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T. Subbarami Reddy Lalithakala Parishat was inaugurated recently.

T. Subbarami Reddy has decided to open branches of his newly-launched ‘T. Subbarami Reddy Lalithakala Parishat' at different cultural centres in the state and hold programmes there regularly. He has plans to build auditoria at different places like the one under construction at Rajahmundry . The Parishat and its programmes were formally inaugurated at Ravindra Bharathi recently by Information minister D.K. Aruna. This inaugural event was also attended by Akkineni Nageswara Rao, C. Narayana Reddy, R.V. Ramanamurthy and others. They felicitated gurus of cultural events of the evening — K. Ramachari of ‘Little Musicians' Academy and Bharatanatyam gurus V.S. Ramamurthy and his daughter Manjula Ramaswamy.

The evening began with Ramachari and his disciples, who rendered songs written by various poets like .C.Naryana Reddy, M.K. Ramu and others. It was almost a 50-member group and included budding singers like Deepa, Bhuvanakriti, B. Ramya, Yamili, C.H. Sahiti, Iswarya, Abhinayi and Saket. Ramachari also rendered some songs. The show ended with a patriotic number presented by the entire group. The instrumental support was praiseworthy, but high levels of sound drowned the vocal output.

Well presented ballet

This Bharatanatyam nrityaroopakam was put on boards later by veteran Bharatanatyam guru V.S. Ramamurthy and his daughter Manjula Ramaswamy. These gurus generally start with a programme called ‘Deepa Tarangini', where artistes holding lamps in hand and head stand on pots, do a beautiful balancing act. This part was presented just before the inaugural function. The presentation of Godakalyanam was a two-hour exhaustive ballet. Stage craft, permanent sets, pre-recoded music helped to run the show in a pre-fix mould. The gurus being veterans and the structure of the ballet presentation was well sewn through,

The ballet had a pre-recorded musical support provided by vocalist Prema Ramamurthy with Prema's daughter Jayaprada, composing music. The script is by Kolleigal Subramanyam. The wedding scenes were the highlight of the drama.

This being an oft-repeated ballet, every move of the artiste was well chiselled. The artistes in the major roles of child Goda and grown-up Goda and Vishnuchitta offered impressive portrayals, concentrating as much as on dance as they did on histrionics. Madhulika, Santosh Nair and C.V. Archana gave laudable performances. Pratyusha and Amoolya Bhutt were the celestial couple Vishnu and Lakshmi.