Missing the mark
A. RAMALINGA SASTRYA.R.S
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The talented cast made `Moodo purushaardham' worth a watch.
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THE CAST A scene from `Raja Harischandra'.
To raise funds for the publication of the book Rangasthala Vaibhavam, scripted by the renowned theatre doyen Kota Appa Rao, popularly known as Raoji, a benefit show was organised at Kalabharathi last week. The play Moodo purushaardham, scripted by Akella, directed by Karri Ranga Rao and produced by V.V.S.R. Sai and D.V.S.V. Prasada Rao for the Young Men's Happy Club, Kakinada, was staged. Amma Samskrithi Samsthan Trust founded by Raoji organised the show.
Thanks to the excellent histrionic talent of the cast, especially women and Vanibala in particular who played the role of the heroine Chinnathalli and the occasional flashes of directorial brilliance, the show evoked positive response now and then. Sans any noteworthy pep in the dialogues, effective dramatisation of sequences and dramatic suspense, it proved to be a misnomer since it was a story entirely spun around a horrific, concupiscent landlord.
It thus left scope to doubt the playwright's understanding of the solemn significance of the word Kaama that stands listed as the third among the Chaturvidha purushardhas (the four prime objectives which the mankind is supposed to achieve virtuously but not the gratification of lust in the least).
The others in the cast were: V. Veerabhadra Rao, M. Krishna Murty, M.V. Ramana, P. Babu Rao, Ranga Rao, Y.S.S. Murty, S. Sujatha and S. Manibala. Music by Sambasiva Rao, stage decor by B. Appa Rao and Babu Rao and make-up by Thomas were excellent. But it all turned out to be a wasted talent.
Puranic play in poetic idiom
The 147th monthly schedule of Sri Saikanalikethan featured the staging of Satya Harischandra by its own troupe last Friday in Premasaamajam Hall. While the many-a-time Nandi award winner B.V.A. Naidu lived the role of Viswamitra, his brother Vijayasaradhi in the title role in the first few episodes and V. Appala Naidu in the later sequences, N. Ramakrishna as Nakshatraka and M. Subbalakshmi as Chandramathi contributed grandeur. E. Appa Rao on harmonium and Noor Saheb on tabla lent good support.
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