Productions:2009

AAJ NA CHOREINGE TUJHE

Aaj naa choreinge tujhe!!! (Today, you will not be excused!!!) is a provocative statement to the freshers by the college seniors. This 20 minutes short theatre piece endeavours to review the idea of ragging, furthermore problematising the notion of so-called healthy ragging. From domination on the basis on regionalization to exploitation by pass-outs forms the basis of the polemics this play is erecting. Notwithstanding, the casual approach authorities generally take in dealing with such a grave issue is not only challenged but also mocked at. The central thought of ragging as a process of Introduction is pondered upon with a few questions left unanswered.
Performed at Arts Faculty on July 27, 2009.




ANTIGONE (FULL-LENGTH PRODUCTION)


Jean Anouilh’s play Antigone (1942), inspired by the fifth century BC play by Sophocles, is set in France during Nazi occupation, with Antigone representing the French Resistance and Creon, a collaborator of the Vichy regime. A tale of the confrontation between the Individual and the Establishment, the crux of the play is the lengthy exchange between Creon and Antigone concerning the nature of power, fate and choice.

We used the translation of the original by Lewis Galantiere, published by Random House.








CAST
ANTIGONE – Jasmeet Khanuja
CREON – Ullas Samrat
ISMENE – Chanpreet Chadha
HAEMON – Udit Mukim
NURSE – Prhea Tandon
CHORUS 1 – Pallavi Biyani
CHORUS 2 – Sahaj Umang Singh Bhatia
PAGE – Manik Khosla
GUARD 1 – Arjun Thukral
GUARD 2 – Dhruv Dixit
GUARD 3 – Sumit Jalan
EURYDICE – Akshita
MESSENGER – Simranjit Singh

DESIGN & DIRECTION – Kuljeet Singh



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ROMEO JULIET AUR ANDHERA
(Stage play)



Written and Directed by Trishant Srivastava
Production Design by Saikat Ghosh
Based on Nirmal Verma’s translation of Jan Otsenacek’s novel, Romeo, Juliet and Darkness


A lyrical drama of doomed love set in contemporary Pakistan, against the backdrop of the war raging on between American forces and the Taliban soldiery, the play invites its audiences to share the hopes, anxieties and impossible dreams of Chanda and Jugnu. The two are cast in the mould of the reckless and naïve pair of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy; yet here, a world of darkness in the form of real and imagined fears intervenes and tears them apart.

Cast: Priya Tandon, Ullas Samrat, Dhruv Dikshit, Trishant Srivastava, Kritika Singh, Arjun Thukral, Vibhu Gupta, Udit Mukim, Aneesh Kundalia

Lights: Saikat Ghosh

Music: Supavitra Mehrotra


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TRP
(Street play)

Director: Udit Mukim
Music: Manveer Singh

Cast: Gursharan Singh, Jasmeet Khanuja, Gurmeet Singh, Simranjeet Malhotra, Sahaj Umang Singh Bhatia, Arjun Thukral, Pallavi Biyani, Ayushi Agarwal, Gagandeep Singh, Rajan Gulati, Abhishek Pal, Sumit Jalan, Manik Khosla, Manveer Singh and Udit Mukim.
















Media is considered as the fourth pillar of democracy. In a diverse nation like ours, the role of media becomes even more responsible and significant to keep a check and play a role of a deterrent. With the plethora of NEWS and Entertainment channels mushrooming across the country, what will be the future of media: befool us with the most absurd weekly, titillate our sentiments with the virtual adventure, prepare us for a quick 20x20 or sensitise us towards the role they are ought to perform and that too objectively.
These are the few questions ANKUR is raising in TRP punctuated with a pinch of salt. The play endeavours to assess the war of channels for high TRP (Total Revenue Product) in the name of high TRP (Television Rating Point)








KARU TOH KYA
(Street play)

Consumer Awareness: Its a play dealing with the problems faced by the consumers in the field of After Sale services, Public Distribution System, customer care and railway food supplies, along with proper solutions in a lyrical manner.