Swatantra Theatre is an Indian
theatre
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organization and troupe based in
Pune
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, India. The troupe produces and performs plays in
Hindi
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language. In addition to theatre productions, the troupe also carries theatre education, training and theatre festival. It has staged productions across India.
Swatantra Theatre was founded by Abhijeet Choudhary, Dhanashree Heblikar and Yuwaraj Shah in 2007.
Choudhary serves as a director of the plays, while Heblikar serves as creative director.
History
In 2005, Abhijeet Choudhary, who was working as an actor at Asmita Theatre, and Dhanashree Heblikar, a stage actor, met in Pune and decided to start a theatre group that would produce Hindi-language plays solely, because at that time, the theatre of Pune was dominated by
Marathi theatre.
The theatre trope was founded on 15 August 2007.
As of 2018, the troupe has 55 permanent members.
Activities
Choudhary directs the plays produced by the troupe, and Heblikar serves as creative director and manages aesthetics including music, light, set, costumes.
Swatantra organizes Swatantra Rang Hindi Theater Festival, a two or three-days theatre festival, annually. It also organizes Children's Theatre Festival twice in a year, and an virtual theatre festival, ''Rang-e-Dastaan''.
It organized workshops twice in a month to give education about on voice modulation, body control and acting.
The theatre presents the Yuwaraj of Theatre (YOTA) of Award annually on its anniversary day.
Plays
Swatantra Theatre produces plays which often deal with the theme of
social consciousness. It has also worked in experimental theatre.
The troupe often performs plays on mental health awareness.
The troupe has performed its plays at various places including
Film and Television Institute of India
The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile ...
,
National School of Drama
National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe ...
,
Deccan Literature Festival
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,
Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir
The Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir is a drama theatre with an auditorium and exhibition hall located in Shivajinagar area of Pune, India. It is named after Marathi singer and stage actor, Bal Gandharva.
The cornerstone for the theatre was l ...
and
National Defence Academy (NDA).
Films
, 2012
, ''Pune TC - Hindi Feature film''
, 2013
, '' Godse to Gandhi ''
, 2017
, '' The Blue Cap ''
, 2019
, '' Sakinah ''
About Sakinah
Sakinah is a woman who helps terrorists for their daily needs, she gets captured by the Indian Army and in her confrontation with an army officer he discussed her thought process. Through the discussion she realizes her mistake and converts herself to a person who walks on the right path shown by Allah.
, 2020
, '' GST ''
About GST(Girl Shaadi Tax)
Story of Girl who is about to get married to the love of her life, her father had already arranged 20 lakhs as marriage expenditure but the grooms side family asks for more, what happens next, how the girl teaches her husband and her in-laws a lesson is fun to watch out.
, 2022
, '' Labour Pain an unending saga'' (Indian Feature Film -2022)
About Labour Pain
Mazdoors, labours create the ground work of our developing society, they are the pillars of our modern day sky scrapers. They built metros, they create subways, their blood and sweat shapes our our houses. But in which starta of our social fabric do these migrant labours dwell in? What about their individual identities? Shankar and Manju are one of these daily wage workers who worship their work, but what happens to them and millions of these daily wage workers after a natural catastrophe like pandemic hit us all. They walked, walked and walked to reach their homes, their land! These labours who built homes for everyone do they have their house? Did they reach their home? Or were they on the roads of endless journey?
The film has been receiving great respone all over the world:
1) official Selection at Boden International Film Festival, Sweden
2) Official Selection at International World Film Awards
3) Official Selection at International Moving Film Festival, Iran
4) Winner at Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
5) Winner at Diamond Bell International Film Festival
6) Winner at Crown wood International Film Festival
7) Official Selection at Bettiah International film Festival
References
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External links
Official website
Theatrical organisations in India
Arts organizations established in 2006
Culture of Maharashtra
Theatres in Pune
Hindi theatre
2006 establishments in Maharashtra
Theatre companies in India