Tag: Theatre

Best Books: 2021

When you have the opportunity & time to read books you want to make sure you enjoy reading the books & are learning something from them.

And when you read about 20 odd books in a year, You honestly haven’t liked them all or something about them, And you ask yourself why did I pick that one? But at the same time as the year comes to an end, you have thought about certain books more often or have only talked about them.

Sharing the list of my favourite books that I read this year in 2021.

The Guestlist – Thriller The title of this book intrigued me a lot for one of the reasons it had been more than a year since I had attended a celebration and what would a book be like when the main setting is a celebration. This book certainly keeps you interested in revealing the secrets and characteristics of the characters timely. The Twist towards the end is what you haven’t been expecting at all. You need to read this if you haven’t.

The Double Life (Alque Padamsee) Advertising Advertising books are always fun and interesting to read and when you have heard the personality live, and have heard so many stories about the personality from your grandmother, You become interested in knowing more about him. This book is a must if you like reading books on advertising. The book also had photographs of my grandmother who had done a play for Alque Padamsee.

How I Quit Google to Sell Samosa by Munaf Kapadia You Don’t often notice books on hoteliers, Caterers, Chefs, Bartenders or for that matter on Food Journeys. The last one I read about was the 100-foot journey. But this story “How I Quit Google to Sell Samosa” Is one of the most interesting reads. For one It’s a story of Munaf Kapadia who quits one of the best companies in the world to follow this passion project with his mother. Something we do not hear often. The Borhi Kitchen was an innovative concept of inviting strangers over for a meal highlighting the cultural background and sharing the importance of traditional cuisines from different cultures. The book highlights the ups & downs of the food business in the world and in the country and expenses we don’t account for otherwise when starting our own business. This is an inspirational story of Munaf who was courageous enough to follow his dream.

Netflix – No Rules Rule.Oh! Yes! I do enjoy reading autobiographies & biographies and the only reason is you get to learn about the organisation, the product/service and the person behind the success & what failures one went through which you can learn from. And Netflix in a short period has been recognised as a global platform that one likes to associate with. But, what’s the thought behind them choosing certain series & not choosing the rest. What does one who works for an organisation like this do? And is it a happy space to work at? Well, Netflix No Rules Rule gives you all the answers about what Netflix is all about.

Think Again by Adam Grant is A book that enjoyed a lot as it explains the scenarios and reasons the importance of Thinking again and the benefits of doing so. And it’s ok to change one’s mind.

Range by David Epstein We all have been a fan of Malcolm Gladwell and his books right from Tipping points, David vs Goliath and Blink to name just a few of them. His famous theory of applying 10,000 hours to something we truly want to achieve has been popular for years now. But then David Episten writes a book Range – Why Generalist Triumph. And this book wouldn’t be more relevant if the pandemic wouldn’t have existed. This book emphasises why being a Jack of all Trades might be an advantage over just having one single trade and why might be important to know a few things in the other categories too.

Psychology of Money There has been so many people written on how to make money like Rich Dad Poor Dad, Rich Kid Smart Kid and more books that have been written on wealth & money. But no book explains to you about money “like the psychology of money” what exactly is the psychology behind the money. And this book is worth reading for anybody who wants to understand money.

Two Adorable Losers Play!!!

Two adorable losers is an upcoming play at NCPA for the theatre lovers and If you haven’t been for a play yet or always wanted to go for one ,this one is for you This is  your chance to come and enjoy the comedy starring Darsheel Safary from ‘Tare Zaamen Par ‘ fame and Abhishek Pattnaik who is not only starring in the play,But has co-written and co-produced it  ,under “Out of the box production “
Two adorable losers is a English comedy about a professor played by (Abhishek Pattnaik) from Odisha who is weak in his English diction and a student played by (Darsheel Safary) who is weak in his academics. Both suffer from the same problem – an inferiority complex. In an attempt to regain their lost confidence, they approach each other in an unusual alliance.
A little trivia about the play- The play is adapted in Odhisha and is many ways an autobiographical tone for the  writer Abhishek Pattanaik  as his parents originally belonging to Odhisha shifted to Mumbai, But having his parents roots in odhisha they would travel to cuttack during his vacation and the observation of livelihood,Mannerism,surrounding and the people around for years later is getting adapted with an already hilarious sounding play “Two adorable losers”that unfolds for all on the 13th of January 2019 at NCPA.
To buy the tickets for the play click on the link https://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/two-adorable-losers/ET00023334

The Royal Experience!!

Wonder! why, Did the site Not be used for Recreational purposes Earlier.

The Very fact of the Opera House being under Restoration for about 8 Years.

Shows,the Royalty with which the Opera House which had the term  Royal prefixed when King George V  inaugurated the building in 1911 while the building was still under construction.

The Opera House Has the Grandeur and a presence of state of the art Architecture and feel to it.

It can be one of the few victories of discovering and successfully restoring a stage for Art & Cultural Purposes .

Having been More than a century Old The Royal Opera doesn’t seemed to have the ageing effect.

It’s Surely very competitive to International standards & International Opera Houses around the World.That The Unesco Community has awarded the Stage with a  Asia- Pacific  Award For cultural Heritage Award Conservation. 

An Important Symbol of Art & Culture would have been lost forever,In 1993 Itself,Hadn’t the restoration plans been implemented  in 2008 and executed  for the exterior and the interior restoration from 2011 and complete restoration done by 2016. We wouldn’t have been able to experience the Royal Highness.

The Experience of The Royal Opera House was further enhanced by the Play we watched there “Siddhus of Upper Juhu” A Light-hearted Comedy play with Character portraying life in a Metro of a Parsi-punjab Couple who have moved to the Juhu Surburb and Life of a working couple.

The Night Ended with, Pizza’s for Dinner at TheQuarter A Dining space in the compound of  Royal Opera House.  Live Music playing in the indoor space and The outdoor open space had a lively feel to it.

,We could only Show our Support by visiting the most beautiful site for the events, It has to offer for all of us who live here in the city and in the country. As it is the only existing Opera House in our country.

Theatre!

Theatre is so much more powerful than movies,the medium has actors performing live to an audience with just the stage as the only space for performances,theatre has just the few lights and the core acting team performing a few characters each.Theatre becomes even more challenging for the performing artists to play ,the character with so much of disturbance around,The laughter and the movement the concentration becomes the only means of staying true to the character performed by the actors,the spontaneous action and reaction between characters  is more enjoyable in  the plays rather than movies.Writer Bloc 4 the 10 day long festival at Prithvi which started on the 1st April and Will concluded on the 10th  has made me look at theatre from a perspective that I haven’t really come across in the past while watching plays.The storytelling is simplified with actors  in-acting scenes without any hesitance in front of the audience.The lighting is the key part  in theatre since that would only help the audience  know whether its day or night sequence.The 2 plays that,I have watched so far since the festival have begun has also made  me realise the language doesn’t really matter the story and the Act by the Actors can help you understand and enjoy the play.

With just a week left,why not head to Prithvi to watch some interesting plays?,written by writers who want a platform to showcase their talent to people who love the theatre medium and encourage new talent on another platform of art which is dying a slow death .