RAM KI SHAKTI POOJA Show 05 December 2017 MEGHDOOT I, Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi 110001

RAM KI SHAKTI POOJA

5 PM

5 December 2017

MEGHDOOT I, Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi 110001

Writer : Suryakant Tripathi "Nirala"

Designer - Director : Pratibha Singh

RAM KI SHAKTI-POOJA

Poet : Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

Design – Direction : Pratibha Singh

Great Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala has written this poem in 1936 with the war background of famous Indian epic Ramayana.

Invincible Rama is getting frustrated as his all powerful war wining efforts are failing. He see that goddess Shakti is protecting Ravana, his worshipper. She is in favour of immorality. On the suggestion of his chieftain to imagine power in original, he prepares himself for the worship of goddess Shakti and Hanuman brings 108 blue lotus as offering to Goddess. Rama starts his worship and near to finish his worship, goddess Shakti appears and hides away one of the Neel Kamal; blue lotus. When Rama finds that the last 108th blue lotus is missing, gets vexed and in the state of despair, his mother’s word flashes in his mind in which she used to call him : Rajeevnayan. Your eyes are blue lotus, my son! Rama decides and takes an arrow to take out one of his eye to offer the 108th blue lotus only then goddess Shakti appears and holds his hand and announces his worship successful. She absorbed in Ram and the war gets its result: Ravana Defeated.

राम की शक्ति पूजा

रचना : सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी निराला

अभिकल्पना एवं निर्देशन : प्रतिभा सिंह

महाकवि सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी निराला ने इस रचना को 1936 में लिखा था। रावण के साथ युद्धरत राम अपने सारे अभिमंत्रित तीरों के निष्फल होने से हताश और खिन्न हैं। उनहोंने देवी शक्ति को रावण के आराधन से प्रसन्न हो कर उसके पक्ष में लड़ते देखा है। राम ऐसा देखकर अपनी जीत को असंभव मान हताश हैं। शक्ति अधर्म के पक्ष में है। सत्ता को गोद में लिए उनके विरुद्ध लड़ रही हैं। राम के विचार जान सेनापति भल्लनाथ उन्हें शक्ति की मौलिक कल्पना करने को प्रेरित करते हैं और आराधन का दृढ़ आराधन से उत्तर देने का सुझाओ देते हैं। राम देवी शक्ति की आराधना 108 नील कमल अर्पित कर करना चाहते है तो हनुमान उन्हें 108 नील कमल ला कर देते हैं। राम आराधना शुरू करते हैं और आराधना के चरम पर पहुँचते हैं तो देवी शक्ति प्रकट हो कर आराधना में लीन राम के आगे से 108वां नील कमाल छुपा देती है। आराधना का अंतिम नील कमाल लेने के लिए राम के बढ़े हाथ उसे नहीं पाते हैं तो राम को अपने सारी आराधना निष्फल लाग्ने लगती है। उसी क्षण उन्हें याद आता है की उनकी माता उन्हें राजीवनयन कहा करती थीं। तुम्हारे दो नील कमल देखूँ राम ! इस स्मृति के कोंधने पर राम अपने एक नेत्र रूपी नील कमल को माता शक्ति को अर्पित करने के लिए निकालने के लिए अपने तीर का फलक लिए तैयार होते हैं कि माता शक्ति उन्हें रोक कर, प्रसन्न हो कर उनमें स्वयं को लीन कर लेती हैं और रावण का विनाश होता है।

Designer-Director : Pratibha Singh

Pratibha Singh is blessed with Kathak from Pt. Birju Maharaj, Jai Kishan Maharaj, Balram Lal and Nagendra Mohini. An alumni of Kathak kendra, Pratibha has explored her expressions in dance dramas, emotive movement patterns in dramatic presentations, therapeutic uses for specially challenged communities and for the deprived beings. She is exploring performing art expressions with the Transgenders and has devised a presentation "Khushiyan Aur Afsaane" with Transgenders and has performed at Delhi and Patna. She is been awarded scholarship from Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi and fellowship from Ministry of Culture. She has performed in many reputed dance festivals and won several dance competetions. Her major directed performances are Kharu Ka Khara Kissa, Bal Charit, Vidyapti Basant, Banaras ku Subah Se Awadh ki Sham Tak. She is devising poems for stage performance.

Pratibha is Nritya Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad and PG in Kathak from Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, exponent Pratibha Singh started her journey at an early age under guru Shri Narendra Mohini and Shri Balramlal at Patna. Later in Kathak Kendra she learned Pt. Birju Maharaj and Shri Jaikishan Maharaj and many other eminent dancers of different styles. She performed widly across the country.

She has worked with specially challenged children on the Junior Fellowship of Ministry of Culture. She has been awarded scholarships from Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, Poddar Tiles Saskritik Koshang. In the departmental competitions of Postal Services, and youth festivals of Universities she won the best positions in her category.

She has performed solos in Vachan Vaachan Utsav(20015), Delhi; Patliputra Mahotsava (2000), Kathak Keendra Convocation Festival (1999), Buddha Mahotsava (1999), International Trade Fair(1998-99), Rajgir Mahotsav (1990-93), Nritya Pratibha of SNA, New Delhi (2002, Ranchi). She has performed in the choreographic compositions of Pt. Birju Maharaj, Smt. Uma Sharma, Shri Harish Gangani, Rajendra Gangani, Smt Nandani Singh, Shri Amir Raza Hussain.

With many dance choreographic compositions she has choreographed many dramatic movements for stage. She has directed a dance presentation with the artists from the transgender community of Delhi and is been granted a cultural mapping project under a scheme of Ministry of Culture to collect the Vocals of transgender Community of Delhi. She runs a Kathak training centre and is artistic director, secretary of Kala Mandali, Delhi.

Kala mandali, Delhi

Kala Mandali, an Art Ensemble is a Delhi based organization working in the field of performing art to explore new idoms of performance. It innovates contemporary experience, enriched with the diverse cultural expressions of Humanity.

Trained and experienced professionals from the field of dance, drama, music and literature practice to produce a live experience for the spectators . Kala Mandali also works with socially, economically and physically challenged beings to express their need, desire and possibilities in the field of performing arts. Kala Mandali regularly trains young artists to build their sense of being as a world citizen and express their ideas of a better world with the means os self and the tools of performing arts.

Kala Mandali also works and performs for children, the transgender communities, and explores community based cultural activities.

Cast & Credits : Ram Ki Shakti Pooja PREMIER SHOW 5 DECEMBER 2017 at Meghdoot I, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.

Poem : Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

Design - Direction : Pratibha Singh

Music Composition : Rakesh Kumar Pathak

Music-Sound Effects : Umashankar

Percussion : Gagan Singh Bais

Tabla : Yatinder Singh Bais

Movement in Chhau : Sapan Acharya

Movement in Mime: Swapan Kr SarkatL

Dance in Kathak : Suman Choudhary and Pratibha Singh

Bharatnatyam : Veena

Chau Choreography : Sapan Acharya

Vocal: Ayonija, Ashique Kumar Upadhyay, Mukesh Bharti, Jeetendra, Yogesh Kumar Panday

Narration : S. Kumar, Vijay Singh, Yogesh Kumar Pandey

Ram : Vijay Kumar Kataria

Chhau Dancers : Beena, Sahil, Rajeev Kumar, Pankaj Sharma, Sunny Padam, Deepak Kumar, Jatin Kashyap, Veena, Triyan Pratibimb.

Raavan: Pravesh Kumar

Hanuman : Varun Gupta

Hiran : Triyan Pratibimb

Artists: Shilpa, Roop Chand, Vikram, Likeshwari Devangan, Gulshan Kumar, Harshit Tripathi, Md. Faisal Saify, Jeetendra Solanki, Pranav, Baby Vartika

Puppet Guidance : Md. Shamim

Puppet Making and Handling : Raju Bhat and Vikram Bhat

Set Making : Dinesh Mistry

Art and Installation : Bhuneshwar Bhaskar

Courtesy : Veena Handa, Delhi Media, Rajkumar

Honourable Guests : Pratap Sehgal - Shashikala Sehgal, Diwan Singh Bajeli, Sangam Pandey, Puneeta Chauhan (EKKA), Prabhat Chandra Jha (DIG, Communication, CRPF), Kathak Guru Jaikishan Maharaj, Sandeep Sharma (Mgr. Oxirixh Construction), Vikas Dua (Mgr. Oxirich Construction), Manisha Bhatia (Police Welfare Society), Mukesh Yadev (Education Dept, Delhi), Dr. Desh Deepak, Dr. A K Mishra, Dr. Beniwal, Dr. Ramesh Bhardwaj, Apoorvanand, Poorva Bhardwaj, Pushkar Sinha, Dr. Sri Ram Agarwal, Uday Veer Singh.