World's fastest magician and creator of 3 world records Jadugar Anand performing at Kamarajar Arangam in Chennai
Jadugar Anand A magician par excellence
In the age of non-stop music and entertainment, Anand Avasthi casts a spell of 9,000 seconds of illusion
AN ELEPHANT vanishes at the wink of an eyelid and a snake turns a charming damsel in a split second... that is Jadugar Anand's Mayalok. A magician par excellence, Anand has a trick up his sleeve for every second one spends in his world of illusions.
In the days of TV soap operas, here comes a refreshing wholesome family entertainer, that too, at an unmatched speed. A veteran of 26,000 shows, Anand provides the right mix of music, magic, dance and drama with the perfect blend of stage craft to keep the audience glued to their seats during the two-and-a-half hours of magic show that promises to entertain people of Guntur during the week at Sri Venkateswara Vignan Mandiram.
Introducing himself to the audience in the most magical way, Anand appears on the stage from nowhere to put himself in the `Book of Magic' that unfolds page by page. An embroidered impressive flowing cloak with typical turban with a heavy coat of make-up on the face provides the mysterious look that captivates attention.
World record holder in under-water escaping within 40 seconds, Anand believes in providing the nava rasa with a technical edge to provide a touch of modernity. Beginning the show with the usual tricks like building a castle of playing cards, producing a garland from thin air to honour the chief guest of the show and converting a magic wand into a bouquet of flowers, he went on to perform the more difficult vanishing acts.
Converting a beautiful girl into a beast, a snake into a girl and back as a snake in full public gaze kept people guessing. Variations in vanishing acts, dramatising them keeps the audience interest intact in the magic show. Use of film clippings and laser beams enhances the quality of the magic show when compared to similar ones a decade ago.
Social messages like fighting corruption were effectively driven home with a trick or two spliced into a narrative story. The background commentary was dubbed in Telugu topically changing the scenes to suit the local political condition and social practices. No show is complete without audience interaction and Anand invited the District Collector, K. Ramakrishna Rao's son Siddharth on to the dais to perform a few hilarious tricks to keep the interest of the young visitors intact.
For the three boys, who boldly came on to the dais, a photograph each with Jadugar Anand came as a bonus to proudly show to their friends at the school.
To keep the Doubting Thomas at bay a visitor, Sekhar Reddy, was chosen from the audience to watch the vanishing trick on Anand's assistant. By convincing the representative of the spectators, Anand had won the hearts of all.
Bringing a real elephant on to the dais was an elephantine task for his staff, but vanishing it was a cakewalk for the magician. Out of Anand's Mayalok, he was the talk of the town from schools to offices.
In the age of non-stop music and entertainment, Anand Avasthi casts a spell of 9,000 seconds of illusion
AN ELEPHANT vanishes at the wink of an eyelid and a snake turns a charming damsel in a split second... that is Jadugar Anand's Mayalok. A magician par excellence, Anand has a trick up his sleeve for every second one spends in his world of illusions.
In the days of TV soap operas, here comes a refreshing wholesome family entertainer, that too, at an unmatched speed. A veteran of 26,000 shows, Anand provides the right mix of music, magic, dance and drama with the perfect blend of stage craft to keep the audience glued to their seats during the two-and-a-half hours of magic show that promises to entertain people of Guntur during the week at Sri Venkateswara Vignan Mandiram.
Introducing himself to the audience in the most magical way, Anand appears on the stage from nowhere to put himself in the `Book of Magic' that unfolds page by page. An embroidered impressive flowing cloak with typical turban with a heavy coat of make-up on the face provides the mysterious look that captivates attention.
World record holder in under-water escaping within 40 seconds, Anand believes in providing the nava rasa with a technical edge to provide a touch of modernity. Beginning the show with the usual tricks like building a castle of playing cards, producing a garland from thin air to honour the chief guest of the show and converting a magic wand into a bouquet of flowers, he went on to perform the more difficult vanishing acts.
Converting a beautiful girl into a beast, a snake into a girl and back as a snake in full public gaze kept people guessing. Variations in vanishing acts, dramatising them keeps the audience interest intact in the magic show. Use of film clippings and laser beams enhances the quality of the magic show when compared to similar ones a decade ago.
Social messages like fighting corruption were effectively driven home with a trick or two spliced into a narrative story. The background commentary was dubbed in Telugu topically changing the scenes to suit the local political condition and social practices. No show is complete without audience interaction and Anand invited the District Collector, K. Ramakrishna Rao's son Siddharth on to the dais to perform a few hilarious tricks to keep the interest of the young visitors intact.
For the three boys, who boldly came on to the dais, a photograph each with Jadugar Anand came as a bonus to proudly show to their friends at the school.
To keep the Doubting Thomas at bay a visitor, Sekhar Reddy, was chosen from the audience to watch the vanishing trick on Anand's assistant. By convincing the representative of the spectators, Anand had won the hearts of all.
Bringing a real elephant on to the dais was an elephantine task for his staff, but vanishing it was a cakewalk for the magician. Out of Anand's Mayalok, he was the talk of the town from schools to offices.
