CDs of plays, theatre songs to be released soon

Mangalore, Mar 8 (UNI) Theatre buffs will no longer miss the classic plays and theatre songs of yesteryears as the Karnataka Nataka Academy will release Compact Discs (CD) here on March 13 with a view to preserve them, Academy President Srinivas Gokappalli said today.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the Academy would bring out the plays of six companies, about 200 theatrical songs sung by renowned theatre artist Enagi Ballappa of Belgaum, 80 songs rendered by theatre artiste Paramasivan and 20 songs crooned by B Jayashree in a CD titled 'Bannada Badukina Bangarada Haadugalu' (Golden songs of theatre).

He said the Academy would organise a week-long Karnataka Rangotsav here from March 12 to present a variety of theatre activities of the coastal Karnataka districts.

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