A scene from the Mahabharata by Vayaskara Aryan Narayanan Moosad (1841-1902)

Presented by Guru Sadanam Balakrishnan

 

With artists from The International Centre for Kathakali, New Delhi – Sadanam Balakrishnan (Duryodhanan); Sadanam M.N. Harikumar (Dussassanan); Kalabharathy Kalyanankrishnan (Dharmaputrar); Divya Ramakrishnan (Bhiman); Mrinalini Nair (Arjunan); Anaga Gireesh (Nakulan); Hemant Harikumar (Sakuni); Kalamandalam Anil Kumar (Draupadi); Thiruvattar Jagadeesan (Srikrishnan); Evoor Rajendran Pillai (Roudra Bhiman); and Hemant Harikumar (Mumukshu)

 

Accompanists: Kottakkal Jayan & Kalamandalam Manikandan (vocal); Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan & Sadanam Abhishek Marar (chenda & edakka); Parassinikadavu Manoj & Sadanam Vijesh (maddhalam)

 

Considered one of the best classical literature in the entire Kathakali repertoire, the dance drama takes up from the well-known scene of the game of dice and the encounter between the Pandavas and Kauravas. It is one of the most dramatic scenes on the Kathakali stage