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In the news: A few of the rave reviews and interviews
Drama plus magic, dramagic! - Michael Patrao, Deccan Herald
He is a magician. But what he does is more than magic. His magic has an element of music, dance and drama. It is dramatic and he likes to call it 'Dramagic.' Besides Prahlad Acharya from Udupi is more than a magician. He is an escape artiste, an illusionist, a ventriloquist, and a shadow play artiste.
-- Reproduced from the 'Youth Herald,' Deccan Herald (March 05, 2002). Original article is available here
'Abracadabra,' and the chariot vanishes ! - DH News Service
It was a replica of the golden chariot of Udupi. Magician Prahlad Acharya, one of the country's foremost magicians and dubbed the 'Indian Houdini', made it disappear in a trice at his 1500th show, called 'Maya Jadoo,' at the Chowdaiah Memorial Hall here on Sunday.
-- Reproduced from the Deccan Herald (February 12, 2002). Original article is available here
Magician breaks chains, locks up cops - Sify.com
Officials and inmates were spellbound and watched helplessly as he disappeared into thin air from the Bangalore Central Jail.
-- Reproduced from Sify.com (December 12, 2001). Original article is available here
Prahlad escapes at the Central Prison, Bangalore - Press Release
Renowned magician Prahlad Acharya of Udupi performed a jailbreak escape at the Bangalore Central Prison on Monday. Prahlad is the first and only magician in India to have performed an escape stunt at a Central Prison [...]
-- Press Release dated December 10, 2001. Full text available here
Prahlad does houdini with Udupi chariot - DH News Service
Mr Prahlad Acharya, the well-known Indian Houdini, proved his mettle by making the world famous Udupi Sri Krishnamath golden chariot which is valued at more than 1.5 crore, disappear for several seconds. [...]
-- Reproduced from DeccanHerald.com (September 01, 2001). Original article is available here
Prahlad Acharya, the King of Illusions
[...] "The only difference between the olden days tricks and modern ones are then magicians concentrated on performing the trick and the presentation part was not given too much importance. These days lot of importance is given to the presentation. At present I perform tricks with a story line based on folk tales from our legends, which helps me to hold the attention of the viewer for a longer stretch." [...]
-- Reproduced from SouthNexus.com (March 08, 2001). Original article is available here
Prahlad Acharya, the Daredevil Magician - By Shubha H S.
[...]Prahlad is credited for pioneering fire escape tricks in India. Escapes by magicians, usually called 'Houdini escape' are hair-raising experiences for the audience as well as the performer. In the act, the magician is tied up using ropes and chains. Then they are either locked in boxes or tied in bags and thrown into water or fire. Within seconds, the magician escapes and comes out alive. These tricks are usually held outdoors.
Prahlad has performed the 'underwater escape' 4 times and the 'fire escape' trick 5 times, following which many other magicians have tried to perform it. While performing one such trick at the International convention of magic in May '95, Prahlad had a major accident where he was almost fully burnt. When asked about the experience he casually says, "Its thrilling" and leaves it at that. [...]
-- Reproduced from the a.m. plus (December 1998)
VBCL Student re-enacts Houdini - Manipal Record
Nobody took him seriously for last four years or so, when 21-year-old Prahlad Acharya, a student of Vaikunta Baliga College of Law practised the art of escape in his house and in solitary places. But one Sunday afternoon there he was as promised before a thousand and odd people performing his first-ever public 'Houdini Escape' in the precincts of Krishna Temple of Udupi [...]
[...] He now plans bigger and better tricks like dropping into sea from a Helicopter with his hands tied and enclosed in a box and swimming to shore even before the copter returns to the shore. Vanishing the 17 crore rupees worth Golden Chariot of Krishna Mutt in front of thousands of people, and also serving a social cause by riding blindfolded from [Mangalore to Goa form some of his ambitious plans]
-- Reproduced from the Manipal Record (September 1994)
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