Swatantra Theatre

Swatantra Theatre is an Indian theatre organization and troupe based in Pune, India. The troupe produces and performs plays in Hindi language. In addition to theatre productions, the troupe also carries theatre education, training and theatre festival. It has staged productions across India.

Swatantra Theatre
Logo of Swatantra Theatre
FormationAugust 15, 2007 (2007-08-15)
Founded atPune, Maharashtra, India
TypeTheatre organisation, performing arts center, and troupe
PurposeTheatre production, education and social awareness
Location
  • Pune, Maharashtra, India
Official language
Hindi, Marathi
Key people
  • Abhijeet Choudhary
  • Dhanashree Heblikar
  • Yuwaraj Shah
Websiteswatantratheater.com

Swatantra Theatre was founded by Abhijeet Choudhary, Dhanashree Heblikar and Yuwaraj Shah in 2007.[1][2][3] Choudhary serves as a director of the plays, while Heblikar serves as creative director.[4]

History

In 2005, Abhijeet Choudhary, who was working as an actor at Asmita Theatre, and Dhanashree Heblikar, a stage actor, met in Pune and decided to start a theatre group that would produce Hindi-language plays solely, because at that time, the theatre of Pune was dominated by Marathi theatre.[4] The theatre trope was founded on 15 August 2007.[5] As of 2018, the troupe has 55 members.[3]

Activities

Choudhary directs the plays produced by the troupe, and Heblikar serves as creative director and manages aesthetics including music, light, set, costumes.[4] Swatantra organizes Swatantra Rang Hindi Theater Festival, a two or three-days theatre festival, annually.[6][7][8] It also organizes Children's Theatre Festival twice in a year,[9] and an virtual theatre festival, Rang-e-Dastaan.[10] It organized workshops twice in a month to give education about on voice modulation, body control and acting.[5]

The theatre presents the Yuwaraj of Theatre (YOTA) of Award annually on its anniversary day.[11]

Plays

Swatantra Theatre produces plays which often deal with the theme of social consciousness. It has also worked in experimental theatre.[3] The troupe often performs plays on mental health awareness.[12] The troupe has performed its plays at various places including Film and Television Institute of India,National School of Drama, Deccan Literature Festival,Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir and National Defence Academy (NDA).[5]

Year Play Ref.
2008 Court Martial [5][13]
2008 Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar [14]
2008 Zindagi Ke Rang [15]
2008 Andha Yug [15]
2009 Gagan Damama Bajyo [16]
2009 Dhool Mein Lipta Sach [17]
2010 Dayashankar Ki Diary [18]
2010 Hamlet In My School [19][20]
2011 Ajab Sher Ki Gajab Kahani [21]
2011 Ji Jaisi Aapki Marzi [22]
2013 Cheaper By The Dozen [23]
2013 Mashaal Jalao Diye Se [24]
2014 Dakghar [25]
2014 Komal Gandhar [25]
2014 Gharonda [26]
2015 Chulbule Bulbule [27]
2016 Jis Lahore Nahi Dekhya wo Jamya Nai [28]
2016 Taj Mahal ka Tender [29]
2017 An Evening with Chekhov [30]
2017 Jhalkiyaan [31]
2018 Panchi Aise Aate Hain [32]
2019 Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hain [32] 2019 Jaag Utha Hai Raigad <https://www.21brm.nsd.gov.in/jaag-utha-hai-raigad/
2020 Common Sadness [12]
2020 Vijeta Kaun [10]
2020 The Bicycle Girl [10]
2020 Sheher-e-Naqab [3]
2020 Bakri url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/swatantra-theatre-held-swatantra-rang-hindi-theater-festival/articleshow/80117480.cms 2020 Ujbak Raja Teen Dacoit url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/swatantra-theatre-held-swatantra-rang-hindi-theater-festival/articleshow/80117480.cms

Films

|2012 | Pune TC - Hindi Feature film

|2013 | Godse to Gandhi

|2017 | The Blue Cap

|2019 | Sakinah 

About Sakinah
Sakinah is a woman who helps terrorists for their daily needs, she gets captured by the Indian Army and in her confrontation with a army officer he discussed her though process .Through the discussion she realizes her mistake and converts herself to a person who walks on the right path shown by Allah

|2020 | GST 

About GST(Girl Shaadi Tax)
Story of Girl who is about to get married to the love of her life, her father had already arranged 20 lakhs as marriage expenditure but the grooms side family asks for more , what happens next , how the girl teaches her husband and her in laws a lesson is fun to watch out .

|2022 | Labour Pain -Upcoming Indian Feature film (Under Post Production)

About Labour Pain
Mazdoors , labours create the ground work of our developing socieity , they are the pillars of our modern day sky scrapers. They built metros, they create subways, their blood and sweat shapes our our houses. But in which starta of our social fabric do these migrant labours dwell in? what about their individual identities? Shankar and Manju are one of these daily wage workers who worship their work, but what happens to them and millions of these daily wage workers after a natural catastrophe like pandemic hit us all. They walked , walked and walked to reach their homes , their land! These labours who built homes for everyone do they have their house? Did they reach their home? Or were they on the roads of endless journey.

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