Audition Process of "Bogie"
Journey of Our Lives (A PLAY IN
KANNADA)
Date & Time: Sunday 22 Jan, 2012 4-8 PM
Contact: Vasu - 9900221232 (EMAIL)
Auditions Press Release
Bogie – Journey
of our lives
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
Pra.Ka.Sam 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 theater 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: P D Sathish Chandra
Concept & Ideation: P D Sathish Chandra
Script: Chandan Shankar & P D Sathish Chandra
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If you find you fit into any of the following characters please send in a mail with your photograph and reasons why you would like to play that character to prakasamtrust@gmail.com We will get in touch with you for the auditions.
Remember you don't have to BE the character. Just feel the character!
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Somashekar – An IT guy who gets worried about little things in life. Wants to always be organized and has a mask that embodies Seriousness to the core, one that he dons because of the senior post he holds in his company. He signifies Monday and the tension associated with it.
Mangala – A charming lady as most koorgis are. She has the ability since childhood to win over people with her charm. Something that he inherits from the clan she belongs to. She is currently into international tourism management and owns a resort in her hometown. A total fun to be with character who knows only to enjoy life and makes money just to ensure that her parental property doesn’t get empty. Signifies the charming and laid back attitude of humans Tuesday.
Gautham – Smart and handsome, this actor by profession has made it large after struggling in the initial days. He understands the power of being a star and is working hard towards it now. Through his childhood he has been a good observer and mimic of any peculiar characters around him, which has helped him put his foot firmly in the film industry. He is waiting for his big break at this time. He signifies Wednesday suggesting the creative part of us.
Gunaa - A reformed lady who initially was against the basic requirements orthodox living to now being a preacher of religion. She is a very calm and logical character who brings out the need of following the logical side of what our ancestors have left behind. Her dislike towards the religious boundaries laid down by the society urges her to learn more about history and brings about the change in her through the historical, mythological and spiritual knowledge she earns. Married to Nihaanth they compliment the physics rule of opposites attract. She stands for Thursday where we tend to do everything seriously right.
Lakshminarayan – A cool chilled out guy who has been happily living his life with his father’s business running good. Someone who is always cool and has managed to keep tension away. He signifies Friday and the chilled out attitude that it brings to our lives.
Nihaanth – A very calculative and meticulous person by nature his
favorite hobby as a kid was to make money by selling maavinkaayi and
nimbehuli in the class at double rate. He is a very calculative person who
knows how to extract money even from a kanjoos. He is a happy natured guy
but when it comes to business is very strict and doesn’t leave a penny.
Signifies Saturday a cunning part of every human.
Ravi: A character who is referenced by all of the main characters. A
person who is held in high esteem amongst all of the main characters. A
person who has lived his life the way everyone wants to live. A mystery
revolves around him which is woven into the climax of the play.
Signifies Sunday. The Sunday which we all miss. The aspects which all of us
enjoyed the most and yet they are the most forgotten ones.
Guest characters (Mr.
Sihi Kahi Chandru would be playing some of the characters below)
Constable -
The first guest character comes in to talk bout the
importance of rules and regulations to the characters and audience but
diminishes as he goes out. An indicative character of how non adherent we
are towards boundaries in our life.
Beggar - Comes in to provide his view of the status of the country
and how we are least bothered bout the same. Talks about the plight of our
country being similar to him and how characters and audience treat him in
the same manner. Indicative of how much more we can and should do to our
country and our responsibilities towards the same.
Ticket Collector - A character who is very adherent to his
responsibilities and talks about how even educated people defy the
regulations. The character loses its sternness as soon as charm and lure
takes over his strict policies. An indication of how we have spoiled the
environment around us by changing responsible citizens otherwise.
Transsexual - Comes into show the adverse development of our society and
how money has gained importance over happy living. This sex changed
individual clearly talks about how the situations forced him to make the
decision of turning into a hijda. A indicator of how we all have made the
financially weaker people take to adverse situations. How materialistic the
society has turned into.
Drunkard - A character which brings in the intoxicated state which is
where all of us are ourselves. A realization to the characters and the
audience about what they really are and how they put on masks to pretend and
portray themselves as something else. Indicator of how we actually enjoy
being ourselves and how we have gone into a different mould to put up with
the needs of the society.
Mysterious Man - A mysterious character that comes in when all
characters are intoxicated making them realize that they are actually dead
and are leading a life and not living it.
More than the cast we
need my back bone support which is the Back Stage, we need all of you who
want
exposure to theatre and those who have less time for production to join us
for Back Stage team.
Remember this team is the closest & dearest to the Director and the whole
production.
DOWNLOAD FORM
(for downloading &
printing)
We are having our audition team set for the process. Its fairly simple once the auditions start.
Step 1:
Filling up a simple form and submission with a photograph for registration
for auditions
{DOWNLOAD
FORM} (for
downloading & printing)
Step 2:
Prepare for the character you
have chosen to audition for. We would have made the script available
in a common area for all the characters listed below. We expect you to
prepare your character presentation with these lines.
Step 3:
Meeting up of the audition committee which will comprise of our Director,
Crew members and other Theater personalities.
Step 4:
Character presentation in front of the audition committee
Step 5:
Results
As we all know funding a play like this becomes taxing for any theatre group. Our modest budget for sets and other initial investments adds up to a little over a lakh. We need the support of Good Samaritans and patrons of the arts for our production, and in return, there are many ROI schemes, which we have in our basket. Kindly get in touch with us on prakasamtrust@gmail.com or call Vasu on 9900221232 and we would love to meet up with you to discuss the same.
Fourth Corner Productions
Fourth Corner Productions is into production in the audio-visual medium and
media-related services. We started theatre productions with back end
support. Gradually, we started moving into producing our own plays and this
is our fifth production. Please check OUR PAGE to find out more about our
previous productions.
You too can partner with us. Please write to us at prakasamtrust@gmail.com
The story is the result of the directors memoirs from his growing up days. The striking similarity of childhood being good and adulthood is all about remembering childhood drives the story. The simplicity of childhood has made way for the rouge thoughts of business minded adulthood. This is the common thought flow from generation to generation in independent India. The six characters here represent the six days of the week who hold the seventh character Ravi representing Sunday in high esteem. We using these six main and six supporting characters showcase how we have learnt to live without happiness but with a lot of artificial stress. The play is set to question the audiences view point of life and enthuse them to start living again.
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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. Other large theatre groups are staging the same old Shakespeare,
Karnad, Karanth and the likes. My discussions with various theatre groups
and eminent personalities led me to figure out a way for myself.
P D Sathish Chandra
Chandan Shankar: For being there from the beginning of the project and for his narrations.
Vasu Keshan: Dude from our Hosabelaku auditions now in the core team helping us with writing, directing and acting.
R Kumarswamy: To do all the leg work and specially the typing of our recorded scripts.
This is Sathish's eighth production under the Pra.Ka.Sam & Fourth Corner banner. He has been working with different theatre groups from India at different times. After his hibernation or disappearance for three years, the Ranga Shankara festival in 2004 put him back in line with active theatre. He currently runs Kala Soudha as its Director and aims to run the place to encourage new talent and to bring out performances that are fresh and unique. He is now acting as Paddu in Panduranga Vittala, a Kannada sitcom, on Zee Kannada. He is still known for his theatre columns in newspapers and with special reference to the Sunday reviews in the Times of India. For his personal profile CLICK HERE & Artist Profile CLICK HERE