Ranga Chitra at Ranga Shankara on Nov.4th 2008
Ranga Chitra, a day of film screenings on travelling theatre, is scheduled to be held at Ranga Shankara on 4 November at 2.00 pm and 7.30 pm. The screenings are a part of the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival ’08 which pays tribute to Company Theatre, which dominated the Indian stage in the early part of the 20th Century.
Six films will be screened as part of Ranga Chitra including Naveen Kishore’s Performing the Goddess: The Chapal Bhaduri Story; Ariane Mnouckine’s Molière; M S Sathyu’s Gubbi Company; K Madhusudhanan’s Maya Bazaar – The Survival of a 120-year-old Theatre Family and Anand Gupt’s The Role of Theatre Brochures. Envisaged as theatrical journeys with the repertory companies, five of the selected films examine the life and art of traveling actors in France and across India (in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka and West Bengal). One film showcases one of the most durable artifacts of what is truly an ephemeral art: the theatre brochure.
Ranga Chitra will be screened in two sessions on 4 Nov (Session 1: 2:00 to 5:30 pm; Session 2: 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm). Admission to the film screenings is free. Entry passes are available at the Ranga Shankara ticket counter from 10 am – 12.30 pm and 5.00 – 7.30 pm (all days).
Ranga Chitra Schedule for 04 Nov
Session 1: 2:00 – 5:30 pm
Performing The Goddess: The Chapal Bhaduri Story
Director | Naveen Kishore
Produced by | Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata
44 minutes | Bengali with English subtitles | 1999 | India
Molière
Director | Ariane Mnouckine
133 minutes | French with English Subtitles | 1979 | France
Gubbi Company
Director | M S Sathyu
18 mins | Kannada | India
Session 2: 7:30 – 10:30 pm
Pageant in Painted Scenes
Director | Merajur Rahman Baruah
90 minutes | English| 2008 | India
Maya Bazaar – The Survival of a 120-year-old Theatre Family
Director | K Madhusudhanan
Produced by India Foundation for the Arts
60 mins | TeleguI 2007 | India
The Role of Theatre Brochures
Director | Anand Gupt
32 minsI Hindi / English | 2005 | India
Details of Ranga Chitra
Name
Ranga Chitra
Date
4 November
Time
Session 1: 2.00 – 5.30 pm; Session 2: 7.30 -10.30 pm
Duration
Session 1: 3.5 hours; Session 2: 3 hours
Venue
Ranga Shankara, JP Nagar
Entry Pass
Admission free; Entry pass available at Ranga Shankara Ticket Counter (between 10 am & 12.30 pm; 5.00 pm & 7.30 pm)
Ranga Shankara
36/2, 8th Cross
J P Nagar, II Phase
Bangalore – 560 078
P: 080-26493982 / 26592777
E: rstheatre@gmail.com
W: www.rangashankara.org