An evening with “Tumhari Amrita” Play: Tumhari Amrita (Yours Amrita) Writer: Javed Siddiqi Cast: Shabana Azmi and Farouque Shaikh Disclaimer: This is an independent sharing of experience of an audience who saw the play and was mesmerized and disturbed at the same time by this poignant story. IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER IT IS INTENDED TO COMPROMISE THE LEGACY OF THIS GREAT PLAY! It’s through letters that they talk but they talk. A rationalist mind would have advised them to stop it immediately but emotions often score over rationalism and end with Amrita. Born into a Dewan’s family Amrita had a good upbringing at least from the economic point of view. Her proximity with Zulfi (Zulfikar Ali Hyder) began on a birthday party when the innocence of childhood was sublime. The letters (or as advertised love letters) that Amrita and Zulfi write to each other covers the journey of how mutual attraction at the first place soon blossoms into a close fri...
A Walk In The Woods Note: This is an independent review of the play held on August 17 2012 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. The Play: A Walk In The Woods The Cast: Rajit Kapur and Naseeruddin Shah History: This play has been adapted from the original with the same name by Lee Blessing. Lee was inspired by a real incident happened in 1982 in Geneva when the two negotiators Paul H. Nitze (USA) and Yuli A. Kvitsinsky (USSR) left for an unofficial walk in the woods and came up with a breakthrough. The breakthrough was rejected pretty soon by their respective governments. This piece of USA-USSR history draws tremendous parallels to that of India-Pakistan and the duo Faishal Rashid and Randeep Hooda do just an impeccable job there in this sub-continental adaptation of the play. Adapted By: Faisal Rashid and Randeep Hooda Directed By: Ratna Pathak Shah (Debutant direction) The Prelude to the Play: Riding on a borrowed bike and the beautiful voice ...
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