[Reader-list] North East Children's Theater Festival, 6-13th Sept 2011, Kolkatta /Jashn-e-Zabaan: A Celebration of Language and Expressions, SSS-I Auditorium, JNU, New Delhi

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NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA 
WITH 
SHISHU KISHORAKEDEMY KOLKATTA 


IS PRESENTING 



A 8 DAYS NORTH EAST CHILDREN'S THEATRE FESTIVAL 


AT MINERVA THEATR,PURBSHREE, RAMGOPAL MANCH AND SHARATSADAN IN THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE


FROM16TH SEPTEMEBER TO13SEPTEEMBER AT 6PM DAILY. 
ALL ARE WELCOME.
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For more Information contact: 
Mr.Pankaj Kumar Saxena 
Co-ordinator-Children's Theater
 Email: mr.theatre at rediffmail.com 
Phone:011-23382821
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Jashn-e-Zabaan: A Celebration of Language and Expressions, SSS-I Auditorium, JNU, New Delhi
Friday, September 2 at 6:00pm - September 4 at 9:00pm





A three day theatrical festival of story-telling (Dastangoi), play (Gandhi Park) and poetry recitation (Chand Roz aur Meri Jaan) 




It’s been sometime since the elegance and charm of one of the most beautiful languages, Urdu has been the cause for a literary or cultural festival in our campus.Recently, the language has been witnessing a sort of revival across the nation as different cultural groups and devoted artists are taking it up as their medium to get their messages across, while weaving the aesthetical pleasure of its delicate beauty into their works of art. We, the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University propose to organize a three-day long Urdu theatre festival in campus, from the 2nd till the 4th of September, 2011, in order to be a part of this revival of Urdu as an attractive language with a wide appeal across the nation and the world.




Keeping in mind the popularity of theatre as a medium of communication in the contemporary times, we choose theatre as the orientation through which we propose to celebrate the beauty and appeal of the language. Thus we came up with the idea of a theatre festival, which we believe, be named ‘Jashn-e-Zabaan’ – a celebration of language and expressions. 




The proposal for the events is as follows: 


Dastangoi:



On the 2nd of September, we shall have Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain and/or their team to sweep the crowd into the enticing magic of the performance of poetry in
Dastangoi. Dastangoi is an ancient form of story-telling that originated from Persia and was lost after the advent of the British rule in India. Very  recently, Mahmood Farooqui
and Danish Hussain revived this fascinating art form of oraldramatic- narration and they are enchanting the nation with these captivating tales.








Gandhi Park:




On the 3rd of September we will present an adaptation of a play written by Manav Kaul. Translated by Ghufran Raghib and directed and adapted by Tarique Hameed, Gandhi Park is a play that explores the issue of eventual displacement of human beings due to socio-economic, sociopolitical and cultural reasons, the issue of identity and the sense of belonging. The play also takes a dig at the normative rules that people adhere to in order to get accepted by the society and often forget to reflect upon their consciousness. Performed previously in campus, this play was popularly received because of its meaningful message of harmony despite differences.







Chand Roz aur Meri Jaan:





One of the most powerful actresses on the Indian stage, Salima Raza along with the powerful presence of Danish Iqbal, will cast a spell on the crowd with beautiful poetry and magical music weaved into the performance of reciting letters exchanged between Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his wife, on the 4th of September. Entitled ‘Chand Roz aur Meri Jaan’, Salima Raza and Danish Iqbal will breathe life into this prose and poetry and will mesmerize the audience with the magic of their performance.