Bengaluru International Arts Festival

presents – PLAY IN ENGLISH

in its grand final week of 2013, with unique performances and rare combination

a Centre for Film & Drama production

Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013

at 7:30 PM, Chowdiah Memorial Hall

the Premiere of a new play by

KRISHNAN RANGARAJU

‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING DRAUPADI’

Designed and Directed by
PRAKASH BELAWADI
Duration, with Intermission: 2 hrs, 10 mins
Synopsis: The play is based on the Bheel tribal version of the Mahabharata, with a strong emphasis on the character of Draupadi, critiquing the patriarchy embedded in the traditional notions of ‘Dharma’ and the inevitable consequences of ‘Karma’. This production seeks to balance pathos with irony, ending with fundamental questions about gender roles through the ultimate idea of the ‘Feminine – Draupadi’ and the ultimate idea of the ‘Masculine – Vaasuki (The Serpent Lord)’.
 
(Cast, in Order of Appearance)
Sutradhara /Vidura / Pratihaari – Suneel Raghavendra
Prabandhaka – Abhijith Revathi
Draupadi – Siri Ravikumar
Priyamvada – Pratima Chaudhuri
Vaasuki – Abhijeet Ramakrishna Shetty
Padmanagini / Kunti – Sushma
Arjuna – Karanbir Singh
Karna – Harish Seshadri
Sun / Dhritarastra – Arjun Nittoor
Dushasana – Ranvijay Pratap Singh
Duryodhana – Prakash Iyengar
Bhishma – Vijay Krishna. A
Yudhisthira – Anirudh Acharya
Bhima – Likith G.P
Nakula – Srinidhi Achar K.S.
Sahadeva – Sathya Narayana Rudy Dixit
 
Art – Sridhar Murthy G.J.
Sets – M. Jayaram
Music – Abhinav Parmar, Assisted by Meghana Belawadi
Costumes – Sankeerthi Aipanjiguly
Lights – Prakash Belawadi
Make up – Uma Maheshwar
 
The play is not recommended for children below 15 years.