Narenatplay

  BY NARENDRA KUSNUR Bansuri Jab Gaane Lage / Hindi musical play Directors : Bhushan Korgaonkar & Kunal Vijayakar  Writers : Suhail Abbasi & Pushpanjali Chaurasia Produced by : Eastern Harmony & Vrindavan Gurukul Cast : Vikas Rawat, Reshma Shetty Rating : **** There's a scene where actor Vikas Rawat, in his role depicting a bamboo flute or bansuri, tells the audience he was very happy when his master had his first public concert and people clapped. "After all, it was my debut too," he says, innocently. The master is none other than the legendary Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, whose life has been described in the two-hour musical play Bansuri Jab Gaane Lage . The production has only two actors, with Reshma Shetty excelling in her portrayal of five women who played a role in the maestro's life and career - his mother, his sister, a neighbourhood aunt, his wife Anuradha and guru-ma Annapurna Devi. While Reshma changed her costumes as per the character, direc...