Saturday, September 22, 2007

Plays, Movies and weekends.....

Its been sometime since I last wrote in a post....sheer laziness I guess...

All I can really write about is the time well spent over the weekend . Watched Chak De India last Sunday and the movie rocked. It was one great movie I had seen in a long time. It spoke about several relevant issues and dealt with them so subtly , that it wasn't preachy at all!! In addition to that it was fast paced....one wasn't provided the space for boredom. The interplay between the different characters too was well represented...on the whole i thoroughly enjoyed the movie....

Today, we went out for a play at a local auditorium. It was a theatrical presentation of a play written by Mahesh Dattani. "30 Days In September" dealt with the issue of Child Sexual Abuse and Incest, commonplace in every household cutting across all class, caste and language barriers. Yet, it is one issue that is considered so taboo that it is seldom ever allowed to be out in the open for public debate. Narratives of victims are usually frowned upon, pushed to the vestiges of private memories...to be forgotten. The pain and trauma lingers on and it can have a telling effect on the person's growth and subsequent interpersonal relations.

The play was directed by Satyakee D'com Bhuyan and he did a fine job with it. The music was composed by Mayukh Hazarika. The actors did a great job. I particularly liked the performances of the victim and the perpetrator ....absolutely stellar performances!!! On the whole it was a great show and a wonderful evening...