Naatak USA

SILVER JUBILEE

This play is about an Indian marriage. Every Indian marriage is a strong relationship and a bond between two souls. Most Indian marriages are arranged marriage. Thus these marriages are not just between two people but between two families- two cultures and two completely different mindsets!

Indian value system confirms that there is a rebirth and marriages last for seven lives. Here, there are two completely different personalities are brought together and made to live together… They love each other immensely but their personalities clash.

PARAM and PRIYA…

A boy from a Patel family. Peasant, landowner rich but raw… Basic and transparent. Pure.

A girl from cultured Nagar family. Independent, well-read, sophisticated and romantic.

They begin to live together with an idea to grow old together, but difference of opinion and different view points to look at things drift them apart.

Play begins on the day of the Silver Jubilee of their marriage.

PARAM has arranged the party, but the big Question mark is will his wife PRIYA attend the party of their marriage anniversary...  As they are living separately since 10 years.

They both have a common friend SAMEER. Who bounces between both of them? Trying to convince them. Convince PARAM to cancel the party and PRIYA to attend it. The process becomes more interesting when a dramatic device, diary pages of PARAM and PRIYA come alive, and conversate with the audience and at times with each other as well.

And then play is performed at three levels, present, past and the diary pages. The page of same day, same event between two people may have a different angle, a different view point. That exactly is the case here.

And the events unfold , their first meeting , their honey moon , their first fight , another woman , sex rejection after the kid , ex girlfriend coming back and so on .

The interval point is the day of their 5 the anniversary, where they have fought, and in the end reconciled later, giving promise to each other that, come what may, any thing happens in their life they will celebrate their 25th marriage anniversary together.

And today is the day, 25th anniversary, the SILVER JUBILEE, will she come? What was it that forced them to stay apart since 10 years? Will PRIYA attend the party? Will she come back for ever? The answer lies in the second act and climax of the play SILVER JUBILEE.

The process of the play , events , and dialogues brings out that vows of SAPTAPADI says that they’ll live together, have children and shall become friends after the Seventh Step taken together. This play talks about the most important part of marriage, FRIENDSHIP! Those who laugh together can live together, for ever… Says, Indian values and Shastras…

This not a story of just ONE Param and ONE Priya… this is about all of them who love each other but can’t stand each other…

All of them who can’t live without each other but keep saying that they can’t live with each other. Care and Concern is never missing but expression is misunderstood at times!

Full of laughter and lighter moments tell us to be in the marriage, to love your partner and enjoy complaining for ever…

There is lot of love and high voltage emotions, with an undercurrent of humor. They both think that each one is right in his or her place and stubbornly stick to their opinions. Raw behavior and romance… Expectations and acceptance… Love and limitations… Bump against each other.

PARAM’s Diary and PRIYA’s Diary are two characters which tell us the inner most emotions of both.

SAMEER.  A confirmed bachelor - knows nothing about marriage but advises like an expert. Diary pages add twist and bring in true side of the misunderstood moments- both know not about each other’s point of view… but both diaries know the story untold.

If all marriages had a diary to write and confide than no marriage shall have problems of miscommunication or misinterpretations….

SILVER JUBILY is about importance of marriage in Indian culture and value system.

LIFE is worth living if one has a hand to hold, while growing old…

Cast:    

Param: Hiren Patel

            Priya: Kaajal Oza Vadiya

            Param Diary: Viral Rachh

            Priya’s Diary: Aarti Malkan

            Hotel Owner

            Mr. Patel:    Rohit Hariyani

Credits:

Writer: Kaajal Oza Vaidya

            Director: Viral Rachh

            Music: Piyush Khakhkher

            Light designed by: Rohit Hairyani - Tushar Rathod

            Set Designed by: Dr. Pashmina Joshi Ruparelia