Interviewing Shri Akshara Ninasam with Dr Prabhakar Joshy

Heggodu near Sagara town is not far from Kattinakere. We drove in the morning and reached Ninasam by around 10 AM I think.  Shri Akshara was already there and waiting. We were offered a Kavala (veelya) and we started setting up our video shop. You can see that morning sunshine and hear the winter breeze in the video. Rest of the conversation is for you to listen. Shri Akshara is a director and an author. He recently received the Music and Drama Academy of India award, one of the highest awards in India for contribution to theatre art in India.  He is also a recipient of Karnataka Literature Academy award for Kannada writing. He speaks with the renowned scholar of Yakshagana Shri Joshy on his insights on Yakshagana theatre.

One of Indians traditional Yakshagana teachers Shri Gopalakrishna Kurup

Shri Gopalakrishna Kurup speaks on traditional Yakshagana and demonstrates style and drum techniques.