NATTUKU NAALU SEIDI: Insights, Opinions and Memoirs

If you love theatre — watching it, performing in it, or even reading it — then you should
consider yourselves a part of Theatrekaran. Yes, they welcome us all.
Theatrekaran is a Tamil theatre group formed way back in 2016 by a cheerful trio of boys —
Sabarivas, Raghavendr and Sriram Jeevan — who had nothing but love and passion towards it.
Throughout the years, they have performed several plays ranging from mythology, history, love
and social cause. With each play they’ve taught us about the history of performance, the art of
acting and directing, and the impact that theatre has on the world. In addition, our
Theatrekaran focus on productions that foster a deep actor-audience relationship and will help
us travel through both well-known and more unique plays and their meaning. Most of all, the
Theatrekaran group is a family, says everyone who is a part of it.
So, what are they cooking for us this time?
“Nattuku Naalu Seidi” – is a set of 4 improvisational and scripted plays that hold the power to
disrupt mundane routines, forcing people to confront issues around the loss of civility. The
primary purpose of the event, and the street-play format as a whole, is to raise awareness on
social issues and is one of the most compelling forms of grassroots activism.
We have all heard the phrase “Thousands live without water, but none without water”. With
that note, their opening act address the issues of water scarcity and point out our ignorance in
simple day-to-day lifestyle. Though it follows a comical narrative, it ends with hard hiding facts
that will leave the audience to think twice before wasting water henceforth, and thus achieving
their motive.
The next act is in the form of story narration and revolves around the topic of air pollution. By
teaching the audience – “Now or Never”; as to take effective and immediate steps, the play
sure does portray the severe impacts of the contaminated atmosphere we live in.
Following this, is a play with a rather not-so-touched topic in most street plays; yet the actors
with their brilliant script and improvisation manage to inculcate its value to the audience. The
play deals with the importance of Good Samaritan Law and the significance it holds to save
lives. The play ends by paying homage to the recent victim of road accident.
The event closes with the final act which articulates around the different scenarios in which we
establish unconscious bias. This satirical interlude will break multiple stereotypes that
commonly prevails either unintentionally or universally.
As a whole, they believe that empowering people’s voices in the social change movement is the
key to balanced reforms and sustainable change; and to bring this change is the primal of the
event. Theatrekaran believe that every audience will go back home and hopefully ponder on
the steps they could take to henceforth live in peace and justice, as a society.