Sunday, February 19, 2023

Salutations...

Drama.... A Stage Play.... Or a live performance..... When you be part of one and travel along with such making, experience and realize the effort involved in it behind the scenes, the feel is awesome. 

I wish to share few off screen moments with you all, consider this as a bloopers post the performance... 

During the first day of the rehearsal, the kids couldn't control thier laugh and it was so odd for them to act in front of others. 








However, they took very little time to transform themself as a stage artist and the outcome was amazing!

The majesty of lord shiva had a stark difference compared to the first day rehearsal and the final day delivery. 

The tone in which the words like ... 

"Salutations sage naratha...!", was tremendous.... 

All the emotions that Parvathi brought to the stage, 

"A dad!! won't understand this....", a typical mom's disappointment

making an argument with Shiva.. were flawless... 

Can anyone speak with their eyes.. ? Our Parvathi can!!! 😊

The standard of the play was set with the Naradha's entry and spoke thousands of words for itself.... 

All the dynamism the live singing by lord Muruga and funny dance from lord Vinayakan.. made the audience to connect more with the performance... 



Identifying the cues, waiting for your turn and delivering your performance on time, was walked through for each artists so meticulously by the director. 

Even a short hug and a touch was so intense with expression and meaning...






All the kids accent and thier way of standing and body posters were corrected to suite the characters and the kids started living thier characters from then on. 








It was Shiva's meditation that shared all the Shaptarishis the blessings. It was his intense that made the rishis to be with him and accept his grace... 

This play is one such meditation by another Shiva.. we call him Director Manoj Shiva!






The final outcome went beyond our expectations and overcome all the odds we encountered. Surpassed all the technical interruptions we went through. 

There is some grace that come in play, when your intension is so clean and powerful! It is that grace which allowed us to finish the play even after so much of technical struggles. 

Once the video of the performance ready, will share in this blog. Please await for the same... 

Om Nama Shivaya!