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RAJA NE GAME RANI

Manuscript

Prabodh Joshi • GUJARATI

Manuscript No: OMS -66 TMC: OMS-66 typed

Description (English)

The play is a satirical depiction of the film industry and its harsh realities. It highlights the miserable condition of writers and the commercial mindset of filmmakers. Producers are shown to be interested only in “masala” entertainment that ensures profit, regardless of quality. The hero and heroine are portrayed as losing intellectual depth with time, becoming mere commercial figures. The writer, despite being ready to compromise his real-life experiences for success, fails to gain recognition or respect. Overall, the play critically exposes the exploitation and superficiality present in the film world.

Description (Gujarati)

પ્રસ્તુત નાટક ફિલ્મી જગતની વાસ્તવિક પરિસ્થિતિને છતું પાડે છે .જેમાં લેખકો અને ફિલ્મ જગતની કરુણાવસ્થાને વ્યંગનાત્મક રીતે રજૂ કરવામાં આવી છે. પ્રોડ્યૂસર જેમને ફક્ત મસાલામાં જ રસ હોય છે જેનાથી ફિલ્મ વધુ ચાલે અને નફો વધારે મળે , ભલે પછી એ સારી હોય કે નહીં. હીરો - હિરોઈન જેમની બુદ્ધિક્ષમતા સમયની સાથે વિલુપ્ત થઈ રહી છે. અને લેખકની કરુણતા છે કે પોતાના જીવનની વાસ્તવિકતાનો સોદો કરવા તૈયાર થઈ જવા છતાં પોતે જરા જેટલું પણ વજૂદ નથી પામી શકતા. આ તમામ વાતો આ નાટકમાં આવરી લેવામાં આવી છે.

Manuscript Details

Author

Prabodh Joshi

Author Introduction

Prabodh Navinchandra Joshi was a prominent Gujarati dramatist and a theatre historian. He was born in the year 1926, from his childhood only he was interested in this field. Beginning his career in 1943, and using theatre to propagate the national freedom struggle while in college, he started acting with Rangmandal, Ahmedabad. Moving to Bombay, he participated in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans theatre movement as an actor and writer of short plays. Maf karo a natak nahin thai or Sorry, This Drama Will Not Take Place in 1953 was his first one-act drama, performed by all and sundry in Gujarat and Bombay. His full-length Pattani i.e. Pair of Cards in 1955 also became a craze, followed by Kadam mila ke chalo i.e. Keep in Step in 1957. This was very successful with amateur groups. He is credited with 500 one-act plays, 350 short radio plays, and forty-five full-length plays. Joshi won innumerable accolades as a writer by using his theatre training and acting ability to compose stage able drama. Prabodh Navinchandra Joshi was one of the most-produced authors of the 1960s and 1970s, yet remains unrecognized in literary circles. He expired in the year 1991. \n

Translator

Director

Production House

Khalsa College Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan

Year of Writing

Not specified

Language/Script

GUJARATI

Type of Writing

typed

Number of Copies

Production Script

yes

Actors

Lights

Music

Location

Not specified

Keywords

Satirical play about the futility of the Film industry comedy play

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