Khamosh Adaalat Jaari Hai
Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai (Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe) a Marathi play written
by playwright Vijay Tendulkar, directed by Arvind Deshpande and first performed in 1968.
The play was based on a 1956 novel, Die Panne (Traps) by Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
The play has since been translated into 16 languages in India and abroad. In Hindi,
Sarojini Verma translates it.
A group of amateur actors from different walks of life come to a small town to
perform a play. When a cast members doesn't show up, a local stagehand is asked
to replace him. An improvised, free-flowing ‘rehearsal’ is arranged and a mock
trial is staged to make the novice understand court procedures. A (mock) charge
of infanticide is leveled against Miss. Benare, another cast member.
All of a sudden, the pretended-play turns into an accusatory game when
it emerges from the trail that Miss. Benare is carrying an out-of-wedlock
child from her failed illicit relationship with Professor Damle, the missing cast-member.
Unfulfilled desires, hypocrisy, gender discrimination, social customs
and manifestations of power are some of the ideas that this play tries to touch upon.
Cast & Crew |
Cast & Crew |
Benare |
Rochna More |
Mrs. Kashikar |
Shilpa Gupta |
Kashikar |
Rajguru, Shubham, Divya |
Sukhatme |
Upen, Rajguru |
Ponkshe |
Sahil, Natansh, Suveen |
Samant |
Sumit, Ajim |
Rokde |
Sumit, Vivaan |
Karnik |
Ansh, Yatin, Ali |
Damle |
Shuja Sheikh |
Costumes & Properties |
Jeetu, Mintu |
Event Manager |
Prashast Singh |
Light Design |
Ranjan Basu |
Music Operation |
Mantasha Shuja |
Translation |
Sarojini Verma |
Direction |
Tarique Hameed |
Playwright |
Vijay Tendulkar |