Ek Mamooli Aadmi for Senior citizens at Mayur Vihar

Ashok Lal's play

Ek Mamooli Aadmi

Directed by Arvind Gaur

25 October at 3.30 pm

at Yoga Hut, Sanjay Van, Mayur Vihar Phase-2
Show for Senior citizens only

Operation Three Star & Ambedkar AUR Gandhi @ Ranga Shankara

Dario Fo’s Comic- Satire
"Operation Three Star"
(Hindi adaptation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist )
on 13th October 2009 at 7.30 pm
at Ranga Shankara,Bangalore
Adaptation in Hindi -Amitabh Srivastava
Lyrics-Piyush Mishra
Directed by Arvind Gaur
Actors -Viren Basoya,Bajrang Bali Singh,Shilpi Marwaha ,Raj Sharma, Malay Garg, Pankaj Yadav
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Ambedkar AUR Gandhi
on 14th October 2009 at 7.30 pm
at Ranga Shankara,Bangalore
Written by Rajesh Kumar
Directed by Arvind Gaur
Music by Dr.Sangeeta Gaur with musicians - Sandy , Anil Mishra & Mohit Sharma
Actors-Ambedkar -Bajrang Bali Singh ,Gandhi- Viren Basoya,Rama Bai -Shilpi Marwaha ,Malay Garg,Pankaj Raj Yadav,Raj Sharma,Vrinda Vedi,Rahul Datta,Saurab Pal,Dinesh Dhawan,Wreicha Sharma,Rachitta Juneja ,Teisual Gaurl, Trimala Adikari,Md Waseem,Parvesh Dhawan,Priyank Dwivedi,Akash Dabas,Alok,Shashank,Arvind Kesari,Tosham Acharya, Shalini Rai,Nishtha Goyal,Disha Arora,Kakoli Gaur,Saveree Gaur, Vaibhav ,Shagun,Puneet,Himansu Maggu ,Javad Malik, Chatanya Vasist ,Irfan Khan, Firoz ,Rahul Khanna
Production -Pramod Satya ,Assistance- Vikash
asmitatheatre@gmail.

Ashok Lal 's "Ek Mamooli Aadmi " by Arvind Gaur on 3rd oct at DIAF

Delhi International Arts Festival presents

Ek Mamooli Aadmi ( एक मामूली आदमी )

Directed by Arvind Gaur (अरविन्द गौड़)

Written by Ashok Lal

3 October 2009 at 7 pm

Delhi International Arts Festival,
India Islamic Cultural Centre ,Lodhi Road

Music by Dr.Sangeeta Gaur

Entry by Passes

Critics says About play-

'Ek Mamooli Aadmi' is one more milestone in Asmita's engaging

repertoire of meaningful theatre.

-Nikhat Kazmi (Times of India)

Meaningful production..Another feather in the cap of director Arvind Gaur. -Kavita Nagpal (H T)'Ek Mamooli Aadmi' is an excellent play with a lot of humour , lot of life's reality

-Smita Nirula (Pioneer)

About a common man...but no common play this ….Ek Mamooli Aadmi is certainly not a ‘Mamooli’ play…. Full of humour extracted from life’s reality, Reflecting on various aspects of the society, the play takes a dig at the superficial relationships of the present day. Aptly exposing political and social attitudes and people’s priorities, it poses a fresh set of questions on lifeAt the same time, it shows how meaningful productions like this can not only draw audience but entertain them too, as appeared from the response of spectators at Sangeet Natak Academy where it was staged on Tuesday as part of Rang Sangam suggested so.

- Mohd Arshi Rafique, Indian Express ,Lucknow

The play is built around the protagonist Umesh's curiosity to find out why Brahmins had refused to participate in his father's 'tehrvi' ... Arvind's production is excellent... innovative...

-Romesh Chander (Hindu)

Written by Ashok Lal and directed by Arvind Gaur (अरविन्द गौड़), the play is a deeply moving description of the travails of a middle-aged clerk who knows of his impending death. Reserved, reclusive and politically correct Ishwar Chand, decides to do some unusual things before dying. The acts are not a result of angst or deeds of rebellion, Ishwar just wants to savour another life, paint a new picture of himself for his own viewing. His escape from reality is a challenge to that very reality. Death becomes a motivation for pleasure; he wants to please others, see others happy, and make others fulfilled

- Indian Express

Actors -

Viren Basoya (Ishwar Chand Awasthi, the protagonist), Shilpi Marwaha, Bajrang Bali Singh

Pankaj Raj Yadav,Raj Sharma, Malay Garg,,Rahul Datta,Saurab Pal,Dinesh Dhawan,Wreicha Sharma,Rachitta Juneja ,Teisual Gaur,Mnvir Sansaanwal, Trimala Adikari,Asish,Md Waseem,Parvesh Dhawan,Priyank Dwivedi,Akash Dabas,Alok,Shashank,Arvind Kesari,Tosham Acharya,Aman, Shalini Rai,Nishtha Goyal,Disha Arora,Kakoli Gaur, Saveree Gaur ,Vaibhav,Shagun,Puneet,Vrinda Vedi,Himansu Maggu ,Javad Malik, Chatanya Vasist ,Irfan Khan, Himansu Sharma,Arun Khatana,Firoz ,Deepak Batra ,Rahul Khanna and...

An Asmita production9911013630 (Viren Basoya), 9868885129 (Shilpi Marwaha) ,9899650509(Arvind Gaur)

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Delhi International Arts Festival

Prathibha Prahlad, Festival Director & Principal Promoter

Arshiya Sethi, Executive Director

Rajesh Kumar's " Ambedkar AUR Gandhi " by Arvind Gaur on 2nd October at IHC

Old World Culture & Asmita Theatre Group presents-

Ambedkar AUR Gandhi

Written by Rajesh Kumar

Directed by Arvind Gaur

2nd October 2009 at 7.00 pm

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Center,Lodhi Road,New Delhi

Music by Dr.Sangeeta Gaur

With musicians - Sandy , Anil Mishra & Mohit Sharma

Actors-

Ambedkar -Bajrang Bali Singh

Gandhi- Viren Basoya

Rama Bai -Shilpi Marwaha

Malay Garg,Pankaj Raj Yadav,Raj Sharma,Rahul Datta,Saurab Pal,Dinesh Dhawan,Wreicha Sharma,Rachitta Juneja ,Teisual Gaur,Mnvir Sansaanwal,Arun Rana, Trimala Adikari,Asish,Md Waseem,Parvesh Dhawan,Priyank Dwivedi,Akash Dabas,Alok,Shashank,Arvind Kesari,Tosham Acharya,Aman, Shalini Rai,Nishtha Goyal,Disha Arora,Kakoli Gaur, Saveree Gaur ,Vaibhav, Ashok Yadav ,Shagun,Puneet,Himansu Maggu ,Javad Malik, Chatanya Vasist ,Irfan Khan, Himansu Sharma,Arun Khatana,Firoz ,Deepak Batra ,Rahul Khanna and...

Ambedkar AUR Gandhi on 3oth August at SRC

Rajesh Kumar's

Ambedkar AUR Gandhi

Directed by Arvind Gaur

30th August 2009 at 7pm

Sri Ram Centre,Safdar Hashmi Marg
Mandi House,New Delhi

Music by Dr.Sangeeta Gaur

With musicians - Sandy and Mohit Sharma

Actors

Ambedkar -Bajrang Bali Singh

Gandhi- Viren Basoya

Rama Bai -Shilpi Marwaha
Malay Garg,Pankaj Raj Yadav,Raj Sharma,Rahul Datta,Sheena Chauhan,Saurab Pal,Dinesh Dhawan,Wreicha Sharma,Rachitta Juneja ,Teisual Gaur,Mnvir Sansaanwal,Arun Rana,Trimala Adikari,Asish,Md.Waseem,Parvesh Dhawan,Priyank Dwivedi,Akash Dabas,Alok,Shashank,Arvind Kesari,Tosham Acharya,Aman, Shalini Rai,Nishtha Goyal,Disha Arora,Kakoli Gaur, Saveree Gaur ,Vaibhav, Ashok Yadav ,Shagun,Puneet,Himansu Maggu ,Javad Malik, Chatanya Vasist ,Irfan Khan, Himansu Sharma,Arun Khatana,Firoz ,Deepak Batra ,Rahul Khanna ,Wreicha Sharma and...

GANDHI AND AMBEDKAR – REVIEWS

“Ambedkar aur Gandhi” is one of Asmita’s classics…Asmita’s latest presentation, young playwright Rajesh Kumar’s “Ambedkar aur Gandhi” was marked for healthy audience response both for its content and the director Gaur’s overall production design… Never before have I seen such an intelligent post-presentation discussion between the audience and the director. It just goes to show if the theme is relevant and the presentation professionally good, the audience is waiting for it...

The cast does full justice to the playwright and were true to what the director was trying to get out of them. Bajrang Bali Singh playing Ambedkar was excellent particularly in his last speech after Gandhiji’s death.Viren Basoya’s Gandhi, calm and collected throughout and yet emotional when he says he wants to be reborn as a Harijan. In response, the audience breaks out in a non-stop applause.Apart from the two lead players, others who stand out are Shilpi Marwah as Rama Bai, Pankaj Raj Yadav as Devdas Gandhi, Malay Garg as Kedarkar, Raj Sharma as Sadanand and Rahul Datta as Sardar Patel.To lend colour to the presentation, there was, as usual, excellent music by Sangeeta Gaur and some popular songs that brought back old memories.

“Ambedkar aur Gandhi”, to my mind is one of Asmita’s classics and Gaur’s best-directed presentations that must be taken around the Hindi speaking States...

-ROMESH CHANDER, The Hindu (An ongoing dialogue, 21 August, 2009)

http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/article6277.ece

Gandhi- Ambedkar debate moved, impressed the gathering …play succeeded in arousing the audience…debate received constant applause.- Rashtriya SaharaPolitics takes centre stage...social political play about the geopolitical and social scenario in the country in 1930’s…reveals the two extreme thinking- Gandhi and Ambedkar …relation between the two despite their differences.

- Hindustan Times (Live correspondent)

Arvind Gaur’s 64th endeavour follows its predecessors- a social and political play… political dialogues on the social concerns of the time… antithetical views and the realisation that Gandhi Ambedkar’s vision was one, but means different — form the fabric of the play…issue of untouchability and the plight of the Dalits is a significant thread expressed in the play……..

- The Hindu (Preview)

Gandhi and Ambedkar attacked caste system…to stop untouchability, terminate caste system- thought expressed lively in the debate between Gandhi and Ambedkar…arguments received constant applause…war of thoughts between Gandhi and Ambedkar stirred the audience…expresses the clash of thoughts…chorus gave the play a new height.

- Dainik Hindustan

Fight between the thoughts expressed brilliantly in the play…Gandhi and Ambedkar an unforgettable experience…expressed the conflicting thoughts of two political stalwarts with similar aim…

- Amar Ujaala

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Rajesh Kumar's Ambedkar AUR Gandhi Directed by Arvind Gaur

Rajesh Kumar's

Ambedkar AUR Gandhi
Directed by Arvind Gaur

First Show-

19th July 2009 at 7pm

Sri Ram centre,Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House

Second Show-
ONGC Auditorium ,

REACH theatre fest 09,Dehra Dun
on 11th Aug at 6.30pm

Main Actors-

Ambedkar -Bajrang Bali Singh

Gandhi- Viren Basoya

Rama Bai - Shilpi Marwaha

Malay Garg,Pankaj Raj Yadav,Raj Sharma,Rahul Datta,Saurab Pal,Dinesh Dhawan ,Parvesh Dhawan,Sheena Chauhan
Actors

Rachitta Juneja ,Teisual Gaur ,Manvir Sansanwal,Arun Rana, Trimala Adikari,Md Waseem,Priyank Dwivedi,Akash Dabas,Alok,Shashank,Arvind Kesari,Tosham Acharya,Aman, Shalini Rai,Nishtha Goyal,Disha Arora,Kakoli Gaur, Saveree Gaur ,Vaibhav Ashok Yadav ,Shagun,Puneet,Himansu Maggu ,Javad Malik, Chatanya Vasist ,Irfan Khan, Himansu Sharma,Arun Khatana,Firoz ,Deepak Batra and...

Photographs- Abhinav Sharma

Theatre Guru Arvind Gaur - Article by Tania Ameer Khan 'Society Magazine' July 2009 edition

Asmita Theatre Review new Issue

Asmita Theatre Review

Editor -Pramod L N S

Associate editor - Shilpi Marwaha

Asmita Summer Theatre Festival ( 23 May to 19th July, 2009)

23 rd and 24th May ,7.30 pm
Swadesh Deepak's
Court Martial
India Habitat Centre ,Lodhi Road , New Delhi
Tickets Rs. 50 /-

30 th May ,7.30 pm
Dario Fo’s Comic- Satire
Operation Three Star
Hindi adaptation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Adaptation in Hindi -Amitabh Srivastava
Lyrics-Piyush Mishra
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Tickets Rs. 50 /-

31 st May ,7 pm
Dario Fo’s Comic- Satire
Operation Three Star
Hindi adaptation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Adaptation in Hindi -Amitabh Srivastava
Lyrics-Piyush Mishra
India International centre ,
Maxmuller Marg,Lodhi Road

6th June,7.30 pm
Mahesh Dattani's
Final Solutions
hindi translation -Shahid Anwar
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Tickets Rs. 50 /-

7th June ,7 pm
Mahesh Dattani's
Final Solutions
India International centre , Maxmuller Marg,Lodhi Road

13th & 14th June,7.30pm
Ashok Lal's
Ek Mamooli Aadmi
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Tickets Rs. 50 /-

20th & 21st June,7.30pm
Unsuni
based on Harsh mander's book
script by Mallika Sarabhai
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Tickets Rs. 50 /-

27 th June ,7.30 pm
Swadesh Deepak's -
Court Martial
India Habitat Centre ,Lodhi Road ,
Tickets Rs. 50 /-

28 th June at 7 pm
Dario Fo’s Comic- Satire -
Operation Three Star
Hindi adaptation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Adaptation in Hindi -Amitabh Srivastava
Lyrics-Piyush Mishra
Tickets Rs.100/ & 50 /-
Sri Ram centre,Mandi House

5 th July at 7 pm
Ashok Lal's -
Ek Mamooli Aadmi
Sri Ram centre,Mandi House
Tickets Rs.100/ & 50 /-

12th July 7pm
Log- Baag
play by Neil Simon based on Anton Chekhov's stories
Lok Kala Manch, 20, Lodhi Institutional Area
behind sai baba mandir)
Entry Free

19th July-New Hindi play at 7pm at SRC
Rajesh Kumar 's
Ambedkar AUR Gandhi
Sri Ram centre,Mandi House
Tickets Rs.100/ & 50 /-

All plays directed by Arvind Gaur
For Details pls call -9911013630 (Viren Basoya), 9718618947 (Shilpi Marwaha),
9555558812 (Pankaj Yadav) , 9899.650.509 (Gaur)
asmitatheatre@gmail.com

Children Summer theatre workshop

May 18 - June 6, 2009
10 am - 12.30 pm(for 9 to 14 yr old )
Registration fee Rs. 2500/-
Children Summer theatre workshop by Arvind Gaur

limited seats for registration contact -
Manager,Lok Kala Manch, (behind Sai Baba Mandir)
Lodhi Road, New Delhi
ph- 24624232,24644421,65806268,9810597410(Uday Bir Singh),09911013630 (Viren Basoya),09718618947 (Shilpi Marwaha), 09899.650.509 (Gaur)
asmitatheatre@gmail.com

Theatre Workshop at Habitat World , India Habitat centre by theatre director Arvind Gaur

The workshop will introduce the aspiring actor to the basic skills of acting.This includes ensemble work, voice ,speech ,fun exercises & games , movement, personality development , better communication, approach to character and improvisation techniques etc.

4 Week intense Summer theatre workshop at Habitat World , India Habitat centre by eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur.

May 9 - June 5 , 2009
2 pm to 4.30 pm
(for 15 yr old and above)
Registration fee Rs. 5000/-
Registration for the workshop starts from may 2nd ,2009
limited seats.

for registration contact -
Programme Desk,India Habitat Centre ,
Lodhi Road,New delhi
ph- 011-43663333
09911013630 (Viren Basoya)
09899.650.509
asmitatheatre@gmail.com