[Reader-list] Screening of Shyam Benegal's 'Charandas Chor' at Prithvi Theatre,Prithvi Theatre Auditorium, Juhu, Bombay,Monday, May 30 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Mon May 30 14:06:27 IST 2011
Vikalp at Prithvi Presents
Charandas Chor
A Summertime Special Screening at Prithvi Theatre’s Lovely Auditorium
Charandas Chor (Charandas the Thief) is a children's film made by noted
director Shyam Benegal and produced by Children’s Film Society of India
in 1975. Starring Smita Patil, Lalu Ram and others, this film is based
on the famous play by Habib Tanvir, which itself was an adaptation of a
classical Rajasthani folktale by Vijaydan Detha.
The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas.
Curiously, he is a man of principles – an honest thief with a strong
sense of integrity and professional efficiency. He makes four vows to
his Guru, that he would never eat in a gold plate, never lead a
procession that is in his honour, never become a king and never marry a
princess, thinking all of them are far out possibilities for him.
Later, his guru adds a fifth one - never to tell a lie and sets him of
on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom, where the turn of
events makes him famous.
To know about what happens next, come watch this film at Prithvi
Theatre on Monday, May 30 at 7 pm.
Excerpt from a Hindustan Times interview with Shyam Benegal:
Way back in 1974, I was doing a series of learning programmes for
children in the Chhattisgarhi dialect with local Nacha actors from
Habib’s Naya Theatre group and other folk theatre groups of the state.
Habib was my consultant, adviser and actor. It was while we were
creating these programmes that my writer Shama Zaidi suggested that one
of the stories that I could consider was Charandas Chor for a feature
film project I was contemplating for children.
While I was working towards making Charandas as a comic farce, Habib
was planning to turn the story into a tragic play. Incidentally, the
film I made featured Smita Patil as the queen. She was the only urban
actor in the film. the rest of the cast consisted of Nacha actors
belonging to different castes and sects: Devars, Satnamis, Kabir
Panthis along with Pandvani singers and so on.
Screening Details:
On 30 May 2011 at 7 pm
At Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Bombay
Entry Free, On A First-Come-First-Seated Basis
For any queries, email vikalp.prithvi at gmail.com
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