THEATRE "Kanya Daan - The Gift of a Daughter" English Play by Vijay Tendulkar at Kamani Auditorium - 18th & 19th July, 2007

• Synopsis : This award winning play, by one of India's best-known playwrights, is one of his most powerful human dramas. The story of a daughter's transformation into a wife and a mother, the play is charged with significant social and moral questions, which are deeply thought provoking, and to which there are no easy answers.
• A young woman from a politically active family that regards itself as progressive and liberal, decides to marry a socially inferior, but talented man. The play the texture of modernity and social change in India through the forces this marriage unleashes. This gripping play, which is also laced with a gentle humour, is charged with an undercurrent of violence, uncertainties and anger, and concerns itself with questions that are crucial to all societies grappling with change and social barriers.

• Time : 7:30 p.m.

• Entry : Ticket @ Rs. 300/ - , Rs. 200/- and Rs. 100/-. Tickets will be available for purchase from 14 July at TEKSONS BOOKSHOP SOUTH EXTN - phone 4164 6504 /5

• Duration : 105 min.
  

• Playwright by : Vijay Tendulkar

• Translation by : Gowri Ramnarayan
• Gowri Ramnarayan is a journalist and writer, with a Ph.D in Aesthetics. She is a Special Correspondent with the 'Hindu' writing on music, literature, cinema and theatre.

• Reviews :
• “The actors created magic on stage.. the standing ovation and applause was thoroughly justified!'-“ ………….. Bombay Times
• “Kanyadaan engages on many levels'” - Time Out Mumbai
• A visceral drama.. that takes a new audience under the skin of a continuing problem'- Outlook Magazine
  
• ‘A gripping play..taut..contemporary.. which resonates with our current political climate.. Dubey's direction is accomplished.. Kanyadaan deserves more than a mention! ' - Hindustan Times
• ‘Excellent Performances.. the kind of play you see and debate over with friends, rather than watch, laugh and forget'- Deepa Gehlot, The Times Of India
  

• Directed by : Lillete Dubey, Click here for Director's Note
  

• Cast and Credits :
  
• Nath Devalikar - Rajendra Gupta
• Seva Devalikar - Lillete Dubey,
• Arun Athavale - Joy Sengupta
• Jyoti Devalikar - Radhika Apte
• Jayprakash Devalikar - Raghav Chanana
• Click here for Cast / Crew Profiles of Kanyadaan
  

• Original Music Score : Mahesh Tinaikar

• Vocals : Vijay Prakash

• Flute : K Srinivasan

• Costume Designer : Trishna Popat

• Set & Lighting Designer : Bhola Sharma.

• Sound & Back Stage : Pragya Tripathi

• Organized by : The Prime Time Theatre Co.
• The Company was set up in 1991 with the ultimate objective of providing a platform for original Indian writing in English. All its recent productions, have been in keeping with this philosophy. Some of the more notable productions of the group, include 'Dance Like A Man'
  (1995) ,'Autobiography' (1996), 'Jaya- The Victory!' (an operatic montage of the Mahabharata-1998), ‘On a Muggy Night in Mumbai' (1999), 'Siren City' (2000) ‘ 30 Days in September' (2001), SAMMY (2005 ). Three of these have won the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award for the Best Play of the Year, and SAMMY won 4 National awards at META in 2006..
  
• The company has participated in several National and International Festivals, and toured extensively in India and abroad, with most of its shows
  

• Place : Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
• Walking Distance from Mandi House Metro Station which Comes Under Line 3 ( Indraprastha - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka )
  
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