“One can not beat the magic of a live performance. On TV, you see the blown up version of acting but theatre artists are real good genuine actors,” says Nadira Babbar. Well, this certainly is accurate but what is also true is the low popularity (audience mostly comprising the elite) of theatre, even when it means well with its aim to “create better results” of making the society more receptive and sensitive through its cogent live performances. The poignant portrayal of the bumpy life of a 19th century stage actress, Binodini (who fought the biases against theatre in the early days when women of low repute were the ones to perform on stage and the audience comprised mainly of men) did touch many a heart but could’ve galvanised many more, especially those who truly need sensitisation.
There is no denying the fact that more women need to break out of their own prejudices and feel adequate in whatever roles they’re performing in the course of life. A women’s theatre festival, like the Women’s Reservation Bill, is merely a feel good step towards a noble cause with low assured or rather no assured returns. Unless theatre glamourises its image (not the message though) enough to match the entertainment quotient of other popular media, or promote it well enough, it would be difficult to dream of the mighty corpus of funds that the latter play with. Or reach the scale of audience that movies do. Besides, the perceived snobbery of those associated with theatre doesn’t help the cause either.
At a personal level, one’s desire to see this high-potential medium do better than it does currently may stem from the restlessness of wishing to live in a society where man-woman equality isn’t a moot point still met with ‘reservation’, but is an obvious state of mind.
There is no denying the fact that more women need to break out of their own prejudices and feel adequate in whatever roles they’re performing in the course of life. A women’s theatre festival, like the Women’s Reservation Bill, is merely a feel good step towards a noble cause with low assured or rather no assured returns. Unless theatre glamourises its image (not the message though) enough to match the entertainment quotient of other popular media, or promote it well enough, it would be difficult to dream of the mighty corpus of funds that the latter play with. Or reach the scale of audience that movies do. Besides, the perceived snobbery of those associated with theatre doesn’t help the cause either.
At a personal level, one’s desire to see this high-potential medium do better than it does currently may stem from the restlessness of wishing to live in a society where man-woman equality isn’t a moot point still met with ‘reservation’, but is an obvious state of mind.
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