{"id":5545,"date":"2026-08-03T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:41:32","slug":"the-swan-song-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/the-swan-song-india\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SWAN SONG &#8211; India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>23rd August<\/strong><br><strong>THE SWAN SONG &#8211; India<\/strong><br><strong>\/ Directed by Aliyar Ali <\/strong><br><strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swan Song \/ Hamsa Geetham is conceived from the critically acclaimed work Bharatha Vakyam by award winning playwright G. Sankara Pillai. The Solo drama portrays the concluding reflections of a fallen artist after a life in drama, both literally and metaphorically. Once a celebrated actor, now in old age, suffering from blindness and being ignored by all, mirrors some of his best characters as they were presented during his golden days. Characters reminisced are Othello from Shakespeare\u2019s Othello, Duryodhanan from the Hindu epic Mahabharatha; extended version includes Brihannala, the eunuch from the same epic. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery alignleft has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"533\" data-id=\"4648\"  src=\"https:\/\/citf.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/THE-SWAN-SONG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4648\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The actor delivers his last words \u2014 an internal monologue \u2014 as he faces mortality. He reflects on life\u2019s meaning, the roles he played, the betrayals, and yet the beauty of life with all its flaws. There is finality; but also, a poignant awareness, maybe even acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ticket.lk\/citf-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/citf.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tickets-lk.jpg\" width=\"800\" alt=\"citf\" title=\"citf\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swan Song \/ Hamsa Geetham is conceived from the critically acclaimed work Bharatha Vakyam by award winning playwright G. Sankara Pillai. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5548,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545\/revisions\/5548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}