Gajab Kahani [A viagem do elefante] [Teatro; 2017]

Sinopse

"Now, the journey of Solomon or Suleiman the elephant will be retold in Gajab Kahani, a new play by Pune-based theatre group Aasakta Kalamanch. Based on Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago’s 2008 novel The Elephant’s Journey, the play in Hindi and gibberish will be staged at a black box theatre at G5A auditorium in Lower Parel, Mumbai. (...) Director Mohit Takalkar’s Gajab Kahani closely follows the events of the novel and mirrors its speech, but the narrative is flipped: instead of focusing on the European setting, the play gazes at the intimate relation between Solomon the elephant and Subhro, the imagined Bengali mahout who tends to him. Both the elephant and his caretaker are adrift in an incomprehensible world, far from all they know. It has an added innovation as a tip to the fluidity of the novel: the play unfolds on a 360 degree stage set built around the audience who will sit on swivel chairs in the centre." _{(in Mridula Chari, Scroll.in journal, 20.05.2017)}

"First and foremost is the issue of language. Subhro can talk only in Hindi whereas other members of the cast speak gibberish. This device has been used to lend authenticity to the experience and it works. It certainly creates the atmosphere of an alien language and culture. Despite the language barrier to both, Subhro, Solomon and audiences, the play moves ahead as the body language is very powerfully used."  _{(in Avinash Kolhe, One India one people, 07.2017, p. 50)}

Ficha Técnica

Título: Gajab Kahani

País: Índia

Dramaturgia: Amitosh Nagpal

Encenação: Mohit Takalkar

Figurinos: Isha Ahluwalia

Produção: Grupo de teatro Aaskata Kalamanch Pune

Elenco: Ajeet Singh Palawat (Subhro), Geetanjali Kulkarni (Solomon), Nakul Bhalla, Alap Vaidya, Anand Potdukhe, Anuj Deshpande, Ashish Pathak, etc.

Luminotecnia: Pradeep Vaidya

Exibição: Mumbai | Black box theatre, G5A auditorium

Línguas: Hindi e gibberish

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