Upcoming Event/Show details
Schedule
Date: 12th December 2021
Timing: 11:30 AM
Venue: Open Air Auditorium, Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurugram
Genre
Drama
Language
Hindi
Suitable For Age
18+
Length
1 hour 20 minutes
about
The presentation is a 90 min live theatre performance. The performance is based on the Hindi play ‘Ashadh Ka Ek Din ‘translated as ‘One Day of Ashadh’ written by eminent Hindi playwright Mohan Rakesh. The play is a beautiful example of the revolutionary impact the dramatist had on Indian drama and theatre after independence. The play has received the Sangeet Natak Academic Award for the best play in 1959.
The story is about the legendary Sanskrit dramatist, Kalidas. It is an adaptation of one of the best poetic dramas of Kalidas’s ‘Meghdutam’. Having history as its concrete base, the play discusses many modern issues like the conflict between traditions and modernity, the dilemma and doubts of a modern man, condition of woman, complications of the relations between a man and a woman, clash between two generations etc. Story revolves around a protagonist (Kalidas) and his dilemma drifting to and fro related to his conception of life . What derives the protagonist and his views is a character called Mallika who perceives her life unattachable from that of Kalidas . But a sudden blow of the situation makes the two asunder and makes a pitch for vacuum which even time cannot abridge .
Life is not only what we see but also involves the viewpoint, perspective and stakes of others . This is very finely captured by Mohan Rakesh in this play.
The performance is an abridged adaptation by Merry Go Round Entertainment directed by Saurav Padhi with elements of acts & storytelling.