This article was published on September 19, 2015 by Darshana Varia Nadkarni Vrindavan: A Grand Musical — Play Review By Darshana Varia Nadkarni How does one take a known and tragic tale of the widows in Vrindavan, and transform it into a splendid work of art, full of humor, fun, mischief, and devotional songs in […]
This article was published on September 20, 2015 by Vinod Narayan Naatak’s 50th Production – Vrindavan: Theater Talk By Vinod Narayan There are customs, there are traditions, beliefs, stories, mythology and more then entangles in all this there are people. People with emotions, pains, love, life, joy, sadness and more. There is a companionship that
Tejaswini Narayanan Dancer, Team Vrindavan No one could know all the efforts that went into the making of the beautiful VRINDAVAN, better than I do. I was standing there, watching everything. Every song that was composed and set to melodious music, every dance that was aptly choreographed, every glitch that was fixed seamlessly, and every
Mrina Natarajan I blame social media for forcing connectedness. Such pressure, to connect. To how many of the 400 “friends” are you really close? Do you ever meet in person? Have you ever cried to one of them? Now step outside into the real world. You’ll observe a similar state of affairs. You go to
This article was published on June 20, 2015 by Vinod Narayan Rabbit Hole By Naatak – An avalanche of emotions that slowly settles in you By Vinod Narayan Handling Bereavement, the intensity and duration of it are different for different people, there is no one single point when you can say it has completely ended.
Amit Basu The Tao was getting very tired of sitting by himself in front of the iMac, looking at beautiful places and even more beautiful women. Just when he was considering getting up and doing something more meaningful, such as watch the past episodes of Game of Thrones, a calendar event popped up with a
Sunaina Karanwal Full disclaimer : ladies, don’t wear mascara to the play unless you want to leave with a teary, full-fledged raccoon eye situation (I may or may not be speaking from experience). Rabbit Hole revolves around the death of a couple’s child, their grief and their inability to heal. That’s some heavy stuff, you
Divya Chandrasekaran I remember that day quite well. A lazy afternoon Google search for local theaters showing the Tamil movie “OK Kanmani” had led to “NAATAK” serendipitously popping into my search results. I was intrigued. Hmmm, so there is an Indian theater company in the Bay Area? Oh, wait, it’s also America’s biggest Indian theater
DIPIKA SHARMA Dipika is a character standing still wondering why the rest of the world is whizzing past her. Dear Audience, Depending on the role, there are challenges sometimes set by the author, the director, the actor, and sometimes even the audience. All of this holds true for Dipika. Let me first cover mine –
Mahesh Umasankar “I am the Producer of a Rabbit Hole” is not a complimentary way to identify oneself. But, for that matter, the way the characters in the play treat each other is not exactly complementary either. So, it all fits in very well. When the director explained my role to me, I heard it
