The youngsters of the city aspiring to enter the world of theatres and the theatre personalities who want to enhance their talent are being trained by a noted theatre personality and former director at National School of Drama (NSD) Devendra Raj Ankur.
A workshop is being organised for the Bhopalites at Mayaram Surjan Bhavan. Organised by a renowned theatre group of the city ‘Hum Theatre Group’ the workshop began on September 2 and would conclude here on Saturday.
Devendra Raj Ankur is a name that every theatre student and every lover of theatre is familiar with. Former Director of National School of Drama, Devendra Raj Ankur of several acts has been a teacher, director, a critic, a playwright and an actor par-excellence.
Having created a completely new genre of Modern Indian Theatre called Kahani Ka Rangmanch, he has penned over 400 stories and novels in all Indian languages. He feels that there is nothing in this world better than the thrill of performing live.
He was here in the city of lakes to teach this incredible art to the theatre lovers. Devendra further feels that a story should be treated the way it is written and should be presented before the audience in the same way.
His depth of knowledge and breadth of vision is simply immense. His rich baritone voice reverberate the room when he speaks of his unconditional love for theatre.
While talking to The Pioneer, Director of Hum Theatre Group and organiser of the workshop Balendra Singh said, “We have organised this workshop for the students to understand the depth and meaning of the story.”
Elaborating further, he said, “Mostly people try to present the stories in form of a drama by adding dramatical effects in it and through this workshop the participants learnt how to present the story as it is, without stage properties and without any props.”
As many as 25 people have participated in the workshop. Singh further informed that a story recital of four stories was also held during the workshop out of which lekhak Banane Wala by Santosh Choubey would be staged before the theatre lovers of the city in October. Further, theatre artists like Ravindra Kaushik, Vikrant Bhatt, Khushboo Chobitkar, Deepak Roy and Sachin Samiya also participated in the workshop.