OnE cUttInG eXpeRiEnCe.............

So at last......it appears as a good work..........otherwise i was thinking to abort it.

But it has developed something which can draw a verse on our face...

I am talking about the short film which we made in a very short time.

On 13th December,11:00 pm

       We decided to make a movie.

On 14th December,12:00 noon

       We are at place to shoot.

On 15th December,2:00 pm

       We are having the DVD of film. 

We tried to make a nice work.......there was a lot of difficulties....but at least we put hard efforts...

I am very thankful to all the team....who supports...tries.....pushy...and there are lots of words to describe them....but one is that which is called "FRIEND".

They are my friends...and we made a simple thing which shows friendship...love....sympathy....emotions...care....and a cutting cup of tea.

"ચા ની કિટલી"
 જયાં અમે રોજ ટાઇમપાસ કરીએ છીએ.....એ કિટલી પર બનેલી એક સૂક્ષ્મ ઘટના......
બસ એ અમારી ફીલ્મ....... "one cutting smile".

Ahmadabad has completed its 600 years.......and this venture exhibit the culture....of Ahmadabad...where people share such kind of things i said above.

But we couldn't say it only for Ahmadabad....we can see that wherever people live and when they perform humanity.


Try to create a simple smile on a face of an unknown person....it leads us to make this film....and i wish that we have did it.

Named "one cutting smile"......abhinay did good camera and edit.....

acted by dilip...pratiek....pritesh...maulik...hameer....mohan...chai wale chacha......jay did backstage....bhaumik inspired a lot....and me, dhrunad only watching them they were doing good or not...???

Nisargbhai has supported a lot.

This isn't the best we did...we are very unsatisfied with our work...that we didn't get time to make it more beautiful...but it is good.





Screening of short listed films from the Citylights Short Film Competition. 

Winners of the Citylights film and photo competition were announced in the presence of
Mahesh Bhatt, Naushil Mehta and Mira Lakhia, Anusha Rizvi[Dir:Pipli Live].
 

Screening of short films at Natarani on 16th Dec’ 2010 at 7:30pm

The film has been awarded as the “Best Short film” at City lights short film competition.

An Acktor’s Theatre Production

Directed by Dhrunad Kamle

Screenplay, Cinematography & Film Edited by Abhinay Banker

Production Manager: Bhaummik Trivedi

The cast: Dilip Bharvad, Pratik Dave, Maulik Vyas & Pritesh Shah

Technical team: Jay Makwana, Dilip Bharvad

Special Thanks: Jalam Sinh (Chai wale chcha) Mohan & Hameer.

 

"We have won."

 

And what else.......

It ends here.

Smile.

Dhrunad.

Short film by acktor's theatre

Not Out 600-VSfest
Short Film's Screening at Natarani-


It is a short film festival and competition held at Natarani Theatre organized by Darpana Academy on the occasion of celebration of 600 years of Ahmadabad.

Screening of short listed films from the Citylights Short
Film Competition. Winners of the Citylights film and
photo competition will be announced in the presence of
Mahesh Bhatt, Naushil Mehta and Mira Lakhia.Prize
distribution ceremony.
Screening of short films at Natarani today at 7:30pm.
It is a short film festival and competition held at Natarani Theatre organized by Darpana Academy on the occasion of celebration of 600 years of Ahmadabad.

about the struggle

About the struggle

Last week we have performed at MICA  in SANKALP"2010................a play named "KHUDA HAAFIZ"
adopted from the story of  "GULZAR".

Two persons.......human beings......meet at a one definite point of their lives....where they are in struggle to live..not to live but to survive.....in this world where they are known from their caste....religion....not as a HUMAN.

Conflict which seems as a war.

It questions them what to believe.....what to do...whom can we trust???
This process obtain the question to audience...."What have we become???"

Why do people become so violent  towards these terms like castes religions???
Even they put their lives in danger. they are bigoted to loose their humanity.
Obligations of these kind of thoughts made this world murderous.

One is a Hindu and the other is a Muslim.

Simple characters.

Simple act.

They don't know each other...they fear each other...struggle with each other but they TRUST each other.
It's the way of  living.....which leads them to know they are from different castes.
They show the virtue.
They efforts to save their lives together. 

As an actor of this character...its Struggle inspires me to act.
It gives me the road which defines my struggle of existence.
It was simple to show the fear...the discomfort, But it was difficult to express fear with the ultimate FAITH....the belief of morality.
It was hard but it was tried.

And the last,
We are living in this modern era with all the difficulties which we have faced in Primitive era....But without that Humanness.

We are becoming less human.

All these stuff has told before me...but i am just trying to express the work which we are doing......which interests us.

Have good.
We'll meet again.
Bye.

DHRUNAD,

Acktor's theatre.

This is my first blog.
There must have been so much mistakes....so please generous to my mistakes.
I have to start from wherever...and i started from here.

TOBA TEK SINGH

acktor's theatre presents

Dhrunad Kamle & Hetul Tapodhan

TOBA TEK SINGH

Story: Saadat Hasan Manto 

Adatation: Abhinay Banker

Direction: Bhaumik Trivedi

Language: Hindi/ Urdu

A couple of years after the Partition of the country, it occurred to the respective governments of India and Pakistan that inmates of lunatic asylums, like prisoners, should also be exchanged. Muslim lunatics in India should be transferred to Pakistan and Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistani asylums should be sent to India. During the journey to their respective destinations, the lunatics reach the Indo-Pak border.

So goes Saadat Hasan Manto's powerful satire on Partition, 'Toba Tek Singh', which questions the absurdity of Partition. Even lunatics, or rather only they, could see the contrast between the public and private madness.

The line which was drawn in 1947, that divided not only the country, but also millions of families, more or less 50:50 between India and Pakistan. The wound thus created remains unhealed even after 60 years. 

Maonto's Thanda Gosht

“THANDA GOSHT"- The monologue

Abhinay Banker as Ishar Singh

Performed by Abhinay Banker 

   

Story: Saadat Hasan Manto

Adaptation: Abhinay Banker

Direction: Bhaumik Trivedi

Language: Hindi/ Urdu

           The monologue is based on a short story of very famous writer of Urdu Literature. Thanda (Cold) Gosht (Meat) - During riots, a Goonda protagonist, finds a girl, in unconscious state and thinks of having nice time with her. He carries her all the way to safe place, only to realize that the girl had already died long ago, and that he was bearing 'Thanda Gosht'. The mild feeling of bearing 'thanda gosht' all the way throughout, upsets the man so much that he becomes impotent out of the shock…

ASHWATTHAMA

ASHWATTHAMA

It is based on the Hindu epic poem, Mahabharata. It explores the horrors of war and the devastation wrought when sides are embroiled in a cycle of retaliation and revenge.

Directed by: Dhrunad Kamle

Playwright : Madhu Rye

Performers: Abhinay Banker, Ravikaran Pandey, Rajan Parmar, Gopal Barot, Chetan Padhiyar, Pooja Purohit, Radhika Patel, Gaurang Anand & Druma Mehta

Music: Nisarg Trivedi

 Musicians: Jigar Shah, Shahshank Acharya, Bhargav Purohit, Nitish Parekh, Arpita Dave.

Set Design: Vrundavan Vaidya

Lighting: Dhrunad Kamle

Production Manager: Bhaumik Trivedi, Chirag Vyas

Production Team: Dilip Bharvad, Darshan Thaker, Dhruvang Trivedi.

"Nru" - theatre arts festival

  "NRU"- theatre arts festival by acktor's theatre

After a successful Nru- Theatre Arts Festival’ 09, Acktor’s Theatre is back with the second inning big bang of Nru 2.0- The 3 days Theatre Arts Festival.

Acktor’s is performing various plays, short stories any many more which have never performed since years, incredible writing by National & International writer like Gulzar, Amrita Pritam, Franz Kafka and Madhu Rye.

THE REVENUE STAMP

THE REVENUE STAMP by Amrita Pritam

Abhinay Banker & Megha Vyas

Director: Bhaumik Trivedi

Direction: Bhaumik Trivedi
Adaptation: Abhinay Banker
Cast: Megha Vyas, Abhinay Banker, Druma Mehta, Ekta Bhagwat & Dhrunad Kamle

Set Design: Shailesh Prajapati
Music Composed by: Nisarg Trivedi
Musicians: Shashank Acharya, Jigar Shah, Kedar Upadhyay, Bhargav Purohit, Nitish Parekh.
Lighting Design: Dhrunad Kamle
Production Manager: Chirag Vyas
Production Team: Dilip Bharvad, Dhruvang Trivedi, Darshan Thaker, Chetan Padhiyar.

Dhrunad Kamle & Ekta Bhagwat

An autobiographical narrative of famous and much honored writer and poet Amrita Pritam.
In a brief prologue to "The Revenue Stamp," Amrita Pritam shot back, "Whatever happened in my life happened between the layers of thought that found their way into novels and poems. What was left? Still, I thought I might write a few lines -- something to complete the account book of my life and at the end, seal it with this revenue stamp as it were. Or am I with this revenue stamp setting a seal to my novels and poems ... my entire, literary work ... I wonder."




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KHAMOSHIYAN

Acktor's Theatre Presents

KHAMOSHIYAN

Based on Short stories written by Gulzar

Design and Direction: Abhinay Banker

A Still From the play "Khamoshiyan"

Synopsis: “Khamoshiyan”- the stories and poems is a silhouette against the backdrop of two areas- partition and riots, is a stunning performance and a journey of wounds, Fear, Chaos, trauma, scars and silences of the partition and riots.

The play is beautifully designed with dance, live music, songs, poems and completely innovative form which add a different charm to the ongoing performance.

Manish Vaghela & Ruchita Raval

Cast:
Abhinay Banker with Aakash Maheriya, Atish Indrekar, Anshu Adrekar, Arti Zhala, Bhaumik Trivedi, Bhumika Patel, Chetan Padhiyar, Darshan Thaker,
Dilip Bharvad, Dhrunad Kamle, Dhruvang Trivedi, Druma Mehta, Dronik Shrimali, Ekta Bhagwat, Hetul Tapodhan, Gopal Barot, Hemant Pawar,
Jay Parmar, Jayesh Adhikari, Kashyap Pathak, Ketan Kuhikar, Manish Vaghela, Maulik Patel, Megha Vyas, Pooja Purohit, Priya Sardhara, Preeti Gehlot, Pritesh Shah, Radhika Patel, Ruvhita Raval, Sajid Tirmiji, Tushar Arya, Vedanshi.

Ruchita Raval & Vedanshi Vihol

Stories & Poems: Gulzar
Design & Direction: Abhinay Banker
Stage Management: Dilip Bharvad
Music Composed by: Abhinay Banker, Jigar Shah & Nisarg Trivedi.
Flute: Shahank Acharya
Rhythm: Nitish Parekh, Jigar Shah, Arpita Dave.
Harmonium & Key Board: Bhargav Purohit
Dance Choreography: Druma Mehta, Pooja Purohit, Radhika Patel.

Set Design: Shilesh Prajapati/ Hetul Tapodhan
Costumes: Sajid Tirmiji
Lighting Design: Vrundavan Vaidya
Make up: Hetul Tapodhan
Lights Operator: Pratik Dave
Sound & Production Manager: Bhaumik Trivedi
Production Team: Ujas Chavda, Chirag Vyas, Jay Parmar.
Special Thanks: Dr. Mallika Sarabhai, Shrikant Bilgi
Guidence: Vrundavan Vaidya



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Natarani Theatre: 079-27556669
Acktor's Theatre
For tickets call: 079-27556669, 
+91 9898653593, +91 9925276137




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Amrita Imroz- a love story

ON WORLD THEATRE DAY
Acktor’s Theatre presents

“AMRITA IMROZ”- A love story
Music songs poems performance and a journey of love
...
“This is me and that is you and in the chasm is the dream”
wrote a woman once of her relationship with the man she loved and lived with. Some love stories echo like hymns in this universe. Love is a holy strength in itself since it is a part of the inner world.
Amrita-Imroz -A love Story, is a contemporary love legend penned by Uma Trilok. It is finest described memoirs of a love story. In this touching tribute Uma Trilok communicates her sense of bottomless speculates at their unique and unusual relationship, as also her deep respect for the creative energy of these two extraordinary individuals.
Live music and newly composed poems written by Amrita Pritam and Imroz, in a way using elements of Heer, Qawalli, Sufi and fusion of Indian and western music gives a different charm to the performance.

Pooja Purohit, Radhika Patel, Chetan Padhiyar, Kedar Upadhyay, Shashank Acharya, Pranav Abhyankar,Bhargav P

On Stage:
Abhinay Banker with Vishruti Gandhi.

Language: Hindi
Penned by Uma Trilok
Direction & Design: Abhinay Banker
Music Composition: Nisarg Trivedi, Dr. Kedar Upadhyay.
Harmonium: Bhargav Purohit
Synthesizer: Dr. Kedar Upadhyay
Guitar : Pranav Abhyankar

Vishruti Gandh

Flute: Shashank Acharya
Rhythm: Chetan Padhiyar, Manish Vaghela
Vocal: Pooja Purohit, Radhika Patel, Dr. Kedar Upadhyay
Production Manager: Bhaumik Trivedi
Sound: Dhrunad Kamle 
Lighting: Vrundavan Vaidya
Technical Team: Megha Vyas, Aakash Maheriya, Tushar Arya, Darshan Thaker, Dhruvang Trivedi.

Abhinay Banker

Special Thanks :
Mallika Sarabhai, Shrikant Bilgi, A.S. Rathod.


Date: 27th March 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Natarani Theatre, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad.

Contact: +91 9898653593, +91 9974531975.
Email: acktorstheatre@gmail.com

Makbare ka rakhwala

IIM-CHAOS 2010
Broadway THE MUSICAL ACT
&

Performing at ORISSA

International Theater Olympiad[Orissa]


Makbare ka rakhwala
Playwright: Franz Kafka
Director: Dhrunad Kamle


ON STAGE: Chetan Padhiyar, Jay Parmar, Vishal Solanki, Pratik Dave, Jayesh Adhikari, Dhruvang Trivedi, Ketan Kuhikar, Darshan Thaker.
Concept & Set Design: Vrundavan Vaidya
Production Manager: Bhaumik Trivedi
Music: Abhinay Banker
Lighting Design: Aakash Maheriya

Costume Design: Avni Variya
Back Stage (Production): Dilip Bharvad

Won 2 AWARDS at IIM & 3 AWARDS at Orissa including Best PLAY, Best director, Best Actor.

movements

hooting

KHUDA HAFIZ

Sankalp- MICA theatre festival & One act play competition
3rd Dec. 2010

KHUDA HAFIZ
adopted and directed by Abhinay Banker

Cast: Dhrunad Kamle & Aakash Maheriya.
Production Manager: Bhaumik Trivedi
Set Design: Dilip Bharvad
Lights: Darsahn Thaker, Dhruvang Trivedi
Music: Dilip Bharvad
Production Team: Jay Makvana, Sachin, Maulik.

Acktor's Theatre won both the awards-
BEST PLAY
&
BEST ACTOR: Dhrunad Kamle