"Mahabharata Retold" plays by Atul Satya Koushik at The Little Theatre Group Auditorium (LTG), Copernicus Marg > 6:30pm on 21st & 22nd December 2013

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Tickets priced at Rs. 500, 300 & 200
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21st December : Arjun Ka Beta
22nd December : Draupadi
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Place : The Little Theatre Group Auditorium (LTG), Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
Landmark : Next to Kamani Auditorium
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Event Description : Theatre - in - Motion and Films and Theatre Society presents 'Mahabharata Retold' plays by Atul Satya Koushik (An imaginative re-telling of some episodes from world's greatest epic.)

21st December : ARJUN KA BETA
Duration : 80 min.
This play which is a poetic rendition of a conversation between Yudhisthira and Bheeshma shows a word‐to‐word description of the bravado of great Abhimanyu given to Bheeshma by Yudhishtir who also shares his inability to face Arjun who would soon be coming back from the battlefield and ask for his son. Similarly Subhadra and young Uttara will also have their share of doubts, questions and allegations. Draupadi also questions Yudhishthir for not sending her sons to the Chakravyuh instead of Abhimanyu as  the  pride  and  glory  of  martyrdom  in  Chakravyuh  belonged  to  her sons.  Bheeshma  motivates Yudhishtira to face the reality and all the questions. Also, he requires Yudhisthir to pass on to Arjun the message that it has been enough of spiritual teaching through Bhagwat Geeta. Now, is the time to get down to what a father should be doing when his son has been brutally killed in the battlefield. Finally, Krishna appears and settles all questions by telling no one has ever been able to come out of their respective Chakravyuhs as this whole life is a nothing but a Chakravyuh.

22nd December : DRAUPADI
Duration : 100 min.
Draupadi has always been a celebrated character of the epic of Mahabharata and many myths, conventions and perceptions have been associated with her in various versions of her life story. This plays takes excerpts from the story of Draupadi as known to everybody and adds to is some imaginative sequences to bring out the real  essence of  association between Draupadi  and today's women.  This juxtaposing makes this work fit to be called an imaginative re‐telling of certain chapters from Draupadi'a life.   
The incidents in the play take place in an Indian village in late 1960s. A bunch of playful females of a large family of Haryanvi rural performers, decide to play Draupadi in absence of all the males of the family. In the process they discover how closely their lives are a reflection of Draupadi's life. This intense story unfolds in an incredibly light and seamless and makes the production a literary marvel presented in a visually delightful manner. Like all other productions of the society this play is also high on folk music.

Writer & Director: Atul Satya Koushik

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