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Munshi Premchand's
KAFAN
Hindi 75 Min | First Staged In 2010
It is an original stage adaptation of Munshi Premchand’s last short story. Kafan is a dark comedy. In the play, Puppetry is being explored to depict the tussle between two classes and the plight of Budhia, who is caught in the crossfire. Bleakness of hope in the story and awfulness of the father-son duo find a delicate balance. At times the situations break into morbid humor. In the end a wine-house becomes the stage for Ghisu (Father) and Madhav’s (Son) rebellious dance, defying not only the laws of the land but also that of the Gods.
ORIGINAL CAST
Ghisu – Anoop Gupta
Madhav – Manas Dev Chaudhury
Budhiya – Vaishali Chakravarty
Bihari – Adesh Sidhu
Mukhiya – K Suresh
ORIGINAL CREW
Lyrics – Mahmood Alam & Shashwat Srivastava
Singers – Vaishali Chakravarty, Rashmi Sinha, Vishakha Chakravarty & Shashwat Srivastava
Music – Shashwat Srivastava
Costume – Sanghamitra Chakraborty
Lights – Arnab Das
Production – Rahul Chandra & Sukant Suman
Communication Design – Sarbajit Sarbajna
Story – Munshi Premchand
Script, Music & Direction – Shashwat Srivastava