<p class="title">The theatre adaptation of ‘Parva’, the magnum opus of novelist S L Bhyrappa, regaled the theatre buffs of Mangaluru, at Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mysuru-Rangayana artistes staged the play for eight hours with intervals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The magnum opus Parva is a retelling of the epic Mahabharata. Noted theatre personality Prakash Belawadi had adapted Parva, a 696-page voluminous novel, to the theatre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking on the occasion, Rangayana Director Addanda Cariappa said that it was a challenge to bring the work on stage after 43 years of its publication.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 35 artistes have practised for six months before its first performance. The government also provided assistance for the same, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cariappa lamented that the culturally rich Mangaluru does not have a ranga mandira. There is a need for ranga mandira.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior writer Na Damodar Shetty said that Rangayana in the past had staged ‘Malegalalli Madumagalu’.</p>
<p class="title">The theatre adaptation of ‘Parva’, the magnum opus of novelist S L Bhyrappa, regaled the theatre buffs of Mangaluru, at Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mysuru-Rangayana artistes staged the play for eight hours with intervals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The magnum opus Parva is a retelling of the epic Mahabharata. Noted theatre personality Prakash Belawadi had adapted Parva, a 696-page voluminous novel, to the theatre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking on the occasion, Rangayana Director Addanda Cariappa said that it was a challenge to bring the work on stage after 43 years of its publication.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 35 artistes have practised for six months before its first performance. The government also provided assistance for the same, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cariappa lamented that the culturally rich Mangaluru does not have a ranga mandira. There is a need for ranga mandira.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior writer Na Damodar Shetty said that Rangayana in the past had staged ‘Malegalalli Madumagalu’.</p>
