BAHUROOPI NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL 2015
JAGADA JAANAPADA BAHUMUKHI SHAKESPEARE
We have seen in the background of Kannada literature that rural India is very vibrant. That is why Kannada literature has established clearly the varied tradition observed in the people’s way of life. Shakespeare, the folk legend of the world, recreated the spectator’s universe by expressing the subtle goings on in their existence. He welded the intense dramatization with scintillating dialogues without allowing the latter to slump into artificial mould. Shakespeare couldn’t or didn’t separate the realms of belief and superstition as he found them inseparable components of the same reality.
That’s why he was able to bring on a common platform love, hate, separation, union, death, struggle, conflict, sex, ambition, cruelty, extreme behavior and so on. Through his imaging he becomes one with us making inroads into our innermost consciousness. His all pervasive grasp of the here-and-now approximates him to the position of the Buddha. He never built an abode for himself and he never reached any palpable destination, though the drab biography tries to catch the mundane details of his itinerary on this earth. Rangayana is making an attempt to come to terms with such a phenomenon of Shakespeare during its 12th edition of BAHUROOPI.
Rangayana is in constant search for multi-cultural moorings and as a part of this pursuit it is conducting the National Theatre Festival on ‘Jagada Janapada Bahumukhi Shakespeare’. We are hopeful that this would be a record or a milestone in the annals of Indian theatre. It is happy coincidence that the, in a way, the Silver jubilee of Rangayana is being celebrated even as we are hailing 450 Anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. With this creative impetus me are intending to conduct theatre movement all over Karnataka. Rangayana is fortunate to have very experienced artistes; with the complete support of the government of Karnataka and the cooperation of Rangasamaja Rangayana would cross over all the hurdles and move in the direction of achievements and accomplishments. The major objectives include the establishment of B.V. Karanth Museum, condu of Regional Theatre Festivals, District Training Camps, bringing children and youth to respond to the Theatre Projects of Rangayana. We fervently hope that the government of Karnataka would find lasting solutions to some of the long – standing problems and issues and provide necessary inspriration to all of us engaged in Rangayana to forge ahead and reach meaningful destinations. With this preamble I invite all of you to the magical world of Shakespeare…
H. Janardhan (Janni)
Director
Rangayana
List of programs
13th Jan 2015 Event details
10.00 AM
Streetplay Inaguration |
Venue : Kindarijogi Campus, |
Sri. P. Gangadharaswamy |
Senior Theatre Director, Mysuru. |
11.00 AM
INAUGURAL FUNCTION of Bahuroopi Film Festival – 2015 |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
Inauguration By : |
Shri. S.V. Rajendrasingh Babu |
Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, Bengaluru |
ChairPerson |
Shri. H. Janardhan (Janni) |
Director, Rangayana Mysuru |
11.45 AM: Film Show
Film: The Taming of the Shrew |
(English) 122 mins |
Director: Franco Zeffirelli |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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12.00 AM
Shakespeare Exhibition |
Venue : Suchitra Art Gallery, Kalamandira |
Collection : Prof. B.N. Balaji Mysuru |
Inauguration By : |
Dr. K.Y. Narayanaswamy |
Playwright, Member of Rangasamaja, Bengaluru. |
5.00 PM
INAUGURAL FUNCTION of Bahuroopi – 2015 |
Venue: Vanaranga, Rangayana |
Keynote Address : |
Sri. H. Janardhan (Janni) |
Director, Rangayana, Mysore. |
Inauguration : |
Sri. Naseeruddin Shah |
Renowned Theater & Film Actor & Director, Mumbai. |
Chief Guests : |
Hon’ble Sri. V. Srinivas Prasad |
Revenue & District In-Charge Minister, Govt. of Karnataka. |
Hon’ble Smt. Umashri |
Minister of Kannada & Culture Department Women and Child welfare Department, Bengaluru Govt. of Karnataka. |
Special Invitee : |
Shri. Prakash Raj |
Renowned Theater & Film Actor , Bengaluru. |
ChairPerson : |
Sri. Vasu |
MLA, Chamaraja Constituency, Mysuru. |
5.30 PM
Streetplay |
Venue : Vanaranaga |
Team : Janamana |
07.00 PM: Play
Play: Beastly Tales |
Director: Nasiruddin Shah |
Trope: Motley, Mumbai |
Venue: Kalamandira |
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14th Jan 2015 Event details
10.30 AM: Film Show
Film: In Search of Shakespere 1 |
(English) 59 mins |
Director: Michael Wood |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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11.45 AM: Film Show
Film: Ran |
(Japanese) 162 mins |
Director: Akira Kurosawa |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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03.45 PM : Film Show
Film: Othello |
(English) 91 mins |
Director: Orson Welles |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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04.00 PM: Play
Play: Shakespeare’s Hamlet |
(Kannada) |
Translation/Direction: Prasanna |
Troupe : Rangayana Repertory, Mysore |
Venue: Bhumigeeta, Rangayana |
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5.00 PM:
Folk Festival Inaguration |
Venue: Vanaranga |
Inaguration : |
Dr. Krihnamurthy Hanur |
Renowned folklorist, Mysuru. |
Keynote address : |
Sri. H. Janardhan (Janni) |
Director, Rangayana, Mysore. |
Chair person : |
Sri. Pichchalli Srinivas |
Chairman, Karnataka Jaanapada Academy, Bengaluru. |
5.30 PM
Streetplay |
Venue : Vanaranaga |
Team : Rangahejje |
07.00 PM: Play
Play: Raktha Rathri |
(Kannada) |
Playwright : Karnataka Shakespeare Sri. Kandagal Hanumantha Rayaru |
Direction: Nadoja Belagali Veeranna |
Troupe: Nataka Kalamitra Mandali, Ballary. |
Venue: Kalamandira |
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Folk Festival |
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Tamate Vaadana | Sri A.M. Manjunath & troupe | Hosahalli Agrhara, Kolar Dist. |
Women Veeragase | Sri Aruna L.M & troupe | Tarikere Taluk, Udupi Dist. |
Kangilu Dance | Sri Ganesh Gangolli & troupe | Kundapura Taluk, Udupi Dist. |
Folk Songs | Sri Basavalingaiah Hiremat & troupe | Saptapura, Dharwad Dist. |
Dollu Dance | Sri Dakshayini & troupe | Sagar Taluk, Shimoga, Dist. |
15th Jan 2015 Event details
10.30 AM: Film Show
Film: In Search of Shakespere 2 |
(English) 59 mins |
Director : Michael Wood |
Venue : Sriranga, Rangayana |
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11.45 AM: Film Show
Film: Titus |
(English) 162 mins |
Director: Julie Taymor |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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03.45 PM : Film Show
Film: Macbeth |
(English) 83 mins |
Director : Roman Polonski |
Venue : Sriranga, Rangayana |
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04.00 PM: Play
Play: Ayadaan |
(Marathi) based on Urmila Pawar’s Auto biography |
Direction : Sushama Deshpande |
Troupe : Avishkar & Anjer, Pune. |
Venue: Bhumigeeta, Rangayana |
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5.30 PM
Streetplay |
Venue : Vanaranaga |
Team : Paraspara |
07.00 PM: Play
Play: Maranayaka |
Sankalpa, Mysore & Central prisons Department, Mysore |
(Kannada) |
(based on Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’) Stage Adaptation: Prof. H.S. Shivaprakash |
Direction : Hulugappa Kattimani |
Troupe : Residents of Central prisons, Mysore |
Venue : Kalamandira |
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Folk Festival |
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Pooja dance | Sri. K.P. Devaraj & troupe | Kasaravadi Village, Mandya Dist. |
Jaggalige | Sri. Kallappa Kambar & troupe | Hubli Taluk, Dharwad Dist. |
Karaga Dance | Sri. Choodappa & troupe | Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Dist. |
Neelagarara Mela | Sri. Kailasamurthy & troupe | Kollegala Tq, Chamaraja dist., |
Kolata | Sri. T. Sampangiramaiah & troupe | Kalahasthi village, Kolar dist., |
16th Jan 2015 Event details
10.30 AM: Film Show
Film: In Search of Shakespere 3 |
(English) 59 mins |
Director: Michael Wood |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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11.45 AM: Film Show
Film: A Mid Summer Night’s Dream |
(English) 112 mins |
Director: Elijah Moshinsky |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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03.45 PM : Film Show
Film: Angoor |
(Hindi) 141 mins |
Director: Gulzar |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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04.00 PM: Play
Play: Hasivu Kanasu |
(Kannada) |
Playwright : Du. Saraswathi & Deepak Srinivasan |
Direction : Deepak Srinivasan |
Troupe : Prakruthi Kala Tanda & Ranga Nirantara Tanda , Bengaluru. |
Venue: Bhumigeeta, Rangayana |
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5.30 PM
Streetplay |
Venue : Vanaranaga |
Team : Ekathari |
07.00 PM: Play
Play: Kasumal- Sapno |
(based on Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’) |
(Rajasthani) |
Stage Adaptation : Ipsitha chakraborty Singh |
Direction: Ajeet Singh palawat |
Troupe:Ujaagar Dramatic Association, Jaipur. |
Venue: Kalamandira |
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Folk Festival |
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Halakki Suggi Dance | Sri. Lakshman & troupe | Honnavara Taluk, Uttara Kannada Dist. |
Gondaligara Mela | Sri. Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekara | Navanagar, Bagalakot Dist. |
Tasara Randol | Sri H.V. Shikari Ramu & troupe | Kampli, Bellary Dist. |
Kamsale | Sri. Mahadeva & troupe | Mysore Dist. |
Folk songs | Sri. D.R, Rajappa | Kolar Dist. |
17th Jan 2015 Event details
10.30 AM : Film Show
Film : Shakespere Uncovered – Hamlet |
(English) 59 mins |
Director : Richard Denton |
Venue : Sriranga, Rangayana |
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10.30 AM: Inauguration Function
National Seminar |
Venue : Kalamandira Mini Theatre |
Opening song : ChinthanVikas |
Renowned singer, Bengaluru |
Inaugural speach : Shri.H.Janardhan |
Director, Rangayana, Mysuru |
Keynote Address : Prof. Rajendra Chenni |
Thinker and Critic, Shivamogga. |
Presided by : Prof. G K Govindarao |
Thinker, Actor, Member, RangaSamaja, Bengaluru |
11.45 AM: Film Show
Film : Romeo & Juliet |
(English) 168 mins |
Director : Alvin Rakoff |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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12.10 PM : Session 1
Subject: Shakespeare-Creative Response |
Playwright’s Perspective : Sri. Prasanna |
Playright and Direction, Heggodu |
Director’s Viewpoint : Prof. S R Ramesh |
Stage Director, Mysuru |
Actor’s View : Sri. Rithwik Singh |
Actor and Director, Bengaluru |
Actor’s View : Smt. K R Nandini |
Senior Artiste, Rangayana, Mysuru |
12.30 PM : Session 2
Subject:Governance and politics in Shakespeare’s plays |
Presented by : Prof. O L Nagabhushanaswamy |
Writer and Critic, Bengaluru |
Subject : Femaleworld in Shakepear’s plays |
03.45 PM : Film Show
Film: Ulta Palta |
(Kannada) 138 mins |
Director : N.S. Shankar |
Venue : Sriranga, Rangayana |
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04.00 PM: Play
Play : Namma Samsara |
(Kannada) |
Playwright :Raghunandana & Om Cheri Narayana Pille |
Design / Direction : Raghunandana |
Troupe : Neenasam, Heggodu. |
Venue: Bhumigeeta, Rangayana |
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5.30 PM
Streetplay |
Venue : Vanaranaga |
Team : Rangasangama |
07.00 PM: Play
Play:Fall of a King – Burha Manuhor Babe desh Nai |
(based on Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’) |
(Assame) |
Stage Adaptation : Ipsitha chakraborty Singh |
Direction: Palash Protim Mech |
Troupe:Omni Frame the Art Society |
Venue: Kalamandira |
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18th Jan 2015 Event details
10.30 AM : Film Show
Film : Shakespere in Kabul |
(English) 45 mins |
Director : Harriet Shawcross |
Venue : Sriranga, Rangayana |
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10.30 AM: Session : 3
Subject : Shakespeare in Kannada |
Presented by : Prof. K S Bhagvan |
Rationalist & Writer, Mysuru |
Subject : Shakespeare and Cinema |
Presented by : Sri. B.Suresh |
Theatre and Film Director, Bengaluru |
11.45 AM: Film Show
Film :Shakespere Wallah |
(English) 118 mins |
Director : Merchant Ivory |
Venue: Sriranga, Rangayana |
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11.45 PM : Session : 4
Subject : Shakespeare : Contemporary Reading |
Presented by : Smt. Suma Embar |
Critic, Mysuru |
Prof. C . Naganna |
Writer and Critic, Mysuru. |
2.00 PM: Interaction Session
Subject : Shakespeare and Kannada culture |
Intiator : Dr. Nataraj Huliyar |
Writer & Critic, Bengaluru |
Participants |
Dr. K C Shivareddy, Theerthahalli |
Sri. H S Umesh, Mysuru |
Sri. Srinivas Prabhu, Bengaluru |
Sri. Nataraj Honnavalli, Sanehalli |
Sri. Gudihalli Nagaraj, Bengaluru |
Sri. Sripada Bhat, Sirsi |
Prof. Balaji, Mysuru |
Sri. Ganesh Heggodu |
03.00 AM : Film Show
Film: Bahaddur Gandu |
(Kannada) 144 mins |
Director : A.V. Sheshagiri Rao |
Venue : Sriranga, Rangayana |
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04.00 PM: Play
Play : Shakespeare Manege Banda |
(Kannada) |
Playwright : Dr. Nataraj Huliyar |
Direction : Dr. Nataraj Huliyar |
Troupe : Theater Tatkal, Bengaluru |
Venue: Bhumigeeta, Rangayana |
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4.15 PM: Validictory function
“Our Shakespeare” |
Validictory address : |
Prof. H S Shivaprakash |
Poet and playwright, New Delhi |
Chief Guest : Prof. C. Basavaraju |
Registrar, University of Mysore. |
Coordinators: Sri. M C Krishna Prasad and Sri. Prashant Hiremath |
Coordination-Guidance: Dr. Nataraj Huliyar, Bengaluru. |
5.00 PM: Validictory function
Venue : Vanaranga, |
Validictory address : |
Smt. Arundathi Nag |
Renowned Theater & Film Actor, Bengaluru. |
Chief Guests : Dr. N. Nagambikadevi IAS |
Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Kannada and Culture Department, Bengaluru. |
Chair person :Sri. H. Janardhan (janni) |
Director, Rangayana, Mysore |
5.30 PM
Streetplay |
Venue : Vanaranaga |
Team : Nele Hinnele |
07.00 PM: Play
Play : Dham Dhoom Suntaragali |
(based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’) |
(Kannada) |
Translation : Vaidehi |
Direction : Jeevanram, Sulya |
Troupe : Natana, Mysore |
Venue: Kalamandira |
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ALL day events
Poster Exhibition
Handicrafts Exhibition and sale
Book Exhibition cum sale


