JOIN USWritten by Sudipta Banerjee and Namrta Dhar, On The Swing, the English play by Dhaaran to be staged on December 18 and 19 at K H Kala Soudha, doesn’t stick to any particular genre of Navarasa but to life.
It’s an emotive love story that surfaces with Shringar, Hasya, Rudra, Karuna, Vatsalya and Bibhatsa, and much more from what one can relate in one’s personal life.
The story is inspired by episodes from life and is knitted as one.
Initially paced slow, the story picks momentum as it unfolds and takes the audience through a roller-coaster ride of varied emotions that they can relate with happenings in their own homes.
On The Swing captures the story of its characters, highlighting the emotive love story of Reema Banerjee, a typical Indian girl from a small town in Howrah stricken with typical Indian cultural beliefs.
Set in an upper class household, it is a dream-come-true journey of Reema from a small town to the capital of India.
However, in the entire transformation, she is chained to her belief system, fears and seeks solace or Shanti on the swing.
As her life passes through set life-stages, she sorts out her life but in an unwitting and untoward manner – just like many people.
The play also tells the story of Dev Banerjee, a successful novelist who has made it big in the literary field.