The
Story of Bogie
Bogie –
Journey of our lives
ALL ABOUT 10TH SEPT 2023 SHOW
After a rib tickling and spine chilling super hit performance
of “13 Margosa Mahal” director by P. D. Satish Chandra and his
team are back again with a new play which truly plays with the
audiences' minds.
This is the 8th production of
Prakasam and
as envisioned by us, we as a team have come up with a fresh
concept to entertain the audience. Even though the crux of all the
previous productions have been entertainment we have always
believed in bringing in a fresh perspective and a new concept at
every stage. Its no different with Bogie – as the director and his
team intend to tickle the brain cells of the conversant theatre
audiences.
This play took birth in an improper abode where the so called prim
and proper friends met after a long time. The meeting was a sheer
coincidence, but the conversations and fun that followed reminded
them of olden days where they knew in and out of each other. For
some it was fun, for some it was reunion, and for some it was
plain nostalgic. Now the problem when you have a director in you
is that you actually go through most of it if not all and that’s
exactly what happened to Sathish. A concept which was in the womb
of his mind finally grew to become what we are presenting to all
of you now – Bogie.
The play is about 7 friends who decide to go out on a trip and are
supposed to meet in the railway station in their bogie. Each of
the characters enters the stage unveiling their personalities
which are very similar to what we see in our society. They talk
about what they have enjoyed the most and how they have missed the
same in their constant desire for materialistic comforts and a
false feeling of status.
The characters are also supported by guest characters – 6
characters which are very close to each one of us who depict,
control and influence various aspects of everyone’s life. They
have a strong and meaningful message to the audience which they
deliver through their talks with the main characters.
~ Why the story involves 7 friends and do all of them come on
stage?
~ Why only 6 supporting characters and not 7?
~ Do we have any female characters in the story?
~ Well the answers are for you to find out on stage…. Very soon.
~ There are specific reasons behind choosing each of the
characters which will be depicted throughout the play. So wait for
a little while more and you will be scratching your head finding
answers to a question –
~ “Are we leading a life or living it?????”
~ “Bogie – Journey of our lives” intends to help you find
clarity……
Director & Concept: P D Sathish Chandra
Script: Chandan Shankar
Directors Note
This play was formulated over a friendly discussion when one of my
long lost childhood friend surfaced into the restaurant and we had
a lively chat about how we were and how we are. This left a bug in
my brain which enthused me to think over the basic concept of the
story. We have made our lives into something which every one else
wants us to be, it could be what your mom, dad, wife, girlfriend,
boss, peers etc. want, but when was the last time you stopped,
looked back and thought about the fact that is this the way you
wanted your life to be? Bogie is going to ask you the same
question through six complicated main characters and six
contradicting supporting characters. If this play even puts a
thought in your mind about living life and motivates you to stop
leading life, then the objective of Bogie is met and we pass with
flying colors.
What I have noted largely in the past five years is that there is
a fixed set of audiences for both Kannada & English theatre
productions. Wherever there is a production we have the same set
of audiences watching the play at different venues and more than
70% of the audience is repeated. This is not an encouraging
development for healthy theatre, as we are not adding new
audiences. This also stands out as the main difference between
theatre in Bangalore and in other theatre-rich cities. As an old
school theatre enthusiast, just mentioning or discussing this
point was not enough for me. I felt a need and desire to do
something about bringing back the masses into theatre. I was once
advised by an avid theater lover who quoted "other large
theatre groups are staging the same old Shakespeare, Karnad,
Karanth and the likes. Why cant anyone or even you for that matter
bring in a change??" My discussions with various theatre
groups and eminent personalities led me to figure out a way for
myself, so started
Prakasam & my productions to be staged at
KH Kala Soudha &
around the state.
P D Sathish
Chandra
