Mysore/Mysuru: The Kannada play titled ‘Karineera Veera,’ based on the life story of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, known as Veer Savarkar, will be staged at Kirurangamandira in Kalamandira premises here on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 at 6.30 pm.

Speaking to media persons here today, playwright and former Director of Rangayana Mysuru Addanda C. Cariappa, who has also directed the play, said that the play was authored after referring to Savarkar’s biography, Indian Freedom Movement, former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s book ‘Discovery of India’ and other books.

Stating that the three-hour-long play is now been reduced by half-an-hour, Cariappa said the play would feature characters of Bhagat Singh, Subash Chandra Bose, apart from Savarkar.