Notes to Myself

The first play,The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,directed by Puri is inspired by a Gabriel Garcia Marquez story in which a drowned man washes ashore and his stature and beauty transforms the world of an isolated village. The play captures the story of the village community,a small society in itself. The 2007-National School of Drama graduate,who has worked on Marquez’s stories before,found the story filled of imagery which made it a wonderful piece to be enacted.

Arora,talking about his play Buffering,says,“When we first got the term ‘Post-Its’,we sat together to interpret it. We came up with many interpretations. But the idea of capturing time after an event happens stuck in our heads.”

The play indirectly,but constantly has echoes of the Delhi gang rape. “We were all,in some way or the other,involved in the protests. We consciously decided not to put across a message or directly discuss it because already enough has been said and done. In the play,boys go to the protest march to check out girls. These were scenes which we had seen during the protest,” says Arora.

Nanduri’s Rangaswami is about Urvashi Kataria,a rising celebrity who is about to debut as a Telegu action hero,Richa Rangaswami. The play revolves around the idea of beauty,the sadistic impulses of man and most importantly,the idea of self.

The actors shone in their respective performances too,with Amba Suhasini Jhala as a confident and strong Urvashi Kataria and Pranay Manchanda,as a ‘weirdo’ in Rangaswami. Mohit Mukherjee in Buffering and Andrew Hoffman in The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World proved their mettle too.

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