1996-1997 Plays

Raktkalyan
Amoeba
Dekh Tamasha Dekh
Bagiya Bacha Ram Ki


RAKTKALYAN

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...)

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AMOEBA

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) 

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DEKH TAMASHA DEKH

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...
  

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BAGIYA BACHA RAM KI

1997 Passing out

_Manoj Mitra

Directed by - Chandan Sinha (B.E. IV Chem)

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