Meenambakkam: Members of The Theatre Club at Agurchand Manmull Jain College in Meenambakkam are staging a play at the college auditorium on January 25 (from 5 p.m. onwards). The effort is daunting at two levels. One, “Maaveeran Karnan - The sun that was burnt”, as the play is called, is based on the epic of Mahabaratha, and it has to do justice to it. That is the challenge the team has had to deal with before stepping on the stage, taking care of the research and script. On the stage on January 25, the challenge is about garnering the confidence to stay unawed by the occasion. It is the first time they are hitting the stage on this scale. The college’s theatre club itself is nascent, born in 2024 and has only small-scale theatrical shows to its credit — and these are a far cry from being a full-fledged production. With an entirely in-house cast and crew, the production seeks to really “stage” the theatrical talent of the staff and students, hitherto playing out only in the rehearsal room.
The play revisits the life of Karnan as not merely a war hero, but a symbol of dignity, a true friend, a loving son and a caring brother. Written and directed by Kavithiran Kannan, theatre club co-ordinator and assistant professor of the Department of Visual Communication, the play has 80 students and 10 staff donning the greasepaint.
Published - January 22, 2026 10:17 am IST
