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Today's Topics:

   1. Screening of Pather Chujaeri (Ranita Chatterjee)

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Message: 1
From: Ranita Chatterjee <ranita at sarai.net>
To: announcements at sarai.net
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 13:38:59 +0530
Subject: [Announcements] Screening of Pather Chujaeri


Screening of Pather Chujaeri / The Play is on...
on 25th May, 7pm, at India Habitat Centre


ORIGINAL TITLE:  PATHER CHUJAERI
English Title: THE PLAY IS ON ....
Language: HINDI and KASHMIRI (subtitled in English)
DURATION:  44 mts

Previous screenings:
BERLIN, MUMBAI, BUSAN, KATHMANDU, AMASCULTURA, 
BRONZE REMI at HOUSTON

DIRECTOR: PANKAJ RISHI KUMAR
PRODUCER:  RAJEEV MEHROTRA
		c/o PSBT 

SYNOPSIS : How does art survive in a regime of fear? I
first  encountered this question in 1999, while taking
 photographs of Kashmir during that mindless war with 
Pakistan. That summer, I established contact with the 
National Bhand Theatre, Wathora, and the Bhagat.
Theatre, Akingam, two groups that were still 
performing in the traditional pather form of satire. I
 returned twice in 2001, now armed with a camera.

I was encouraged by what I found: an illiterate 
community has sustained a centuries-old tradition in 
the face of debilitating social and cultural changes. 
Although perenially intimidated by the corruption, 
violence and intolerance that prevail in Kashmir, the 
bhands are still affirming a commitment to their 
theatre, to the critical potential of its form and the
 liberating joys of performance. Faith in Sufism has 
tempered their enthusiam for satire and they identify 
with the collective voices of Kashmir's freedom.
The Play is on.... follows the two groups as they 
prepare for public performances, a rare phenomenon 
today. For the bhands, who daily witness the erosion 
of their way of life, each performance represents both
 a change as well as a repetition of the same brutal 
fact: that they are not free to share their 
revolutionary spirit.

 Credits
 Director, Camera, and Editing -- Pankaj  Rishi Kumar
 Sound -- Jagan Shah and Gissy Michael

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PANKAJ RISHI KUMAR
B/103, Gokul Tower, thakur Complex, Kandivli (E),
MUMBAI 400 101         INDIA
PH: 91-22-8877585

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