A set of grant events are planned for this Festival.
I request all of you to make donations liberally according to your financial ability.
Postal address :
Gopi Ashan Sapthati Committee,
Iledam Shankaran Namboothiri,
Jayashree Lodge (old)
Guruvayoor Pin: 680101
Phone: 0487 2553360
If you can do online money transfer, please contact me through e-mail/phone (ganesh.vigneswara@gmail.com, ganesh.nelakanta@nxp.com, 9845858579), I will give you my bank account number. For the online-transfer, I will send you the receipt.
Any donations for this evet will be a great help to the organizing committee and you treat this as your GURUDAKSHINA to our Beloved Ashan.
The event details are:
Venue: Kala Padmanabhan Nair Nagar (Municipal Town Hall, Guruvayoor)
26th May:
9 AM: Photo/Book Exhibition Inaguration
10 AM: Ashtapadi -Guruvayoor Janardhanan Nedungadi
11 AM: Keli -Pookkattiri Divakara Pothuval, Cherpulasserry Sivan
12 noon: Ottantullal - Kalamandalam Geethanandhan
2 PM: Seminar - Gopi Ashan's contribution to Kerala Natyakala
(Bharat Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Dr Grama prakash etc)
Evening 6PM onwards Kathakali:
Purappadu: Panchapandavas and Panchali
1. Nalacharitham 2nd Day:
Nalan1: Gopi Ashan
Damayanthi 1: Margi Vijayakumar
Kali: Nelliyodu Vasudevan Namboothiri
Dwaparan: Kottarakkara Ganga
Indran: Kalamandalam Mukundan
Pushkaran: Kalamandalam Krishnakumar
Nalan 2: Kott. Chandrashekharan
Damayanthi 2: Mathoor Govindan kutty
Kattalan: Madavoor Vasudvan Nair
2: Duryodhanavadham
Duryodhana 1: Injakkattu Ramachandran Pillai
Dussasanan 2: Margi Muraleedharan Pillai
Panchali: Kalamandalam Rajashekharan
Dharma puthrar: Kalamandalam Keshavan Namboothiri
Bhiman: Neeraj
Sakuni: Kala Madumohanan
Arjunan: Vivaswatha Manu
Nakulan: Chinosh
Sahadevan: Aravind
Krishnan: Kalanilayam Gopalakrishnan
Dritharashtrar: Azhikkode Harikumar
Duryodhanan2: Kala Sree kumar
Dussasanan 2: Kottakal Keshavan Embranthiri
Mumukshu: RLV Pradeep Kumar
Roudra Bhima: Sadanam Balakrishnan
Music:
Madambi Subrahmanyan Namboothiri
Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan
Pathiyoor Shankaran kutty
Kalamandlam Babu Namboothiri
Kalamandalam Vinod
Kalanilayam Rajeev
Vengeri Narayanan Namboothiri
Kalamandalam Sudhish
Chenda
Kuroor Vasudevan Namboothiri
Kala Balaraman
Kala Krishnadas
Kala Nandakumar
Kott. Vijayaraghavan
Kala Aneesh
Sadanam Sreehari
Maddalam
Kala Narayanan Nair
Kala Shankara Warrier
Kala Harinarayanan
Kala Gopikkuttan
Kala Sasi
Kalanilayam Prakashan
Mattannoor Sreejith
Chutty
Kalanilayam Parameswaran
Kalanilayam Janarddhanan
Kott. Ramachandran
Kala Sateeshan
Kala Sukumaran
Kalanilayam Devadas
V Prabhakaran Pilla
27th May
9 AM: Khoshayathra and Sweekaranam to Ashan Gurudakshina Acharyavandhanam Anumodana Sammelanam
(Anjam Krishnan Namboothiri, Chovallor Krishnan kutty, O N V Kuruppu, M A Baby, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, M. D. Vasudevan Nair, Bhrat Murali etc..)
2 PM: Suhrutsammelanam (artist Namboothiri etc.)
4 PM: Tayambaka: Kallor Ramankutty Marar and Mattannoor Shankaran kutty Marar
6 PM: Kathakali
Purappadu: 4 Mudi
1: Lavanasuravadham:
Sita: Kott. Sivaraman
Kushan: Balasubrahmanyan
Lavan: Kott Keshavan
Hanuman: Ramankutti Nair Ashan
2. Uttaraswayamvaram
Duryodhanan: Sri Kala Gopi Ashan
Bhanumathi: Shanmukhan
Doothan: Kala Harinarayanan
Sabha: KAla Manojkumar, Pradeepan, Balanarayanan
Trigarthan: Kott Devadas
Viradan: Kalanilayam Vinod
Valalan: KAla Pradeepkumar
Uttaran: Kalanilayam Balakrishnan
Patni: Kala Sivadas, Kala Vijayakumar
Pashupalakas: C M Unnikrishnan, Sunil kumar
Brihandhala: Sadanam Krishnankutty
Sairandhri: Vellinezhi Haridas
Uttara: Sadanam Vijayan
2 Dakshayagam
Dakshan: Kott Nandakumaran Nair
Indran: Kala Narayanan Kutty
Veerabhadran: Kavunkal Divakara Panikkar
Bhadrakali: Kala Manoj
Sivan: Kala Gopinathan
Sati: Chavara Parukutty
Bhootaganagal: RLV Prmod, Vivaswatha manu
Pooja Brahmanar: Chinosh, Aravind
Music
Kala Gangadharan
Kala Mohanakrishnan
Kott Narayanan
Palanadu Divakaran
Kott Madhu
Nedumpulli Rammohan
Kala Rajesh Menon
Chenda
Kala Prabhakara Pothuval
Kalanilayam Kunjunni
Kala Unnikrishnan
Kala Vijayakrishnan
Kott Prasad
Kala Balasundaran
Sadanam Ramakrishnan
Kala Krishnapraveen
Maddalam
Kala Narayanan Nambeeshan
Kala Ramankutty
Kotta Ravi
Kala Rajanarayanan
Sadanam Devadas
Sadanam Bharatarajan
Kala Venu
Kala Jayaprasad
Chutty
Kala Sivaraman
Kayyandam Neelakandan Namboothiri
Kala Balan
Koot Satheeshan
Kala Sivadasan
Kalanilayam Saji
Aniyara:
Appunni tharakan
Kunjiraman
Murali, Kunjan, Balan, Appu, Kuttan
Koppu: Kerala Kalamandalam, Cheruturuthi
Monday, May 14, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Duryodhana Vadham - Story
Duryodhana Vadham is written by Vayaskara Arya Narayanan Moossatu. The play consists of the main parts of Mahabharata.
[Bhanumathi tells about the newly built palace of Pandavas to her husband Duryodhana. Duryodhana decided to see that beautiful palace.]
Duryodhana and other Kauravas went to see the beauty of Indraprastha, the new palace of Pandavas. The palace was built by the Asura architect Mayan who had built the palace with his magical skills. The Kauravas were completely confused by the construction and mistook the floor to be a pond and a pond to be a floor and fell and got drenched. Draupadi and Bhīma laughed at them. Yudhishtira advises Bhīma not to laugh at anybody because it will cause unwanted events to happen. This incident filled Duryodhana with anger and embarrassment and he decided to take revenge and left the palace.
Duryodhana approaches Sakuni, his uncle. Duryodhana’s padam starts with- mamatha wari rashe---- in which he expresses the shameful incident which happened to him and how he feels hurt and humiliated by the laughter of Bhima and Draupadi. Sakuni tries to console him. Padam- Paritapam hriti karutidenta--- in which he tells Duryodhana how he can defeat Pandavas by cheating in the game of Dice. He also tells Duryodhan
a to seek permission from his father and invite Yudhishtira for the dice game. Duryodhana happily agrees to the plan.
Pandavas came to see the newly built “Keli Gruham” (Play house) of Duryodhana. Duryodhana tells Dharmaputhra, “Hey great son of Yama, you are an expert in the game of dice and hence I desire to watch a game between you and my uncle Sakuni. If my uncle is defeated, I promise you that I will give you the penalty.”
Dharmaputhra replies, “The game of dice brings sorrow, it destroys the happiness, it creates
mayhem, but it is decided by Lord Brahma that kings should play the game of dice. So I will play without any worries after offering prayers to Lord Krishna.” (Duryodhana expresses his irritation upon hearing the word Lord Krishna). Dharmaputhra continues “But my brother Duryodhana and my uncle Sakuni - please don’t cheat me in the game.” Sakuni replies,” What is the use of cheating in the game of dice. Don’t tell such nonsense. As per God’s wish, victory and defeat will come. Dharmaputhra, please do come and sit with us for the game”.
Then the game starts. Dharmaputhra starts seeing his defeat. He gambles away not only his army, palace, wealth and kingdom, but also one-by-one all his brothers, himself and their wife-in-common - Draupadi. Duryodhana overwhelmed with joy orders Dussasana to bring Draupadi and commands her to do the servile job. When she refuses to come there, Dussasana pulls her hair and drags her to the court. She asks for mercy and nobody including her husbands (because they are now servants of Duryodhana) hears her plea. She prays to Lord Krishna to help her. Dussasana tries to disrobe her in public. Lord Krishna helps Draupadi as a savior. Draupadi 
curses them, “Sakuni, who cheated my husbands in the game of dice and made them servants, will be killed by Sahadev during the battle. Dussasana who tried to humiliate me in front of the public will be killed by Bhīma and Bhīma would rip him open and drink his blood and my own hair would remain disheveled until the fulfillment of the curse. Bhima will kill Duryodhana by crushing his thigh with the gada.” [Drutharashtra tells Draupadi to stop the curses and tells her to ask anything she wants. She asks her husbands along with their weapons back. She got her husbands back. This part is not shown generally.] As a result of the second dice game Duryodhana orders, “Hey Pandavas! Live in thick forest for 12 years. And 13th year, lived incognito. If you are recognized during that period, the same will be repeated again.”
[After 13 years of exile Pandavas return to ask their rightful share back which is denied by Kauravas. As a last attempt for peace Lord Krishna is requested to go to Duryodhana as a messenger. Dharmaputhra tells Krishna to ask for half country. If not, at least 5 villages. If not, at least 5 houses, or even one house is enough. That is the greatness of Dharmaputhra.]
Draupadi comes near Lord Krishna, “Krishna, When Dussasana tried to humiliate me in front of the public, you only saved me from the humiliation. Krishna, when you are going to ask for our portion, you please remember my disheveled hair.”
Krishna replies, “My friend, Draupadi, don’t worry. You are the Queen among all women. All your wishes will soon come true. Please wait for that auspicious time. The bad act of Dussasana was a decision by God.” Thus Lord Krishna consoles and sends her back Lord Krishna then makes all the arrangements for his visit to Hasthinapura (Palace of Duryodhana).
[Duryodhana tells Dritarashtra that Pandavas should get the justice and also to tell his son to do the needful.]
Duryodhana gets the news of Lord Krishna’s arrival at his palace. Duryodhana ordered all people in the palace to give no respect to Krishna. Even though they agreed with him, when Krishna arrives in the court, all of them praised him and gave full respect. [Krishna will come through the audience with Alavettam, Venchamaram, Panchavadyam, and Muttukkuda]
Krishna addresses Duryodhana. Krishna requested him to give half of his country, then five villages, or five houses or at least one house to Pandavas. Duryodhana refuses to give even to give space taken by a needle point. Duryodhana in a fit of rage orderes Dussasana to get a cord to tie Krishna. Krishna takes the Vishwaroopa(his cosmic form) and all Kauravas in the court fell down except all Mumukshu (noble hearted people). These Mumuksu told Duryodhana to 
give whatever Krishna requested to save his own life. Lord Krishna leaves the palace; Duryodhana and Dussasana wake up and decide to go ahead with the battle.
[Arjuna wants Hanuman to be there and Hanuman appears and tells that he will be there in the flag of Arjuna to kill the enemies. Then Arjuna and Krishna is going to the battle field,,
and seeing all brothers and relatives in the battle field, Arjuna fainted. Then Krishna adviced the Great “Gita”. Then Arjuna became strong and started the battle.]
In the battle field of Kurukshetra, Bhīma filled with anger faces his arch rival battles Dussasana. With the blessings of Lord Narasimha Bhīma kills Dussasana and ripples him open and drinks his blood, thus fulfills the vow of Draupadi.
[Then Duryodhana came for the battle, after a long battle, Krishna gives the sign of killing using
the “Gadha” on the thighs of Duryodhana. Bhima did the same and Duryodhana fell down. Then Bhima told each and every bad thing happened in Pandava’s life because of Duryodhana and at last Duryodhana passed away. Then “Vethalams” came there and did some dances to express there joy.]
Later Lord Krishna calms him down and blesses him.
NOTE: The scenes written in bracket is not shown generally.
Character - Relationship - Make-up type
[Bhanumathi tells about the newly built palace of Pandavas to her husband Duryodhana. Duryodhana decided to see that beautiful palace.]
Duryodhana and other Kauravas went to see the beauty of Indraprastha, the new palace of Pandavas. The palace was built by the Asura architect Mayan who had built the palace with his magical skills. The Kauravas were completely confused by the construction and mistook the floor to be a pond and a pond to be a floor and fell and got drenched. Draupadi and Bhīma laughed at them. Yudhishtira advises Bhīma not to laugh at anybody because it will cause unwanted events to happen. This incident filled Duryodhana with anger and embarrassment and he decided to take revenge and left the palace.
Duryodhana approaches Sakuni, his uncle. Duryodhana’s padam starts with- mamatha wari rashe---- in which he expresses the shameful incident which happened to him and how he feels hurt and humiliated by the laughter of Bhima and Draupadi. Sakuni tries to console him. Padam- Paritapam hriti karutidenta--- in which he tells Duryodhana how he can defeat Pandavas by cheating in the game of Dice. He also tells Duryodhan
a to seek permission from his father and invite Yudhishtira for the dice game. Duryodhana happily agrees to the plan.Pandavas came to see the newly built “Keli Gruham” (Play house) of Duryodhana. Duryodhana tells Dharmaputhra, “Hey great son of Yama, you are an expert in the game of dice and hence I desire to watch a game between you and my uncle Sakuni. If my uncle is defeated, I promise you that I will give you the penalty.”
Dharmaputhra replies, “The game of dice brings sorrow, it destroys the happiness, it creates
mayhem, but it is decided by Lord Brahma that kings should play the game of dice. So I will play without any worries after offering prayers to Lord Krishna.” (Duryodhana expresses his irritation upon hearing the word Lord Krishna). Dharmaputhra continues “But my brother Duryodhana and my uncle Sakuni - please don’t cheat me in the game.” Sakuni replies,” What is the use of cheating in the game of dice. Don’t tell such nonsense. As per God’s wish, victory and defeat will come. Dharmaputhra, please do come and sit with us for the game”.
Then the game starts. Dharmaputhra starts seeing his defeat. He gambles away not only his army, palace, wealth and kingdom, but also one-by-one all his brothers, himself and their wife-in-common - Draupadi. Duryodhana overwhelmed with joy orders Dussasana to bring Draupadi and commands her to do the servile job. When she refuses to come there, Dussasana pulls her hair and drags her to the court. She asks for mercy and nobody including her husbands (because they are now servants of Duryodhana) hears her plea. She prays to Lord Krishna to help her. Dussasana tries to disrobe her in public. Lord Krishna helps Draupadi as a savior. Draupadi 
curses them, “Sakuni, who cheated my husbands in the game of dice and made them servants, will be killed by Sahadev during the battle. Dussasana who tried to humiliate me in front of the public will be killed by Bhīma and Bhīma would rip him open and drink his blood and my own hair would remain disheveled until the fulfillment of the curse. Bhima will kill Duryodhana by crushing his thigh with the gada.” [Drutharashtra tells Draupadi to stop the curses and tells her to ask anything she wants. She asks her husbands along with their weapons back. She got her husbands back. This part is not shown generally.] As a result of the second dice game Duryodhana orders, “Hey Pandavas! Live in thick forest for 12 years. And 13th year, lived incognito. If you are recognized during that period, the same will be repeated again.”[After 13 years of exile Pandavas return to ask their rightful share back which is denied by Kauravas. As a last attempt for peace Lord Krishna is requested to go to Duryodhana as a messenger. Dharmaputhra tells Krishna to ask for half country. If not, at least 5 villages. If not, at least 5 houses, or even one house is enough. That is the greatness of Dharmaputhra.]
Draupadi comes near Lord Krishna, “Krishna, When Dussasana tried to humiliate me in front of the public, you only saved me from the humiliation. Krishna, when you are going to ask for our portion, you please remember my disheveled hair.”Krishna replies, “My friend, Draupadi, don’t worry. You are the Queen among all women. All your wishes will soon come true. Please wait for that auspicious time. The bad act of Dussasana was a decision by God.” Thus Lord Krishna consoles and sends her back Lord Krishna then makes all the arrangements for his visit to Hasthinapura (Palace of Duryodhana).
[Duryodhana tells Dritarashtra that Pandavas should get the justice and also to tell his son to do the needful.]
Duryodhana gets the news of Lord Krishna’s arrival at his palace. Duryodhana ordered all people in the palace to give no respect to Krishna. Even though they agreed with him, when Krishna arrives in the court, all of them praised him and gave full respect. [Krishna will come through the audience with Alavettam, Venchamaram, Panchavadyam, and Muttukkuda]
Krishna addresses Duryodhana. Krishna requested him to give half of his country, then five villages, or five houses or at least one house to Pandavas. Duryodhana refuses to give even to give space taken by a needle point. Duryodhana in a fit of rage orderes Dussasana to get a cord to tie Krishna. Krishna takes the Vishwaroopa(his cosmic form) and all Kauravas in the court fell down except all Mumukshu (noble hearted people). These Mumuksu told Duryodhana to 
give whatever Krishna requested to save his own life. Lord Krishna leaves the palace; Duryodhana and Dussasana wake up and decide to go ahead with the battle.[Arjuna wants Hanuman to be there and Hanuman appears and tells that he will be there in the flag of Arjuna to kill the enemies. Then Arjuna and Krishna is going to the battle field,,
and seeing all brothers and relatives in the battle field, Arjuna fainted. Then Krishna adviced the Great “Gita”. Then Arjuna became strong and started the battle.]In the battle field of Kurukshetra, Bhīma filled with anger faces his arch rival battles Dussasana. With the blessings of Lord Narasimha Bhīma kills Dussasana and ripples him open and drinks his blood, thus fulfills the vow of Draupadi.
[Then Duryodhana came for the battle, after a long battle, Krishna gives the sign of killing using
the “Gadha” on the thighs of Duryodhana. Bhima did the same and Duryodhana fell down. Then Bhima told each and every bad thing happened in Pandava’s life because of Duryodhana and at last Duryodhana passed away. Then “Vethalams” came there and did some dances to express there joy.]Later Lord Krishna calms him down and blesses him.
NOTE: The scenes written in bracket is not shown generally.
Character - Relationship - Make-up type
Duryodhana - Eldest of the Kauravas -Katti ( heroic villain)
Bhanumathi- Wife of Duryodhana- Minukku (Lady)
Dussasana -Second of the Kauravas -Chuvanna Tadi ( Red Beard )
Sakuni -Wicked uncle of Kauravas -Special
Dharmaputhra -Eldest of Pandavas -Paccha ( Noble Hero)
Draupadi -Wife of Pandavas -Minukku (Lady)
Bhima, Arjuna,Nakula, Sahadeva - Other Pandavas -Paccha
Bhanumathi- Wife of Duryodhana- Minukku (Lady)
Dussasana -Second of the Kauravas -Chuvanna Tadi ( Red Beard )
Sakuni -Wicked uncle of Kauravas -Special
Dharmaputhra -Eldest of Pandavas -Paccha ( Noble Hero)
Draupadi -Wife of Pandavas -Minukku (Lady)
Bhima, Arjuna,Nakula, Sahadeva - Other Pandavas -Paccha
Dritharashtra - Father of Kauravas- Paccha with white beard
Hanuman -Devotee of Lord Rama- Vella thadi (White beard)
Lord Krishna -Incarnation of Vishnu- Paccha with mudi (Headgear)
Mumukshu -A saint- Minukku (Saint)
Roudra Bhima -Bhīma in his terrifying form -Special
Vethalams -People who eat human meat -Special Kari
Hanuman -Devotee of Lord Rama- Vella thadi (White beard)
Lord Krishna -Incarnation of Vishnu- Paccha with mudi (Headgear)
Mumukshu -A saint- Minukku (Saint)
Roudra Bhima -Bhīma in his terrifying form -Special
Vethalams -People who eat human meat -Special Kari