A play about always fminism

Shatarupa Bhattatacharyya Found Herself Fascinated by Medea, The Greek Mythological Character, when she first read about the sorceresss many years ago. “I have been practicing theatre for a good 14-15 years now, and in the middle of my theatare journey, I realized that I only wanted to do plays with strong female character … Journeys, “explains the Bengaluru-Based TheATRE Artist and Social Scientist.

Medea, Says Shatarupa, Interested Her Because She (Medea) Had Empowered Hercelf. “I was intrigued by the storyline, the character’s agency and the emotional drama, but I also wanted to make it a simpler version besea havena haven done a lot. Contemporary Times. ”

This is exactly whatsarupa has done with Silvatein – The Wrinkles in TimeA hindi play that she has written and directed. Performed by the quissa collective, it will be staged on August 17 at medai – the stage, koramangala, as part of the third edition of theater binge. This will be the 14th performance of the play, which premied in Bengaluru in March 2024 and has traveled to jaipur, alwar, and kolkata mind its debut.

Thought Originally written in English, the play was translated into hindi by puneet gupta beCause of the context and a very Indian Storyline, Explains Shahatarupa. “I wanted its authenticity to come out and I wasn’t geting that in English,” She says. “Hindi made it conversational; English was making it dialogue-oriented.”

SilvateinWhoch Tells the story of an encounter between two see strangers, rupali choudhury and arijit mallicic, is an “autopsy of income of incompatibility,” SATARUPA. “As a playwright and director, my objective was not to sensationalize a breakup drama. Past. ”

The form of the play is Ambiguous, with the two people on stage remumbering their relationship differently, making the audience question with truth they are watching. Also, Shatarupa has Attempted to Structure the Play to Mimic How Human Memory Seems to Work. “It is not a straight chronology; the narrative is fractured, like how memory works.

The play also comes from a personal space, Says Shatarupa. “One of the key elements that I wanted to have in this play is everyday feminism, something that I have seen in my family.”

Her Early undersrstanding of feminism, came from her mother, grandmother and aunt, “Before I Read Simone De Beauvoir or Any Other Feminist Scholar.” According to her, this sort of feminism is not about slogans and grand speeches. “It is about very mundane, almost invisible microdynamics in a relationship.”

Director Shatarupa Bhattacharyya | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

One of the protagonists in the play, rupali, played by ujani ghosh, for instance, refuses to be defined by Past Relationships, Simply Because a Man Insides, Says SATARUPA.

Ujani, who sees rupali as a woman who carries herce from with quiet strength, deskribes her character as “someone who is stoic on the outstide, but constantly Navigating the memory is there.

The character of Arijit, Played by Sagnik Sinha, on the other hand, appears to have more shades of green to he. “It is easy for someone like me, when I am playing arijit, to see him as a bad person,” says sagnik. But, over time, he realized that “Every person is justified in their own trurth. It was essential for me to keep that judgment aside and treatment the character like a Normal Coupon.”

The play, shatarupa say, does not vilify men. “The male character that sagnik plays is human and flwed.

By showing the man’s personal, shatarupa says, the play is trying to make the audience uncomfortable in a productive way. “The point is not to punish the male characters but to reveal how to the people can still live in completely differential different versions of the same reality.”

Silvatein – The Wrinkles in Time will be stained on August 17 at Medai – The Stage, Koramangala, 3.30 PM Onwards. Tickets, priced at 350, are available on bookmyshow

Published – August 12, 2025 05:05 pm IST