mughals-aur-aaj-hum part I

ohkas here i am sitting and writing a very informal stuff-my time and experiences during the making as well as performing of mughals-aur aaj-hum. well to start with i just dont know why is it so damn glued to ma heart walls. probably becus it had lot of great times (and i just love capturing great moments either by pen or by photolithographic agents) and alternatively the amazing mishappz(ma cells misplacement... ma digicams heart-breaking-and-brain-tensing sudden dissapearance).

well the play is a great achievement because it opened my doors to theatre.. from where i walked off 2 years back, and the most deliberate reason of its being there .. right there deep inside my heart are ofcourse my college friends.. the entire crew of the show.... i call it a show because it was more of other things too than just mughals aur aaj hum!!! so comming up to the skeleton of it all-the story line. well its a very light one that demonstrated this century- jodhas dominance on akbar, anarkalis flirtacious nature, salims homosexuality with who else but birbal, durjans love for dolls(proving men too like stuff toys) , tansens luv for music but in an altogether different form where he prefers singing the minus lyrics and the "darbaaris" modern outlook towards the "darbaar".. thts all .. a very light hearted and delicately well acted play... now comming to the most exciting part ..the making....

here it comes .. a difficult task to handle 11 guys who are no less than hulligans.. but in a very purely devilish manner... yea u correct the guys who were the actors are real nuts.... they are awesome pieces of fun when they are around, together they just some how made all these moments special to me , by either jabbing on any silly topic with the most unbelievably silliest notion... or picking up music like "bum bum bole.." and foottapping or else i shud say jamming (let me clearify its not the oxford jamming... its pushing, throwing , kicking sort of a jamming)... also their sense of logic to answer your queries will just leave you with one expression,which is gonna be an aghast look on you and a loud voice from right inside your soul sayin-fuck man!!! they got ME speechless!!!!!! and how can i forget by making me shout and behave as a nerd who is really sciencere(yikes....man when am not)

the practice was a nuciance though with absurd timings and only half the crowd turning up in maximum of them and the other times of the so-called sciencere practices the interupption by some holy soul outta them with any hediously wanderous topic or action!!and that is why it is tempting me to define and introduce(though they are just my manipulations...and manipulations are never fixed forever) the cast individually to all of you -

1. rohit (akbar)- well he is a great guy with intelligence and a god gifted art to sing... and practicing for the play made him shout aloud.. tearing apart his voicebox as a result misfrequencing his voice. for the drama he was the pillar to great ideas and great acts and a person who many a times caught my sensetivity towards minor points which are just not visible by people if they are my surface friends.

2. aboli (jodha)- words outdo me for her.shes one of the greatest friends mumbai had to offer with many philosophical thoughts of ours tuning in on the right note. and as an actress she is superbly mindblowing..the whole act of jodha ruling akbar came just so naturally to her.

3.gaurav(salim)- a feeble guy(physiological description) with a strong heart(pshycological description) . m ascertaining this because he got the threat of the dismissal from the play due to the underperformance on the role by him but he stood strong and proved me wrong.and after that his silly monkey steps on hoth raselay is the best thing that i remember.

4. durjan(shijo)- nnnnaaaaaaaahhhhhhhiiiiiiiiii..... and aa bhiisshhoomm are the two words with actions which come to my mind when i look back at him as a character of the skit. hes huge and clicked the right contrast to the appearance of salim (short,thin and feeble) to that of durjan(heavy,heafty,lovable and high-here i remember the hi5z for me). teady-bear (as i address him) was the greatest punch of the show. he acts well and also organises everyone for the practice sessions.

5.birbal(robin)- tissue paper cconversation immediately clicks on his thought. a guy who has always been there as a helping hand and a person on whose moves and intentions you can blindfoldedly rely on-this is robin.yea a guy with gurly characteristics to fix the puzzle of salim-birbal mating :)... but dude should say that i really respect him because he is of a really pure heart.

6.tansen(shashank)-wello he fitted just too well for the role and i dont think he is bad at singing(thats what he says). shashank has always been the himesh reshamiya and has given me a great knowledge for the one-stop-cheap-food-shops of mumbai.