Aug 28 2024 to Aug 28 2024 7 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

90 minutes | Hindi | Suitable for 16 years+

On a day unknown, at a place not known, two people run into one another. They soon start talking to each other, but they seem to be conversing at cross purposes. They seem to be long-lost lovers but, at the same time, seem to be perfect strangers. They seem to have had a life together but, at the same time, seem to have had lives apart. They seem to occupy differing realities but simultaneously seem to be in someone’s dream. Who are they? Where are they? Are they actually strangers? Or do they indeed know each other? Is this even real? Or is it only someone’s imagination?

Director’s Note: The experience of writing this play, and now producing and directing it for the stage, have been cathartic and instrumental in helping me emerge from a difficult year. I am now eager to see how audiences respond to this attempt by our merry band of artists to tell a story from all our lives. I am absolutely swept with the power of community as I see how the cast and crew have worked relentlessly to bring Silvatein on stage, amidst the laughter, excitement and pure joy of working together. It is a prime example of the passion, honesty and commitment that brings forward a story about two individuals caught in a web of lies or deceit or something completely imaginative. This play is intensely special to me, not only because I have written and directed it but also because the themes and characters are inspired by real life and real incidents that will provoke the audience to reflect on their own experiences.

Silvatein is a piece of writing that managed to paint a picture of a world of intimate details that devastates Rupali and Arijit and somehow manages to be bite-sized. The characters are delightfully complex and multifaceted and the story feels comfortingly familiar.

Credit List:

Set Design: Puneet Gupta and Prachi Kalra

Light Design: Srinivas Beesetty

Poster Design: Sweta Garg

Production Manager: Archana Kariappa and Sandeep Jain

Written and Directed by: Shatarupa Bhattacharyya

Cast: Ujani Ghosh and Sagnik Sinha

Supported by Artistes

Shatarupa Bhattacharyya

Playwright & Director Shatarupa stumbled into theatre a decade ago in 2009, when she made her stage debut in a production of Mother Courage and Her Children. Since then, she has acted in more than a dozen productions in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, with directors like Mohan Maharishi, Satyabrata Rout, and Vijay Padaki, among others. She made her co-directorial debut last year with a production of Rabindranath Tagores Chitraa and now wants to adapt Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Debi Chaudhurani. She has finished her PhD in Development Studies from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, for which she studied local festivals in the Sundarbans. Sagnik Sinha Actor Sagnik has worked with various theatre groups such as Dramarsis, Quiver Productions, Forum-three, Kalyan, Kathputliyaan and Indian Ensemble to name a few. Software development pays his bills, apart from which he has multiple hobbies which include music, literature, traveling and cooking. He is one of the co-founders of Dramarsis and has donned multiple roles in theatre including that of director, actor, lights controller, sound handler, production and backstage over the last 9 years.

Ujani Ghosh Actor

Ujani is a Bangalore-based theatre and voice actor. Since 2019, she has trained under Mr Ratan Thakore Grant and Mr Vishal Nayer with MISF!T (My Interest Stays Firmly in Theatre) and Begin to Believe (Vishal Nayer Acting Workshop) respectively. She has worked as an actor, marketing and production support with various theatre groups. She balances her acting career with her role as a senior strategy consultant at KPMG.

Archana Kariappa Theatre Artiste

Archana Kariappa is a seasoned theatre artiste with over 15 years of experience, shining in major productions from Chennai to Bangalore, including with Bangalore Little Theatre. On stage or behind the scenes, her passion for storytelling is unwavering. Offstage, she crafts narratives as a Project Coordinator at a Bangalore media company.

Prachi Kalra Theatre Practitioner

Prachi is an engineering manager with a passion for crafts and storytelling. She has worked with Mad Hats Theatre in set design, construction and backstage support in 2 productions.

Puneet Gupta Theatre Artist

Puneet Gupta is a theatre artist with about 18 years of experience in writing, directing, acting and designing theatre productions. An engineer by background and an artist at heart, he finds theatre a holistic and cathartic experience, something that brings his passion for storytelling and art together into a cohesive cocktail of expression. The author of four books, he works as a leadership coach, a strategy advisor and a tech consultant when not pursuing his creative endeavors.

Srinivas Beesetty Theatre Practitioner

Srinivas is a theatre practitioner and has been performing as an Actor, Writer, and Director for over 15 years now. A trainee from the National School of Drama, he holds a Diploma in Playback and Proscenium Theatre. He has performed and received accolades nationally at theatre festivals and competitions conducted by IPTA as well as private entities. His directorial Panchhi has garnered him 12 national awards. Founder of Kahe Vidushak.

Sandeep Jain Theatre Actor & Producer

Sandeep is on a quest to explore the dimensions of himself through the practice of theatre as an actor and storyteller enabling it in others as a theatre educator. He has worked as an actor on the screen as well as on the stage. Over the years, Sandeep has done over three hundred and fifty shows with about fifty productions, having worked with eminent directors and a few important theatre Institutions including Ranga Shankara, Sanchaya, Goethe Institute, Sanchari Theatre, Samudaya, Kreative Theatre, Samudaya, Theatre Act(Mumbai), Gillo Repertory Theatre (Mumbai), rednose entertainment(Mumbai). Working as a theatre guest faculty at The Valley School(KFI) since 2015. His latest work is streaming on NETFLIX. Netflix original documentary named “Crime Stories: India Detectives”.