Kathmandu,
May 28: Ruchika Theatre Group of India
staged ‘A Quite Desire’, a theatrical performance depicting glimpses from the
life of Nobel Prize winner Bengali poet Rabindra Nath Tagore, at the Army
Officer’s Club on Sunday.
The play
depicts the psychological ups and downs in Kadambari Devi, sister-in-law of
Tagore, who jealously loves her brother-in-law who was of the same age. When
Kadambari Devi was married to Jyotirindranath Tagore, elder brother of
Rabindra, she was 9 years old.
As Jyoti is
busy in various works along with his business, Rabindra and Kadambari become
playmates and companions, and affection between them keeps growing.
The drama
comes to an end with the suicide from an overdose of sleeping tablets taken by
Kadambari after the marriage of Rabindra with Mrinalini Devi.
Written and
directed by Feisal Alkazi, the play beautifully portrays the companionship
between Rabindra and his sister-in-law, Kadambari, and the social impact of the
events.
She was the
first and only reader of Rabindra’s creations till they got published. And,
when his books were published, he earned wide accolades from around the Indian
subcontinent.
Jealousy is
clearly visible in the eyes of Kadambari when Rabindra receives various gifts
and gold from the king of a neighbouring state as an appreciation of his
beautiful poems, and while reciting the letters sent to him with admiration of
his creations.
In his
initial days, most of the poems by Rabindra were written on Kadambari.
Alkazi is
successful in presenting the paradox of relationship between the two on stage.
“The marriage
of Rabindra’s elder brother Jyoti to nine-year-old Kadambari, two years older
than himself, brought a whole new dimension to his experience of the world. For
the longest tie, she was his only reader, friend, confidante and, above all,
his muse,” said Alkazi.
He said that
the play tried to explore the relationship through the medium of Tagore’s own
words.
The fact that
Kadambari committed suicide four months after Tagore’s marriage indicates the
depth of their bond.
The play has
used many pieces of prose, poetry and music of Tagore. The major three
characters of the play Jyoti, Kadambari and Rabindra were performed by Jaipreet
Singh, Smita Mazumdar Rajaram and Armaan M Alkazi respectively.
The drama was
presented by the BP Koirala India-Nepal Foundation, Embassy of India, and Kathmandu .
Minister for
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jitendra Dev facilitated the artistes and
said that such events would help in deepening the cultural and people-to-people
relations between the two neighbours.
(Published in The Rising Nepal Daily, May 29, 2017)
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