Welcome 2023 with these Zee Theatre teleplays
Poster of teleplay Sir Sir Sarla
With theatre becoming mainstream in the form of teleplays, here is a list of some shows you can watch in this new year that will make you believe in the idea oflove and the need for human connections.
White Lilly & Night Rider
This Milind Phatak directorial is about twoindividuals who are looking for a connection online with their real selves hidden behind the pseudonyms, White Lilly and Night Rider. The Milind Phatak and Sonali Kulkarni starrer traces what happens when unaware of each other's identities, the two fall in love and finally come face-to-face. Will they discover the difference between the real and the virtual? Were their expectations from this relationship and their feelings for each other rooted in facts or fantasy? Find out more in this new-age romantic comedy.
Sir Sir Sarla
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This modern yet timeless love story written and directed by prolific theatre exponent and playwright Makrand Deshpande revolves around three protagonists. There is the young and naive Sarla who is smitten by Professor Palekar and there is her co-student who shares a love-hate relationship with him. The teleplay explores this triangular connection that goes through many shifts when Sarla gets married, Phanidhar begins to harbour a deep grudge and the professor carries within , unarticulated guilt, love, and a sense of loss.Filmed by Suman Mukhopadhyay, the teleplay stars Aahana Kumra, Makarand Deshpande, Sanjay Dadhich and Anjum Sharma.
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Inspired by George Bernad Shaw's 'Pygmalion ', this play narrates what happens when a sculptor’s beautiful creation comes to life and begins to express thoughts and emotions of its own. Does the creator resent it when he realises that what he has created no longer belongs to him and has agency of its own? The story begins when the protagonist develops a robot with Artificial Intelligence to fool his mother into believing he has found love and is finally getting married. Though the play offers insight into how science is infiltrating our lives, it also shows how ego and the instinct to control someone else can impact our relationships. Filmed by Karan Talwar, the teleplay stars Rajeev Siddhartha, Yuki Ellias, Shivam Patil, Sonali Sachdev, Payal Nair, Nandini Sen, Priti Shroff and Suhani Gandhi.
