Written By - Clemens Maedge

Directed by Amol Palekar & Co-Directed by Sandya Gokhale

Produced by Adarsh Gupta

Synopsis       

Khidakiyan is a play having two characters on the stage who talk about themselves through memories of the other.

The grandmother and her grandson share a special bond with each other. He introduces her to his windows leading to the contemporary world filled with computers, chats and blogs. The grandson also tries to understand her while peeping through her window. He realizes that though his grandmother hates standing by the window and looking in the oblivion, she is eager to open newer windows even at her age.

Now the grandmother has learnt the art of opening fresh windows and playing with her self-created persona in her own space. As the grandson goes closer to her, he realizes that gradually her windows are shutting… life is in fact winding up!

While exploring the emotional journey of these two characters, Khidakiyan originally a German play written by Clemens Maedge, will give an enduring theatrical experience to the audience. 

Cast: Meera Narasimhan, Vikrum Mathur   

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Theatrical Story Reading

Directed by Amol Palekar & Co-Directed by Sandya Gokhale

Produced by Adarsh Gupta

Cast: Ashok Sareen, Harkesh Manocha "Goldie", Shimaliya Agnihotri, Chetna Gola, Beena Kurane, Madhuri Subramaniam

"Adhe Adhure" 

Written By - Mohan Rakesh

Directed by Amol Palekar Co-Directed by Sandya Gokhale

Produced by Mamta Kukreti

SYNOPSIS

In 1959, the iconic post-independence playwright Mohan Rakesh’s “AADHE ADHURE” was published which imprinted his name as the sculptor of modern Hindi theatre. This play deviated from the then prevalent themes based on mythology or historical events became immensely popular due to its stylistic freshness and the contemporary content.  Realistic depiction of the middle class milieu, spoken fluency of the dialogue, thematic intensity protruding out of the simple structure, all this and many other features make this play a classic in Indian theatre.

It’s a story of gradual disintegration of a middle class family. It is centered around Savitri who is a mother of 3 children and a frustrated wife of Mahindranath. Savitri’s bitterness about her meek, dependent and nincompoop husband leads her insecurity in search of a complete man. The fatality of circumstances does not offer any solution to get out of the maze in which the characters are rooted.  Thus the play epitomizes unfulfilled, incompleteness of human life.

There have been many productions of this play most of which had one male actor performing all male characters in the play. That scheme was commensurate with the text of the play as it brings out the metaphor of a fragmented manhood. Over the years, a few changes in its presentation, art direction and even the text of the play have been staged.  Natya Bharati’s production of AADHE ADHURE will surely bring out yet another fascinating theatrical possibility explored through the versatile direction by Amol Palekar.  

 Cast: Suma Muralidhar, Sushil Rattan, Mitushi Raphael, Guneet Kaur, Subhojit Sen, Dalvinder Multani, Rajiv Paul, Manoj Tiwari

 Executive Producer - Pushpa Dashottar

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