“Federal Bank” Sponsored S.Sruuthi’s Tamil Play “Tharaiye Meyl Piraka Vaithaan”
On Sunday May first Kartik Fine Arts’ Kartik Rajagopal 31st Kodai Nataka Vizha is scheduled to stage “Tharaiye Meyl Pirakka Vaithaan” Written by Veteran dramatist T.V.Radhakrishnan, Produced, Directed & Enacted in the lead role as Sengamalam by “Kalai Ilamani” S.Sruuthi In her ” Naatya Naadha Nataka Sangamam” banner at Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall at 6.45 PM as an “Admission Free/Entry Free/ All Are Welcome” drama programme sponsored by Federal Bank and Co-Sponsored by J. Balasubramanian Founder Trustee, JB Cultural Foundation, Dr.A.V.Anoop in fond memory of his beloved father Mr.A.G.Vasavan who was the then Director Of Fisheries with the Kerala Government, CA.P.G.Sadgurudas, G.Rajendran, Chairman, GRT & Dr.Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti.
S.Shivpprasadh enacts as Politician Neelamegam,Sethuraman as Retired Army man Venugopal, Rajamansingh as Kathirvel, Srinath as Veerasamy, Vidiyal Vinayagam as Neelamegham’s henchman Selvam, R.Nagaraja Rao as Kuppan along with “Kalai Ilamani” S.Sruuthi’ as Sengamalam.
Written by T.V.Radhakrishnan, Scene sets designed by S.Sruuthi’s R.S.Manohar’s Arts & Crafts, Music by Guhaprasath, Audiography by Viishwaajay G.N., Stage Management by Balan, Lights & Special Effects by Mano and Make-up by NS.Suresh.
Let us now have a brief look at the synopsis of this play.
The relentless splashing of waves against the shore and receding into the sea is a miracle. Likewise, in the life of every fisherfolk their problems ebb and recede, but never ends. This community which generates maximum foreign exchange revenue and provide food to many, ironically, never lead a normal life. There is no guarantee that a fisherman who ventures into the sea shall return safely after fishing. Till such time their men return to the shore, the agony and anxiety faced by the womenfolk cannot be explained in words. Leave alone the nature’s fury like rain, cyclone, they encounter lots of man-made problems like arrest by the foreign coast guard sometimes loss of life by the foreign forces. Their mistake…. venturing into foreign waters, albeit unknowingly. This folk’s appeal with the government of the day for ensuring safe fishing also resembles like waves which never rests.
As if these problems are not enough, the intervention of local politicians in their day-to-day life add up to their existing miseries. The fisherfolk’s daily life revolves around such multitude of problems.
The hero of this Play titled “Tharaiye Meyl Piraka Vaithaan” begins with the nagging question whether there is any solution to these problems faced by them. The Character in this play Kathirvel, his daughter Sengamalam and her would-be-husband Veerasamy are all caught in such web of problems. As if this is not enough, politician Neelamegam and his henchman Selvam adds to the problem of Kathirvel and his family who is supported and protected by a retired Army man Venugopal.
To know whether Kathirvel succeeded in tackling the above problems, the play “Tharaimel Pirakka Vaithan” shall provide answer on Sunday May first during the Kartik Fine Arts’ Kartik Rajagopal 31st Summer Drama Festival that will be staged at Naradha Gana Sabha Main Hall at 6.45 p.m.Though there might have been many stories on the fishing community, the background of Tharaiye Meyl Piraka Vaithaan would be definitely on a different canvas.
