The playwrights and writers of the city have an opportunity to give a platform to their scripts. A Sanhita Drama Competition will be organised for which the entries have been started. The last date for submission is April 10.
To give the hidden talent a platform, the Sanhita Association, Mumbai started organising 'Samhitya Manch' drama competition from 2017 and in the first two years, many writers from whole of India were associated with them.
In the last two years, the Sanhita Association has composed 6 new Hindi plays through sanyitamchas. The year-on-year displays have earned widespread praise from across the country. Now nationwide search of Hindi dramas has reached its third year and on a large scale, once again, the Samhita Forum is being organised. Newly-written Hindi dramas are invited from every corner of the country.
The authors can send original, customized or translated Hindi drama completely. Best three Hindi plays will be selected by celebrities of prestigious senior theater, Ratna Pathak Shah, Atul Tiwari and Ranjit Kapoor.
These plays will be directed by three promising young directors of the country and will be staged in different cities of the country. The winners will be given a sum of Rs 50,000 as a reward. Not only that, this year, there is a special category for Marathi plays. But only the original Marathi plays are allowed in the competition. Theatre veteran Satish Alekar and other prestigious personalities of the theatre, Jayant Pawar and Iravati Karnik will be included in the Marathi Jury Committee.
Three reputed Hindi dramas and one Marathi drama will be published in a book compiled by The Beijing Association Theatre Group. All writers and playwright are requested to send their plays, which have not yet been displayed in any other place. Send your entries to the given email address (beingsanhita@gmail.com) or email to the Code platform. The admission letter for the competition is available on the given website (www.beingassociation.com).