Stories in a Song A Musical Collage of Theatre Plays TATA Aug 25th

English - Hindi Play (2 Acts - 120 mins) is set to play Tata Theatre on Thursday, 25th - 7.00 pm

Several forms of theatre in India make abundant use of music, but Stories in a Song, with the aid of theatre, tells stories of musical forms, such as kajri, thumri, dadra, khayal, remixes and more.

PROGRAMME:

Songs of the Nuns comprises poems from the Therigatha collection that express the feelings of nuns during their transition from a domestic life to one filled with the power of Buddhism.

Mahatma Gandhi and the Tawaif Sabha is about an interesting encounter between Gandhiji and the tawaifs of Benares.

Chandni Begum is based on Qurrultain Hyder's novel and deals with the tribulations faced by a family of traditional folk perfomers in Lucknow struggling to keep up with the changing times of the music scene.

Bahadur Ladki, (The Courageous Damsel) tells the story of a feisty young girl and an English officer in colonial times.

Hindustani Airs is based on the fascinating encounters between English memsahibs and Indian "nautch" performers, charged with all the problems and nuances inevitable in such a cultural exchange.
Whose music is it? traces the journey of a song through the various behind the scene stages, before it reaches its audience.

Kajri Akhada focuses on the times when akhadas would compete with each other at kajri competitions for supremacy.

Directed by Sunil Shanbag
Conceived by Shubha Mudgal
Research by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan
Music selected and composed by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan
Performers: Shubrajyoti Barat, Gopal Tiwari, Ketki Thatte, Namit Das, Santosh Tiwari, Pia Sukanya, Mansi Multani, Nishi Doshi, Trupti Khamkar, Makarand Deshpande, Shailesh Hejmadi, Bhupinder Shahi, Nandakumar, Gagan Riar, Anushree Shukla, Amit Ojha, Saurabh Nayyar

An Arpana & Underscore Records Production

Tickets: Rs.375, 300, 210 & 120/- (for Members)
Rs.500, 400, 280 & 160/- (for the Public)
Box Office: August 9 for Members and August 12 for the Public

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