Corporate executives Abhishek and many a find one another on shaadipakki.com (a literary bookmarking site ) and match virtually within a video telephone. By the very first awkwardness to stressed minutes from questions regarding their past — both the personalities relive memories, along with their own agreements and arguments increase the narrative in the digital drama Demo that’ll go live on May 22 and 23.
“Before an idea is launched, accepted and finalised, people say ‘Aap ek demo le lijiye/demo de dijiye’; that is have a short interaction to facilitate decisions. This short online performance revolves around love, life and modern day corporate struggles with a ribbon of poetry tied over it. Modern-day matrimonials are not far from the interventions of the Internet,” says Ankit Yadav who plays Abhishek.
The cast and team comprises Sushobhita Kar (many a ) along with Tanu Rawat tackling the music and technician service. The 50-minute drama Hindi and English is co-directed by Ankit along with Sushobhita. Virtual rehearsals had Ankit, Sushobhita and Tanu linking from Jabalpur, Agartala and Hyderabad. “Once we realised the limitations of virtual space, we tried to incorporate its best outcomes within the performance,” advises Ankit. With a Master’s degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Hyderabad, He’s now engaged with Edtech company Vedantu Innovations.
The team has used high end d-slrs and sound recorders to join and it has already been sending snippets regarding the personalities with their societal networking crowd. Ankit who’s recently written the script says, “The plot incorporates complexities of caste, class and other realities of Indian weddings and depicts transforming marriage rituals and interactions in the digital era. It is a comment on the absence of liveliness in our digitally hijacked modern world.”
Ankit shows he was seeking a suitable partner through matrimony programs and has been fascinated by the talks that happened along with families. When he had been isolating in the home after testing positive for COVID-19, he had been prompted to create the drama. With the majority of encounters happening on video calls,” he established the same setting to get your own drama. “The signing-up form for matrimonial sites attaches many identities to an individual — caste, gotra, religion and lingual preferences. Love is the only criteria to be with someone but these sites helping us select a life partner by matching salaries, height and caste, posed a contradiction,” elaborates Ankit.
Passionate about storytelling and designing, Ankit has also written a lot more than eight bids four screenplays for small films and worked as a script consultant for bureaus writing ads for their customers. “We tried to create something original for a virtual medium since last year but failed multiple times. Only now when the play is set in this medium, we found it to be working,” he concludes.
Demo is going to soon be staged live virtually on May 22 and 23 at 7pm and 8pm. Tickets: $1 99 onwards; https://insider.in/demo-a-virtual-comedy-may22-2021/event