Audience bursts in laughter at interesting episodes

Dharwad: The humourous session ‘Prasangagalu’ (interesting episodes) at the

Dharwad Sahitya Sambrahma

on Sunday left the audience laughing their heart out. They also listened to some serious talks by academicians. Actor Mandya Ramesh,

B Jayashree

and humorist Krishnegowda narrated their encounters with stalwarts like Kuvempu, Prabhushankar, Shivaram Karant and Alkaji in a humorous way, making the packed audience burst into laughter.

Former director of All India Radio C U Bellakki, former MP I G Sanadi, writers Swamirao Kulkarni and Sumangala recalled their encounters with Da Raa Bendre, Ishwar Sanakal, Devaraj Urs and Rajiv Taranath passionately and narrated the interesting incidents.

Ramesh and B Jayashree were at their best when they sang “Gajavadana Herambha”, the song that is rendered by professional drama company artistes before the commencement of a show.

Poet

Channaveera Kanavi

, Y K Muddukrishna and singer

Jayashree Arvind

deliberated on “Poetry and Music”. Kanavi felt that music is the means to carry the soul of poetry to people and touch their hearts. He said the singers should know what the poet wants to convey in the poem and render it suitably. He regretted that Bendre’s poem “Nee Hinga Nodabyada Nanna” is being sung as if it is a romantic song while it is actually written on the death of a dear one.

The panelists also expressed their concern over musical instruments dominating songs and pushing the song to the background. Only in Hindustani music, which is popular in north Karnataka, the singer uses only two instruments — harmonium and table — and thus the composition is rendered meaningfully, they observed.

Nagatihalli Chandrashekhar

was the director of the session.

Nagesh Hegde, Narendra Rai Derla, T V Manjunath and Ravindra Bhat deliberated on the topic “Development and Environment”.


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