Ban on stage exhibits leaves artists from Kerala in penury

Express News Service

KOZHIKODE: In the final week of July, a bunch of artists from the state representing Singing Artists Association (SAA) livestreamed its performances on  social media, together with Facebook, with an enchantment to the viewers to donate to assist struggling artists from Kerala who had hit a significant roadblock because the introduction of COVID pandemic.

The marketing campaign organised by SAA goals at conducting a 50-day continuous livestreaming occasion with the assist of greater than 500 artists from completely different elements of the state, principally singers and mimicry artists. 

Though they may accumulate solely a meagre quantity because the 50-day occasion started some 14 days in the past, it was distributed among the many artists who’re in determined want of monetary assist. Salish Shyam, singer and stage performer and state secretary of SAA instructed The New Indian Express: “The last event I did was in January 2020 and till now, I have had no interaction with the audience as all the events were halted due to the pandemic. We have more than 1,000 singers in our association and most of them are struggling without any income.”

Some individuals have entered day by day wage works like portray and development. “Realising this difficult phase of  artists in Kerala, we decided to explore the possibilities of online media to source some funds to help struggling artists,” Salish stated.

“We could collect only a small sum as donation, but seeing our pathetic condition some organisations like Rotary Club of cyber city and Kozhikode Art Lovers Association came forward sponsoring some of our episodes. Even celebrities like Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Arya Nanda, Ramshi Ahammed and a few others performed for our event,” he stated.

The dwell occasion is being organised in several districts the place studios are organized for singers and artists to carry out. It will probably be held in Alappuzha from August 16 to 19, in Kottayam from 23 to 26 and in Idukki from September 2 to five.