Fine showcase of young talent
A. RAMALINGA SASTRY
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Good acting by children won the hearts of the audience in the play `Satya Harischandra'.
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PLAY TIME Children of School of Wonder Kids performing `Satya Harischandra'. Photo: K.R. Deepak
Kalabharathi witnessed an inspiring performance recently. A group of children, aged between seven and 10 years, staged a two-hour long mythological play, Satya Harischandra. The poetic rendition of the play brought to fore the latent talent of the children, who are students of the School of Wonder Kids. They performed their parts without inhibition and rendered the dialogues in ragas, bringing out varied emotions of the characters. The children were encouraged by the School Director, M. Ramu Naidu, MD, K.V. Ramana and the Principal, M. Vanisri. Noted theatre artiste Bagadi Vijayasai directed the play and trained the students. Among the cast, Manjari as Harischandra, Nisitha as Chandramathi, Dheera as Lohitasya, and Priyanka as Nakshatraka came up with outstanding performances. The other students - Sandeep, Krishna Prasad, Aravind, Vivek, Pavani, Rahul, Rakesh, Rohith Naidu, Sashank, Vamsi, Sameer, Tejaswi, Puja, Srujana, Vyoma, G.Rohith, Chaitanya, Harsha and Sahith - ably supported them.
Tale of two plays
Visakha Music and Dance Academy was the venue for theatre buffs last Friday. The evening saw the staging of two plays - Parijathapaharanam, scripted and directed by K.Venkata Rao for Sri Mahatma Gandhi Nataka Kalaparishad, and Kaaluthunna Poolathota, scripted by Pydipala and directed by A.S. Prakash Rao for Kala Jagathi, NSTL.
The first play, despite being a misnomer, effectively compared the lives of a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law to that of a forcibly plucked and a naturally shed Parijathapushpam (Amaranthus flower). An engrossing play indeed. Sandhya Priyadarshini was commendable as the mother-in-law, while others like D.Vijayalakshmi, S. Nookaraju, and K.V.B. Achari came up with good performances.
The second play depicted the insurmountable agony suffered by an honest engineer who refuses to resort to corrupt means to satisfy his kith and kin. While Sandhya Priyadarshini again stole the show, K. Appa Rao, S.G. Jagannadha Rao, L.V. Ramana, K. Prakasa Rao and R. Srinivasa Rao aptly supported her.
Unchained melody
Broadcasting Corporation of India, Prasar Bharathi, organised a light music concert at Gurajada Kalakshetram in Visakhapatnam.
Many award winners and singers of high repute , Amalapuram Kanna Rao from Hyderabad, Dwaram N.V.J. Lakshmi, a doctoral degree holder in music working as associate professor in Music College of S.V. University and lecturer, M.R. Govt. Music College, Vizianagaram, B.A. Narayana were selected to sing for 45 minutes each with their own orchestra comprising all graded artistes of All India Radio (AIR).
The artistes enthralled the audience with their evocatively melodious rendering of at least a couple of chosen lyrics each, the tunes of which sounded refreshingly original.
Kanna Rao chose to sing lyrics of all modern poets Acharya Tirumala, M.K. Ramu, M.C.V. Sasidhar and Koka Raghava Rao. He was accompanied by Dr. Sanjay King (sitar), S. Brahmanandam (keyboard), Kota Atchibabu (clarinet), V. Nagarjun ( flute) and T. Premendar Singh (tabla).
Dr. Lakshmi with her knowledgeable intonation of even the intricate lyrical and musical phraseology melodiously with arresting empathy cast a spell. Her choice mostly comprised lyrics by Devulapalli besides one each of equally renowned poets, Jandhyala, Boyi Bheemanna and Indrakanti Srikantha Sarma, all set to exquisite music by stalwart music composers of yesteryears for AIR.
Endowed with a free flowing melody coupled with resonance in voice, B.A. Narayana enthralled the audience articulating a wide range of expression. But unfortunately except the tune of the first song Madhuri Rasa Madhuri of Teerthala Kamalakara Rao and Papagaru of Ramakoti that were set by AIR music composer late T.R. Suri, the rest of the tunes for the lyrics of Balantrapu, Kakaraparthi, Boyi Bheemanna and C. Narayana Reddy sounded like old filmy songs.
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