THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Soorya Festival, the colourful cultural festival hosted by the city, began on Wednesday. The inaugural ceremony held at Kalabhavan theatre was enriched with the performance of Samudra contemporary dance troupe. As part of the festival, a painting exhibition will be organised at Kalabhavan from September 22 to 26 and from November 11 to 20. The paintings of Kanjana Manilal and Anil Karoor will be exhibited. Shobana, Lakshmi Gopalaswami, Rama Vaidhyanathan and Priyadarshini Govind would participate in the dance and music fest from October 1 to 10. The Theatre Festival will have twelve plays directed by Soorya Krishnamoorthy, apart from the dramas of Gopi Kuttikal, P A M Rashid, Kavalam and John T Walker. From October 21 to 27, the performances of art forms like Chakyarkoothu, Koodiyattam, Ramayanam Ballet, Bhajan, Ottan Thullal and Bharatanatyam would be performed in the Ramayanam festival. The speeches by N Gopalakrishnan, Babu Paul, P K Hamsa Maulavi Farooki, C Radhakrishnan and M G Shashibhooshan will be the part of the Talk Festival. A programme called ‘Muttathe Mulla’ has been arranged for the young artistes in Kerala from October 28 to 31.
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