In the OldTheatre Festival organised by IHC,Kharaashein was adjudged the Best Production and Alipt from the same cast was announced the Best Actor.
Death secured the first position at the JMC fest.
In the Lady Irwin College fest,Kharaashein,Tara and Gumraah won the first prize in hindi play,second prize in english play and third prize in street play respectively.
Promona Sengupta from the Tara cast and Samiya Naseer from the Gumraah casr were adjudged the best actors.
SRCC Histrionica proved to be a complete winning package for us as we walked away with the overall winners' trophy after being awarded the Best Script prize for Gumraah,1st prize in hindi stage play for Kharaashein and 2nd prize in english stage play for Tara. Promona and Alipt were awarded Best Actor prizes.
Gumraah was performed for the CRY Bal Natya Utsav and were commended for the performance.
Among the outstation fests,Kharaashein won the 1st prize in the IIT Powai fest and Death won in the NLS fest.
With so many wins in the last year,we can only strive to work even harder in this new year.and with the elections coming up soon,the year is bound to be an exciting one.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Friday, November 16, 2007
The latest...
The English stage play "Tara" secured the third position in the Rajpal Memorial Inter College English One Act Play Competiton held at St. Stephen's College on the 14th of November,2007.The host college secured the first position followed by KMC in the second position.
Kharaashein and Tara got selected for the Old Theatre Week organised by the India Habitat Centre.
Congratulations!!
Kharaashein and Tara got selected for the Old Theatre Week organised by the India Habitat Centre.
Congratulations!!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
News!!
Tarang came and rocked!
And needless to say,it brought in its entire gamut of fun and prizes...
Hearty congratulations to the cast and crew of "Death" for securing the 2nd position and Ankita for winning the Best Actor prize in Yavanika.
And also to Pearl and Akanksha,our directors for the street play for winning the best director prize in Nukkad and to the entire street play team for coming 2nd in Nukkad!
also the Hindi play Kharaashein went to MICA and came back with the best play award accompanied with the best actor prize won by Alipt
Rock on guys...we are proud of you.
With this we also extend our thanks to all the volunteers and our staff advisors without whom Tarang would have been a far fetched dream...Thank You
And needless to say,it brought in its entire gamut of fun and prizes...
Hearty congratulations to the cast and crew of "Death" for securing the 2nd position and Ankita for winning the Best Actor prize in Yavanika.
And also to Pearl and Akanksha,our directors for the street play for winning the best director prize in Nukkad and to the entire street play team for coming 2nd in Nukkad!
also the Hindi play Kharaashein went to MICA and came back with the best play award accompanied with the best actor prize won by Alipt
Rock on guys...we are proud of you.
With this we also extend our thanks to all the volunteers and our staff advisors without whom Tarang would have been a far fetched dream...Thank You
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
PUBLIC PRODUCTION
The play being staged for this year's public production is "Final Solutions" by Mahesh Dattani.
It has a powerful contemporary resonance as it addresses as issue of utmost concern to our society, i.e. the issue of communalism. The play presents different shades of the communalist attitude prevalent among Hindus and Muslims in its attempt to underline the stereotypes and clichés influencing the collective sensibility of one community against another.
What distinguishes this work from other plays written on the subject is that it is neither sentimental in its appeal nor simplified in its approach. It advances the objective candour or a social scientist while presenting a mosaic of diverse attitudes towards religious identity that often plunges the country into inhuman strife. Yet the issue is not moralised, as the demons of communal hatred are located not out on the street but deep within us.
The play moves from the partition to the present day communal riots. It probes into the religious bigotry by examining the attitudes of three generations of a middle-class Gujrati business family, Hardika, the grandmother, is obsessed with her father's murder during the partition turmoil and the betrayal by a Muslim friend, Zarine. Her son, Ramnik Gandhi, is haunted by the knowledge his fortunes were founded on a shop of Zarine's father, which was burnt down by his kinsmen.
Hardika's daughter-in-law, Aruna, lives by the strict code of the Hindu Samskar and the granddaughter, Smita, cannot allow herself a relationship with a Muslim boy. The pulls and counter-pulls of the family are exposed when two Muslim boys, Babban and Javed, seek shelter in their house on being chased by a baying Hindu mob. Babban is a moderate while Javed is an aggressive youth. After a nightlong exchange of judgements and retorts between the characters, tolerance and forgetfulness emerge as the only possible solution of the crisis. Thus, the play becomes a timely reminder of the conflicts raging not only in India but in other parts of the world.
It is being staged in the LSR auditorium on the 21st and 22nd of November,2007.The timings and the pass details will be put up shortly.
It has a powerful contemporary resonance as it addresses as issue of utmost concern to our society, i.e. the issue of communalism. The play presents different shades of the communalist attitude prevalent among Hindus and Muslims in its attempt to underline the stereotypes and clichés influencing the collective sensibility of one community against another.
What distinguishes this work from other plays written on the subject is that it is neither sentimental in its appeal nor simplified in its approach. It advances the objective candour or a social scientist while presenting a mosaic of diverse attitudes towards religious identity that often plunges the country into inhuman strife. Yet the issue is not moralised, as the demons of communal hatred are located not out on the street but deep within us.
The play moves from the partition to the present day communal riots. It probes into the religious bigotry by examining the attitudes of three generations of a middle-class Gujrati business family, Hardika, the grandmother, is obsessed with her father's murder during the partition turmoil and the betrayal by a Muslim friend, Zarine. Her son, Ramnik Gandhi, is haunted by the knowledge his fortunes were founded on a shop of Zarine's father, which was burnt down by his kinsmen.
Hardika's daughter-in-law, Aruna, lives by the strict code of the Hindu Samskar and the granddaughter, Smita, cannot allow herself a relationship with a Muslim boy. The pulls and counter-pulls of the family are exposed when two Muslim boys, Babban and Javed, seek shelter in their house on being chased by a baying Hindu mob. Babban is a moderate while Javed is an aggressive youth. After a nightlong exchange of judgements and retorts between the characters, tolerance and forgetfulness emerge as the only possible solution of the crisis. Thus, the play becomes a timely reminder of the conflicts raging not only in India but in other parts of the world.
It is being staged in the LSR auditorium on the 21st and 22nd of November,2007.The timings and the pass details will be put up shortly.
the latest news
Like every year LSR is hosting its annual fest "Tarang" and needless to say,the Dramsoc is an active part.
The two events being organised by our society are:
Yavanika-the inter college bi-lingual stage play competition.it is being held on the 2nd November,2007 from 1 pm to 7 pm,in the college auditorium.
Nukkad-the inter college street play competition,which is being held on 3rd November,2007.the timings for this event is 9 am to 2 pm,the venue being the back lawns.
All the best to all the participating teams...
Be there to cheer your teams.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
PRIZES GALORE!!
After the hard work,here's the compensation...PRIZES!!!
hearty congratulations too all of you who have made Dramsoc proud!
Keep up the good work...
Kharaashein won the 2nd prize in Rendezvous,07-the IIT,Delhi fest and the 1st prize at Vardhman Mahavir Safdarjung College where Alipt Sandhu won the Best Actor prize!
Nitya Pant bagged the Best Actor award in the NII fest.
Himani won the Best Actor prize in Oasis,07-the BITS Pilani fest where Manuja Tyagi was awarded the Best Director prize for Kharaashein
hearty congratulations too all of you who have made Dramsoc proud!
Keep up the good work...
Kharaashein won the 2nd prize in Rendezvous,07-the IIT,Delhi fest and the 1st prize at Vardhman Mahavir Safdarjung College where Alipt Sandhu won the Best Actor prize!
Nitya Pant bagged the Best Actor award in the NII fest.
Himani won the Best Actor prize in Oasis,07-the BITS Pilani fest where Manuja Tyagi was awarded the Best Director prize for Kharaashein
ANNUAL PRODUCTION:FIRST ENGLISH STAGE PLAY
Mahesh Dattani's Play "Tara" is being staged as the first english stage play this year.It is a performance which offers more than the average play. A story revolving around Indian society’s gender preferences, it unravels the tale of conjoined twins, a brother and sister, who learn later on in life how their mother and grandfather manipulated their separation to favour the boy. However, Dattani reveals more than just these characters’ story for Tara is an examination of much more than just one Indian family. It is an examination of a world that is known to favour men and frown upon those who are different.
CAST
Parigya Sharma
Promona Sengupta
Vasudha Zutshi
Reema Behl
Jayati Somani
Coral Jain
Nitya Pant
DIRECTORS
Sheetal Jerath
Nandita Dubey
PRODUCTION
Jeevika Shiv
Rithika Nair
Ishita Anand
Aditi Bajpayee
Heena Khan
Ashna Kishore
CAST
Parigya Sharma
Promona Sengupta
Vasudha Zutshi
Reema Behl
Jayati Somani
Coral Jain
Nitya Pant
DIRECTORS
Sheetal Jerath
Nandita Dubey
PRODUCTION
Jeevika Shiv
Rithika Nair
Ishita Anand
Aditi Bajpayee
Heena Khan
Ashna Kishore
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