‘Geli Ekvis Varsha’ comes with a strong message
All eyes are set on 8th November, when Natak Company will present their timely sensational play , ‘Geli Ekvis Varsha…’ (In The Last 21 years…). The inaugural show is scheduled on this day in Pune’s Bharat Natya Mandir at 9.30 pm. The play with its stimulating theme talks about the thoughts occurring in the minds of today’s 21 year olds, who are subjected to various types of pressures and challenges, in the existing conditions in our so called independent India.
‘Geli Ekvis Varsha’ has presented the story of a youngster, who finally goes to a reality show which is there to create an extremist, terrorist young force… The play would make the audience think seriously about the prevailing situation and its impact on the young minds. It would raise the following issues:
What exactly happened to those young parents, involved in liberil, leitist, socialist movements during and after the 1975 Emergency? What happened to the concept of a free, secular, liberal and ideal nation ? Where are the values and ethics which are to be carried forward from previous generation of freedom fighters? What exactly went wrong during this period of 21 years ? This is what the play has to convey through its forceful theme.
‘Geli Ekvis Varsha’ is written by Dharmakirti Sumant and directed by Aalok Rajwade. The background music is provided by Gandhaar Sangoram, while the sets and lights are designed by Hrishikesh Nagaonkar and Suresh Bhadkamkar respectively. The cast of the film comprises of Amey Wagh, Siddharth Menon, Sayalee Phatak, Manali Bibikar, Vishwajeet Kadam, Ruturaj Shinde, Gautam Reddi, Vikram Sane, Amol Gokhale and Shardul Kadam. The production of this play is managed by Saurabh Daftardar.
Two Marathi plays at Prithvi Theatre
Since 1978, ‘Prithvi theatre’ has been doing a commendable job encouraging new talents, by permitting new theatre groups to rehearse and perform at their premises. Actor Shashi Kapoor as the Managing Trustee and his daughter Sanjana Kapoor in the capacity of the Director of ‘Prithvi Theatre’ are doing selfless service, to help preserve the theatre activity. And that was the dream of late Prithviraj Kapoor. Every year they have been hosting various festivals to allow healthy competition among various dedicated theatre lovers.
In 1999, Theatre Group of Mumbai ( TG) approached Q Theatre Productions ( QTP) to showcase younger theatre Groups and that’s how Thespo was created. This year Thespo will be celebrating its 11th edition and as part of their celebration on 6th and 7th of October 2009, two marathi plays will be staged. Both the plays have won the honours during the past editions of Thespo and hence invite a special attention.
On 6th it will be ‘Baby’ starring Preti Rajwade, Prasad Modak, Madan Chaphekar& Pritesh Sodha. This play is based on Vijay Tendulkar’s hard hitting story about a woman’s fight against injustice. Directed Pritesh Sodha by play will have two shows at 7 pm and 9.30 pm. On 7th it will be the turn of Natak Company’s ‘Dalan’ starring Amey Wagh, Aalok Rajwade, Dipti Bawiskar, Amruta Bhagwat, Saurabh Daftardar & Amol Gokhale. Based on the story of D.M. Mirasdar it is directed by Nipun Dharmadhikari.
This play will be presented in two shows one after the other at 6.30 pm and 9.30 pm.