SL Naanu’s Sikkal Sivaraman takes a light-hearted have a look at life

Veteran actor Kathadi Ramamurthu in Stage Creations’ Tamil play Sikkal Sivaraman.
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In Stage Creations’ play Sikkal Sivaraman (story, dialogues, and course are by S.L. Naanu), Chellappa (Naanu) decides to get his son married in a Pillayar temple to the daughter of Parameswaran (Ganapathy Shankar). Unbeknownst to Chellappa, his son secretly plans to get married in the identical temple, to Nandini’s (Anu Suresh) sister Hema. Chellappa disapproves of Hema, however doesn’t know that she is the daughter of Parameswaran. Lalitha’s daughter Janu is about to get married to Suresh in the identical Pillayar temple, with out Chellappa’s data, as a result of he disapproves of this match too. And why is he all in favour of stopping this marriage? As a result of he’s Lalitha’s cousin, and feels obligation certain to guard her pursuits. Sounds fairly complicated, doesn’t it?

Sikkal Sivaraman (Kathadi Ramamurthy) is the person behind the muddle. Sikkal means knots, and knotty issues have a approach of discovering Sivaraman. Kathadi is so spry (contact wooden) that you simply wouldn’t say he’s effectively into his eighties. He breezes out and in of the scenes, delivering his strains with ease.

Sivaraman isn’t just the creator of knots, but additionally is aware of find out how to unravel them, so that everybody is left with the sensation of ‘All’s effectively that ends effectively.’

In his performs, Naanu all the time has sideswipes at fads. In Sikkal Sivaraman, he makes enjoyable of these ubiquitous YouTube channels, which offer you recommendations on find out how to clear your kitchen, find out how to fold garments, and many others, making mundane chores look like rocket science. And we will all relate to Kathadi’s fixed have to test Whatsapp messages.

Naanu additionally exhibits how matchmaking has acquired the scale of a occupation. If within the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, we had eligible grooms making inconceivable calls for of the possible bride, it’s now the flip of the ladies to make equally inconceivable calls for, and Naanu highlights this too. Nothing is sweet sufficient for Janu, who rejects one proposal after one other for frivolous causes, till Nature takes over and makes her fall in love with Suresh. As common, it is a light-hearted play from Naanu, identified for taking a humorous have a look at life.