Watched a Hindi play after long, thanks to Rang Shankara and Ekjut Theater group.
Though this play boasted of a big name from Bollywood - Yashpal Sharma, tickets
were priced at Rs. 150/- . Strange, since Rs. 200/- has been a regular price nowadays @
Rang Shankara.
Ekjut group is founded by Nadira Zaheer Babbar, wife of Raj Babbar. To support
her, daughter Juhi Babbar Soni and son-in-law Anup Soni were also present.
Talking about the play, it was a rather long one - 2 hrs 15 mins. Before the interval
there was a lot of buffoonery, with some good comic scenes though, which made me skeptical
that the buffoonery might spill over to the second half as well.
But it was not the case. Second half had some serious moments and overall it turned
out to be better than most of the English plays I have watched of late.
Among the actors, Yashpal Sharma takes the cake for his superlative performance
in every scene, be it comic or tragic. Sajjad, at times, seemed to be simply shouting.
Timing of some old Hindi film songs(used as dialogues by Mithilesh) was excellent.
Also, a dialogue by Kartik seemed to have come straight out of Andaz Apna Apna.
(Main wo nahin hoon jo main hoon....)
Talking of the story - Kartik and Mithilesh are trying hard to snatch their friend Jaydeep
out of the pseudo life he has created for himself. His obsession with art collection reaches
absurd proportions when he purchases an art object (Pitcher of life) for Rs. 1 crore, which
according to Mithilesh is "shit". It shakes Mithilesh and together with Kartik, he sets up
a meeting with Jaydeep. In the meeting, many bitter truths are revealed and their friendship
is finally resuscitated.
Cast : Yashpal Sharma(Mithilesh Khurana), Sajjad Khan(Jaydeep Wankhede), Chinmay Das(Kartik Kothari)
Direction : Nadira Babbar
Though this play boasted of a big name from Bollywood - Yashpal Sharma, tickets
were priced at Rs. 150/- . Strange, since Rs. 200/- has been a regular price nowadays @
Rang Shankara.
Ekjut group is founded by Nadira Zaheer Babbar, wife of Raj Babbar. To support
her, daughter Juhi Babbar Soni and son-in-law Anup Soni were also present.
 |
| Anup Soni, posing with Adeeti |
Talking about the play, it was a rather long one - 2 hrs 15 mins. Before the interval
there was a lot of buffoonery, with some good comic scenes though, which made me skeptical
that the buffoonery might spill over to the second half as well.
 |
| Yashpal Sharpa & Sajjad Khan in Yaar Bana Buddy |
But it was not the case. Second half had some serious moments and overall it turned
out to be better than most of the English plays I have watched of late.
Among the actors, Yashpal Sharma takes the cake for his superlative performance
in every scene, be it comic or tragic. Sajjad, at times, seemed to be simply shouting.
Timing of some old Hindi film songs(used as dialogues by Mithilesh) was excellent.
Also, a dialogue by Kartik seemed to have come straight out of Andaz Apna Apna.
(Main wo nahin hoon jo main hoon....)
Talking of the story - Kartik and Mithilesh are trying hard to snatch their friend Jaydeep
out of the pseudo life he has created for himself. His obsession with art collection reaches
absurd proportions when he purchases an art object (Pitcher of life) for Rs. 1 crore, which
according to Mithilesh is "shit". It shakes Mithilesh and together with Kartik, he sets up
a meeting with Jaydeep. In the meeting, many bitter truths are revealed and their friendship
is finally resuscitated.
Cast : Yashpal Sharma(Mithilesh Khurana), Sajjad Khan(Jaydeep Wankhede), Chinmay Das(Kartik Kothari)
Direction : Nadira Babbar
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