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For = a change...=20 By :=20 venkat_rs

Jul-30-04 = 7:17=20 AM

venkat_rs=20 recommends Khel=20 - Black Coffee
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Actors: = Sanjeev=20 Iyer, Raza Hussain, PD Sathish Chandra, Mahesh Pandey, = Sheila=20 Govindaraj, Kamal Pruthi, Pritham Kumar
Structure: Ram = Ganesh=20 Kamatham
Direction: Preetam = Koilpillai

Plays=20 are fairly common in Bangalore and with its cosmopolitan = culture,=20 the plays come in different languages too. Having watched a = few of=20 them, one should say that the love for theatre does makes = its=20 presence felt in this city, though maybe not to the extent = of

Mumbai. Through this = play, I got=20 introduced to the Black Coffee group, founded by the = director=20 himself, and its Festival of Theatre 2004.

Second = among the=20 three comprising the festival, Khel is Black = Coffee=92s=20 first Hindi venture. As the punned title suggests, the plot = revolves=20 around a cricket match between boys of upper and lower = castes, and=20 the resultant game of politics. The narration shifts between = the=20 present and the past, with the former fixed in a police=20 station.

The story as such is quite predictable and = it=92s the=20 stageplay, dialogues and the acting that evoke interest. The = dialogues are earthen, half of them loaded with filthy = language.=20 Nevertheless, they never seem out of place and contribute to = the=20 realism. Some scenes are too violent to be expected in a = play.=20 Overall, the target audience is expected to be highly=20 mature.

Among the actors, Raza makes the big = impression, with=20 his powerful and unabated performance. He effortlessly = alternates=20 from an inspector in control to a man desperate to get out = of the=20 small town and to a helpless in-charge trying to get out of = the=20 difficult situation. Sanjeev is natural like all other = actors, and=20 handles the tough job of changing back and forth between = fully=20 clothed and half-naked well. Sathish=92s dialogue delivery = and body=20 language help him do justice to the role of a middle-aged, = slobbish=20 constable. Mahesh is fine too, except possibly his = hyperactive body.=20 Sheila earns the sympathy of the audience as an aged, = helpless=20 mother.

The pleasant surprise is the technical = aspects of the=20 play. The lighting stands out, be it the jail bars or the = shadow=20 effect in combination with the Mahatma=92s photo. Make-up is = good,=20 matching the tone of the play. If scene transitions had been = managed=20 better, the show would have been near-perfect.

The = structure=20 and direction are excellent while the collaborative effort = is=20 praiseworthy. In spite of a not-so-fresh idea, the sub-hour = play is=20 worth watching for the novel attempt of the group. =

Pros	:	Good=20 acting, collaborative effort

Cons	:	Not-so-fresh=20 idea

Plot	:	Fair = - Small=20 plots here-and-there

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