Tiruchiyai Meeta Sundarapandiyan, a tamil play by Karpanai Kudhirai was staged at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Chennai
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Theatre Karpanai Kudhirai’s Tiruchiyai Meetta Sundarapandian is about three folks, all making an attempt to run away from their issues. After a lot haggling, taxi driver Sundarapandian (Rajbharath) agrees to take Mohanapriya (Subhiskha), to Tiruchi. Mohana is operating away from residence for a month! On the best way, Peter (Navaneeth), a reporter hoping for a scoop in Tiruchi, and Thanikachalam (Paramesh), who has been rejected by his sweetheart, additionally hop on. The so-called issues of all three are exaggerated. Within the case of Mohana, all she desires is her mom’s consideration. Peter, very a lot in love together with his spouse, is unable to come back to phrases along with her premarital romance. Thanikachalam’s love is simply a web-based one. And but, he wears a woebegone expression. Along with his earthy philosophy, Sundarapandian ultimately helps his passengers bury the ghosts of the previous.
From Tiruchiyai Meeta Sundarapandiyan
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S. R. Raghunathan
Thanikachalam was amusing together with his blended metaphors and his torrent of meaningless messages. Was the character Peter intentionally named so? In Tamil Nadu, “speaking Peter” means to point out off by speaking in English on a regular basis. And that is exactly what the character Peter does within the early levels of the play. Snippets of songs from outdated Tamil movies, giving a touch in regards to the scenes to comply with, was a sensible contact.
Author-director Vedarun Rajkumar safely mentioned in his introduction that the play was “tried humour.” It was exactly that. Arunkumar’s journey to Tiruchi was nicely begun, however he has to journey much more to give you a full fledged comedy.
Revisiting historical past
A scene from Blackout.
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Particular Association
In Theatrekaran’s Blackout, (directed by Raghavender Siva and Sabarivas), Namasivayam (Bharath Vinayakamurthy) is an inveterate miser but his son tries to cadge cash off him. Namasivayam’s daughter is in love, however her father is not going to give his consent to the wedding. Namasivayam takes a younger, enticing Manjula’s compliments to be true, not realising it’s only a approach to get him to donate to a charitable trigger. There’s going to be a compulsory blackout that night time, necessitated by the 1971 Indo-Pak conflict. Every character makes secret plans for the night time, unbeknownst to the others.
The daughter plans to elope. Namasivayam’s spouse decides to assist her brother with out her husband’s data. Namasivayam decides to have a rendezvous with Manjula. As if this weren’t sufficient, a drunkard wanders into Namasivayam’s home. A person with a extreme stomachache is available in to seek the advice of Namasivayam’s son, who’s a physician. And all this occurs on the similar time. There’s a hilarious combine up, as every of the characters enters the home the place lights have been switched off. The stage was, after all, totally lit, and if not for the wonderful performing of the crew, and the rigorously choreographed course, the scene would have fallen flat. The characters bump “unseeingly” into one another and mistake their very own family members for another person. When the lights are again, all the things is sorted out. Whereas the whole solid performed their roles nicely, performing honours go to Bharath Vinayakamurthy as Namasivayam. Good present, crew Theatrekaran.
