The revolutions you didnu2019t know daLREEN Ramos dalreen. ramos@ mid- day. com HISTORY is broadly defined as the study of past events. Among this pool of incidents, only a few fish make it to your textbook. And so, many are forgotten. Starting this week, theatre stalwart Mahesh Dattaniu2019s play, Snapshots Of A Fervid Sunrise, gets you to take a deep dive into history and pay heed to the lives of Khudiram Bose and Thillayaadi Valliamai u2014 names that are perhaps alien to history books in school. The two died young, but it is their love for the nation that lives on in the soul of the movements fighting for democracy today.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa to immigrant parents, Valliamai had never been to India but inspired Mahatma Gandhi in his fight for freedom. She protested against the apartheid regime and was put into prison.
The play is being staged for the first time in Mumbai, after shows in Chennai and Hyderabad. The title doesnu2019t give away anything but metaphors, and Dattani says, u201c It came to be instantly.
ON February 12, 7.30 pm and 9 pm ( SAPP); February 22, 7.30 pm ( NCPA) AT St Andrewu2019s Centre for Philosophy & Performing Arts ( SAPP), Bandra West; National Centre for the Performing Arts ( NCPA), Nariman Point. LOG ON TO bookmyshow. in COST R 300 theatre Mahesh Dattani The main props include a red fabric, a winnowing fan, grains of rice and a stick Mahesh Dattani readies to stage the journey of two young freedom fighters Khudiram Bose and Thillayaadi Valliamai on stage for the first time in Mumbai this week Actors Shubham Chaudhary and Swati Das play dual roles
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