‘Theatre ought to make efforts to retain outdated viewers, entice new one’

Journalist and theater artist Bandu Kulkarni mentioned that theater ought to make steady efforts to retain its outdated viewers and entice new viewers to the theatre, similar to the efforts made by newspapers to retain outdated readers and entice new ones.

He was responding to the dignity after being conferred with the “Abhinaya Bharathi Award” on the event of World Theater Day, organized by the theater group Abhinaya Bharathi on the Institute of Engineers auditorium in Dharwad on Friday.

Returning the award cash to Abhinaya Bharati, Mr. Bandu Kulkarni mentioned he was indebted to the group for the alternatives in theater given to him throughout his early days.

Prof. Basavaraj Anami, Registrar of KLE Technological College, mentioned that it was required to make use of technological instruments to complement the theater within the present digital period. New media could possibly be utilized to convey the youth to the theatre, he mentioned. Prof. Anami additionally returned the honorarium given to him to Abhinaya Bharati.

Arvind Kulkarni presided over the occasion, whereas Vinayak Nayak made introductory remarks. A bunch academics, senior artistes attended the occasion.