Rejected and modified – a fatal combination in a woman and an encapsulation from how to swing Ramayana Has been seen below ages. Well, every villain has an original story and Shoorpanakha: a search It is his. Presented by Parshathi J Nath, this piece not only sees the woman within the demon princess, but also highlights the people and the divas living within each of us.
The mythology mentions Shurpanaakha and what happens shows him in the most ineffective light, which makes him an interesting one interesting as a central character in any performance.
Parsathi says that the story of Shurpanakha was with him as it was a painful experience.
“I realized that the men who treated him with triviality were some of the women who include themselves. More than being severed from her nose, I believe it is more insulting to bring her feelings to light and is subject to suggestions that she gives her love to others.”
Parshati emphasizes this Melodious Is there a “not a bounce against men”, although it is more often for women in India, which is not prevalent for patriarchy and dating culture here.
“I wanted to detect this binary and Sita’s binary, and how social standards for beauty seem to follow a stereotype.”
Parshati J Nath AS and in Melodious
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At home on stage
The love story of Parathi with theater began at the age of 10 with its first school audition. “I was easily ready for theater; it was not a square or discipline, my parents flew on me – perhaps that’s why I was able to investigate it for my heart content, called the artist,” who started training in classical dances and voices at the age of six. “I can still remember the surprise that I felt on the change that came out on stage.”
Although she used to continue scripts and direct plays while in college, her passion took a step back as life and found a career on the way, says Parsathi. As a journalist, she writes about the plays of others who debut in the city, while all the stage torture for lights.
She says, “In 2017, I participated in a drama after a six -year gap and felt how much I missed it,” she says, it was the trigger that brought her back to the theater. “I was 27 years old at that time and I remember” if not now, when? “I knew I had to make an option and if I wait for a long time, I could lose the drive to act.”
Parshathi quit her job as a journalist and went to the theater throughout the time – working with various directors and in 2019, Ninasam theater in Karnataka. “The study in Ninasam was changing life; I was ready to interact and interact with the theater doctors from rural Karnataka. I used to pick up Kannada and I took a training.
Germ
The seeds for a piece of Parsathi on Shurpanaakh were sown while studying at Ninam Theater School in Karnataka and say that her masters’ response gave the play her present shape. “Around that time I participated in a Yakshagana performance by Sharan Ramprakash, which was titled Axiatra It objects the penis and square, and was deeply multi -level. This opened my eyes for many possibilities of this art form. ,
“When we think of a drama, it is usually imagination that comes to mind first and I initially imagined Melodious As a classical piece with Bharatanatyam and Karnataka music, the hero is a mythological character, especially. ,
However, since 2021, Parshati says this character depictionGetting developed with two rows – deepening in the psyche of the bravery and ignoring his body language as a classical dancer to fully incarnate the part he has to play.
Parshati J Nath AS and in Melodious
Photo Credit: Peevee
“My tenure in Adishthi opened new ideas to prepare a piece of performance with my entire body language responding to my training in Khudyattam, Kattikkatu and other art forms.”
“If I did not do this, I will not be able to do justice to this role because Shurpanakha was a free-elevated, forest resident. My experiences in life are very different and limited to the language of a classical body,” she says.
To redefine the character, Parshati researched to find only minimum references on Malayalam and Kannada literature. “Nevertheless, protesting traditions like Khudyattam used to expand the life of Shurpanakha in an entire episode.”
Parshathi along with Kittikutu with Kattikukutu and Hen M Day Bruin with Parshee Nangiyar. He learned to play the role of The Muguhu (a collision instrument) with Kalamandalam Rajeevan and Harihar Gupatan. “Its sound played an important role in the performance, which almost guessed as another character”. Additionally, he learned the song Oppari and play alien with Gangai Master and Manimaran.
With light music inspired by folk traditions, Shoorpanakha: a search Which includes an original open composition by PA Thrivenkatchami in a one -hour performance performance, which is specially designed for this piece built under his Arts Practice Program under India Foundation for Arts for Arts.
Shoorpanakha: a search The Kerala Sangeet in Thrissur will be presented at Nataka Academy in Thrissur, at Ranga Shankara in Bengaluru and Meedai in Chennai on 22 June. Information on tickets priced at ₹ 299 is available online.
Published – June 05, 2025 07:40 pm IST
