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Anurag Kashyap's

AAKAAR

Hindi 60 Min | First Staged In 2006

An adaptation of Anurag Kashyap's Ek Jali Cigarette, Kuch Aakaar Aur Ek Manushya, the play is a tragic thriller portraying our struggle with order. Prima facie, Aakaar is a story of a schizophrenic, Prakaar, who commits a murder in his imagination. The victim of his rage is nobody but himself. Deep down, the play takes us through a mental journey of this tragic character who aspires to break free of the fetters of the established notions (Aakaar) we live our lives by. It dares us to challenge our banal existence in order to enjoy the sweet fruits of liberation.

ORIGINAL CAST

Aakaar - Shashwat Srivastava

Prakaar - Sunit Sinha

Phansi - Vaishali Chakravarty

Inspector Vardi - Rahul Chandra

Doctor Sen - Dev Pathak/K Suresh

Common Men - Somenath Dasgupta/Manas Dev, Adesh Sidhu & K Suresh/Vishwajeet

ORIGINAL CREW

Lyrics – Rahul Chandra

Music – Gajadhar Bharat

Vocals - Ragini Mathur & Gajadhar Bharat

Background Score – Arnab Das

Choreography – Shashwat Srivastava

Costume – Vaishali Chakravarty

Lights – Robin Kumar & Sukant Suman

Production – Rahul Chandra

Communication Design – Sarbajit Sarbajna

Script Adaptation, Design & Direction – Sunit Sinha

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