Talattu

Talattu, takes the examples of Yashoda and Radha and their love for Krishna. It traces their personal journeys of joys and sorrows and how they deal with Krishna’s departure in very different ways.

Parents give up a part of themselves from the time a child is born. Both men and women take on the joys, sorrows, victories and defeats of their children as their own.

The role of a parent is immense in the growth of a child and the emotional attachment that parents have to their offspring is incomparable. This relationship of caregiver and child is immortalised as Yashoda and Krishna in Indian mythology. Their relationship is nuanced with the complexity of Yashoda being Krishna’s adoptive parent. Yashoda’s sense of ownership is questioned when she realises that Krishna is not her own son. Talattu, addresses the complexity of this relationship and the love that permeates through this confusion.

The second relationship that is explored in Talattu is that of a lover. The bond of romantic love is one of the strongest bonds that one shares in life. A bond that is exalted, and written about in poetry and literature repeatedly. The romantic relationship offers comfort, and togetherness. The ability to sacrifice for another within this relationship is paralleled with the idea of spiritual surrender.

This relationship between lovers is immortalised in the form of Radha and Krishna.

Krishna leaves Vrindavan, and Radha knows that he must leave. She also knows that she will never love another again. Their love will remain irrespective of where he goes. He will always be hers.

When Krishna leaves, he is only a child to Yashoda, and to Radha he is her pillar of strength.

Music and Lyrics: Dr Rajkumar Bharathi

Sound Design: Sai Shravanam, Resound India

Light Design: Pritham Kumar

Photography: Sunny Jagesar

Choreography & Script: Rukmini Vijayakumar