WELL THESE STUFFS DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DROP on MY THRESHOLD. MY BAND OF ACTORS WERE READY…..THERE WERE TOO GOOD AND I COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE AND THE “D” DAY TOO CAME. IT WAS THE FAREWELL CELEBRATIONS FOR THE OUTGOING PRIESTS…… MY ACTORS WERE THE GUYS OF CLASS 10….AND THE PLAY WAS THE REMAKE OF THE STORY “THE ENCHANTED POOL”,BY C. RAJAGOPALAACHARI.
I
WAS REALLY EXCITED BOUT THIS PROJECT AND SO WERE THE GUYS. AFTER SO MUCH
AWAITING MY DREAM WAS NOW
ESCALATING TO REALITY. WE HAD
PRACTICES ALL THE TIME….MOSTLY
DURING STUDY HOURS, THAT WAS SOMETHING NICE .IT WAS REALLY FUN DURING PRACTICES CUZ THE STAGE …..THE HALL WAS ALL IN OUR HANDS NOW .THERE
WEREN'T ANY ADULTS THERE REPRESSING YOU FROM NOT DOING THIS AND THAT. DURING
PRACTICES EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN
IDEAS OWN PRESENTATIONS AND WE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER
TO CREATE THE BEST PLAY
EVER. THE STORY LINE UP OF THE PLAY TOTALLY DIFFERED FROM THE ORIGINAL
STORY….BUT OUR PLAY STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL PLOT.
IN
OUR
PLAY THE SEQUEL WAS TAKING PLACE AT
BOUT THE YEAR 3000 AD. THE PANDAVAS THEN WERE BANISHED FROM THEIR KINGDOM . IN
ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET THESE GUYS HAD THEN STARTED THEIR OWN FIRM……THIS WAS
CALLED THE BIP….. IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF ANTI ROBBERY
ASSOCIATION.ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDED SILLY ……BUT THIS
WAS ALL BOUT HAVING FUN AND
WE HAD TO MAKE IT ABSURD. THE ADVENTURE STARTS WHEN BANTA SINGH(EROS) A GREAT BUSINESSMAN GETS
ROBBED OF 1 MILLION CRORE DOLLARS RUPEES….BY A VERY WELL KNOWN THIEF
SAJAN RAI(HIMSELF)…RIGHT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESSMAN ‘S KHATU
PARTNER SANTA SINGH (KUSHAL). AFTER
GETTING ROBBED
MR. . BANTA SEEKS FOR HELP FROM THE BIP.TO GET BACK HIS CASH.THEN THE
PADAVAS R IN FOR A ROLLER COASTER
RIDE.
THE
PLAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS INDEED …WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE SO GREAT.
BUT THE ONLY REGRETS WE HAD WAS
THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT IT UP ON STAGE …INSTEAD WE HAD TO COMPROMISE WITH
OUR HOSTEL REFECTORY. ANOTHER THING
WAS, AS MOST OF US SPOKE NEPALI IN
THE PLAY WE WERE SPEAKING A HELL LOT OF INCENTIVES, OF WHICH WE WEREN'T
REALLY AWARE OF , BUT THE AUDIENCE WERE . ANY WAYS WE GOT OUR CHANCE TO
UNDO OUR FLAWS AND MISTAKES ….FOR WE GOT TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER SHOW.THIS TIME
ON STAGE,WITH MORE AFFECTS,MORE ACTORS,AND THIS TIME IN FRONT OF A LARGE
CROWD.THE WHOLE OF SECONDARY SECTION……IT WAS THE TEACHER’S DAY
CELEBRATION.THE STORY LINE WAS AS BEFORE.ONLY THING WAS..WE HAD A LITTLE MORE
EXTRAS ON STAGE TO BRING IN MORE LIFE TO THE PLAY.FIRSTLY
THERE WAS THE ROCKPALA’S PAAN PASAL,THE OWNER ROCKPALA(TENZING) BEING THE ONLY
WITNESS TO THE ROBBERY.NEXT WAS MICHEL LEE(RAJAT) THE GREATEST ENEMY OF NAKULA
WHO SEEKS HIS REVENGE ON HIM FOR KILLING LEE’S BROTHER BRUCE LEE.THE MOST BIZZARE PART OF THE PLAY
WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PANDAVAS…….WHICH I HAD IMAGINED TO BE SOMETHING
UNIQUE…….BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE MORE THAN THAT…IT WAS A TOTAL BLAST. IN
OUR PLAY NAKULA(ROSHAN) IS AN EXPERT IN TIE KONDO, WHO LEARNT IT FROM HIS MASTER
AMIT VERMA AND AN ASTHMA PATIENT WHO HAS
CONTROL OVER ALL HIS FOUR BROS INCLUDING BHIM(SUMEDH).BUT SOMETHING THAT
CONTROLS HIM IS HIS STICK OF PING PONG LOLLY POP.SAHADEVA
(REHMAT) IS THE CLEVEREST OF THE GROUP WHOSE BRAINS WORK FASTER THAN
CHACHA CHOWDARY.ARJUN (RIKAL) THE SHARP SHOOTER LOST HIS BOW AND ARROW IN SOME
KHUMB KO MELA SO HE BROUGHT HIMSELF CK
47.5 RIFLE.HE IS A LADY
KILLER……NO NOT THAT KIND…ACTUALLY HE JUST GOES ON SHOOTING ANY FEMALE
HE SEES. NEXT WAS BHIMA(SUMEDH) THIS GUY HAS LOST ALL HIS STRENGTH OF TEN
THOUSAND ELEPHANT…DUE TO THE HOSTEL FOOD.NOW ALL THAT;S LEFT OF HIM IS ONLY
THE STRENGTH OF TEN THOUSAND DOGS ..WHICH TO HE RECEIVES THROUGH HIS FAV BISCUIT
“MARRIE”.LAST THE ELDEST YUDISTARA(MYSELF) , HE SEEMS TO BE THE WISEST OF
THE GANG BUT ACTUALLY HE IS THE GREATEST
FOOL OF THEM ALL.ANYWAYS HE DOES
SAVE HIS BRO’S FROM THE CURSE OF
THE YAKSHA(ATUL)DUE TO HIS FOOLISHNESS.
THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE YAKSHA MOVES ON LIKE THE ORIGINAL STORY,ONLY THING WAS A
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE
QUESTIONS….WHICH WAS REALLY ABSURD. STUFFS LIKE
“ WHAT DO MOST IGNORANT MEN SAY”,……… I DIDN'T KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT BUT STILL I GOT IT CORRECT.
THERE WAS A LITTLE OF CRORE PATI AND A LITTLE BOOST UP OF MR. .
HASSAN(PHYSICS TEACHER) ,THE SAS
AMITABH. OUR PLAY ENDED IN A REAL
DRAMATIC WAY..OR SHOULD I SAY IT DID'NT END AT ALL. SAJAN RAI SPENDS ALL OF
THE 1 MILLION CRORE DOLLARS RUPEES….AND RUNS AWAY EVEN AFTER GETTING CAUGHT BY
THE PANDAVAS….THUS THE PLAY JUST MOVES ON, THE PADAVAS YET AGAIN MOVE ON FOR
ANOTHER WILD GOOSE CHASE AFTER SAJAN…THIS TIME WITHOUT THE MONEY…IN THE BACK
GROUND OF ANOTHER PROGRAM FOR THE TEACHERS DAY…THAT WAS AMAR’S DANCE NUMBER.
THE PLAY WAS THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE I HAD EVER IN MY LIFE..WHEN WE SAW THE TEACHER’S ON THEIR SEAT’S EDGE, SOME ON THE FLOOR….LAUGHING LIKE A MANIAC,IT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING AND I GUESS THAT WAS THE GREATEST INCENTIVE WE GOT. WE LEARNT A LOT FROM THIS EXPERIENCE….WELL I DID. I DISCOVERED THE POTENTIAL IN MY FRENS…….IMAGINE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ON STAGE FOR ALL THE GUYS EXCEPT FOR ME . BEFORE THE PLAY THE THOUGHT THAT WAS ALWAYS BUGGIN ME WAS THAT OF THE GUY’S STAGE FRIGHT….I MEAN IT WAS OBVIOUS FOR ANYONE TO HAVE THAT FOR BEING THEIR FIRST TIME ON STAGE, BUT THESE GUYS REALLY SHOCKED US ALL,THEY ACTED AS IF THEY HAD THE TALENT IN THEM FROM THE START....BORN ACTORS I SHOULD SAY.THEIR ACTING WAS A LOT MATURE AND I TELL U ONE THING SINCERELY…A LOT BETTER THAN MINE.
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PEOPLE TOOK OUR PLAY AS PLAGIARISM …..BUT I NEVER TOOK HEED OF THE CRITICS..CUZ HEY IF BIG MOVIE MAKERS CAN MAKE MOVIES FROM ANOTHER MOVIE’S STORY LINE WHY NOT WE…..MOREOVER WE”RE JUST SCHOOL KIDS HAVING FUN…AND KEEPING OTHERS HAPPY. …..AIN’T WE?
EVAN.