CELEBRATING SAHIR LUDHIANVI
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CELE RATING SAHIR LUDHIANVI Danish Husain and his theatre company Hoshruba Repertory collaborate with Art For Causes to bring alive life and works of renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi on stage The play titled Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon is interspersed with some of his iconic songs and poems It will be performed at Shilpakala Vedika on February 24 at 7 pm SHRIMANSI KAUSHIK Raqsam directed by Baba Azmi I got excited because Is there also a reference ble cause as Art for Causes is HE idea of telling I know the calibre that he to his association with an organisation that works for the story of Sahir brings as a scholar and Amrita Pritam in the the health and education of the Ludhianvi s life writer play underprivileged It would re- first took birth in Yeah there is But what one ally be a noble cause for Hy- the mind of the How did you respond to needs to understand Amri- derabadis to buy donor passes creative director the script ta Pritam was just one as- to help the children in their Amita Talwar When I read his script I had pect of his life His life did city who are worst hit from Art for Causes who no idea that I would get so not centre around her but wanted to make documenta- sucked into Sahir s life and his poetry and his mother I As a performer what has ries on some legendary po- philosophy The man always think because Amrita has been your takeaway from ets These projects culmi- punched above his station written extensively about this project nated on stage which she spoke truth to power and him sometimes people for- My takeaway from this project said has been far more ex- had a very soft heart for peo- get from what point of view is the spine to stand up and citing She approached Mir ple who were weak or mar- they are looking at Sahir s speak truth to power which Sa- Ali Husain writer of the ginalised and voiceless It s life If you were looking hir Ludhianvi did That is film Mee Raqsam for this just a remarkable story that from Amrita s point of view something that touched me and play and later Himanshu I felt had to be told possibly more of Sahir I think that s the core of the Bajpai the well-known would appear in the story play not to succumb to what is Dastango and scholar also How does one enact a leg- But from Sahir s and his happening around you It urges got involved Sahir is played end on stage contemporaries point of you to pause reflect observe by Danish who also directed It is more challenging to view he is much more than and then make your statement the play portray those historical fig- somebody romantically in- and to hold your own ures who are well-docu- volved with Amrita Excerpts from CE s mented because there Pritam interview with him are facts available in the form of their in- And very interest- How did you come to play terviews and docu- ingly the title of this role mentaries Many the play is also I was familiar with Sahir people have seen Main Pal Do Pal Ludhianvi as a poet and be- them alive In Sahir s Ka Shayar Hoon yond In 2017 I was invited case there were just The script by Mir Ali to a Jashn-e-Rekhta pro- pictures and audio of him Hussain was called Aao Ki gramme where I was to but not many great videos Koi Khwab Bune which is speak about the lives of the Most of his contemporaries also taken from one of Sa- poets involved in the Pro- are now gone So I realised hir s famous poems The gressive Writers Movement the idea is not so much of script that Himanshu Ba- I researched Sahir and got Sahir the person that jpai wrote was called some tidbits about his life needs to be brought alive on Dastaan-i-Sahir I gave the during that process I also stage but more of Sahir- play this title because it has read Mir Ali Husain s book the idea the philosophy the the maximum recall every- which had a chapter on Sa- poet the warrior and the body knows Sahir has writ- hir Ludhianvi and Ra- spokesperson of the mar- ten it And also in some khshanda Jalil s work on ginalised That is more im- sense encapsulates what the same In some sense I d portant than just maintain- the man was Here I feel Sa- read his poetry but I had not ing the semblance of his hir is talking about himself taken a deep dive into his physical reality I think that It represents him the best work Then Amita Talwar thing worked Irrespective called me and said she had a of whether I m copying Sa- What are your expecta- script and would like to col- hir s manners or not the tions from the Hyderabad laborate with me When I character Sahir comes alive audience heard Mir Ali Husain s for people on stage And I All the four shows in Mum- name I agreed immediately think that s really what the bai and Delhi have been sold I had also worked on a film purpose is out before the performance that he had written Mee In Hyderabad it is for a no-