Nijaswa Chitkar_performance

In the distinct style that Noutonki follows, the only object in the arena was a ‘dholak’, a drum, played by the madari’s assistant. All the situations and transitions were portrayed more through physical movements than dialogues, and some members of our audience who did not understand Bangla, later said that they had no difficulty in grasping the message. Interesting moments were created when we used the ‘open t bioscope’ (a children’s ditty) and when the protagonist is lifted bodily and carried like a corpse through the whole arena, accompanied by ‘”aao baccho tumhe dikhayein ladki hindusthan ki/ is mitti se tilak karo yeh dharti hai balidaan ki”. With numerous rhymes and songs, the play was much appreciated by our audience, and they interacted very enthusiastically over the possible solutions to this daily hazard.

Cast
Amrita
Anwesha
Arati
Gargi
Kamalika
Kamonashish
Ranu
Soumya
Soumya (Batabyal)
Suchismita
Tanushree

Percussion
Rajat


Script, Music & Direction
Abhishek

Space
UG Arts Lawn, Jadavpur University