Itihas Gawah Hai?

Duration: 46 Min

Writer: Chinmay Deo, Shubham Gije

Director: Rishi Manohar

Lights Design & Operation: Rahul Joglekar

Production Manager: Aditya Santosh

Makeup: Prabhakar Bhave, Arvinda Surya

Costume Design: Pooja Gaikwad, Sonali Sawant

Choreography: Arohi Vakil

Set Design: Aditya Santosh

Stage Management: Chinmay Deo, Hrishikesh Borkar

Publicity Design: Siddharth Joshi

Art Head: Hemangi Patil

Art: Bhagyashree Bhagade, Mrunal Paranjpe, Sakshi Mokadam, Tejas Nerlekar, Hemangi Patil

Cast: Chinmay Deo, Gandharva Gulwelkar, Rishi Manohar, Mandar Neve, Shambhavi Kashyap, Shubham Parkhad, Aditya Santosh,Hrishikesh Borkar, Shubham Gije,

Crew:  Abhijay Ghodke, Amey Sakhre, Bhakti Gawali, Himanshu Borkar, Kaustubh Makashir, Nikita Jadhav, Paras Danure, Rujuta Joshi, Swapnil Ware, Tushar Padolkar, Vedant Joshi, Gaurav Dharashivkar

Dancers: Anaya Pendse, Gauri Diwan, Jidnyasa Anpat, Manali Jamkar, Sakshi Patil, Sonali Sawant

Music Direction: Tushar Deshpande

Music: Neha Kanade, Ninad Joglekar, Stimit Sane, Ajinkya Joshi, Onkar Agashe, Tanmay Bhagwat, Yogesh Sapre Swapnil Bhave, Tanmay Panganti Isha Kale Soham Joglekar

Property: Devashree Kulkarni, Yash Jagtap, Mrunal Kulkarni, Shreesh Ratnaparkhi, Vaishnavi Pataskar

Shadow Play: Nilesh Nighojkar

Directors note: Mixing live dance, live music, live art, live shadow play and of course the acting was much challenging !!

Each and every sector is entangled into another, so I was always keen on, the amount of salt I put !!

The perfect mixture was what I was aiming at.

We had an interesting plot, we had an interesting script, but getting this all into a 30 × 40 stage, with only a span of 45 mins was tough!

I was trying to make it more grand, more lovable and moreover more entertaining. The script had a strong statement with may undercurrents, now the play needed a strong presentation and a beautiful package. Working on actors, getting the dance, music ready, working on shadow play, and the set was an enriching process.

Set always helps direction, it gives more spaces which I developed into. The overall impact, the quality of every sector and a pretty powerful presentation.

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