Dance like aMan

Photographs from a performance of Dance like a Man starring Suchitra Pillai, Joy Sengupta, Vijay Crishna and Lillete Dubey at IIT Kharagpur’s Spring Fest 2010.

IIT Kharagpur's cultural fest Spring Fest 2010 played host to the Primetime Theatre Company which performed their acclaimed adaptation of Mahesh Dattani's play Dance like a Man. The play starred Suchitra Pillai and Joy Sengupta along with veteran theatre actors Vijay Crishna and Lillete Dubey (who also directed the play).

The play traces the story of a family of Bharatnatyam dancers, and their trials and tribulations. Though the plot and theme of the play is very serious the presentation is interestingly interspersed with comedy and, is almost satirical in its approach.

I had lots of fun watching it, and also photographing it. Ved was kind enough to lend me his Canon SX10 IS for the duration of SF.

Joy Sengupta postures as an effeminate male dancer
Suchitra Pillain plays a woman accuses her drunk husband, played by Joy Sengupta, of neglect
Vijay Crishna plays old man on a telephone
Lillete Dubey emotes an incredulous look sitting on the sofa
Suchitra Pillai express grief at the death of her baby in the play
A drunk Vijay Chrishna accuses a baffled Suchitra Pillai
Vijay Chrishna offers Suchitra Pillai a drink
Vijay Chrishna emotes frustration pointing out of frame with a whiskey bottle in other hand
Vijay Chrishna emotes anger while sitting on an armchair with a whiskey bottle
Vijay Chrishna admonishes a baffled Joy Sengupta
Joy Sengupta imitates Vijay Chrishna
The spirits of Vijay Chrishna and Lillete Dubey contemplate heaven
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