PD Ponders

We at Prakasam trust staged a play "Hosabelaku" to bring in audiences to our new found auditorium in Basavanagudi called Kala Soudha.  This is a song from that play.  Play is directed by PD Sathish Chandra, Re Written based on the movie & novel (Movie directed by Dorai-Bhagwan and novel written by Ms. Vani) by Chandan Shankar and music is by M Rangarao. Lyrics: Kuvempu (teredide mane) & Chi Udayashankar (all other songs), Singer: Dr. Rajkumar, S Janaki, Vani Jayaram.  For further information on us and on the play please log on to prakasamtrust.org/hb When we started this production the intention was to entertain & also bring in new audiences to watch our production.  Because the audiences we were targeting were from areas around Kala Soudha , our new auditorium and were naive and not exposed to theatre and we did not want to shock them with a heavy play.  So we came up with this play took permission from the director of the m...

Well I have been fascinated by the medium of movement arts from a long time. Specially films holds me gently and passionately. I got to act in one of my friends nameless movie (will update the name once I hear of it) as one of the characters who is the witness to violence created by an ex goon Kotwal Ramachandra. Because we stare at him and not recognize him and he wants to show off in public, I and my friend get a scar on our faces (thats in the pic) and later we both are sent to hospital for stitches. Irony was that the guy who was going to cut me was i think around a foot shorter than me and he was aided with a half foot stool to reach my height, the ingenious special effects technology of Kannada film or any film industry. This movie is written by Agni Shridhar who too is known for his acquaintances like Kotwal, Jayaraj etc. The movie is woven around the politician and goonda nexus which ruled and was ended forcibly with deaths of Kotwal, Jayaraj and second generation gangs of Oil ...