PERINEUM ( A retributive Justice)

"Perineum" (A retributive justice) Design and Directed by Abhilash Pillai Lights by Murali Basa

Performance Process:

It was a herculean task to provide some directorial visuals and evocative imageries for a narrative like this.Therefore we thought of breaking up the story line into Units,Dividing six students into three groups,devising,improvising every unit of the story into three different versions.Then picked up workable ideas from  the three versions of improvised inputs and putting them t make one single final unit.

Being Production Manager :

For me, the process was very interesting initially. The process was turned into more difficult to execute the ideas of the students. Identifying the problem, giving a solution and made the necessary arrangements to the students is a versatile job which  i have done in the process. The production process on the sets started on 15th Aprl, 2012. And we have an Idea to open the show out side the department. As the whether is not at good condition during those 5 days we decided to perform in the studio 2 of the space 40 ft 40 ft. The performance space is occupied half of the studio. So that we can accommodate only 25 audience.

Lights Design
 
In this play I used the projector as the source of light. Multi colour lighting through the projector had given a colour ful effect n the stage. As the studio s too small to mount the lights I used more crossed light. And The lighting from the projector helped me for the visibility of the actors who is on the stage.

Design & Direction : Abhilash Pillai
Production Manager : Murali Basa
Music : Rahamthullah
Video Projection: Ashish
Lights Design : Murali Basa

OEDIPUS REX

'OEDIPUS REX'
Designed and Directed by NJ Bhikshu, Lights Design by Murali Basa
In the above photo from left, Soti and Smruti

This play was Designed and Directed by Dr. N.J Bhikshu. It was a great opportunity to work under him. 'Oedipus Rex' was known for its tragedy. My intention was to create moods according to the situation happening on the stage. The play was run for three days simultaneously. The final days show had given me a good response from the audience.  For me it was a great attempt to create such kind of illusions on the stage. The complicated situations in the play was such that, I  had to manage the scenes with the help of different tones of lighting.
Design and Direction : N.J.Bhikshu
Lights Design : Murali Basa

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OKA DEYYAM ATMA KATHA (An autobiography of a devil)

'OKA DEYYAM ATMA KATHA'
 Designed and Directed by Shiva Prasad T, Lights Design by Murali Basa
In the above photo, Rammohan

This play 'OKA DEYYAM ATMA KATHA' was an adoption of the novel written by K.N.Y Patanjali, Designed and Directed by Shivaprasad Tumu. The play had good images to create an illusion on the stage for each of the seven stories.

The play was being narrated by the two characters, who transforms different stories between them. The strong visuals and the animated movements through the body was highlighted as in the above picture.  Though NIFT auditorium had the facility for limited lighting, I could manage to highlight the play with the provided facility.

Design and Direction : Shivaprasad Tumu
Lights Design : Murali Basa

The photos.

THE MUSEUM OF LOST PIECES

THE MUSEUM OF LOST PIECES Designed and Directed by Sreejith Publicity and Lights Design by Murali Basa

Presented by the department of theatre arts, the play evolved as part of a three month long process which was masterminded by the visiting faculty of the department, Sreejith Ramanan. The play begins with a number of museum objects coming out from the museum of history and starts entertaining the audience with their breath-takingly adventurous as well as hilarious special skills which include breaking a heavy stone on the chest of an actor, smoking through the nose, chewing blades, dancing to film songs and the auction of a hen (with some of the characters flying down from the tree). All these museum pieces are providing all out enterainmentfor quite a while but slowly their essence starts getting revealed. These pieces come out of a historical museum and are going to shed the sense of complacency that encircles them. Dr. Ambedkar, Martin Luther King, American woman suffragist Susan B. Anthony, Anne Frank, Charlie Chaplin, Subhash Chandra Bose and Graylen Hagler come back on stage through their famous speeches. They are about to stage their dangerous performance…. The play makes use of live music as well as recorded music and deploys a wide range of lights including ultra violet lights.


Design and Direction : Sreejith Remanan
Lights Design : Venkata naresh Burla, Murali Basa
Publicity : Murali Basa

Light operation and Publicity done by me

30 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER

30 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER Design and Directed by Satyabrata Rout, Lights Design by Murali Basa

Mahesh Dattani's play, about love and betrayal, directed Satyabrata Rout and i have done lighting endeavours to lift the veil of silence, which surrounds child sexual abuse and addresses the issue unflinchingly.As the part of Student's Union , As a cultural secretary I have taken part to establish theatre community for the non theatre students to participate in Dance and Drama. As cultural Secretary of the students Union we conducted four dance workshops by Bharat Sharma , Reader , Dance and two Theatre workshops by Rajeev Velicheti , Reader ,Theatre Arts. Satyabrata Rout has taken initiative to do a play Mahesh Dattani’s “30 Days in September,” a play in three acts, performed at DST(University of Hyderabad), NZCC (Allahabad),BNA (Lucknow), has got massive response of the performance. The actors Vikram, Shanti, Vidya, Mohanty, Anhad, Rajasekhar. 


Design and Direction : Satyabrata Rout 
Lights Design : Murali Basa