'Chandala, impure' - Produced by Indianostrum Théâtre and directed by Koumarane Valavane

Chandalas are excluded from everything because they can pollute the purity

July 25, 2019 02:55 pm | Updated August 16, 2019 06:34 pm IST

In a beautiful India where our play takes place lives a very old demon. Sitting on his sacred throne, he feeds only on hate. He divides the world into four Varnas - at the height of purity, are the Brahmins; below them, the Kshatriyas, the warriors, then the Vaisyas, the merchants and, finally the Sudras, the servants. There should be a fifth category that needs to be added - those who are totally impure to touch, the Chandalas. They are excluded from everything because they can pollute the purity; purity of the objects they touch, the places they pass by, the earth they walk on, water they drink, air they breathe…”

 

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Playwright: William Shakespeare

 

Language/s: Tamil

 

Genre: Drama

 

Duration:  160 minutes

 

Interval: 20 minutes

 

Director:  Koumarane Valavane

 

Theatre Group: Indianostrum Théâtre

 

Credits

 

Cast: Anjana Balaji, C Santhosh Kumar, Dharanidharan U,  David Salamon, G Mani Bharathi, Mati Rajput/Abinaya Ganesan, Priyadarshini Chakravarty, Purisai Kannappa Sambandan, Saran Jith, Vasanth Selvam

 

Crew:

 

Lights: Koumarane Valavane

Sound/ Executive Producer: Priti Bakalkar

AV Projection: Natarajan Rajendran

Set Fabrication: Joseph Bernard L

Production Assistant: Rathinavel M

Backstage Management/Understudy: Mati Rajput:

Scenography: Savee Sathish Kumar assisted by Manon Grandmontagne

Live Music and Singing: David Salamon, Saran Jith

Costume Design: Krishnapriya, K Narendran

Light Design: Jean-christophe Goguet

Video and Multimedia Production: Pascal Brazeau

Choreography: Suresh Babu

Puppets Training: K Periyasami

 

Director’s Quote:

 

“The choice to do Romeo and Juliet was triggered by quite a few honor killing incidents in Tamil Nadu. Among these stories, one story that has left a deep impression on us is that of Shankar and Kausalya. Shakar, Kausalya’s lower caste husband was killed in broad daylight by her family. As we started working on it we came across more examples of love affairs which had fallen prey to the caste system despite efforts of our leaders like Gandhi and Ambedkar to abolish the caste system from our society. Through our play,  we hope to explore the caste system from the point of view of the contemporary Indian youth. The characters from this play are very much based on the documented lives of real people and situations. We also attempt to explore how our means of entertainment like cinema are affecting the idea of love amongst our youth.”

 

Suitable for: 16 years +

 

Date & Venue:  August 28, 2019, Music Academy, Chennai

 

Time: 7.30pm

Sponsors

Associate Sponsor: Apollo Hospitals

Co-Sponsor: Casa Grand

Hospitality Partner: Taj Coromandel

Travel Partner: Air India

 

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