In Search of Dariya Sagar, which won its playwrights Akshat Nigam and Gerish Khemani, The Hindu Playwright Award 2017, is a play on the migration and displacement of the Sindhis being viewed through the alienated gaze of third generation Sindhis. The story is about a 32 year old Sindhi Jatin Sadarangani from Colaba, who has grown up feeling unsure about his Sindhi identity. The story is about how events compel him to investigate the past of his family and thereby confront the impact of historical events like Partition on their lives. The play is an existential search of a third generation Sindhi and marks his quest to reclaim his fractured identity, a need to belong, a search for home.
Director’s quote
In Search of Dariya Sagar is a meditation on memory, loss, exile and the elusive idea of home. At a time, when the world is witnessing unprecedented migration, the biggest moral conundrum that confronts the world is that of giving safe refuge to these ‘outsiders’. To give them a home, away from home. But can you ever re-create home? Can home be ever retrieved? Does it become more elusive as time passes and hence more vivid? Does home mean different things to different generations? These are the questions at the heart of this narrative, an attempt to turn the pages of history to understand the scars it has left in the present. And like most narratives, this one too is a journey of self-discovery, where the self is inextricably bound to the larger self of the community and where redemption lies perhaps in recognising the same.
Playwrights: Akshat Nigam and Gerish Khemani
Language/s: English
Duration: 120 minutes
Interval: Yes (10 minutes)
Director: Gerish Khemani
Theatre group: The Blind and the Elephant
Suitable for ages: Mature audiences (16+)
Credits:
Cast: Abhinav Grover, Ajinkya Ovhal, Dheer Hira, Kaustav Sinha, Niharika Lyra Dutt, Sukhita Aiyar, Vaishnavi Ratnaprashant
Original Soundtrack and Background Score: Aryan Easwaran
Musical compositions of Shah Abdul Latif’s verses: Anadi Nagar
Set and Light design: Niranjan Jadhao
Costume design: Kalansh Gala
Production and Company Manager: Barkha Fatnani
Date & Venue:
- Chennai - Aug 19, 2018, Museum Theatre, Egmore
Time: 7.30 pm
Sponsors:
Title Sponsor – YES Bank
Radio Partner – Fever 91.9 FM
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