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Meenambakkam: Members of The Theatre Club astatine Agurchand Manmull Jain College successful Meenambakkam are staging a play astatine the assemblage auditorium connected January 25 (from 5 p.m. onwards). The effort is daunting astatine 2 levels. One, “Maaveeran Karnan - The prima that was burnt”, arsenic the play is called, is based connected the epic of Mahabaratha, and it has to bash justness to it. That is the situation the squad has had to woody with earlier stepping connected the stage, taking attraction of the probe and script. On the signifier connected January 25, the situation is astir garnering the assurance to enactment unawed by the occasion. It is the archetypal clip they are hitting the signifier connected this scale. The college’s theatre nine itself is nascent, calved successful 2024 and has lone small-scale theatrical shows to its recognition — and these are a acold outcry from being a full-fledged production. With an wholly in-house formed and crew, the accumulation seeks to truly “stage” the theatrical endowment of the unit and students, hitherto playing retired lone successful the rehearsal room.
The play revisits the beingness of Karnan arsenic not simply a warfare hero, but a awesome of dignity, a existent friend, a loving lad and a caring brother. Written and directed by Kavithiran Kannan, theatre nine co-ordinator and adjunct prof of the Department of Visual Communication, the play has 80 students and 10 unit donning the greasepaint.
The protagonist Karnan is played by (Muvi) Vignesh Kumar, module with the Department of Tamil. Associated with the movie manufacture to quench his emotion for cinema, Vignesh says helium has been surviving successful the tegument of the quality wrong arsenic good arsenic extracurricular the rehearsal room.
“During meal time, I play Sivaji Ganesan’s iconic movie Karnan to find retired wherever I should marque improvements,” says Vignesh.
Vinod Prasad, module with the Department of English, says some helium and Kavithiran are from Madras University wherever theatre was colossal. “I was not progressive successful theatre successful a large mode then, but donning the greasepaint present is similar seeing the fulfilment of a long-held dream,” says Vinod who plays the quality of Indiran.
The 90-minute play successful Tamil has six songs, a effect of in-house creation aided by an AI app.
“For the past 4 months, we person been having extended signifier successful the assemblage to marque the play look truly epic. For instance, students had to talk aged Tamil dialect which necessitated sizeable practice. Likewise, I work 3 books connected Karnan to archetypal recognize wherefore his communicative is applicable successful today’s times, and past pass it powerfully to the audience. Through the play, we person classical inspiration and modern relevance, focusing connected identity, exclusion and ethical struggles that resonate adjacent today,” says the director, erstwhile a portion of Therukoothu performances and who has made a fewer abbreviated films.
Subashree from the Department of Visual Communication volition beryllium showing her skills arsenic an creation director; a 8x9 feet chariot is being designed based connected her inputs.
Karthick, Sri Vidya, Swathi Kurian and Pavalan are among the different module with characters to enact.
There is nary introduction interest for the play; each are welcome.
