New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Malayalam play "Mathi" won the top honours, including best director, best actor and best original script at the prestigious Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards(META), the organisers said on Saturday.
Ten shortlisted plays were staged in the capital and the name of the winners in various categories was announced at an event on Friday evening.
Kerala-based director Jino Joseph had traced the social and political changes of the state in early 70s and 80s through the perspective of a Muslim youth who sells Saradine, a type of fish, known as 'Mathi' in Malayalam.
With the changed social situation, how big fish started to arrive from markets and started gobbling the smaller ones. And how this change devoid the protagonist of his livelihood and love.
This story fetched Joseph two awards -- best director and best original script. Where as the protagonist of the play, Renji Kankol took home the best actor in lead role award and the best production also went to this play.
The award for best actor in a lead role(female) was shared by Sanjukta Wagh for English play "Rage and Beyond: Irawati's Gandhari" and Swetha Shrinivas for Kannada play "Chitrapata".
Sharing the award for best actor in supporting role were Gopal Dutt and Shubrojyoti Barat for Hindi play "Kaumudi" and Sowmya Jain received the award for best actress in a supporting role for "Chitrapata".
Apart from this, noted Manipuri actor Heisnam Kanhailal was conferred Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Indian theatre.
Salman statement to be recorded on Friday in hit-and-run case
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Bollywood mega star Salman Khan will step into the witness box on Friday to record his statement on the 13-year-old hit-and-run case in which he allegedly ran his vehicle
India will make its framework regarding the future of the Internet, the government is committed to digital security
Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that India does not need to emulate any other country or global practice in formulating policies regarding the internet in the
Ukraine-Russia crisis: India said - security of more than 20 thousand Indians is our priority, solve the issue through dialogue
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is underway amid Russia's recognition of two regions of eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent states. There has also
Coronavirus Updates: The speed of corona in the country is unbridled, after 7 months, more than one lakh new cases in 24 hours
The pace of corona in India has become unbridled. In the last 24 hours, 1 lakh 17 thousand new cases of corona have been reported in the country. During this, 30,836 people were cured while 302
COVID-19: Corona infection once again gained momentum in the country, 636 new cases in 24 hours, JN.1 patients crossed 200.
636 new cases of corona infection have been reported in the country, due to which the number of patients under treatment has increased to 4,394. Also, after the detection of 37 new cases of the new
GST Council Meeting: 'Ready to sit all night, but decision will be taken today', something happened in the meeting that made Sitharaman adamant
On Wednesday, due to the opposing stance of four opposition-ruled states on the question of giving relief to the common people from GST, not only did the meeting of the GST Council got prolonged, but
Delhi's air is becoming poisonous, Javadekar did not consider Parali the biggest reason, so Kejriwal said - then know how to find this pollution?
As the winter days are drawing near, the capital of the capital Delhi is becoming poisonous. A thick layer of fog was observed in Delhi NCR on Thursday morning and Delhi's air was found to be very
Donald Trump said while going, he did what he was selected for.
Before leaving office, US President Donald Trump said in his farewell address that "we did what we came to do ... rather more than that"
Du Plessis can become the captain of RCB: The franchise said - Faf will be the right option for us, Maxwell will not play in the first few matches
Royce Challengers Bangalore can make Faf du Plessis the new captain of the team. According to media reports, an RCB source issued a statement saying – We were waiting for clarification on
GPF: Financial benefits taken away from the employees of the Center, the maximum limit of 'General Provident Fund' fixed, 5 lakhs will be deposited
The Central Government has fixed the maximum limit for depositing money in the 'General Provident Fund' ie General Provident Fund. Now no government employee will be able to deposit more than Rs 5
