Comedy clean and witty
B. RAMADEVI
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Well-delivered dialogue was the strength of UAA's two-hour play, "Kaadhalikka Neramundu," presented at Coimbatore.
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PHOTO: S. SIVA SARAVANAN
A FULL-LENGTH COMEDY: Kaadhalikka Neramundu
Comedy is no laughing matter. Making people laugh is a difficult task as it can degenerate into obscenity in no time.
`Kaadhalikka Neramundu,' the latest comedy from United Amateur Artistes, staged at Nani Palkhiwala Hall, under the aupices of Rajalakshmi Fine Arts, Coimbatore, succeeded in maintaining the tempo till the end while keeping itself within the `Lakshman Rekha' of propriety.
Even ordinary statements raised a laugh thanks to voice modulation and perfect timing, though there was no strong storyline.
Missing lover
The play revolves round two families, one with Mahendraa as the eligible bachelor, and the other with an eligible young girl and her unmarried aunt. The aunt is still waiting for her lover who left `to get some snacks,' on one of their outings to the beach, when they were young.
As he left, the song `Tere Mere Beech Mein' goes on air and that becomes the connecting link when he fails to come back even after many years.
Meanwhile, the heroine takes a liking toward Mahendraa but sets a condition that she would marry him only if he finds her aunt's long lost lover, thus triggering off a sequence of humorous situations, though contrived.
Enjoyable dialogue
The dialogue, generally enjoyable, seemed to be extempore as Mahendraa referred to the local dignitaries and places every now and then.
He had a dig at the trend of using singers from the North to sing playback. Poor diction of Tamil is actually a qualification, went the line. There was a liberal sprinkling of such comments throughout the play.
Dedicated to `Chitraalaya' Sridhar, the story and dialogue were written by `Chitralaya' Sriram (son of `Chitralaya' Gopu).
There is a general belief that people are addicted to movies and television and are not willing to watch plays staged in auditoriums. `Kaadhalikka Neramundu' proved this theory wrong. At the outset Y.G. Mahendraa assured two hours of laughter and he did not disappoint the audience.
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