13th Jashne Bachpan at National School of Drama on 1
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th November, 2016 for your reference.- KabuliWala (Puppet Play) - (Fresh Pics attached)
- Chuvannathatha (Red Parrot)
- Bobar Santan
We would like to invite you to watch and cover tomorrow's (20 Nov, 2016) plays of Jashne Bachpan
. If interested please let know
so that we can arrange passes in advance.
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if you would like to interview any director of the plays.
LaaPoLaa
Director: TIE – India
Group: TIE – India, Gujarat
Language: Gibberish
Duration: 55 mins
3pm at Bahumukh, NSD
20 Nov, 2016
Long, Short and Twisted
Director: Andrei Urbakh
Group: Koom-Koom Theatre, Israel
Language: Non-verbal
Duration: 50 mins
5pm at LTG, Copernicus Marg
20 Nov, 2016
Jungle Book 2 – The Beasts Attack
Directors: Lokesh Rai & Swapnil Shrirao
Group: Rangbaaz, Maharashtra
Language: Hindi & English
Duration: 1 hr 30 mins
6pm at Abhimanch, NSD
20 Nov, 2016
Tickets for 13th Jashne Bachpan are available online now at www.eticket.nsd.gov.in. Ticket prices are Rupees 20 for children and Rupees 50 for adults. There are four venues where the plays will be performed i.e. Sammukh (3.30pm), Bahumukh (3.30pm), Abhimanch (6pm) at NSD and LTG (5pm). Tickets are also available at NSD premise from between 11 am and 5pm.
Today's (19th Nov, 2016) plays:
Kabuliwala
Director: Laique Hussain
Group: Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal, Rajasthan
Language: Hindi
Duration: 40 mins
About the Group
Established in 1952 by world renowned artist Padmashri Devi Lal Samar, Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal is known for the conservation, growth and worldwide promotion of folk-art forms. This unique organisation has a folk-art museum that displays the folk traditions through various life-like exhibits. This institute has published 54 books and reference journals on different types of folk subjects.
This group is in the forefront of Puppet theatre. It carries out all the activities, from creation of the puppets to executing a story through them. This institute also imparts training in puppet theatre and folk dances. On the 66th year of completion, this group has produced Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwala in the string puppet-theatre form.
About the Play
This is the story of a Pathan from Kabul and little Mini. Every year the Pathan brings dry fruits to sell in Calcutta. Here he gets acquainted to a Bengali family. Little Mini of this family reminds him of his own daughter since they are of the same age. Mini’s mother does not approve of their friendship. One day the Pathan gets into an argument with a customer who refuses to pay his money that has been long overdue, and unintentionally murders him. The Pathan is imprisoned. After 10 years he gets released and comes to meet Mini. It happens to be Mini’s wedding that day. When he tells the parents that he always saw his daughter in Mini, the family is touched and gives half of the money that was to be spent on the wedding, to him. Kabuliwala and Mini weep over the memories of the beautiful moments spent together.
Director
After completing M.Com, Dr. Laique Hussain joined the National School of Drama and graduated with specialisation in Direction, and later did his Doctorate from Rajasthan University, Jaipur. He has also done a diploma in Human Resources Management. He has acted in 25 plays and directed 50 plays, some for various groups and some independently. He has designed sets, costumes and light for about 60 plays. He has also written 25 plays. Dr Hussain has participated in almost all the renowned festivals like Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Jashn-e-Bachpan, Nandikar, Nehru National Theatre Festival and Bahuroopi Theatre Festival. He has also been the jury for a number of national theatre competitions.
Director’s Note
Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwala is a popular, inspiring and touching story. It is an example of love, compassion and responsibility towards our fellow-beings. For the first time ever this story is being performed in the Rajasthani puppet form. It was a difficult task to convey the emotions of Kabuliwala through a puppet. I wrote songs that would convey the feelings of the character, and these songs were further made effective by the music of Dr. Prem Bahandari. I hope you enjoy this performance.
Chuvannathatha (Red Parrot)
Director: Kannan Palakkad
Group: Navarang Palakkad, Kerala
Language: Malyalam
Duration: 55 mins
About the Group
Navarang is a group of theatre lovers, committed to cultivate a serious and meaningful theatre-outlook among the people of Palakkad district. A theatre group in Palakkad is very significant because this mid part of Kerala has historically been known to have made a great contribution to music, literature, classical and folk art forms. In search of a radical transformation to the existing stage language, Navarang has established a permanent theatre group, and to materialize this it is regularly conducting theatre workshops and has initiated a systematic training evolved from the forms of Yogasanas, Martial arts, and Folk & Classical dances. The members of the group are undergoing a serious and vigorous training to develop a theatre form where body language is capable of communicating without the support of external embellishments.
About the Play
One day Ramu’s teacher asked the children to write an essay on the topic “my agriculture field”. Even though Ramu’s father owned eight acres of land, which was rented to a poor farmer Eerappan, none of them ever went there. Thus, in the essay he wrote about his unseen field in an interesting way. On hearing his essay the whole class made fun of him. His teacher too did not correct his mistakes, instead, scolded and punished him. His mother told his father to take him and his elder sister to the field. In the field the children came to know from Earappan about the green parrots that hid behind the green leaves, and also about the five-headed snake who protects the treasures of the earth. He also told the children that these parrots eat all the grain that he grows and it is difficult to catch them. Ramu thought of painting the parrots red so that it will be easy to find them behind green leaves. This idea took his sister to an imaginary world of red hibiscus on green plants. After some years the field was sold to provide for his sister’s marriage and his engineering studies. The land, once in the hands of a corporate, was cleared out for mining purposes. The red atmosphere and the red soil killed all the creatures and the green parrots turned red. A social activist comes to the rescue of these half-dead parrots and ended the dominance of the corporate.
Director
Artistic director of Navarang, Kannan Palakkad is active in this field for the past 30 years. He studied theatre from Rangachethana, Thrissur; an important theatre institution in Kerala founded by Vayala Vasudevan Pillai. Kannan has received rigorous training under masters like Prof. S. Ramanujam, Sri. Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Dr. A. K. Nambiar, and Prof. P. K. Venukuttan Nair. He has also taken training in martial arts, music, mime and traditional art forms. He has directed notable plays by renowned playwrights such as G. Sankara Pillai, Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Rabindranath Tagore, K. S. Ramanujam etc. He is an active participant in theatre workshops on acting, lighting, set designing and property making; conducted by National School of Drama, New Delhi; NSD RRC, Bangalore; School of Drama, Trichur etc. He has recently participated in the National Theatre Workshop for aspiring theatre directors, conducted by National School of Drama, Delhi.
Director’s Note
The play talks about environment and culture. For profit, thousands of living beings and natural resources are being done-away-with from this world. Corporates do not know realise that this earth doesn't belong to man, but man belongs to earth. Eerappan, a character in this play tells, that in olden days, the treasures beneath the earth were guarded by five-headed serpents, but
today five-headed machines are extracting that treasure by drilling into the heart of the earth. Water, air, soil, flora and fauna are all depleting every minute. Will the earth be a place to live for the coming generations? This play is a small attempt to colour the earth green once again.
Bobar Santan
Director: Bhagirathi Bai
Group: Seagull Theatre, Assam
Language: Assamese & Hindi
Duration: 1 hr 10 mins
About the Group
Seagull Theatre was established on 10th December 1990 at Guwahati by a few young and dedicated theatre artists, including some graduates from National School of Drama. In an endeavour to bring the joy of theatre to a wide audience, the Seagull Theatre has been performing plays on a regular basis, both within Assam and outside. The group incorporates the Seagull Repertory Company and Seagull Theatre Academy for Youth since 1995. It has been conducting an acting course for children since 2002. It has been working with special children since 1995. It also has its own publication, and conducts theatre workshops.
About the Play
Three magnificent trees, each in different attire, are the playground for kids, leisure spot for the elders, and a resting place for the weary.
Bobar Santan is the story of a dumb boy in the village who used to work in a rich landlord’s house. Everyone used to call him ‘Buba’ (dumb). He did not have a home, or if he did, no one knew of it. He not only worked for the landlord but for whosoever required his service. He would milk cows, carry sacks, and look after the babies. He would even deliver the landlord’s letters to his beloved. He too dreamt of finding himself a girl to love and marry. But the problem was – where to find a girl? So he went to his master and asked him to find a girl to marry. His master took him lightly and dismissed him by saying he would soon find the right girl. The village teased and mocked Buba, adding to his woes. A girl came to his rescue and saved Buba from the villagers. Buba asked her if she would marry him. The girl said yes in nervousness. Poor Buba believed her and hurried back to his master to give him the good news that a girl had said ‘yes’. The landlord called for a village meeting. The girl was asked if she really wanted to marry Buba. The girl refused. She said that she had said yes to provide some relief to the distressed Buba.
Heartbroken Buba starts living alone on the outskirts of the village doing nothing. Seeing Buba’s condition, a baba (holy saint) asks him why he wants to get married. Buba says because he wants kids. Hearing this, baba gives Buba three saplings. He tells Buba that for kids he didn’t have to get married. Instead he can raise these three plants as his children. They would grow up to give him the ‘fruit of life’. Buba plants, nourishes and looks after the saplings. The trees grow up and Buba grows old and breathes his last under the trees. From that day onward, people who wanted kids would come to these trees with their prayers.
Director
Bhagirathi Bai received a Diploma from Ninasam, Karnataka, graduated from National School of Drama, New Delhi in 1990 with specialization in Acting, and obtained fellowship from NSD for a project on Solo Narrative Acting of female characters, Shakuntala, Gandhari and Mallika. Bhagirathi worked with Ninasam Repertory Company during 1986 -87 and 1990 -91, and acted in more than 55 plays in different language like Kannada, Assamese, Hindi and English, some of which are Nala Damayanti, Miss Julie, Twelfth Night, Soharab Rustum, Shantata Court Chalu Ahe, Hamlet, The Father, Antar Yatra, Ashad ka Ek Din, Seagull, Madhyavartin, Kamala Devi Chatopadyay etc.
Director’s Note
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