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Chaplin takes audience on tour

Talented: Students of Kodagu Vidyalaya in Madikeri staging a play on Friday.

Madikeri: Students of the Opportunity Section of Kodagu Vidyalaya staged a brilliant play during their Annual Day celebrations here on Friday.

The audience was “taken around” India along with the protagonist Charlie Chaplin. The play shows him arriving in Mumbai and travelling around the city. Chaplin’s Indian friends take him to a snake charmer.

Two young ones playing wrestlers and fighting for supremacy caught everybody’s attention, with Chaplin enjoying every moment of it. After visits to the north-eastern and eastern regions, Chaplin arrives in Chennai where he is amazed at a puja being offered in a temple. Finally, he makes it to the Omkareshwar temple here at Raja Seat and wonders at the Abbi Falls.

The play ended with the singing of the popular number ‘Jai Ho’ and a pyramid-like formation. The parents of the children were surprised to see them perform so well.

Deputy Commissioner K.H. Ashwatha Narayana Gowda, who inaugurated the celebrations, said it was a different experience for him. He appreciated Meena Cariappa, the spearhead of the Opportunity Section, and her team for their efforts in managing the section without government assistance.

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