PRATIBHA SINGH : KATHAK PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE DIRECTION

http://kalamandali.blogspot.com/2017/12/ram-ki-shakti-pooja-stage-experience.html Great Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala has written this poem in 1936 with the war background of famous Indian epic Ramayana. राम की शक्ति-पूजा RAM KI SHAKTI-POOJA (Worship of Shakti by Rama) Staged: 5 PM, 05 December 2017 MEGHDOOT I, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Delhi 110001 Poet : Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' Designer-Director : Pratibha Singh Invincible Rama is getting frustrated as his all powerful war wining efforts are failing. He see that goddess Shakti is protecting Ravana, his worshipper. She is in favour of immorality. On the suggestion of his chieftain to imagine power in original, he prepares himself for the worship of goddess Shakti and Hanuman brings 108 blue lotus as offering to Goddess. Rama starts his worship and near to finish his worship, goddess Shakti appears and hides away one of the Neel Kamal; blue lotus. When Rama finds that t...

Nugra Ka Tamasa A play written and acted by Suman Kumar If Albela ever sees the face of an unmarried girl during 6 year to 24 years of his age, will die of a snake bite. The horrified parents of Albela married him at 4the age of four and kept him confined in a room of their house till the age of 24. After 24 he was sent to bring his bride. On the way, he saves the life of a snake but as a return gift the snake wanted to bite him! Albela wept, pleaded and promised to come back after seeing his bride. The Snake allowed him to go only on this pretext, but warned him that if he did not prove true his  words, he would kill his entire family. After a week Albela returned with his bride as promised to the snake, requesting him to now leave him but his prayers all go unheard and in vain  till a poetic justice is done. नुगरा का तमाशा मूल कथा : विजनदान देथा व देशज लोक नाटकीय कथोपकथन व अभिनय : सुमन कुमार अलबेला के जन्म लेते ही ज्योतिषियों ने एलान किया कि अगर अलबेले ने 6 स...