The plays have been originally written and performed by 35 students including those who worked backstage. All the plays were quite interesting and had themes which are relevant to modern times.
On Thursday students of V G Vaze college, Mulund performed three short plays to an open audience. This was the first attempt by college students to perform professionally on a stage and the proceeds of the play will go towards the benefit of children's education.
The dynamic students of English literary association of V G Vaze college created a visual treat for theatre lovers of Thane and Mumbai. The students put up a show called 'Echo across time' which had three short plays staged at Dr Kashinath Ghanekar mini theatre at Hiranandani meadows.
The plays have been originally written and performed by 35 students including those who worked backstage. All the plays were quite interesting and had themes which are relevant to modern times.
The first play titled 'Dancing soldier' is about Arjuna's life as a transgender Brihanalla. "It is about sexuality and gender and how Arjuna felt living as a transgender," says Professor Nilakshi Roy, who is the professor in charge of the English literary association of Vaze college. The one year that Arjuna lived as a transgender while the Pandavas were to stay in 'agyaatvas'(hiding their true identity), is something he cannot forget. "While everybody forgot about Brihanalla, Arjuna was unable to forget the shame he experienced as a transgender," she says.
The second play titled 'Forgotten wife' is about what would have happened had king Dushyanta come back to Shakuntala. Written by sanskrit writer Kalidas, Shakuntala is a play about the mother of king Bharat, who was forgotten and abandoned by her husband and how they reunite later. "So our play brings forth what happens after King Dushyant comes back to Shakuntala," says Roy.
And the last but not the least is the play titled 'While the auto waits', which is an adaptation of famous playwright O'Henry. It is about two people pretending to be what they are not and the emergence of their masks. "It is the story of a rich man pretending to be poor and a waitress pretending to be rich girl and how they discover that the other is lying," says Roy.
This is the college's first professional endeavor in association with the Rotary club of Thane down town. "The money from the sale of tickets will go to rotary which will use it to fund children's education," she says.
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