He was speaking at the theatre festival organised by Mandya Ramesh’s ‘Rangavahini’ Institute at J H Patel auditorium, in Chamarajanagar on Sunday.
He said theatre is the base for all entertainment but it was facing threat due to influence of TV, cinema and others.
Mandya Ramesh, a noted theatre artist, urged elected representatives to set up an auditorium in the city to promote theatre activities. Senior theatre personality K Venkataraju and other were present.
(Published 29 March 2011, 16:05 IST)