Katha Sangama "Bouquet of Stories"
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 Prakasam & the Chief Direction and Conceptualization will be by PD Sathish Chandra. The stage adaptations of the stories are done by Chandan Shankar.
Premiere of the play was on 14 & 15 Feb 2013 @ 7.30 PM in Kala Soudha, coinciding with valentines day. The play details are as follows, Click on the name of the play to read the actual story.
Story of Anjappa’s chicken – Love to Perform
Director: Chandan Shankar
Cast: Santosh Karki, Gagan Godgal, Santosh BS, Nirmitha, Divya, Praveen, PD, Kavitha AC
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.
Shukracharya - Power of love
Director: Monish Nagaraj
Cast: Praveen, Meghashree Bhaghavatar, Sumana M, Monish, Santosh BS
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?
Bagalodi Devaraaya was known for more of his services rendered to the nation under the Indian Foreign 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.
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 an 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.
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.
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 toDevarshi 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. 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 Chikmagluruand 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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