PREFACEAct 1 scene 1 Take number 43......STILL NO ONE COMPLAINS.......
3rd Feb 2009: 8 am till 8 pm: Process of a reputed organization---
9:30 pm-11:30 pm 5 plays back to back.....STILL NO ONE COMPLAINS.......
19th December 2009: Time around 1 am
A performer falls from a height of 10 feet. Almost unconscious for a minute...Practice called off....
20th February 2009: He performs in street play in Mood-i with an injured right hand.......AND DOES'NT COMPLAIN ABOUT IT
2nd February 2009:One pissed off director calls off a play from Eklavya launch event because of lack of practice...STILL NO ONE COMPLAINS
Later that night the team rehearsed the play just once...
3rd February: Taj Mahal ka Tender turns out to be most applauded play by audience...
2 days before an event 2009:A read between the lines kind of challenge is thrown before team eklavya
later that night 3 freaks stood outside the campus gate from 12:30 am till 4:30 am, discussing some random physics...(Gravitation)
1 day before the event: A team of 8 is formed and they discuss some random physics again....
May day 2009: Team eklavya canters home in style....with some money...no need to mention we won first prize...
A guys only team was picked for this play...not to mention 50% of Eklavyans are girls.....STILL NO ONE COMPLAINS
3 days before another event....
Team from a competitor meets Team Eklavya directors....
2 days before the event...The idea of performing was dropped because they found the street play Topic monotonous....
Message was communicated to entire team.....STILL NO ONE COMPLAINS
*Still regret the decision*
Somewhere in February 2009:1 pm: 4 members of Team Eklavya waiting for their performance in ITELF Sprout IT, meanwhile 8 members of their team waiting for them in NICMAR to perform in a competition..
1:45 pm: After performing in ITELF event 4 members reach NICMAR
1:50 pm: Team of 12 perform in NICMAR...
Result: 2nd prize and no one is happy....most of them didn't had lunch that day....and college mess was not to be blamed...
This was the first and only time we dint win first prize....
and...NO ONE COMPLAINS
I can go on to write an entire book on Eklavya ...but I think lets restrict ourselves to Preface for now..
Coming to the pointTo be honest none of us were great actors or directors..
Infact most of us were first timers on stage.....
But we had one thing in common....AND IT WAS NOT OUR PASSION TOWARDS THEATRE...most of us dint even knew the difference between street play and stage play(apart from the place where they are performed)...and i bet most of us still dnt kno it....
Neither it was FAME....(We never knew that we are going to be famous) ;)
And it was definitely not MONEY... (We are still the most poor group in entire SIC)...
The things we had in common amongst each other was the TRUST,FAITH AND RESPONSIBILITY
TRUST in each other's abilities and
FAITH in each other's actions...
A sense of RESPONSIBILITY towards the group
We were just a group of friends who did what they loved to do...."being with each other and sometimes do some acting too....
And it was just because of these..
No one complained after take number 42.....
Regards,
Eklavyan
