Renowned theatre artists will converge in Chandigarh for the two-day Festival of Kahani Rang Manch Ki.
Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi (CSNA) will organise a two-day festival of Kahani Rang Manch Ki on November 1 and 2 at Tagore Theatre here.
Renowned theatre artists namely Amitabh Srivastava, Suman Vaidya, Amit Saxena, Durgesh Kumar, Sanjay Singh, Prakash Jha, Durga Sharma, Gauri Dewal, Tripti Jauhari would be staging the plays.
On November 1, a collage of four stories “Aadhi Sadi” would be staged. The four stories, though set in different time zones and locales have one common thread which connects all four of them, and that is different manifestation of love. In “Ussne Kaha Tha ifit” is the childhood love which blossoms into an ideal relationship, than it is love for a piece of jewellery in “Pazeb” which effects all the relationships in a family and their neighbours, “Parda” is a story of love for one’s false prestige in financially tiring times and “Chief Ki Dawat” is about a mother’s love for her ambitious and selfish son. All these four stories drew together would be performed on November 1.
On the second day of festival, November 2, “Sampati” a story by renowned novelist and poet Rabindranath Tagore would be performed. The story revolves around Krishna Rai and Mrinmayi who get married and a life altering decision taken by her husband that sounds the death knell of Mrinmayi’s childhood and changes her forever.
A four days “National Theatre Festival 2014” in Chandigarh is also lined up in November where quality plays will be presented and renowned artists from across the country would display their theatrical skills during the festival. The festival is likely to witness a line up of renowned Bollywood celebrities performing during the four days theatre extravaganza. The National Theatre Festival will be organised by UT Department of Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with Tagore theatre society.