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Friday, 11 August 2017

Dear Reader,

The highlights this week include:

Reviews of plays DREAM:SAHER; HEYY RAM; and MH12J16.

Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam win the top prize at the Hindu Playwriting Award 2017 for their play IN SEARCH OF DARIYA SAGAR.

Khanjan Thumber, an actor in Gujarati theatre and film, shares his Theatre Speak. He is currently acting with Rohini Hattangady in MUMMY MAARI MIND BLOWING.

Rasika Agashe's Being Association will hold a small festival that encourages new plays in Hindi.

Cheers,
Deepa Punjani
Editor, Mumbai Theatre Guide

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Previews

PIED PIPER - THE RAT CATCHER OF HAMELIN! (English):
Once upon a time Hamelin, in Germany, was invaded by rats...

NATKHAT KRISHNA (English):
Superheroes and fairy tales have taken over the old stories that we have grown up with...

VYAKTIGAT (Hindi):
VYAKTIGAT is a play placed in a surreal space. It explores the real emotions and motives of the human mind...

DO HARF ADHURE SE (Hindi):
A play set in the 90s - full of memories, emotions, confessions, allegations and questions...

RAIDAS (Hindi):
The play is based on the life of Saint Raidas, a Bhakti movement saint, who raised his voice against caste discrimination.

FAIZ AHMED FAIZ (Hindi):
The play is based on the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It depicts the agony of the Partition and exposes the failings of opportunist Leaders...

PATHAR KE PHOOL (Hindi):
PATHAR KE PHOOL was a Bollywood film starring Salman Khan and Raveena Tandon. The play is about a boy "Parag"...

YUGPURUSH - MAHATMA NA MAHATMA (Gujarati):
The play highlights the values of expanding one's capacity to love and give selflessly, respecting diversity, supporting truth...

MUMMY MAREE MIND BLOWING (Gujarati):
MUMMY MARI MIND BLOWING is a story of idealist conflicts between Dhanshree Divecha who is a devoted Gandhian and her materialistic son Anuj...

KE DIL ABHI BHARA NAHI (Marathi):
Arun Nagarkar (Mangesh Kadam) and his wife Vandu (Leena Bhagwat) have completed 35 years of their married life...

SAAKHAR KHAALELA MAANUS (Marathi):
SAKHAR KHALLELA MANUS, as the title suggests, is about a diabetic middle-aged man. At the same time, it reveals...

HEY RAM... NATHURAM (Marathi):
This is the story of Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi. The story starts with the assassination...

Reviews

DREAMZ-SAHER (Hindi): DREAMZ: SAHER lives up to the ambiguity of its title. This Pankaj Kapur helmed, 55 minutes play is like a whiff of air, suspended in time...

HEYY RAM (Marathi): Daund without overly dwelling into caste politics, presents a sensitive and meditative insight into the viciousness of caste and its rampant inequity...

MH12J16 (Marathi): Every playwright worth their salt must have at least once wondered even among the more grudgingly so, if there indeed is a formula...

Theatre Speaks

Khanjan Thumber: "My recent play READY STEADY GO...It is a very contemporary story, a very simple play with interesting characters. It depicts a beautiful father-son relationship...

News

Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam awarded the first prize at The Hindu Playwright Award 2017... After experimenting with plays, Mohit Takalkar to share his experiences in Conversations at the DSM with Aalok Rajwade... Being Association's 'Sanhita Manch' wants to encourage new Hindi plays... A small festival will kick-start the endeavour...

Theatre Workshops

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