"Ram" a paragon of exemplary virtues, Dance Drama at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra - 6:30 pm on 19th September to 15th October 09

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Tickets @ Rs. 500, Rs. 300, Rs. 200, Rs. 100 available at the Kendra.

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Event Details : Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra presents 'Ram' a paragon of exemplary virtues.

Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra's 'Ram' transcends the barriers of spatial and universal time. From the moment that the spectator enters the sacred theatre, his involvement in the performance enables him to re-live the myth from present time and space to universal time and space. In its resolution to uphold the best in aesthetic tradition, the Kendra attempts every year to work out in detail every department of production values transforming from the earthly to the sublime. The revolving panels function as the wheels of the evolution of time. The music stands silently like a rock, unshakable, forming the backbone of the production. Other related areas such as sets, lighting and costumes are researched and upgraded continuously in an attempt that the production assumes a towering dimension. The inspiration of rasa that the spectator derives from the Ramlila is something that has defied the vision of spectators for four generations. The divine vision of Ram as delineated in this production is not an instamatic creation. It is indeed the evolution of over fifty years of the best in terms of committed creative minds of both big and the small.
In the presentation of 'Ram' there is a play of an irreproachable and ill-starred prince and his faithful princess; of magically flying monkey companions and their enemy, the demon king Ravan. These continue to haunt us long after we have witnessed the performance. It is the Kendra's efforts to convey something of this enchantment, this haunting sense of a distant yet familiar world that we try to make presentable each successive year.
The plots of Ramayan are ripe with the emotions of life. For elders and necessarily for their children, fascination for the character of Ram and Sita are unavoidable. It is this, more than anything else that is responsible for its extraordinary eternal appeal.
The story of Ram has been handed down to us in a simplistic form of 'the conquest of good over evil'. Ram's life consists of a multitude of episodes where his divinity and compassion come forth. Whether it is an Ahilya Uddhar, Ram's obedience to Kaikeyi, Shabari Moksha, the liberation of Bali, his compassion towards Bharat, there is not a single episode in Ram's life that can be blemished. It is here that the Kendra has dived into the ocean of words contained in the texts of Valmiki and Tulsidas to present in a comprehensible manner their vision that everyone could embrace. The story of Ram has provided us with a way of life, exemplary in values, distilled through this production to provide the kind of intoxication that purifies the mind and the soul.

Conceived, Produced and Directed by : Shobha Deepak Singh

Choreography : Shashidharan Nair

Music : Shanti Sharma, Biswajit Roy Chowdhury

Main Cast
Ram: Rakesh Sai Babu
Sita: Vidya Sharma
Lakshman: Siburam Mohanta
Dashrath / Ravan: Ghanshyam Khichi
Balmiki / Hanuman: Upendra Sinha

Script : Arvind Kumar, Neelabh

Lighting Design : Tapas Sen

Vocalists : Shanti Sharma, Jwala Prasad, Jeetendra Singh, Indu Prakash, Anuradha Nirala, Hameed, Manjeet Singh, Mahesh Pandey

Dialogues : Manohar Singh, Abhinav Chaturvedi, Hema Sahai, Shanti Sharma

Place : Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra ( Next to Kamani Auditorium ), Copernicus Marg, New Delhi
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