The Girl with Magic Fingers
She is just 17-years-old but has powers to bring life to inanimate objects.
In an article titled “The Girl with Magic Fingers,” Aarthi Mangala JM is profiled on The New Indian Express today.
“A small figurine of a boy, legs and arms stick-thin and spread out, rest in peace in magician Aarthi Mangala JM’s humid hands. She gently whooshes twice over them and the figure, as if life is induced into it, rises slowly.”
Like most magicians in India, the young magician is quick to point out her work is based on science and not black magic.
“Science is definitely the basis for all magic,” she told the paper. Her power is not maayajalam, an integral part of religion, but applied science.
We cannot disagree with her belief that “‘magic is not about tricking people. It’s about entertaining them with the wonders of science. ‘And it’s not just that also. Everything needs a purpose. My tricks are worth the time spent on it only if there is a theme or message that they convey.’”
And take it from us — or don’t — she is good!
If you don’t trust our judgment — and that is usually a smart move — you can see for yourself by checking out the YouTube video of a recent show. It really is very good.
Aarthi is proud of her involvement with magic so far. But how did she get hooked? At five, she needed to present something, anything, for a school cultural event and was frustrated. Her father hooked her up with a magician friend, she learned a few effects, performed them, received applause and adulation, and voila.
“The applause I got was infectious. That still drives me to learn more, and I have worked under over a dozen magicians across the country,” she said. It is clear from the videos that she loves the audience and the feeling is apparently mutual. We are sure she’ll be a big name in magic very soon.
She has been a darling of the media for a while. If we are not mistaken, there was a very nice article in The Hindu from her younger days — back in 2005.
In fact, way back in the heyday of Inside Magic, we noted that the then very young Aarthi Mangala received The National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement for 2003 in the field of magic.
Eventually, Aarthi would like to use her magic skills to help healing in a very real sense.
Related posts
Categories: Latest Magic News, Magic of India, Magician Feature Tags: Aarthi Mangala, India, NGO, Youth Magic
India’s New TV Series Mayalogam is Magic
If Inside Magic was not so firmly ensconced in Mystic Hollow, Michigan, we would pull up the Double Wide O’ Magic and move it to India or Las Vegas — the two hot spots for magic these days.
Vijay TV plans almost non-stop coverage of magic in India for the next little while. The series Mayalogam will mix celebrities and magicians in a non-stop showcase for India’s top performers.
The premise behind Mayalogam is very cool.
We learned more about the series and the word Mayalogam while surfing The Indya Star website.
Mayalogam is ruled by a pompous but skinny Raja Nakimukki. He is accompanied by his bulbous Rani Minnal Idaiyal who is engrossed with her own beauty with an unquenchable desire to be entertained. They are always accompanied by their dwarf ministers who try their best to entertain the Queen, but fail to do the same.
Apasara Mayakani, the story teller comes to their rescue every week by kidnapping some of the best magicians from the real world to showcase their acts to liven Mayalogam.
Related posts
Categories: Latest Magic News, Magic News, Magic of India Tags: Criss Angel, India, Magic on Television, Mayalogam