Raktkalyan
Amoeba
Dekh Tamasha Dekh
Bagiya Bacha Ram Ki
1996 Long length |
_Girish Karnad |
Directed by - Chandan Sinha (B.E. IV Chem)
Cast : | Baswarna | Singhal | (B.E. IV Indl) |
Raja Bijjal | Manish Kumar Rai | (B.E. III Mech) | |
Pandit | Dhananjay Singh | (B.E. III Mech) | |
Manchan Kramik | Narendra Kumar | (B.E. III Elec) | |
Rajkumar | Ateet Goel | (B.E. III Civil) | |
Gatekeeper | Amit Bhagchandani | (B.Arch. II) | |
Jeetesh Srivastava | (B.E. II Civil) | ||
Saurabh Bhargava | (B.E. II Civil) | ||
Mayank Singh | (B.Arch. II) | ||
Madhukar Sinha | (B.E. II Indl) | ||
Rashmi Tripathi | (B.E. II E&C) | ||
Neha Krishan | (B.E. II CST) | ||
Ganika | Swati Chaturvedi | (B.Arch. II) | |
Manupriya Agarwal | (B.E. II CST) | ||
Anindo Mukherjee | (B.E. I CST) | ||
Raj Bahadur | (B.E. I Mech) |
Songs
1. Heeee
majhi re, heee majhi re
Door daraj se koi na aata deekhta hai [chuk chuk],
Vyakulta badhti hai, pal pal beetta hai [chuk chuk]
Heeee majhi re, heee majhi re
Kaisa re hai
bharosa paaya
Na to koi sandesa aaya
Jhoote mitaye karne vaale
Daud gale se milne vaale
Kaam samay pe koi na aaya
Aise hi hai jag ki maya
Door daraj se koi na aata deekhta hai [chuk chuk],
Vyakulta badhti hai, pal pal beetta hai [chuk chuk]
Heeee majhi re, heee majhi re
Maa ki mamta ko
thukraya
Mamta ka aanchal bhar aaya
Rajpita ka harne vaale
Ho na sakenge apne pyaare
Daata re kaisa beta paaya
Apna hoke laage paraya
Door daraj se koi na aata deekhta hai [chuk chuk],
Vyakulta badhti hai, pal pal beetta hai [chuk chuk]
Heeee majhi re, heee majhi re
2.
(Aaa...)
Hum to Shiv ki sharan jaate
Charanon mein sar hum jhukate (aaa...) (2)
Sarvagyani
sarvagyata praniyon ke tum vidhata (2)
Hum to teri jai jai gaate
Charanon mein sar hum jhukate (aaa...)
Kartike Pitra Nari Ishwar Srishtibhanjak Srishtikarta (2)
Mann ke dukh tum har jaate
Charanon mein sar hum jhukate (aaa...)
1997 Thomso Stage |
_ Ramashankar Nishesh |
Directed by - Dhananjay Singh (B.E. III Mech)
Cast : | Pooran | Jeetesh Srivastava | (B.E. II Civil) |
Hariya | Anindo Mukherjee | (B.E. I CST) | |
Munna | Chandan Sinha | (B.E. IV Chem) | |
Munna (young) | Niharika Singh | (B.Arch I) | |
Gopi | Mayank Singh | (B.Arch II) | |
Kalia | Vishal Chadha | (B.E. I E&C) | |
Chitanki | Dhananjay Kumar | (B.E. I Indl) | |
Bindo | Swati Chaturvedi | (B.Arch II) |
The Play...
Amoeba is a social play, i.e. it derives its context and meaning from the drawbacks of the society and aims to bring them to light. Ramashanker Nishesh has used this name to analogise with the microorganism which has no one permanent fixed shape but instead, keeps on changing, metamorphisising indefinitely- very much like the society we live in.
The protagonist of the play is Munna, whose life is traced right from the moment he is born, along with his friend Gopi. They are born to Pooran and Hariya respectively, on the same jubiliant day when many dreams are conceived for their future. They grow up together, go to school together, fall into degradation together and finally die together. Traveling in the same boat is Bindo, who is forced by circumstances to go into the flesh trade. She is emotionally attached to Munna and his death in the end marks an end for her amorphous dreams. The slow but sure path to destruction of these three people is traced by social factors- a politician feeding them with empty promises, a corrupt policeman and the so-called respectable people of the society taking advantage of Bindo's poverty. Kalia and Chitanki are beggars whose lives too have been scarred by the same society.
The play ends on an optimistic note, with Munna rising up from his ashes and stating that he represents the spirit of the common man which is continuously being subjected to all forms of hardships but still somehow manages to survive to fight another day, and willing to shoot back if given a chance.
Songs
1. Pankh
utha the udne ko
Aakar koi baand chala
Rahe tadapti zameen pe chidiya
Kaisa re hai aagahat
Meree panch kaun disha tu chaala
Re mere panchi kaun disha tu chala
2.
Aaye
Chunnu Munnu ghar mein dholak baji (2)
Dholak baji ho rama dholak baji
Aaye Chunnu Munnu ghar mein dholak baji (2)
1997 Thomso Street |
_Safdar Hashmi |
Directed by - Sharad Gupta (B.E. III Indl)
Cast : | Madari | Prateek Parashar | (B.E. IV Indl) |
Mantri-1 | Narendra Kumar | (B.E. III Elec) | |
Seth | Vinay Singh | (B.E. II Meta) | |
Janta-1 / Sampradayikta |
Neha Krishan | (B.E. II CST) | |
Janta-2 / Bora |
Aman Batish | (B.Arch. I) | |
Janta-3 | Tulika Majumdar | (B.Arch. I) | |
Janta-4 | Sujata Sharma | (B.E. I E&C) | |
Mantri-2 / Police | Dhananjay Kumar | (B.E. I Indl) | |
Jamoora | Vishal Chadha | (B.E. I E&C) |
Songs
1. Kholo darwaza Sethji, kholo darwaza -2
Huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyen.
Chana chabe na kuch to de do, kuch to de do Seth,
Khali hai bawarchikhana, khali pirach-plate,
Kuch to de do nahi to maut hum ko legi samet
Kholo darwaza Sethji, kholo darwaza -2
Huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyan huiyen.
2. Ek khet mein janma tha mein, mehnat ki aag se,
Mehnat ke aur dharti ke sundar suhaag se,
Kaata mujhe kisan ne phir khet me ek din,
Mandi mein aake chode diya phir khet se ek din.
Beche-kharide bas mujhko itne basar janab,
3. Bin painde ka lota, mein hoon bin painde ka lota,
Bin painde ka lota, yaaron mein hoon bin painde ka lota...
1997 Passing out |
_Manoj Mitra |
Directed by - Chandan Sinha (B.E. IV Chem)