ABOUT "ANKUR"


Ankur is the theatre group of SGTB Khalsa College, formed in 1995 with the efforts of Dr Javed Malik and the college students. As the name suggests, it is a platform for upcoming/budding Actors and Directors. Since its inception, the group has produced more than 10 short plays and 3 full-length productions.

Ankur was formed with a motive of keeping the spirit of theatre alive among the college students and to explore the hidden talent of students.
The group has emerged as one of the big names in campus theatre and has been participating in various inter-college theatre competitions and festivals.

Ankur celebrates theatre every year with its annual theatre festival, "PRATYAKSH".


Contact us at: ankurdramsoc@gmail.com

WHAT IS ANKUR... THE AUDIO VIDEO VERSION

THE EMERGENCE

Ankur has strongly emerged as a name that is different from all odds. it is a name that is now very familiar amongst the students and staff members of the college.
Through its dedicated hardwork and energised performances,
ANKUR has proved every preconceived notion as false and emerged as a pheonix when everyone thought it has turned in to ashes.
ANKUR embarked its stairs of success by winning Awards for The Best play and Best actor several times including the grand stages of BITS pilani, IIT rourkee, etc;
Subsequently "Ankur" has emerged as one of the top names in campus theatre and is still working hard each day to quench its thirst to become the top theatre group of the campus.

THINKING DIFFERENTLY

Each year ANKUR starts its session with a vision of being different and unique, its aim is not only to make a new identity but make a new, fresh outlook towards its method of working in theatre, unlike other theatre groups of the campus, whose main aim is to win a competition,

ANKUR has always wanted to do something that is beyond the usual theatre seen now a days.

CELEBRATION OF THEATRE

ANKUR also celebrated the festivity of theatre with its 2nd annual theatre fiesta Pratyaksh'07. It was a bigger and better event than Pratyaksh'06, which showed the growth and improvement that ANKUR went through in the past one year. It was very well recived and applauded by the audiences and was judged as one of the most decorated, succesful and delightful theatre festival of the year by its participants.


THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

ANKUR has just started to grow, and as its meaning says the seed has just been sown and its budding day by day in to a strong plant and then into a strong tree with roots spread to the deepest core. ANKUR still has miles to go, heights to touch and achive alot but there's no denying the fact that a strong foundation has been laid.

ANKUR'S ANNUAL PRODUCTIONS TILL NOW

ANKUR'S SESSION 2006-07


The session of 2006-07 signified a new dawn in ANKUR and a revolutionary brakethrough, ANKUR proved every preconceived notion as false and emerged as a pheonix when evreyone thought it has turned in to ashes. ANKUR embarked its stairs of success by winning the Best play award for its most glorified production ever, Watanparast at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan which is one of the grandest festivals of the north India and colleges from all over the country take part in this fiesta. But this was just the beginning of an endless winning streak , ANKUR bagged the Best play award on every stage it layed its foot on including the Best actor's award at IIT Rourkie.
Be it BITS Pilani, Miranda house, Netaji subhash institute of technology, Maiteryi college, I.P. college, IIT Rourkie, they all witnessd the winning celebrations of ANKUR.
The session of 2006-07 also witnessed the 1st ever annual theatre festival hosted by ankur Pratyaksh'06.


OFFICE BEARERS FOR 2006-07

President: Siddharth Gulati.

Vice-President: Parlove Chaudhary.

Gen. Secretary:
Ravinder singh.

Treasurer: Aditya Jain.


ANKUR'S SESSION 2007-08





Experimentation and originality characterized Ankur’s work this
year. Ankur started its work officially on July 23rd, 2007 with an
introductory meeting with the freshers. They were introduced to theatre through workshops which included basic theatre exercises, script readings, discussions etc. which helped them in producing the first play of this session, Gulaam Aazadi. The play portrayed freedom, what it meant for the freedom fighters and how we have changed its definition. The play was performed by the freshers and was tumultuously applauded by the college audiences. Another historical play, Sikke ke do pehloo based on speculated definition of terrorism after 09.11 was prepared and performed at Miranda House and was praised for its factual content and presentation. Later members combined their creative resources with a vision of‘total theatre’ to produce the annual stage production of Ankur, Hatya Ek Aakar Ki that subjects Gandhi’s ideas of truth and non-violence through rigorous historical scrutiny.
An atmospheric stage design and lighting added to the powerful acting performances in enabling Hatya... to become the most talked about play of the year, in the campus theatre scenario. The play was performed at both competitive as well as festive venuesyielding enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics alike. Gaurav Nagesh, director and principal actor was adjudged ‘Best Actor’ at the inter college theatre competition at Lady Irwin College. It was invited for a special performance at the
Atelier Youth Theatre Week
(28 oct - 4 nov, 07) held in the Sri Ram Centre where it was regarded by critics as one of the best plays to be featured. Subsequently National School of Drama invited Ankur for the same play at its B.V. Karanth Memorial Theatre Festival on 30 Jan, 08 where it was highly praised by NSD teachers as well as the students. Leadership and Organizational skills abounded in the twenty-member Ankur team this year and the enormously successful theatre event Pratyaksh ’07 at the college festival bore ample testimony to this feature. Pratyaksh ‘07 attracted dramatic attention from all over the campus and received an amazing feedback from the audiences and the participating colleges for its organization.
A notable outcome of Ankur’s activities this year is that it has created a suitable environment for the students to not only explore their dramatic talents but also contribute to sustaining a vision and commitment for original and socially engaged theatre.


CROSSEDBORDERS


The biggest opportunity for ANKUR came at the end of session 2007-08 in march, when it was invited for a theatrical performance at 2nd Pak-Indo inter collegiate drama festival organised by G.C. University, Lahore, Pakistan. This was a once in a life time opportunity for the member's of ANKUR, they grabbed it by both hands and worked hard day and nigh and prepared a play based on Prem Chand's well known short storey Bade Bhai Sahab. This play was judged as the best perfomance by the critics at the Pak-indo theatre festival.



ANKUR REACHES BOLLYWOOD


ANKUR has a newly embeded star in its belt, one of its members AMAN BAKSHI has layed his first footsteps on the road to bollywood. He has just finished shooting with one of the greatest upcoming directors in bollywood today, DIBAKAR BANARJEE(of khosla ka ghosla fame) for his new feature film OYE LUCKY, LUCKY OYE. AMAN's co-stars were ABHAY DEOL, PARESH RAWAL, NEETU CHANDRA, MANORISHI CHADHA. The film has been completed and is now going through the different stages of post-production in mumbai and is set to release on 21st november 2008





PERFORMANCES IN SESSION 2007-08

Miranda house
BITS pilani
Lady irwin college
Sri Ram College of Commerce
Hindu college
Ramjas college
Delhi college of engineering
Atelier Youth Teatre Week, Sri Ram Centre
National School of Drama
Ministry of awareness (aids campaign)
SGTB khalsa college
G.C. university, Lahore, Pakistan

Productions in year 2007-08

Gulaam aazadi (self scripted)

Sikke ke do pehlu (self scripted)

Jumanji spoof (a comedy spoof of the movie Jumanji)

Maut ka hatiyar - an aids awareness skit (self scripted)

Hatya ek aakar ki, by Lalit sehgal

Bade bhaisaab, by Prem chand

ANKUR'S SESSION 2008-09


PRATYAKSH 2008:

Its that time of the year again... when all the forces in ANKUR, SGTB Khalsa College Dramatics Society, are combined and are channelised to make their Theatre Fest 'PRATYAKSH' amongst the best in campus.

This year the fiesta kicks off on 22nd December at 9am with the stage play competition... 7 teams will battle it out to prove themselves in one of the best auditoriums in the university... after this the festival moves to 2nd day, that is 23rd December. Street play competition will start at 9 am and once again 7 teams from several colleges will show off their energy, talent and enthusiasm on the grounds.

Witness the excitement, Joy and Rush when 'The EYE meets The I" at PRATYAKSH 2008....



Currently ongoing productions in 2008:

Full length production: MUAVZE, a play by Bhishm sahni

Annual production: JAAYAZ HATYAARE, an adaptation of Albert Camus' "The just assassins"

Street play: AAJ BHI KAL KE JAISA KYUN HAI,
chronicles the history of events articulating the insanity and brutality of a prudent society in general





MUAVZE- A PLAY BY BHISHM SAHNI...

ANKUR presents MUAVZE- a play by Bhishm Sahni, Designed and directed by Surendra sharma (an NSD alumnus).








SPONSORS:



ABOUT THE PLAY
:

Muavze is a satire commenting about the political and social fabric. With semi-urban setting, the play artculates the voice of the commoner. It further problamatises the social friction between two groups followed by political idea of compensating the same, though in a lighter vein.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:



Sh. Surendra Sharma has graduated with specialization in acting from national school of drama in 1984. He has worked with renowned theatre personalities including B.V. Karant, Rajendra Nath, M.K. Raina, Fitz Benevitz, D.R. Ankur and Ramgopal Bajaj

He has also directed- 'Awake and sing', 'Pagla Ghoda', 'Lal Salwaar aur Mohalla', 'Ashaad ka ek din', 'Camp' and 'lla'. 'Barbareek Uvach', 'lla' and 'Rangbhumi' were subsequently performed at Bharat Rang Mohatsav in 2001 and 2005 respectively.

He has recived Best Actor Award by Sahitya K
ala Parishad in 1987. Hindi Academy conferred ' 'Sahityakar Sammaan' on him for outstanding contribution to literature art and culture.



WORKSHOP

Ankur, has started a month long theatre workshop with a renowned theatre personality, Sh. Surendra Sharma, National School Drama Graduate on August 4, 2008. This workshop will culminate into a full-length production, scheduled for two shows on September 9, 2008 at Master Tara Singh Auditorium, SGTB Khalsa College.

We have started the production process for Bhishm Sahni's MUAVZE.



AUDITIONS!!!

Auditions of ANKUR's session of 2008-09 will be held on 25th and 26th of july, 08 @ basketball court. Applicants who have filled the audition form are required to be present along with their registration slips at 12:30 pm in BBC on the above mentioned dates. your selection for further stages of auditions will be done on the grounds of your audition form only. For further details kindly contact Trishant srivastava @ 09873967955 or Aditya jain @ 09873554590.


1st GENERAL BODY MEETING

1st general body meeting of the session 2008-09 will be held on

17th july,2008,Thursday,2.30pm(time is subject to changes)

Each member of ANKUR shall be present weather ACTIVE or PASSIVE to consider this year for ANKUR.

I expect many ideas and suggestions for the session
and
most imp. scripts and plots which would help us in producing the play...

-: Aditya jain
president
ANKUR


OFFICE BEARERS 2008-09


President : Aditya Jain

ph: 9873554590


Vice-President : Chetan Wahi
ph: 9953168774

Gen. secretary : Karan Dang
ph: 9891237676

Joint secretary : Karan Mirg
ph: 9891922573

Technical head : Harneet Suri
ph: 9810565151

Treasurer : Manveer Arora
ph: 9811591515

Scripts incharge : Trishant Srivastava
ph: 9873967955

e-mail : ankurdramsoc@gmail.com

"PRODUCTIONS CAPTURED"

Watanparast (Self Scripted)
(2006-07)




Gulaam aazadi (Self Scripted)
2007-08



Hatya ek aakar ki (Lalit Sehgal)
2007-08




Bade Bhaisaahab (Premchand)
2008-09




















Muavze (Bhishma Sahni)
2008-09








































Jaayaz hatyaare (Adaptation of Albert Camus' Just Assassins)
2008-09





































Aaj Bhi kal ke jaisa kyu hai.... (Self Scripted)
2008-09




































-:Aditya Jain
President
ANKUR,08-09

CONTACT US



President : Trishant srivastava
ph: +91 9873967955


Vice-President : Manveer Singh
ph: +91 9811591515

Gen. secretary : Udit Mukim
ph: +91 9891728215

e-mail: ankurdramsoc@gmail.com