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
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Bangalore – 560 078
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