For the eyes and the heart
C. GOURIDASAN NAIR
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The programmes organised in connection with the Akashvani Annual Awards proved to be an unforgettable experience for the audience.
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With a spell-binding performance of Jayadeva's `Gita Govindam' in four different dance styles and a touching stage production of O.V. Vijayan's celebrated short-story `Kadaltheerath,' the Akashvani Annual Awards presentation ceremony at AKG Auditorium here turned out to be a memorable evening for the packed audience.
Anita Ratnam, Jagoi Marup, Thara Kalyan and Durgacharan Ranvir and their dancers brought the stage alive with their flowing movements set to the evocative lines of `Gita Govindam.'
Cine actor Nedumudi Venu, performing as Vellaayiyappan, the central character in Vijayan's `Kadaltheerath,' left many an eye wet as he poignantly portrayed the pain and anguish of a murder convict's father meeting his son on the night of his hanging.
`Gita Govindam'
`Gita Govindam' was presented by different teams, that in the Bharatanatyam style led by Anita Ratnam, in Manipuri by Jagoi Marup, in Mohiniyattam by Thara Kalyan and in Odissi by Durgacharan Ranvir.
Counted as one of the finest works on immortal love ever to have appeared in world literature, `Gita Govindam' has a special relevance for Kerala as Jayadeva is believed to have hailed from here and the song of love is sung at all major Krishna and Vishnu temples of Kerala during main poojas.
That `Gita Govindam' is also a golden thread binding the different artistic and cultural traditions of India was aptly brought out with its performance in four different and representative dance styles.
All the forms merged on the stage in a grand finale.
Stage production
The stage production of `Kadaltheerath', involving a mix of technology and acting prowess, left a lump in the throat as Vellaayiyappan struggles to comprehend how fate conspired to make his son a killer and leaves, after his son's hanging and burial in the public cemetery, to the seashore, to share with the crows the food his wife had sent their son, his last supper.
From the vibrant movements of the dancers to the heartbreaking sight of the distraught old man wailing for his dead son, it was an unforgettable journey through emotions that Akashvani presented to the audience.
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