A Classic Comeback

FEB 26TH, 2014,   posted By The Indian EXPRESS

That the play Rashomon Blues is based on Japanese period drama film Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa, which released over 60 years ago, doesn’t take away any bit from its relevance. Its subject is as relevant today as it was when it was first released in 1950. The hard-hitting story caught Mumbai-based theatre artiste Bijon Mondol’s attention about a decade ago, when he came across the film’s Hindi adaptation by Rameshchandra Shah.

END 2008 WITH KARNA

DEC 27TH, 2008,   posted By Mid Day

Kulvinder Baksish's Karma revolves around karna, the character from the mahabharat; the story expresses the conflicts and values of humanity through the horror of war. It employs folk arts like mayurbhanji chau and the manipur martial art from thang-ta. The cast includes Bijon Mondal and Mridul Sharma.

OF A HERO

JUNE 29TH, 2008,   posted By HT SUNDAY MANGAZINE

Literature is fascinated with the anti- hero. No wonder then the largely misunderstood and tragic figure of karna, the trusted friend if king Duryodhana in the Mahabharata, was resurrected in the protagonist in shivaji sawant's iconic Marathi novel Mrityunjaya.

Inspired further by the novel, director kulvinder bakshish zeroed in on the mythological warrior as the central character for his debut production, karna. What he novel does over six dramatic soliloquies, Bakshish pack in 110 minutes.