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Theatre lovers are certain to stroll out with a ‘smile on the face and a track in coronary heart,’ says Surabhi Santhosh forward of the staging of his Hindi play Petromax Panchayat in Hyderabad this weekend. The manufacturing explores critical points in a enjoyable and musical means.
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Surabhi Santhosh
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Santosh, the founding father of Curtain Name Theatre, who acted and directed the play, has all the time been keen on musical performs. In Petromax Panchayat, he performs Govind, a mechanic in love with a woman from Kedarwadi village in Solapur district of Maharashtra. The woman’s mom disapproves of the connection and calls the village panchayat to banish Govind. The narrative centres on a petromax mild that the villagers secured, which they have no idea how you can mild. Because the solely one who is aware of how you can mild it, is Govind, he’s ‘forgiven’ for his relationship, for the sake of growth. The narrative is offered with music and leisure.
Encouraging response
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The play is an adaptation of Phanishwar Nath Mandal Renu’s traditional brief story Panchlait. Written between the Nineteen Thirties and Fifties, Panchlait tells the story of a village in Bihar that has no electrical energy and the place persons are preoccupied in their very own lives. Ever since Curtain Name first produced Venkata Govada’s adaptation in Telugu and staged it at Ravindra Bharathi in 2022, the play has been staged 25 instances throughout the 2 Telugu states. Buoyed by the response, the play was tailored to Hindi and staged first in December 2023 with actors from Sutradhar and Rangadhara theatre teams.
Dwell music on stage
Kaanchi’s mom warns Govind…A scene from the play
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The spotlight of the manufacturing with its 21-member solid and crew is the dwell music the place artistes sing seven songs to the beats of dappu, dholak and harmonium on stage. Whereas Bade Venkateswara Rao wrote the Telugu songs, Adnan Bismillah penned the Hindi numbers.
“Being from a Surabhi household (the long-lasting theatre group of Telangana), my focus was on the technical elements,” says Santosh, who additionally takes credit score for the set design and lighting.
Actors throughout a dream sequence within the play
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Dream sequences and night time scenes with fireflies glowing at the hours of darkness intensify the musical story. He explains how a sugarcane subject that turns into a gathering level for the couple was created on stage. “Foam sheets, reduce like sugar cane, are tied to the waist of the actors who will put on inexperienced pants. With a fluttering wind, we’ve got created an impact of a fantastic full moon night time the place the protagonist waits for the woman, adopted by a dream sequence.”
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Cherishing these experiences of making scenes with totally different moods on stage, Santosh hopes the theatre viewers too will recognize it.
Curtain Name Theatre phases Petromax Panchayat in Hindi at Telangana Saraswatha Parishath on January 20 from 7.30pm onwards; Tickets: ₹300 out there on bookmyshow.com
