Ch a r a n , t h e Th i e f i s little thing lying at his guru's
constructed as a folk tale about a request. The thief consents and that is
thief who promises his guru that he how the promise comes to pass.
will never tell a lie. As per the plot, Director's Note
the guru asks Charan to give up his The story has a contemporary
bad habits if he wants to become his social relevance that I have tried to
disciple. On hearing this Charan exploit to the full. I have written the
attempts to show his sincerity by play with my folk actors, all of them
offering never to do four things improvisers, rather than with a pen.
eat off golden plates, ride an The same technique is adopted when
elephant at the head of a directing. Indeed it is this technique
procession, marry a queen and that I have been persistently trying to
accept the throne of a country. The perfect over the years with the help of
guru then tells him that since he had the rural artists who form the
so generously undertaken to give up professional hard core of Naya
four things on his own account, he Theatre.
should also undertake to give up one
CHARANDAS CHOR
Surta Habib
A symposium on Habib Tanvir
22-23 November, 2009, 10.30 a.m.
onwards
Yaadein
A Photographic Exhibition on Habib Tanvir
21-26 November, 2009
Plays to be staged by Naya Theatre, Bhopal
Agra Bazar - 21st November, 6.00 p.m.
Raj-rakt - 22nd November, 6.00 p.m.
Sarak - 23rd November, 9.30 a.m.
Charandas Chor - 23rd November, 6.00 p.m.
Jin Lahore Nahin Wekhya Wo Janmya hi Nahin -
th 24 November, 6.00 p.m.
Kamdev Ka Apna Basant Ritu Ka Sapna -
th 25 November, 6.00 p.m.
Play to be staged by Ba Theatre Group
Charandas Chor - 26th November, 6.00 p.m.
Venue: Veethi Sankul
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Presentation