…last October. But it was never screened! 😀
So here it is–It’s in Tamil and I’ve transliterated it to English. The play is about how Lord Indira and Chitragupta eliminate the ‘evils’ in Carnatic music! The idea is Shashi sir’s and I really do want to screen a similar play one day, or at least act in it! 🙂
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Narrator: Yamannukkum Indira Devanukkum sanDaiyAm. En teriyumA? namma rasikargaL ellArODa nyAnatta pAttuTTu, ipDi nalla isaiyai rasikkAma irukkALE…adunAla ivALukkellAm naragam pOrum apDinu Yaman solrAr. Aana Indira Devano, rasikkargaLa tirutta muDiyum…adunAla avA dEvalOkattukku dAn varaNum apDinu nanaikkarAr…inda sanDai romba periiiisA pOi, ida tIttu vekkarthukkAga Chitraguptan-a kUpadrA…Chitraguptan enna paNrAr na…
Narrator: bhUlOkathula orE paraparappu. aduvum, Chennai-la mylApore-liyum ALwArpeT-liyum, rasigarlaam orE excited-a irukka! evlO excitement na, Karuna Jairam kutcheri la madumeikkum kanne kekkumbodhu evlo excitement-o, andha alavukku! News GNB oda briga speed-la paravindu irukku!
Narrator: enna news-nu guess paNrELA? Karuna Jairam aDutha kutcheri-la kALinga nartana tillAnA main piece-Avum vishamakArakkaNNan sub-main-Avum pADa pOraangala? illa! Funnykrishnan adutha padathula bhairavi swarajathi-a Manitha (NAMITHA) ODa duet-a pADirkArA? Illa illa! Aprom ennanga news-u?
Narrator: Alwarpet la irukkura Narada Gana Sabha-la Vikkal Guruparan kutcheri nadandundrukku. Auditorium-ku uLLa evLo pEr irukkALO adODa reNDU time jAsti pEr canteen irukkA. kApi-ya kETTA enna, kuDicA enna…ellAm oNNu dAn. Canteen la ellllllA maamiyum idha daan pesindrukka, vaango kekkalaam enna matter-nu.
Maami 1: maami, sonna neenga namba mATTEL. aana idhu unmai.
Maami 2: enna Di aachu? pakkattAthu rEvathi oDa ponnu anda dADikaara payyanODa oDi poiTTALA? nAn appOvE nanachen. anda poNNODa selection eduliyumE seriya illa. anda poNNukiTTa pOna vAram “onakku romba pudicha pADagar yaaru di?” nu nAn keTTen..adukku Brinda Mukta nu sollithu..evLavO nalla sangeetham laam irukkumbOdu…
Maami 1: maaami, illa illa…rEvathi ponnu illa maami…Chitraguptan…
Maami 2: Chitraguptan-A? anda dADikAra payyan perA?
Maami 1: Aiyoooo, maaami, illa…namlukku lAm kaNakku ezhudarArE avar..
Maami 2: enna Di solra? Avarukku enna ippO?
Maami 1: avar bhUlOkattukku varArAm maami…bhUlOkamTimes.com la hot news
Maami 2: enna Di solra? Avar edukku inga varAr? enakku bayamA irukku Di…
Maami 1: Aiyo maami, naan solradhu konjam porumaiya kelungo. Sangeethalokam-nu edho oru lOkam irukAm…anga manushALa kUTiNDu pOgapOrArAm chitraguptan…adukku manushALa terndu eDukkartukkAga namma madras ku varArAm…avAvALukku irukkara nyAnatta poruttu tErndeDuppArAm..
Maami 2: Ohooo…apdia…brahmippA irukku Di…enga irukku inda lOkam, epdi pOrdu, enga vandu nambaLa tErndu eDuppAr?
Maami 1: adellAm oNNumE teriyAdu mAmi…ennanaDakka pOrdo..
Narrator: AnA rasikargaL yArukkum teriyAma Chitraguptan yErkanavE plan pOTTuTAr. avar original rUpattuliyE vandA bhUlOkattula stampede AiDapOrde-nu oru prabalAma figure-oda uruvattula vara pOrAr. anda prabalam vera yArumilla, namma S Ve Bekar daan! Chitraguptan, adAvadu, S Ve Bekar pAkarAr maDrAsla enda sabhAkku pOlAm apdinu. Narada Gana Sabha la dAn perIya canteen…Aiyirak kaNakkula rasikargal ellArum kutcheri kekka…adAvadu…sApDa varA..adunAla anga dAn narIya nyAnastA iruppA apDinu, Narada Gana Sabha-ku varAr.
Narrator: Narada Gana Sabha la Vikkal Guruparan kutcheri la vandu okkArarAr. appO…
<Guruparan sings abhOgi varnam>
<scene in the audience>
Maami 3 (eating noisily): aiyO…yEn ipDi varnam pADi time waste panrAr…nEra oru classical bhajan-o abhang-o pADakUDAdu?
Maami 4 (eating even more noisily): illa Di…varnam pADaradODa tAtparyam enna teriyumA…varnam apdingardu oru prayer…bhagawane, en kutcheri-ku ellArum varnam varnam apDinu pADaravA vENDikkarA…so adu varAdavALukku dAn…namma kETTu oNNum panna pOrdilla
Narrator: bhUlOkattulendu mEl lOkattukku pONam na, ticket vAnganam; oru nATTu lEndu innoru nATTukku pONum na, passport vAnganum, aanA bhUlOkattu lEndu sangIta lOkattukku pONum na, ticket venDAm, pocket irundA porum..anda pocket kulla Chitraguptan avAvAlODa kaNakku puttagatta pODuvAr. anda kaNakku puttagam dAn Sangeethalokattukku pOGarttukkAna sAvi.
<Chitraguptan drops one key each into the mami’s handbags>
<another scene in the audience>
Maami 5: Aaha, AbhOgi…evLO azhagAna rAgam…mAmi…idODa arohaNam avarOhaNam teriyumA — s r g m d s—s d m g r s…
Maami 6: Oho…evLO azhaga situation ku Etta mAri pADarAr pArungo…
Maami 7: En mAmi? enna situation?
Maami 8: Madras la dAn orE taNNi panjam..abhOgi la pA ni illa..adAn correct-a pADirkar…aDuttadu amritavarshiNi pADinA OhO nu irukkum…
<Chitraguptan drops one key each into the mami’s handbags>
<Guruparan sings a song in Nattai>
<another scene in the audience>
Maama 1: enna rAgam saar idhu? yAru composer?
Maama 2: Nattai saar…composer…
Maama 1: saar, neenga illa nu teriyum saar… <his phone rings loudly>hello…ooo…ramachandran mamava sollungo…epDi irukkEL…yaarukku…onga pEranukka…pATTu terinjirkaNamaa…maama ida kELungO…<lowers voice a little> nAn ippO vikkal guruparan kutcheri la irukkEn…en pakkattula oru poNNu romba lakshaNama mahAlakshmi mAri irukkA…aduvum guruparan kutcheriku varA na kalyAnam AyirkAdu…nAn kETTu pAkkaTumA…
<Chitraguptan drops one key each into the mamas’ pockets/bags>
<Guruparan sings pallavi of Chanitodi>
Maama 3: Aha, enna azhagAna tODi…avar tODu mAri joliccudu…
Maama 4: saar…kAdula konjam pOTTukkOngO…tODi illa…idu harikAMbOji saar…
Maama 3: illa sAr…harikAmbhOji-a irukka mudiyAdu…pAttu meduvAdAnE pADinAr…medukAmbhOji-a vENa irukkalAm…illana…
<Man in the next seat is snoring LOUDLY with a newspaper covering his face>
Maama 3: illana…nIlAmbariyO…
Maama 4: Saar…nIlAmbari, medhukAmbhOji, medhuvaDai lAm illa saar…idhu harikAmbhOji dAn…
Maama 3: Seri adhu epdiyO irukkaTum…tani AramicAchu…enakku medhuvaDai-nu sonnadum vayaru veNum veNum ku kEkkardu…nAn canteen ku pOrEn…
<Chitraguptan drops one key each into the mamas’ pockets/bags>
<all go to sangeethaloka, where Chitraguptan has brought Vikkal Guruparan also.>
<concert of Vikkal Guruparan; Guruparan sings a song which details the fight between Yama and Indira, and the necessity to listen to good music. All in the audience appreciate. At the end of the song, rasikas talk to Guruparan, saying >
rasikA 1: Gurupara, idellAm correct-u dAn…Ana oNNu…nInga ivLO azhagA pADarEL…Parayanan ivLO nannA vAsikkarAr…adunAla ellArum okkAndu muzhukka muzhukka rasikkarOm…AnA…engLukku evLavO doubt irukku…adellAm yArum tIttu vekka mATTEngarALE…adellAm clear-a irundA nAngaLum nimmadiyA kutcheri kEppOmE…
Parayanan: kElungO…tIttu vechuTTA pOccu….
rasikA 2: narIya doubt irukku…seri oNNu kEkkarEn…ippO…inda mridangattula oru side dAn engLukku theriyardu…innUr side la edhO tEykarELE…adu enna?
Parayanan: adu ravA saar…
rasikA 1: En ada pODarEL?
Parayanan: ravA illanA…pADaravA, vAsikkaravA, kEkkaravA, ellArkkum tondaravA irukkum…ravA irundudu nA AdaravA irukkum..adulEndu dAn gumki varudhu <demonstrates>
rasikA 3: Oh, bale, bale! Saar, Ana, evLavO pADaravA vArttai-ya tappu tappA pADarA…entarO mahAnubhAvulu, panDurIdi kollu apDinu…engLukkum edu correct-u edu tappu-nu teriyamATTEngardu…
Guruparan: nInga solradum sari dAn…nAngLum inimE konjam gavaniccu pADarOm…ongLODa kELvigaLa nIngLum kutcheriku appramAvO illa lecture demonstrations liyO kELungO…tIttuvekkarOm.
<Guruparan sings another song, which says that all is fine with rasikas…and all rasikas join in and they sing together.>
<Indira’s darbAr>
Indira: ChitraguptA, nI bhUlOkattukku pOnadula enna kaNDu piDicha?
Chitraguptan: bhUlOkattula epapDiyo irukkara rasikALLAM sangItalOkattukku vandA romba azhanga pATTa rasikarA, Indira Deva!
Indira: apDiya? apDi sangItalOkattula enna pannina ChitraguptA?
Chitraguptan: nalladenna keTTadenna-nu namma Vikkal Guruparan-a avALukku eDuttu solla vecchEn…avlo dAn Deva!
Indira: O, paravAliyE, namma rasikarellArum nyAnastALa irukka! Chitragupta, nAn jaychuTTEn! rasikargaL ellArum devalOkattukkE varuva! Chitragupta, bhUlOkamTimes.com la inda seidhiyai parappu! Nalla sangItatta ellArum nariya kEkkaTTum! nannA nyAnatta vaLattukkaTum! inda Krishisharan, Semiya reNDu pErum naDattara Bharat Sangeet Utsav-la narIya nalla kutchErigaL naDakkardu, ada pOi kekkasollu! Shreyo Bhuyat Sakala JanaanAm!
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