Apr 16 2024 to Apr 17 2024 7:30 p.m.

EVENT HAS ENDED

Price: 200 Book/Buy

Where

Ranga Shankara

36/2, 8th Cross Rd, R K Colony, 2nd Phase, J. P. Nagar 560078

Event Description

The theme of the play is the progress of the destruction of the myths embedded in the life of a village. The drama begins with a murder. Gudsikara, the English-educated man who is influenced by modernization argues that the case should be taken to courts in the city. Whereas the elderly villagers, who see the goddess "KARIMAYI" in every detail of their lives, argue that the case could be settled within the village. As the gulf between the two widens the relations between individuals crack. An enraged Gudsikara loses his bearing and brings in Basavaraju and Chimna from Belgaum. The villagers look at "KARIMAYI" as the very center of their lives and the city-bred look at her as a gold-fetching god. These very people become responsible for the destruction of the ‘myth’. The playwright employs the Bayalaata ( A distinguished form of folk theatre in Karnataka ) technique and it is indeed a great achievement on the part of the director, B. Jayashree, who has transformed the play into a ‘truly remarkable experience’.