THE PURPLE PLAYS: BETWEEN THE RED HEAT AND THE BLUE STILLNESS
brings together five powerful Kerala reimaginings of iconic world dramas, each transformed through the textures, tensions, and truths of Malayali life. From the fiery feminist chorus of Her Table, where generations of women confront ambition and patriarchy, to the haunting political absurdism of Echoes of the Shadows, where ordinary men wait for a deliverer who never comes, the collection reframes global classics through local wounds and wisdom.In Ranimma, a mythic political tragedy, the rise and ruin of a formidable woman exposes the brutal cycle of power and betrayal, while The Bus Stand Story turns an everyday encounter into a raw battle over class, gender, and the right to occupy space. An Afternoon Heat is an intimate storm of unemployment, love, and rage simmering beneath Kochi’s relentless heat. The collection closes with The Voyage, a journey carved in salt, where leaving becomes the only way home.
Together, these plays form a vibrant spectrum of Kerala’s social, political, and emotional landscapes—where red heat meets blue stillness, where ordinary lives crack open to reveal extraordinary echoes, and where each story asks what it truly means to claim one’s place in a changing world.
-- KRISHAND R. K.
Indian Film Maker and Screenplay Writer
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DEEPA LEKSHMI PRAKASH
Deepa Lekshmi Prakash is a research scholar, playwright, filmmaker, and poet whose work lives at the crossroads of gender, cinema, memory, and the shifting emotional landscapes of ordinary people.She was selected as one of the Top Ten Poets in India by the Times of India Channel in 2021, securing the Fourth Rank, a recognition that affirmed her early voice and its lyrical depth. Her poems have since travelled through national and international journals, alongside her articles and UGC-approved publications that explore cinema, culture, and gender.
She is currently pursuing her PhD in Film Studies and Gender Studies, with a particular focus on Man and Masculinity Studies in Malayalam cinema.As a filmmaker, her first short film “Termite,” which secured an entry at the National Documentary and Short Film Festival and was recognised at the LK Short Film Festival, along with several other film festivals. Her creative work moves with the same precision and tenderness as her research—quiet, probing, and unafraid of complexity
