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Yayati by ಗಿರೀಶ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ
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Yayati

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Length 2 hours 6 minutes
Language Kannada
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Summary

ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾರ್ಡ್ ಅವರ ಮೊದಲ ನಾಟಕವಾದ ಯಯಾತಿ 1960 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿತು ಮತ್ತು 1962 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿತು. ಇದು ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಸಂಗವನ್ನು ಆಧರಿಸಿದೆ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಂಡವರ ಪೂರ್ವಜರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರಾದ ಯಾಯತಿಗೆ ಅಕಾಲಿಕ ವೃದ್ಧಾಪ್ಯದ ಶಾಪ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಯಾಯತಿಯ ದಾಂಪತ್ಯ ದ್ರೋಹದಿಂದ ಕೆರಳಿದ ಅವನ ಮಾವ ಶುಕ್ರಾಚಾರ್ಯ. ಯಾರಾದರೂ ತನ್ನ ಯೌವನವನ್ನು ತನ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ವಿನಿಮಯ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸಿದ್ಧರಿದ್ದರೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಯಯಾತಿ ಈ ಶಾಪವನ್ನು ಪುನಃ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು. ಇದು ಅವರ ಮಗ ಪೂರು, ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ತಂದೆಗೆ ಇದನ್ನು ಮಾಡಲು ಮುಂದಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಈ ನಾಟಕವು ಪುರು ಅವರ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವು ಹುಟ್ಟುವ ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟಿನ ಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಯಯಾತಿ, ಪುರು ಮತ್ತು ಪುರು ಅವರ ಯುವ ಹೆಂಡತಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವ ಸಂದಿಗ್ಧತೆಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

Yayati, Girish Karnard's first play, was written in 1960 and won the Mysore State Award in 1962. It is based on an episode in the Mahabharata, where Yayati, one of the ancestors of the Pandavas, is given the curse of premature old age by his father-in-law, Shukracharya, who is incensed by Yayati's infidelity. Yayati could redeem this curse only if someone was willing to exchange his youth with him. It is his son, Pooru, who finally offers to do this for his father. The play examines the moment of crisis that Pooru's decision sparks, and the dilemma it presents for Yayati, Pooru, and Pooru's young wife.

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