It might not be jazz or improvised music at all however the innovative procedure of breathing life to a playwright’s work and providing it on phase is not different. When a jazz artist discovers a tune or a tune that he feels can be a great ‘car’ for his improvisational abilities, he utilizes it to air his abilities. There exists a parallel to this procedure in theatre.
Letters of Suresh is such a play and it influenced director Feroz Abbas Khan to bring it to the phase. Ahead of the play opening at the NMACC, Mumbai, we had a discussion with Khan about it.
SUNIL SAMPAT (SS): How did Letters of Suresh entered being?
FEROZ ABBAS KHAN (FAK): Since I check out the script, I was persuaded that I needed to produce and direct it; it ended up being such an obsession that I had difficulty sleeping in the evening! It was a production I simply needed to carry out.
The play has to do with letters exchanged in between 4 people, although it will be enacted instead of the letters being simply read out. The main style has to do with the after-effects of the nuclear battle of Nagasaki in 1945. States Mr Khan, “It is so moving and effective, you simply need to see the play. I do not wish to expose information at all; simply see it and it will be rather an experience”.
SS: We are interested by the procedure of casting. How do you discover the ideal individuals to fit the costs?
FAK: I had a terrific experience throughout the casting. I auditioned extremely couple of individuals, yet had the ability to discover the ideal stars in a really brief time.
We recommended that it needs to have been serendipitous, however he said, “Something like it, although I do not think in such things. I was simply fortunate!”
SS: Just how did you come across this piece of work?
FAK: I have a preferred book shop in New York where I discovered this script on my last journey there. I likewise occurred to satisfy the author, Rajiv Joseph, an American, throughout the efficiency of my play, Mughal -E- Azam at Lincoln Center in New York. He is a noteworthy author and has a number of awards to his name. It is a fantastic piece of work and makes an effective declaration. I needed to bring it to the phase.
SS: From the multi-starrer big and extravagant productions like Mughal-E-Azam and The Great Indian Musical, isn’t this reflective, reflective design entering the opposite instructions?
FAK: I discovered my craft at Prithvi Theatre. As you can see from my other work, Tumhari Amrita, Salesman Ramlal, Gandhi viruddh Gandhi and Saalgirahmy work is minimalistic however intimate. This play remains in that vein and it asks numerous concerns.
SS: We are Looking forward to seeing your play and what you have actually finished with the script.
FAK: I am smaller sized than the playwright. It is eventually his work and I am simply bringing it onto the phase.
A really modest view of his own work; it is the trademark of achievers in music, sports and undoubtedly in theatre.
We were left interested about the play from the smidgen exposed!