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Ekalavya Performing Arts (EPA) and Image Wicture Productions collaborate to stage Deshe Bidweshe. Directed by Bodhisatta Sarkar, Tanumay Datta and Biplab Kundu, Deshe Bidweshe is predicated onthe 2 Bengali performs, Swadhinotar Swapno (Dream of Freedom) and Juddhobaaj (Warmonger), in response to Bodhisatta
Talking amidst rehearsals from Whitefield, Bodhisatta says, “The primary play is a contemporary tackle the life and instances of Khudiram Basu, one of many earliest martyrs within the wrestle for independence. With a brand new age sense and sensibility, we embark upon a journey to know India. However the place is that this, India? What’s the idea of a nation? The reply to those are sought by way of the struggles of younger Khudiram.”
Juddhobaaj, Bodhisatta says, is a socio-political play. “It showcases the perils of conflict, which is usually glorified below the garb of hyper nationalism.”
Juddhobaaj, the 45-year-old theatre and mime practitioner says, is about totally different points of conflict and the way it impacts individuals of assorted strata of the society. “The play seems to be at sociological hierarchy from the attitude of conflict. It’s a mixture of road and proscenium theatre. There can be loud actions (extra like a pictorial illustration on stage), with phrases, making it straightforward for even a non-Bengali particular person to grasp what is going on on stage.”
The three administrators, Bodhisatta says, introduced in three views. “We began with workshops. The script, the voice and perspective advanced with the contributors in the course of the workshop. Although we’re listed as administrators, we labored extra as play designers.” This, Bodhisatta says, is a up to date technique, the place the actor is an integral a part of the evolution of the script.
“Moderately than being instructed what to do, everybody needs to have a voice, and share their perspective. We work with kids and younger adults at EPA and found that they’ve robust and legitimate views, which we discovered of maximum worth and determined to feed our creativity on these points as nicely.”
EPA and Image Wicture Productions, says Bodhisatta additionally works on mimes, pantomimes, audio performs, and quick movies. Deshe Bidweshe, Bodhisatta says, will even have somewhat little bit of mime, which he created. Bodhisatta learnt mime from his father, who in flip learnt from artiste Yogesh Dutta. “I train mime at EPA, which has been practising mime since 2016.”
Deshe Bidweshe can be staged on January 20, at 3.30pm and seven.30pm at Jagriti Theatre, Whitefield. Tickets on BookMyShow
