Sep 20, 2024
Presenting a song from Naatak's VRINDAVAN, our 110th production.
In Naee Jaaoon, presented as a Meera Bhajan, a widow pleads to not
be asked to leave Vrindavan as she wants to devote herself to her
one and only true love.
About the Play
In 2014, Bollywood’s dream girl
Hema Malini became Member of Parliament from Mathura. When visiting
a widow-home in Vrindavan, she suggested that Vrindavan widows
should remain in Bengal instead of coming to over-crowded
Vrindavan. The uproar that followed involved many actors – NGOs,
the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Hema
Malini.
This incident provides the inspiration for Vrindavan, City of Widows, in which 12 feisty widows live in raucous celebration until a Bollywood actress arrives to disrupt their lives. Vrindavan is a grand musical, juxtaposing the colorful love of Radha and Krishna with the stark existence of Vrindavan widows, and told through humor and wit, the songs of Meera Bai and the gyrations of Bollywood songs. The play features spectacular sets, costumes and lights, along with live music by Nachiketa Yakkundi and his team.
A news item on the incident that became the genesis of this play: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/widows-from-bengal-bihar-stay-there-why-crowd-vrindavan-hema-malini-667204
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