Unique gathering
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Four veterans of the KPAC got together at Kadappakada.
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Old is Gold: G. Devarajan, G. Janardhana Kurup, ONV Kurup and O. Madhavan.
IT WAS a unique gathering of cultural giants. Veterans who shaped the cultural support base that helped the growth of the Communist movement in Kerala met at the Kadappakada Sports Club Auditorium in Kollam. O.N.V. Kurup, G. Devarajan, G. Janardhana Kurup and O. Madhavan gathered at Kadappakada, one of the main centres of their cultural activities more than 50 years ago.
The occasion was the inaugural function of a seminar series on various aspects related to the music of Devarajan. It was held in connection with `Devaragotsavam' a programme organised to pay homage to Devarajan. The veterans relived the days of their camaderie and their association with the Kerala Peoples' Arts Club (KPAC). Jarandhana Kurup, who is 85 years old now, was one of the founders of the KPAC and he had immortalised `Valiyaveettil Kesavan Nair' a character in KPAC's seminal play `Ningalenne Communistakki.' O. Madhavan was a glittering star of the KPAC in those days.
He had donned several unforgettable roles, including that of Paramu Pillai in `Ningalenne Communistakki.'
While Jarandhana Kurup and O. Madhavan set the stage alight with the luminescence of their talent, a potent combination of lyrics and catchy music served to etch the message of those plays on the conscience of the people. ONV Kurup and Devarajan bequeathed those evergreen songs that fired the imagination of Keralites.
Inevitably, when they addressed the gathering all of them had much to say about each other and their "golden days'' with the KPAC. And as they spoke, the audience, most of them youngsters, went down memory lane with them to feel the pulse of another generation.
Ignatius Pereira
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