November `12 - Prithvi Theatre

Vol. XIII Issue 11
Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
November '12
All this
and more
at Prithvi
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November...
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Plays for the Month of November 2012 at Prithvi Theatre
Sat 3
Sun 4
8 pm (INVITEE SHOW)
6 pm & 9 pm
Motley's
Sun 4
11 am
ACOUSTIC SUNDAY JAM (Supported by Furtados)
A WALK IN THE WOODS
English
An Indian and a Pakistani in the middle of peace talks, try to achieve a breakthrough in
the muddled negotiations between the two countries.
Ashu - Piano/Guitar, Vivienne Pocha - Vocal, Adrian D'Souza - Drums/Percussion,
Kenny Rebello - Base, Vinay Lobo - Acoustic Guitar, Ramon Ibrahim - Trambone/Melodica
ASHU PRESENTS VIVIENNE UNPLUGGED
Mon 5
6 pm & 9 pm
Aarambh Productions'
Hindi/English
Writer: Purva Naresh Director: Rabijita Gogoi Cast: Ahlam Khan Karachiwala,
Prerna Chawla, Gagan Riar & others
A dedicated filmmaker, a brazen but difficult sex worker, a rogue of a trucker and a
village where nobody and nothing comes for free…
Tue 6
6 pm & 9 pm
Tinderbox Production and Rage Foundation's
English
Writer: Farhad Sorabjee Director: Chris White
Cast: Jasmina Daniel, Shernaz Patel, Nabil Stuart.
Not tied to any time or place, Hard Places explores what happens when families and
communities are shattered by the imposition of a border.
Wed 7
6 pm & 9 pm
Ekjute's
Hindustani
Writer: Javed Siddiqi Director: Nadira Zaheer Babbar
Cast: Anup Soni, Juhi Babbar Soni, Nadira Zaheer Babbar
Through a legendary classical singer’s narration of her life, the play reflects the
changing face of India from its pre-independence days to its current state.
Thu 8
11 am
T.Pot Productions'
ZINGA ZINGA ROSES (*)
English/
Hindi
Writer & Director: Trishla Patel Cast: Ashok Deb, Gagan Riar, Sukant Goel & others
24 hours..The clock is ticking.. Can Zinga save his planet with the help of a rose?
Thu 8
6 pm & 9 pm
T.Pot Productions & Aarambh Productions'
Hindi
Writer: Purva Naresh, Vijay Naresh Director: Gopal Datt and Purva Naresh
Cast: Trishla Patel, Ahlam Khan Karachiwala, Pritika Chawla & others
A quaint neighbourhood, a lovable lafanga , an endearing fool , two dominating
women singers and a love story.
Fri 9
6 pm & 9 pm
Chhoti Productions'
English/Hindi
Writer: Nandita Das and Divya Jagdale Director: Nandita Das Cast: Nandita Das,
Subodh Maskara
A lawyer couple, married for 10 years, end up arguing on opposite sides of a criminal
trial, blurring their personal and professional lives.
Sat 10
11 am
Aasakta Kalamanch, Pune's
Hindi
Writer: Duncan Wells Director: Mohit Takalkar Cast: Alok Rajwade, Mrinmayee
Godbole, Parna Pethe & others
Ira’s childhoods invisible friend, Manu, crawls out from beneath Ira's bed, wanting
to know why she stopped believing, after all they had been through.
Sat 10
6 pm & 9 pm
Arpana's
Gujarati
Writer: Mihir Bhuta Director: Sunil Shanbag Cast: Meenal Patel, Utkarsh Mazumdar,
Manasi Parekh & others
Live music, dance and drama in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Alls Well That
Ends Well’ – applauded at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London.
Sun 11
11 am
ACOUSTIC SUNDAY JAM (Supported by Furtados)
Sun 11
6 pm & 9 pm
Aasakta Kalamanch, Pune's
TICHEE 17 PRAKARNE
Marathi/Hindi/
English/Gujarati
Writer: Martin Crimp Director: Alok Rajwade, Nipun Dharmadhikari, Sarang Sathaye &
Varun Narvekar Cast: Abhay Mahajan, Amey Wagh, Anita Date & others
The piece, appearing to be simple, comments by making sharp, deep cuts into the
current socio political chaos that forms our day to day reality.
Mon 12
11 am
Cinematograph and The Company Theatre's
English/Gibberish
Based on: Shakespeare’s King Lear Director: Rajat Kapoor Cast: Vinay Pathak
This clown hasn’t stopped crying in days. And now- he is being forced to perform
this silly play about a king and his three daughters.
Mon 12
6 pm & 9 pm
The Company Theatre's
Hindi
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Atul Kumar Cast: Geetanjali Kulkarni, Neha
Saraf, Mansi Multani & others
Musical interludes and riotous disorder, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night has all the drama; this
Hindi version of the play opened to a sensational response at the Globe Theatre in London.
Tue 13
5 pm & 8 pm
Ansh's
Hindi
Writer & Director: Makrand Deshpande Cast: Makrand Deshpande, Aahana Kumra,
Sanjay Dadhich & others
In an unfelt, untold story of a professor and his students, after they have graduated
- a play between memory and reality begins.
Wed 14
5 pm & 8 pm
Yatri's
Hindi
Writer: Dr. Kusum Kumar Director: Om Katare Cast: Om Katare, Ashok Sharma,
Sukant Goel/Pratik Pendharkar & others
An amateurish Ramleela at a village, becomes chaotic with untrained members of the
society enacting characters from Ramayana and finally turns out to be a true Raavanleela.
Tue 15
11 am
Gillo Theatre Repertory's
Hindi
Based On: Mahashweta Devi's writings Writer & Director: Shaili Sathyu Cast:
Sharvari Deshpande, Hetal Varia, Vinati Makijany & others
'A journey through the magical world of questions' Inspired by Mahashweta Devi's well-known
picture story book 'Why-Why Girl', this play celebrates the innocent curiosity of children.
Tue 15
5 pm
IPTA Mumbai's
Hindi
Writer: Safdar Hashmi & Habib Tanvir Director: M S Sathyu Cast: Aanjjan
Srivastav, Akhilendra Mishra, Nivedita Baunthiyal & others
A choir and artistes weave together a dramatic farce on today’s political scene. A
hilarious, entertaining, yet, thought provoking play.
Tue 15
9:30 pm
IPTA Mumbai's
Urdu
Writer: Javed Akhtar Director: Ramesh Talwar Cast: Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar
A celebration of Urdu poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi's life and works seen through the
eyes of his wife, noted theatre and film actress, Shaukat Kaifi.
Fri 16
11 am
Akvarious Productions'
English
Writer: J M Barrie Director: Hidaayat Sami Cast: Kumud Mishra, Faezeh Jalali,
Kashin Shetty & others
Meet Peter and Wendy and the Darling children, fly with them to Neverland, and join
forces with the Lost Boys in their fight against the evil Captain Hook!
Fri 16
6 pm & 9 pm
Akvarious Productions'
English
Writer: Ayub Khan-Din Director: Tahira Nath and Akarsh Khurana Cast: Ahlam khan
Karachiwala, Adhaar Khurana, Akarsh Khurana & others
Floundering fathers, meddlesome mothers, sleepless sons and a beautiful virgin bride. A
comic tale of close-knit Indian families living abroad by the writer of East is East. Sat 17
11 am
Le Cheyim Productions'
English
Writer: Siddharth Kumar Director: Sananda Mukhopadhyaya
Sat 17
6 pm & 9 pm
All My Tea Productions & Clustal Z Theatre Repertoire's
English
Writer: Mike Bartlett Director: Manish Gandhi Cast: Prabal Panjabi, Asmita Bakshi,
Shaun Williams & Manish Gandhi
Sun 18
11 am
Sun 18
3:30, 6 & 8:30 pm
ACOUSTIC SUNDAY JAM (Supported by Furtados)
CARNIVAL
Tue 20
9 pm
OK, TATA, BYE BYE (A)
HARD PLACES (A)
BEGUM JAAN
AAJ RANG HAI
BETWEEN THE LINES
BED KE NEECHE RAHNEWAALI (*)
MARO PIYU GAYO RANGOON
(ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL)
Taufiq Qureshi - Percussion, Mumbai Stamp & Folk Singers - Percussion/Vocal,
Sanjay Divecha - Acoustic Guitar, Geetika Varde - Vocal, Sonia Parchure - Dance, Sarang Kulkarni - Sarod
SURYA
Wed 21
Thu 22
Fri 23
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Writer: Lee Blessing Director: Ratna Pathak Shah Cast: Rajit Kapur,
Naseeruddin Shah
NOTHING LIKE LEAR
PIYA BEHROOPIYA (TWELFTH NIGHT)
SIR SIR SARLA
RAAVANLEELA
KYUN KYUN LADKI (*)
MOTERAM
KAIFI AUR MEIN
PETER PAN (*)
RAFTA RAFTA
IN THE CAT HOUSE (*)
COCK (A)
A strange magical cat creeps into a boy's room every night but isn’t friendly. Once he
figures out its soft spot, there's no telling what magic awaits him!
When John and his boyfriend take a break, the last thing he expects is to meet the
woman of his dreams. He has a big choice to make. Niladri Kumar - Sitar, Louis Banks - Piano, Gino Banks - Drums, Aditya Kalyanpur - Tabla
Hindi/English/
Marathi/Gujarati
Alyque Padamsee & Sruti Mishra, Anita Salim, Bhamini Oza Gandhi, D Santosh & Manisha Shevade, Danish Hussain & Mehmood Farooqui, Darshan Jariwala, Dharmendhra Gohil,
Faizal Rashid, Hemant Hazare, Ila Arun & KK Raina, Ira Dubey, Jaimini Pathak, Joy Fernandes, Lubna Salim, Makrand Deshpande, Maneesh Verma, Mansi Parikh Gohil, Nadira
Babbar, Naseerudin Shah, Om Katare, Pradeep Vengulekar & Manshi Joshi, Pratik Gandhi, Purva Naresh & Gopal Dutt Tiwari & Sariika Singh, Shiv Subhramaniyam, Sudhir Pandey
Just Imagine Productions & Sathya Saran's
Writer: Siddharth Kumar Director: Saattvic Cast: Saattvic, Pooja Ruparel and others
Abrar Alvi remembers his time spent with one of India’s most iconoclastic film makers.
6 pm & 9 pm
TEN YEARS WITH GURU DUTT: BRAR ALVI'S JOURNEY
English/Hindi
9 pm
Idea Unlimited's
Gujarati
Writer: Vinit Shukla Director: Manoj Shah Cast: Dharmendra Gohil,
Dayashankar Pandey, Aishwarya Mehta & others
Mareez was a writer of the most beautiful gahazals, lover of alcohol, a man who
courts any muse visible to him, man reduced to selling any muse visible to him, a man
reduced to selling his poetry to a businessmen who passes it off as their own.
MAREEZ
9 pm
Idea Unlimited's
Gujarati
Writer: Dhanvant Shah Director: Manoj Shah Cast: Ashok Parmar, Jay Upadhyay,
Nimesh Dave & others
Apurav khela is the biopic of avdhoot Anandghanji, based on the spoken history of this
poet who dwelled in the forests of Rajasthan in the latter half of the seventeenth century.
Chhoti Productions'
English/Hindi
Writer: Nandita Das and Divya Jagdale Director: Nandita Das Cast: Nandita Das,
Subodh Maskara
A lawyer couple, married for 10 years, end up arguing on opposite sides of a
criminal trial, blurring their personal and professional lives.
APURAV KHELA
Sat 24
6 pm & 9 pm
Sun 25
6 pm & 9 pm
Tue 27
Wed 28
9 pm
9 pm
Quaff Theatre's
English
Writer: Irawati Karnik Director: Nayantara Kotian Cast: Abir Abrar, Tariq Vasudeva,
Siddhant Karnick & others
There is an urge to create; a need to survive; and then there is television!
Thu 29
Fri 30
9 pm
9 pm
Ranga Theatre's
Hindi
Conceived & Director: Kulvinder Bakshish Cast: Bijon Mondal, Mridul Sharma,
Kulvinder Bakshish
The play revolves around Karna, a great character from Mahabharata. It expresses
conflicts, aspects and values of humanity.
BETWEEN THE LINES
SATELLITE CITY
KARNA - THE GENEROUS WARRIOR
CARNIVAL 1 - SUN 18 NOV | 3:30 pm
(performers in alphabetical order)
D Santosh & Manisha Shevade
Faisal Rashid
Gagan Riar
Ira Dubey
Maneesh Verma
Mansi Parikh Gohil
Nivedita Pohankar & Ananda Karekar
Shiv Subhramaniyam
Team Ekjute
Utkarsh Mazumdar
CARNIVAL 2 - SUN 18 NOV | 6 pm
Anita Salim
Benjamin Gilani
Hemant Hazare
Ipta
Joy Fernandes
Makhrand Deshpande
Naseeruddin Shah, Heeba Shah
& Vivaan Shah
Pratik Gandhi
Purva Naresh & Gopal Dutt Tiwari &
Sariika Singh
Rajesh Singh & Rana Pratap Senger
Marathi
Hindi
Hindi/English
English
Hindi
Gujarati
Hindi
Hindi
Hindi
English
English
English
Marathi
Hindi
English
Hindi
English
Gujarati
Hindi
Urdu
CARNIVAL 3 - SUN 18 NOV | 8:30 pm
Alyque Padamsee & Sruti Mishra
English
Darshan Jariwala Gujarati
Dharmendhra Gohil, Bhamini Oza Gandhi, Gujarati/
Pradeep Vengulekar & Manshi Joshi
Gibberish
Ila Arun & K K Raina
Hindi
Jaimini Pathak
English
Hindustani
Lubna Salim
Nadira Babbar
Hindi
Om Katare
Hindi
SCREENINGS - MON 12 NOV | 7 pm
Alliance Française de Bombay presents
BLANCHE-NEIGE
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Music: Gustav Mahler
Direction: Olivier Assayas
The choreographer composes an enchanting show, a
great contemporary and modern ballet to discover - and
a fairy tale (Snow-White), to rediscover.
SCREENINGS - THU 15 NOV | 7 pm
Alliance Française de Bombay presents
ELDORADO
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Music: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Direction: Olivier Assayas
It highlights the echoes between partition and
movements, birth of collisions and fighting, and
exchanges the way gesture becomes extension of sound,
and goes as far as abstraction.
SCREENINGS - SAT 17 NOV | 4 PM & 7 pm
British Council presents
DIGITAL THEATRE'S LOVESONG
ONLY screening in India on a big screen
Writer: Abi Morgan
Direction & Choreography: Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Frantic Assembly and Drum Theatre Plymouth in association with Chichester Festival Theatre.
Lovesong intertwines a couple in their 20s with the same
man and woman a lifetime later causing their past and
present selves to collide in this haunting and beautiful
tale of togetherness.
Notes
P* Premier show
• (A) Adults only (over 18 years).
• NO LATE ADMITTANCE.
• No refund or exchange of tickets.
• Regular shows - children below 6 years not allowed.
• (*) Children's plays - children below 3 years not allowed.
• NO PARKING INSIDE JANKI KUTIR.
• PAY & PARK OPP MAHESH LUNCH HOME.
• This program is subject to change.
• Box Office timings 1 pm - 9 pm.
Home Delivery: 3989 5050
Online booking:
www.bookmyshow.com
www.prithvitheatre.org
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All this
and more
at Prithvi
through
November...
Partners@Prithvi
month. Entry free,
November Every
except theatre shows.
PEN@Prithvi
Chai & Why?
[2nd Sat]
[1st Sun]
Literary encounters
NO PEN@PRITHVI THIS MONTH
Vikalp@Prithvi
[Last Mon]
Documentaries and short film screenings
Mon 26 | 7 pm | Prithvi House
THE RAT RACE
by Miriam Chandy Menacherry
VERTICAL CITY
by Avijit Mukul Kishore
The Rat Race, winds its way through the grimy underbelly of Mumbai, through
dimly lit alleys, crowded markets and overflowing garbage bins, to tell the story
of the city’s rat killers. 2000 young men compete in tests of speed, strength
and accuracy to land one of the 30 job openings for night rat killers in India’s
commercial capital. Through their tales of love, sacrifice and survival one glimpses
the human face of development, amidst the rough and tumble of a rapidly
changing metropolis.
Vertical City lets the viewer experience the living conditions of places hidden
away in a 21st century metropolis. In a far suburb of Mumbai, residents from
slums are moved into high-rise apartment complexes with the promise of a better
life. While these complexes are built allegedly to house the poor, they have been seen
as moves to free prime slum land for commercial development. The complexes soon
degenerate into places worse than slums.
The screenings will be followed by Q&A with the directors.
For details, visit www.tinyurl.com/Vikalp-Prithvi
Caferati
[4th Tue]
Open-mic @ Prithvi Café
Tue 27 | 7 pm | Prithvi Café
You are invited to recite, declaim, sing, dance, perform in any way you like 2 minutes
of your own work. Sign up at the Prithvi Café at least 30 minutes before start time
to be eligible.
Thespo@Prithvi
[First Tue & Wed]
Theatre by youth (Tickets Rs 100)
NO THESPO@PRITHVI THIS MONTH
TIFR creates accessible discussions of
interesting scientific issues
Sun 4 | 11 am | Prithvi Theatre
MIRAGES IN THE COSMOS: TOOLS TO PROBE UNSEEN
MATTER
by D Narasimha, TIFR
Only 4% of the matter in the Universe is in a form that we are familiar with –
protons, electrons etc. Of this, less than one third is observable in form of stars,
galaxies and clusters of galaxies. A famous prediction of General Relativity, the
bending of light by gravity, provides a direct method of studying the unseen matter
through multiple images and giant arcs. Come find out about the phenomena of
Gravitational Lensing!
About the Speaker :
D. Narasimha is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research working on Gravitational lensing and Magnetic
fields at very large scales.
Alliance Française@Prithvi
[3rd Wed]
Rendez-vous avec le cinéma français
Wed 21 | 7 pm | Prithvi House
UN FIL À LA PATTE (CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS)
by Georges Lavaudant
Following hot on the heels of Labiche and his An Italian Straw Hat, Georges Lavaudant
takes on Feydeau, the other leading comic figure of the French repertoire. This film of
his production of Un Fil à la Patte with actors from the Théâtre de l’Odéon penetrates
through the fun and games to focus on how the director interpreted and handled the
famous “mechanism” characteristic of Feydeau’s language.
As Lavaudant says himself, he took a naïve and refreshing dive into feydeau’s writing, going
with the flow of the extraordinary efficiency of a language that zips along faster than the
situations and actors, faster than thought, taking off virtually into its own universe.
A language that produces side-splitting laughter with a staggering sense of the
unexpected. We see this unstoppable mechanism unfurl in front of our eyes with its
precision, poetry and tense undertones as it throws lovers, mistresses and cuckolds
into a dizzy whirlpool of strategy, treachery and misunderstandings, traps, twists and
turns in perpetual, seemingly never ending motion.
Mehfil@Prithvi
[2nd Tue]
Discover and celebrate the beauty and cultural history of Urdu – through
casual conversations and discussions in an informal gathering, - with chai.
NO MEHFIL@PRITHVI THIS MONTH
FREE unless mentioned otherwise.
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