more-inTheatre lovers from the city underscored the need for conducting a thorough screening of plays and play-lets before allowing them as entries into the ‘Nandi Natakotsavam’, as they expressed dissatisfaction over certain performances that were part of the 18-day theatre festival that concluded here. “Since it is the prestigious ‘Nandi’ festival, I expected all the performances to be top-notch, but got disappointed after seeing some productions of lower quality. Mohan Rao, a theatre lover and a retired bank employee, who had watched all the performances. “Some enthusiastic playwrights misinterpreted the Indian mythology to add the drama quotient in their social plays and play-lets. Sesha Sai said that efforts were on to put in a new scrutiny system in place for the next year’s theatre festival.

Source: The Hindu March 29, 2018 19:18 UTC