Alice Gerstenberg's He Said and She Said; Directed by Poulomi Sarkar
Release Date: 08/01/2021
Vrindavan: Naee Jaaoon
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Presenting a song from Naatak's VRINDAVAN, our 110th production. In Naee Jaaoon, presented as a Meera Bhajan, a widow pleads to not be asked to leave Vrindavan as she wants to devote herself to her one and only true love. About the PlayIn 2014, Bollywood’s dream girl Hema Malini became Member of Parliament from Mathura. When visiting a widow-home in Vrindavan, she suggested that Vrindavan widows should remain in Bengal instead of coming to over-crowded Vrindavan. The uproar that followed involved many actors – NGOs, the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Hema Malini....
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Vrindavan: Bindraban Mhaaro Sasuraal
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Presenting the next song from Naatak's VRINDAVAN, our 110th production. In Bindraban Mhaaro the widows are proclaiming that Vrindavan is now where they belong. About the PlayIn 2014, Bollywood’s dream girl Hema Malini became Member of Parliament from Mathura. When visiting a widow-home in Vrindavan, she suggested that Vrindavan widows should remain in Bengal instead of coming to over-crowded Vrindavan. The uproar that followed involved many actors – NGOs, the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Hema Malini. This incident provides the inspiration for Vrindavan, City of...
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Vrindavan: Saat Janam Ke Phere
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Presenting a song from Naatak's VRINDAVAN, our 110th production. In Saat Janam ke Phere, we hear a typical Bollywood song that could have featured in any of the movies featuring the actors that the widows talk about. About the PlayIn 2014, Bollywood’s dream girl Hema Malini became Member of Parliament from Mathura. When visiting a widow-home in Vrindavan, she suggested that Vrindavan widows should remain in Bengal instead of coming to over-crowded Vrindavan. The uproar that followed involved many actors – NGOs, the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Hema Malini. This incident...
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Vrindavan: Ranaji Mharo Mard Maryo
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Presenting a song from Naatak's VRINDAVAN, our 110th production. In Ranaji Mharo Mard Maryo, presented as a Meera bhajan, we hear the widows talking about only wanting to live in Vrindavan and devote themselves to Krishna now that they've lost their husband. About the PlayIn 2014, Bollywood’s dream girl Hema Malini became Member of Parliament from Mathura. When visiting a widow-home in Vrindavan, she suggested that Vrindavan widows should remain in Bengal instead of coming to over-crowded Vrindavan. The uproar that followed involved many actors – NGOs, the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister...
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Guldasta (गुलदस्ता) by Anju Mehta
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Ghunghroos on a Jaipur foot
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Vrindavan: Saavan Beetyo
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SHER (शेर) by Asgar Wajahat (असग़र वजाहत)
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This week on Naatak Radio presenting a symbolic and satirical short story by Asghar Wajahat. In a tale probably belonging in the Panchtantra style of story-telling, but reminiscent of The Animal Farm, we hear of a jungle where animals willingly enter a lion's open mouth. Why are they doing this? And what happens when someone tries to question this system forms the basis of this short story. What's really impressive in this story is how a really powerful message is delivered in a short <5 minute story. Do you find yourself entering the lion's mouth without questioning? Please let us know in...
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ALMAARI by Anshu Johri
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वडिलांचे मुलीस पत्र, Marathi Poem by Sanjeevani Bokil; performed by Monica Dani
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This week on the #NaatakRadio #Podcast presenting वडिलांचे मुलीस पत्र, a Marathi poem by Sanjeevani Bokil, performed by Monica Dani.
info_outlineThis week, we present famous American playwright's famous one-act plays: He Said and She Said, adapted for an Indian setting. Isha invites two friends, Mrs. Puri and Dhani, to dine with her and her husband Lakshya. However, upon arriving, Mrs. Puri has a piece of gossip for Isha about Dhani that threatens to ruin the night and to end friendships.
As in Alice Gerstenberg's other plots, the hallmark of He Said and She Said is the clever word play is used so that characters rarely finish their thoughts or say exactly what they mean, making other characters assume the worst and relate a version of the story more twisted than the last.
Directed by: Poulomi Sarkar
Performed by:
Isha: Preeti Bhat
Lakshya: Harshavardhana
Mrs. Puri: Sayantanee Dutta
Dhani: Khushboo Kalyani