Adapted from Humorous short stories by Munshi Premchand

Directed by: Vipul Tyagi, Santosh Tiwari, Sumeet Vyas, Pawan Uttam

The production is a compilation of stories written by the renowned Hindi writer Premchand. Four famous humorous stories written by Munshiji (as Premchand is lovingly called); namely, Darogaji, Bade Bhaisahab, Rasik Sampadak and Aansuon Ki Holi would be presented together.

 

Darogaji… A story about a lovable Darogaji who finds himself running back to is forlorn lover and finding himself at the mercy of her husband and how he finds his way our of it, makes an interesting story that leaves you in splits.

Cast : Bharat Jha, Pawan Uttam, Manoj Cherian, Preeti Birlanair, Imran Rasheed, Muzammil Qureshi.

 

Bade Bhaisahab…bringing to light two very innocent characters, two brothers and their simple, amusing and entertaining 'nok-jhonk'- by the time the story ends, you really wish you knew the two of them.

Cast : Jaishankar Tripathi, Santosh Tiwari, Hanif Patni & OTHERS

 

Rasik Sampadak… a flirtatious editor who is a widower and finds himself imagining his dream woman through a poem written by her, only to find himself running helter-skelter once he comes face to face with her. Why? Find yourself laughing your head out when you see the play unfold.

Cast : Sumeet Vyas/ Bharat Jha, Vipul Tyagi, Richa Chadda, Aalekh Dahiya, Manita Malik / Preeti Birlanair, Rathika, Anshita, Ritchelle.

 

Ansuon ki Holi … is a simple story of a simple man who doesn't like to celebrate festivals and how he has to bear his notorious brother-in-laws who insist on making his 'Holi' one he could cry over. However, a truth lying buried inside of him comes out in the open towards the end and leaves us all appreciate the true meaning of festivities.

Cast :  Imran Rasheed, Shruti Vyas / Princy Sudhakar, Pawan Uttam, Aalekh Dahiya, Bharat Jha, Vipul Tyagi/ Lokesh Rai, Sumeet, Giri, Sonu, Sushant, Vijay, Mithilesh.

Known for their simplicity, proximity to reality and an uncanny sense of humour, all these stories hold a message that somehow touches you. Though he is known for the serious issues and his satire, these stories will reveal another shade of Premchand's work; the witty and humorous style he also possessed.

 

Munshi Premchand  is looked upon as the leader of Progressive Writing in Hindi Literature. Instead of succumbing to recent spade of mediocre Hindi play productions, it would boost the confidence of quality theatre lovers to see this younger lot going back to the roots and give a brand new look to the works of a legend in his own right.

You are all welcome to witness Munshi Premchand's wonderful, humorous and touching stories take shape on stage and leave you laughing for more.

 

Credits:

Stage Manager   :           Bharat Jha

Sets                  :           Imran, Pawan

Costume            :           Giri, Lokesh

Properties          :           Vijay, Sushant, Sonu

Lights               :           Akbar Khan

Music                     :            Vipul, Santosh, Sumeet, Pawan

Music Operation :           Ankur Parekh

Sone Ki Machhali

Written & Directed by V K

presented by Mrs. Nadira Zaheer Babbar

 

Sone Ki Machhali - Based on a poem by Pushkin, it's a unique adaptation following the concept of a play within a play and a lot of interaction with the audience.  In fact, the casting of the play itself is done in consultation with the audience.   The story runs like this: An old man catches a golden fish who offers to give him anything provided the oldman spares her life.  Content that he is with whatever little he has, he doesn't ask for anything in return!   However, his wife, the old woman is very angry with him for this stupidity.  She begins making demands from the Golden Fish, right from utensils, to a new house, to becoming a high-status woman, and then the queen of the earth.  Finally when he desires to control the celestial bodies including the moon and the Sun, the Golden Fish decides to teach her a lesson that too much greed is too bad.  Hence, the Fish takes away that entire she had given her. And the oldman and the oldwoman find themselves in the same old dilapidated hut. 

 

This is merely the story on which the play is built around. The great fun is that the audience gets lots of opportunities to sing with the actors, sometimes even give suggestions on what to do and how to go about certain ideas.

 

Cast:

Pushkin                        Bharat Jha

Old Fisherman              Darpan Mishra

Old Fisherwoman         Nitika Anand / Kajli Sharma

Golden Fish                  Abir Abrar / Natasha Sahgal

Shunina                        Riya Yadav

Munina                        Mansi Rathi

Raja                             Amit Raushan

Sagar                           Vijay, Lokesh, Mithilesh, Fabian, Pabitra, Sonu

Ghar                             Sushant- Nitin / Pawan - Imran

 

Ticket Rate : Rs. 50/- only

 Duration : 70 minutes

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DAUDAA DAUDAA BHAAGA BHAAGA SA!

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY : JUHI BABBAR

 

ON 26TH AUGUST 2007

( SUN ) AT 6 & 9 PM

Daudaa Daudaa Bhaaga Bhaaga Sa! shall premiere on the last weekend of the festival. The play is based on the hilarious American comedy, Three Men and a Horse. In today's commercial world, where sex comedies and mediocre bedroom comedies are at their peak, here is finally a play that is an out and out comedy that you can enjoy with your families.

 

Daudaa Daudaa Bhaaga Bhaaga Sa! is a satire, based on today's materialistic and commercial rat race and how a simpleton is forced to be a part of it.

 

This production has been put together by the young troupe; ' The Brat Pack' of Ekjute, as you might like to call us!   We are an ensemble of youngsters from all kinds of fields and age groups, be it aspiring actors, MBAs, students, teachers, journalists, dancers, engineers etc… all with a passion for theatre!

 

The writing and direction of Daudaa Daudaa Bhaaga Bhaaga Sa is also a team effort, lead by Juhi.

 

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

 

On Stage

Sanjay Dubey                           Sumeet Vyas

Abhijeet Pathare                       Pawan Uttam

Nimisha                                    Anshita Jain / Princy Sudhakar

Mehulbhai Goradia                   Darpan Mishra

K.K.                                        Muzammil Qureshi

Appu                                        Aalekh Dahiya

Babu                                        Lokesh Rai  

Peter                                        Akash Dixit

Mona                                       Rashmi Pote /Juhi Babbar

Pakya                                       Imran Rasheed

Batkeshwar Prasad                   Bharat Jha  

 

Off Stage

Writing & Direction               Juhi Babbar & Team

Sets                                          Chhel –Paresh

Music   Compilation              Divesh Wankhede

Music Operation                     Natasha Sahgal

Lights                                       Ravi Mishra/Akbar Khan

Costumes                                 Anshita/Princy

Properties                                 Imran & Lokesh

Stage Management                   Muzammil / Ankur

Production Management         Hanif Patni

 

Ticket Rate : Rs. 200/- only

Duration : 2 hrs 10 minutes with an interval

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