The Visakha Music and Dance Academy featured two short plays at Kalabharathi .Dharani Vilaapam, scripted by Chunduru Sreerama Murty and directed by C.S. Prasad. The play compares the tendency of most of the present-day youth going askew to that of the rot in the crop. All the characters, Viswanadham donned by C.S. Prasad, Janardhan by K. Srinivas, Dharma by B. Ganesh, Parandhamayya by Satish, Suseela by C. S. Jyothi, Pavitra by Jayalakshmi besides minor roles by Satish and Yakub were presented well with team spirit. Stage decor by Yakub, lighting by Satish, make-up by Thomas and music by Leela Mohan contributed to the success of staging of the play. The play that was staged next was Spoorthi , scripted by the same playwright including the direction, music, make-up and stage decor were also accomplished by the same persons who shared these credits for the first play. It symbolised the problems of the middle class families in the country. The part that went on with a telling effect was the acute shortage of employment and dependence of large number of members of the family on only one employed person. The cast comprised P. Baburao, S. Rama Murty, Venkatesh, P. Sreenu, Jayalakshmi and child artiste Swathi. Swathi remained the cynosure of the entire evening not only for her exquisite show of histrionic talent but also for her effortless and euphonic singing light music. She sang about a half a dozen Bhavageetams set to exquisite music by former flautist and composer of AIR Studios at Vijayawada, Y. Subrahmanyam.
