The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF), in collaboration with the Kodungallur Film Society and the Bahadur Memorial Trust, will put on ‘Khasakkinte Ithihasam’, the acclaimed theatrical adaptation of literary giant O.V. Vijayan’s magnum opus.
The production, which will run from April 1-3 , 6:30 pm at the Government Boy’s High School ground in Kodungallur is part of a long-running community engagement initiative by the KBF to promote deeper discourse on and greater access to art and culture. The programme is backed by technology major HCL.
Taking its cues from the groundbreaking 1969 Malayalam novel (since reprinted over 50 times), the play – directed by Deepan Sivaraman and presented by KMK Smaraka Kalasamithi Thrikkaripur – depicts the lives and myths of the imagined land of Khasak, the setting of which much resembles the landscape of North Malabar. The director even incorporates Theyyam – a ritualistic dance tradition from the region.
The story of Ravi, a guilt-ridden college dropout who runs away to the hamlet of Khasak in the Palakkad countryside to atone for an illicit affair, is the central narrative of the novel, but Vijayan explores themes like the points of contact and conflict between a mythic past and a rationalising modernity through his protagonist’s experiences and encounters.
Beyond the existential angst of the protagonist, the play delves deeper into the magical, philosophical realm through its rich assortment of inhabitants – ‘Padma’, ‘Maimuna’, ‘Allapicha Mollaka’, ‘Kuppuvachan’, ‘Khaliyar’, ‘Appu-Killi’, ‘Mungamkozhi’, among the other most celebrated of Vijayan’s characters.
“Theatre in Kerala had its roots in the rustic. Before elaborate stage productions and arts clubs, there were the farmlands and woodlands,” said noted artist and Secretary, KBF, Riyas Komu. “The pastoral has also been the muse for Kerala theatre – even before the town and city offered new avenues for thematic exploration.”
“The strength of Khasak keeps evolving and today’s ‘Khasak’ is a new legend. The mythos of Vijayan’s fictional land is recreated to reminisce of a shared yore, from where fantasy and fact have been distilled in such still living traditions as Theyyam,” he added.
Tickets for the production can be purchased at
www.kodungallurfilmsociety.org.
The production, which will run from April 1-3 , 6:30 pm at the Government Boy’s High School ground in Kodungallur is part of a long-running community engagement initiative by the KBF to promote deeper discourse on and greater access to art and culture. The programme is backed by technology major HCL.
Taking its cues from the groundbreaking 1969 Malayalam novel (since reprinted over 50 times), the play – directed by Deepan Sivaraman and presented by KMK Smaraka Kalasamithi Thrikkaripur – depicts the lives and myths of the imagined land of Khasak, the setting of which much resembles the landscape of North Malabar. The director even incorporates Theyyam – a ritualistic dance tradition from the region.
The story of Ravi, a guilt-ridden college dropout who runs away to the hamlet of Khasak in the Palakkad countryside to atone for an illicit affair, is the central narrative of the novel, but Vijayan explores themes like the points of contact and conflict between a mythic past and a rationalising modernity through his protagonist’s experiences and encounters.
Beyond the existential angst of the protagonist, the play delves deeper into the magical, philosophical realm through its rich assortment of inhabitants – ‘Padma’, ‘Maimuna’, ‘Allapicha Mollaka’, ‘Kuppuvachan’, ‘Khaliyar’, ‘Appu-Killi’, ‘Mungamkozhi’, among the other most celebrated of Vijayan’s characters.
“Theatre in Kerala had its roots in the rustic. Before elaborate stage productions and arts clubs, there were the farmlands and woodlands,” said noted artist and Secretary, KBF, Riyas Komu. “The pastoral has also been the muse for Kerala theatre – even before the town and city offered new avenues for thematic exploration.”
“The strength of Khasak keeps evolving and today’s ‘Khasak’ is a new legend. The mythos of Vijayan’s fictional land is recreated to reminisce of a shared yore, from where fantasy and fact have been distilled in such still living traditions as Theyyam,” he added.
Tickets for the production can be purchased at
www.kodungallurfilmsociety.org.
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