Lamhon Ki Mulaqat

THE DIRECTOR…..

Mushtaq Kak, who received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to theatre, was born and brought up in Jammu. He was the Artistic Director of Shri Ram Center of Performing Arts. He has directed more than 100 plays including Manto-Ba Qalam Khud, Main Manto Hoon, Siyah Hashaye Kahani Kahani all based on short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto,and Mahesh Elkunchwar’s story Vasansi Jirnani, Dharmaputra and Holi. He has also received the Best Director Award for a number of plays including Andha Yug, Mallika and Pratibimb from Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture & Languages and is also a recipient of Mahindra and Mahindra Award for Excellence in Theatre. His plays Mahabrahman, Alladad, Kasturi Mrig, and Chekhov in my Life and Democracy in Heaven were adjudged best plays of Delhi for the years 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2013 respectively by Sahitya Kala Parishad, Government of Delhi. He was also the recipient of both the Junior as well as Senior Fellowship Awards from Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. He has also worked in films and a number of serials for television. He has also produced and directed a number of serials and other programmes for television including six films in the Indian Classics category in Dogri.

THE GROUP…..

Vemedh Rangmanch is a leading theatre group of Jammu and Kashmir which has carved a niche for itself in the field of theatre. It is associated with some famous plays and street plays, besides being co-organizers of the Jammu International Film Festival. Some of Vemedh’s famous plays include ‘Ek Aur Birbal’, ‘Chopper Ye Gash’, ‘Khoya Bachpan’, ‘Atit Ke Sakshi’, ‘Mar Kar Jeena’, ‘Mujrim Main Nahi Par Me Hi Hoon’ etc.

Love is Mallika…love is Shakuntala…Love is Mumtaz…love is Sudha…
The play Lamhon ki Mulakat mirrors a tragic tale of love & true devotion and how it changes people that they are ready to change their entire identity….their very existence for their beloved…only to be betrayed by it “boats may change but river banks live to tell stories of love that were born in them and none has been able to define love…it is an out of the world concept”

DIRECTOR’S NOTE…..