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This is an archive article published on February 11, 1999

Young talent impresses

CHANDIGARH, Feb 10: As each play goes by at the studio theatre of the Department of Indian Theatre, the assurance that the future of thea...

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CHANDIGARH, Feb 10: As each play goes by at the studio theatre of the Department of Indian Theatre, the assurance that the future of theatre is safe in the hands of the bright youngsters becomes more and more cemented.

So was it this evening when they staged two short plays. The first play, a scene work rather, was based on Badal Sircar8217;s existential play, quot;Evam Indrajeet8221; and was moulded under the guidance of faculty member Anjala Maharishi. It is about everything, the predicament of a writer looking for story, oblivious of the life outside, the monotony of life that goes on in the wheel and the yen to break free of societal bonds and norms.

More than the content, it was the convincing performance of the actors who, except for sophomore Ish Amitoj, are all in the first year. Hellenic-looking Kuldeep Singh as Indrajeet, the alter-ego of the writer, spontaneous Ravinder as Vimal, the boy-next-door-like Pawan as Kamal and cool Amar as Amal: all numbers in the cycle of life, left marks of their own. With Amit Dhawan as the writer and Lekhna as Indrajeet8217;s love complementing.

The second, quot;Ram Sajeevan ki Love Storyquot;, was a dig at the intellectuals dotting the campuses, the double standards that they keep and their sheer ignorance about realities. The vibrant threesome, Mohit Manyu, Chandrasekhar and R.V. Vasudevan, all in the final year, did a wonderful job in this narrative style of production directed by Devinder Negi.

 

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