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RangManch

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All the world is a stage and all of us actors said Shakespear many decades ago and today all the spiritual gurus are saying the same thing. That universe unfolds a drama and all of us play our parts. To make life more interesting @eplogmedia presents a new show Rangmanch where we introduce you to theatre personalities from all genres and languages. These actors/ writers/ directors will share their characters and vision. So get ready for interesting behind the scene stories.

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Rangmanch Stories with the team behind Defending The Caveman!

Season 1 · Episode 57

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 • Duration 27:34

In this episode of Rangmanch, host Bhawana Somaaya dives into the world of the captivating Broadway play Defending The Caveman that has been recreated in India! Joining her are the creative minds behind the production: international producer Oskar Eiriksson, Indian producer Jiten Bhagat, director Heeba Shah, content adapter Tarab Kureishy, and lead actor Vishesh Arora. Together, they explore the play's themes of relationships, gender differences, and human connections, promising an engaging discussion on art and its impact.

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Ep.56 Trishla Patel On: Raat Ki Raniyan, Learning from legends & more

Season 1 · Episode 56

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • Duration 25:28

This episode of the RangManch with Bhawana Somaaya, Trishla Patel unveils the backstage of her newest play, Raat ki Raniyan. Childhood, great mentors, Acting, Drama, Writing- you will find all the facets of being an artist in the length of this episode.

Listen to her experiences of learning from stalwarts like Satyadev Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah, Makarand Deshpande and many more!

00:00 - Preview

00:57 - Introduction

01:42 - Story behind Raat Ki Raniyan

4:19 - Friendships, choosing characters, mapping out journey

06:27 - Morals of writing

07:35 - Grammar of writing

10:10 - Learnings from Satyadev Dubey and other mentors

16:25 - Trishla's formative years

22:57 - People's reaction

24:15 - Conclusion

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Ep.47 Meet the multi talented Manoj Shah who eats, breathes drama

Season 1 · Episode 47

Saturday, April 29, 2023 • Duration 27:23

Manoj Shah is known for his works in the Gujarati theatre. He has directed over 90 plays, such as one-man plays & biographical plays, in different genres.

He is known primarily for his quirky biographical plays which include: Hu Chandrakant Bakshi based on the writer of the same name, Mohan No Masalo based on Mahatma Gandhi, Apurva Avsar based on Jain mystic Shrimad Rajchandra, Mareez based on poet Mareez, Jal Jal Mare Patang based on writer-philosopher Manilal Dwivedi, Karl Marx In Kalbadevi based on German philosopher Karl Marx, and Dr. Anandibai Joshi: Like, Comment, Share based on Anandi Gopal Joshi, India's first female doctor.
He produces plays under his theatre company Ideas Unlimited.

His play Mohan No Masalo was included in the Limca Book of Records for its performances in three languages (English, Hindi and Gujarati) in a single day. His biographical drama Mareez has been playing at Prithvi Theatre since 2004.
Manoj Shah was born on 5 February 1955 in Mumbai, India. He studied until the ninth grade at various schools in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
He began his career as a dance teacher and then as an actor. He decided to become a theatre director when he watched a play directed by Mahendra Joshi. He was inspired by the works of other theatre directors including Badal Sircar, Utpal Dutt and Vijaya Mehta.

He debuted as a theatre director with his play Master Phoolmani in 1999. Shah has directed and produced over 90 plays. He produces them under his production company Ideas Unlimited.
His style has been considered innovative, and his subjects contributed to bringing a cultural renaissance in Gujarati theatre. His plays dwell on literary and spiritual themes, often featuring solo actors. His protagonists tend to be either people with quirky characters or heroes in unusual circumstances.

Listen to Manoj Shah's multidecade journey on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Ep.46 Vipul Mehta's journey from the Stock Market To Rangmanch

Season 1 · Episode 46

Friday, April 21, 2023 • Duration 43:52

Vipul Mehta is a writer, producer, director on stage, films,TV, and OTT platforms. He started his career in 1986 with children plays, later moved on to intercollegiate plays and finally to professional theatre.

He has to his credit more than 95 plays with 300+ shows. and the most prominent among them are Ame lai gaya tame rahi gaya, Jalsa karo Jayantilal, and Lali Leela.

On television, he is associated with the longest running shows of Ekta Kapoor like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Koshish, Muktibandh, Sambhav Asambhav.
He has made films in Gujarati like Carry on Kesar, Hindi film like Super Nani, and the latest that created history in Gujarati Film Industry and continues to run in theatres after 4 years and ₹60cr gross- Chaal Jeevi Laiye.

Vipul Mehta has worked with stalwarts be it Ekta Kapoor, Rekha, Padmarani Sarita Joshi, Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan.

Listen to his exciting journey from pursuing theatre while studying science to working in the stock market and making it big as one of the leading filmmakers.

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Ep.45 Jaimini Pathak's ode to discovering short stories on stage

Season 1 · Episode 45

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 • Duration 18:11

Jaimini Pathak is a theatre writer, producer-director, and an actor.
He has performed at over 50 plays, and directed over 20! He's current plays include Mahadev Bhai and Laghu.

Listen to his interesting journey of learning and working under stalwarts of Indian theatre to developing his own works only on Rangmanch podcast with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Ep.44 Baaghi Albele and the journey of Atul Kumar

Season 1 · Episode 44

Friday, March 24, 2023 • Duration 26:53

Atul Kumar is a theatre artist, director and heads 'The Company Theatre'`
A trained visual theatre artist, an occasional actor, and a translator, his theatre company is known for planning, and conducting theatre workshops, conferences, and collaborations with international groups.
Listen to him share his creative process and also about his latest drama Baaghi Albele in association with Aadyam.

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Ep. 43 Shikha Talsania & Prerna Chawla Shares Duo on how they became Director Duo of Dekh Behen

Season 1 · Episode 43

Thursday, February 16, 2023 • Duration 21:30

What happens when two super talented actors come together as Directors to make a play?

Meet Shikha Talsania & Prerna Chawla talk about their play - Dekh Behen which completed its 100th performance at NCPA theatre, Mumbai!

Produced by Akvarious the all-female cast and crew play is a bittersweet comedy about daughters, girlfriends, mothers, sisters, and wives and getting through one wretched shaadi ka function. 

Lets hear their story and how this unique play came together!- only on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya

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Ep.42 Savitri Medhatul on: Creating the Experimental play Lavanyavati

Season 1 · Episode 42

Saturday, February 4, 2023 • Duration 23:18

Savitri Medhatul is a Mumbai based Theatre Producer, Director and
Documentary filmmaker. She is co-founder & artistic director of Kali Billi
Productions.
She worked with Junoon and Arts organisation founded by Sanjna Kapoor and
Sameera Iyengar.
Is currently a recipient of a multidisciplinary research fellowship from
University of Edinburgh 2020-23. Savitri is one of the 5 member teams selected
from India for Voices from Soth, a project funded by Edinburgh festival fringe
2022-23.
An active member of Mumbai theatre circuit Savitri has worked with Sunil
Shanbag, Akarsh Khurana, Vaman Kendre, and Geetanjali Kulkarni.
In 2015 Savitri Medhatul (co producer Natale Tumchyasathi) designed a theatre
production Sangeet Bari. This production is based on their research and the book
written by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Using the form of Documentary Theatre this
performance explores the lives of Lavani artists associated with Sangeet Bari
tradition.
Lavanyavati is the latest production designed by Savitri and produced by
Kali Billi Production which premieres at NCPA, Mumbai in Feb'23.

A production that explores the idea of Lavanyavati
(one who performs Lavani), the meaning of Lavani and Lavanyavati from the
lens of Legacy, cast and intersectional feminism and understand what Lavanyavati
represents in contemporary times. The performance includes family archives and
video documentation and live performance by hereditary,non hereditary and
queer lavani performers.

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Ep.41 Ahana Kumra's Rangmanch Stories

Season 1 · Episode 41

Monday, January 30, 2023 • Duration 35:16

You have known Ahana Kumra for her work in webseries, films, and TV shows, but her journey began in the theatre at Prithvi. Ahana Kumra's professional stint with theatre began with Akvarious Productions and she went on to do several plays with Naseeruddin Shah's theatre company - Motley - where she played leading roles in productions such as 'By George' and 'Arms and the Man'.

Her strong passion for theatre continues and she is part of the acclaimed production 'Sir Sir Sarla' since 2012 which is still running to house full shows.

On this episode of Rangmanch Podcast with Bhawana Somaaya, listen to Ahana Kumra's stories from the world behind the curtains and also when she is on the stage.

Location Courtesy: Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai

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Ep.40 Rajit Kapur's experiments with theatre

Season 1 · Episode 40

Thursday, January 19, 2023 • Duration 23:15

Rajit Kapur is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, The Making of the Mahatma for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles are as the protagonist Unni in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi, and the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series, directed by Basu Chatterjee and broadcast on Doordarshan.
While films and television is where you might have seen him the most, but theatre has always been his first love.

Listen to him talk about his preparation for some of his most iconic plays like The Siddhus of Upper Juhu, Love Letters, Class of '84, Mr. Behram
Six Degrees of Separation, Flowers and more!

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