Adhikaar - Two Solo Acts
Play
1.5 hrs
March 04, 2023 7:30 pm Saturday
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Sutradhar celebrates International Womens Day with ‘Adhikaar’ – Two women belonging to different yugas take on a path to self-discovery to seek their identity and redefine their individuality.

Dushala: The epic Mahabharat written since time immemorial has been told and retold. Even today verses from it are quoted for spiritual and other references. But while many of its primarily male characters are worshipped and celebrated, one woman was buried long ago in the epic mythology's pages. While her mother Gandhari chose to blind herself from the world, her only daughter Dushala's identity, aspirations and concerns were forcefully muted for she was born after a 100 Kaurav brothers and lived merely as a shadow. Even after many yugas, Dushala, the disregarded daughter is born and reborn, looking restlessly for her identity, her individuality. Was there more to her than being the only daughter born in the 'Kuruvansh' of Hastinapur, the only sister of Kauravas and Pandavas, the wife of King Jayadrath and mother of Prince Surath?

Weekend: A part of Nirmal Verma’s famous trilogy ‘Teen Ekaant’, Weekend is the story of a woman bound by love and memories who finds herself caught between societal brackets of relationships and her quest for solitude. Her innermost thoughts linger on her mind as she finds herself in an unlabelled relationship with a divorced man who is also the father of a young girl. While she loves and wants to be loved, her ache for self-love and solitude seems above all.

Organizer
Sutradhar
Theatre and Performing Arts Theatre is our primary obsession at Sutradhar. We believe that being one of the most vital of the fine arts, theatre makes for the most interesting medium of storytelling. We have been practicing theatre in Hyderabad since 1998, having done plays in Hindi, Urdu, English, Hindustani and Dakhani. Sutradhar makes theatre productions with the central idea of connecting to their audience - telling a tale which gives to or appears to derive from their own lives instead of appearing alien. We have been known to be very particular about the finer points of the spoken language, since that itself speaks a lot about a people and their culture. We also make it a point to be connected with the author of the scripts we choose. This strengthens the perspective of the script in our productions. Our rigorous workshops have produced many a theatrical performances resulting in scores of well-toned actors. We have not only travelled the length and breadth of the country, but also visited locations abroad with a few of our productions.