At 24, Ava Kannan is learning to master Therukoothu, an ancient Tamil folk theatre. With few opportunities to train in ...

Tamil Nadu’s cultural heritage is celebrated through Therukoothu, a traditional folk theatre that has captivated audiences for centuries. Performed predominantly in rural areas, this art form weaves ...

“They made our village famous. I will take you there,” said the young man, getting down from his bicycle. I was looking for the house of Therukoothu artiste Purisai Kannappa Thambiran. They were ...

VO: This tableau from Tamil Nadu is participating in the Mysuru Dussehra Jamboo Savari procession for the first time ever. It ...

RANIPET: Nearly 150 years later, the streets of Chenna Samuthiram village in Kalavai, from time to time, are still pulsating with the legacy and the words of celebrated “therukoothu” (street play) ...

CHENNAI : Actor Pari Elavazhagan, who had previously worked in films like Yaanum Theeyavan (2017), Chennai Palani Mars (2019), and the recent J Baby, is turning director with the upcoming film Jama.

‘Indrajit’, a Therukoothu play staged by an ensemble cast of students from the National School of Drama (NSD), featured a lively opera of brightly-costumed characters, high-pitched singing, rollicking ...

How to get kids to kick the mobile phone habit? These theatre troupes based in Coimbatore and Tiruvannamalai are convinced therukoothu is the way. Coimbatore-based Udalveli Arts Foundation (UAF) and ...

There have been leading film actors like Vijay Sethupathi who were once a part of Therukoothu before entering the film industry. Therukoothu is the traditional art of staging street plays that reached ...