About The Event
- Writer: Dr M Sayeed Alam
- Director: Dr M Sayeed Alam
Chalte Chalte with Meena Kumari is Pierrot's Troupe's relatively new musical play, a "dance drama," too. It shows the "one and only," as well as the "one and lonely," Meena Kumari, revisiting her life, her times, her works, her worth, and, of course, her love affair... with Urdu. This is substantiated further by the live singing, for the first time, of the ghazals and nazms she so eruditely penned.
No less prominent is her highly glamorous and equally tragic life, represented in the form of several Kathak performances during the play. The play, thus, is a live and aesthetic re-representation of a tragedy-queen, an accomplished shayera, and an intricate human being.
The play features some of its prominent performers, including Tarannum Ahmed, a famous Dubai-based actress and emcee, who plays Meena Kumari; Poonam Meera, an unparalleled singer; and Astha Gupta, a young yet hugely talented Kathak dancer. The play has been conceptualised by Rehan Khan, a Canada-based scholar as well as activist. It has been written and directed by Dr M Sayeed Alam, reputed for his penchant for humorous, historical, and historic plays.
Last but not the least, the play is produced by Bazm-e Urdu, Dubai, a renowned organization promoting the cause of Urdu through live performances worldwide, and Pierrot's Troupe, the theatre company credited with giving many new, original, and entertaining productions to Hindi, Urdu, and English theatre in India and abroad.
