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Artists representing the Shivamogga portion of Samudaya, a progressive theatre group, staged Nirolagana Kichchu, a play that brought live the important events of Indian thoroughfare theatre.
The play, staged connected Saturday arsenic portion of the aureate jubilee celebrations of Samudaya, was a tribute to Safdar Hashmi, playwright and theatre director, who was attacked by goons during a show successful Delhi connected January 1, 1989. He succumbed to injuries the adjacent day. His spouse Moloyashree chose to signifier the interrupted play astatine the aforesaid spot wrong 48 hours of Hashmi’s death. The lawsuit remains 1 of the astir important performances of a thoroughfare play successful the country.
Nirolagana Kichchu, directed by Sasvehalli Sathish, begins with the communicative of the onslaught connected Safdar Hashmi. The show of the actors sets the temper of the assemblage with a just instauration to the playwright. The show handles the narration betwixt the maestro and the servant, the affluent and the poor, and haves and have-nots. The play leaves the assemblage with questions, and compels them to deliberation astir whom to instrumentality a basal for. At times, it serves arsenic commentary connected existent politics, politicians, and swamiijs, among others. It besides takes a basal against unsighted religion and practices.
Well-trained actors Chandrashekhar Shastry, who plays the relation of the master, and Chandrashekhar Hiregonigere, the histrion playing the servant, won the hearts of the audience. Ganesh Sahyadri, Shruthi Adarsha, and others successful the troupe besides impressed the assemblage with their performances.
The manager has utilized songs, including those written by Siddalingaiah and Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy, which struck a chord with the audience. Mr. Sathish said that the play served the juncture of Samudaya’s aureate jubilee celebrations aptly, arsenic it dealt with the themes with which the radical began successful 1975.
The three-day festival, which began connected Friday, November 7, was organised by Samudaya Shivamogga with the enactment of Karnataka Nataka Academy, the Kannada and Culture Department, and the Shivamogga Rangayana. On the archetypal day, the Nenapu Cultural and Educational Charitable Trust successful Bengaluru staged the play Mayadveepa, based connected Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The festival concluded connected Sunday, with the staging of Charuvasantha, a play written by Kamala Hampana. Alvas Ranga Shikshana Kendra staged the play, directed by Jeevan Ram Sullya.
