நடக உலகன மடசட மனனர எஸ.ஜ.கடடபப - நடகககலயன தடககபபளள

The exchange of artistic works between Indian and Sri Lankan performing artists has been ongoing since the time of the Koothu tradition and musical dramas. For example, ‘In 1926, Tamil dramatist S.G. Kitappa, who came to Sri Lanka on a two-year contract at the invitation of Shanmugam Pillai of Jaffna, performed various plays there.’ ‘In 1928, plays were performed at the Jinthumbitty Theatre Hall in Colombo at the invitation of Shanmugam Pillai of Jaffna for two months,’ says Avvai T.K. Shanmugam. Similarly, ‘In 1936, Tamil dramatist Viswanatha Das, who came to Sri Lanka with his ‘Shanmugananda Natak Sabha’, was banned and sent back by the chief minister himself on the grounds that if his plays were performed in Sri Lanka, there would be anti-government sentiment among the people.’ However, what we need to note in the history of this exchange of arts is that the time and environment of exchange have led the cultural values of performing arts to various dimensions at many levels. In the same way, although the tradition of sharing performing cultures continues today, on the other hand Trends in sharing themes such as the political environment of Sri Lanka, the right to life issues of the people there, and linguistic oppression began to emerge during the modern drama period in Tamil Nadu. In this way, this article aims to explain the contribution of K.C. Kittappa, who was the starting point for modern drama in the Tamil space.