India, Aug. 7 -- People came from as far away as Kolkata, Mysore and Kerala to watch Mrcchakatikam at Ranga Shankara, Bengaluru, early last month. In the long queue to enter the performing arts venue were not only regular theatre goers but also actors, musicians and theatre practitioners who had trained at Natanakairali. The research, training and performing arts centre at Irinjalakuda, Kerala, was founded by Kutiyattam exponent G Venu, who is the director of Mrcchakatikam. Live music from the kurumkuzhal and mizhavu, instruments characteristic of Kutiyattam, filled the foyer with a festive air before the premiere of the trilingual play, originally written in Sanskrit in the 5th century AD by Shudraka.
Mrcchakatikam (A Little Clay Cart) ...
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