As an attempt to break boundaries of conventions of love, marriage and gender stereotypes, an upcoming Marathi play titled 'Dushantapriya' is an inspiration from Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play
Abhigyan Shakuntalam
written by
Sarang Bhakre
.
The play stars Raj Hanchanale, Vishal Pawar, Ankur Ghatge, Nimish Surte and Srikant Wawade.
Quite excited to play his part, Raj says, "I am truly ecstatic to be a part of a revolutionary concept like 'Dushyantpriya', which promises to bring in a radicalistic change in the society. I think the Marathi stage has witnessed very few plays that deal with the issues pertaining to LGBTQIA+ community. And we're truly grateful that with the support of our director Sarang, we're being able to bring a sensitive subject to the fore. And for me as an actor, this character has been so far been one of the most challenging ones till date."
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Talking about the story of the play, Ankur Ghatge says,"This play within a play, has Rohit- a 20 something lad from small town Karjat playing the role of deer in the staging of Shakuntal. In an unforeseen circumstance, the girl playing
Shakuntala leaves the play. Just two weeks are left for the opening of the play and this news sends shivers down the director’s spine. This is when
Rohit
offers to do the proxy of Shakuntala. He does it with such an ease that the director decides that all the women's roles will be done by boys and they’ll meet the deadline. This puts two men Rohit and
Sushil opposite each other on stage doing roles of lovers breaking the conventional boundary of man and woman."
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