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Terminal 3, a play to be staged on March 31 and April 5 in Hyderabad is a stark view of the post-pandemic world on stage. Written and directed by Surendra Singh Negi, chief coordinator of the overseas languages programme on the English and Overseas Languages College (EFLU), the play’s multi-layered narrative tells tales of difficult occasions.
Tri-lingual play
Surendra Singh Negi
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The 60-minute play is trilingual with dialogues in Hindi, English and Spanish; it begins with protagonists Ana Strejilevich and Madan Laal, two previous pals, unintentionally assembly at an airport. The chums, additionally poetry lovers, recite poems in Spanish and Urdu/Hindi. A number of tales emerge and overlap from theirunexpected encounter and the dots are rapidly joined with flashbacks. The viewers sees the pandemic’s influence on individuals from completely different lessons and social and financial backgrounds by way of these two characters. Mankind had by no means skilled such a factor (COVID-19), says Negi. “Its magnitude impacted all of us in several methods, however the susceptible sections — individuals who work in our homes (drivers and home assist ) and people who migrated from rural areas for work suffered essentially the most. Their desires shattered with the lockdown.”
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Negi explains why the play additionally depicts dying as an idea: “It was the primary time lately that we noticed dying so carefully, and on such a daily foundation. To write down a narrative on the pandemic with out commenting on dying would have been incomplete.”
Negi started writing the script in 2023. He had initially conceived it to be a Latin-American (therefore Spanish dialogues) play however writing a narrative in India with out characters talking in Indian languages didn’t appear apt. Because the story is predicated in Delhi the characters converse a number of languages, together with a little bit of Telugu and Malayalam too.
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Terminal 3’ had its first efficiency on the EFLU amphitheatre on March 7. “We acquired a variety of reward from the viewers, however not everyone might perceive the play in its absoluteness because it has three completely different languages,” shares; including that subtitles had been added for the March 31 to April 5 present.
No Drama, Please! to stage Terminal 3 on March 31 and April 5 at Rangbhoomi by Sneha Arts, Sainikpuri and Lamakaan in Banjara Hills; Tickets: ₹200 out there on 9640789689 and on the venue”
