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When a confession brings a man and a woman face to face with reality, it has repercussions far beyond what they could have imagined. As further confessions and events unfold, they threaten to tear a family apart. Skeletons tumble rapidly from cupboards and it becomes increasingly unclear as to who is the victim and who is the victimizer. The facade of sophistication is gradually unmasked and the people involved come face to face with themselves.

All because of.....VAAVE.

VAAVE, a Kannada play by Prakasam.

Directors Note

Director’s note: Vaave is not an oft employed Kannada word in explaining relationships between people. For example, about two people who are somewhat related to each other, but not by blood or directly via marriage, it is said – “ In Vaave, you are a brother/sister/uncle/aunt to me”. I interpret the word as “ Unclear relationships”. Which is a neat little title for what I want to tell through this play. This is a story about a husband and a wife and their daughter - Seems like a clear enough relationship. A man married to a woman, and they beget a child. Nothing unclear there. Socially and legally, Yes. Clear as crystal. However, when vague longings of the soul pull people in different directions, all relationships undergo a churning that renders them hazy and unclear. There is an unidentifiable background dissatisfaction in every human being that remains undefined and unprocessed in most. It is an itch we cannot scratch because we cannot put a finger on how or whence it came. We think we do but we don’t know WHAT it is that will bring us steady happiness.

Why do two perfectly nice people grow apart? Should a couple remain together unto death? A preparation that enables one to discover oneself, that may involve solitary time away from family life - this was a norm in ancient times and considered a necessity . If a person chooses that in this day and age, how do the near and dears respond? Finally, what is love, or what we call love? I am thinking out loud about these so-called white collar but fundamental questions through this play. I hope you find it enriching and engaging.

Cast & Crew

Kuldepak Narayan as Agastya
Rajshri as Mukthi
Sharath Parvathavani as Lohith
Hitha Chandrashekar as Kalyani
Santosh Karki as Sathyanand
Pooja Kashyap as Mrs. Sathyanand
Pavan Reddy as Sashi

Pradeep Belawadi on Lights
Rakshith Raghavendra on Sound
Balakrishna Aravankur on Sets
Nagaraj Venkateshappa on Production
Vivek, Tanishqa on Costumes
Rajashri's Choreography
Guru A our Production Manger
Prashanth from bookurevent.com for publicity & ticketing support

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