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About “Chanakya” the show




Chanakya is a show being presented by Chinmaya Mission of Alpharetta. It will be a 2.5hour drama in English showcasing the patriotism and vision of a handful of common people to unite India into one large united nation, tied together by traditional, cultural and family values.

This show will be played in realistic environment set in 300BC. The “Chanakya” team has done a lot of research and has developed very specific plans for the show components. Show plans include, 300BC based:

  • Huge cast of artists (Acharyas – 9; Children – 7; Greeks – 13; Kings – 13; Ladies – 4; Merchants – 3; Ministers – 8; Others – 5; Students – 6; Sainiks and officers – 14; Senapatis – 5; Villagers – 5; Dancers – 20)
  • Large experienced production crew (almost 20 backstage people)
  • Excellent offstage team of about 30 people
  • Special period costumes based on roles (Kings, Ministers, Senapatis, Sainiks, Merchants, Acharya, Students, ladies and so on); previews to come soon
  • Authentic props to include: coins, pots, urns, lamps, books, pens etc; previews to come soon
  • Realistic settings of various darbars, gurukul, and a variety of locations
  • Special custom made “bharateeya music” is being organized (with 300BC based instruments only, such as Veena, Flute, Dhundhubi, Manjira, Trumpets etc.)
Special plans are being developed to depict fantastic battle scenes, inclusive of sword fighting, Alexander’s Phalanx and other army formations, right here on the stage in Atlanta.

We will also show case traditional colorful folk dances.

There will be excellence par showcased in depicting brilliant strategists, able administrators, best-in-class warriors, and visionary teachers.

Roles for the first show in the USA on Sunday, Sep 13, 2009

Offstage Team

Team

Name

Assist Direction

Krishnaveni Kesavarapu

Stage Directors

Namrata Satuluru
Navin Tyagi
Lakshmi Vedala

Tickets

Kavil Subramanian

Fund Raising

Arvind Malhotra

Organization

Lakshmi Vedala
Sudha Malhotra

Marketing

Sameer Pateria

Publicity

Padma Rallapalli

Brochure

Bhavana Subramanian
Anjalie Malhotra

Web

Ranga Rajamanickam

Music

Sujatha Rayburn
Srini Kishore
Smitha Yellamraju
Srivalli Vempati



Production Team

Role

Name

In charge

Uma Narayan

Sound + Light

Vijay Tripathi

People

Lakshmi Vedala

Stage A

Namrata Satuluru

Stage B

Shailaja Lakshmanan

Stage C

Padma Rallapalli

Furniture

Vasantha Kandikuppa

Costumes

Vijaya Dasigi

Sets

Ramakanth Rallapalli
Kavil Subramanian
Dev Kondur

Prod Support

Ramakanth Rallapalli
Sateesh Saraswatula
Prashanti Jella
TBD1
TBD2

Lights

Siva Gaddamanugu
Kamal Satuluru
TBD1

Backdrops

Subbu Kesavarapu

Curtain

Satish Saraswatula

Audio

Lalitha Yellamraju
TBD 1
Sudha Malhotra
Raji Ramachandra

Audio play

Jaya Kottamasu

Ushering

TBD

Props

Saroja Goda
Janaki Harati

Video

Prasad Vedala

Photos

Ravi Penumarthi

Makeup

Susheel. Tripathi
Sheila Vedala
Siri Yellmraju
Durga Yerramilli
TBD1




Onstage Participants

Role

Actor

Acharya1

Sivaram Ghatti

Ajay

TBD

Akshay

Sriram Attili

Alexander

Sanjay Saggere

Alor raj

Hari Vadapalli

Ambi Kumar

Shyam Prasadh

AswaDutt

Subra Viswanathan

BalGupt

Arvind Malhotra

Bhadhrashali

Satya Karnati

Bhagurayan

Meher Lanka

Chanak

Udai Singh

ChandiDas

Eswaraprasad Dontu

Chandragupt

Ateer Sheth

Coenus

Mahesh Kommajosula

Dance AA B1

 

Dance AA B2

 

Dance AA B3

 

Dance AA B4

 

Dance AA B5

 

Dance AA G1

 

Dance AA G2

 

Dance AA G3

 

Dance AA G4

 

Dance AA G5

 

Dance DN B1

 

Dance DN B2

 

Dance DN B3

 

Dance DN B4

 

Dance DN B5

 

Dance DN B6

 

Dance DN G1

Anjalie Subramanian

Dance DN G2

Kamini Mani

Dance DN G3

Anushka Pandey

Dance DN G4

Rucha Shrotriya 

Dance DN G5

Avanti Patel                    

Dance DN G6

Saneeha Mahadevaiah

Dance DN G6

Bellamkonda

Dance Folk B1

 

Dance Folk B2

 

Dance Folk B3

 

Dance Folk B4

 

Dance Folk B5

 

Dance Folk G1

Ananya Sundararaghavan

Dance Folk G2

Manasa Chimpiri

Dance Folk G3

Jampala

Dance Folk G4

Bellamkonda

Dance Folk G5

Raji's daghter

Dandapani

Subra Viswanathan

Dhananand

Santosh Gor

Gaurav

Subramanyam Kolachala

Greek Soldier 1

Viraj Dasigi

Greek Soldier 2

TBD

Greek Soldier 3

TBD

Greek Soldier 4

TBD

Greek Soldier 5

TBD

Greek Soldier 6

TBD

Greek Soldier 7

TBD

Greek Soldier 8

TBD

Greek Soldier 9

TBD

Indian Sainik 1

Kishore Vedala

Indian Sainik 2

Prateek Viswanathan

Indian Sainik 3

Sanchit Malhotra

Indian Sainik 4

TBD

Indian Sainik 5

TBD

Indradutt

Udai Singh

Kaal

Viren Mayani

Kalyana Swamy

Eswaraprasad Dontu

Kat Raj

Arvind Malhotra

Khadgapani

Ramakanth Rallapalli

Kid Ajay

Dhaumya Shah

Kid Chandragupt

Tarun Kasnavis

Kid Defendant

Tanay Sheth

Kid Karthikey

Neil Malhotra

Kid Minister

Nithin Rallapalli

Kid Senapathi

Pranav Kandikuppa

Kid Vishnugupt

Akash Malhotra

Maatul

Nagi Natarajan

Maitreyi

TBD

Maudhrav Raj

Subramanyam Kolachala

Mercinery1

Rajesh Mallela

Mercinery2

Hari Vadapalli

Milind

Meher Lanka

Mrs. DN

Rita Kapahi

Nand1

Rajesh Mallela

Nand2

Hari Vadapalli

PauravRaj

Mohit Dhir

Philippos

Sivaram Ghatti

Porus

Guru Kashyap

Priest

TBD

RadhaaDutt

Vijay Gandapodi

Rakshas

Anant Kamath

RamaDevi

Aruna Vinod

SashtraGupt

Nagi Natarajan

ShakkarDas

Shyam Prasad

Shaktar

Navin Tyagi

Sharanga

Venkatesh  Potula

Simharan

Ramu Ramachandra

Sind Raj

Rajesh Mallela

Soudamini

Neeta Shenvi

Sr villager

Shankar Mahadevan

Student - Alok

Pranit Mallela

Student - Prateek

Prateek Viswanathan

Student - Sanchit

Sanchit Malhotra

Student 3

Aruna's son

Student 4

TBD

Student 5

TBD

Sukesh

Viraj Dasigi

SupriyaDevi

Suneeta Mishra

Sushen

Eswaraprasad Dontu

Sutanu

Prateek Viswanathan

Vararuchi

Hrishikesh Joshi

Villager 1

Dhaval Sheth

Villager 2

TBD

Villager 3

TBD

Viradgupth

Shankar Mahadevan

Vishnugupt

Swaroop Nyshadham

Vyaghrapad

Amit Dave

Waiter 1

TBD

Waitress 1

TBD

Waitress 2

TBD

Wakranas

Mohit Dhir



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Chanakya & Chandragupta

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