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Bhanvar returns to Prithvi theatre on April 2 and 3 with its 52nd performance
Updated On: 24 March, 2024 11:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Christalle Fernandes
Bhanvar is about the silent loneliness of a keeping vigil on all days and in all weathers. As the cast gears up for the 52nd edition at Prithvi, we ask them what it means to write and play the old guard
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Theatron’s Hindi play, Bhanvar, explores the life of watchmen and how loneliness stems from a sense of discomfort in one’s own company
There`s a difference between being alone and being lonely,” says Shivraj Waichal, the co-writer of the Hindi play Bhanvar. “We wanted to look at these differences, through a magnifying-glass.” The solo act play is named after its protagonist Bhanvar Singh, the watchman who speaks about his solitary life. The show returns to Prithvi theatre on April 2 and 3, its 52nd performance so far.
Bhanvar was first written in 2015. Actor and director Virajas Kulkarni had just established the theatre group Theatron a few years back, in 2011 in Pune, along with actor Shivraj Waichal, and they were looking to branch out into other forms of performing arts and genres of plays. The Solo Theatre Festival, a competition for solo performances, got them thinking about a play that would require only one performer onstage, who would “break the fourth wall”.
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