Kathakali

49th Anniversary Celebrations of Kathakali club, Thrissur was held at Parammekkavu temple agrasala at Thrissur, Kerala.

The plays 'Nalacharitham Randam Divasam’ and ‘Baka Vadham’ featuring Kalamandalam Gopi, Nelliyodu Vasudevan Namboodiri, Margi Vijayakumar, Kalamandalam Manoj, Kalamandalam Sankara Warrier, Kalamandalam Shanmughadas and others were staged.

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ViBGYOR – International Short & Documentary Film Festival

ViBGYOR , the International Short & Documentary Film Festival raises the curtain on February 11 Twenty14 at Thrissur, Kerala. The name ViBGYOR signifies the diversity and beauty of the festival  like the seven colors of the rainbow. “Celebrating Identities and diversities” is the tagline of ViBGYOR, the international festival this year.

Some of the events in the Short & Documentary Film Festival include, film screening, meet the directors, mini conferences and south asian conferences, exhibitions, food and craft fair, resistance music and cultural evening and various local social movements. Registrations are required to participate in the festival. There is family pass, delegate pass and student pass which can be registered online. The focus theme of ViBGYOR 2014 is Gender Justice.

For Details, visit, www.vibgyorfilm.org

Stages Set Up For ITFOK 2014

Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala is set for the sixth edition of International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK)2014. The theater festival is inaugurated on 27 January 2014 at 06.00pm at Actor Murali Outdoor Theatre, Thrissur. The outdoor theatre was recently inaugurated in the name of Late actor and theatre person Murali, by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. The theatre festival will take place in several venues at Thrissur till February 03 2014.