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Yakshagana – Dance, Drama and Music

January 8, 2014 by Jolad Rotti

devendra shivashankara. Image source http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakshagana/

Yakshagana is a theatrical form of presenting Mythological and historical stories. A Yakshagana performance includes music, dance and dialogues. Meaning and Origin of Yakshgana The word Yakshgana means the songs of the Demi-Gods (yaksh ‘meaning Demi-God, and ‘gana’ meaning song). The performers wear interesting and colourful costumes, and elaborate headgears. The stage design and unique […]

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Offbeat Tales and Emotions – Girish Kasaravalli

September 30, 2011 by madur

Girish Kasaravalli. Photographer Omshivaprakash https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girish_Kasaravalli_2014.JPG

Girish Kasaravalli is a well known Kannada film director who has won the Golden Lotus for four out of the 13 films that he’s directed in the last three decades. He is known to be a perfectionist and probably the only Kannada film director who has not moved from parallel cinema to commercial cinema with […]

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A Playwright Par Excellence – Girish Karnad

September 30, 2011 by madur

Girish Karnad. Image source oneindia.in

Girish Karnad is an eminent playwright, actor, screenwriter, and movie director in Kannada. During the 1960s, Girish Karnad rose to prominence as one of the eminent playwrights in Kannada, and he introduced a new wave of plays that were entirely different. Girish Karnad revolutionized Kannada writing in the same way as Badal Sarkar, Mohan Rakesh, […]

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