Magic festival in Kerala
April 11th, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by admin ( 1 comment )
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 (IANS) Over 1,000 magicians from across the country and abroad will participate at a four-day magic festival here from May 1. The mammoth festival, called Vismayam 2008, is being held under the joint auspices of the Department of Tourism and the Magic Academy of veteran magician Gopinath Muthukad.
Speaking to reporters here Friday, Tourism Secretary V. Venu said that more than five stages are being set up for exhibitions of magic, culminating in a record-setting mass magic show for world peace.
Foreign magicians who will attend the festival include Fukai Masahiro and Kiyoka Fukai from Japan, Jorge Blass from Spain, Mirko Callacy from Argentina, Kenrick McDonald from the US and Marcel Oudejans from South Africa.
“Vismayam 2008 will be inaugurated by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan at the University Senate Hall. There will be a magic show by Fukai Masahiro and Jorge Blass,” said Venu.
On May 2 and 3, there will be special classes for magicians only and 42 shops of major magic material manufacturers will be set up.
At a special contest for magicians, The Leela Kempinski Hotel in Kovalam will offer an ornate shield and a cash award of Rs.100,000 for the “Grand Champion of Magic”.
Another highlight of the festival will be a show by traditional street magicians from northern India.
At the mass magical demonstration for world peace, “magicians will produce pigeons from thin air and set them free in the sky. Soon after this, 20 buses carrying these magicians will form a magical road-train proceeding to Kanyakumari through the National Highway No.47. At Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu Tourism Department will organise a valedictory ceremony,” said Muthukad.
The closing ceremony will take place at Kanyakumari.
“There will be magic shows with the setting sun as the backdrop. On a big display board mounted on the shore, magicians will put their signatures, symbolizing their unity beyond all borders.”
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February 13th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Subrata’s World of Magic
(CULTURAL REPORTER)
Nothing seems impossible in the world of Magic. Sword penetrates body of a person still living him alive, Electric Saw dissects the body of a girl and again she is intact, girl floats up in the air, bird or flower appears out of now where, tongue is separated or neck chopped by guillotine but no physical harm is in fact done. People love Magic because that shows them in front of their eyes what they think impossible. It takes them to the universe of fantasy creating an illusion of reality. It once happened that a magician transformed some pieces of bricks into gold. After the show one woman burst out in tears and requested the magician to give her some golden pieces of bricks which she would pay as dowry to her would be son-in-law. The incident is embarrassing on one hand enlightening on the other. Dowry in marriage is a major social problem in our country which asks an urgent solution. The magician whose tricks sounded so real, as described in the previous paragraph, was none other than – Magician Subrata Biswas. He was born in 10th January 1970 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. The specialty of Mr. Subrata as a magician is that he always speaks about our society by magic. When he turns a black feather into white he just points out to the fact that the discrimination between the white and black skin is baseless and unjustified. Another attribute of Subrata’s magic is that he likes to present his tricks in a humorous way. He has developed some techniques of presentation which is mixed with comedy. Subrata is one of the most talented magicians of our country today. It is love and dedication to magic which prompted him to take it up seriously. Subrata started magic in 1980 through firstly Mr. Shaheen Shah, then Mr. Ulfat Kabir & lastly Magic Guru, Mr. Jewel Aich. He completed home study course on magic from Chavez Magic School (USA) under Dale Salwak. He is now the member of many reputed institutions e.g. Singapore Magician Club, British Magical Society, London Magic Circle, The Academy of Magical Arts & International Brotherhood of Magicians (USA). Magic is an art which is based on the theories of science. There is nothing supernatural in it. Subrata throws challenge to those claim supernatural power. He says if any body can prove it, I will give him one lakh taka. Subrata has got some special tricks in his receptacle. The most famous one is Buriganga Escape Illusion. In this trick he is locked in a box and splashed into Buriganga. He would get out of it in five seconds and another is Bijoy Sharani or Sangshad Bhaban disappear a entire day ! Subrata has showed magic in many countries including India, Nepal, Singapore several times. He has sop far performed magic in about 500 shows. It is often in newspaper ads that some magician would teach magic in five days or one week. According to Subrata these are all deception. He said, they are inexperienced and uneducated magicians and do so only to earn money in an unfair way. Magic is the blend of science and art which takes a long time to master. International Brotherhood of Magicians (USA) invites magicians every year to their annual convention from all over the world. But many of our magicians abused the opportunity taking people with them and dropping them in USA. And it was yielded great problem for the professionals here. Subrata regretted, we now get invitation from USA, but don’t get visa, because the people in American Embassy cannot put trust on us. They reject us on the ground of previos record that the magicians or their companions did not come back to Bangladesh. The stalemate should be resolved for the sake of development of our magic industry. Benevolence is what stirs a noble heart, Subrata has decided to donate his eyes and other organs to be used for medical research after his death. He is also working for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Subrata believes magic for humanity. In 1988 devastating flood in our country, he arranged charity shows and collected Tk. 20,000 for the distressed people. He won the best magician award from New York Magic Academy in 1994, Dhaka Television Reporter’s Association (TRAB) of Bangladesh award and Antora Sanjit Academy in 2002, Sher-e-Bangla Performance award in 2003, Bangabir Osmani Smrity award, Bhashani Smrity Award and B C A Sharbachha award in 2004 etc. The Magic of our country has much reputation outside. Subrata aspires to further develop the art of magic and uphold the position of Bangladesh in the realm of World Magic.
(Magician Subrata Biswas, M.com & MBA, e-mail: subratabiswas2003@yahoo.com,
M: 01711336559, Makbul Market, 1st Floor, Barisal-8200, Bangladesh.)
visit : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIZM4ncp_j0