Susan Brar in Final Solutions 
Log-Baag (Susan,Pushpraj Rawat,Parvaj with Amita)
Log-Baag (Susan Brar with Ajeet )
Log-baag last sc.
Log Baag(Sandeep Srivastava,Arun Khatana And Amita Walia)
Final Soutions(Parvaj khan,Girish pal,Amita Walia And Susan Brar)ASMITA presents
Mahesh Dattani's
FINAL SOLUTIONS
Translation by Shahid Anwar
28th oct.7pm
Hindi Bhawan,Vishnu Digamber Marg,
Near Bal Bhawan, ITO,New Delhi
Neil Simons’s comedy play
based on Chekhov's stories
Log-Baag
7th Oct.2006 ,7 pm
Hindi Bhawan,Vishnu Digamber Marg,
Near Bal Bhawan, ITO,New Delhi
Musical satire
Mote Ram ka Satyagrah
Adaptation by Habib Tanveer and Safdar Hashmi.
Music by Sangeeta Gaur
On 30th sept,2006
10.45am,K.M. college,
North Campus,Delhi University
1st Oct. 2006
Pragati Vihar Hostel,Durga Pooja Pandal,9.30pm
(Near Jawahar lal Nehru Stadium ),
Lodi Road New Delhi
All plays Directed By Arvind gaur
contact: 9899650509, 9871166607
About Final Solutions
"Final Solutions" has a powerful contemporary resonance as
it addresses as issue of utmost concern to our
society, i.e. the issue of communalism. The play presents
different shades of the communalist attitude prevalent
among Hindus and Muslims in its attempt to underline the
stereotypes and clichés influencing the collective sensibility
of one community against another. What distinguishes this work
from other plays written on the subject is that it is
neither sentimental in its appeal nor simplified in its approach.
It advances the objective candour or a social scientist while
presenting a mosaic of diverse attitudes towards religious identity
that often plunges the country into inhuman strife. Yet the issue
is not moralised, as the demons of communal hatred are located not
out on the street but deep within us.
The play moves from the partition to the present day communal riots.
It probes into the religious bigotry by examining the attitudes
of three generations of a middle-class Gujrati business family,
Hardika, the grandmother, is obsessed with her father's murder
during the partition turmoil and the betrayal by a Muslim friend,
Zarine. Her son, Ramnik Gandhi, is haunted by the knowledge his
fortunes were founded on a shop of Zarine's father, which was
burnt down by his kinsmen.
Hardika's daughter-in-law, Aruna, lives by the strict code of
the Hindu Samskar and the granddaughter, Smita, cannot allow
herself a relationship with a Muslim boy. The pulls and counter-pulls
of the family are exposed when two Muslim boys, Babban and Javed,
seek shelter in their house on being chased by a baying Hindu mob.
Babban is a moderate while Javed is an aggressive youth. After
a nightlong exchange of judgements and retorts between the characters,
tolerance and forgetfulness emerge as the only possible
solution of the crisis. Thus, the play becomes a timely
reminder of the conflicts raging not only in India but
in other parts of the world.
CRITICS SAY
With the screaming, stomping, sinister mob in the
background of this high charged interplay, we have a
dramatically explosive play on boards….
Arvind Gaur pitched and kept the action at a level on
high tension. .....Kavita Nagpal (Hindustan Times)
A show not to be missed…
What a beautiful play beautifully translated
and beautifully directed….The play holds a mirror
to the society we live in. ..... ...........Romesh Chander (Hindu)
Something to reflect upon… Asmita production is simple and intense.
The play is powerful, the production is intense, the subject difficult,
the response good, something you can take home and think about
.....Smita Narula (Pioneer)
Mahesh Dattani's 'Final Solutions' is that rare look at a
socio-political problem that defies all final solutions….
Arvind Gaur's competent direction… intense, topical and
artistically mounted, Asmita's 'Final Solutions' brought
back memories of Habib Tanvir's rendition
of 'Jis Lahore nahi Dekhya' and Saeed Mirza's 'Naseem.
.....Nikhat Kazmi (Times of India)
On a more contemporary note, Mahesh Dattani's FINAL SOLUTIONS directed by Arvind Gaur easily stood out as one of the few truly satisfying experiences of this eleven day treat (9th national theatre festival, Nehru Centre,Mumbai) for the senses.
As the dramatic tension (neatly orchestrated by a chorus) rises in the play, the subterranean psyche of each character is laid bare.
Abuses are hurled, raw passions are evoked, attempts at reconciliation are made and prejudices and fears are acknowledged The beauty of the script indeed lies in its ability to relentlessly and sensitively question. Its urgent need to use 'dialogue' as a remedy for a socially pressing issue such as communalism, is the play's underlying theme.
Arvind Gaur's direction is commendable. While the front of the stage is peopled by the principal characters who are psychologically exorcizing themselves, the back part of the stage has a chorus whose role is as symbolic as it is instrumental in furthering the action in the play when required.
In Retrospect: Select plays of the 9th National Theatre Festival,Nehru Centre , Mumbai ....
-Deepa PunjaniDirector's Note
'Final Solutions' touches us, and the bitter realities of our
lives so closely that it becomes a difficult play to handle for
the Indian Director. The past begins top determine the outlook of
the present and thus the earlier contradictions re-emerge.
No concrete solutions are provided in the play to the problem
of communalism but it raises questions on secularism and pseudo
secularism. It forces us to look at ourselves in relation to
the attitudes that persist in the society.
Since it is an experiment in time and space and relates to memory,
it is a play, which involves a lot of introspection on the part
of the characters in the play and thus induces similar
introspection in the viewers. I have attempted to experiment
with the chorus. It has been used in a style, which I would
like to call 'realistic stylisation'. The chorus represents the
conflicts of the characters. Thus the chorus is a sense is
the psycho-physical representation of the characters and also
provides the audience with the visual images of
the characters' conflicts. There is no stereotyped use of
the characterisation of the chorus because communalism has no face,
it is an attitude and thus it becomes an image of the characters.
The sets and properties used in the play are simple.
This has been done to accentuate the internal conflicts and
the subtext of the play. Theatre for 'Asmita' and me is
a method of reflection, understanding and debating the
contemporary socio-political issues through the process of
the play. We hope the play will also have a lasting
impact on the audience.
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