Paying tribute to noted theatre artists BV Karanth, a programme ‘Aadranjali’ is being organised at Bharat Bhavan that began here from Friday.
It may be mentioned that Aadranjali is organised every year to mark the death anniversary of renowned playwright and founder and first director of Rangmandal of Bharat Bhavan.
To begin with the programme, Rang Sangeet was held. Fantastically performed by the students of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD), the Rang Sangeet was directed by MPSD director Sanjay Upadhyay. Under Rang Sangeet the music of BV Karanth’s plays was performed. To remember BV Karanth it was one of the best openings to the programme.
As music plays a vital role in Karanth’s plays, this was showcased through Rang Sangeet. Not only this, but the songs from other plays by other writers also presented on the stage with a zest.
The performers presented as many 20 songs from 15 plays of BV Karanth, Suman Kumar, Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ and Hrishikesh Sulabh. The songs including Ugna re more satya jila, Chanda parasite taraste hain, Bhado rain gahan andhyara and more were presented on stage.
Sanjay Upadhya informed that they selected 15 plays of all the genres like classical, folk and contemporary to make the event even more zestful. Plays like Bidesia, Kahan Gaye Mere Ugna, Haar Shringar and more were selected for Rang Sangeet.
After Rang Sangeet, a lecture on ‘Personality of BV Karanth’ was also held. The talk was conducted by renowned artists across country including Mahesh Anand, Harikesh Sulabh and Rajeev Verma. The discussion was all about Kranth’s contribution in theatre industry, his personality and how he used to work on a particular concept or script.