RANG SOPAN 2--Kavalam Narayana Panikkar,
This year Madhya Pradesh Cultural Department facilitates Kavalam Narayana Panikkar by Organzing Rang Sopan 2, Sh. Panikkar , born on
28 April 1928, is an Indian dramatist,
theatre director and poet. He has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted
from classical Sanskrit drama and Shakespeare, notably Madhyamavyayogam ,
Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam, Shakuntalam , Karnabharam , Bhasa's Uru Bhangam,
Swapnavasavadattam and Dootavakyam . He is the founder-director of theatre
troupe, Sopanam, which led to the foundation of 'Bhashabharati: Centre for
Performing Arts, Training and Research, in Trivandrum.
He was awarded the 1983 Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award in Direction by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National
Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, which gave him its highest award for
lifetime achievement the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2002.
He started his career as a lawyer
in 1955 and practised law for six years before devoting himself to art and
literature. In 1961 he was nominated as Secretary of Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka
Academy, Thrissur and shifted his base to Thrissur, the cultural capital of
Kerala. His work has always been rooted in both the classical and folk
traditions of Kerala.
In 1974, Kavalam shifted his
residence to the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. In this period his play
Avanavan Kadamba was filmed by G. Aravindan. He has worked in many countries,
including the former Soviet Union. In Greece he worked with Greek artists on a
production of the Ilyayana, a fusion of the Indian Ramayana and the Greek epic
Iliad.
He has directed two movies about
the greatest Kutiyattam maestro legendary actor Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar: Mani
Madhava Chakyar: The Master at Work (1994) and Parvati Viraham (1993) in
Kuttiyattam form featuring Mani Madhava Chakyar as Ravana.[6] As a lyricist in
Malayalam cinema, he has written for films like Ulsavapittennu, Manjadikuru
(2008), Vadakakkoru Hridayam (1978) and Marmaram (1982).
He won Kerala State Film Award
for Best Lyrics for the two films. Mani Madhava Chakyar: The Master At Work- A
biographical film about Guru Mani Madhava Chakkiar directed by K. N. Panicker
He has remained a consultant at
Asianet Communications and vice chairman for Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
Rang Sopan 2, at Bharat
Bhawan from 3-9 Feb, 2014. Rang Spopan 2, A program not to be missed.
Source: Wikipedia.
Photo Courtesy: PARTHA DUTTA
A scene from the play SANGMANYAM- Directed by Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
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