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PANDIT JAGANNATH
Written in Marathi by Late Vidhyadhar Gokhle
Translated by Sudhir Kulkarni
Designed & directed by Bharti Sharma
 
The play is about truth, about love, about the supreme religion called Humanity. Pandit Jagannath believes in all the existing religions with equal faith and describes Allah in Sanskrit and Hindu Upanishads in Urdu for the followers of both the religions and writes Allopanishad Granth, which receives criticism from the religious Gurus of both the religions. Out of this criticism, he is then tortured and out caste by Hindus. He pays for being rebel to this conservative society. He fights till the end and finally prefers to surrender to the Almighty God rather then surrendering to this fake, selfish, rotten society. The Truth merges into the cosmic energy with him once again, cause Truth never dies, it changes its path. This fight against right & wrong, truth and falsehood continues.
THE HINDU Friday, May 16, 2008
DIWAN SINGH BAJELI
Love and a river of anguish. “Pandit Jagannath” reverberates with contemporary political connotations. A graduate from the National School of Drama, Bharti Sharma has directed the play bearing the stamp of her fine artistry. A sensitive actress and director, Bharti came to the limelight with her debut performance in the title role in “Rajula –Malushahi” directed by B.M. Shah with music scored by Mohan Upreti in 1981. Though veterans like Vinod Nagpal and V.M. Badola were cast in important roles, it was Bharti who stole the limelight. Then a beautiful teenager, endowed with a melodious voice and the body of a trained Kathak dancer, her performance was critically acclaimed by connoisseurs of the theatrical art and the press. One leading English daily published her photograph on the front page. Eulogising her portrayal of Rajula, theatre critic and scholar Nemi Chandra Jain wrote that her Rajula became the darling of the audience. This was a turning point in the career of Bharti. She joined NSD and later its repertory company as an actress. She has not looked back since. Under the banner of Kshitij, which along with few NSD graduates, she founded in 1987, she produced many memorable plays.
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