Season 8
February 2024 | West Valley College
तथा कुरु
Naatak presents its 17th production
The Bhagavad Gita As It Should Be
तथा कुरु
A Play in Hindi
West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA
February 7-8 & 21, 2004
Written and
About the Play
After listening to the Bhagavad Gita recited by Lord Krishna, Arjun decides not to fight the battle of Mahabharat. He leads the Pandavs away from the battle field into a forest, where, followed by Draupadi, Duryodhan, and Krishna, and tutored by an 'anti-Krishna', they re-write Bhagavad Gita as a book fit for an atheist. The entire play rhymes.Language: Hindi Run-time: 100 minutes Children under 12 will not be admitted
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SHOWTIME
FRI Jun 27, 8 pm SAT Jun 28, 8 pm SUN Jun 29, 6 pm [/one_third] [one_third]Tickets
Until Jun 5: $10 From Jun 6: $15 All proceeds will benefit ASHA, AIF, and Udavam Karangal [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"]VENUE
West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA [/one_third] [clear]
June 2024 | Cubberley
Rahasiya Snehidiyae
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Naatak presents its 18th production
Rahasiya Snehidiyae
A Play in Tamil
West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA
September, 2004
Written and
About the Play
"Experience a story come to life" A writer. His creation. He manipulates it. It manipulates him? Witness a unique love story reveal hurdles never seen before. <!--Language: English Run-time: 120 minutes Children under 12 will not be admitted
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SHOWTIME
FRI Jun 27, 8 pm SAT Jun 28, 8 pm SUN Jun 29, 6 pm [/one_third] [one_third]Tickets
Until Jun 5: $10 From Jun 6: $15 All proceeds will benefit ASHA, AIF, and Udavam Karangal [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"]VENUE
West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA [/one_third] [clear]
December 4-5, 2004 | ICC Milpitas
मुआवज़े
Naatak presents its 19th production
मुआवज़े
A Hindi Play by Bhisham Sahni
Milpitas, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Pleasanton, CA
November 12-14 & 20-21, 2004 and December 4-5, 2004
About the Play
मुआवज़े is one of Bhisham Sahni's most successful plays. Set in an unnamed city in modern India, it is a hilarious account of how a modern city awaits a riot, and how everyone seeks to profit by it. This was an experimental play, performed in a room with the audience seated in sections and performers moving among them.Language: Hindi Run-time: 120 minutes Children under 12 will not be admitted
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SHOWTIME
Nov 13, 14 - Milpitas Nov 20 - Berkeley Nov 21 - San Francisco Dec 4 - Pleasanton Dec 5 - Milpitas - 3 pm, 7 pm [/one_third] [one_third]Tickets
General: $12 Groups of 4+: $9 Proceeds benefit ICC and AIF. The San Francisco show is in association with Cafe Arts. [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"]VENUE
India Community Center, 555 Los Coches Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703 Off-Market 965 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 [/one_third] [clear]
December 15, 2004 | film
The Seine
Naatak presents its 20th production - Its Third Film
The Seine
About the Play
Grover, facing a financial crunch, takes on Sunny as his roommate without the knowledge of his landlord. Grover soon realizes some inconsistencies in Sunny’s background and confronts him. This results in some startling revelations about Sunny’s past centered on an “empty” house with strange noises. As Sunny struggles to shake off his nightmares, a disbelieving Grover is slowly drawn into his past life. Sunny and Grover then embark on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the house which leads to unpleasant and unexpected results.Creators
Mahesh Umasankar
Mahesh Umasankar has been actively involved in theater for over 20 years, a passion he inherited from his parents who founded and ran a professional theater company in their yester years. He has been actively associated with Naatak, An Independent Film and Theater Organization in the role of director, actor and various other production duties. This eventually launched him into the movies in the year 2000. He made his debut on the silver screen as an actor in the critically acclaimed “Bugaboo” a warm parody about immigrant life in the Silicon Valley. But, his strong desire has always been to create and perform behind the scenes. A casual meeting with Ram culminated in the creation of “The Seine”. An Engineer by profession, he has constantly tried to bridge logical thought process and creative thinking in the field of moviemaking with reasonably favorable results. Inspired by the fascinating experiences of working with other filmmakers, he continues to explore opportunities to enhance that. He intends to enter mainstream filmmaking in the near future.Ram Padmanabhan
Ram Padmanabhan, 26, born and raised in Bombay, India came to the US 6 years ago. After completing his Electrical Engineering in Ohio, he moved to California in search of a job. He has been living in Northern California ever since. While pursuing his undergraduate degree in Bombay, he was actively involved in directing, writing and acting in short plays. He left India thinking it was the end of his theater career. In 2001, Ram made two shorts (3 and 7 minutes) after educating himself in Film and Television at DeAnza College. This movie ‘The Seine’ started off as his idea which he spoke to Mahesh about, and they ended up writing it together. It is his first venture into a movie of this length. He does have intentions to quit his career (engineering) someday, as he hates filming on weekends only.Language: Hindi (with English supertitles) Run-time: 120 minutes Children under 12 will not be admitted
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