The 32nd edition of the popular Kodai Nataka Vizha of Kartik Fine Arts sabha will be inaugurated on April 22 at 6 pm by P. Umapathy, CGM, Indian Oil Corporation, Chennai at Narada Gana Sabha main hall, Alwarpet.
Elango Kumanan, director, SS International Live will be the guest of honour. KFA’s president S. N. Srikanth will preside.
The twelve-day theatre fest will be on from April 22 to May 3, with plays staged daily at 7 p.m. 12 troupes will premiers their new plays as is the tradition of this festival.
30-plus awards and 10 trophies are at stake for best play, best actor, best actress and best director among others. These will be decided by a jury. Prizes are also offered for the review for each play written by viewers.
The line-up of plays are:
Sathya Sai Creations’s ‘Budget Maaplae’( April 22);
Gurukulam Original Boys Co. 95 ‘Anrum Inrum’ ( April 23)
Theatre Marina’s ‘NGS (Na-Garaja Sharma)’ ( April 24 )
Sairam Creations’s ‘Kellviyin Naayagane’ ( April 25).
Legally Yours’ ‘Bakkunu Patthikichu’ (April 26 )
ThRee’s ‘Paayum Oli’( April 27)
Prasiddhi Creations’s ‘Thaayumaanavan’ (April 28)
JB Creations & Koothapiran Navabharath Theatres’s ’Rajappa’( April 29)
Dummies Drama’s ‘Aadai Paadhi Aal Meedhi’ ( April 30)
PMG Mayurapriya’s ‘Sathiya Sadhana’ ( May 1)
Kalai Ilamani’s S. Sruuthi’s Naatya Naadha Nataka Sangamam’s ‘Thazhal Veeram’( May 2)
Augusto Creations’s ‘Karuppu Telephone Kadhavu Enn 12 ( May 3).
The plays are open to all. Most plays that get recognised at our festival get opportunities outside, says the sabha’s president, S. N. Srikanth
- Contributed by D. S. Rajagopalan; he is secretary of the sabha
