Tulu Nataka Parba from Mar 24 : yesteryear plays to be presented

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Mar 16, 2018: A Tulu Nataka Parba will be organised at Town Hall in Mangaluru  from March 24 to 31 under the joint aegis of the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy and  Mangaluru City Corporation.

Informing  this to reporter here  A C Bhandari, President of the Academy said  Tulu theatre had played a vital role in the development of Tulu language. Several playwrights and artistes had strived for  Tulu theatrical field out of sheer love  for Tulu at a time when there were not much facilities.

Pointing out that Tulu theatre had undergone significant changes over the past century, he said  the Parba has been organised to present  yesteryear plays of  well-known playwrights so that the present generation would know about them.

As part of the fest, Koti Chennaya  by Vishu Kumar, Kordabbu-Tannimaniga by U R Chander,  Kumkuma by Shantharam Kalladka, Porthu Kanthundu by Machendranath Pandeshwar,   Tammale Arvattana Kola by K N Tailor, Naraderena Vakalath by K B Bhandari,  Kaanunuda Kann by Rama Kirodian and Lachu by Ullal Machendranath would be staged  from March 24 to  March 31 respectively.

Chandrahas Rai, Registrar of the Academy was  present.