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BIYABAN
MEIN UGTEY KINSHUK
(Play in Hindi)
Based on a novel by - Dr. Sudha Sriwastava
Designed & Directed by - Bipin Kumar (N.S.D. Graduate)
Dramatized by - Bharti Sharma (N.S.D.
Graduate)
Style - Realistic
Duration - 80 minutes
(Adjudged
as one of the Best Plays Of The Year 1993 by Delhi Govt.'s Sahitya
Kala Parishad)
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It revolves around the life of a middle aged woman Neha
who lives with her daughter Tuhina. Her husband Nilaksh,
who had parted company with her for another woman, suddenly
re-enters their life after 20 long years. The arrival of
Nilaksh is interpreted differently by mother & daughter.
Tuhina dislikes her mother being so weak where Nilaksh is
concerned and does not like the reunion of the two. Meanwhile,
the visit of Sushant, a friend of Neha for the last 17 years,
who supported her and loved her, is mistaken by Nilaksh
and he withdraws. Tuhina gets married, Neha is now left
alone. At the end of the play Neha is able to discover her
true identity. She now starts living for herself and only
for herself. The Kinshuk meaning a beautiful red flower
'Palash" starts sprouting in the wilderness of Neha's
lonely inner self. She now relates herself with the flower
called Kinshuk which sprouts in isolation yet blossoms.
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THE HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI,
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1993
Many dimensions of an unusual woman.
Bharti is, as also her husband and director of the play, Bipin
Kumar, a meritorious graduate of the National School of Drama.
A talented actress and singer Bharti first came to notice as the
lead in Mohan Upreti's profound opera Rajula Malushahi based on
the famous Kumaoni balad of the same name.Since its inception
in 1987, Kshitij has presented some well staged ballets and plays.
Neha is an unusual Indian woman and Bharti managed to portray
her as many dimensional. The involvement with the character was
at once subjective in action and objective in observation and
recall.In a low key performance, Bharti established the contradiction
with conviction as the only possible reality in Neha's life. Bipin
as Sushant and Mukul as Nilaksh held the tension in muted dialogue
with Neha, contrasting dramatically Tuhina's hysterical outbursts.
A simple set design and evocative lighting by Edwin Williams enhanced
the dramatic undertones.
KAVITA
NAGPAL
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INDIAN
EXPRESS, NEW DELHI
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1993
From wilderness to self-realization.
The play deals with Neha, a middle-aged woman-played by the
beautiful dramatist herself, with the requisite sensitivity.
'The novel had too many shifting locales and was perhaps written
with a film script in mind. What I have done is to focus on
the essence, that is, the discovery of her inner self by Neha".
said Bharti.
"This has been done by doing away with certain aspects
of the novel which I found unnecessory, and I have also added
a few things because the original version could not be translated
on the stage", she added.
ASHISH
SHARMA
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THE
PIONEER
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
Of conflicting desires. A very spare yet highly charged script,
Biyaban's sub-text is stronger than its verbal text. This script
though only 80 minutes long, operates on so many levels that it
is difficult to grasp them all within those 80 minutes. One keeps
thinking about it, pulling out parallels within one's own purview
and getting a deeper understanding of the situation. Technically
well designed, the production is one that will make people uncomfortable
because they will be forced to face certain realities within their
own existences.
SMITA NIRULA
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THE
HINDU, Tuesday, January 4, 1994
A new genre, a new incarnation
Kshitij's 'Biyaban Mei Ugtey Kinshunk' is yet another dramatization
of a novel in an interesting format.
It would, perhaps, be wrong to say that the play is an adaptation
of Dr. Sudha Srivastava's novel in the conventional sense. Bharati
Sharma has taken a few episodes and some dialogues from the novel
and given the story a dramatic format keeping intact the central
theme. The story is carried through narration by the characters
and flashbacks. The format, as developed by Sharma, makes the
play as one of the best dramatization of a novel that we have
seen on the Delhi stage.
The Production, designed and directed by Bipin Kumar, focuses
on the relationship between people and how these affect their
lives. The performances on the whole are somewhat uneven, but
Bharati Sharma in Neha's role turns in a sensitive performance
and Rasika Tyagi projects well a strong-willed daughter who does
not understand her mother's predicament.
ROMESH
CHANDER
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