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"Aagantuk"The quiet but quite busy daily routine of yuppie IT professionals Swanand and Neha is rudely disturbed one day when they are paid a surprise visit by a couple of intruders; who claim that they are, in fact, the rightful owners of the upscale house and all other property. Distrssed, confused and alarmed; Swanand starts to consider his options. What should he do? Who are they? An organized gang of criminals? What do they want?
"The Breast Chronicles"The story of one woman and her struggles. The choices and sacrifices she made for her survival. Her search for self-worth.... Performed by Gargi MukherjeeBased on the story by award-winning writer Mahasweta Devi, Adapted in English for stage and directed by Sakti Sengupta First produced at the NY - International Fringe Theatre Festival in 2005 to critical acclaim...... FringeNYC Review"The Breast Chronicle" fares much better, thanks to a lively, engaging performance by Gargi Mukherjee, who narrates and plays all the characters, nearly a dozen. Jashoda is a Brahmin woman, a devoted wife and mother, who, through a series of events, becomes the wet nurse to all the children of the Haldar family daughters-in-law (there are many). When Jashoda’s husband learns of her employ, he figures that in order to keep her breasts full of milk, he will have to impregnate her every year. And so it is that Jashoda nurses some fifty children over the years, twenty of her own and thirty Haldar grandchildren. But of course, eventually, she can no longer fulfill her duties, and in fact as the Haldars have aged, there is no need for her to do so. Jashoda’s decline is certainly moving—her husband and sons abandon her, as do the Haldars (though she finds her way back into their household), she becomes ill. Throughout the play, Mukherjee is simply wonderful, finding the essential humanity in every character she plays, and narrating beautifully. She is a tremendous actor."
Attaché CaseAttaché Case is a hilarious comedy based on a misunderstanding between a desi husband and a wife. Such misunderstandings commonly prevail in the day to day life of most South Asian couples and usually result into embarrassing realities. The play builds up an intense form of tension in a very humorous fashion and keeps the audience suspense bound until the end. The talented team of Attaché Case received enormous applause from the audience of the Punjabi Association South Florida in Coral Springs, Florida during & after a performance in November of 2009. The play has been produced under the banner of International Sikh Heritage Association (ISHA). ISHA has been the pioneer of Punjabi Theatre in Greater Washington/Baltimore Metropolitan area. The organization has produced several full-length and one-act Punjabi plays in the past over 15 years. Some of the full-length plays to ISAHA’a credit are Balwant Gargi’s "Loha Kutt", "Kanak Di Balli" and "Raayee Da Pahaar". Additionally, ISHA has performed several short plays, such as "Ik Kurhi Ik Supna (One Girl One Dream), "Chup Chaap", "Khazaney Da Supp" and "Ishtihar", in the form of Dinner Theatre in the past few years. ISHA’s next major project is to produce Pali Bhupinder’s popular comedy "R.S.V.P", which is based on an NRI theme. The play has won accolades all over the world including India and Canada. Written By: Rajender Kumar Adapted in Punjabi & Directed by: Dalvinder Multani Produced by: Urender S. MagarCast: Amritpal Kaur, Paul Singh, Urender S. Magar & Dalvinder Multani |