This is a new craze of my life. This started from November, when Ranga Shankara was started. I had never seen a drama in my life and I was under this misconception that dramas are very boring and are seen only by old people. The first drama I saw was a Kannada one called “Kaanuura Heggadatthi”…It is a classic and I decided that let me start with one. I entered the auditorium and was amazed by the way it was constructed. It was free seating and the acoustics are so good that the actors don’t use a mic at all…It was truly an enthralling experience…It was so different from watching a movie…I decided to come back and watch more dramas…
In the last four months I have watched around 6 dramas, all varying in their content and the way they are. Some were social dramas; one was drama only using props and very little dialogues. Some were classics. But the one I saw yesterday was a totally different one…I feel one should try not to miss this drama…
This one is called “A heap of broken images”. A drama written by Girish Karnad and it is his directorial debut of directing his own play. It was a one hour play. I thought may be it will different. The story line went like this. Manjula Nayak is small time Kannada short story writer who is working as a lecturer. And all of sudden she writes a novel in English which becomes the best seller not only in India but also in UK and USA. She wins accolades for it. It’s about how she reacts to the world about her accusations. She talks to her conscience. The use of technology is really amazing. The actor, Arundathi Raja should get a standing ovation, as she is only actor in the play and she stands on the stage for one full hour. She is simply mind blowing was so pepped up after watching this movie. I am really waiting for Saturday to watch the Kannada version of it in which Arundathi Nag is acting. I think everyone who is Bangalore should catch with this play. The English one is on today and tomorrow and the Kannada one from Friday till Sunday. Check out http://www.rangashankara.org/ for details. Hope people enjoy this!!!
9 comments:
Wow! Sounds interesting...
I have watched one or two comedy dramas, but not in the recent times! enjoy maadi!
Hey Anagha; Looks like you are having good fun; I have not seen many plays but have enjoyed the ones I have seen. Hope I am able to catch some more.
i used to think the same thing about plays until i saw 2 extremely funny parsi plays and then some serious ones as well. my favorites have been one that was based on anne frank's diary and the other a monologue called adolf hitler.
i keep telling myself i should catch more plays. lets see...
nice one anagha...girish karnad is apparently kinda legendary in theatre circles...i think maharashtra also has a very vibrant theatre tradition still alive and kicking...keep blogging abt interesting plays u manage to catch...:-))
Lucky you! :)
have fun!
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Anagha...theatre rocks!! Majaa maadi!! This is a wonderful blog!!
and Ranga...brings back such fond memories...I cant wait to come to Blr and find some good plays to enjoy again...I'd really like to see Tumhari Amrita sometime. Any play is fine really!! :-))))
For theatre enthusiasts - Rangayana of Mysore is the other repertoire that's totally worth your time!!
The Buck Series will make a great play, you know!! :-))
nice post...theatre is a difficult medium...we have a drama group in college that stages plays twice a year...they're ok...
Superb...dramatics really rocks..interesting blog..keep posting!!
Sounda like interesting play. Good... u can check out chennai on weekends for lot of comedy plays
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