'Tumhari Amrita' - one of the most celebrated plays of the 'Old World Indian Theatre'. Saw it yesterday at Epicentre, Gurgaon. Shabana Azmi and Farooq Shiekh play two friends-lovers-pen friends with a 35 year long relationship - all explored through letters.
To keep it simple, I liked it. I liked Shabana's emoting, and the playwright's senstiveness. But what I really liked is that it got me thinking. What is a modern woman? Is rule-breaking and following your heart really a 'modern' thing? We are so dependent on relationships for happiness. Is it right? Is it needed? Is it a must, to have that special someone in your life to make it complete? Can not be a person be complete all by him/herself, just defined by his work/character, and not by the relations he keeps.
Are women more emtionally dependent on men ? Do I, as a woman, feel the same need of support and love that ladies of centuries ago felt? And if this need and this feeling is so basic - so natural , than what has the modernization given us?
Society dictates the role of people even today. Norms are set for men and women to follow. NO amount of education or financial freedom changes that. And when someone does rebel against these set norms, what does that person really get - Heartbreak? Like Amrita?
To keep it simple, I liked it. I liked Shabana's emoting, and the playwright's senstiveness. But what I really liked is that it got me thinking. What is a modern woman? Is rule-breaking and following your heart really a 'modern' thing? We are so dependent on relationships for happiness. Is it right? Is it needed? Is it a must, to have that special someone in your life to make it complete? Can not be a person be complete all by him/herself, just defined by his work/character, and not by the relations he keeps.
Are women more emtionally dependent on men ? Do I, as a woman, feel the same need of support and love that ladies of centuries ago felt? And if this need and this feeling is so basic - so natural , than what has the modernization given us?
Society dictates the role of people even today. Norms are set for men and women to follow. NO amount of education or financial freedom changes that. And when someone does rebel against these set norms, what does that person really get - Heartbreak? Like Amrita?
