mysore this christmas season rangayana has a cocktail of sorts for the theatre buffs indias only statesponsored theatre repertory is presenting sadarama natakam the legendary play that made gubbi theatre company a household nameat a time when the theatre companies are pushed to the periphery rangayana is seeking to rejuvenate some of the plays produced by these theatre companies that enthralled the masses for years it has tagged with the gubbi company to present the threehour show that is making its debut this weekend septuagenarian y m puttannaiah who is associated with the gubbi company has directed the play for rangayana dramas enacted by theatre companies were once regarded as cultural icons now that the companies are fading away it is our mandate to ensure that their productions do not become part of history rangayana director lingadevaru halemane says some two months ago when he told his artistes to experiment on a play well known in theatre company circles the artists took up the challenge the band of artistes at rangayana is an experienced lot and has staged plays across genres but the most difficult part in company plays is that the artistes have to sing and act this they have done well too an elated halemane explains why did they pick up this work thats because it is well received both at the professional theatre and company theatre halemane notes sadarame is one of the most popular plays of gubbi company established by gubbi veeranna a pioneer in kannada theatre when theatre personality k v subbanna made some changes and enacted miss sadarame it became popular halemane saysthe play penned by bellave naraharishastry for gubbi company has been remodeled but the theatre repertorys production is based on the original work like the original text the repertory is recreating the magic of company dramas by getting sceneries devised to suit the needs of the masses it set amin from ilkal who specialises in the art of painting sceneries to do the job something that puttannaiah is happy about looks like the line between the professional and company theatre has been blurred at rangayana he says puttannaiah known for his harmonium music has worked on the play to suit the needs of the urbanites packaging it as a threehour show but has edited the music part of it the play will be on at rangayanas weekend shows for sometime