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 There has been a trend of short plays in the modern time of
timelessness. We are so used to instant food, job, friendship, money we
are also bombarded with requests for short plays. We now have
successfully prepared the “Bouquet of Stories” exclusively for you.
Marking the 100th birth anniversary of
Kodagina Gowramma, the gallant feminist writer at her times
(1912-1939) we are staging her short story too as part of this
festival. The
play is in Kannada and the exquisite selection of the stories will make
you want more. With eight
Jnanapeth Awards
and stalwarts to choose from we had to read more than 120 short stories written between
early 1930’s to 2011 to arrive at this unique bouquet. We sincerely
hope that you will have a blast watching this as we have creating this
performance piece for you. We enclose a small brief below of the
stories to give you a better idea of the performances.
 We have interwoven six stories, running around the universally famous
emotion of love. But here we have designed a bouquet of stories around
different gradients of love – to please, to formulate, to
differentiate, to appreciate, to perform and to empower.
We are also proud have Sihi Kahi Geeta, as the Soothradhar of
the play. Geeta is a well known family name in Karnataka with
innumerable films, TV shows and voiceover's to many of the known faces
in sandalwood. She is a welcome addition to the role of the
anchor who sets off every story on stage and concludes the same.
With her flamboyant voice and vibrant personality she will light up the
stage and set the mood for the six short plays.
All the six plays will be produced by
Pra.Ka.Sam
& the Chief Direction and Conceptualisation will be by
P D
Sathish Chandra. The stage adaptations of the stories are
done by
Chandan Shankar.
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Show On 14 & 15 Feb 2013 @ 7.30 PM in Kala Soudha
CALL 7259998222/333 for tickets
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Anjappana Koli Kathe – Maasthi
Venkatesha Iyengar
Story of Anjappa’s chicken – Love to Perform
Director: Chandan Shankar
Cast: Santosh Karki, Gagan Godgal, Santosh BS, Nirmitha, Divya,
Praveen, PD, Kavitha AC
About the Story: Maasthi Venkatesh Iyengar the laureate of
Kannada literature has penned this short story. Anjappa - a jogayya who
goes around villages seeking alms has been alive for times immemorial
comes to wish his village elders who has been elevated to the role of
magistrate. His advice to the new magistrate is to support the truth
and not to decide what the truth is based on what people say. He
narrates a story of his experience to prove that truth is not seen but
felt. The story shows how an innocent attraction becomes fatal and yet
the belief in love doesn’t die.
 About the Author: Masthi venkatesha Iyengar was popularly
referred to as “Maasti Kannadada Aasti” which means Maasti is Kannada's
Treasure. He is most renowned for his short stories. He wrote under the
pen name Srinivasa. He was honored with the title Rajasevasakta by then
Maharaja of Mysore Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadeyar.
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Shukrachaarya – Bagalodi Devaraaya
Shukracharya - Power of love
Director: Monish Nagaraj
Cast: Praveen, Meghashree Bhaghavatar, Sumana M, Monish, Santosh BS
About the Story: Ashwatthama a young boy falls in love with a
beautiful girl only to be sent out of town because his life has threat
from the girls family. He comes back from kashi as a learnt and mature
man to start his own business of medicine. He rescues his love interest
of his life from the clutches being branded a widow in pre medieval
India. He gives her new life and daughter whom he brings up like a son.
But this empowerment is questioned by her wife when the daughter wants
to marry the tribesman’s son nanda with concurrent explanations of
ashwatthama, will the story have a happy ending?
 About the Author: He was known for more of his services rendered
to the nation under the Indian Foregin Service in various countries in
Asia, Africa & Europe. He was well appreciated by Masti who invited him
to write for his magazine “Jeevana” and slowly the power of his stories
attracted the Kannada audiences. This particular work was written with
huge influence of atheism and western culture. His adaptations of both
are clearly seen in this story but it’s still a masterpiece since the
forward thinking community still professes the same.
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Kammaara Veerabhadrachari
Joyisanaagiddu – Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar
Veerabadrachari the Blacksmith as a Priest? - Love for Work is
Love for Life
Director: Santosh BS
Cast: Gagan Godgal, Santosh Karki, Aditya Hegde, Divya K, Sumana M
About the Story: Veerabhadra a handsome blacksmith of the
village is a hardworking guy who manages not just his own profession
but is also the only person who can build and repair houses in the
village. His work is keeping him happy till the time he is forced to
tell soothsaying for one of the villagers who pay him as much money as
he gets for building an entire house. He finds interest in this new job
and decides to take on the job of priest for the village. The entire
village goes through a horrendous time due to the lack of his skills.
His own house is broken. Will he return to his old job or will he
procrastinate in his luring job. Come and find out.
 About the Author: Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar (1904–1991),
popularly known as Goruru, was a Kannada writer; well known for his
humor and satire. In 1971 he was a recipient of Honorary doctorate from
the University of Mysore.
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Vaniya Samasye – Kodagina Gowramma
Vani’s Question - Confusions of Love
Director: Krithi Bettadh
Cast: Monish Nagaraj, Rekha Belwadi, Sumana M
About the Story: True love is not just about the happiness that
is shared but also about the responsibilities that are shared and cared
for. The story narrates the confusions and constraints of love and how
it can override human boundaries. Indira a loner from her birth because
of the death of her dad and mom and her husband has resorted to a
peaceful life vesting her interests in her house which is her only
possession. Vani and her husband Ratna move into the neighboring house
and starts the complicated love triangle. The unexpressed love between
Dr Ratna and Indira, publicly expressed love between Indira and Vani
and the inevitable love between vani and Dr ratna are showcased in
various situations throughout the story. The climax suggests the title
and is for everyone to figure out through our play.
 About the Author: Kodagina Gowramma was a significant writer
with a modern and progressive vision. The remarkable woman, who was all
of 27, when she passed away, grappled with the issues of modernity that
are relevant even today. She could empathise with the angst of the
individual, while probing deeply into the socio-political aetiology of
the same. Gowramma, has two collections of short stories to her credit,
“Kambani” (Tears) and “Chiguru” (Blossoms), both of which were
published posthumously.
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Dhanvantari Chikitse – Kuvempu
Dhanvantari’s cure - Country’s True Love
Director: P D Sathish Chandra
Cast: Gagan Godgal, Sanoth Karki, Hemanth, Divya K, Monish Nagaraj
About the Story: Vishwamitra the great sage who is elevated from
Rajarshi to Devarshi is bothered by painful voice which is haunting him
in every world he visits. Parashurama another immortal sage comes to
meet him complaining of the same voice. Both of them are guided to
earth by Naarada which is the source of the painful voice. They find a
weak farmer burdened with an unexplainable noise in his chest. Finally
the voice is cured by the advice given by the lord of medicine
Dhanavantari. How the burden is sorted and how the noise is stopped is
for us to understand and imply in our lives.
 About the author: Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (December 29,
1904 – November 11, 1994), widely known by the pen name Kuvempu or by
the abbreviation K. V. Puttappa, was a Kannada writer and poet, widely
regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century Kannada literature. e is
immortalised by some of his phrases, and in particular for his
contribution to Universal Humanism or in his own words Vishwa
maanavataa Vaada. He was conferred Padma Bhushan by Government of
India. He has penned the Karnataka State anthem Jaya Bharata Jananiya
Tanujate. MORE INFO
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Innondu Mukha - Tha Ra Su
Dual Face - Fatal Love
Director: P D Sathish Chandra
Cast: Nirmitha, Chandan Shankar, Gagan Godgal, Adithya Hegde, Monish
Nagraj
About the Story: Four friends are going out of station in a car
around Chikmagluru and another car approaches them and overtakes them.
They observe a pretty lady sitting in the car. It initiates a fatal
chase and overtakes the car for the thrill of the journey and also a
fatal attraction towards the lady in the car. The boys successfully
irritate the lady in the car by not letting her overtake nor leaving
them alone. They stop by for a break and see the car go past them. As
they start again they run into a jam and what happens later defines the
love we have for life and also for death.
 About the Author: T. R. Subba Rao (1920–1984) or Taluku
Ramaswami Subba Rao popularly known as TaRaSu was a novelist and a
scholar in Kannada language. He is considered as a harbinger of the
Navya movement of Kannada literature. He is well known for his novels
like Durgashtamana, which won him the Sahitya Akademi award
posthumously in 1985.
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