Gurukulam (The Original Boys Company ’95) an off-shoot of Poornam New Theatres, did their mentor late Poornam Viswanathan proud with their play, ‘Yaro Ivar Yaro.’ This play was yet another proof of how a simple story can be made gripping with flawless scripting. Madhava Boovaragamoorthy scores a perfect ten for his meticulous work as the script and dialogue writer. He took us back to the days of K. Balachander’s salad days. ‘Major Chandrakanth,’ ‘Server Sundaram,’ ‘Edhir Neechal’ and ‘Navagraham’ were serious plays with comedy forming an integral part, seamlessly woven. This writer could not resist thoughts of the versatile writer Sujatha as the play was in progress.
Gurukulam’s grooming process of finding worthy successors to carry on their good work has paid rich dividends. Ja. Venkat as the director of this play, for instance, has imbibed the spirit of Gurukulam is heartening. Kudos to him for getting the right reactions from actors irrespective of their positions in the arc of the huge stage.
It was a good depiction of a struggle undergone by a family living in a multi-storeyed apartment when an elderly person visiting their home enquiring about a vacant flat, falls dead. With no trace of identity of the old man, the family finds it hard to grapple with the situation.
All ends well when a rice supplier identifies him and contact is established with the deceased’s son.
Poorvaja Moorthy as the naïve daughter-in-law, Malathy Sampath as the mildly caustic mother-in-law, Sabarish as the young husband and head of the family, Viswanathan Ramesh as the old man and Sampath as the Inspector and Balaji as the old man’s son shine with their stellar performances.
Hemanth (music) and Saidai Kumar and Shanmukham (stage) do not disappoint.
