Here’s what people are saying about Gaare Ki Deevar:

 

 

Agastya once again treats the Seattlelites with an evening filled with humor, entertainment, and the portrayal of the complexities of the human mind in routine daily life events of ordinary characters. I will not get into the cast and crew, the lighting, the set-up, the acting, the delivery of dialogues, and the way amateurs and semi-professionals acted as one whole functional unit, because I am sure all of us have had lots of praiseworthy words for them. What struck me most was the powerful script with the right amount of humor, wisdom, and sagacity, not to mention the usage of “Shudhdh Hindi”, which made the play watching experience enriching and unique. The play beautifully portrays the idiosyncrasies of the human mind, the double standards we live in to fool ourselves more than others, as symbolized by the mud wall, the way “shaan-o-shaukat”, “biradariwaale”, and “izzat-aur-aabroo” takes precedence and clouts the judgment of right and wrong for a veteran like Praudh. It symbolizes that when the foundation of things are weak, one stranger can come home one evening and shake the foundations of what constitutes a family or a society. It is symbolic of the social mistrust in extant today, else Praudh wouldn’t brag about his affluence or the haveli, wouldn’t hide the secret of the mud wall, and Rajeev wouldn’t have a false degree from the university and have parties thrown in that honor. The story reminded me so much of the ones written during the times of Premchand, replete with their tongue and cheek humor, and mirroring hypocrisy, irony, the societal structure, and the complexities of the mind that develop with time. 

Everybody performed very well and seemed very natural in their roles. One of the many strengths was the usage of pure Hindi in the script. This not only set the right background for the society portrayal on stage, but also sent people like me (Who liked Hindi, but studied it till high school only) on a nostalgia trip. Overall, it was a well-meant effort to involve the localites in supporting art, culture, and the portrayal of everything that we associate with our roots and culture. Who would have thought that living in America, one would get to spend an evening getting to see what one has missed for years in the Hindi textbooks, and experience so much of what makes the Indian society. The entire unit’s effort in this deserves a large-scale applause. 

Will look forward to many such rewarding and enriching experiences in future. 

Devasmita Chakraverty

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I went to play yesterday night and it absolutely rocked. VERY funny ...  the cast was very good and script was VERY WELL written and funny as hell.

 

Not to be missed! Best entertainment for 5 bucks you can get and you get to support the local art community as well.

 

Deepak Verma

 

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I went and watched this show yesterday, and would really recommend everyone else as well to watch our Pratidhwani Drama wing in action ... It was the first time I heard so much Hindi  (and such good Hindi !) in Seattle ... Watching a play was a very refreshing and a different experience. Should say all the characters were awesome ...REAL...and funny of course.... great show...

Lavanya Sita Tekumalla

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Congratulations again!

 

Dinesh Nain

 

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हम सभी की तरफ़ से आपको भी बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद, बधाई और शुभकामनाएँ भविष्य की गतिविधियों के लिए।

 

 

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I really enjoyed it, haven't heard such shudh hindi since the last time my mom yelled at me on the phone:-).  My favorite things:

    •    The script

    •    The acting of the main characters

    •    The stage direction and position plotting

 

I thought it was GREAT though and was very impressed, I'll come for all of these.

Kamal Janardhan

 

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Congratulations to the entire team!! Enjoyed it to the fullest - best parts - dialogs were excellent both written and delivery - excellent delivery by Praudh and Praudha - it seemed so original - must say Nanda Tewari and Mukesh Dimri did excellent individually and as a pair collaborated very well - too good. Overall the pace at which the story proceeded was too good- I did not find it slow or fast. The play caught full attention - no boring parts in between. Comedy was conveyed in a beautiful way and I could relate to it. The thief too delivered dialogues very smoothly.

The overall message was conveyed very well - just like Munna bhai made the audience reflect on the honesty principle - this play made me reflect and got me thinking on life's gaare ki deevar which we create - so definitely would say its a hit and very successful!!!

Superb delivery! All the best to the entire team and hope to see such many meaningful plays from the team again!

Jyoti

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Great dialogue and script which appealed to audience across generations. Impressed that the actors are all non-professionals with time constraints and still made no mistakes with such little prep.