Last evening, we had the opportunity to get a glimpse of the Elite group in Trivandrum. The audience included Maharaja of Travancore, who lighted the lamp and inaugrated the function, members of the Royal Family, poets like ONV Kurup & Sugatha Kumari and people from Film industry like Karthika, M. Jayachandran, Arundhathi etc etc etc...
Sugathakumari teacher gave the inaugural speech, finely elaborating on her poem Radha Evidey (Where is Radha – Lord Krishna’s beloved) and I should say, Gopika Varma did succeed in bringing out the depth of the theme through her Natyam
The storyline begins with the description of Mathura, once Krishna leaves from there and Radha in her state of deep grief walks along her path to Himalayas. In there, Lord Siva, understanding her grief readies to bless her with Moksha. But Radha prefer the unending circle of Life and Death for only her life and heart to continue as the abode of her Love for Lord Krishna. And thus her spirit shatters into various pieces and takes new lives – the Life of Meera in Rajasthan, Aandal in Tamilnadu and Kurooramma in Kerala.
The emotion of Love and Devotion continue to remain in the heart of every Women
There was this one portion where she actually managed to draw a peacock with her footsteps, on the floor and the screen display and the music was so very beautiful that the audience almost got into a trance.
All in all, it was a blissful experience to watch the entire performance.
1 comment:
great effort.... !!! thank you. am gopika varma's student!
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