2024-06-09 00:34:28
Well-known theatre director and playwright Feroz Abbas Khan had solid Shabana Azmi and Farooq Sheikh within the play ‘Tumhari Amrita’ and this play ran for 20 years. Farooq Sheikh had a want concerning this play, which remained unfulfilled. Feroz Abbas talked about this and in addition informed concerning the new play ‘Letters of Suresh’.
Highlights
- Shabana Azmi and Farooq Sheikh in theatre director Feroz Abbas Khan’s ‘Tumhari Amrita’
- This play ran for 20 years and was an enormous hit, however Farooq Sheikh had a want concerning it
- Together with this want, Firoz Abbas additionally talked concerning the new play ‘Letters of Suresh’
Playwright Firoz Abbas Khan, who is named the artwork director of Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai, has accomplished many performs within the 80s with well-known theatre artists like Jennifer Kapoor and Akash Khurana. His well-known performs embody names like ‘Tumhari Amrita’, ‘Salesman Ramlal’, ‘Mahatma vs Gandhi’ and ‘Mughal-e-Azam’. However nowadays he’s within the information for his new play ‘Letters of Suresh’. On this new play of Firoz Abbas Khan, Veer Hirani, son of well-known director Rajkumar Hirani, has made his performing debut. Like ‘Letters of Suresh’, his iconic play ‘Tumhari Amrita’ was additionally primarily based on letters. This play opened in 1992 and ran for nearly 20 years. Two characters of this play have been performed by performing powerhouses like Farooq Sheikh and Shabana Azmi.
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Recalling the recollections of ‘Tumhari Amrita’ and Farooq Sheikh, he says, ‘There are numerous recollections of this play from the previous twenty years, however there may be one such reminiscence which I’ve by no means forgotten. Even as we speak, my coronary heart fills with emotion as quickly as I bear in mind it. Since this play was quick, we by no means carried out it outdoor. We all the time used to carry out it indoors. However then in 1993, we bought an opportunity to carry out it within the quadrangular of the historic Taj Mahal. Earlier than this, no play had ever bought this golden alternative. When the play started, the solar was above the Taj Mahal and by the point the second half of the play reached, it was a moonlit evening. That day, 6 thousand folks watched this play collectively for the primary time.’
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‘I want to do that present until my final breath’, Farooq Sheikh cried saying this
He additional mentioned, ‘It was a chilly December night. The present was a superhit. We have been all sitting after the present. Shabana mentioned, ‘Farukh, we now have grown outdated now. Now we should hand over this present to new folks.’ To this Farukh mentioned, ‘No Shabana, we are going to do that present even whereas being in a wheel chair. I want to do that present until my final breath.’ Saying this, he turned very emotional. For the primary time, he requested me for the images of the play. You see, this was the final present of ‘Tumhari Amrita’. After that, the play may by no means be proven.’
‘There isn’t any likelihood of nepotism in theatre’
Firoz Abbas Khan says about his theatre journey, ‘After I did ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, even then folks mentioned that you simply do small performs like ‘Tumhari Amrita’ and ‘Salesman Rampal’, then what is that this grandeur now as a result of I additionally did ‘Civilization to Nation’ which was much more grand than ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, so I carry on exhibiting totally different types of theatre. I don’t wish to restrict myself to any limits. After I did ‘Tumhari Amrita’, there have been two characters in it, Shabana Azmi and Farooq Sheikh, then in ‘Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai’, I experimented with Anupam Kher alone. I wish to do all types of performs, however I really like small and intimate performs. I have in mind the goal, performing and viewers.
Rajkumar Hirani’s son auditioned for ‘Letters of Suresh’
I stored the identical factor in thoughts in ‘Letters of Suresh’. Its casting additionally occurred very naturally. Director Rajkumar Hirani’s son Veer Hirani is within the lead function in it. Veer had contacted me for this play. I didn’t solid him as a result of he’s Raju Hirani’s son, I had correctly auditioned him for the function. There isn’t any likelihood of nepotism in theatre. Solely the deserving will get an opportunity. He proved to be good and whereas working with him I felt that he’s a unprecedented actor. Veer has taken a diploma from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Artwork).’
In regards to the Writer
Rekha KhanRekha Khan is the Options and Leisure Editor at Navbharat Occasions of the Occasions Group. She has spent greater than twenty years working in famend publications, magazines and radio. For her contribution within the area of journalism, she has been awarded many awards like Stree Shakti Puraskar, Energy of Pen, Most Inspiring Girl in Journalism, Most Highly effective Girl in Media. Other than journalism, Rekha additionally likes to learn and write. She has written a Gujarati novel known as ‘Koi Sapna Na Kharido’. She is an excellent speaker and anchor. Together with anchoring TV exhibits, she has additionally proven her expertise in performing. … Learn Extra
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