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SL Bhyrappa's Parva On Stage, How Prakash Belawadi's Adaptation Holds Up

Swarajya StaffOct 28, 2023, 04:27 PM | Updated 04:27 PM IST
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Prakash Belawadi's theatrical adaptation of S.L. Bhyrappa's Parva (Instagram)

Interest. Devotion. Wonder. Even love.

These are the common traits I see in all those who have read the Mahabharata, carefully and consciously. But when you watch Prakash Belawadi’s play, Parva, which is based on S.L. Bhyrappa’s novel by the same name, these become mere necessary conditions—they are insufficient to sit through the intense physical, psychological and philosophical experience.


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