vadalaLa.. vadala aaLa ..

Saw a drama in Rangashankara on saturday titled ValalaLa with lead actress being Umashri. Well I had never been to a drama in recent past, this was a eye opener. This was their 98th show, though quite lot of actors have changed, Umashri being the essence of the show carries the whole show on her hunched shoulders with elan. The story revolves around a backward caste old village lady played by Umashri. The jist of script is " Umashri and her good for nothing sons live a miserable life in poverty, a cunning land lord is scheming for this lady's small peice of land, the police is also eating out of the land lords hands, Umashri loses her favourite Cock and in the climax finds out that the land lord has stolen the cock and fed it to the Police inspector.. beeli ne eddu hola meida haage". Well most of these dramas show the irony of the society we live in and thats it.. & let the people to change themselves and if possible change the society or just to shrug it off thinking it doesnt concern them.. Well there were other things which made the drama memorable, seeing pan water being spitted out from her mouth when was on her shouting & cursing ritual, then u realise wow how close u r to the character.. the introduction of all the characters in the end and the big applause for Umashri, Ranga shankara theatre is also awesome, with the walls having brick finish and a spacious seating facility.. I read somewehere that auto drivers who are Shankar Nag fans would not charge one and half auto charge for people returning home after a show in ranga shankara.. Rangashankara also houses a book stall which I did not have time to look at.. I hope i can read the biopgraphy of shankar nag written by ananthnag titled 'Shanaka' soon..more later fellas