CULTURAL PANORAMA OF TAMILNADU

It is a mammoth production involving 100 artistes. It uses modern technology of slide projection and audiovisual technique incorporated with live dancing and music (both folk and classical).

�During MGR�s tenure as Chief Minister, minister Veerappan who had heard of our work with folk forms, invited us to present a cultural panorama. There were about a 100 folk artistes involved in this massive project. We refined their presentations, gave them new costumes and they performed 3 shows at a packed Kalaivanar Arangham auditorium. The program was an eye opener as it represented the whole cultural panorama of Tamilnadu on a single stage, with nadaswaram, therukoothu, karagam, kavadi, pinnal kolattam and so on. The same program was presented at the Tamilnadu Assembly and MGR awarded us a shield. This initial exposure to folk forms impelled V R Devika, to work with folk artists, something she does to this day.�