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““A window - it’s more entertaining than TV. Just ask a cat looking out, or a man looking in on a life he desires.” Jarod Kintz,
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Khidkiyaan Theatre Festival; over 5 days, is an opportunity for theater lovers to join us in peeping through ‘Khidkiyaan’ to celebrate the moods of the stage. The festival will be showcasing 5 stage productions at this effective platform. Experienced directors and actors associated with the National School of Drama will be bringing their art to the stage. Activities and sessions around literature, theater and food will add more to look forward to. Everyone is invited to take a peek through ‘Khidkiyaan’. ‘Khidkiyaan’ is presented by Mukesh Chhabra Casting Co. MCCC was founded by Mr. Mukesh Chhabra, who is very much, a child of the stage. He was an enthusiastic participant in many productions in any given capacity of theater and has directed over 50 plays and has acted in about a 100 productions. Taking from the mutual love of theater; the founder and the team at Mukesh Chhabra Casting Co. is proud to present its first stint in theater. We would love for you to join us.
F E AT U R E D
P L AY S
Chittaranjan Tripathy
13th JANUARY
GUNNO BAI Director: Chittaranjan Tripathy | Hindi / Musical Drama / 90 mins
Gunno Bai is a high profile eunuch, moving in the crème de la crème society of Delhi, essentially known for her singing prowesss. Little does anyone know that he is a man disguised as an eunuch. Once an IAS aspirant, Gunno Bai has a huge score to settle with someone. The musical drama revolves around the conflict between reality and disguise. Cast: Pankaj Titoria, Krishna Raaz, Chittaranjan Tripathy, Saksham Dayma, Ravi Shankar Mishra, Kushal, Ayush Titoria Other Cast: Amber Upadhyay, Jagdish Joshi, Rajat Swani, Ajit Kumar Singh Light Design: Gunjan Guitar: Sandy Synthesizer: Vinay Sharma Harmonium: Vinay Sharma Violin: Prakash Chavan Tabla: Nitin Wagh Asst. Director: Ashish Mishra Costumes & Styling: Puja Sharma Tripathy Poster Design: Narsu Behera Lyrics: Kabir, Akhilesh Khanna, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, V.K. Sharma, Chittaranjan Tripathy
Chittaranjan Tripathy An indie filmmaker/actor and a theatre director, is a postgraduate in sociology from the University of Hyderabad and a graduate of National School of Drama (NSD, New Delhi). He was awarded the Charles Wallace fellowship to persue a course in musical theatre from Guildford School of Scting, UK. He has directed many award winning plays including Taj Mahal Ka Tender, which was played by the NSD Rep Company under his direction. This NSD production ran for ten years and was performed in the leading cities of India to full houses. He has directed four feature films and a short film. His first directorial Oriya feature film has bagged many state awards including the best film and was showcased in festivals. Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt. of India showcased this film in the festival commemorating 75 years of Oriya cinema. His directorial short film in Hindi “Court Room Nautanki” was part of IFFI, Goa, 2010 in the Indian Panaroma Section and was showcased in many other festivals. He is also a trained vocalist and was awarded the state award for Best Music Director and Playback Singer for the film ‘Dhauli Express’.
Ishteyak Arif Khan
14th JANUARY
THE SHADOW OF OTHELLO Director: Ishteyak Arif Khan | Dramedy / Drama / 110 mins
At a small village in staunch northern rural areas of India are some unemployed, loafers, half employed and confusingly employed people, who get inspired by a Hindi feature film ‘Omkara’ to the extent that they start planning to recreate the film. But, soon they realize that to make a film is not their cup of tea and they all decide to make a play. Somehow they all convince a Delhi based theatre personality, Gyanendra Raj Ankur to come and direct the play. The conflict arises as they all dream of performing Omkara whereas director Ankur ji plans to do Othello in a classical way which is full of imagery. The conflict increases to the extent that it starts to reflect jealousy, irritation, conspiracy and politics and the shrewd drama of Shakespeare’s Othello starts playing in their lives. Now does the play happen? How this play balance the tragedy of Shakespeare’s Othello keeping the entertainment intact, is what Shadow of Othello is all about. Cast: Bhole Vikram Kochhar / Boloram Das, Seth Naresh Malik, Dabang Jatin Jaiswal / Tauqeer Khan, Raees Abhinay Sharma, Gangaram Ashish Shukla / Alok Gagdekar, Babulal Manoj / Manish Muni, ManglooRahul Tomar / Sujeet, Suleman Faiz Mohammad / Kumar Amit, Zakhmi Arif Mirza / Suryaveer, Ankur Devariya Mahendra, Nayni Sahiba Vij, Raziya Tina Das, Chandan Ishteyak Khan & Ankur Ji Dheerendra Dwivedi Light Design: Vikram Kochhar Sound Design: Faiz Mohammad Music Operation: Suryaveer / Arif Mirza Set Design: Dheerendra Dwivedi Costume Design: Kiran Arif Khan Poster Design: Naresh Malik / Arif Mirza Associate Director: Dheerendra Dwivedi Writer & Director Ishteyak Arif Khan Ishteyak Khan Born in 1976 in Panna (M.P.), a graduate from National School of Drama (New Delhi) in 2004 also completed his Prabhakar in Tabla & Indian Classical Music. He explored every aspect of theatre after he reached NSD. Then he arrived in Mumbai and worked in films & television. He has worked in Ram Gopal Verma’s Agyaat, Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan, Subhash Kapoor’s Phas Gaye Re Obama & Jolly L.L.B, Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Talkies, Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Phata Poster Nikla Hero, Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha and films like Mastram, Dolly ki Doli, Chintu Ji etc. He worked in TV serials like Tota Weds Maina, Peterson Hill, Chidiya Ghar etc.
Dheerendra Dwivedi
15th JANUARY
OLD MUNK Director: Dheerendra Dwivedi | Hindi / Drama / 90 mins
‘Old Munk’ is about the past, and as we all know, past never dies. ‘Old Munk’ is about three characters - D. K., his wife and his wife’s friend Anjana who visits the couple after a long time. ‘Old Munk’ features the ups and downs of relationships, unfolds the mysteries of the past, tells the untold stories, reveals the hidden truth behind all the lies, tells some unknown facts and concerns different perceptions about some incidents. It engages the audience by allowing imagination to understand the truth, behind the actual truth. ‘Old Munk’ is based on Harold Pinter’s sexiest and cleverest play ‘Old Times’. As Pinter says “ It happens” Cast: Smita Tambe as Anjana, Tina Bhatia as Neha, Dheerendra Dwivedi as D.K. Light Design: Naresh Malik Music Design: Faiz Mohammad Music Operation: Boloram Das Assistant Director: Pihu Sand Hindi Adaption: Samta Sagar Design and Direction: Dheerendra Dwivedi Special Thanks: Amitraj, Harish Khanna, Paritosh Sand & Ishteyak Khan
Dheerendra Dwivedi A graduate from National School of Drama (New Delhi), batch of 2006. Dheerendra hails from Tikamgarh (M.P). He explored every aspect of theatre when he reached National School of Drama in 2003. Later in 2007, his arrival in Mumbai had him working with filmmakers like Vishal Bharadwaj and Shriram Raghavan as Storyboard Artist and Assistant Director. Now, juggling between theatre and cinema, he is still active in different capacities of both the arts; by working as an actor, director, dialogue writer, painter and storyboard artist. He has been an admirer of Harold Pinter’s writing. To his credit, he has directed plays like Harold Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’, ‘Yuddhoparant’ based on Dharamveer Bharati’s ‘Andha Yug’, William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. He has also performed and directed plays of Premchand, Manto, Sharad Joshi, Harishankar Parsai’s stories and many more.
Himanshu Kohli
Prashant Kumar
16th JANUARY
BLACKBIRD Director: Himanshu Kohli and Prashant Kumar | Hindi / Drama / 90 mins
Uma (27) and Rajesh (52), the principal characters in this unremittingly intense 80 minute one act by Scottish playwright David Harrower, are birds with broken wings, psychologically crippled by an episode that occurred 15 years earlier which left both their lives in tatters. They haven’t seen each other since. “Blackbird” is a British slang for “Jailbird”. Uma has endured a lifetime of being “talked about, pointed at, stared at,” while Rajesh has done his time and rebuilt his life. Uma has found him & has him cornered in the littered lunchroom of his workplace. This confrontation rockets back and forth between anger, curiosity, confusion, and even a persistent attachment to Rajesh, whom Uma loved and believed, he loved her. The fearful Rajesh, now with a changed name Pawan, parries her demanding questions and descriptions of her feelings and experiences, all the while uncertain of her intentions. Cast: Swanand Kirkire, Salony Luthra Playwright: David Harrower Producer: Mukesh Chhabra Hindi Translation: Prashant Kumar, Prateek Srivastava, Himanshu Kohli Production Management: Prateek Srivastava Poster design: Rukssana Tabassum
Himanshu Kohli and Prashant Kumar Both started their theatre journey from Delhi University collegiate circuit, being active members of Kirori Mal College’s drama society “The Players”; post which they joined National School of Drama (New Delhi) to explore theatre where they developed a deeper understanding of the craft, with specialization in Acting. Now they are settled in Mumbai and working as freelance actor, director and writer in Cinema as well as Theatre.
Ramji Bali
17th JANUARY
KOI BAAT CHALE Director: Ramji Bali | Hindi / Romantic Comedy / 90 mins
‘Koi Baat Chale’ is a romantic comedy that revolves around the protagonist ‘Kanhaiya Lal Bansi Prasad’. Bansi is a 35 year old unmarried drama teacher in a school. Bansi seeks the services of a marriage bureau to help him find a suitable life partner. Searching for his soul mate, Bansi meets Supriya while entering the same marriage bureau. Greatly attracted to her, he describes her appearance to Pyare Lal, the owner of the bureau. When asked about his preferences, he mentions especially of the beautiful black mole on the left cheek right below the ear, similar to what he had remembers off Supriya’s face. Pyare Lal introduces Bansi to many girls with a mole on their cheek, except Supriya. Bansi who has set his heart on marrying Supriya, rejects all candidates and finally decides to propose to her. The story of ‘Koi Baat Chale’ unfolds as we see how Bansi expresses his feelings to Supriya. Cast: Yashpal Sharma as Kanhaiya Lal Bansi Prasad, Ritu Sharma as Supriya/Rasili/Priyanka/Priya, Ramji Bali/Tarun Bali as Pyare Lal Sharma Light Design: Dhirender Kumar Music Operation: Akash Khare Stage Manager: Kundan
Ramji Bali (N.S.D. 2001, Ustaad Bismillah Khan Award as Young Playwrite of Sangeet Natak Academy Yuva Puruskar) started his journey in theatre since 1993 in his very own city Faridabad (Haryana). From 1994 to 1996 he joined a 2 yrs course for Acting in Sri Ram Center of Performing Arts (New Delhi), alongside continued to actively participate and direct many plays like Bichchu, Proposal, Ek ladki Paanch Diwaane, Dulari Bai, Gadhe ki Baaraat, Inspector, Matdin Chand Par, Chatur Rohan, Muaavze etc. He joined 1997-98 in NSD Repertory Company & during 1998 - 2001 he joined the country’s prestigious and well known professional acting school National School of Drama (New Delhi) as an actor and completed his graduation from NSD in 2001. Ever since, he has been working as a freelance actor/director in the field of arts and performance. Ramji Bali has written many plays such as Naalanda, Koi Baat Chale, Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat, Mere Mehboob Na Maang, Ghulam Radharani Ke, Sarat Chandra - Ek Awaara Masiha, etc.
SCHEDULE
Sathaye College, Vile Parle East, Mumbai 13 Jan, 2016
Performance by Swanand Kirkire | 05:00 PM Welcome note by Tisca Chopra and inauguration ceremony by Imtiaz Ali and Vikas Bahl | 05:30 PM GUNNO BAI | 06:00 PM | 08:00 PM Director: Chittaranjan Tripathy Ensemble Cast
14 Jan, 2016
Open Mic with Manu Rishi Chadha and Piyush Mishra | Powered by Holachef | 05:00 PM Guest of Honour: Makrand Deshpande, Sudhir Mishra, Sushant Singh Rajput and Richa Chadda | 05:30 PM SHADOW OF OTHELLO | 06:00 PM | 08:00 PM Director: Ishteyak Arif Khan Ensemble Cast
15 Jan, 2016
Music Performance by ‘Troubadours’ | 05:00 PM Guest of Honour: Manoj Bajpayee, Nana Patekar and Suniel Shetty | 05:30 PM OLD MUNK | 06:00 PM | 08:00 PM Director: Dheerendra Dwivedi Cast: Smita Tambe, Tina Bhatia, Dheerendra Dwivedi
16 Jan, 2016
Session with Kumud Mishra and Manav Kaul on ‘Theatre in Cinema’ | 05:00 PM Guest of Honour: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kabir Khan and Aanand L Rai | 05:30 PM BLACKBIRD | 06:00 PM | 08:00 PM Director: Himanshu Kohli & Prashant Kumar Cast: Swanand Kirkire, Salony Luthra
17 Jan, 2016
Poetry reading and performance by Ayushmann Khurrana | 05:00 PM Guest of Honour: Anurag Kashyap, Nandita Das, Abhishek Kapoor and Tigmanshu Dhulia | 05:30 PM Poetry reading with Piyush Mishra | 06:00 PM Insight into Casting with Mukesh Chhabra | 07:00 PM KOI BAAT CHALE | 08:00 PM Director: Ramji Bali Cast: Yashpal Sharma, Ritu Sharma, Ramji Bali/Tarun Bali www.khidkiyaan.com | hello@khidkiyaan.com
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