Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 25: Rajkamal Nayak, well-known theatre director, and a playwright from Chhattisgarh, whose play ‘Alag Mulakh ka Bashinda’ was staged last evening, interacted with local theatre artists, under ‘Meet the Director’ program.
The series being held on the sidelines of the ongoing Natya Samagama, organized by Sangeet Natak Akademy New Delhi, in collaboration with J&K Cultural Academy, at the Abhinav Theatre Complex, here today.
Rajkamal Nayak said that we need art to know the world and change it through its magical element of transformation. He said that theatre is a sadhana for which one requires the intensity of purpose, determination, and deep insight.
Nayak is well known for holding in last twenty years, more than 150 performances based on the poetry of leading poets. He said that theatre music is different from classical, folk or filmi music. It is the selection of music that is suitable to the story which matters.
Neeraj Gupta, who gave a stellar solo performance last evening, said the director and actor had worked continually for last six months on the script. “The form has evolved after a lot of research on the characters and their milieu. He even took residence in a Shamshan to imbibe a fist hand experience of the life therein”, he said.
Prominent personalities present in the interaction were Bhawani Bashir, Narsingh Dev Jamwal, Deepak Kumar, and members of local theatre groups. Balwant Thakur, on behalf of ICCR, Jammu, honoured Rajkamal Nayak by presenting a memento on the occasion.
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