Jana Natya Manch has recently opened its new proscenium production, Char Rang, at the Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai. The play is a 'take' on Rabindranath Tagore's novel, Chaturanga.
The play will be staged at Muktadhara auditorium (Rafi marg) on 15th feb at 6pm .
Entry pass cost Rs 50 per person . You may bring your friends and family along with you... The more the better ....
Written by Sudhanva Deshpande and Brijesh and directed by the former, it opened to critical and popular acclaim. In this year, when we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tagore's birth, JANAM is pleased to offer this play to colleges in Delhi University. This will be particular useful to the students of English literature who read Tagore, since a very important strand in the play is how to 'read' Tagore. The play merges and integrates live action, puppetry, literature and painting into a single theatrical experience.
Shanta Gokhale, one of India's leading theatre scholars, has this to say about the production:
"Chaar Rang picks two strands out of Tagore's novella to highlight issues in contemporary life. The first relates to the choices open to women in a patriarchal society then and now. The second pits rationality against blind faith. The contemporary story shows how men and women willingly give up the only faculty that distinguished them from animals, the faculty of thought, in allowing themselves to become victims of unscrupulous godmen. The contemporary tale also touches lightly but significantly on the festering problem of communalism. "
The play will be staged at Muktadhara auditorium (Rafi marg) on 15th feb at 6pm .
Entry pass cost Rs 50 per person . You may bring your friends and family along with you... The more the better ....
Written by Sudhanva Deshpande and Brijesh and directed by the former, it opened to critical and popular acclaim. In this year, when we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tagore's birth, JANAM is pleased to offer this play to colleges in Delhi University. This will be particular useful to the students of English literature who read Tagore, since a very important strand in the play is how to 'read' Tagore. The play merges and integrates live action, puppetry, literature and painting into a single theatrical experience.
Shanta Gokhale, one of India's leading theatre scholars, has this to say about the production:
"Chaar Rang picks two strands out of Tagore's novella to highlight issues in contemporary life. The first relates to the choices open to women in a patriarchal society then and now. The second pits rationality against blind faith. The contemporary story shows how men and women willingly give up the only faculty that distinguished them from animals, the faculty of thought, in allowing themselves to become victims of unscrupulous godmen. The contemporary tale also touches lightly but significantly on the festering problem of communalism. "
