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Dalan

Director:
Nipun Dharmadhikari

Original Story:
D.M. Mirasdar

Dramatisation:
Abhay Mahajan

Synopsis:

Dalan is a hilarious musical comedy set in a small village in Maharashtra. A tyrannical school master arrives at his
new posting and has to reckon with the antics of a lively bunch of school children. To make matters worse, the 
school master finds he is irresistibly attracted to the mother of one of the students. Adapted from a short story by 
D.M. Mirasdar, this is a wicked roller-coaster of a musical play that promises to be a laugh riot.

Director's Note:

I heard D.M.Mirasdar’s ‘Dalan’ for the first time around 8 years ago, when I was in school. The moment it ended, I knew I wanted to be associated with it in some way or the other. It was my first meeting with any of Mr. Mirasdar’s work. I was planning to direct it since the past 3 years, experimenting with different cast of actors in my mind. But it was not until last year that I finally decided to stop the mental play and get practical. The process was very interesting too. It started off like any other production-with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. Slowly, it started waning from my side as the process was taking the shape of every other of my productions. I wanted this to be different, as I knew the story deserved something better. Abhay’s dramatization too was asking for something different. So one fine day, when we were sitting in a circle, we hit upon the idea of doing a musical. Nothing new in the concept, I agree, but we had a proven young-blood music director named Gandhaar and a trustworthy friend and lyricist-Rohit.It was that moment which changed the entire mood of the practices. The fun which we had continues till date and grows with every show!

Cast List:

  • Amey Wagh
  • Aalok Rajwade
  • Rucha Apte/Deepti Bawiskar
  • Amruta Bhagwat
  • Siddhesh Purkar
  • Shardul Kadam
  • Amol Gokhale
  • Tejas Gokhale
  • Ruturaj Shinde
  • Rohit Nikam
  • Siddharth Menon
  • Abhay Mahajan
  • Akshay Tanksale
  • Harshada Tamhankar
  • Asmita Paranjape
  • Madhura Jugade
  • Radhika Vaidya

Credit List:

Orignal score composed by : Gandhaar Sangoram
Lyrics : Rohit Nikam
Light Design : Sujay Bhadkamkar, Vikrant Thakkar
Set Design : Hrishikesh Nagaonkar
Tabla : Ketan Pawar
Production Manager: Soumitra Gapchup

Awards & Achievements:

Thespo X: Best Play
Performed at National Theatre Festival of Kerala
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