Jana Natya Manch presents "Char Rang" play, based on Tagore’s novella Chaturanga, at Banga Sanskriti Bhavan, 18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg > 19th & 22nd August 2011
Time :
19th August : 7:00 pm
22nd August : 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Event Details : Jana Natya Manch presents 'Char Rang' a ‘take’ on Tagore’s novella Chaturanga.
A play about relationships, about (ir)rationality, about the Delhi Metro, and about literature.
A play that presents Tagore as never before!
A TEACHER, who teaches Tagore to her M.A. class. Her STUDENT, reading Tagore for the first time, fascinated and critical. A YOUNG MAN, who travels in the Delhi Metro on the same route as the STUDENT, drawn to her and to Tagore. An OLDER MAN, also on the Metro, strangely menacing. This is a story of four characters who start off as strangers, but find their lives intersecting and criss-crossing in unexpected ways. In the process, they also discover facets of Tagore they had never anticipated.
Director’s note
There’s something lovely about Tagore’s Chaturanga – unlike many of his better-known and grander novels, this is terse, underwritten, and full of gaps. As the Teacher puts it, Tagore challenges us to imagine what he hasn’t written. It is also a remarkably contemporary novel. Tagore’s concern with the condition of women and his disapproval of superstition and religious mumbo-jumbo became the two threads that bound the play together. At an emotional level, the novel is a story of many journeys. This suggested the form of our play, which is set in large part in the Delhi metro. We’ve also attempted to mimic Chaturanga’s form, and attempted to evolve a play that is, we hope, terse, underwritten, full of gaps.
Praise for Char Rang
“A delicate nuanced play . . . A subdued and intense portrayal by Joyoti Roy [as the Teacher] . . . By placing a mysterious glass painting which alters shapes and colours as it reacts to the proceedings interconnecting the two – the story so wonderfully told by the rod puppets and a narrator and the cast of realistic characters – [the director] creates imaginative theatre.” – Kavita Nagpal, Asian Age
“The play has a complex structure which is demanded by the interweaving and linking of stories from two different times. . . . One of the most evocative parts of the production, adding an extra dimension to the here-and-now quality of theatre, is the mysterious person standing behind a large transparent frame at the back of the stage, painting a continuously changing picture. This magically transforming painting becomes an independent expression of the ebb and flow of life on stage.” – Shanta Gokhale, Mumbai Mirror
written by sudhanva deshpande and brijesh | costumes shehla hashmi grewal | original music samar grewal | puppets and live painting shaaz ahmed | lights praveen vadhera, ambreesh | featuring joyoti roy, komita,avinash paliwal, brijesh, soman, samanwaya, nidhi kindra, moloyashree hashmi | director sudhanva deshpande
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19th August : 7:00 pm
22nd August : 3:00 pm
& 7:00 pmEntry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Muktadhara Auditorium, Banga Sanskriti Bhavan, 18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001
Landmark : Between Gol Market and St. Columba’s School
Venue Info : Events | Nearest Metro Stations - 'Shivaji Stadium(Orange Line)' & 'R. K. Ashram Marg(Blue Line)'
Event Details : Jana Natya Manch presents 'Char Rang' a ‘take’ on Tagore’s novella Chaturanga.
A play about relationships, about (ir)rationality, about the Delhi Metro, and about literature.
A play that presents Tagore as never before!
A TEACHER, who teaches Tagore to her M.A. class. Her STUDENT, reading Tagore for the first time, fascinated and critical. A YOUNG MAN, who travels in the Delhi Metro on the same route as the STUDENT, drawn to her and to Tagore. An OLDER MAN, also on the Metro, strangely menacing. This is a story of four characters who start off as strangers, but find their lives intersecting and criss-crossing in unexpected ways. In the process, they also discover facets of Tagore they had never anticipated.
Director’s note
There’s something lovely about Tagore’s Chaturanga – unlike many of his better-known and grander novels, this is terse, underwritten, and full of gaps. As the Teacher puts it, Tagore challenges us to imagine what he hasn’t written. It is also a remarkably contemporary novel. Tagore’s concern with the condition of women and his disapproval of superstition and religious mumbo-jumbo became the two threads that bound the play together. At an emotional level, the novel is a story of many journeys. This suggested the form of our play, which is set in large part in the Delhi metro. We’ve also attempted to mimic Chaturanga’s form, and attempted to evolve a play that is, we hope, terse, underwritten, full of gaps.
Praise for Char Rang
“A delicate nuanced play . . . A subdued and intense portrayal by Joyoti Roy [as the Teacher] . . . By placing a mysterious glass painting which alters shapes and colours as it reacts to the proceedings interconnecting the two – the story so wonderfully told by the rod puppets and a narrator and the cast of realistic characters – [the director] creates imaginative theatre.” – Kavita Nagpal, Asian Age
“The play has a complex structure which is demanded by the interweaving and linking of stories from two different times. . . . One of the most evocative parts of the production, adding an extra dimension to the here-and-now quality of theatre, is the mysterious person standing behind a large transparent frame at the back of the stage, painting a continuously changing picture. This magically transforming painting becomes an independent expression of the ebb and flow of life on stage.” – Shanta Gokhale, Mumbai Mirror
written by sudhanva deshpande and brijesh | costumes shehla hashmi grewal | original music samar grewal | puppets and live painting shaaz ahmed | lights praveen vadhera, ambreesh | featuring joyoti roy, komita,avinash paliwal, brijesh, soman, samanwaya, nidhi kindra, moloyashree hashmi | director sudhanva deshpande
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Jana Natya Manch presents "Char Rang" play, based on Tagore’s novella Chaturanga, at Banga Sanskriti Bhavan, 18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg > 19th & 22nd August 2011
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