Dear All,
He came, he performed and he conquered.
The young magician had an audience of more than 120 people enthralled and captivated for an hour and more.
Read what a couple of audience members have to say about those magical moments:
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All
things considered, there was subtle alchemy infused in the evening of
November 18the at Puttenahalli Lake - A young magician, all of 13, a
glorious evening with the sun catching the soft ripples on the lake and a
large enchanted crowd that included a throng of spell-bound, wide-eyed
children.
Young Jayant is a whiz of a conjurer; an
illusionist with a deceptive sleight of hand and a charmer who combines
his magic with theatre and subtle humour. Whether cuffed up tightly with
strong clamps or bound and bundled in a bag, Jayant would emerge
grinning and free of all shackles in a few minutes. As the ‘Blind
Surgeon’, blindfolded Jayant had the head of a headless clown fixed with
a swipe of towel! And congratulations to all the volunteers who
courageously put their fate in Jayant’s hands; like the five year old
who was wholly willing to have his head chopped off into a basket he
held! Macabre! But rest assured your life is safe with Jayant! And in
between all this fascinating wizardry, Jayant pulls out confetti and
silk ribbons out of his mouth or a hat!
Our appreciation and
compliments go to Jayant’s parents whose staunch support and
encouragement have nurtured this child prodigy who is a
national awardee, author of “Covid Thief’, a magician and a kidpreneur.
Do get to know more about him at
https://www.instagram.com/just.be.jayant/Thank you Jayant for keeping us spell-bound.
--Vijayalakshmi Kutty
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A
long time ago, I saw a live show by a great Magician, Illusionist par
excellence PC Sorcar Jr. The show is etched in my memory and I vividly
remember many interesting illusionary tricks. Sorcar was famous for
performing magic shows in Fish Market and busy bazaars of Kolkata. Once
he and a locomotive and the famous Taj Mahal disappeared in front of a
large audience. I saw a blindfolded Sorcar correct algebraic expressions
and once corrected the famous E=mc2 as well. He performed an
Aladdin-style Indian rope trick in which the blowing of Pungi (an Indian
pipe instrument) moved the rope up, suspended in the air. He climbed
the rope as well. We also read about Harry Houdini and his famous escape
tricks.
When 13-year-old Jayant Patwari put up a show in front
of a live audience in our Puttakere (Puttenahalli lake), no one would
have expected Sorcar’s tricks and Houdinisque escape. I thought he would
pull Rabbits out of the hat (pigeons if rabbits are expensive to
procure for a free show) and a few more cards and stick-becoming bouquet
tricks. On the contrary, our young magician turned out to be a master
illusionist, a great stage presence and mesmerized the audience kids and
old alike. He performed blindfolded tricks and a couple of escape
sequences with aplomb and panache. He identified numbers and played with
numbers with a blindfold, removed handcuffs, brought back Clown’s head
with his head inside a bag and in the finale, he escaped truly
Houdini-style, and came out of a tightly closed sack in less
than 2 minutes!
I wonder if he is an adult but created the
illusion of 13 years. Who knows? Let's see what new trick he has up on
his sleeve.
-- Goutam Saha
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Pic Credits - Nupur Jain, SK Srinivas