Mumbai : "NCPA Summer Fiesta", is a mini-festival for children that encourage development through the performing arts. On the platter is nine days of children's films, workshops and plays, designed to educate and entertain your child. The NCPA Summer Fiesta will be held from May 22 to May 30, 2010, at various venues within the NCPA complex.
Event Schedule for 1st week: Chutkan Ki Mahabharat (2006/87 mins/Hindi) Director: Sankalp Meshram
Film :At the Little Theatre Foyer (Tuesday, 25th May 2010 - 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm )
A nautanki team (a Musical folk theatre) sets up camp in a village and the whole village is abuzz with excitement. Ten year old Chutkan after watching the nautanki, dreams of the evil Shakuni Mama and Duryodhan confessing to their villainy and relinquishing all claims to the kingdom. Find out what happens as the nautanki artistes start behaving exactly as Chutkan had dreamt.
Sankalp Meshram is a law graduate and has a Diploma in Film Editing from the Film & TV Institute, Pune. He has won the National Award for "Best Editing" in the non-feature film category in 2001. He has also directed over 60 episodes of TV shows and a crime thriller. "Chutkan Ki Mahabharat" is his debut film as a feature Film Director.
Film screenings are free. Admission on first-come-first-served basis.
Clowning and Improvisation
Puja Sarup: (Creativity Enhancement)
Workshop
At the Little Theatre Foyer
Tuesday, 25th May 2010 - 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Unleash your imagination and your creative powers by finding the hidden stories and characters in everyday objects around us, in a fun-filled workshop of theatre games, clowning and improvisations.
Puja Sarup is a theatre practitioner based in Mumbai. Bitten by the theatre bug in 2003, she went on to do her MA in theatre arts from Mumbai University. She has worked with international theatre companies such as Footsbarn Travelling Theatre Company and Buchinger's Boots in France, attended and conducted theatre related workshops across the country.
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