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Friday, September 01, 2006

Posted 4:43 PM by Anurag

Sept 6/7: MELVILASAM in Bangalore

"MELVILASAM play on Sept 6 & 7

Post Onam, Malayalees in Bangalore would get to witness the play
"Melvilasam" . The play marks the directorial debut of Soorya
Krishnamoorthy, founder of the popular SOORYA stage and Film Society,
which is the largest cultural society in Asia. His popular Soorya
Festival is the largest and longest Festival of Asia (75 days).

The play narrates the plight of a jawan named Ram Chandar, who murders
his superior officer and the entire story seeks to understand the
reasons that compelled the soldier to commit the murder during court
martial. The story depicts the relentless fight between the privileged
and oppressed society and also questions accepted notions of
discipline and hierarchy. The drama is set against the backdrop of
life in the cantonment and is inspired on the military stories
narrated to Soorya by his friend the late Gopi Poojappura.

Ammu, a little girl appears in the play as the daughter of the jawan
and remains as the main character of the play. The entire theme is
built around her point of view about life.

Speaking on Melvilasam, Krishnamoorthy says " The inspiration for such
venture was born, out of the desire to bring realistic drama back to
the stage"

The sound of the typewriting machine is present throughout the play
like a background score and Krishnamoorthy offers it as a tribute to
Gopi Poojappura who was a typist in the Army. Lines from V.
Madusudhanan Nair's famous poem "Gandhi" are also recited at the
beginning of the play.

The play is organised by Acethetik Consultants, a city based event
management company and will be staged at *Guru Nanak Bhavan auditorium
at 7.30 pm on Sept 6 and 7*.This will be the first time the play would
be performed in Bangalore. Tickets will be priced at Rs 200/- and Rs
150/- respectively. For tickets call: 99001 43848"

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