Nalacharitham Day 2 Kathakali

Presented here is an excerpt from the Kathakali play Nalacharitham Day 2. Written by Unnayi Warrier in 18th century, the play Nalacharitham, deals with the story of King of Nishadha, Nala and his wife Damayanti. The scene depicted here is the game of dice between Nala and Pushkara (brother of Nala). Kathakali is a 400-year-old classical dance drama of Kerala.

Artistes
Performed here are Kalamandalam Gopi (Nala) and Kalamandalam Balasubramanyam (Pushkara).