| AT A GLANCE | THE PLAY | CAST AND CREDITS |
| Kamani, 6.30 pm, Fri, 8 Jan Hindi, 105 minutes Director: Dinesh Thakur Playwright: Asghar Wahajat |
Set in post-partition Lahore, the play tells the story of an immigrant family looking forward to settling down in their new home - a haveli abandoned by a Hindu family, now allotted to them - after having spent many months in refugee camps. To their dismay, they find that the mother of the last owner still lives in the haveli. A victim of hate, violence and tragedy, she had lost everything but not the ability to give love and affection. The story charts the relationship of the old lady with the Mirza family at one level, while showing how her presence is used by local goons to further their own fundamentalist agendas. One day the old lady dies, and this is when the narrative reaches its climax, demonstrating the clash of greed and fundamentalism versus sanity and love for fellow human beings. | Ratan Ki Maa: Preeta Mathur Thakur Mirza: Am/Dharmesh Tiwari Hameeda Begum: Madhu Shrivastav Tanno: Rekha Rana Javed: Rohan Shroff Maulvi: S.P.Chawhan/S.C.Makhija Nasir Fazli: Aman Gupta Yaqoob Pehlwan: Atul Mathur Mohammed Shah: Malkhan Singh Aleem Chaiwala: Akshay Sharma Hameed Tangewala: Malkan Singh Anwaaar: Vinay Lathwal Siraj: Sahil Mittal Hidaayat: Saurabh Bennerjee Sajida: Alisha Sayyad Fayaz: Vinay Lathwal Lights: Dhanendra Kawde Music Operation: Kalu Singh Sets Contruction: Pravin Bansode (Stage Vision) Songs Recording: Anand Santoshiji (Systems Recording) Music & Effects Recoding: Vasant Gorule (Radiowani) Make Up & Wigs: Sunil Joshi Back Stage: Akshay Sharma, Vinay Lathwal, Sahil Mittal Stage Managers: Sunil Deshmukh, Malkhan Singh/Sahil Mittal Costumes Design: Salim Arif Lyrics: Nida Fazli Singers: Jaswinder Singh, Upagna Pandya & Deepali Somaiya Keyboard Programming: Harpreet Singh Music: Kuldip Singh |