K L SAIGAL (A MUSICAL PLAY IN HINDI)
Oct 9 Mon
Pierrot’s Troupe presents
K L SAIGAL (A MUSICAL PLAY IN HINDI)
Directors: Dr. Sayeed Alam and Niti Sayeed
Playwright: Dr. Sayeed Alam
Duration: 120 mins (with interval)
Language: Hindi
Time: 3.30 pm and 7:30 pm
Singers, actors, songwriters all: memories are made of these.
Cast: Uday Chandra, Tom Alter, Vijay Gupta, Niti Sayeed, Subroto Samanto, Harish Chabbra, Saleem Javed, Harish Dinkar, Girish Nagpal, Afsar Ahmad, Amit Tiwari, Ekta Tiwari, and Ajitabh Sengupta
Lighting Design: Vijay Gupta
Music: Uday Chandra
Costumes: Dr. M. Sayeed Alam
Props: Subroto Samanto
Make up: Digambar Prasad
Set Design: Ajay Sharma
Production Control: Sanjay Gupta
Synopsis
The play relives the music and cinema of yesteryears and narrates the story of K L Saigal replete with events and anecdotes which revolve around legends like Ustad Faiyyaz Khan, D.V. Paluskar, Punkaj Mullick, R.C. Boral, K.C. Dey, Prithvi Raj Kapoor, Naushad and many more. The play is dotted with live recitals of Saigal’s ghazals, dadras, thumris, and film songs which envelope and suffuse the listener. The play has powerful performances by Uday Chandra, an extraordinary actor-singer and Tom Alter.
About Pierrot’s Troupe
Delhi based Pierrot’s Troupe was formed in 1989 with an endeavour to explore through theatre various facets of everyday life. Named after the French pantomime character Pierrot, the group brings to the stage the palpable reality of life in all its nuances. Non-conformist yet rooted in the finest traditions of Indian theatre, Pierrot’s Troupe is reputed as the “purveyor of original plays in Indiaâ€. Pierrot’s have over 1200 shows to their credit including critically acclaimed productions like “Ghalib in Delhi†and “Begum Akhtar†amongst others.
