Minister - Tamil Play At Bahu Bhasha Natakotsav: Events in Hyderabad

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Chaitanya Art Theatres and Samaikhya Bharathi, in collaboration with the Department Of Culture, AP, are organizing Vizai Bhaskar's Bahu Bhasha Natakotsav. This is a festival of 9 Telugu plays written by D Vizai Bhaskar, translated into different Indian languages. The festival is on from 16th to 19th March, at Ravindra Bharathi.

On 17th March, the 2nd day of the festival, Minister is the 2nd play to be staged, at 5pm. The play is being presented by Thalai-K-Kol from Pondicherry. Directed by Dr. V Arumugham, 'Minister' was translated by Dr. J V Satya Vani. It is a political satire which was also translated into Kannada. 'Minister' bagged the Nandi Award for 'Best Script' in 2004 at the State Level Competitions, besides other awards and honours.

Born in Ampolu village in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, D Vizai Bhaskar received his Masters Degree in English Literature. He started his career as a lecturer in English, but soon switched over to public service as Municipal Commissioner, in which capacity he has seen different cross sections of society, and the boundaries of human greed and mutual exploitation.

He has produced 22 plays, and his scripts have bagged a number of Nandi Awards, as well as the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University Sahitya Puraskar. He has also published a volume of poetry. Ruthwik, Puliswari, Hiranya Garbha, Kabeerdas, Sramanakam, Chitram, Shatruvu and Bapu Cheppina Maata are his other popular dramas on the Telugu stage.

Please contact K K Raja at 2321-5555 / G Satya Narayana at 2404-3828 for further details.