"NONDY NAADAKAM" IS ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT PLAY IN THE TRADITIONAL THEATRE OF THE TAMILS. PERFORMANCE TRADITION OF "NONDY NAADAKAM" IS STILL IN HIGH IN BATTICALOA, SRI LANKA AND ONE OF ITS KIND TOOK PLACE IN PANDAARIYAVELI, BATTICALOA ON 29.06.2012 AS THE USUAL NIGHT LONG PERFORMANCE. IT WAS A SPELLBOUND PERFORMANCE UNDER THE 'ANNAVIYAM' (DIRECTION) OF ANNAVIYAR K. PONNAMBALAM a.k.a "NONDY PONNAR".
PERFORMANCE OF 'VEATHALAM' AND 'NONDY' AND 'ANNAVIYAR' AND 'SABAIYOR' AT THE REAR.
'ANNAVIYAR' AND 'VETHALAM'
ARRIVAL OF 'MAHA/SIVA MUNI'
'CHETTY' AND CHETICHCHI' IN "NONDY NAADAKAM". THE COUPLE WAS FORCED DEPART BECAUSE OF THE CUNNING "NONDY' AND BECAUSE OF CORRUPTED AUTHORITY BUT GOT JUSTICE FROM THE SHEPEARDS.
ALL THESE HAPPEND TO THE COUPLE BECAUSE 'CHETTY' NOT LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF 'CHETICHCHY'
THE ART OF TEXT OF "NONDY NAADAKAM" IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO COMPARE WITH GREEK , SHAKESPEREAN AND BRECTIAN PLAYS. ITS SIMPLY COMPAREABLE WITH "CHALK CIRCLE" OF BERTOLT BRECHT.
THE RICHNESS OF LITERATURE, THE ART OF PLOTTING THE SOTRY, VARIETIES OF CHARACTERS AND THE STANDARD OF THE ART OF THE PERFORMERS MADE IT A MEMORABLE ONE FOR YEARS.
ALL THESE HAPPEND TO THE COUPLE BECAUSE 'CHETTY' NOT LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF 'CHETICHCHY'
