

Event Details

Sample the best of Cantonese and Schezwan cuisine here with a new menu designed by Chef Ho Chun Kee.

Today's Events In Chennai (30/05/2012)

Category:Restaurant Promotions

Tandoor Grills and Mediterranean Meals Aqua, Anna Salai 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Event Details

Dig into the most expertly-prepared grilled delicacies and Mediterranean flavours, right in your city.

Venue Details

Aqua Eighth Floor , Anna Salai, Chennai4 Phone Number: 2676000, 42676604

Category:Nightlife & Parties

Indus Creed Live Landmark, Mylapore 6:30 PM Onwards

Event Details

India's original classic rock band is making a comeback with their new album, Evolve. Come experience the rebirth of a phenomenon. The band will be playing Live.

Venue Details

10&11, Citi Centre Dr. Radha Krishnan Road ,
Mylapore,
Chennai.
Phone Number:64523500, 64523513, 64523514, 64523515

Category:Restaurant Promotions

Barbqeue Mania
The Leather Bar,
Anna Salai
Timings:7:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Event Details

There's nothing like a barbeque. And if you wish to treat yourself to a barbeque meal that tastes and sounds like coming straight from the pages of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, you must head out towards The Leather Bar. It's heady to put it in a single word.

Venue Details

The Leather Bar Ground Floor, Lobby Level , Anna Salai, Chennai
Phone Number:42676000

Today's Events In Chennai(29/05/2012)

Nightlife & Parties

The B & B Night, T.Nagar Bike and Barrel, T.Nagar May2012 Tue, 29 Calling all B and Bees, party with all your friends at Bike and Barrel.

Music & Concerts

Vocal Concert by Aishwarya Shankar Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore 6:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

Naada Inbam presents a vocal concert by Aishwarya Shankar who will be accompanied by K.P.Nandini and Thanjavur Praveenkumar. The trio is going to make your evening special.

Today's Events In Chennai (28/05/2012)

Nightlife & Parties

Color Chaos , T.Nagar Category: Nightlife & Parties Bike and Barrel, T.Nagar

Event Details

Get some color in your life, with Color Chaos, the all Gals Band, go ahead and croon along.

Turkish Film Festival-May 28,2012-May 31,2012

Category: Film Alliance Francaise of Madras, Nungambakkam 6:15 PM Onwards

Event Details

Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation in association with the Turkish Embassy, New Delhi is organizing a Turkish Film Festival at Edouard Michelin Auditorium.
May 28: Love Say I am Coming
May 29: Love in Another Language
May 30: The Magician
May 31: Cars of Revolution

Today's Events (27/05/2012 - Sunday)

Event-Sunday BBQ & Beer Brunch

Sunday BBQ & Beer Brunch Category: Restaurant Promotions Garden Cafe Poolside, St. Thomos Mount HO 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Event Details

Visit Garden Cafe with family and friends and enjoy your favorites from their live stations, wood-fired pizzas and Showarmas also salads and curries from their buffet. Enjoy unlimited beer with live music. Price: Rs. 995 + taxes

Event-Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha Category: Music & Concerts Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore 6:15 PM Onwards

Event Details

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha presents a Harikatha in Telugu on Syama Sastri’s Sri Kamakshi Vaibhavam by M. V. Simhachala Sastri Bhagavatar who will be accompanied by Neela Jayakumar & V.R.Jayakumar. Phone: 24992672

The Biggest Event of all

The defending champions have peaked at the right time to storm into their third consecutive title clash, and they take on the most consistent side of the season. If both teams live up to their billing it could be fireworks!

IPL 5 Season Finale: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

The road they took:

Chennai Super Kings:

In a format of upsets and unpredictable thrills, their presence in the league final has been a constant. They haven’t been their dominating self from the last two seasons. Their batsman took time to find their bearings, their best bowlers left on international duty. Ten days ago when Adam Gilchrist was pushing them to the brink, they needed host of results to go their way. Since then the drama has unfolded:
Two of the best batsmen this season: Chris Gayle (who ran into a red-hot Dale Steyn) and Ajinkya Rahane failed to take their respective teams to the playoffs when it mattered.
Chennai recovered from twin blows to first soak up pressure, before Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo took apart the best death bowler around, Malinga. Mumbai, clearly unnerved, again paid the price for an unsettled batting order. Delhi has sizzled for the most of this season. Their chief architects were an intimidating top order, and the best pace attack of the season. Again, in a crunch game, their thinking was scrambled. Irfan Pathan’s injury should have just needed a bowling replacement. Instead they left out purple-cap holder Morne Morkel. CSK didn’t need a 2nd invitation to slam the barn door down.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

The road to redemption which started with a tough, but sensible decision of dropping Ganguly is nearly complete. In two seasons under the no-nonsense leadership of Gambhir, and some bargain buys – KKR has turned around their form and record, won back fans, and stayed away from controversies. They’ve played the least number of matches among the top four. Their consistency with the ball, especially in a format dominated by bat deservedly led them to the finals:
On a slightly shaky ground after losing couple of matches in the last week of league stage, they dismissed Pune Warriors (Ganguly and all) to book their playoff spot. Up next against table-toppers Delhi, they showed chilling efficiency in casting them aside in a chanceless performance. In the process Kallis’s straight drive which hurt Irfan probably dealt a telling blow to Delhi’s chance as well.

Advantages:

CSK:

The core of the side has been settled across the seasons – mostly retained at auctions. It speaks of clarity of thinking and instills faith in the players. Their batting runs deep. Vijay’s ton means, each of their batsmen have found crucial form ahead of the big match. Hussey at top, and Dhoni lower down can adapt to soak up pressure or attack as needed. Raina, duPlessis, Jadeja, Bravo and Morkel provide enviable firepower.
The champion’s mettle. They needed to bring their A-game for three games on trot to make it a hat-trick of trophies; they’ve done it twice. They’re no strangers to finals, and they’re playing at home. If that sounds like ‘unstoppable’ it probably is!

KKR:

In the last eleven matches, they’ve lost only twice. Their consistency is a rare commodity in this format. Their bowling attack might not have the pace of Morkel or Steyn, death bowling of Malinga, or guile of Murali – but they’ve got the best all-round bowling attack. Lee, Kallis, and Balaji can swing it at pace. Bhatia’s offcutters have made it tough all season. And they’ve got plenty of high quality spin options: Shakib, Iqbal Abdulla, Yusuf and of course, Sunil Narine! Their benchwarmers – tenDoeschate, Shukla or Marchant deLange ain’t too shabby either.
With minimal fuss, their batting has got the job done. On rare occasions when the consistent Gambhir has failed, Kallis has done what Hussey does for CSK. McCullum hasn’t been his destructive self, but has hung in there to find form. Tiwary, Shukla have been efficient. Crucially, Yusuf Pathan regained some of his game-breaking touch in the last game.

Head-to-Head: 1-1

Both sides won their away games, though Chennai had to sweat over it more until Bravo’s last ball six. Kolkata has won eight of their nine away games of the season – if Chennai is low and slow, it might play straight into their hands. At their best, Kolkata's bowling can defend even a modest 140. At their best, even 220 might not be safe against Chennai's batting!

Battles to watch out for:

CSK middle order vs Sunil Narine: Dhoni, Bravo and Morkel have demolished the best of them at death. Sunil Narine has conceded only six sixes in the entire tournament (one of them a catch dropped at boundary) and never more than one in a spell. Who’ll trump?
Kolkata would certainly enter the Chepauk cauldron as underdogs, given Chennai’s intimidating record and form. However, they’ve done it once this season. Can they do it against seasoned campaigners on their home turf and in their first ever final? If they do, Dhoni’s midas touch might be well and truly over.

Todays' Events (26/05/2012)

Madjam Live

Category: Nightlife & Parties The B Bar, MRC Nagar

Event Details

World's best DJ and producer Madjam resident DJ Peppermint club Dubai Live at The B Bar.

The Wonder of it All

Saturday, May 26, 2012 10 a.m. Dakshinachitra, East Coast Road, Muttukadu

Event Details

DakshinaChitra in association with Pundole Art Gallery and Apparao Galleries presents an exhibition of Sakti Burman's works – a retrospective.

5 Love Stars Golden Melodies

Category: Music & Concerts Kamarajar Arangam, Teynampet 6:00 PM Onwards

Event Details

An evening of enchanting music by C A Rajah's Pranavam Music Orchestra. Popular melody numbers of the five golden stars - Gemini Ganesan, Muthuraman, Jaishankar, Ravichandran and Balaji will be brought back live on stage to kindle the nostalgic feelings of the audience.

Play Off - IPL 5 2012 - Qualifier 2 - DD Vs CSK

Wounded Delhi Daredevils would be keen to draw insight from their own performances in the league stages for a spot in the final of the ongoing Indian Premier League when they take on a recharged Chennai Super Kings in the second qualifying match on Friday.

Having topped the table with 11 wins out of 16 matches at the league stage, the Daredevils were humbled by Kolkata Knight Riders in the first qualifier in Pune on Tuesday(22/05/2012).

The high-flying Daredevils failed to live up to their potential with a string of mediocre performances in their previous game against KKR and on Friday is their last chance to redeem their reputation of being the most reliable side of the IPL 5 so far.

On the other hand, defending champions Chennai, despite their ordinary performances in the league stages, peaked just at the right time. They recovered from an unattainable situation to keep alive their chances of winning a hat-trick titles alive.

With skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who smashed a whirlwind 20-ball 51 against Mumbai Indians last night to help his team make the second qualifier, returning to form in style,  the Daredevils might have to bring in some fresh game plan to arrest the prowling Chennai outfit.

While Chennai would be hoping for a similar performance, in what could be considered as a semifinal against the Daredevils on Friday, Virender Sehwag's men would be relying a lot on their batting.

The Delhi side would be depending on their strong batting lineup, consisting of the likes of Sehwag, David Warner, Mahela Jayawardana, Ross Taylor and Naman Ojha, to post a difficult total on the board, their bowling department heavily relies on pace trio of Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav and Irfan Pathan.

But today, Delhi would certainly have to be cautious against a team that had, in past, regrouped into a cohesive team during critical situation.

The Super Kings, who bring out their best when they are pushed to the wall, are expected to come hard at the Daredevils.

Although as compared to the Daredevils, the Super Kings were far from impressive during the league stages with eight wins and a no result from 16 games, there collective performance has been good in the tournament so far.

The batting looks good with Michael Hussey, Dhoni, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay making it a formidable lineup.

With Hussey and Ben Hilfenhaus having contributed extensively with the bat and ball in last seven matches or so, Chennai would hope them to repeat the show today at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk.

Chennai's spin department will be lead by Ravichandran Ashwin in the company of Shahdab Jakati and Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin and Jadeja have been among wickets, while Albie Morkel, Hilfenhaus and Dwayne Bravo also contributed to the team's success. In all counts, these five bowlers have the ability to wreck any strong combination and dislodge the middle order.

Going by the variety in their bowling and presence of all-rounders -- Bravo, Jadeja and Morkel -- in the team, the Super Kings, if they click in unison, could be unstoppable.

The Super Kings will also take heart from the fact that in the history of the championship so far, they have never been the table toppers but always made it to the top four before bagging the title twice in four seasons.

With both the teams filled with power performers, the spectators can expect a keen battle today.

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c and wk), Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikkanth Anirudha, DWayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger, Francois du Plessis, George Bailey, Scott Styris, Suraj Randiv, Abhinav Mukund, G Vignesh, Joginder Sharma, Kuthethur Vasudevadas, Subramaniam Badrinath, Sudeep Tyagi, Yo Mahesh and Wriddhiman Saha.

Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (Capt), Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav, Puneet Bisht, Robin Bist, Naman Ojha (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, Yogesh Nagar, Zafir Patel, Sunny Gupta, Tejashwi Yadav, Aavishkar Salvi, Kuldeep Raval, Manpreet Juneja, Pawan Negi, Prashant Naik, Aaron Finch, Andre Russell, Doug Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, Gulam Bodi, Morne Morkel, Roelf van der Merwe.