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June 26, 2000 |
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 Child's play Last
week GRIPS theatre group's children's play, The Boy Who Stopped Smiling,
performed its 100th show in Mumbai, and the cast has been smiling ever
since. What's amazing is that they've
managed this by making
29-year-old Jaimini Pathak, a theatre and TV personality, play the
seven-year-old protagonist, Malhar. In order to play the part of a gifted
child Pathak had to consciously roll back the clock and enter his own
childhood. "The play is pathbreaking
in the sense that it explores grey areas in the parent-child
relationship," says Pathak. While the play might have an unusual
theme, the dramatic techniques used on stage
are stock -- lots of music (five songs), game scenes and innovative
sets. But no one will be surprised to hear about its 200th show.
-Natasha Israni |
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