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Lokadharmi is an important center for theater in India which generates full length productions, conduct public performances, actor training and research to support a theater laboratory where new innovations are attempted. Mazhavillu (rainbow) is its children’s theater wing. Both the groups have produced many significant productions that have earned both popular appeal and critical acclaim.

The name Lokadharmi is taken from Natyasastra, the ancient Indian manual on theatre written by Bharatha around 100 BC, a complete book on theatre that classifies and codifies dramatic structure, dramatic language, poetry, aesthetics, actor training, music, construction of theatre house and even the definition of a true spectator. It classifies theater into Natyadharmi (stylized, abstract and based on an elaborate system of sign language that appeals to a connoisseur) and Lokadharmi (popular, closer to realistic, folk or the style of the people. It also means ‘concerned about the world and its affairs’)

Founder and artistic director of Lokadharmi Centre for Theatre and Mazhavillu, a children’s theatre group in Kochi, Kerala, India. Chandradasan is also a designer, director, actor and writer of dramas and a translator. He has been working as faculty in the Department of Chemistry with St. Albert’s College, Ernakulum, Kerala since 1982 and is currently Associate Professor.

He is active as resource person for theatre workshops, delivering lectures at seminars and refresher courses at the National School of Drama New Delhi, JNU New Delhi, School of Drama Trissur, Kerala University and various other universities, academic institutions, and theatre centres across India. He has officiated as jury member of festivals and as expert member in various committees formed to select awards and fellowships, including the expert committee in theatre for the Department of Culture, Government of India.