Abracadabra

Abracadabra!

As a kid I was always fascinated with the concept of magic shows, it was like entering a different world where everything seemed possible. From flying bikes, dancing tigers to enigmatic stunts, you can see it all.
Watch Jadugar Anand aka the world’s fastest magician in action and be totally amazed. You can also witness the statue of liberty disappear in slow motion or spot an elephant appear from thin air and many more wonders and miracles with colourful lighting and scintillating and royal set ups and get mesmerized.
Tickets are available at Kalaivanar Arangam and Landmark stores and the rates are also cheap ranging from Rs100 to Rs 500. Enter the world of wonder and witness the enigmas of the magic world.

Magic is fun

Overwhelming response to Jadugar Anand's magic show in Shimoga
SHIMOGA: The magic shows by Jadugar Anand and his troupe of 150 at the Kuvempu Rang Mandir here since June 23 is a veritable "maya loka." The troupe led by Mr. Anand has presented over 27,000 shows in 36 countries.
The show appears to have become an instant success here judging by the overwhelming response from all age groups.
The gradual disappearance of the `Statue of Liberty' and the entry of an elephant on to the dais are some of attractions of the show. Mr. Anand has presented over 600 shows in Karnataka.
The other interesting items include a girl being placed on the edge of a sword, a woman floating in the air and a girl being cut into pieces and put back together.
The spectators are amazed when a six-foot man comes out of the `magic box' as a three-foot dwarf. The three-hour show is full of entertainment.
Mr. Anand, who is president of the All-India Association of Magicians, is working hard to bring respectability to the art of magic. He has proposed to float a separate academy to promote the art.
Besides, he has initiated steps to take care of the members of the association by extending financial help and healthcare.
However, Mr. Anand, a postgraduate in English, feels the Government is not encouraging magic as an art compared with other art forms.

Jadugar

Mayalok by Jadugar Anand.
Kochi: Magician Anand, with 26,500 shows all over the world, promises that he will, in two years, perform the Great Indian Rope Trick, the Holy Grail for the fraternity of magicians across the world.
Mr. Anand told presspersons here on Wednesday that he hoped to do the rope trick in two years in an open space under the strict conditions stipulated by the World Brotherhood of Magicians, which has declared a five million-dollar prize for the one who completes the feat.
The trick has not been performed for the last 100 years in its proper sense, although several varieties of it have been around, says Jadugar Anand, as he is known.
He, for example, showed a sample of what could be done with a three-foot white rope to tickle the interest of journalists in the city.
None other than Emperor Jahangir had testified to having seen the rope trick, good and proper, in his days, says Mr. Anand whose show in the city begins on Friday at the Fine Arts Hall.
The show is expected to be on for at least 10 days.
Ahead of the magic shows, a blindfolded motorcycle ride through the city is being organised on Thursday. The ride will begin at 10 a.m. from the Fine Arts Hall.
Jadugar Anand has called for encouragement to the art of magic since other State governments in the country are still not following the example of Kerala, which has exempted magic from entertainment tax, and Rajasthan, which has given permission for setting up a magic academy.
He is the national president of the All-India Magic Federation, which has nearly 60,000 members from among professional and amateur magicians and magic lovers.
He said that Kerala had produced great magicians and continued to be a place where magic flourished.
There were nearly 3,000 magicians, many of them world class, in the State.
The Kochi show is the last leg of Anand's tour of South India, which began in Chennai. He completed 33 shows in Thiruvananthapuram.