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The killing of Kirmira = Kirmira vadham / by Kottayam Tampuran.
LIBRA DVD 022 362 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Malayalam
- Subjects (All):
- Mahābhārata--Drama--Performances.
- Mahābhārata.
- MahaÌbhaÌrata.
- Kathakali--Performances.
- Kathakali.
- Kathakali plays--Performances.
- Kathakali plays.
- Dance--India--Kerala.
- Dance.
- Performances.
- India--Kerala.
- Genre:
- Dance films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (184 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Kirmira vadham
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Distributed by Insight Media, [2010]
- Language Note:
- Introduction in English, play performed in Malayalam.
- System Details:
- DVD-Video ; region 0.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A complete performance document of The Killing of Kirmira, which is translated in Kathakali Dance-Drama. The story of the demoness Simhika's attempted revenge on the five Pandava brothers after one of these epic heroes kills her husband.
- Participant:
- [Voiceover at start of tape, Phillipp B. Zarrilli] ; performers, Kalamandalam Nelliyode, Vasudevan Namboodiripad, Margi Vijayakumar, Ramachandran Pilla.
- Credits:
- Filmed on location and edited by Phillip B. Zarrilli ; choreography: Kottayam Tampuran.
- Notes:
- Filmed in 1995 at Tritapatta Mandapam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 616690236
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