mysore twenty one plays in four indian languages folk music and dance and film festival thats in short the fare on bahuroopi menu this winter at rangayana the cultural hub is warming up to play host to weeklong national festival starting with hosting street plays as a means to spread the word about the most awaited theatre festival in the town whats new this edition is that some of the folk arts will perform outside rangayana packaged as an entertainer with a social message bahuroopi this season will focus on the importance of water the scarce natural resource bhopalbased ranga vidushak will open the fest with soudhagar a hindi play directed by acclaimed bansi kaul on january 8 along with hindi plays in kannada malayalam and marathi will be staged in three theatres at kalamandir the cultural hotspot noted cultural critic and poet ashok vajpeyi will inaugurate the festival which will culminate on january 14 when the theatre repertory will complete 25 years noted thinker and jnanapith awardee u r ananthamurthy will attend rangayana director b v rajaram on thursday said the festival is being used to evaluate the growth trajectory of the theatre repertory and what next for it to sustain the theatre movement in karnataka and outside the ranga yaana 25 is an effort to critically assess the performance of rangayana he stated the weeklong fest has folk arts books expo film and documentaries show street plays and handicrafts show on its list the festival will start daily from 2 pm with the film and documentaries show folk arts like dollu kunita yakshgana puppet show will be staged at places like jayalakshmipuram j p nagar saraswathipuram kuvempunagar chamundipuram bogadhi ii stage and hootagalli the puppet show will also be staged at three schools the doyen of kannada theatre yenagi balappas 100th birthday will be celebrated too