[Reader-list] National School Of Drama Repertory Company presents Hamara Shahar Us Baras

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National School Of Drama Repertory Company






Presents 




















HamaraShahar Us Baras
Based on a novel by Geetanjalishree
Directed by Kirti Jain
 
"HamaraShahar Us Baras deals with changing relationships in the background ofsectarian clashes where people’s religious, intellectual and political beliefcame into question."
 
Theperformances are scheduled from 27th September 2011 to 2nd October 2011 at 6.30 PM with additional performances on 1st & 2nd October 2011 at 3.00 PM at Abhimanch auditorium, Bahawalpur House, Bhagwandas Lane off Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi.
 

Ticketsof Rs. 100/-, 50/-, 30/- & 10/-. Advance booking from 24th September 2011 onwards from 11.00 am. -1.00 pm. and 2.00 pm. -4.00 pm at the Repertory Company on all days. Tickets also available an hour before the show, at the venue.
 
Childrenbelow 8 years will not be allowed. Tape recorders, mobiles, cameras, andhandbags are not permitted in the auditorium. For more information pleasecontact 23383420, 23387290.

 
About the Play 


Hamara Shehar Us Baras is a play set against the onslaught of communal discord in the life of a city and the ensuing displacement of established beliefs,positions and relationships. Daddu and his son Sharad have a couple,Hanif and Shruti, as their tenants for some years.Hanif and Sharad are colleagues in the history department of the University and Shruti is a writer.Subtle yet persistent changes in the lives of Hanif,Shruti and Sharad reflect larger changes around them:the freshly resurgent matth,the city streets and the apparent changes in attidues of the people in the department.Their close camaraderie is put to the test by the fact that they belong to different religious communities.Hanif's pain and struggle to refuse being branded only as a representative of his community is compounded by Sharad and Shruti's constant persuasion,over-protection and even guilt,of belonging to the majority.Against their torturous search for identity and historiography is Daddu representing the wisdom and tolerance of a brand of secularism that both celebrates and believes in difference.The outside, replete with sectarian violence,extremist religious & majority assertions and increasing marginalization of the minorities,impinges upon the inside.As each one resists self-definition through religious identity,unaware of the deep rooted biases and predispositions that come to the fore,they find themselves increasingly isolated and misunderstood.The events,both inside and outside,are narrated by the sutradhaar/writer who is both the witness to as well as a participant in the happenings that affect the lives of the protagonists.