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{{Infobox play
|name = Odakalu Bimba
|altname = Bikhre Bimb
|writer = [[Girish Karnad]]
|Director = [[Girish Karnad]] and [[KM Chaitanya]]
|setting = Bangalore
|place= Rangashankara, Bangalore
|orig_lang = [[Kannada]]
|premiere = 2005
|characters = Manjula Nayak (Kannada and Hindi),<br /> Manjula Sharma (Shabana Azmi version)
}}

'''''Odakalu Bimba''''' is a [[Kannada]] [[monodrama]] by Indian playwright and author [[Girish Karnad]]. It was written in 2005 and marked Karnad's return to direction after a period of thirty years. He directed the play with [[KM Chaitanya]]<ref name="actorvsactor">{{cite news |title=Actor vs. actor |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/19/stories/2005031903570100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050523114013/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/19/stories/2005031903570100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2005 |first=Hemangini |last=Gupta |date=19 March 2005 |location=Bangalore |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><ref name="metaphor">{{cite news |title=Metaphor for a new age |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051204/spectrum/main3.htm |date=4 December 2005 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref>

It was translated and titled ''Bikhre Bimb'' in [[Hindi]] and ''A Heap of Broken Images'' in English. It starred [[Arundhati Nag]] as ''Manjula Nayak'' and her [[doppelgänger]] in the Kannada and Hindi versions while Arundhati Raja played the same role in the English version.<ref name="actorvsactor" /><ref name="stageisworld">{{cite news |title=The stage is her world |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/the-stage-is-her-world/article257089.ece |first=Liza |last=George |date=18 March 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] Friday Review |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref>

The plot revolves around the protagonist ''Manjula Nayak'' who is an unsuccessful writer in Kannada and finds success with her novel written in English. Her doppelgänger later questions her about her choice to write in English rather than in her own language and the betrayal of her own language.<ref name="questionidentity">{{cite news |title=Exploring questions of linguistic identity |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/exploring-questions-of-linguistic-identity/article3010930.ece |date=19 March 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Bangalore |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><ref name="karnadstoday">{{cite news |title= Karnad's 'Bikhre Bimb' today |url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article258338.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220306/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article258338.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |date=13 March 2010 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |location=Thiruvananthapuram |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref>

The play earned itself positive reviews which subsequently resulted in a new production of it in English which was directed by [[Alyque Padamsee]] and featured [[Shabana Azmi]] playing the lead role of ''Manjula Sharma'', a Hindi writer who is unsuccessful.<ref name="politics">{{cite news |title=Showcase: Politics of language |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/showcase-politics-of-language/article3639362.ece |first=Jessu |last=John |date=14 July 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] Friday Review |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><ref name="price">{{cite news |title=Theatre at a price? |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-12/hyderabad/28131678_1_ticket-prices-theatre-bikhre-bimb |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130818120953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-12/hyderabad/28131678_1_ticket-prices-theatre-bikhre-bimb |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 August 2013 |first=Swati |last=Sucharita |date=12 February 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |location=Hyderabad |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><ref name="review">{{cite news |title=Theatre Review: Broken Images |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/news-interviews/33818626_1_broken-images-digital-technology-kaifi-aur-main |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130818135327/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/news-interviews/33818626_1_broken-images-digital-technology-kaifi-aur-main |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 August 2013 |first=Purvaja |last=Sawant |date=14 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref>

The play won the awards for ''Best Playwright'' and ''Best Director'' while Nag won the ''Best Actress'' award for her role at the ''Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards'' in 2008.<ref name="fifty">{{cite news |title='Bikhre Bimb' turns 50 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/63801/bikhre-bimb-turns-50.html |newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] | date=14 April 2010 |accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="walksaway">{{cite news |title=Girish Karnad's 'Bikhre Bimb' walks away with top META awards |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/03/07/girish-karnads-bikhre-bimb-walks-away-with-top-meta-awards-1204957558.html |date=8 March 2008 |publisher=[[Oneindia.in]] |access-date=2013-08-18}}</ref>

Karnad got the idea to write the play when he attended a talk in Bangalore by [[Shashi Deshpande]], daughter of Kannada writer [[Shriranga]], on Indian writers who wrote in English not being treated on par with English writers of foreign origin.<ref name="politics" /><ref name="playof">{{cite news |title=The play of languages |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/dfNUymekYGeWS0uvw8GMDJ/The-play-of-languages.html |first=Himanshu |last=Bhagat |date=23 April 2010 |publisher=[[Livemint]] |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref>

The play was originally performed at [[Bangalore]]. The Kannada version of the play were performed all across [[Karnataka]], while the Hindi version was performed across different cities in India including [[Delhi]], [[Chennai]], [[Chandigarh]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="fifty" /><ref name="genius">{{cite news |title=Multilingual genius |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Multilingual-genius/SP-Article1-935272.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926082035/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Multilingual-genius/SP-Article1-935272.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2012 |first=SD |last=Sharma |date=25 September 2012 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |location=Chandigarh |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> The English version featuring Azmi was performed in the United States where it was received positively.<ref name="joinUS">{{cite news |title=Shabana Azmi joins US theatrical tour of Karnad's 'Broken Images' |url=http://www.indiatribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4011:shabana-azmi-joins-us-theatrical-tour-of-karnads-broken-images |work=Indian Tribune |location=Chicago |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><ref name="USapplause">{{cite news |title=Shabana Azmi's 'Broken Images' wins applause in US |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shabana-azmis-broken-images-wins-applause-in-us/699120/ |date=18 October 2010 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |location=Chicago |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><ref name="enthrall">{{cite news|title=The play Broken Images, written by Girish Karnad, directed by Alyque Padamsee and starring Shabana Azmi is going all the way to New York to enthral the audience there on October 8.|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/The-play-Broken-Images-written-by-Girish-Karnad-directed-by-Alyque-Padamsee-and-starring-Shabana-Azmi-is-going-all-the-way-to-New-York-to-enthral-the-audience-there-on-October-8-/articleshow/6599522.cms|first=Anusha|last=Vincent|date=21 September 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref>

The play was produced by and originally performed at [[Ranga Shankara]], Bangalore which was built in honour of Nag's late husband [[Shankar Nag]].<ref name="shortlist">{{cite news |title=Three names shortlisted for National School of Drama director post |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/national-school-of-drama-director-post-three-names-shortlisted-122367-2012-11-22 |first=Sheokesh |last=Mishra |date=23 November 2012 |work=[[India Today]] |location=New Delhi |access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref><ref name="stage">{{cite news |title=All the World's a Stage |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/all-the-world-s-a-stage/1012071/0 |author=Parul |date=5 October 2012 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&favm=13 Girish Karnad's Broken Images - Rangashankara]
* [http://metawards.com/bikhre-bimb/ Bikhre Bimb - META awards]

[[Category:Indian plays]]
[[Category:Kannada literature]]
[[Category:2005 plays]]
[[Category:Performing arts in India]]

Odakalu Bimba - Revision history

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