March 13 2010.
Yet another day of rehearsals this time a new place. Only myself sangeetha and faria were here to do our bit..Myself and faria (kailashnath’s mom) had to practice we had not practiced earlier and we had to work our chemistry. I had learnt that kailashnath was a momma’s boy and and shared an undivided attention from his mom more over it was his wedding hence all the more reason for him to gain attention.
I had a quick chat with sachin this was regards to my journal i had written. I had expressed my confusion and more important i needed clarity to understand the direction in which the play was heading.
I guess everyone at some stage should have this self doubt as to if one is on right track. I always felt this was essential to stay grounded and more over this would help any person to explore oneself further. Sachin always insists on keep thinking of what more we can add towards the character and role.i now realise this importance.
Me and faria rehearsed and rehearsed over and over lot of things had to be fine tuned but at least we knew what to work on .
Soon it was noon and we went for lunch at lunch our heroine (madhumati) almost fainted cause she had not had breakfast. I realised my earlier lesson about actors being fit and it absolutely necessary. at this situation where sangeeta was fainting i saw the wit of sachin that lightened up the situation. He claimed that sangeeta was intentionally fainting just to have a glass of lassi J
Well we soon got back to serious work. And the other crew also joined in it was really getting festive. The marriage celebration had just begun J
We were back rehearsing and getting back our scenes in place. the day ended with a positive note
I started feeling positive about the whole play
The next day again we met soon at 9.30.am we were to rehearse the whole day. We first showed him our costumes and got approvals for the same including the “sehera” once the crew was in place we ran thru the whole play once and it was uninterrupted it was gud and we gained confidence later after lunch. ( pizza ) lunch we got back and did it all over again. This time it was better than the last time thats what i felt.
I realised many scenes i should take slowly and not rush into it. I felt i was rushing. I needed to fine tune a lot.
I was now looking at my performance to add the many of the little nuances that can actually make it more natural.
I know only by working on weekends and not looking at it as a process can make the role very shallow.
My weekdays are getting so hectic with work that i hardly get time to think deeply about my role. And the play as whole.
But when weekends came i was totally immersed in the rehearsals and thought deeply about the character of kailashnath madhumati and his relationship with these family members.
The bond had to get stronger and it needed to get reflected in the way we portrayed ourselves on stage.
At the end of sessions i was amazed to hear this every one shared the same bond and it felt gud cause it was essential to have this team bonding and its nice to share this feeling among your co actors. This made us feel even more positive.
Sachin’s level of perfection was really high this i realised when we had done with our rehearsals he said we were 50% done .....................i was exhausted for the day and though this felt gud it also made me feel we were only half way through.
We ended with an amazing exercise of going through the experience of the day our show was to happen.
Every ones reactions were very inspiring. i too got Goosebumps at the curtain call.
I loved it .... we were now getting ready for the final act.
Yet another day of rehearsals this time a new place. Only myself sangeetha and faria were here to do our bit..Myself and faria (kailashnath’s mom) had to practice we had not practiced earlier and we had to work our chemistry. I had learnt that kailashnath was a momma’s boy and and shared an undivided attention from his mom more over it was his wedding hence all the more reason for him to gain attention.
I had a quick chat with sachin this was regards to my journal i had written. I had expressed my confusion and more important i needed clarity to understand the direction in which the play was heading.
I guess everyone at some stage should have this self doubt as to if one is on right track. I always felt this was essential to stay grounded and more over this would help any person to explore oneself further. Sachin always insists on keep thinking of what more we can add towards the character and role.i now realise this importance.
Me and faria rehearsed and rehearsed over and over lot of things had to be fine tuned but at least we knew what to work on .
Soon it was noon and we went for lunch at lunch our heroine (madhumati) almost fainted cause she had not had breakfast. I realised my earlier lesson about actors being fit and it absolutely necessary. at this situation where sangeeta was fainting i saw the wit of sachin that lightened up the situation. He claimed that sangeeta was intentionally fainting just to have a glass of lassi J
Well we soon got back to serious work. And the other crew also joined in it was really getting festive. The marriage celebration had just begun J
We were back rehearsing and getting back our scenes in place. the day ended with a positive note
I started feeling positive about the whole play
The next day again we met soon at 9.30.am we were to rehearse the whole day. We first showed him our costumes and got approvals for the same including the “sehera” once the crew was in place we ran thru the whole play once and it was uninterrupted it was gud and we gained confidence later after lunch. ( pizza ) lunch we got back and did it all over again. This time it was better than the last time thats what i felt.
I realised many scenes i should take slowly and not rush into it. I felt i was rushing. I needed to fine tune a lot.
I was now looking at my performance to add the many of the little nuances that can actually make it more natural.
I know only by working on weekends and not looking at it as a process can make the role very shallow.
My weekdays are getting so hectic with work that i hardly get time to think deeply about my role. And the play as whole.
But when weekends came i was totally immersed in the rehearsals and thought deeply about the character of kailashnath madhumati and his relationship with these family members.
The bond had to get stronger and it needed to get reflected in the way we portrayed ourselves on stage.
At the end of sessions i was amazed to hear this every one shared the same bond and it felt gud cause it was essential to have this team bonding and its nice to share this feeling among your co actors. This made us feel even more positive.
Sachin’s level of perfection was really high this i realised when we had done with our rehearsals he said we were 50% done .....................i was exhausted for the day and though this felt gud it also made me feel we were only half way through.
We ended with an amazing exercise of going through the experience of the day our show was to happen.
Every ones reactions were very inspiring. i too got Goosebumps at the curtain call.
I loved it .... we were now getting ready for the final act.
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