Producer Ajit Bhure who is currently reworking on a classic says, "We need a revolution to happen. Despite the debate, industry members are hoping that this current wave of revivals would infuse some life into the sagging industry.
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This is why many playwrights these days seem to be going slow with theatre waiting for the opportune moment." A majority of playwrights TOI spoke to affirmed the fact that they would rather work on TV than on theatre because of the good visibility and money involved. Says Matkari, "We have good scripts but there are not many established actors around doing theatre. While several producers have been whining about the lack of good script writers, playwrights presented their share of woes. I had to revive Zau Bai Zoraat just because I had no good script in hand," laments Dilip Jadhav, producer of the successful political comic play featuring Nirmiti Sawant and Santosh Pawar. "Where are the good scripts to put your money on? There was a golden period when we could bank on the scripts but the scene has changed a lot in the last five years. Theatre personality Vinay Apte agrees and says that after veterans like Vijay Tendulkar, Vasant Kanetkar and Jaywant Dalvi, not many of the current stalwarts are actively writing for theatre. However, a section has attributed this phase of switching over to revivals to the acute shortage of good scriptwriters. Producer Dinu Pednekar, who is planning to revive Kala Ya Laglya Jeeva-whose plot revolves around a man who lets his wife be exploited by her senior to bag a business proposal-that was staged in 2003, was way ahead of its time and feels that it would be well-received by the contemporary audience as well. Actor Satish Tare, who essays the role of Bandya in the comedy Moruchi Mawshi, says that there is a different charm in experiencing plays from the bygone era and as an artist, one can imbibe a lot from what the yesteryears stars portrayed onstage. But will these plays, staged in the last century, appeal to the current generation of theatre-goers? Why not, says Premanand Gajvi, who scripted Tan Majori for Nana Patekar in 1985, "If contemporary plays aren't attracting audiences and the classics are, what's wrong in it?" Playwright Ratnakar Matkari and actor Dilip Prabhavalkar echo that the trend is positive and say that revivals are necessary for the current generation- actors, technicians and audience-to understand the classics.
True to his words, While some old commercially successful plays like Jasvandi (Sai Paranjape), Moruchi Mawshi (Acharya Atre), Shahrukh Manjarsumbhekar have already hit the theatres, others like Premachya Gaavi Zaave and Tan Majori will be staged in the coming months. Barve says that going by the tremendous response to his earlier ventures, he is confident about the success of revivals. You are transformed into a different generation of theatre," he says right after concluding 25 shows of the acclaimed classic Lahanpan Dega Deva with actors Shilpa Tulaskar and Sharad Ponkshe. Actor Sunil Barve, believed to have spawned the trend of revivals with Suryachi Pille last year, says, "Watching these masterpieces evokes a feeling of nostalgia.
Going by a conservative estimate of the plays running currently, every third play being staged today is a revival of a classic. Several reputed production houses seem to be on a mission to revive cult classics, years after they have almost faded into oblivion. MUMBAI: Drama buffs, who have been missing the antics of Moru and his aunty, the inimitable characters from Suyog's Moruchi Mawshi or were moved by the poignancy of the courtesan in Hamidabaichi Kothi, have a reason to cheer as these characters are making a comeback to Marathi theatre.
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