Truth prevails
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The well-known story of Raja Harishchandra is for all times.
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APPEALING ALWAYS The play `Satya Harishchandra' thrilled the audience.
The Sri Venkateswara Natyakala Parishat and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams jointly organised the staging of the historical play, Satya Harischandra, which was enacted by the Samatha Nataka Gurukulam of Guntur at the Mahati auditorium in Tirupati recently.
The story of the king who abdicated his throne and even his family for the sake of truth was well narrated. The script was by Balijepalli Malla Reddy. Ramanuja Suri and Samatha organised the background score and direction.
Upon a wordy duel with sage Vasishta, Viswamitra accepts the challenge to make the righteous and honest Harischandra utter a lie. In one such sticky situation, he corners the king and leaves him with little option, either to resort to an immoral act or leave his throne. The king prefers the latter and leaves the country as well. As fate haunts Harischandra, his son dies of snake bite. Accusing his wife, Chandramathi of child murder, the local king sentences her to death and orders Harischandra, working in a cremation ground, to execute her. The righteous Harischandra obeys the order and attempts to hack his wife, when Lord Shiva appears and blesses him. M. Kumarbabu, who portrayed the role of Harischandra, fitted the role well, while Puranam Kasivisweswara Sarma as Viswamitra neatly portrayed the role of the hot-tempered sage. More than as queen Chandramathi, Vimaladevi did a good job as a poverty-stricken housewife and as a mother desperate to satiate her son's hunger. Gurajala Vijayaraju executed well the role of the irritant, Nakshatraka, arranged by Viswamitra to keep the king a worried man.
The actors received a rousing applause from the audience for their performance.
A.D. RANGARAJAN
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