“I’m not performing today,” says PK Sambandan, in a baritone that drowns the cacophony of children filling up the performance space. Five decades of performing therukoothuhave left an impact on his ...

There have been leading film actors like Vijay Sethupathi who were once a part of Therukoothu before entering the film industry. Therukoothu is the traditional art of staging street plays that reached ...

A n overnight Ramayana Koothu. It is perhaps 2 a.m... dark all around barring the performing space in a village near Uttiramerur. Some in the audience are fast asleep while others are enjoying the ...

Adavu, a play on the current state of Therukoothu was staged by Chennai based theatre group Akku Adavu, a play on the current state of Therukoothu was staged by Chennai based theatre group Akku CT ...

CHENNAI : Actor Pari Elavazhagan, who had previously worked in films like Yaanum Theeyavan (2017), Chennai Palani Mars (2019), and the recent J Baby, is turning director with the upcoming film Jama.

CHENNAI : It is an experience I will never forget,” says sustainable fashion designer Vino Supraja, the excitement in her voice palpable. Fresh off the runway of the London Fashion Week (LFW), Vino ...

RANIPET: Nearly 150 years later, the streets of Chenna Samuthiram village in Kalavai, from time to time, are still pulsating with the legacy and the words of celebrated “therukoothu” (street play) ...

Street theatre was a fascinating part of the Tamil acting tradition. It is now in serious decline and needs to spread awareness for a grand revival. There have been leading film actors like Vijay ...