With a dozen tract twists, Nabhya Theatre Group’s laughable delivery of Laila and Majnun’s cursed adore is firm to keep a assembly in splits
(From left) Vishaal Vashishtha, Vicky Dutt, Apoorva Deshmukh, Keshav Bhardwaj and Gayatri Tewari
When we consider of cursed love, Romeo and Juliet typically comes to mind. But a all-consuming adore story of Laila and Majnun predates William Shakespeare’s work. Passed down by verbal storytelling traditions and anecdotes in Arabic culture, a tract was grown and created by Nezami Ganjawi, a 12th-century Persian poet. The story of Laila and Majnun’s adore went on to enthuse retellings and references in Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Hindi novel as good as films and art. Nabhya Theatre Group’s Dastaan-e-Laila, destined by a owner and theatrewala Vishaal Vashishtha, and co-directed by Sanjeev Pundir, is a complicated and laughable retelling of a classical adore story set in a 21st century. While a author of this chronicle is unknown, Vashishtha shares that he initial achieved a play in 2017 in Delhi, and given afterwards a tract has undergone updates and improvisations for a post-pandemic world. He says, “We wish to safeguard that people who spend this hour with us find an shun into another universe of humour, adore and tract twists. We wish everybody to leave with a smile.”
References to this classical story are plenty, though here’s a refresher. Qays has mislaid his mind being in adore with Laila and is nicknamed Majnun — that means hexed — though Laila’s relatives aren’t penetrating on their daughter marrying someone who does not have his conduct on his shoulders. They’ve organised for Laila to marry a improved suitor. Laila is, however, clinging to Majnun. When she dies shortly after her marriage, a sad Majnun visits her grave and also breathes his last. So, how does this tract accept a complicated retelling? Mumbai-based Vashishtha explains, “Majnun has deserted all aspects of life and revels in his adore for Laila. But in this day and age, who can means to do that? So it’s adult to Laila to run a house. This is a commencement of her journey.” Filled with waggish twists and turns, a assembly traverses with Laila to where her trail takes her, including society’s mocking doubts about her. The play brings out all a difficulty that cursed adore comes with by comedy.
(From left) V Vashishtha; S Pundir
On Jun 5, 7.30 pm
At Veda Factory, Andheri.
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Cost Rs 120
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