GIRIJA KE SAPNE

Girija Ke Sapne is a musical satire, at times hilariously funny and at times ridiculous, with shades of pathos. It makes use of television and advertising lingo as a theatrical device including the now popular trend of Hinglish. The protagonist Girija, is the only educated girl in her village - '10th class fail' She dreams of the kind of life-style she has seen in the touring talkies. Her small town aspirations based on her exposure to films and advertising are personified in the character of her 'hero'. She is so enamoured of her 'hero' that the dialogues he delivers in his films are the only truth she believes in. The make-believe world of her dreams is her reality which is completely at odds with her family and her village. The clash between her dreams and reality is the essence of the play. The choir is a central part of the play representing different characters, with the story set against the milieu of a village in north Karnataka.

Though the story is set in a village in north Karnataka, the production uses music in a stylised manner and not in a dialect or a particular folk form specific to any part of the country