Mar 31 2026 to Mar 31 2026 7 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Maricha knows how this ends.

Cursed and exiled, he transforms into a golden deer to deceive Sita and draw Rama into the forest. The trap works. It also destroys him.

Enam, Malayalam for deer, traces the arc of a character usually reduced to plot device. What does it feel like to be the bait? To know your role, hate it, and play it anyway?

Karthik Manikandan choreographs and performs this solo Bharatanatyam production, pulling Maricha out of the Ramayana’s margins. The demon. The deer. The destiny he cannot escape.

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Performer

Karthik Manikandan
Bharatanatyam
Karthik Manikandan is a well-trained Bharatanatyam artist and disciple of Guru Shri Parshwanath Upadhye, Shruti Gopal, and Adithya P.V. He is an accomplished Kathakali artist with over 18 years of stage experience and works as an actor in the Malayalam film industry. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from Jain University, Bangalore.

Karthik has presented solo recitals and performed in group productions at several prestigious dance festivals in India and abroad, and is a part of productions by the Upadhye School of Dance. He was recently awarded the Nalanda Nritya Nipuna title by Nalanda, Mumbai, and the Rukmini Devi Arundale Prize from Krishna Gana Sabha. Karthik conducts workshops for artists across the world and is the director of Mizhi, a platform dedicated to exploring abhinaya and the nuances of eye exercises in performance. His most recent work is a solo dance production titled Enam.