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Sound-and-light show will arrive at Mysore Palace soon

Staff Correspondent

BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL: The Mysore Palace is lit up during a trial run of the sound-and-light show. — PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

MYSORE: The much talked-about and much delayed sound-and-light show at Mysore Palace is all set for a launch in a few weeks.

The countdown for the four-year-old project, which had run into controversy for one reason or the other, has finally begun.

The script, written by noted linguist Lingadevaru Halemane and which had become the centre of controversy, has been "reworked" and has "satisfied" the scion of the Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, who had reportedly objected to certain parts of it.

A senior official of the Mysore Palace Board told The Hindu that the Kannada script for the grand show was ready.

"The objections raised with regard to the script have been sorted out and some additions have been made to present the rich past of the Mysore rulers in the 50-minute show," he said.

He said that writers, film stars and some well-known personalities had lent their voices for narration of the script. It was now being translated into Hindi and English, and the translations would be ready in a fortnight.

The trial run of the show is under way at the palace. The project's executors are here to prepare for the launch, which had been postponed on several occasions.

Timings

The official said that it was planned to hold the show every week from 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The entry fee would be Rs. 40 for adults and Rs. 15 for children.

The authorities have refrained from building even a wooden platform for seating for the public as the concrete structure that had been built for carrying chairs had run into controversy as the Palace is a heritage structure. "Seating arrangements for the visitors will be made on the lawns," the official said.

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