Bahuroopi theatre festival begins at Rangayana
The Hindu
Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival-2024 in Mysuru brings together theatre enthusiasts and artists from across India.
It’s theatre time again in Mysuru as the much-awaited Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival-2024 got off to a grand start at Rangayana on Thursday evening with theatre enthusiasts thronging the theatre repertory to watch plays and be part of the annual celebration.
Noted poet and writer Jayanth Kaikini inaugurated the festival that brings together theatre personalities, artistes and the people who have been in theatre since years, from across the country as 17 plays of different languages will be staged at the festival that concludes on March 11.
An arts and crafts exhibition as part of the festival was also inaugurated even as folk performers turned the inaugural event colourful and the beats of their folk instruments reverberated the premises that was brightly decked up for the occasion.
The theme of the festival is based on 12th-century social reformer Basaveshwara’s vachana “Eva Nammava Eva Nammava” (we are one). Accordingly, the inaugural session was special with artists entering the stage following the theme, when Mr. Kaikini pulled the curtain.
K. Harish Gowda, MLA, Additional Deputy Commissioner P. Shivaraju, theatre personality and Bahuroopi Coordinator Umesh, Joint Director of Kannada and Culture Mallikarjunaswamy and Rangayana Deputy Director Nirmala Mathapathi joined the inaugural event with Mr Kaikini at the packed Vanaranga.
In his inaugural address, Mr Kaikini, also a well-known film lyricist, remembered Shivaratri Jathre at Gokarna in Uttara Kannada district that used to bring theatre productions and added that his interest in theatre came from the jathre.
Artistes used to play different roles every day during the jathre and this reminded him of our diverse cultures. “When the artists used to spend time on the seashore in Gokarna, experiencing the sunset, I used to feel they too were like us. All of us are an extension of each other.”
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