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Prithvi Theatre November Sun 15, 03:00 pm |
| NINASAM'S YAKSHAGANA : VIDYUNMATI KALYAANA (Kannada) |
| 2 Hours 20 Minutes (with interval) Most Yakshagana have their basis in the epics or bhagavatha, and tend to begin with an attack and end with either a battle or happy marriage; however, they also tend to evolve in a folk way, acquiring curious twists and turns that cannot be traced back to the original epics. This narrative is no exception. Devendra and Narada make their appearance and on the there is also Kusha who ruled Saketapura after Rama. The story then leaps into the ethereal world of folk puranas, when Devendra’s son Jayanta visits the celestial gardens with angels and falls in love with Vidyunmati, daughter of gandharva king Sulochana. His offer of marriage is refused by Sulochana, a battle ensues and Jayanta is imprisoned. In the meantime the demon Kalajhangha makes off with Vidyunmati, and the angels and gandharvas decide to wage battle together against him. Now the third strand unfolds – when the sons of Kusha, Chitraketa and Chitravahana, lose their way in the forest, Vruttajwale, the demon sister of Kalajhangha is enchanted by the two boys and locks them up in the same prison as Vidyunmati. In the rest of the performance, these three strands get interwoven, leading to the happily married ever after ending. This production was jointly put up by Ninasam’s actors and localites |
| Ninasam : Sixty years of devoted collective work of local enthusiasts has crystallised into - Ninasam - A theatre group which has made a mark on the theatre map of India. NINASAM is an achievement by a rural mass that has been striving to realise its modern democratic ideals of concurrent individual and collective development. They signify a microcosm of the new rural India that is reaching out to establish a meaningful relationship with the macrocosm. The journey so far 1949 Ninasam established,1953Production Shahjahan; dir. by KV Subbanna, 1957 Ninasam registered, 1972 BV Karanth directs Panjarashale for children, 1972 Ninasam's auditorium - Shivarama Karantha Rangamandira inaugurated, 1973 Ninasam Film Society started, 1977 The first festival of film classics, 1979 Ninasam Film Society's annual Film Appreciation Courses started, 1980 Ninasam Theatre Institute started, 1985 Ninasam Tirugata started, 1989 Ninasam Film Appreciation Courses changed into Theatre and Film Course, 1990 Ninasam Theatre and Film Course changed into Culture Course, 1992 Ninasam Foundation established. Ninasam : branches of its activity Ninasam – The core theatre group consisting of villagers around Heggodu, Ninasam Theatre Institute – The theatre school, Ninasam Tirugata - The rural itinerant theatre repertory, Ninasam Culture Course - The week long workshop/festival on culture and society, Ninasam Pratishthana - A Trust assisting cultural activities in rural Karnataka. |
| Cast : |
| Narada Anantha Chitravahana Chandan Babu N. Jayantha Channakeshava Vrittajwale Ganapathi A.R. Rakshasa Priest Gurumurthy Varadamoola Kirata King Hiriyanna Bhat B.S. Vidyunmati Madhunisha Curtain Holder Nagabharana Vibhishana Nagaraja Choudimane Curtain Holder Nagaraja M.S. Queen Phaniyamma H.S. Sulochana’s Deputy Prashant Varadamoola Queen Shailaja Prakash Devendra Shankara Bhat Sulochana Srikantha Devendra’s Deputy Subbanna Nandre Kirata’s Deputy Sunila Kushabhoopa/Queen Susheela M.P. Chitraketa Vidya Hegde Kalajangha Yesu Prakasha Musicans Bhagawatha Heranjala Gopala Ganiga Maddale Nagabhushana K.S. Chende Nagaraja K.N. Based on a traditional prasanga by Halasinahalli Narasimha Shastry Directors Heranjala Gopala Ganiga & B.R. Venkataramana Aithala Lighting Krishnamurthy M.M. Stage Manager Narahari M.V. |