Alone.
Am in Delhi and NSD Festival is going on. How can I miss this opportunity? Today I watched "Sangeet Ranadundubi" (Marathi). And what an experience that was!!!
About the Play:
This play was written in 1927 against the backdrop of the freedom struggle. In it King Kandarp of the Kadamba regime surrenders his kingdom as per a peace treaty with the enemy nation. However, his fiancée, Tejaswini opposes his decision. But the king's ministers and his beloved Saudamini force him to sign the treaty. When the enemy's flag is hoisted, Tejaswini protests and is arrested. The enemy King Matang Yuvraj usurps all powers and arrests King Kandarp. He is helped in this devious task by Saudamini, who ditches Kandarp for the power and position offered by Matang, but ends up getting arrested by Matang's soldiers. Matters come to a head, and finally all ends well as Kandarp, along with his loyalists, wins back kingdom by defeating Matang Yuvraj.
About my experience:
First, it was the first sangeet natak that I was watching. The songs in the play came handy when it helped moving the story ahead or supporting the moment portrayed.
The most amazing part wasn't the above. Yesterday when I searched the internet I read that the play has English subtitles. I ignored considering it as a printing mistake. However, amazingly when the play started I spotted two big LCDs at two corners of the stage which ran the English subtitles. Such a simple idea!! This could help to make any language play go national if not global.
I had only one miss during the entire experience. I missed the company of my beloved. Amrita.
