A matter of hours…
Usually A scene from “8 Ghante.”
Suresh Bhardwaj, whose production “8 Ghante” at Sammukh auditorium was well received the other day, remarks, “When you design light for a play or a drama, the designer has to feel it visually to bring out the mood.” Bhardwaj,
who specialises in stage lighting and sets and is currently teaching at the National School of Drama, his alma mater, was also a technical director at Bharat Bhawan for four years after finishing his graduation in 1980.
He says he could not resist the temptation of coming back to NSD. His comeback was marked by splendid direction in “Aadhe Adhure” and “Solah January Ki Raat” for Sambhav theatre group.
“I love to accept challenges, be it a designing a set or directing a play,” says Bhardwaj. He has put his directorial skills to use in television serials such as “Aap ki Adaalat”, “Lekhu”, “Ek Kahani” and “Sapne Apne Apne”. It was the lure of a new medium that prompted him to try his hand on television. “Any medium attracts a creative person And my curiosity got the better of me.”
He does not seem happy with the current art scenario. “Art is not meant for commercialisation. It should be felt and enjoyed. But we rarely see that on our TV serials these days.”
Bhardwaj defines “8 Ghante”, as a saga of a real Indian, who gets churned in the miseries of life. For now he is happy letting the success of “8 Ghante” sink in.
ISHTIYAQ SIBTIAN
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