Theatre...

NSD Rangmahotsav brings back lot of cherished memories of my time spent in NSD…after a long time my parents and I were on a Theatre Marathon!! Watching plays back to back after office and during weekends…plays by legendary directors like Arun Mukhopadhyaya, Soumitra Chatterjee, M.S.Sathyu and the next generation directors. Stories range from typical gossip like extra- maritals to understanding the political conflict of Israel through a schizophrenic and then the folk inspired scripts, a diverse range of subjects that kindle different sides of you as a human.

I was almost in tears while I was seeing Soumitra Chatterjee perform…ohhhh!!! How handsome he still is. I remembered the Feluda film in which he was the protagonist. His stage presence and the acting of the group undermined the clichéd storyline of a writer in love with his wife and her sister.

I am lucky to be in Delhi as this is one of the few cities that offer so much more to theatre lovers! If you have not watched any of it, then I feel sad but yeah, you should definitely catch it next year…its worth the effort!