Vrikodarana Vrittanta-A short play on Bheemasena Devaru-A Review

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Vrikodarana Vrittanta

 

A short play on Bheemasena Devaru

 

Review by

Chippagiri Mohan

 

Kudos to “Dasaharama†Team who

presented the beautiful drama titled “Vrikodarana Vrittanta, a short play on

Bheemasena Devaruâ€. This play is brought in association with The Structural School

of fine arts. The play is written and directed by Prof. Sri Ranganath

Bharathwaj. The author has consulted

Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya of Sri Madhwacharya to narrate the authentic

version of the story of Bheema.

 

These are the days where many

people are addicted to television programs. At this juncture, “Dasaharama†took

a great step in bringing this play to us. With the summer vacation in its last leg, the

timing of the play could not have been better. Children of various ages greatly

enjoyed the play. The fight sequences between Bheema and villains such as

Bakasura, Keechaka and Duryodhana were very gripping. The conversation of two pretas in the last

scene was very entertaining.

 

One of the highlights of this

drama is that the characters are played by professionals like doctors and

engineers and they have enacted as if they are professionals in the field.

 

The author of the play giving

introduction to the concept behind the stage design and the play is one of the

highlights of this drama. Two characters “Doddanna†and “Chikkanna†played a major

role in narrating the story of this drama. The story of Mahabharata unwinds with the

conversation between “Doddanna†and “Chikkannaâ€. The interesting feature of the

play is that it is during these conversations that few critical and unsaid

things about the story are explained.

 

The auditorium was jam-packed and

audiences maintained pin drop silence. For certain sequences the audience encouraged

the actors and actresses by clapping. The music played thru the system and

sounds are also appropriate according to the situations.

 

The presidential address given by

Sri Rachuri Achar was excellent. In his

own inimitable style, he gave couple of interpretations to the word Mahabharata

to mean the “Story of Bheemaâ€. He also

gave some important suggestions so that the narration of the story is more in

line with the Nirnaya given by Sri Madhwacharya in his Mahabharta Taptarya

Nirnaya. The author of the play accepted Sri Achar’s suggestions. Afterwards

the Sri Rachuri Achar blessed the actors and actress and also the author.

 

The Sunday evening went of well

in enjoying watching the drama with family and friends.

 

The Dasaharama team did an

excellent job in bringing this drama to all Madhwas. Right from issuing e-Passes in a unique way to

arrangements at the theater, the team exhibited lot of professionalism. We hope

that the team would bring us more such interesting events in coming days. I had

a chance to view the drama last weekend at Suchitra Film Society, Banashankari

II Stage. After seeing the drama I wanted to share the beauty of this drama and

I congratulate the whole team in

organizing this drama.

 

You can reach Dasasharma team at

dasasharma.ning.com. This portal can be visited based on the invitation. Those who

want to know more about the activities of Dasashrama can send mail to rrachuri

 

||Sri Krishnarapanamasthu||!!! Prathamo Hanuman Nama, Dvitiyo Bhimayevacha, Purnapragnya Tritiyasto Bhagavatkaryasadhaka !!! Mohan Chippagiri MCA Lecturer in Computer Science Bangalore

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