mysuru mysuru rangayana is the dream child of padma shri bv karanth he started this theatre institute which is also known as a repertory theatre company in 1989 this year rangayana will celebrate its founders birth anniversary on saturday as bharatiya theatre music day rangayana wants to celebrate the day across the country as bharatiya theatre music day to pay respects to the contribution of late b v karanth to the world of theatre especially musical theatrerangayana is planning to prepare a permanent logo for this celebration which will be unveiled at the time of the celebration it is not indian theatre music day we want to call it as bharatiya theatre music day as the concept of india is very new and the concept of bharatiya is very vast and it evolved since time immemorial said rangayana director addanda cariappathese days need not be notified by the government it is celebrated by people of likeminded organisations for example no one announced march 27 as theatre day but everyone celebrates that date as world theatre day similarly rangayana wants everyone to celebrate september 19 as bharatiya theatre music day in honour of karanth who has made immense contributions in the fields of theatre and musical theatre in the country we want to remember his legacy on this day across the world he saidwe have already written to all the state and national institutes including the national school of drama nsd in this regard we have requested the organisations theatre personalities and repertories to mark the day with various events like workshops symposiums on theatre music events felicitation of theatre music personalities and other such initiatives he saidin mysuru paramashivan a veteran theatre music personality of the state who is associated with the famed gubbi theatre troupe will announce the day as theatre music daywe are creating a logo for this purpose he explained our idea is every year this day shall be celebrated to mark musical theatre across the country said cariappa