Iconic Malayalam play Ningalenne Communistakki (You Made Me a Communist) turns 70

Kerala By Dileep V Kumar December 6, 2022 Read the article

Kerala’s timeless classic Ningalenne Communistakki (You Made Me a Communist) turns 70 on Tuesday, 6 December.

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The play, in memory of the Sooranadu Revolution, portrays the transition of an elderly man from a conservative upper-caste Hindu into a Communist.

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In 1953, the then Congress government banned the drama citing a threat to public peace and feared that the population would start using the derogatory words in the play.

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This triggered widespread protests, arrests, a war of words in the Assembly, and a legal battle.

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MN Govindan Nair, a CPI leader, introduced an adjournment motion in the Legislative Assembly against the ban.

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An adjournment motion is an extraordinary procedure to draw the attention of the House to a recent matter of urgent public importance having serious consequences.

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N Rajagopalan Nair, a co-director of the play, termed the government “butchers of art” and “murderers of culture”.

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The High Court concluded that the order that revoked the general permission for staging the drama had no legal backing whatsoever.

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Finally, after two months, the ban was lifted, and since then the drama has been entertaining theatre patrons.

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The ban was a blessing in disguise as it helped the play gain more popularity among the masses.

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From the conversations on public disorder triggered by the ban to the oppression and struggle for equality portrayed in the play, it remains relevant to this day.

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