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ReviewSanthosh Ananddram’s film attempts to use the protagonist’s plight to evoke humour and emotions but ends up being too dense.YouTube | Hombale FilmsHunger is the operative theme of Santhosh Ananddram’s Raghavendra Stores, a frolicking comedy-drama starring Jaggesh and produced by Hombale Films. Hunger surfaces in several forms in the film over the course of its 1-hour-and-45-minute run time – hunger for love and physical connection, hunger for power, and also the more literal form of hunger. And to further extrapolate this, the film is interestingly set in and around a traditional restaurant called Raghavendra Stores, which is more than 50 years old. Age, too, is of significance in Raghavendra Stores and a lot of the plot revolves around the protagonist’s race against time to find a bride. Not a day goes by without Hayavandana (Jaggesh) – a cook at Raghavendra Stores – being reminded that his sunny days are...

Aadyam Theatre, an Aditya Birla Group initiative, is back on stage after a hiatus of two years! To celebrate this homecoming, they have a bunch of extraordinary plays lined up for us. The first is Girish Karnad’s ‘Hayavadana’, a modern Indian theatre classic. It is directed by Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry, one of India’s most celebrated theatre directors. The veteran, a Padma Shri, and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, has woven her magic into every aspect of Hayavadana, making it a fitting tribute to the brilliance of Karnad’s storytelling.

Girish Karnad’s Kannada play, translated into Hindi by B V Karanth combines myth and folktale, song and speech, humour and pathos, love and jealousy, hope and despair. Neelam Man Singh, with her innovative narrative techniques and powerful stagecraft, sheds new light on Hayavadana. In her rendition of the play, she has taken the creative liberty to comprehend its...