This was a big evening for the community of theatre groups who stage mid-of-road plays in Tamil and are supported by the sabhas cicruit.
Held at the auditorium of Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) on June 1 evening. was the awards event of the Kodai Nataka Vizha ( 35th edition) hosted annually by Kartik Fine Arts sabha in May.
It could have been a nice gala; the artistes were dressed for the occasion.
There were a host of awards. 33 in all, with 15 rolling trophies.
The Dummies Drama team was present in full strength; cameraman and cheer-leaders. They rooted lustily as one of theirs walked up to receive a trophy /certificate; they won the maximum number of awards that evening.
It was also an evening to recognise two stalwarts of theatre with special awards – P. Muthkumaran and Dummies Drama troupe for their play ‘Thanim-AI’.
Kartik Fine Arts also presented Rs.10,000 and Rs.5,000 to two theatre groups, Koothapiran’s Navabharath Theatres and Three Entertains; they staged multiple shows of their 2025 award-winning plays in the calendar year.
The event ended with a play for the fairly packed hall, all seniors.
Y. Gee Mahendra did a promo for his forthcoming film ‘Charukesi’ and then staged ‘ Varadu Kutty – Paritchaikku Neramachu 2.
Photo 1 : The Dummies Drama team of Sreevatson and Nithya with a trophy
Photo 2 : The Koothapiran Navabharath Theatres team
