Put time on time in the 19th century India with English game, Kamalakshi, The oldest English theater group (established in 1955), written by Sujath Vijayaraghavan and was presented by Madras players. Designed and directed by experienced theater personality PC Ramakrishna, the drama is a poignant story of a temple dancer that records drama, classical music and Bharatantam.

Working with live music is not new, Ramakrishna says on a call from Chennai in his Baritone. “I had already done a drama with music in 2019 Trinity, Which was about three music composers – Tyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshati and Sima Shastri. ,

Trinity, Who traveled to America after his premiere, was in English, says Ramakrishna, and was based on three short stories of Sita Ravi, a writer, journalist, poet, critic and freedom fighter, granddaughter of Kalki Krishnamurthy.

Ramakrishna, who is also a mridangam artist, trained under Palghat Mani Iyer, which he said that he was eager to work with live music in his plays. “I performed as a mild artist until I chose a corporate career and theater. Trinity The new audience worked and brought to work, including those who usually used to go to Kachri instead of plays. ,

KamalakshiRamakrishna says, started a year and a half ago. “I was in a lecture performance about Tamil music composers. One of the lectures was about Muthu Thandwar, whose famous work, ‘Terryvilvaranu’ is danced. You will find this song on YouTube, Sikkil (Gurcharan) was sung in intimate voice and will be danced by Aushi Mudgal. ,

Thrilled by the presentation, Ramakrishna says that he told Sujta Vijayarghvan, who was sitting next to him in a lecture, to write a drama about a dancer. “she wrote KamalakshiHe is a musician, scholar and a singer, while his daughter is a classical dancer, therefore, the play has music and dance. ,

A popular voiceover artist, Ramakrishna has worked with All India Radio and Doordarshan (as an English news reader). He has been associated with Madras players since 1965 and has performed and directed plays for him. Some of his tasks are involved Water, Chudamani And LakshmikantanThe latter drama is based on a famous murder and test in 1945, including the death of journalist Laxmikantan.

Ramakrishna took over as President with Madras players for 20 years. “Many people are emotional about theater and performance art. with KamalakshiI got a chance to combine classical music and classical dance with theater in English language, which is a medium of my expression. I do, I also express myself in my mother tongue, Tamil. ,

Ramakrishna defines Kamalakshi As imagination, the 19th -century devadasi system, based on its tradition and culture. ,

Sikkil Gurcharan who plays the lead role KamalakshiComes to praise Ramakrishna. “We are all artists and Sikkil jumped on the spot when I offered him a role in this drama. Bharatantayam dancer, Sumitra Nitin, plays the role of Devadasi. They bring me a freshness that I cannot meet an experienced actor. I can’t find an actor who can act and sing, or act and dance. Therefore Sikkil and Sumitra have been a boon. And they come to me without luggage or pre-scalp notion. ,

Apart from Sikkil and Sumitra, the play stars V Balgurunathan, Anuradha Ramesh and S. Ram.

Ramakrishna was part of several plays in school and college when he studied in Kolkata. he describes Kamalakshi As a realistic drama with classical dances and music. “There are no masks. I use real classical singing and real Bharatanatyam in the play. Classical dance and classical music live on stage is a rareness. There was no meaning to do Kamalakshi Without dance. The play opened the door for these classical forms on stage. ,

Kamalakshi will be staged on February 28 at the Chaudhiya Memorial Hall at 7 pm. The donors are available at Bookmyshow for ₹ 1000, ₹ 750, ₹ 499 and ₹ 250.