Rodevra Republic

I thank you all for your warm birthday greetings. There is a feeling of closeness and a sense of belonging that cannot be expressed, and I am truly grateful for that. I am normally a quiet and private person and shy away from all the attention that birthdays and celebrations give. However, now after reading all your lovely birthday greetings, I feel happy to share my joy with you.  Birthdays are times when one looks back and probably is the only time in the year that makes one conscious of age. When I look back, all the years come rushing along, holding their bitter sweet memories. Somewhere along the corridors of life, amidst all its events, you realise the long way that there is a purpose to everything...a Divine order and harmony in all happenings. Taken in the right spirit, it promotes an attitude of faith and acceptance. I remember the dialogue from '3 Idiots', " Bahut mushkil se aya hain ye attitude...Main mera ye attitude rakh loonga....".   This attitude has s...

 Thanks Mayur, for the confidence you entrust me for the review. I will give it a try. I will keep it generic, so Ninad can use it as a general public review. Being generic, it is a purely objective review. So I am not talking of it as a personal experience, which would otherwise have included the fact that it was the 250th show, or it was held at the opulent Opea House (which is a magnificent experience by itself) or for that matter it was produced by our dear friend, Ninad. Here is the review: While it is common knowledge the play is an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s, ‘Dail M for Murder’, which again was based on the play (1954) by Frederick Knott,  this Marathi play version is extraordinary in terms of the skill of adaptation. Everything was so perfectly localized in the cultural milieu of Mumbai of the1970’s, in and around its Girgaum locality, that never for a moment you realize that this is an adaptation. The credit goes to the writer, Neeraj Shirwaikar. The team of Vi...

True British humour indeed! More interesting was the way he recounted the story. A good example of dry British humour. You can see the complete emotional neutrality while narrating the comic situation.  I found the language and delivery particularly interesting. The language is typical Queen's English (as expected) which is characterized by the way each word is distinctly pronounced to enhance clarity.  For example the Ts are True Ts, where the articulation of T is distinct. Hear him saying the word 'Majesty' or 'next'. Even when a word ends in 't' and the next word also starts with 't',  the 't' sound is perfectly articulated in both words. The example here is when he says, 'at times'. Normally in other English accents,  the T sound in the first word would have been silent. Another feature is the 'eh' sound of 'y'. So hear him say 'normally' as 'normalleh' and not 'normallee'. Same with 'no...