And Then One Day: A Memoir (34 page)
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Authors: Naseeruddin Shah
Om Puri and I at NSD, first year, flat broke;
somewhat better days;
and really prosperous!
GREAT PERFORMANCES
These performances from the 1970s for me touched perfection and demonstrated the level it is possible for an actor onstage to achieve. I still consider them the greatest theatre performances I have ever seen anywhere in the world.
Mohan Agashe in
Ghasiram Kotwal
Photograph by Bal Paranjpe, courtesy Dr Agashe
Chandrakant Kale in
Begum Barve
Photograph by Saroj Parulkar, courtesy Dr Agashe
Shriram Lagoo in
Adhe Adhure
Courtesy Popular Prakashan, Mumbai
Om Puri in the Kabuki play
Ibaragi
Sudha Shivpuri in
Billi Chali Pehen Ke Joota
Courtesy Natrang Pratishthan Nemi Chandra Jain Collection
Sulabha Deshpande in
Shantata! Court Chaalu Aahe
Courtesy Arun Kakde, Aavishkar, Mumbai
Bhakti Barve in
Ajab Nyaya Vartulacha
Courtesy Vijaya Mehta
Salima Raza in
Azar Ka Khwab
Courtesy Salima Raza
In Mrozek’s
Out at Sea,
with Jaspal, directed by Kirti Jain
(above left);
and
The Lesson,
with Jyoti Deshpande
(above centre).
Surekha Sikri seems to mirror director Srilata Swaminathan’s despair at my behaviour during a rehearsal of
Marjeeva (above right).
In
Danton’s Death,
B. Jayshree and Rajesh Vivek watch with compassion as I flounder in a part I was pathetically ill-equipped to play.
