SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS

Alegalalli Antaranga

This one woman performance provides a new insight into the eternal romantic epic “Abidjan Shakuntala.” The script evolves as a powerful kaleidoscope of looking at relationships and love with a different perspective. Smt. Vaidehi looks at Abhijnana Shakuntala from the perspective of Shakuntala herself and not Kalidasa. The play makes an attempt to redefine the basic values like possessiveness, love, attachment, selfishness that play a vital role in relationships even today. Love here is portrayed as a journey through self introspection and as a metamorphosis of a complete woman, who is nothing but nature herself. Feminism is redefined in this play and so is theatrical semiotics. This play uses the intricacies of dance and subtleties of music to add an extra dimension to the narration of ideas. This project is just an attempt to provoke a thought process that might help us to identify with the “Shakuntala” and the “Dushyanta” within us all.

Seetha Kote:

A renowned classical danseuse and a television Actor. She has given more than thousand dance performances throughout the length and breadth of India. Is pursuing a career as an actor of acclaim both in television and Cinema. She was awarded with a Doctorate for her thesis on SIMHA BHOOPAL'S LASYARANJANA - A STUDY from the Bangalore University. With an urge to evolve better and to utilize her faculties in acting to communicate through multiple dimensions, she ventured into this one woman performance. She has won accolades and has been critically acclaimed and appreciated for this venture. She looks forward to use her art to manifest meaningful communication to look at different issues that affect our lives and society in general.

Krishnamurthy Kavattar:

A man with a vision, gifted with the prowess of unparalleled creativity and visual thinking. Looks at theater as a medium for self reformation. Works with different dimensions of the script so as to make theater a complete experience. His plays are power packed with a sense of visual poetry, musical narration and a unique method of expression through bodily movements. His plays offer an over the edge experience with their ability of handling the subtext and inherent communication on the subconscious level with lucid clarity and precision. He has directed and acted too in innumerous plays staged all over the country. His plays are widely appreciated and much sought after by connoisseurs.