Akashvani Revives All Kerala Radio Drama Festival After Eight Years
Akashvani's All Kerala Radio Drama Festival returns, featuring renowned artists like Mohanlal.
Source: The Hindu CultureThe All Kerala Radio Drama Festival, organized by Akashvani (All India Radio), has been revived after an eight-year hiatus. This cultural event aims to promote radio drama as an art form and provide a platform for artists. Renowned actor Mohanlal is set to lend his voice to two plays during the festival. The festival will be broadcast by all Akashvani stations across Kerala, enriching the cultural landscape and highlighting Akashvani's role in public broadcasting and cultural preservation.
- The All Kerala Radio Drama Festival is organized by Akashvani (All India Radio).
- The festival is returning after a gap of eight years.
- Renowned actor Mohanlal will participate by lending his voice to two plays.
- All Akashvani stations in Kerala will broadcast the festival.
- Akashvani is India's national public radio broadcaster, operating under Prasar Bharati.
Akashvani, officially known as All India Radio (AIR), is India's national public radio broadcaster. Founded in 1936, it operates under Prasar Bharati and is headquartered in New Delhi. Its primary purpose is to inform, educate, and entertain the public across the country.
Radio drama is a purely acoustic performance broadcast on radio, relying entirely on dialogue, music, and sound effects to tell a story. It was a highly popular form of entertainment before the widespread adoption of television, engaging listeners' imaginations.
Prasar Bharati is India's largest public broadcasting agency, established in 1997. It comprises Doordarshan (television) and All India Radio (radio). Its mission is to provide public service broadcasting, delivering information, education, and entertainment to the Indian populace.
Questions often focus on public broadcasters like Akashvani/Doordarshan, their parent bodies, and their role in promoting culture and information.
Akashvani sounds like 'Akash' (sky) and 'Vani' (voice), meaning 'voice from the sky' fitting for radio broadcasts.