29 January 2017
: Inauguration of the Tamil Play
from Mali Stage – Naam Endrum Oruvar.
Venue : Mylapore
Fine Arts Club - Karthik Fine Arts
Drama / Tamil Play: Naam Endrum Oruvar
Story & Dialogues:
K.S. N. Sundar
Direction - Kudandhai Mali
Presented and produced by Mali Stage.
It was pleasant Saturday evening, the time for some good
theatre experience, we went to MFAC, the stage that sets most of the inaugural
shows sentimentally for most of the drama troupes in the city. Karthik Fine Arts is known to have given
great opportunities to talents and Mali Stage is one of the most pioneer drama
groups in the City.
Foreword: Awesome
concept, excellent acting, amazing coordination and great direction and
dialogues.
Plot & Review:
Advocate Meenakshi donned by none other than theatre star Sowmya
Ramnarayanana, daughter in law of great Mr. Mali sir himself is the highly
determined women feminist advocate. She
is popular and love the prestige as being called specialist lawyer in divorce
cases. She advocates the same theory and
uses all the loopholes in the law to get divorce for her clients. She ensures that her lady clients get
divorce, no matter what and irrespective of whether the divorce reason is
genuine or not. She is also known as
kayirasi divorce lawyer. Her husband
Mr. Sundaram, acted by Bhaskar is also an advocate who advocates against divorce. His theory is that husband and wife should
try to reconcile, realign and remove the differences and lead a happy
life. Bhaskar did an amazing job almost
in every scene in the drama and needs great applause. Baskar had been a real pillar of the show and
awesome acting with his charismatic portrayal of the character. Probably, he needs little more makeup to look
older as a father and father-in-law.
Their only son lives in USA and is married to a girl called
Charu. The plot goes around when Charu
send a divorce notice to her husband and how the advocate Meenakshi fights
between being a mother and an advocate.
Her version of divorce changes and takes twists and turns based on the
events happening in her own life.
Sowmya acted very well as a professional lawyer and appreciate her way
of dressing and changing of 7 sarees in 1.5 hours drama which is not an easy
feat.
Balaji who acted as the son did a
neat job by showing emotions of a youngster caught between parents with two
different attitudes towards life and his commitment to marriage and love for
his wife Charu. Sundar Sir did a
wonderful script. Arvind is another
talent artist who performed well. The
Sambandhi to Meenakashi acted by Arun was a humble character showing real emotions
and the Gumastha character shows how it actually operates in Indian courts and
how the real Clerks feel and work. Well done Arun Sir for your modest and
flawless acting . Ramani Sir is an
experienced artist who needs no recognition and did a wonderful character as a
father showing his acting experience and emotions required of the play.
Daughter in law Charu character did by debut actor Ramya to
the Tamil Stage did a good job. Her
expressions were good and there is scope for lot of growth for her in the
theatre arena. Monaja acted as Jennifer,
the foreign lady did a good acting though her part was only for one scene and
did a neat job.
The volume could have been better and mikes probably need to
increase the volume as at places, the dialogues were not audible. However, other than the minor initial
issues, it was an excellent show. The
lighting effects and music was good and back stage support also need to be
appreciated for their quick turnaround of the stage sets and wonderful
coordination.
The end to end credit goes to Mr. Mali for such a wonderful
play. For the theater lovers, this play
gives you a good concept and relevant to the present day scenario. Instead of opting for divorce, if our youngsters
and their parents give some time for reconciliation, many a relationships would
be saved.
Divorce is not a wrong thing
if there are genuine cases of harassment, dowry, betrayals and any other
serious issues. But today, the youngsters
lose patience easily in relationships, opt for change, jump the guns at the
fall of a hat, and take decisions hastily and regret later. This drama is a lesson to all those
people. Though humor was not the
objective of this play, you do get to laugh at the twists and turns of the play
itself and Sundaram and Meenakshi steals the show. Worth watching when played in stage.
Congrats Baskar Balasubramanian & Soumya Ram and
congrats team... enjoyed the evening! Well penned story with expert direction
and action.
Kudos to the entire cast and crew of NAAM ENDRUM ORUVAR.
