Last Sunday evening was spent
with a close friend with theatre again..had gone to see a play, Salt & Pepper, directed by Vikranth
Pawar . The cast included Darshan Jariwala, Mandira Bedi, Vikram Kochhar and
Kuki Grewal. The play comprised of 10-11 random acts from day-to-day life and
ran for about 2 hours in total. Few of the acts were very well directed, with
excellent dialogues - which challenges the way you perceive life and makes you
think again about the stand you take. A few were humorous and funny, but the rest were just very commonplace..or it
may have been the case that I could not relate to them much.
One has to accept that Darshan
Jariwala is really brilliant on stage..a real theatre guy..he was very much
into the role and his dialogue delivery seemed spontaneous and flawless. Vikram
did not have such complex roles as Jariwala but still managed to do well. Mandira
was just about average, ( she is better with the words than with expressions), and Kuki, ..well, she was just not fit for the
stage. She seemed to be lapping up audience attention more than the play
itself. Had dialogues not been there, her acting would have really changed the
message of the play to God knows what.
The play depicted intra
relationship dynamics in various stages of life between people from diverse backgrounds..representing
both the male and female perspectives. As I had just been through a very
depressing week, and was still not really out of it, dialogues made more sense
than what they normally would have..Life travelled intermittently between
transience and constancy, between despair and promise..sometimes it seemed
brittle but changed form to something more resilient by intervals..Believe it or not, I could see
through the roles, the dialogues, the masks..they spoke of my life and perhaps,
of others as well.
Life has taken sharp twists and turns
of late and wants to test me again. I want to yell “C’mon, I am ready!..” as
usual, but strangely find my voice feeble this time, breaking away....I ponder
as I write; O life, I am down, but I accept whatever you throw at me with
respect..Didn’t I love challenges!..I am not sure of winning this time, but I
will fight back..and I promise to fight back righteously.
Hey Krishna !..Are you listening
?.. Time you come..
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