THEATRE : Shree Umapati Group presents "Navratn Rangotsav" a 3 day theatre festival at The Little Theatre Group Auditorium (LTG) & Shri Ram Center at Mandi House > 15th, 16th & 17th April 2016

Time : 
15th April : 4:30 pm onwards Add to Calendar 15/04/2016 16:30 15/04/2016 21:00 Asia/Kolkata Play as part of Shree Umapati Group's "Navratn Rangotsav" a 3 day theatre festival Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/04/theatre-shree-umapati-group-presents.html The Little Theatre Group Auditorium (LTG), Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY
16th and 17th April : 4:00 pm onwards Add to Calendar 16/04/2016 16:00 17/04/2016 21:00 Asia/Kolkata Play as part of Shree Umapati Group's "Navratn Rangotsav" a 3 day theatre festival Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/04/theatre-shree-umapati-group-presents.html Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (SRCPA), 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : by tickets, Available at :
Online : BookMyShow (15th April : LTG | 16th & 17th April : Shri Ram Centre)

Venue : 

15th April : The Little Theatre Group Auditorium (LTG), Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
Landmark : Next to Kamani Auditorium
Venue Info : Events | About | Nearest Metro Station - 'Mandi House (Blue Line and Violet Line) Exit Gate - 4'

16th & 17th April : Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (SRCPA), 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Narest Metro Station - 'Mandi House' Gate No. 1 (Blue Line and Violet Line) 

Area :  Mandi House

Event Description : Shree Umapati Group presents "Navratn Rangotsav" a 3 day theatre festival.

Schedule : 

15th April at  LTG Auditorium :

4:30pm : Ek Thi Nirbhaya- Written & Directed by SP Singh Sengar    
This play is a theatrical presentation of the most infamous ‘Nirbhaya Kand’ of Delhi.  The Play is based on the story of a girl struggling with her Life and the surrounding Social Culture, who just wanted everything around her to be cool & happy - her family; her friends; her surroundings!   She successfully comes over a life threatening ailment with her determination but, falls prey to the most heinous and brutal crime of the modern times called "RAPE & TORTURE".  Her ambitions, dreams and hopes are butchered by the bad elements of the society and she ultimately leaves this world in extreme pain and agony.  Did the Society fulfill its duty towards her?  Did we all do anything more than just lighting a candle and taking out processions?  ‘Ek thi Nirbhaya’ is an honest effort to present a true life incident most naturally, which is bound to touch the hearts of the audience and invoke a thought process in them.     

6:00pm: All Idiots- Based on Pt Bhushan 'Bure Phase' & Directed by SP Singh Sengar
An excellent ‘situation based comedy’ revolves around a police officer who is affectionately called ACP Saheb. Police officer ACP Saheb is surrounded by a bunch of stupid officers and a handicapped (blind) constable in his office, and an illiterate, short-tempered and dominating wife at home. To make matters worse, his only son is a Smuggler and a Gangster.  His mission turn into a love story between one of his officers and a smuggler.  Many other funny situations take place in his police station and home.   What he does to clear the mess in the police station and his life forms the crux of the play "All Idiots"

7:30pm: Ghalib in New Delhi- Written & Directed by Dr. M Sayeed Alam 
This rip-roaring comedy has the great erstwhile Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib, revisiting his beloved ‘Dehli’, now ironically ‘Delhi’, in 2016 to witness and relish his posthumous  fame. The entire plot revolves around Ghalib striving against an omnipotent identity crisis, beginning with the occupants of his ‘Haveli’ mistaking him as Ghalib’s ‘Jinn’.This forces him to stay with a ‘Bihari’ boy, ‘Jai Hind’ a Delhi University student, in a servant quarter. His confidence is further shattered when Jai Hind and his landlady Mrs. Chaddha recognize his worth only through the voice of Jagjit Singh, and the screen portrayal of Naseeruddin Shah. Persuaded by the duo and in desperate need of  recognition, Ghalib decides to ‘sell’ himself. The consequent press conference turns out to be a damp squib with the journalists being more interested in post-conference snacks and juicy headlines. Ghalib then opts for an advertising agency to perpetuate his presence in the minds of the people. What will be the fate of Ghalib? Does his  rebirth spell further disaster? Is Delhi a mere travesty of his hopes and aspirations? The answer lies in watching Ghalib in New Delhi, a laugh riot posing some serious questions about the stagnating codes.

16th April at Shri Ram Centre : 

4:00pm : Couple Trouble- Written by CP Deshpandey & Directed by Atul Satya Kaushik
What happens when a man, whose Stunning wife has no interest in her husband, sets out to try his luck outside his marriage and finds himself under the scanner of the eyes of a CBI Officer who has similar intentions!  Even their wives are no exceptions as they are also ever-welcoming men other than their husbands, but for different reasons. This funny and thrilling joy ride takes the audience to different landscapes of Cheesy Human Desires and even cheesier ways of achieving them. This satirical play on the so called modern culture guarantees a full-on entertainment!

6:00pm : Bade Aadmi- Written by Ramesh Mehta & Directed by SP Singh Sengar
Bade Aadmi is a story of a middle class family who live in the desire and dreamy picture of becoming instantly rich i.e. ‘BADE AADMI’.  They always wanted to live a royal lifestyle with a High Society Status label. In order to fulfill their dreams they try to fix their children’s marriage in well settled families with a so called High Status labels, by fooling them with wrong presentation of their financial position . Since the mother and the uncle in the family can’t speak proper English, they are presented as the family Aaya and Servant respectively.  Now, what comic situations and blunders take place have been shown in this play.   The series of confusions generate non-stopping laughter as soon as the curtain rises on this play. 

7:30pm: Jis Lahore Nahi Dekhya O Jamiya Nhi- Written by Asghar Wajahat & Directed by SP Singh Sengar
The Drama begins with a Muslim family, having suffered painful displacement of partition is  migrated from Lucknow to a Haveli  vacated by a departing Hindu family in Lahore. They  find an old Hindu woman still living in that Haveli.  She  refuses to be robbed of her home . This Hindu woman has lost her son and family in the riots that followed the partition of nation in 1947The play is set in the city of Lahore and around the time of the partition.  Many lives were lost and many families were separated overnight and despite the passage of  more than sixty two years,  those wounds are still fresh. The play deals with this delicate subject very  sensitively.The play focuses on a Muslim family, the Mirzas from Lucknow, who flee to Lahore after the partition takes place.  They were allotted a Haveli erstwhile owned by a famous Hindu Jeweler’s family, who was probably killed in the carnage. However, their matriarch "Mai' (old Hindu lady) still survives, and continues living in the Haveli, unnoticed by the looting goons, when the Mirzas arrive.  A clash over the ownership of the Haveli ensues, and gradually the entire neighborhood gets involved.In the end, "Mai' wins over the Mirza family and other neighbor’s affection.  They all with the help of  their Poet neighbor and the local Priest (who preaches a tolerant Islam), rally around her and protect her from the local goons. There are many serious questions raised by this play.  The biggest being, was all the bloodshed and trauma of the partition necessary or even justified?   The audience gets haunted by this thought.

17th April at Shri Ram Centre : 

4:00pm: Maharathi- Written by Vibhanshu Vaibhav & Directed by Krishna Kanth
MAHARATHI is a superbly crafted play written by Vibhanshu Vaibhav  and inspired by the excerpts of the Mythological Epic  ‘MAHABHARAT’.  Based on the life of KARNA,  the play explores the identity crisis faced by the protagonist when he is abandoned at birth, and brought up by Adhiratha a low caste person, Due to this fact, Karna is spurned by Draupadi at her ‘Swayamvara’, and is forced to take sides with the Kauravas against his own brothers, the Pandavas. The playwright throws up the issues of the Blind Commitments and True Logic.    Krishna is portrayed for the first time as a political figure.  Karna’s principled loyalty to the Kauravas and his deep anguish at his rejection by the Society is very well crafted in the meeting between the Mother and Son.

6:00pm: Jai Hind (Azadi from Indian Pakistani League)- Written & Directed by SP Singh Sengar
This play revolves around the dirty tactics of ‘Infiltration and Terrorism’ followed by Pakistan. This play shows as to how Pakistan uses sensitive sections of our society like innocent students, poor farmers, illiterate and fanatic people to create internal disturbances.  The sole objective is to weaken a tolerant and big hearted India.  One of the most interesting parts of the play is the the dialogue between Indian and Pakistani Military Officers at the border.   The fact that this sensitive subject has been handled very tactfully and in a comic way shows the talent of the writer-director.  Jai Hind is an excellent combination of Dirty Diplomacy and Politics on one hand and Broad Minded Patriotism on the other hand.  The comic presentation makes it wonderful.

7:30pm: Taj Mahal Ka Tender- Written by Ajay Shukla & Directed by SP Singh Sengar
Taj Mahal ka Tender, a hilarious comedy, which revolves around what would have been the fate of Shahjahan's Taj Mahal, had the Emperor lived in the present times. This is the theme of this Hilarious Burlesque. The persistent Shahjahan, in no mood to accept the excuses for delays, sends the somnolent Government construction department into tizzy.  The engineers and overseers get down to the business of fulfilling  the Emperors wish, as if they really could this.  An outbreak of activities ensues but in a typical sarkari manner. Tenders are issued. Contractors are hired but,  does the project actually sees the light of the day or if the Mogul Emperor, fast forwarded in present times, becomes a victim of the system himself?  How his beloved Mumtaz  reacts to all this?   Whatever may happen to the wonder tomb, but the lofty laughter castles are guaranteed, as the curtain rises on Taj Mahal ka Tender.

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