Next Show on Saturday May 21
@ 3.30 & 7 PM
@ Alliance Française de
Bangalore
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About
The Play
Doosra’s
protagonist is the Game of Cricket itself. The story of Cricket is
depicted through the life of a 20 year old sportsman who gets
selected to represent the country. The young cricketer’s paradigm
driven by the forces of power, politics, money and pressure is
essayed in the 100 minute play which , through its various
characters, illustrates the metamorphosis of the game which over
the years has grown from a sport to a mere commercial venture.
A father who still believes in the values of the game, an obsessed
fan with a love and hate attitude, a Captain who is victimized, a
bookie who represents the darker side of the game, a Politician
who patronizes the game for money, a cricketer friend who always
sees the funnier side of the game are few other characters through
whom Doosra depicts the changing face of Cricket.
Doosra, with a very good balance of heart warming scenes , humour
and powerful dialogues and unique technological adaptation will
captivate the audience. Those who understand the intricacies of
game of cricket will appreciate it even better. The first
three shows of the English version were held in Bangalore on April
23 & 24, 2011 at Kala Soudha. Two more shows are to be held on
21st May 2011 at 3.30 pm and 7 pm at Alliance Francaise, Thimmaiah
Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore.
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Cast & Crew |
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Writer & Director: Anand Raghav
He has made
significant contributions in Short stories, Stage plays and research
articles on History and Culture. A regular writer for all leading
magazines in Chennai, Anand raghav has published over 50 short
stories so far. He has won the” story of the month” prize by a
prestigious literary association three times and he has won 10
prizes in various short story competitions in Chennai. Two of his
stories have also been translated in Telugu.
He has published two books – The first , a collection of his short
stories and the second, titled “ Ramakien” is a comparative study of
Indian Ramayanas with the Thai and other South East Asian Ramayanas.
He is currently working on the third book, a research work, on the
Hindu and Indian influence on the History and Culture of South East
Asian countries. Anand Raghav also writes book reviews for a leading
library chain in Bangalore.
He has written several short plays and three full length plays. His
earlier plays “ Sruti Bedham ‘ a musical drama is the most
successful play written by him. Sruti Bedham, with its share of a
few melodious classical numbers, narrates the tumultuous
relationship between an illustrious musician and his illegitimate
daughter who takes to music driven by her hatred towards the father
only to find herself overwhelmed by the divinity of his musical
prowess.
His second play was “ Thanimai (Solitude)” The plight of elderly
parents who are left behind by their children seeking greener
pastures abroad, forms the Premise of Thanimai.
Doosra” is his third play. |
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Executive Producer:
P D Sathish Chandra
This is Sathish's sixth production under the Pra.Ka.Sam banner.
He has been working with different theatre groups from India at
different times. After his hibernation or disappearance for three
years, the Ranga Shankara festival in 2004 put him back in line with
active theatre. He currently runs Kala Soudha as its Director and
aims to run the place to encourage new talent and to bring out
performances that are fresh and unique. He is now acting as Paddu in
Panduranga Vittala, a Kannada sitcom, on Zee Kannada. He is still
known for his theatre columns in newspapers and with special
reference to the Sunday reviews in the Times of India. For his
personal profile CLICK HERE &
Artist Profile CLICK HERE |
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Cast |
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Nirlek as
Ganesh
With a bachelor and
master's degree from Mumbai University he has over eleven years
work-experience in IT and experiential training industries. Apart from
theater, he loves excursions, photography and writing. |
Anand as
Vishwanathan
Anand plays the all important
character of the principled and passionate father who aims at making
his son a righteous cricketer. |
Rajalakshmi
as Akila
She plays the mother
who hates cricket and who thinks position Gully is the one next to
her house. She thinks that cricket is not a fair game. |
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Bhaswant
as Arjun
Bhaswant has a passion for theatre
and entertainment and has been performing since a young age. He is
also a music enthusiast and can play the Drums. Though being
interested in humorous roles, he plays a serious role of an Indian
team Captain in ‘Doosra’. |
Sathish as
Shankar Yadav
Sathish plays the
Minister and BCCI President who is abysmally ignorant about the game
but has complete control of it. Sathish carries it out with
great ease since his interest in cricket till day remains in the
betting behind scenes.
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Anunitya as Sheela
Meticulous and charming she fills
in half of our group's space with her smile and the other half with
her chatter. An unique find to costume department. |
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Musten as
Rakesh
An entrepreneur by
profession and manages his own software development company. His
passion for theater found expression in 2003. Since then, he has
acted in about 8 plays, wrote one play and directed one. As a hobby
and passion, he writes poems in English, Hindi and Urdu. |
Daya
as Vijay
Daya is another dark horse who has
been pulling the Fourth Corner Production cart from a long time.
With a passion for acting and a doctor by profession he blends in
the team like sugar in sugarcane. |
Praveen as Diwakar
A product from Vijaya film
institute, He is currently performing supporting roles in Kannada
Movies (Yogi, Minchu, kanasalijotheyali, Channama IPS) and TV
Serials. Is Learning dance and stunts as well. |
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Venkat as
Naidu
A CA by profession and
a theater addict who started way back in 70s. He has been active in
Tamil play scenario from 70s. He carried over his enthusiasm to Doha
-Qatar where he successfully staged English and Tamil skits. |
Nirmitha as
Preethi
The affair of Ganesh
which hits the news and also his cricketing life like a storm.
It is making breaking news all over the country and it adds to the
negative propaganda around the cricketer. |
Pavan as
Raghavan
He plays the smart
madarasi (as addressed by the minister) who is left to manage the
ignorance of the minister and the blunt of the cricketers and fans.
He is an avid theatre activist and a product of MiSFiT. |
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Crew |
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Ashwin
- Production
Ashwin like many of
our masters of production came in to act. But has single
handedly controlled production with special crisis management
skills. He still insists on getting us the best food at the best
prices. |
Vinay - Design/Lights
He runs a company called Kale and
has worked with Sathish in 93.5 FM days as producer. He is taking
care of design needs starting from stage to the posters. We look up
to him to light up Hosabelaku. |
Chandan - Projection
Chandan has been with
Fourth Corner production from the first production. He has
stood as test of time and has proven time and again his skills as
production in charge, actor and with this play as playwright.
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Karthik
- Photography
He has taken almost all pictures
related to Hosabelaku and this production. With his innovative
eye through camera he has given us some solid shots. The non moving
image of Hosabelaku. |
Harish
- Lights
Harish has been an old acquaintance
of Sathish from his college days. He has keen interest in
performing back stage duties and his experience has come along handy
for Hosabelaku. |
Santosh - Online
Support
He is a
talented software engineer who can do what is expected out of him with
engineering precession. He is the official promoter of the script and
has stood by his job giving lines to all characters of the play when
they messed it up and missed it completely. |
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Chris - Original Sound Tracks
Chris is a complete entertainer –
on, behind and even away from stage. While his audience most often
associates him with the guitar, this self-taught musician and gifted
vocalist can play the drums, keyboards and bass as well & the sound
scape was recorded at his christortion studio. For
further info check out
www.chrisavinash.com |
Arun - Design
He came in to our team through a
referral and his inbuilt intention of getting in touch with his
creative style no matter if it takes many midnights of work. |
Smitha - Costumes
She has taken up the task of finding the blue for the men in blue in
our play. The tricky costume changes and finding the correct
shapes and sizes. |
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