Question – On January 17, 2022, the government of which state has banned ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’ ?
(a) Telangana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
Answer—(b)
Related facts—
- On 17 January 2022 the Andhra Pradesh government banned the ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’ which has enthralled people for almost 100 years.
- The government’s decision to ban the staging of the play has been taken after members of a particular community objected to certain dialogues and portrayal of a character in the play.
- This famous Telugu drama is written in the year 1920 by the playwright Kallakuri Narayana Rao.
- The actors of this play celebrated the centenary of this play in the year 2021.
- In this play, the author has highlighted how people neglect their families by falling prey to some social evils.
- Subbisetty, Chintamani, Bilvamangaludu, Bhavani Shankaram and Srihari are some of the characters in this play.
By – Pankaj Pandey