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SUMMARY:Begum Barve
LOCATION:Experimental Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Marathi play with English subtitles\n\nAn NCPA presentation in 
 collaboration with Roti Kapada aur Swag Productions\n\nBegum Barve was fir
 st staged in 1979\; the process of writing had been evolving gradually ove
 r the previous two and a half years. The play features four male character
 s whose lives intersect in a world shaped by loneliness\, memory\, and ima
 gination.\n\nShamrao\, a former Tanga driver\, once owned a mare named Beg
 um. After a disabling injury to his leg\, he is forced to live a dependent
  and diminished life. Looking after him is Barve\, a former actor famous f
 or playing female roles in traditional Marathi theatre. With the decline o
 f that theatrical tradition\, Barve now survives by selling incense sticks
 . The two spend their days in a cramped\, shadowy space beneath a staircas
 e\, each absorbed in his own existence.\n\nThe other two characters\, Jawd
 ekar and Bawdekar\, are middle-aged clerks employed in a government office
 . Unmarried and having long passed the expected age for marriage\, they ma
 intain a close friendship rooted in the monotony of their routine lives. B
 oth escape into private fantasies: Jawdekar develops a quiet affection for
  Nalawadebai\, a widowed colleague\, while Bawdekar dreams of the Collecto
 r’s daughter. Unable to act upon their desires in reality\, they retreat
  into daydreams that provide temporary relief from their ordinary lives.\n
 \nA turning point arrives on a stifling Thursday evening. The oppressive h
 eat\, the sweat-soaked atmosphere\, the sounds of Dattatreya’s worship-a
 arti\, and the fragrance of the incense sold by Barve combine to create a 
 strange\, dreamlike mood. As reality begins to blur\, the boundaries betwe
 en the characters’ fantasies dissolves. Their dreams intermingle\, and a
  poignant yet unsettling struggle unfolds among them.\n\nThroughout the pl
 ay\, the characters’ seemingly ordinary lives become increasingly distor
 ted. Familiar identities shift and transform\, exposing hidden desires\, f
 rustrations\, and vulnerabilities. By the end\, the characters seem to fad
 e into the darkness behind the stage curtain\, leaving behind a haunting r
 eflection on illusion\, longing\, and the human need to escape reality.\n
 \nWritten by Satish Alekar\n\nDirected by Gaurav Kanekar\n\nCast: Stimit S
 ane\, Mayank Patankar\, Sameer Diwakar\, Bramha Hande\n\nProduced By Nikhi
 l Chinchkar\, Anil Gherade\, Ajay Shirsath\n\nDramaturgy: Sandeep Deshpand
 e\n\nAssistant director & Stage Manager: Mohish Bhamray\n\nSound Operation
 : Manas Joglekar\n\nOrgan instrument player: Rajas Apte\n\nTable: Atharva 
 Jagdale\n\nLight Operation: Sahil Waikar\n\nMake-up: Arvind Surya Subtitle
 s: Hitesh Tiwari\n\nBackstage: Asmi Deokule\, Vrajeysh Rokade\n\nSpecial T
 hanks: Rajeev Paranjape\, Atharva Burse\, Suvrat Joshi\, Anupam Barve\, An
 irudha Kuthwad\, Deshmukh And Company\, Mukt Thetar\, The Box\, Shunya Shi
 khar\n\nBox office now open.\n\nBoletos: https://www.ncpamumbai.com/event/
 begum-barve/
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