It was my first brush with theater, at Rangashankara this Saturday.
Watched "Jugari Cross", Nataraj Honnalli's directorial adaptation of the popular story by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu's prominent Kannada writer-son Poornachandra Tejaswi.
This story is set in a village named Jugari Cross, round the western ghats in Karnataka.
A 24-hour story of a couple into the cardamom business, it dwelves into a day of their travel to the town-market to trade two bagful of spices containing fifty-and-a-half kilograms.
On the way to the market town, their bus journey, by the khataara "Kuddoos Express", turns eventful, when valuables are smuggled into their gunny-bags by a couple of goons, suspecting police watchdogs.
The travails that follow on their return back home, plus the couple's innocence, and the characterisation makes the play an enjoyable one.
The dialogues, narration, the music, settings and the lights were very impressive.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Bangalore having so many art lovers. The response was quite admirable.
Indeed, it was certainly an enjoyable evening! Thank you, Rakesh... for coming up with the brilliant idea of going there, on our way home.
Watched "Jugari Cross", Nataraj Honnalli's directorial adaptation of the popular story by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu's prominent Kannada writer-son Poornachandra Tejaswi.
This story is set in a village named Jugari Cross, round the western ghats in Karnataka.
A 24-hour story of a couple into the cardamom business, it dwelves into a day of their travel to the town-market to trade two bagful of spices containing fifty-and-a-half kilograms.
On the way to the market town, their bus journey, by the khataara "Kuddoos Express", turns eventful, when valuables are smuggled into their gunny-bags by a couple of goons, suspecting police watchdogs.
The travails that follow on their return back home, plus the couple's innocence, and the characterisation makes the play an enjoyable one.
The dialogues, narration, the music, settings and the lights were very impressive.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Bangalore having so many art lovers. The response was quite admirable.
Indeed, it was certainly an enjoyable evening! Thank you, Rakesh... for coming up with the brilliant idea of going there, on our way home.
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