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Andher Nagri, Writer: Bhartendu Harishchandr, Director: B. V. Karanth.
Image: Andher Nagri, Writer: Bhartendu Harishchandr, Director: B. V. Karanth. (NP Acc. No. 1659)

Natarang Pratishthan Documentation Catalogue

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    • Serial No: 1
      Play/Event: Baghdad Burning
      Playwright: Supriya Shukla
      Source/Accession No: NP/451
      Description/Notes: Design & Direction- Kirti Jain, Set- Abhilash Pillai, Light- Gautam Majumdar
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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  • Brochures (21)
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    • Serial No: 16
      Play/Title: Ghosts (A designer's scenework)
      Playwright: Henrik Ibsen
      Group, Place: National School of Drama, Final Year
      Director: Reshmi U.
      Design: Reshmi U.
      Place of Performance: Bahumukh, Lighting Studio & Yoga Hall.
      Date: 4 Aug. 2002
      Source/Accession No: NP/3733
      Description/Notes: Note: Note on the playwright and scenework. Conveived by Reshmi U. Guided by Abhilash Pillai.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 17
      Play/Title: Ghost Train
      Playwright: William Arnold Ridley
      Translator/Adaptor/Dramatizer: Rajesh Tailang
      Group, Place: National School of Drama, Final Year/ Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Actors: Vivek Kumar
      Date: 27-30 November 07
      Source/Accession No: NP/3768
      Description/Notes: Technical Design: Himanshu B. Joshi Size: 14 x 14 c.m.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 18
      Play/Title: Taj Mahal
      Playwright: Shama Futehally
      Translator/Adaptor/Dramatizer: Himanshu B. Joshi
      Group, Place: National School of Drama, Final Year/ Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Abhimanch
      Date: 30.03.2007
      Source/Accession No: NP/3681
      Description/Notes: Light: Gauam Majumdar, Costume: Kirti V. Sharma. Description of Writer, Director, Artist & Director with Photo
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 19
      Play/Title: Teen Behene (Three Sisters)
      Playwright: Antonchekhov(Russion)
      Translator/Adaptor/Dramatizer: Zahida Zaidi
      Group, Place: National School of Drama, Final Year Students. Delhi
      Director: Raghunandana
      Actors: Ritu Talwar, Pratibha Jogtop and Others
      Music Director: B.V. Karanth
      Design: Raghunandana
      Place of Performance: LTG, Delhi
      Date: 28&30 Nov., 1 Dec 1993
      Source/Accession No: NP / 2949
      Description/Notes: Costume and Properites- Abhilash Pillai, Note- About the playwright, excerpts from books, directorial note and director.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 20
      Play/Title: Raj Darpan
      Playwright: Sumanta Banerjee (Bengla)
      Performance Language: Hindi
      Translator/Adaptor/Dramatizer: J.N. Kaushal
      Group, Place: National School of Drama Repertory, Delhi
      Director: Anamika Haksar
      Actors: Sitaram Panchal, Alhilesh Khanna and others
      Date: 29 Dec 1994 (1st performance)
      Source/Accession No: NP / 946/1718
      Description/Notes: Set Design-Abhilash Pillai, Light-Sandip Bhattacharya, Costume-Sanjay Jha, Note-The first ever documentation of the dramatic performances act of 1976 about the director's note history of 1870 censorshiop on theatre, dramatic performances act(19) to 1876 about the diredotr playwritght translators and others.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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  • Invitations (4)
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    • Serial No: 1
      Play/Event: Zara Bada
      Playwright: Vaikom Muhammed Basheer
      Group/Place: National School of drama, 3rd year students
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Abhimanch, Delhi
      Date: 21-25 October, 2009
      Source/Accession No: NP
      Description/Notes: Dramatization, Adaptationandlyrics: Rajesh Tailang. Assistant Direction & Design: Anjali, Swati and others.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 2
      Play/Event: Ant - Anant
      Playwright: P. J. Unnikrishnan
      Translator/Adaptor/Form: J. N. Kaushal
      Group/Place: National School of Drama, Rep. Company Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Kamani Auditorium(Delhi)
      Date: 30th March to 2nd April, 1995 at 6:30 p.m.
      Source/Accession No: NP
      Description/Notes: Music: Ramesh Narayan. (A critical look at the eternal complexities and absurdities of human behaviour reflected in contemporary situations.)
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 3
      Play/Event: Ant - Anant
      Playwright: P. J. Unnikrishnan
      Translator/Adaptor/Form: J. N. Kaushal
      Group/Place: NSD, Rep. Company Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Kamani Auditorium(Delhi)
      Date: 2 - 3 June at 6:30 p.m.
      Source/Accession No: NP
      Description/Notes: P. J. Unnikrishnan's Play of - Striking Visuals and Aural Images. Five plays held in Summer Drama Festival 1995. 25th May - 5th June 1995. (1) Tamancha Khan ki Gazab Dastan. (2) Muavze - Writer: Bhisham Sahani. Dir.: M. K. Raina. (3) Ant - Anant. (4) Einstein - Writer and Dir.: Mohan Maharishi(5) Pratibimb - Writer: Mahesh Elkunchwar and Dir. - Chittranjan Giri.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 4
      Play/Event: Sanskriti Awards
      Group/Place: Delhi: Sanskriti Pratishthan
      Place of Performance: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, (Delhi)
      Date: 11th Dec. 2003, at 6:15p.m.
      Source/Accession No: NP
      Description/Notes: "New Talent Award - Function - 2002 - 2003".Awards conferred by SanskritiPratishthan to Abhilash Pillai for Theatre and Manjari Asnare Kelkar for Music .
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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  • Newspaper Clippings (21)
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    • Serial No: 1
      Writing Form/Subject: Drama Review
      Writer: Diwan Singh Bajeli
      Title: The Enigmatic Ravana
      Name of the Play/Event: Lanka Lakshmi
      Newspaper Name: The Economic Times, New Delhi
      Language: English
      Date: 04 June 1994
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: Playwright: C. N. Shreekanthan Nair (Malayalam). Hindi Translation: Shree Janardhanan. Presentation: NSD III year students. Venue: Studio No-2 at NSD. Direction: Abhilash Pillai. Main roles played by Anuradha Majumdar, Pratibha Jagtap, Kumud Kumar Mishra. With photograph. "... the play has been designed and directed with striking artistry by Abhilash Pillai.".
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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    • Serial No: 2
      Writing Form/Subject: Review
      Writer: Ruchika Talwar
      Title: Drama in Real Life
      Name of the Play/Event: The Glasshouse Project
      Newspaper Name: Indian Express, New Delhi
      Language: English
      Date: 06 January 2008
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: A report on Glasshouse Project. Concept: Abhilash Pillai. Performed by: Harish Khanna. Venue: NSD Campus. In Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2008, organised by NSD. "
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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    • Serial No: 3
      Writing Form/Subject: Drama Review
      Writer: Shreya Ray
      Title: Reality Drama Gets Real Inside Glass House at NSD Festival
      Name of the Play/Event: The Glasshouse Project
      Newspaper Name: Mail Today, New Delhi
      Language: English
      Date: 15 January 2008
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: A review on Glass House project. Design: Himanshu B. Joshi. Concept: Abhilash Pillai. Performed by: Harish Khanna. Produced by: Tara Arts Londan. Venue: NSD Campus. In 10th Bharangam, organized by NSD. With Photo.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 4
      Writing Form/Subject: Review
      Writer: Kavita Nagpal
      Title: NSD Theatre Festival : Odd mix of Old and New
      Newspaper Name: The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
      Language: English
      Date: 22-06-2002
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: Playwright: Dinesh Khanna, Design: Abhilash Pillai, Director: Kirti Jain, performed by NSD 2nd year students in Theatre Festival organized by NSD other information NM. other plays-"Anamdas Ka Potha", Dir-Robin Das, Mahendra Bhalla's, "Dimag-e-Hasti Dil ki Basti Hai Kahan", and Vijay Tendulkar's "Ghasiram Kotwal" All plays performed by NSD Repertory.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 5
      Writing Form/Subject: Festival Review
      Writer: Kavita Nagpal
      Title: Caught between ethnic and wesern concepts
      Name of the Play/Event: Aa Manushyan Nee Thanne
      Newspaper Name: The Hindu, Madras
      Language: English
      Date: 15-03-1996
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: Playwright: C. J Thomas, Directed by Abhilash Pillai, play performed in National Drama Festival, orgnized by South Zone Cultural Centre and the Kerela State Public Relations Departemnt, Venue - Tagore Theatre Thiruvanathpuram, Date, Time and other information - N. M. language: Malayalam, with photo.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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  • Periodicals (7)
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    • Serail No: 1
      Writing Form: Report
      Writer: Ramnarayan, Gowri
      Title: Trilogy on Stage
      Journal: Frontline
      Language: English
      Date: 02/07
      Page: 89 - 93
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: Three Younger Directors Ovlyakuli Khojakuli(Uzhe Kistan), Mohammad Aghebati(Iran), Abhilash Pillai(India) Collaborated an directed the play - performing Women: Medea, Jacasta and Clytemnestra. A Japan foundation's Project. In Bharat Rang Mahotsav Organized by NSD. Other Info. - N. M. Ovlykuli Khojakuli choose Medea, Mohammad Aghebai choose Jocasta and Abhilash Pillai brought Clytemnestra, and used Multilingual. " Younger directors three nations collaborate in this trilogy. The three redoubable, even, eerie, archetypes are Sought to be schaped as metaphors for the many ravelled issues of contemporary times"
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serail No: 2
      Writing Form: Information
      Title: FC2 recommends
      Journal: First City, Monthly, New Delhi/ First City publication
      Language: English
      Date: 28 October, 2007
      Volume: vol: 18, No: 3
      Page: 153
      Source: NP/ 2853
      Description/Notes: Name of the play: Helen, Information of presentation of Helen. Director: Abhilash Pillai, Venue: Shri Ram Centre, Date: 28 October 2007
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serail No: 3
      Writing Form: Information
      Title: Listing, Art, Dance, Theatre, Films, Music Movies, talks, workshops, walks.
      Journal: First City, Monthly, New Delhi/ First City publication
      Language: English
      Date: 20 January, 2008
      Volume: vol: 18, No: 6
      Page: 165
      Source: NP/ 2854
      Description/Notes: Name of the play: Helen, Information of presentation as part of 10th Bharat Rang Mahotsav the play Helen. Director: Abhilash Pillai, Venue: Abhimanch
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serail No: 4
      Writing Form: Information
      Title: Listing, Art, Dance, Theatre, Films, Music Movies, talks, workshops, walks.
      Journal: First City, Monthly, New Delhi/ First City publication
      Language: English
      Date: January, 2006
      Volume: Vol: 16, No: 6
      Page: 51
      Source: NP
      Description/Notes: Name of the play: Midnight's Children. Information of presentation of play Midnight's Children. Writer: Salman Rushdie, Director: Abhilash Pillai, Group: Third year students of National School of Drama. Cast: student of third year. Venue: Abhimanch, National School of Drama, Bhagwan Das Road. Mandi House, New Delhi - 01
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serail No: 5
      Writing Form: Information
      Title: Listing, Art, Dance, Theatre, Films, Music Movies, talks, workshops, walks.
      Journal: First City, Monthly, New Delhi/ First City publication
      Language: English
      Date: 7&8 January, 2007
      Volume: Vol: 17, No: 6
      Page: 178
      Source: NP/ 2850
      Description/Notes: Performing Women: Media, Jocasta, Clymnestra. Information of presetnation of performing: Media, Jocasta, Clymenda, as part of the 9th Bharat Rang Mahotsav of National School of Drama. Director: Abhilash Pillai. Venue: Abhimanch, NSD New Delhi. Note: A Greek tsagedy omnibus in three dections, each directed by different directors, Abhilash is one of them.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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  • Photographs (27)
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    • Serial No: 1
      Play/Event: Lanka Laxmi
      Performance Language: Hindi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Year: 1994
      Source/Accession No: NP/ 12819-12863
      Description/Notes: Design: Shreekanthan Nair. Coloured and Black & White. Gifted by Abhilash Pillai
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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      Play/Event: Saketam (Malayalam)
      Playwright: C. N. Sreekanthan Nair
      Group/Place: School of Drama: Trichur
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Trichur and Tokyo
      Year: 1999, 2000
      Source/Accession No: NP/ 12873-12907
      Description/Notes: Played under 'Bharangam-2000', organized by N.S.D. Gifted by Abhilash Pillai.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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    • Serial No: 3
      Play/Event: Verdigris (Klave) (Malayalam)
      Group/Place: Abhiyan : Thiruvananthpuram : Kerla
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Source/Accession No: NP/ 12947, 12952, 12936, 12938 - 12941, 12943 - 12946
      Description/Notes: Gifted by Abhilash Pillai.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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    • Serial No: 4
      Play/Event: Tempest (Children Play)
      Playwright: William Shekespeare
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Year: 1989
      Source/Accession No: NP/ 12766-12792, 12972, 12798
      Description/Notes: Coloured. Gifted by Abhilash Pillai.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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    • Serial No: 5
      Play/Event: Rajdarparn
      Director: Anamika Hakgar
      Year: 1994
      Source/Accession No: NP/ 12749 - 12759
      Description/Notes: Coloured. Gifted by Abhilash Pillai.
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  • Posters (4)
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    • Serial No: 1
      Play: Baghdad Burning
      Playwright: Supriya Shukla
      Group/Place: Aaranjan, Zubaan and National School of Drama, Delhi
      Director: Kirti Jain
      Place of Performance: Abhimanch, National School of Drama, Delhi
      Date: 21-23 Dec 2007
      Source/Accession No: NP/591
      Description/Notes: Design: Kirti Jain,Set: Abhilash Pillai, Light: Gautam Majumdar, Size:48X36cm, Colour
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 2
      Play: Karna (Mahabharat Se Prerit)
      Group/Place: National School of Drama, Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Abhimanch, Delhi
      Date: 19-20 Dec 2003
      Source/Accession No: NP/393
      Description/Notes: Size: 48X41cm, Colour with Photo.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 3
      Play: Mid-Night's Children
      Playwright: Salman Rushdie
      Translator/Adaptor: Himanshu
      Group/Place: National School of Drama, Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Place of Performance: Abhimanch Auditorium, New Delhi
      Source/Accession No: NP/580
      Description/Notes: Size: 55X40cm,
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 4
      Play: Ant
      Playwright: P.J. Unnikrishnan
      Translator/Adaptor: J.N.Kaushal
      Group/Place: National School of Drama,Rangmandal, Delhi
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Music Director: Ramesh Narayan
      Place of Performance: Kamani Auditorium
      Date: 30-31 March, 1-2 April
      Source/Accession No: NP/55
      Description/Notes: Size: 56X43cm, Colour with Photo.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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  • Video Clippings (7)
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    • Serial No: 1
      Play/Event: Helen
      Playwright: Surjith Shanker
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Group/Place: Japan Foundation, India. Collaborative project
      Place of Performance: Abhimanch auditorium
      Format: DVD
      Music: Sankar Venkateswaran
      Date: 20.01.2008
      Source/Accession No: NP/1158
      Description/Notes: Translator: Rajesh Tailang, Set Design: Rajesh Singh, Costume: Shyam Narayan Prasad, Choreography: Naresh Kumar. Performed in 10th Bharat Rang Mahotsav' 08, organised by National School of Drama.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 2
      Play/Event: Bandi Pramath
      Playwright: Aeschylus
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Format: DVD
      Music: Ajay Kumar
      Date: 25.04.2002
      Source/Accession No: NP/1233
      Description/Notes: Translator: Bharat Bhushan Aggrawal. Design: Abhilash Pillai. Light: Parag Sarma. Costume: Ruchi Mehta. Set Design: Abhilash Pillai. Actor: Vinod Bahadur Rai and Others.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 3
      Play/Event: Hayavadana
      Playwright: Girish Karnad
      Group/Place: National School of Drama 2nd year students
      Place of Performance: Kamani Auditorium, Delhi
      Format: DVD
      Date: 29 March, 2004
      Source/Accession No: NP/1231
      Description/Notes: Received from NSD.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 4
      Play/Event: Midnight's Children
      Playwright: Salman Rushdie
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Source/Accession No: NP/1157
      Description/Notes: Duration: 1:22:32 sec. Received from NSD.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
    • Serial No: 5
      Play/Event: Scene Work
      Director: Abhilash Pillai
      Group/Place: National School of Drama 2nd year student
      Place of Performance: Bahumukh auditorium, Delhi
      Format: DVD
      Date: 1.10.2008
      Source/Accession No: NP/1174
      Description/Notes: Received from NSD.
      Director/Actor being documented: Abhilash Pillai
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Total records found: 92