Joymoti by Anup Hazarika
The Play The play Joymoti, is about an iron lady of 17th century Assam history, who with her fortitude and self sacrifice entirely changed the course of destiny of the ‘Ahom Empire’ when the atrocious ruling...
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Gambhira-Gambhira by Parimal Tribedi
The Play The play tells the story of Bhubhan, a Gambhira artist. Bhubhan believes that without truth, Gambhira is not possible. What we see today, Bhuvan says, is not the original Gambhira. It’s only...
Darshak by Priyamvad
The Play Once again they entered into the shiny yet dark…real yet dreamy…cave of love which was built with memories, sorrows and pain. When life has to pay heavily in return to the desires...
Of Mice and Men by
The Play & Director’s Note Of Mice and Men takes place during America’s Great Depression, which lasted from the stock market crash of October 1929 until 12 years later when World War II began. One result of...
Akoopar by Shri Dhruv Bhatt
The Play Akoopar is based upon the first novel in the history of Gujarati literature, which deals with the life of Maldharis and their relationship with lions, nature and the animals of Sasan Gir- the...
Play It, So 17 Dances About Something
The Play It’s 2044. Janina, Jan and Janka start working on an experimental documentary. In one of the rooms of a well-maintained museum theater, while making use of some former technologies (MacBookPro, overhead projector,...
Discovering Cultural Unity in a Diverse Asia by Manohar Khushalani
The One Asia project which was born in Auroville, two years ago, held an exhibition and a series of performances in Mid December, at IIC. According to Jyoti Naoki Eri, its Founder Director, the...
Selections from the Annual Open Frame Film Festival, New Delhi by Tarini Sridharan
Still from Sadir to Bharatanatyam This year’s Annual 2012 Open Frame Film Festival, organized by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust, included a series of compelling, thought-provoking films on a variety of diverse subjects. Light...
Snake, Love and Sexuality
Ravindra Tripathi’s There are a lot of stories in Indian mythology and folklores where you find the snake or the serpent as sexual motif. Some modern plays are also based upon it. For example...
‘The Park’ as a metaphor
Ravindra Tripathi’s Three benches for three – yet no space – a scene from ‘The Park’ The 13th Bharat Rang Mahotsva has started with fanfare. Although the city of Delhi is freezing with severe...
