During the performance which revolves around Krishna, a two and half year old comes on to the stage several times with a heavy mace, sees what papa, mama or uncle are talking about and then disappears only to appear again a little later pulling the mace behind him.

Costume designings with self

They live generally about 40 kilometres away from Hyderabad and often come to the city for some time to present their plays. It is interesting that the grooms are integrated into the Surabhi family even today. This is done in order to keep families together and also because it was especially difficult to marry off an actress and leave her in another family. The women do not move out, the men move in and naturally perform as well.

MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

The 122 years of great service to the Theate have a versatile person behind its curtain.

That is Mr. SURABHI NAGESWAR RAO (Babji)

He is the key and back bone to Sri Venkateswara natyamandali (surabhi)

Under his organisation the troop developing day by day.

The father of the Surabhi community was Vanarasa Sanjeevarao. He had two wives and ten children. In an inebriated state, one day, Sanjeeva rao not only gave away his share of property to lhis brothers' sons by signing the will, but also ended his life at a fair of goddess

In the history of dramatic arts, it is the greatness of perhaps only Surabhi" community to have lived making the stage a part of ltheir life, for over hundred years.

from child to old

In Surabhi We can all age artists, from child to old.
Here isMr. Hrushithesh a seven months boy already completed his 150 th show on theate recently... as Balakrishna,prahalada,Bala bramham,Lava and Balavardhi.

Here is Mr.  S V. HARIHARAN s/o sv. Kishore and nirupama

This boy started performing from 32 nd day as bala rakshasa

In MAYABAZAAR

The Surabhi people constructed thatched pandals, stages, made cloths and ornaments for themselves, while staging plays in thjeir region.

One more significant decision of the group was to stop speaking their mother tongue but speak Telugu at home.The surabhi family until then was using Matathi at home and speaking Telugu only on the Stage.

This theatre group, which has celebrated its Diamond jubilee this year, has the fourtune of lguidance of Sri B.V.Karanth to reform and assimilate their traditional mould with modern theatre styles.

The group consisting of brothers, sisters,their children and their families, as a close knit group,live together, travel from place to place to perform on every alternate day in their speciality erected hails, staying at each place ranging from 3 months to one year depending on the public response.
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