Had the opportunity to have a chat with Mr. Soorya Krishnamoorthy, is the founder-director of the SOORYA Stage and Film Society. Born as Nataraja Krishnamoorthy better known as Soorya Krishnamoorthy, is the founder-director of the SOORYA Stage and Film Society. The Society, based in Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), India promotes Indian arts and culture and is now renowned for organising the Soorya Festival – the longest and one of the most prestigious cultural events in India – conducted annually and now lasting for more than a hundred days in which the finest and most accomplished artists in Indian classical dances and music participate.
Over the years since its inception, Soorya has opened chapters in Singapore, Malaysia, London (UK), Manchester (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), Rome (Italy), Koln (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Dubai (UAE), Muscat (Oman), Doha (Qatar), and Saudi Arabia. Soorya has the professed aim of disseminating Indian Culture and achieving "Integration through Culture."
Mr. Krishnamoorthy joined the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a scientist/engineer in 1972, where he worked under scientists such as, Bharat Ratna A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, C. R. Sathya, Padmashri M. R. Kurup, Padmashri Dr. V. R. Gowarikar, Padmashri. S. Srinivasan- and the like, for a period of 27 years.
Soorya Krishnamoorthy is a pioneer of the Light and Sound show in Malayalam. He has also ventured into the first ever mobile Light and Sound Show and a new theatrical art form – "THEATRE OF FREEDOM." This theatre movement also has completed 30 years. He has also written, conceived and directed various stage shows.
As per the Limca Book of World Records : Soorya Krishnamoorthy – Man of the Year 2003. Soorya is the largest cultural society of Asia. Soorya Festival is the largest and the longest Festival of Asia (75 continuous days)
Yesudas has not missed a year till now; Padma Subrahmanyam performed for 35 years; Krishnankutty Nair was a regular at Yesudas’ concerts for many years.
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