Theatre Beyond Words

Theatre always fascinates me… den whatever the reason may be… d story, d plot, lights everything… watching a movie sometimes definitely makes me happy… but d experience of watching d plays is beyond everything…

But acting = theatre, was a simple concept in my mind since childhood… but I had to revise my concepts after I attended “ Theatre Beyond Words” a different kind of theatre festival organized beautifully by Mr। Amol Palekar & Sandhya Gokhale last year… This festival revolved around the theme of “Theatre beyond words”, featuring theatrical expressions that might manifest through mime, dance, puppetry and movement. It has been said for hundreds of years now, that theatre has a language that goes beyond the spoken word, and it is this area that Mr.Palekar focused on for this festival.

It was extremely heart throbbing experience to watch legendary mime artiste Irshad Panjatan performing ‘Walk of Life’। Pantajan, 77 years old were performing after almost 15 years but what a performance!! It was dream come true to lively enjoy and witness a pantomime by this legendary artiste. He performed for almost 45 mins n der was pin drop silence in d audience, which was ought to happen… it was as if a hour long trip to heaven…. He presented d life journey n left audience mouth awaked to see his energy… d performance ended. But no 1 was ready to accept it again silence for 2 mins…. N den huge round of applause which lasted for almost 10 mins & had to end with standing ovation….

Den came the play ‘C for Clown’ directed by Rajat Kapoor and starring well-known actors Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey। One can readily guess what the play would be on but the different thing was dey make people laugh n sit firm to der chair for 120 mins for d play which was made in gibberish. Den came Aparna Sindoor’s ‘Flowering tree’ in Kannada language, director Veenapani Chawla's ‘A Hare and A Tortoise’ of Adishakti’s using leather puppets, music and mime and Rajat Kapoor’s Hamlet the Clown Prince’

D experience was truly beyond words…………