'Love Letter' play completes 1000 stage performances

'Prema Lekhanam' (Love Letter) a play based on the humorous novel by renowned Malayalam writer late Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, has completed 1000 stage performances.

Among those in the audience who had gathered to watch the play at the Tagore theatre here last night was 93-year-old veteran marxist leader, V S Achutanandan.

Directed by Sooraya Krishnamoorthy, the play has only two actors, Amal Rajdev and Divya lekshmi, who portray the characters of Keshavan Nair, a bank employee belonging to the hindu community, and saraamma, a Christian woman.

While Nair is a simpleton, Saramma is happy-go-lucky woman with a sharp tongue and it is their witty dialogues that light up the play.

Soorya Krishnamoorthy said the play has been presented as arena drama and is staged amidst the audience watching from all the four sides.

"I wanted to present a totally different approach to the play," he told

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