Nayee Kathe

PLAYWRIGHT                   : CHANDRASHEKARA KAMBARA
DESIGN & DIRECTION           : RAVINDRA POOJARY
MUSIC                        : PRASANNA VAIDYA

SYNOPSIS :

Much like Dr. Chandrashekar Kambar’s other plays, “NayeeKathe” too imbibes North Karnataka’s folk flavor. As the “StoryTeller”’s voice the author inquisitively invokes the question of which is bigger of love and wealth and links that to the life of the semi nomadic community to carry the story forward.

People of the suppressed class accept the situations and exploitation as an indivisible part of their lives. The manner in which this class leads an oppressed life by bearing the abnormally high-handed and violent treatment of the wealthy class is presented in an unprecedented fashion by the author. The conflict between the ‘arrogance of the wealthy’, the ‘desire of the commons’ and ‘reality’ along with the struggle for life and the concept of freedom increase the pace of the drama.

There is Sommanna, inebriated with power and money, using women as objects of lust. Then there is Aalumaga alias “Naayee” (Dog), so extremely loyal to an extent that he does not even count himself as other humans. Giving a twist to the story is Sharee, who tries to awaken Aalumaga’s self-esteem by invoking the fountain of love in his barren desert like heart.

The manner in which this play exposes life, by holding a satirical mirror to reality & creating a discretionary foreword to knowledge, is wonderful.

CAST DETAILS

Kathegara / Ramanna / Karadi Anand P
Mela Harish Rudraiah
Mela / Laxmi Tanuja Rudraiah
Mela / Rajakumari Yashaswini Anand
Mela / Maruthi Sathyamurthy A A
Mela Srinivas Prasad C
Mela /Rajakumara Prekumar R
Mela / Naga / Banta Sudhakar Jain
Mela Dhanajay B
Mela / Bhikshuka Ronald Kiran
Thayi Suma G A
Somanna Parameshwara K / Ravikumar J V
Nayee Maga Basu Kumar
Savanthri Brunda K
Dasa / Buddi Jeevi Raghavendra Prasad C
Shari Ganashri / Tejaswini

BACK STAGE

Music Prasanna Vaidya
Tabla Prashanth Hegde
Nagendra Bhat
Keyboard A V Ramachandra
Chorus Sunaya Benne
Varuni Shampur
Swathi
Sriram Ravishankar
Music Recording Selva
Costumes Bharath B S
Art & Stage Design Vinod Panna
Properties Vasundhara S P
Stage Nagaraj M
Ravikumar J V
Management Manjunath M S
Gangadhar Karikere
Choreography Shwetha S
Make Up Raghavendra Prasad C
Publicity Narendra J M
Music Management Renuka Prasad H S
Organising Jayathirtha B V
Lighting, Design & Direction Ravindra Poojary

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