INVC NEWS
New Delhi,
The courageous voices of college students gathered the crowds from far and around leaving them deliberating on topics that one encounters daily but brushes off. Vivekananda College, raised concern for what is Dharma with their play, Jesus and Mary College highlighted the tell-tale signs of arising hunger in country with their production Daawat. While, Shaheed Rajguru College illuminated on the water crisis through a beautifully woven play Mirage and Mata Sundri College asks, “Are you trapped in your phone?” With a beautifully knitted story of how phone is becoming another addiction. The play leaves you questioning if, you are using your phone or is your phone using you? The play left with an opening ending, leaving it on people to decide whether they are addicted or not!
Directors Meet
Meet the directors invited directors of Jamila (Dir. Plaban Basu) Panchavati Yakshagana (Dir. K.S. Hegde), Pehla Satyagrahi (Dir.Suresh Sharma) and Live Nukes! (Dir. Kevin Duvall and Taylor Brewerton).Two man Show Live Nukes! Was highly praised by the audience and the response overwhelmed both international artists. Elucidating on their rules some noted are as follows: no props, no set and no real words. Also, talking about the evergreen novel Jamila’s adaptation into play they first thought that it won’t be possible but it turned out to be an impressive play.
Today’s Play
MAHABHARATA2
The period of fourteen years of exile is over for the Pandavas. It is the time for the law to take its rightful course; Duryodhana is supposed to hand-over the land of Indraprastha to his cousins. He denies returning the rightful share. Draupadi urges the Pandavas towards war. At this moment of crisis, the Pandavas seek Krishna’s advice. Krishna agrees to come toHastinapur for discussion. He meets Bhishma Pitamaha, Karna, Shakuni and Gandhari and requests them not to wage a war. Duryodhana agrees to return the land but there is a mass upsurge against returning the land to the Pandavas. War becomes inevitable.
NEELKANTH PAKSHI KI KHONJ MAIN
In Bengal, Neelkanth bird is believed to be Shiva’s friend who delivers the news of Durga’s returning after Durga Puja. Atin Bandyopadhyay’s novel Neelkantho Pakhir Khonje tells that this messenger of homecoming is lost to everybody. No character in the story finds refuge in the end.
This play has been structured by editing and extending the source novel. It is composed and presented in an alternative space, and the set and hand-props have deliberately been kept real so that the rawness of the narrative becomes an intense experience for the audience. The writing style of the novel deals with continuous painting and erasing of images which shows the immensely beautiful nature of Bengal and the gruesomeness lying under it. The play also proceeds through a thread of building and breaking of live images. It is a venture to address the politics of generosity and how insecurity leads to a false idea of a nation.
JAAG UTHA HAI RAIGAD
JaagUthaHaiRaigad is a Hindi translation ofVasantKanetkar’s Marathi playRaigadalaJevha Jaag Yete. Woven within the play is an inbuilt, terse and fine sense of controlled dramatic tension. It depicts the great Maratha King, ChhatrapatiShivajiMaharaj and his youngest son, Sambhaji struggling with the gap between the two generations. Shivaji’s efforts are to keep his family united, and the young descendant’s efforts are to control and consolidate thehuge legacy and empire. The play unveils the rich Maharashtrian culture, and the heritage of abygone era.
TUREL WANGMADA (Another side of the River)
Desperately seeking her lost spouse, a woman reaches the bank of a river. She wants to cross the river and reach the other side. A weird boatman in a strange boat ferries her across. On the other side of the river, an occultist is performing the rites of necromancy, invoking dead souls. The woman asks the sorcerer to call upon the spirit of her lost husband. The sorcerer agrees and the spirit appears. The woman tries to talk to the spirit of her spouse, but the spirit accuses her of being unchaste, and walks away to the eternal path of dead. The woman tries to drown herself but the boatman saves her. He points his finger to the golden rays of a new day in the eastern sky.
