ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಪರಿಸರ ಲೋಕ (Tejaswi Parisara Loka)

Play: Tejaswi Parisara Loka(ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಪರಿಸರ ಲೋಕ )

Language: Kannada
Duration: ~90 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: Watchable for only serious theater enthusiasts. 
Troup: Ranga Vismaya
Director: Sri Rao Jadhav

"ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯೇ ಪರಿಸರ. ಪರಿಸರವೆಂದರೆ ಮರ-ಗಿಡ , ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಗುಡ್ಡ , ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಪಕ್ಷಿ ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಅದರೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಇರುವ ಅಖಂಡವಾದ  ಜಗತ್ತು , ಅದರೊಳಗಿನ ಮನುಷ್ಯರು. ಅವರ ಆಲೋಚನ ಕ್ರಮಗಳು" .

Most of Poornachadra tejaswi's works are around the theme of Nature. Nature, according to tejaswi is not only trees, anilmals and birds but also the vast universe, the countless people and myriad ways of thinking of people. 

This was the theme of the play i watched yesterday at Rangashankara. The play was based on works of sri poorna chandra tejaswi and was about his interactions with nature (People) 

Pooarna Chandra tejaswi is a well known literery figure in Karnataka. Though he is the son of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, Tejaswi carved out a niche for himself very early in his literary career. 

Poorna chabdra tejaswi, like his father kuvempu was a nature lover and keen observer of forest life. Like his father, much of his writings are influenced by the lush green, enchanting dense forests of western India. 

Apart from being a writer, poorna chandra tejaswi was a farmer, photographer and an ornithologist. 

This was my third play of Tejaswi. Earlier i had watched Jugari cross and Mayamruga. Both the plays are based on sri Tejaswi's works. 

It is not very easy to understand the plays written by Poorna chandra tejaswi,Particularly for people like me who haven't read any serious literature let alone reading the works of kannada literary giants like Tejaswi. 

Anyway, though i did not understand much of Jugaari cross (Javagal srinath and sri Vidyabhushan swamiji also wathed this play with me) and Mayamruga, i took a chance with "Tejaswi parisara loka" yesterday. The play was directed by Rao Jadhav and had him as the main protagonist. He played the role of sri Tejaswi. 

Like Dr Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, Poorna chandra tejaswi had wide interests in life. Like Bendre , tejaswi enjoyed conversations with people and made a lot of friends. This play was an enactment of  tejaswi's interactions  with few interesting people.  

The play introduces "Ball boy Kalappa", son of a framer in Mudigere who will be working as Ball boy at a club in Bombay. Kalappa cannot find "Fruit and milk" in the village. The play moves on to introduce "ಗಾರೆ ಸೀನಪ್ಪ " ("Gaare seenappa"), the local mason who would be fleecing the villagers. Then comes Mara and Bora, the sevants in the house of Tejaswi. Mara is an old man who believes in superstition. He will be working as a watch man at Tejaswi's farm and would have sub-contracted the job of keeping a watch on the farm to the local demi-god. Bora is the pueon at Tejaswi's house and would be troubling tejaswi with his own stupid ways of doing things. 

Play moves on to introduce Godley, a writer (supervisor) at the neighbouring farm. Godley , a christian by name would have become the writer after being a Barber, a road sub-contractor and a tiller driver. The conversation between Tejaswi and Godley is an humorous stretch of play. Godley fears at shooting at the monkey since he believes that monkeys are Hindu Gods. Godley tries very hard to capture the monkeys and leave them in the deep jungles. In the process he gets caught in the monkey trap and would spend a few days in the jungle without food and water.  The play also introduces few other characters in the middle. 

The play is about how Sri Tejaswi saw people and how he analysed people and how he enjoyed the conversation with myriad people whom he came across.

It is easy for people to ignore others who think a little out of the box or who think and act differently. It takes a very broad mind and very rational thinking to appreciate the thinking of others. This play gives a very vivid picture of how Tejaswi could appreciate others and how he saw every way of thinking as a part of the beautiful creation called "Nature" . 

The play is eminently watchable for those interested in Knowing about Poorna chandra Tejaswi. Its a must match from an academic perspective. However, those looking for pure entertainment in the conventional sense of the term are advised to stay away.