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Modern
theatre also reached the other states in the south by the
beginning of the 19th century. Ramashankar Roy, Basanta Kumar
Mahapatra and others were the pioneers of the Orissa Theatre. In
Tamil Nadu, the early exponents of theatre were Prof. Sundaram
Pillai, Sankardas Swamigal, Sambananda Mudaliar and others. In the
recent times, V. Gopalakrishnan won the respect and admiration of
the audience and his fellow artistes for his talent. Along with
Suchalatha Reddy and Thambi Kadambavanam, Gopi had started the
Madras Players troupe in 1952 under the auspices of the British
Council and had acted in quite a few English plays.
He also founded the Gopi Theatres in 1971, which staged
nearly 30 plays, which included Nittham
Oru Yuddham.
The
Malayalam theatre began as an offshoot of Tamil theatre. Ochira
Velukutty, Thoppil Bhasi and N.N.Pillai are among the contributors
of Malayalam theatre. Manipuri theatre has been benefited a lot by
the traditional folk dramas and modern theatrical techniques of
Ratan Tiyam. In the current times, the dynamic duo of Crazy Mohan
and Maadhu Balaji has produced several comedy plays under the
banner of Crazy Creations. Some
of their plays are Allaudin
and 100 Watts Bulb, Kishkinda Kaandam, Marriage Made in Saloon,
Return of Crazy Thieves, Beware of Maadhu, Middle Class Murder,
Madhil Mel Maadhu, Oru Babyin Diary Kurippu and
Maadhu MLA.
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