On the concluding day of the Sanskrit Theatre Workshop being conducted at Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, the aspiring young artists presented a Sanskrit play Mrchhakatittam.
Students aspiring to learn acting and other forms of the theatre art had participated in the workshop. The workshop being organised by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi lasted for 24 days. The workshop concluded here on Thursday.
During the workshop, the young artists through theory, practical learnt application in acting skills, music and dance. While addressing the audience former chancellor of Sanskrit Sanchanalay Radha Vallabh Tripathi said, “Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performances of may be real or imagined events on stage before the audiences. Here the performers have to communicate these events through combination of gestures, speech, song, music and dance.”
There are different elements which play a vital role in theatre world on of which is stage craft, he added. Stage craft is very important as half of the act becomes understood through the kind of set is being put up, he added.
He was present as the chief guest of the programme. Further, the Principal of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Professor Azaad Mishra said, “It is a myth that to commit to something new one has to leave all the old things, but this theatre workshop has broke all the myths, changed the mind set and the outlook towards life.”
Notably, Mrchhakatikam is a love saga presented in the form of a play. Based on the love story of Charudutta and Vasantsena, the play shows an awful picture of the urge for power and for this a person can do anything. It is an Indian folk form of theatrical plays, presented in a traditional format leaving the audiences mesmerised.
Happily married and the recent father of a young son, Charudatta gets charmed with Vasantasena, a courtesan of great wealth and reputation. After a chance encounter at the temple of Rama, she has found that she loves him in return, though the matter is complicated. Various incidents that took place in their venture formed rest of the story.