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...

Yesterday on Facebook had an interesting conversation with a friend, who happens to be soft, very well presented and mannered south Indian lady till she posted this picture.  I asked her on the post why is she doing such a thing & decided to message her instead of asking about her decision to do her bit for Moral Policing on Facebook.  I dont know if my conversation helped her to realise she too was Moral Policing like the goons in Mangalore,  but I felt an urge to share this story to all of you (hope you can read & understand Kannada typed in English).  The chat transcript is below the pic Actual Pic on FB which has lot of hate speech attached to it P D: Just wanted to know why did you share the ladies smoking pictures please, let me know only if you want to explain yourself S A: becoz ega tumba hudgiru e tara madtidare so avrella etara fb ge hakidanna nodi adru adu tappu anta smoking madodu bidtare anta P D: alla tappu annondu ava...

This name ವಾರಾನ್ನ (Vaaranna) is peculiar even to many Kannadiga’s now since the concept and tradition are long gone from the urban centres. This was an urban concept for most of its lifetime and the name literally means Weekly Rice. This was started by rich and good Samaritans who decided to give a day’s meal to poor kids who have come to the city for higher studies. The concept was very simple, the poor boy goes to home no one on Sunday, goes to home number two on Monday and home number seven on Saturday. These boys normally would spend time with the women folk who used to serve them their three square meals a day. The gossip of one house used to go around to the other and likewise. Extra gossip from the eighth house onwards was shared by Vaaranna boys used to join in their educational institutions and the gossip of the neighbourhood used to spread. We too are the Vaaranna boys of Bangalore, we not only will live out the old tradition but we shall in turn give you the weekly me...

BlueOcean Theater presents premier staging of their first production 4 PLAY A collection of 4 short plays in English and Gibberish IT'S OKAY! | PAYASAM | BRIDGE | THE BEAR based on the works of Anton Chekhov and Jayaprakash Kulur Enacted by cine and theater artists: Prakash Bare, Padmapriya, VK Prakash, Ann Augustine and others @7pm, Feb 18, 2012, at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore Directed by: Jayaprakash Kulur Contact: Thulasidhara Kurup - 9916458385, Vandana Prabhu - 7829902128 ITS OKAY! What can be the turning point in the day of an ordinary man? In this play based on Chekhov's "Death of a Clerk", set in Bangalore's Cubbon Park, our protagonist finds his life taking a turn beyond his wildest imaginations PAYASAM Based on Kulur's original play which was adapted in VKP's Kannada film Aidu Ondla Aidu. The play is about a newly wed couple, and how their lack of communication impacts the sweet beginnings of their marital bliss. BRIDGE What does a police ...

I have been writing on and off on topics ranging from performing arts to technology. I have written for periodicals, journals, newspapers and search engine optimisation content too. Why have I done all this too has many reasons. It all started way back in early 90's for academic reasons. I had to submit articles for my journalism assignments in graduation class. I started writing for 'collegeu ranga' youth section of Kannada Prabha (a famous Kannada daily run by the Goenka group). This was my first shot at professional writing. Post that I even served as reporter for The Hindu (the famous south Indian daily run by the Kasturi group). By this time I had realised that my fantasies of journalistic writing being the fourth estate was shattered. I was told in The Hindu by my chief editor that I should not use 'is' but have to use 'was' since it was the style of the paper. I remember while writing a review for a play on Ambedkar, I had trashed out the poor product...

I wrote this poem in 1992, for some unknown woman and I just found a piece of this sheet which had few words of a letter written to me by that girl. I did not want to translate it but most of you guys would not understand what it means since I wrote it in Kannada. Here it goes in Kannada first... ನೀನೊಂದು ಹೂವ ಆದರೆ ನಾನಿರುವೆ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಆಗಸಗಳ ಅಂತರ ಇರುವುದೇ ನಿರಂತರ? Translation You are a flower But I am with Stars The distance between sky and earth Will it last forever? Found more junk which amuse me about me... will post them too ASAP...

One fine day I opened my inbox to see a mail from a certain Miss Aygul. Nice interesting correspondence and even more interesting pictures. Am updating what I have done so far. On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:17 PM & at 1:21 PM (same mail sent twice) subject Re[2]: correspondence knowledge Hi my new friend Im glad to see that you have decided to reply,I see it is very short letter. It is all right because you are astonished to get my letter. I want you to know that I have only good intentions and I have not any secrets. The thing is that I will work in your country for three months or so and I would like to meet a nice man to fall in love or just be closest friends. I don't want to live in Russia because I have not any chances here, it is hardly possible to explain from first time but I want you to know my plans. I will work in any shop, bar or restaurant the agency that i am going through will suggest me some locations. It will be my choice in the end as to what option to go for. ...