About The Event
MITTI KI GAADI
A contemporary staging of the ancient classic “Mrichhakatika”
Mitti ki Gaadi (The Little Clay Cart) is an ensemble contemporary theatre piece based on the 3rd century Sanskrit classic Mricchakatika by Shudraka. The musical throws light on various socio economic and political circumstances in the ancient city Ujaini, governed by a fascist ruler. A city at the brink of an uprising. Tied together by the throbbing love story of Vasantsena, a famous courtesan and Charudutt, an impoverished Brahmin merchant, the play makes a conscious attempt to shift gaze to the common people around these two characters - slaves, gamblers, prostitutes, thieves, the oppressed, the outliers. The play traces the journeys of these small characters as they occupy centre stage and drive their mitti ki gaadi to bring about a mass revolution.
Credits
Written by: Shudraka
Hindustani script by: Habib Tanvir, Niaz Haider, Qudsiya Zaidi
Production script by: Sapan Saran
Directed by: Sapan Saran
Music: Sukant Goel
Movement: Diya Naidu
Set: Vivek Jadhav
Costumes: Priyanka Kaul
Assistant Director: Aaryan Tandon
Cast: Abhinandan Gupta, Ananya Ghosh, Eesha Mane, Hemank Soni, Lakshay Jain, Madhusmita Das, Mithil Ray, Riya Jana, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Sayalee Meshram, Sayurri Haralkar, Shravan Baliga, Shreya Sandilya, Siddhant Raj, Sopinath Patokar, Subhashree Sahoo, Suraaj Nikumbh
