'CONFESSIONS' Rocked. Part I
Bangalore:
1st of December 2006.
Confessions, staged at the Ranga Shankara Auditorium in Bangalore.
7.30 p.m.
As the lights dimmed on the audience, and the first lines were spoken, I was suddenly gripped by the fact that, so, it starts...
Its been a very long journey. A journey starting from a friend's drawing room, where our first reading happened, to constant rehearsals at my director's place, to the dreaded audition at the Tata Rehearsal Room, to our selection ,and tighter rehearsals, and then, finally the trip to Bangalore city and the night before.
Finally, I realised, that every bit of me, was itching to get on to that stage, and start making the character my own.
I had time before my first lines were uttered, ( which were actually screams from backstage), but I wanted the play to move faster so that I can have my say soon. When my time came, I erupted into my aforesaid screams, later having to hold on to the wings to catch my breath. But... I felt, hmm, the audience knows I'm around... this is what I've come here for...
Soon it was time for my scene, and the moment i Stepped up on stage, and into the light, i knew I'd arrived. I knew that this is what was missing from my life over the past 20 years which had always left a void, an emptiness within me, that i couldn't really place. I knew it was my destiny now... and I just went ahead with it...
The play ended on a high, as everything went well, enough,( we did have a few fuckups, but, that wasnt noticeable to the audience, and we knew we'd fix it by the time the Bombay show happend.) The curtain call at the end, when we saw everybody get up for a standing ovation, still is a vivid memory. The applause still rings in my ears sometimes.
The Bangalore show was the very first time I stepped up on stage in front of an audience. It's time like this that makes me wonder what great feats i've done in my past life, to have got this much adulation...( once a Hindu, always a Hindu!).
1st of December 2006.
Confessions, staged at the Ranga Shankara Auditorium in Bangalore.
7.30 p.m.
As the lights dimmed on the audience, and the first lines were spoken, I was suddenly gripped by the fact that, so, it starts...
Its been a very long journey. A journey starting from a friend's drawing room, where our first reading happened, to constant rehearsals at my director's place, to the dreaded audition at the Tata Rehearsal Room, to our selection ,and tighter rehearsals, and then, finally the trip to Bangalore city and the night before.
Finally, I realised, that every bit of me, was itching to get on to that stage, and start making the character my own.
I had time before my first lines were uttered, ( which were actually screams from backstage), but I wanted the play to move faster so that I can have my say soon. When my time came, I erupted into my aforesaid screams, later having to hold on to the wings to catch my breath. But... I felt, hmm, the audience knows I'm around... this is what I've come here for...
Soon it was time for my scene, and the moment i Stepped up on stage, and into the light, i knew I'd arrived. I knew that this is what was missing from my life over the past 20 years which had always left a void, an emptiness within me, that i couldn't really place. I knew it was my destiny now... and I just went ahead with it...
The play ended on a high, as everything went well, enough,( we did have a few fuckups, but, that wasnt noticeable to the audience, and we knew we'd fix it by the time the Bombay show happend.) The curtain call at the end, when we saw everybody get up for a standing ovation, still is a vivid memory. The applause still rings in my ears sometimes.
The Bangalore show was the very first time I stepped up on stage in front of an audience. It's time like this that makes me wonder what great feats i've done in my past life, to have got this much adulation...( once a Hindu, always a Hindu!).
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