OS2 Tamil - Plays and Casts
Funny, moving, original short plays about the South Asian immigrant experience in the Bay Area.
Download the program for the Tamil show on your mobile phone here.
There is also an English show.
The Cast of OS2 Tamil
Standing l to r: Sowmiya Ganeshkumar, Havish Ravipati, Vandana Ramakrishnan, S. Suresh, Ram Rajagopalan, Karthik Ramachandran, Sara Trupski, Jay Ganesh, Chinmai Raman
Seated l to r: Chinmayi Athreya, Radhika Narayanan, Vishnu Athreya, Dilip Ratnam, Reina Subramanian, Savyan Srikanth, Kavitha Nagarajan
Ikkaraikku Akkarai Pachai
by Vibeka Sen Sisodiya
Tamil adaptation by Ratnam Balan
Cast: S. Suresh, Vandana Ramakrishnan, Ram Rajagopalan, Radhika Narayanan, Jay Ganesh, Savyan Srikanth, Chinmayi Athreya
Padmanabhan and Ranganayaki are happily settled in the Golden State with their children and grandchildren. Sorgamae endraalum, California nam naaTTukku eedaguma? What is the true definition of “home,” especially as one ages? Home is always where the heart is but Ikkaraikku Akkarai Pachai.
Thiruda Thiruda
by Basab Pradhan
Tamil adaptation by Ram Rajagopalan
Cast: Kavitha Nagarajan, Karthik Ramachandran, Reina Subramanian, Ram Rajagopalan, Sara Trupski.
Nagaigalin unmaiyana madhippu enna? Vilaiya, illai avatrai saarndha nammudaiya ninaivugalum, uNarvugaluma? Jayanthi and Tarun’s house gets burgled and Jayanthi loses all her jewelry. Thiruda Thiruda portrays the unique manner in which a typical Indian family deals with sentiment and loss.
Sweet and Sour
by Nandita Goel
Tamil adaptation by Dilip Ratnam
Cast: Savitha Samu, Reina Subramanian
Rekha has spent most of her life raising her family in the Bay Area. She is finally ready to do something for herself. She gets a job offer, but the job is in India. Her daughter Samyuktha is about to leave for college. Thann ammavin kanavugalai nanavaakka Samyuktha udaiya nilaippaadu enna?
Paritchaikku Neramachu
by Shalini Ramachandran
Tamil adaptation by Ram Rajagopalan
Cast: S. Suresh, Vandana Ramakrishnan, Ram Rajagopalan, Radhika Narayanan, Chinmayi Athreya, Savyan Srikanth, Sara Trupski.
PariTchai kuzhandaigalukku illai…Thaatha-Paattikku. What kind of an exam do grandparents have to take? Can gold medalist Padmanabhan and the super confident Ranganayaki ace that all important exam? Paritchaikku Neramachu is a guaranteed laugh riot.
Bad Boy
by Vaishnavi Sridhar
Cast: Karthik Ramachandran, Sowmiya Ganeshkumar, Chinmai Raman, Vishnu Athreya, Havish Ravipati, Sara Trupski, Vandana Ramakrishnan.
Anand matra kuzhanthaigalil irunthu maaru pattavan thaan. Adanaal avan oru Bad Boy-aa? His doting parents worry that there may be something “wrong” with their precocious son. Does he have a mental health disorder? Idhu veliya therinja, naalu peyar enna solvaanga?
Nalla VeLai
by Raghav Ravichandran
Cast: Sowmiya Ganeshkumar, Karthik Ramachandran, Jay Ganesh, Chinmai Raman, Ram Rajagopalan, Kavitha Nagarajan
Harini Chakravarthy is a highly successful SVP of Engineering at a tech company. Her family are her biggest fans and cheerleaders. At work, Harini has been charged with the highly unpleasant task of downsizing her teams. Nalla VeLai velaiyai kaapaathuma?
