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Mira

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Play Name Mira
Year 1973
Plot Mira explores the phenomenon of sainthood through the story of Mirabai, the sixteenth century Rajput poetess-saint.  It combines Indian legend with the sophistication of Western total theatre, something along the lines of a dream ritual.
Summary Mira was about Mirabai, and the production was kind of a fusion of a spoken word that projected Kangra paintings of Radha and Krishna along with live music on sitar, table and vocals. This was a breakthrough as it went on tour to Ahmedabad and Delhi. It was acknowledged as a unique way of presenting theatre which had music in it with human voice, actors actually spoke and they disappeared on stage into a painting and then the painting dissolved and the actors were there again and on a platform above them was a live musician who was seen in silvette at most of the times playing Mira bhajans.
Author Grucharan Das
Director Alyque Padamsee

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