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Magician http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician sheetalalag 2008-09-22T21:12:11Z JADUGAR AKASH : DON?T LET HIS CHARMING LOOKS DECEIVE YOU http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician/archive/7169_jadugar_akash__dont_let_his_charming_looks_deceive_you.html Playing with death is his pastime. Adventurism is his breath since childhood.<a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=cc284c01-e0ba-4e68-bc34-e7b40bb4530e"></a><a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=cc284c01-e0ba-4e68-bc34-e7b40bb4530e"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=cc284c01-e0ba-4e68-bc34-e7b40bb4530e&t=o" /> </div> </a>       His ambition is to set world records and break the records set by others. It is his way of life indeed.  <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=20f482f0-785d-40a9-931b-4bbaad9e2ebd"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=20f482f0-785d-40a9-931b-4bbaad9e2ebd&t=o" align="left" /></a>      Twenty nine year old Akash Awasthi, son of the world famous Jadugar Anand,has high mental and physical prowess in command to perform the daredevils acts.      Not satisfied with the breathtaking feats of “the great fire escape, the great underwater escape and the great blindfold motorcycle drive”, Akash is set to achieve other unbelievable stunts- The Great Guillotine Escape and the Great Running train Escape.       Akash had set a world record in underwater escape (15 seconds) in his maiden attempt, from Hussain sagar on May 13 in Hyderabad. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=b13c9bee-e7db-4434-b39a-2aff4b55b9ee"></a><a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=b13c9bee-e7db-4434-b39a-2aff4b55b9ee"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=b13c9bee-e7db-4434-b39a-2aff4b55b9ee&t=o" /> </div> </a>    American Magician harry Houdini had set the first record(60 seconds) in 1912 from East river, New York, followed by Akash’s father Jadugar Anand(40 seconds) in 1970 from river Narmada, Jabalpur.        The daredevil, apart from being a magician, is a post-graduate in business administration(MBA) in Finance from Pun-based Symbiosis Institute. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=1187a3e8-b9b0-434d-be94-ab092cb71334"></a><a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=1187a3e8-b9b0-434d-be94-ab092cb71334"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=1187a3e8-b9b0-434d-be94-ab092cb71334&t=o" /> </div> </a>      He has been actively engaged in giving performances for the last five years,with the blessings and training under his father, whom he fondly calls “my boss” General 2008-07-08T02:06:23Z sheetalalag Anand's Academy for Magicians http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician/archive/7155_anands_academy_for_magicians.html Seeking to promote the art of magic, All India Magic Federation National President Jadugar Anand on Friday said, “There is a need to form an academy for magicians as this will help those from the new generations to learn the art.” Addressing a press conference in the city, he said people should know more about this art as it could help get rid of many superstitions that exist in society.  Of Myths and superstitions:  “Every year around 1,000 people get killed in our country because of misconceptions and superstitions related to black magic. The formation of an academy will help people have a clearer idea about magic and also encourage youngsters to learn the art,” he opined. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=664b613a-6214-47eb-a588-f733919bdb04"></a><a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=664b613a-6214-47eb-a588-f733919bdb04"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=664b613a-6214-47eb-a588-f733919bdb04&t=o" /> </div> </a>Motivation must:  “Magicians are a neglected lot in our country and they need more encouragement from the Government. Indian magic is like the Russian Circus, which is appreciated all over the world.” Said Anand, who has three international awards to his credit. The man who had made arrangements to a stage a “Sensational Fire Escape Shoe” at the Palace grounds said that Akash, a young magician, would be performing the stunt. He further informed that they were trying to get a helicopter and cranes to enhance the effect of the show.” I am thankful to the Government of Karnataka for not imposing entertainment tax on magic shows,” Anand said.   Best down south:  The enthusiastic magician said, “I have staged shows in this city earlier also. This place like the gateway to South India. This time again, I have many new things in my agenda like an organic replica of the statue of liberty slowly disappearing in front of the audience. An elephant, like last time, will be an element of this show. This time, however the scenario will be different.” “Even the costliest tricks won’t be more than Rs 300/- he added.                            BANGALORE VIJAYA TIMES   General 2008-07-07T06:09:37Z sheetalalag Houdini-esque escape from blazing haystack http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician/archive/7152_houdini-esque_escape_from_blazing_haystack.html <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=2336eee8-6170-4f33-94e1-cbde3bf8a7c3">  <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=2336eee8-6170-4f33-94e1-cbde3bf8a7c3&t=o" /> </div> </a>  Sunday entertainment could mean anything in Bangalore-beer brunch, multiplex movie or a drive out of the city. What about watching a strapping young man all chained up and crammed emerging out of 15 feet high fire in a matter of seconds.  <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=faa2667c-0435-4551-9b5e-8ed6a2139a17"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=faa2667c-0435-4551-9b5e-8ed6a2139a17&t=o" align="left" /></a> On Sunday, that was the unfamiliar rush which Akash gave a crowd of hundreds at the Palace Grounds.   Performing as part of Jadugar Anand’s new series of shows in Bangalore Akash- also son of Jadugar Anand – almost lived up to thw MC’s promise of a sensational, spectacular show.<a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=a496df7c-a37e-4d29-988e-f147ef22d50d"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=a496df7c-a37e-4d29-988e-f147ef22d50d&t=o" /> </div> <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=793e2d41-7e75-4dd4-916d-4915229e1fa5"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=793e2d41-7e75-4dd4-916d-4915229e1fa5&t=o" /></a><a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=a496df7c-a37e-4d29-988e-f147ef22d50d"></a> </div> </a>   A 25 feet chain and 25 locks were used to tie him up, before he was scooped up by a crane and dropped into a hay enclosure. Of course, the chains and locks were checked by the VIP guests including Small Scale Industries and Sericulture Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, journalists and a couple of eager onlookers. Soon, the enclosure was set to fire and as the audience, volunteers, media and fie service personnel waited for the performer’s exit, Akash smashed himself out through the hay, into the waiting blanket spread out by the crew. No chains attached. All it took was nearly 45 seconds.  <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=482e0c98-4e54-43f1-a080-1a7240e3f72f"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=482e0c98-4e54-43f1-a080-1a7240e3f72f&t=o" /></a> “It’s an extremely professional stunt, done with all the necessary precautions. Please don’t try doing it yourself,” said Akash, an MBA from Symbiosis Pune who skipped a career in marketing to join in legacy of adventure and magic. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=47be799d-9922-4ab4-a55b-b1529099a015"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=47be799d-9922-4ab4-a55b-b1529099a015&t=o" /></a>   Autograph seekers were swarming around him in hordes after the stunt. Looks like the decision is paying off.                       DECCAN HERALD                     BANGLORE   General 2008-07-07T04:37:39Z sheetalalag Jadugar Anand http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician/archive/6814_jadugar_anand.html <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=05bc9c6c-4bda-4c8f-acb2-34248d904845"></a> <div class="clearAll spacer10"> </div> <div class="mR5"> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div class="clearAll"> </div> <div class="clearAll"> </div> A TALK WITH KING OF JADU- JADUGAR ANAND   <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=3c8495ed-6cf1-44b0-ac89-e41c7ee3bcea"></a><a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=3c8495ed-6cf1-44b0-ac89-e41c7ee3bcea"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=3c8495ed-6cf1-44b0-ac89-e41c7ee3bcea&t=o" /> </div> We've featured the Indian magician Mr. Anand in the past for his skill as a performer and ability to generate interest in his show and magic in general. </a> Daijiworld took considerable time and care with their feature on this great magician from India. Plus it has a great hook: Mr. Anand is the Fastest Magician on the Planet. Anyone can make an elephant disappear quickly, but how many can make it appear in a matter of seconds. He makes the Statue of Liberty disappear in slow motion, a trick performed for the first time in India.  <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=bd5b9041-32d9-4468-9c01-71587afea1f8"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=bd5b9041-32d9-4468-9c01-71587afea1f8&t=o" /></a> His world of illusion has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as one of the greatest magic shows of Asia, which is not merely performing tricks but creating miracles beyond your wildest imaginations.  One can watch in awe as the Jadugar cuts a girl in half using high speed electric saw blade. Pigeons fly out of seemingly empty baskets, a dog goes into a box and out emerges a girl.  Jadugar Anand's set of new tricks include passing through a rotating fan mounted on a table, girl balancing on a bamboo pole. He even brings an elephant onto the stage, much to the amusement of children.  Girls floating and vanishing in mid air, birds appearing from his fingertips and many more breath taking illusions are what Anand offers. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=c5d83859-c4c0-4363-811e-3de56fa7524a"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=c5d83859-c4c0-4363-811e-3de56fa7524a&t=o" /></a> Appropriately the first question dealt with the state of Magic in India today. Viju: What is the present status of magic in India? Anand: It's indeed sad that there are no many takers for magic, which has still to be accepted as an art, rather than a mere entertaining profession. Between the two performing art forms held high globally are the Russian Circus and Indian Magic. But the younger generation has to be motivated to take up magic. Viju: As the All-India Magic Federation national president you have been in the forefront in the campaign to set up an academy for magic. Why and how far have you progressed? Anand: There is a need to form an academy for magicians, as this will help those from the new generations to learn the art. People should know more about this art as it could help get rid of many superstitions that exist in society. Every year, around 1,000 people get killed in our country because of misconceptions and superstitions related to black magic. The formation of an academy will help people have a clearer idea about magic and also encourage youngsters to learn the art. The ground is ready for the formation of an academy in Jaipur and setting up an academy in Bangalore is also on cards. Mr. Anand believes Magicians are neglected in India and need to be encouraged by the government . He commends the Government of Karnataka for not imposing entertainment tax on magic shows. "However, government policies have not been encouraging and we don't even have an academy to teach the art to our future generations." If there is anyone who can help bolster Magic's place in India, it is Mr. Anand. It may not be done in the blink of an eye, but it will happen if Mr. Anand is involved.  Interview with Anand Jadugar   <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=4320c588-052f-4752-a101-33e64e3a46be"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=4320c588-052f-4752-a101-33e64e3a46be&t=o" /> </div> </a> Indian Magician Jadugar Anand is in the news once again.  The New India Press has coverage of his most recent set of shows in Shimoga. In addition to the magic he's successfully brought to thousands in and out of India, Mr. Anand hopes to bring attention to the plight of magicians within the country. Mr. Anand told reporters, "India stands at ninth place in the world ranking in Magic! Yet, the government had not given any recognition to this art.  Magic too is an art. But, Government has not identified and encouraged it, as done to music, dance or drama." <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=c74f93dc-7813-416e-ba98-550bcc90523f"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=c74f93dc-7813-416e-ba98-550bcc90523f&t=o" /> </div> </a> Mr. Anand is the president of the All India Association of Magicians.  His organization boasts 16,000 members and yet believes its numbers have not been properly recognized by the Indian government. "Only thing government had done for us is it has reduced the entertainment tax, We do not have extraordinary demands. Give same facilities to us as given to other arts," Mr. Anand said. Faithful readers of Quinlan's Inside Magic will recall Mr. Anand's efforts in the past few years to not only bring Magic to the Government's attention but to improve society's view of Magic as a profession. Mr. Anand observed, "There is a invisible screen between society and magic. No parent will allow his or her children to pursue a career in magic." The trade association is in the process of starting their Academy of Magic at Jaipur and if the Indian Government will provide assistance, they hope to build a second Academy in Bangalore. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=27d0f129-8f1e-463b-b586-e9f71b825f7e"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=27d0f129-8f1e-463b-b586-e9f71b825f7e&t=o" /> </div> </a> How bad is it for magicians in India? Mr. Anand told the New India Press he has seen "many magicians who died of hunger." The All India Association provides medical and other support to members to help combat this life-and-death struggle. Mr. Anand pointed to France's use of Rober Houdin's skills to arrest an impending revolution in Algeria.  His message: it worked for France because they appreciated the power of the art form and encouraged its development.  Magician Anand has a post-graduate degree in English and his son received his MBA and still performs with the show. Thus far, Mr. Anand has put on about 450 shows in Kamataka plus another 2,000 shows in Southern India.  He intends to continue his push for Government support for Magic and magicians as he continues his tour.  <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=3ea80d96-5ae8-4db9-8854-2536134b1ad1"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=3ea80d96-5ae8-4db9-8854-2536134b1ad1&t=o" /></a> <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=86018f43-5377-4ded-9a81-dbcb9d424069"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=86018f43-5377-4ded-9a81-dbcb9d424069&t=o" /></a>  Anand Jadugar- Performed magic show at hari hara kala bhavan, Secunderabad! He probably can create money out of thin air. However, people are only too willing to pay him. You will be, too, if you read all he can do. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=e2569d34-c0ff-4b88-b2c7-90d2ba8acd69"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=e2569d34-c0ff-4b88-b2c7-90d2ba8acd69&t=o" /></a> Jadugar Anand was back again this year too, performed two shows daily from 5th April to 18th May, at the Hari Hara Kala Bhavan. The first show started at 4:00pm and the second one at 7:00pm. Anand’s show in Hyderabad kickstarted on 25th March with a fire escape show at NTR Stadium by his son Akash, a member of Anand’s crew. Akash performed the stunt, wherein he was chained with 20 locks and thrown into a hige burning haystack. He came out of the flames after releasing himself from the chains, unscratched. This stunt was followed by blindfolded bike rides in the city, covering 21 kilometres from Hari Hara Kala Bhavan via Sangeet Theatre, Mettuguda, Tarnaka, OU campus, RTC X Roads, Koti, Nampally, Tank Bund, Ranigunj and Paradise, back to Hari Hara Kala Bhavan. The stunt was performed to highlight safe driving and create traffic awareness. Jadugar Anand is the President of the All-India Magic Federation, which has nearly 60,000 members from among professional and amateur magicians and magic lovers. He has over 28,000 shows to his credit, all over the world. A professional for 36 years, Anand has travelled far and wide. Over the years he has innovated a lot of tricks and earned the reputation of being the fastest magician in the world. Anand hails from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. He learnt hypnotism from spiritual guru Rajneesh (Osho), who also hails from the same place. He learnt magic at the age of 7, apparently inspired by street magicians, who used to get him laddoos from nowhere. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=d6d0b09b-844d-42ea-9f63-b1264bd1b1b1"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=d6d0b09b-844d-42ea-9f63-b1264bd1b1b1&t=o" /></a> <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=024b20ea-95e9-4a63-8a2c-b69436e0034f"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=024b20ea-95e9-4a63-8a2c-b69436e0034f&t=o" /></a> Anand has performed many new magic tricks, including making the Statue of Liberty and the Taj Mahal disappear, making an elephant appear from thin air, and bringing characters of movies alive from the screen and sending them back. During the month-long show, get to see some stunning tricks from the colorful mayalok of the Jadugar.  <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=05bc9c6c-4bda-4c8f-acb2-34248d904845"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=05bc9c6c-4bda-4c8f-acb2-34248d904845&t=o" /></a> </div>   Jadugar Anand is the biggest name amongst Magicians of India. The largest troop with the biggest infrastructure, and maximum success. One of the only few magic shows in India, who travel on constant basis, performing eleven months a year. No other magician can match the lightings, stage set-up, illusion size and presentation. The only Indian Magician who has performed successfully in almost every city of India from North to South, with an amazing success, which remains a dream for any other magician. Jadugar Anand is the most trusted and revered name in the Magic Field of India. Along with his son Akash, Jadugar Anand's show is a perfect blend of Illusion show and Escapology. Jadugar Anand is certainly the No.1 Magician of India.    What is magic? It is a pleasing and amusing art of skill and practice where the laws of nature are seemingly set aside for the sake of innocent entertainment", says magician, Jadugar Anand a world famous magician. To make arrangements for his debut appearance in Colombo, he says, he must have at least 40 shows on twenty consecutive days, at two shows per day; but lack of infrastructural facilities is a frustrating road block. "I went to the BMICH and asked them whether I could book their main hall for twenty days but it was not possible for them to give it for more than four consecutive days. "I will try to find some other venue", he laments.You ask him why he wants the same venue, and he spells out the reasons. "I have six managers and 90 artistes. I also have five container loads of equipment, and moving this equipment from one venue to another would be a huge problem," he explains.One would not be faulted for coupling Jadugar Anand's name without Harry Houdini's, who is one of the world's greatest magicians. For not only has Anand beaten Houdini's record of 'escape from the box in the sea', he has also three world records under his belt.In the 'escape from the box in sea,' Anand's hands were manacled and legs were bound, and he was immersed into the sea and asked to escape. Houdini took 6 minutes.P. C. Sorkar, renowned for his great Indian rope trick broke Houdini's record and escaped in 90 seconds. But Anand escaped in a mere 40 seconds, creating a new record.     <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=1909b523-fb44-4009-acf8-c7f6fb51065d"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=1909b523-fb44-4009-acf8-c7f6fb51065d&t=o" /></a> When this writer was interviewing him at his Kollupitiya hotel suite, we were constantly interrupted as local magicians who had heard of his presence in Colombo, walked in and offered sheafs of betel leaves and worshipped him and expressed their respect for this great magician. Anand is one of India's national treasures and has been the National President of India's Magic Federation for the last nine years.Magic is a pleasing entertainment, but among many people there is a wrong notion that magic is to entertain children. That is wrong. I love an audience who wants to probe every act and find out the secrets of how an act could be possible. I would love to teach anybody the secrets, if they are willing to learn and practice.Speed, practice and ability to divert the mind in a different direction are the secrets, says Anand who demonstrates by stretching out his left hand, and explaining that the audience would be concentrating on his left hand and thus fail to observe what his right hand was doing, where the so called magic is really performed. If one has to be a perfect magician he has to learn meditation and hypnotism. Some performances are carried out after hypnotising the subject. Some acts like making a subject to raise in the air without any support could be done only through hypnotism, he says.According to Anand in India stage plays are a flop, and people are glued to the TV or prefer the movies, but magic shows, he says still continue to attract large crowds.This is so not only in India, but all over the world. Indian magicians, he adds had earned over a million dollars last year alone.He says his projected first show in Sri Lanka, which he hopes to have before the end of the year, probably in August, would be entirely for the benefit of the tsunami victims in this country.There is an academy for magicians run by Anand in India where his students study and practice. But keep in mind studying alone won't help. Regular practice is what would make a student perfect; he points out.The art of performance and misdirecting the audience makes magic very deceptive. But to Anand it is a thrilling and interesting profession and certainly no cakewalk. It is team work with around 90 people who are involved in making the show a hit. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=69cff030-9fe8-4c2b-bf7d-f2ac6c85d367"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=69cff030-9fe8-4c2b-bf7d-f2ac6c85d367&t=o" /></a> They take up various responsibilities and the success of the show depends on their coordination. It is like a mega film production and involves the selection of the venue, publicity, ticket sales, stage designing, lights, costumes and so on, he says, adding that once the show starts, there has to be a minimum break between any two items. All this is taken care of by a well planned and precise team. But all the sweat and struggle, tension and toil is forgotten, the moment he hears the applause of the crowd. That is a very satisfying reward and it truly makes our day, he says.Asked why he meditates, he says that it is very important to sustain the interest level for every show. If he were to lose interest in the performance, the audience would sense it immediately and lose interest in watching the show. Therefore it is important to remain motivated and charged for each performance, and this is where the meditation part of it comes.He shows some video clippings termed 'mayalok'. They are amazing and enthralling, and somewhat like challenging nature when a girl is placed inside a box, her hands in one place, legs somewhere else, and the head swinging up and down the length of her body.    <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=125c02a9-6f64-4347-8ffd-41b480a33b39"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=125c02a9-6f64-4347-8ffd-41b480a33b39&t=o" /></a> In another performance, where gravity seems of no consequence, he raises a girl up in the air without any support and makes her vanish in to thin air.Beautiful girls swing in the air, revolve in the air, and float in the air. In another show he calls a she-elephant to walk to the stage and makes her vanish bewildering the audience. Why a she-elephant, you ask?. Because as he explained, once, when a male was invited to the stage it was in musk. One could imagine how he would have looked. After this incident which sent ripples of laughter in the audience, Anand decided to stick only to female elephants, whom he calls 'my girl friend'.Anand's 26,000 shows are now being enumerated by the Guinness Book of Records. It is a big task for the authorities to trace the records of the 26,000 shows. And another record is riding a motorbike blindfolded from Indore to Bhopal, a distance of 200 KM in 210 minutes. Anand hails from Jabalpur in Madyapradesh, India, and urges the authorities to include magic as a subject in the university curriculum to save this dying art. General 2008-06-24T06:11:43Z sheetalalag Anand the ultimate Jadugar http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician/archive/6781_anand_the_ultimate_jadugar.html Akash Jadugar - motorbike blindfolded   <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=b68b28ad-8501-464f-a971-0f3c591731bf"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=b68b28ad-8501-464f-a971-0f3c591731bf&t=o" /></a>"Akash" son of renowned Magician "Anand" Jadugar Akash, son of the renowned magician Jadugar Anand rode a motorbike blindfolded on city roads attracting huge crowds to witness his stunt <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=62f67a25-ee68-4aa3-91fb-9878160447fd"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=62f67a25-ee68-4aa3-91fb-9878160447fd&t=o" /></a> <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=84d692f8-80d0-4e7c-8944-80de4e17c391"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=84d692f8-80d0-4e7c-8944-80de4e17c391&t=o" /></a> The blindfolded ride was undertaken to create awareness among the masses about safe driving on roads.The ride was inaugurated by MLA N Yogish Bhat.  Jadugar Anand and local magician Kudroli Ganesh were also present on the occasion. <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=ea9a6ab4-012d-44f5-a0e0-72f06e691057"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=ea9a6ab4-012d-44f5-a0e0-72f06e691057&t=o" /></a> <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=89be60ed-a3b0-4fbf-8000-5f409c9e3beb"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=89be60ed-a3b0-4fbf-8000-5f409c9e3beb&t=o" /></a> Jadugar Akash started from the Town Hall and rode the bike blindfolded before reaching back to Town Hall via K S Rao Road, PVS Circle, M G Road, Ladyhill, Urwastore, Kottar Chowki, Kadri, Nantoor, Mallikatta, Balmat and A B Shetty Circle <a href="http://albums.ibibo.com/Personal/ViewImage.aspx?id=c855f395-4a85-496c-aadf-dd7e2659f537"><img src="http://albums.ibibo.com/DisplayImage.aspx?id=c855f395-4a85-496c-aadf-dd7e2659f537&t=o" /></a> As reported earlier in these columns world famous magician Jadugar Anand is in the city to hold magic shows from Friday May 26. This ride was a prelude to a schedule of daily magic shows, beginning May 26. General 2008-06-23T02:26:51Z sheetalalag Congratulations! http://sheetalalag.nowblogging.net/1701_magician/archive/6779_congratulations.html This is the first Article in your new blog at <a href="http://nowblogging.net/">Now Blogging</a> - You can log into the admin panel and write your next article right now! General 2008-06-23T02:21:05Z sheetalalag