Deepa Karnad Dhurka I dearly wish to capture, tame and contain in words the emotions experienced with Vrindavan today. In a world where superlatives are cheaply and abundantly strewn, I am flailing when I really need them. I will refrain for that reason, and also because I wish for every person reading this to be […]
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Snigdha Jain Production Designer, Naatak Mounds of brightly colored fine sawdust, rows upon rows of makeshift stalls selling clay toys and dolls — Krishnas, Radhas, gopis, dancers, musicians, animals and birds, and jostling crowds, the scene at Burra Bazaar in Calcutta was a sight to behold on the morning of Krishna Janmashthami, the birthday of
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Deepa Karnad Dhurka I cannot CANNOT wait to watch Naatak’s Vrindavan. Not merely because this is a celebratory production to mark the theater’s 50th play in its 20th year, although this alone is cause for huge excitement. Truth be told, I can’t wait mostly because of the confluence of individual and collective genius that has
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Mukta Banerji To start with, I listened to the entire KQED interview broadcast about Vrindavan a couple of weeks ago, and winced at some of the questions at least, if not most. Sincere congratulations on handling a potentially tricky interview with amazing clarity, conviction and confidence The subject of Vrindavan is something that perhaps a
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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
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This video was aired on September 18, 2015 on KQED Newsroom Naatak Featured on KQED NEWSROOM The Bay Area is home to one of the largest Indian-American communities in the country – and to one of the largest Indian-American theater companies: Naatak. This year Naatak is celebrating its 20th anniversary and putting on “Vrindavan,” an
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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
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This article was published on March 25, 2015 by ‘Vrindavan’: Playful Reimagining of Modern Incident, Ancient Myth By Sonia Waraich, India-West Palo Alto, Calif. — In Naatak’s new play “Vrindavan,” written and directed by Indian American Sujit Saraf, fact mixes with fiction to create a playful reimagining of Bollywood actress Hema Malini’s infamous comments about
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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
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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
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