PD Ponders

P. D. Sathish Chandra (PD) Theatre Practitioner • Cultural Entrepreneur • Actor • Director • Writer  Table of Contents 1. MONDAY - WHO I AM 2. TUESDAY - BUILDING CULTURE 3. WEDNESDAY - THE ACTOR 4. THURSDAY - THE STORYTELLER 5. FRIDAY - THE MENTOR 6. SATURDAY - TODAY 7. SUNDAY _ HOLIDAY Intro For over three decades, I have believed that culture is not built by performances alone, but by the spaces, institutions and communities that make those performances possible." From theatre to cinema, from radio studios to cultural institutions, my journey has never followed a straight line. Every role I have taken on—actor, director, writer, trainer, broadcaster or organiser—has grown from the same belief: stories have the power to transform people, but only when artists are given spaces to create them. While I have had the privilege of working across theatre, film, television, radio and public speaking, my greatest satisfaction has come from buil...

Disclaimer: I wrote a series of articles for an online magazine called Cheers between 2004-2006, am putting them out here since I found them in Lockdown 2.0 Use and Need of Obscenity and Cultural ethos defining the change ‎ 20 ‎April ‎2004, ‏‎10:53:58 The play's promotional campaign reads, "Persons below 18 years will not be admitted".  It opens to a bunch of curious audience who get to see audiovisual images, which they are used to seeing on TV or in Movies.  Nevertheless, they are disturbed and could not believe their eyes and ears.  This is common with plays, which are purely for adults.   But this is true with most of the plays, which are being staged worldwide.  There has been a separate category created for such kind of plays called In-Your-Face Theatre.  There are many exponents for this play and this started as a parallel theatre culture to converse with the audience in more realistic and hard-hitting way. We could trace the history of this not...

Watch your words: all eyes on Home Theatre Nalme Nachiyar Artists are often considered a restless lot, used to ideating, experimenting, creating and presenting their work to the audience regularly. So when the lockdown forced people indoors, the arts scene took a massive hit. Concerts cancelled, galleries shut, performances and stage shows put indefinitely on hold. The film and TV industry too came to a grinding halt, leaving thousands of daily wage workers without any income. But in midst of this crisis, the more fortunate members of the arts and entertainment fraternity also saw an opportunity to adapt to newer mediums and forms of expression. For actor and theatreperson P D Sathish, or PD as he is better known, it came together in the form of Home Theatre, a video book series. A first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, the project has brought together popular names from the Kannada TV, film, theatre and literature scene. “When Covid-19 struck, all our plays got cancelle...

ಕೇಶವ ಮಳಗಿ ವಿರಚಿತ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಅಂಗದ ಧರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಎರಡನೇ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಪುಸ್ತಕವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮುತ್ತಿದೆ.  ಇದಕ್ಕೆಂದೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಜೊತೆ ನಿಂತವರಿಗೆಲ್ಲ ನಮ್ಮ ಸಹೃದಯ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು.  ಅವರ ಹೆಸರುಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಬಗೆಗಿನ ಕೆಲವು links ಕೆಳಗಿವೆ. Trailer 1 Trailer 2 ಕೇಶವ ಮಳಗಿಯವರು ಏನನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ? ಪುಸ್ತಕ ವಿಮರ್ಶೆಗಳು: ಅಂಗ ಸಂಗಿಯಾಗದೆ ಹಂಗು ಹರಿಯುವುದೆ? ಪ್ರಜೋದಯ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನ ರುಕ್ಮಿಣಿ ನಾಗಣ್ಣನವರ್   ಕಥೆ ಓದುವ ಕಲಾವಿದರು: ಪಲ್ಲವಿ ಎಂಡಿ  ಅಚ್ಚುತ್ ಕುಮಾರ್  ಅಮೃತ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್  ರಾಜ್ ಬಿ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ  ಸುರೇಶ ಬಿ  ಸುಕೃತ ವಾಗ್ಲೆ  ಪ್ರಮೋದ್  ಕಿಟ್ಟಿ ಶ್ರೀಧರ್  ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಮಳವಳ್ಳಿ ಪೃಭು ಮುಂಡ್ಕೂರ್ ಚೈತ್ರ ಕೊಟ್ಟೂರ್ ರಮೇಶ್ ಪಂಡಿತ್  ಅಕ್ಷತಾ ಪಾಂಡವಪುರ  ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ಮೈಸೂರು  ಸಿರಿ ರವಿಕುಮಾರ್  ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ  ರಮ್ಯ ವಸಿಷ್ಟ  ಸಂಪತ್ ಕುಮಾರ್  ನಿಕಿತಾ ಕಿಣಿ  ವಾಸು ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್  ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ನಂದಕುಮಾರ್  ರಾಘು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ  ದೀಪದ ಮಲ್ಲಿ  ಅರವಿಂದ ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ ಸುಷ್ಮಾ ಭಾರದ್ವಾಜ್ ದಯಾನಂದ ಟಿ ಕೆ  ಜಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಪಾಟೀಲ್  ವಿನಾಯಕ ಜೋಶಿ  ದೀಪ ರವಿಶಂಕರ್  ಅಶ್ವಿನ್ ಹಾಸನ ಸ್ವಾತಿ ...

ಇದು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದಿರುವ ಮೊಟ್ಟ ಮೊದಲ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಬುಕ್!! ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಬುಕ್  ಮಾಡಲು ರೆಡಿ ಇದ್ದರೆ ನನಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ.... Video Book -  https://youtu.be/iq-aXVkDKFI Main website - www.prakasamtrust.org/ht Trailer # 1 -  https://youtu.be/Xb86UA8DPNY Trailer # 2 -  https://youtu.be/K5bS7U0bhR4 FB Live with Jogi - CLICK HERE Readers List - CLICK   HERE Nalme's Article -  https://pdponder.blogspot.com/2020/05/nalme.html   ಕರೋನ ಗಲಾಟೆಯಿಂದ ನಾವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಹೋಲ್ ಸೇಲ್ ಆಗಿ ಮನೆ ಸೇರಿದ್ದು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಹಳೇ ಸುದ್ದಿ.  ಸೇರಿದಾಗ ಏನು ಮಾಡುವುದು, ದಿನಾ ಇಡೀ ಊರು ಸುತ್ತುತಿದ್ದ ನನ್ನ ತರದವರಿಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಶಾಪ ಆಯ್ತು ಈ ಲಾಕ್ ಡೌನ್ ಸುದ್ದಿ.  ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದ ಎರಡೂ ನಾಟಕಗಳು ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸಲ್ ಆಯ್ತು.  ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೨ನೇ ತಾರೀಕು ನಾಟಕ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸಲ್ ಆದಮೇಲೆ ಏನಾದರೂ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು, ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ಜಡಭರತನಾಗುವುದು ನನಗಂತೂ ಇಷ್ಟ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ.  ಆದರೆ ಇದು ಸಮಾಜಕ್ಕೆ ಸಮಾಜದಿಂದ ಹರಡೋ ವೈರಸ್.  ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ಏನು ಮಾಡೋಣ ಅಂತ ಯೋಚನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ couch potato ಅನ್ನೋ ಒಂದು ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಐಡಿಯಾ ಬಂತು. ಕಲಾವಿದರು ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರಾದಾಗ ಈ ತರಹದ ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಪಟ್ಟೆ ಅನುಕೂಲ ಆಗ...

The Selfie post performance It was a pleasant surprise when I got a call from NHVPS for a non PTM discussion.  I was happy that the school chose me to do a workshop with the children from 9, 10 & 11 to introduce them to theatre and probably do a performance by end of the workshop.  We did pretty interesting times in 21 sessions I took over there, the last five being the rehearsals for the final performance.  I thanks NHVPS for this opportunity & hope the kids who survived till the last day will do some theatre somewhere & remember me through their performance. For the final performance we chose a small story "A letter to God" from and laced it up with songs from my times to the ultra modern times making it easy for the kids to blend in.  The script I created from the story is below... & CLICK HERE for the Video of the final performance... ________________________________________________________________________ A letter to God ...

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...