Play to showcase 50 years of Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: 'Arunachal Ek Safarnama- a vision reborn', directed by Riken Ngomle is all set to captivate the audience, showcasing the 50 years of journey of the State from 1972 till date through a theatrical feat.

The play is set to go on floor on Sunday (5pm) at DK Convention Hall near here. It is a State Government initiative in collaboration with the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi to celebrate the 50 years of Golden Jubilee celebration of Arunachal Pradesh. Appealing to the people of State to witness the show, Riken said that every effort has been made by the team of artists to ensure the essence of the play is maintained, which is to showcase the various changes in the in terms of infrastructure development, culture and tradition, the problems faced by its people and many more. He said a theatrical play is an assembled effort. Hence, it took more than a month for him to complete the play incorporating different ideas from the artistes, who are entirely from the State.

Riken also informed that more than 50 local artistes will be performing the play. "Not many artistes performing in the play are graduates from NSD. Few are new, who were once my students. However, they have gone through one month of workshops and are now set for the show," he said. One the sidelines, Riken also said that there are numerous local artistes who have the potential to replace other actors in terms of promoting the State and also build a better field of entertainment.

"The State Government should involve local artistes and fund them rather than inviting outsiders to promote the State. If this is done, we can see better prospects for the local artist in the future," he said, when questioned on how he sees the future of local artistes who have trained or graduated in performing arts.

Riken is first from the State to be appointed as Assistant Professor (Acting) at the prestigious NSD, New Delhi.

Meanwhile, filmmaker by profession and the writer of the play, Duyu Tabiyo said that the entire play revolves around what the director's vision is to showcase the audience.

He said the scripts and dialogues were not pre-planned, therefore, it was written according to the situation or even improvised. He added that the script was reviewed four times in a month.

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