"Nehru: His Inner Story" English Play at Habitat World, IHC, Lodhi Road > 7pm on 28th & 29th May 2011
Time : 7:00 pm
Entry : Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from May.20 onwards for IHC members. Open to all from May.23.
Event Details : 'Nehru: His Inner Story' English Play.
Behind the roar of the masses we hear Nehru’s private story… in his own words...revealing his own truth.
All of us are familiar with Nehru, the freedom fighter, the man alongside Mahatma Gandhi, at all times
focused towards setting India free, as famous outside India as he was within/ Yet how many of us have
looked beneath the skin of this man, felt his pulse throb with pain and passion; seen the lonely man behind
the adulation of crowds. A man at ease with ladies, literature and laughter. A man trapped by his destiny as
an Indian leader yet at all times a thorough British gentlemen.
In this his play, Jawaharlal: His Inner Story I have given Jawaharlal his license to talk. To reveal the real
man behind the politician. What is more, the thoughts and feelings spring from the man himself; they have
been culled largely from the vast amount of personal revelation that lies embedded in his many writings.
You will be amazed at his command of language. No longer is Nehru our remote first Prime Minister; he
is a living breathing man who will hold the audience hypnotised. Unashamedly, like an onion, Nehru will
unpeel himself and allow you to form your own personal definition of the man. There are many vignettes
that allow you to glimpse the days of solitary imprisonment with birds; his playfulness with children, his
exhilaration on Independence, his despair at Gandhi’s death, his bonding with the ladies in his life: his
daughter, Indira; his wife, Kamala; his close friend, Sarojini Naidu and Edwina Mountbatten towards
whom his lonely and loving heart reached out, and at whose sea burial he sent the navy with flowers to
cast upon the waters.
Throughout these momentous events of his life there is a background buzz of the politics of the time,
noises of an awakening land, adulatory yet acrimonious, a new unstable India that this aristocratic man is
trying to understand and govern. Finally, he tries his best to substitute the English gentleman in him, by
choosing a successor in Lal Bahadur Shastri who is, for him, the man for the ‘real India’.
Did he plant his footsteps in the sand? History can be unforgiving. As the Chinese invasion throngs
the mountain slopes of his beloved Himalayas, an ageing Nehru admits with telling pathos his errors in
judgment. He who saw his India into a new future, missed out oncoming sign posts.
Basically the script of the play is a monologue but it is peopled with ‘virtual’ characters who appear on the
stage as his memories: Sarojini Naidu, Kamala, Indira, Edwina and Lord Mountbatten and even his joy,
baby Rahul.
Nehru being a poetry and music lover, the play will allow you to share his joy of both, as scenes flow from
one pocket full of memories to another.
Was he great? Form your own views. During his funeral procession, a little before noon, an earthquake
shook Delhi.
Language : English
Duration : 90 mins
Director & Writer : Pramila Le Hunte
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Entry : Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from May.20 onwards for IHC members. Open to all from May.23.
Place : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Set Attending / Not Attending status below :Behind the roar of the masses we hear Nehru’s private story… in his own words...revealing his own truth.
An Arts and Old World Culture presentation.
All of us are familiar with Nehru, the freedom fighter, the man alongside Mahatma Gandhi, at all times
focused towards setting India free, as famous outside India as he was within/ Yet how many of us have
looked beneath the skin of this man, felt his pulse throb with pain and passion; seen the lonely man behind
the adulation of crowds. A man at ease with ladies, literature and laughter. A man trapped by his destiny as
an Indian leader yet at all times a thorough British gentlemen.
In this his play, Jawaharlal: His Inner Story I have given Jawaharlal his license to talk. To reveal the real
man behind the politician. What is more, the thoughts and feelings spring from the man himself; they have
been culled largely from the vast amount of personal revelation that lies embedded in his many writings.
You will be amazed at his command of language. No longer is Nehru our remote first Prime Minister; he
is a living breathing man who will hold the audience hypnotised. Unashamedly, like an onion, Nehru will
unpeel himself and allow you to form your own personal definition of the man. There are many vignettes
that allow you to glimpse the days of solitary imprisonment with birds; his playfulness with children, his
exhilaration on Independence, his despair at Gandhi’s death, his bonding with the ladies in his life: his
daughter, Indira; his wife, Kamala; his close friend, Sarojini Naidu and Edwina Mountbatten towards
whom his lonely and loving heart reached out, and at whose sea burial he sent the navy with flowers to
cast upon the waters.
Throughout these momentous events of his life there is a background buzz of the politics of the time,
noises of an awakening land, adulatory yet acrimonious, a new unstable India that this aristocratic man is
trying to understand and govern. Finally, he tries his best to substitute the English gentleman in him, by
choosing a successor in Lal Bahadur Shastri who is, for him, the man for the ‘real India’.
Did he plant his footsteps in the sand? History can be unforgiving. As the Chinese invasion throngs
the mountain slopes of his beloved Himalayas, an ageing Nehru admits with telling pathos his errors in
judgment. He who saw his India into a new future, missed out oncoming sign posts.
Basically the script of the play is a monologue but it is peopled with ‘virtual’ characters who appear on the
stage as his memories: Sarojini Naidu, Kamala, Indira, Edwina and Lord Mountbatten and even his joy,
baby Rahul.
Nehru being a poetry and music lover, the play will allow you to share his joy of both, as scenes flow from
one pocket full of memories to another.
Was he great? Form your own views. During his funeral procession, a little before noon, an earthquake
shook Delhi.
Duration : 90 mins
Director & Writer : Pramila Le Hunte
Related Events : English Plays | Theatre
"Nehru: His Inner Story" English Play at Habitat World, IHC, Lodhi Road > 7pm on 28th & 29th May 2011
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