A Tamil Stage Drama ‘Kalavarathil Oru Kadhal’ was staged at AICCT Hall, Rowville yesterday. It was organised by ABBS, an Association which used the opportunity to fund raise for the victims of the recent natural calamity in Nepal. Part of the proceeds will go also to the dream project of setting up a Hindu Post Ritual facility in Melbourne, as per its President Latha Vasan.
It was a hilarious and an action-packed drama. It appeared that the actors were seasoned thespians, who are so used to this genre. They never gave the impression, even for a moment, that they were amateurs. The quality of acting was of a very high order and was reminiscent of the acting of veterans in troupes like those of Crazy Mohan or Kathadi Ramamurthy or SV Shekhar. Dialogues were topical, full of political satire / inuendoes, delivered with aplomb and the punches landed where they should. The stage setting was also done very creatively and the venue could have passed off as a Vani Mahal, a Narada Gana Sabha or Mylapore Fine Arts.
Melbourne Talkies was the group that staged the Tamil Drama. Cast is a very talented bunch. Standout performances were those of Srivatsan Swaminathan, who played MLA, Covai Ganesh as Ayyasamy, Karups as Thalaivar. Other scintillating performances – Snive as Uma, Jayashree as Ramamani, Hari as Shanmugamani, Visakha as Meena, Renu as Kokila, Koushik as Lakshman and Eshan as Ram.
Karthick Thanigaimani as the investigating Police Officer was impressive.
Melbourne Talkies is a popular local Tamil drama troupe active in staging full-length Tamil comedy and family-oriented stage plays inspired by traditions like the late Crazy Mohan. They perform community shows locally and tour interstate (such as recent collaborations with the Adelaide Tamil Association).
As part of its drive to make the Post Ritual Hindu Facility, a living reality, ABBS is going full throttle to raise funds for facility. A laudable and a noble objective. This Post Ritual Facility, it is touted, will be a dedicated, purpose-built facility and one of its kind for conducting Hindu post-death and memorial rites, so that the departed souls can be bid adieu ceremonially, as per convention and tradition, as they proceed to their final sojourn.
They are hosting Dr. Udayalur Kalyanaraman on 4th October at the same venue. Udayalur Kalyanaraman is a very popular, revered and an acknowledged Nama Sankeerthana artist and a great exponent of Sampradaya Bhajans. His renditions are vibrant and he has this uncanny ability to whip up an ecstatic frenzy, with bhakti bhava, overflowing and the venue resonates with devotion and fervour. He is a past-master in making us all look inward and his sought after sessions are a masterclass in bhajana / namasmarana and the takeaway after the event will be a spiritual uplift and afterglow.
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