Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC) has won the renowned 56th Purushottam Karandak 2022 for their one-act play – Manjamma Puranam. This success comes after 14 years.The school had before won the prize for 2 shoor coordinated by Alok Rajwade in 2009.
The Purushottam Karandak, is a yearly between university Marathi one – act play contest where understudies from across Maharashtra addressing their particular school take an interest. The opposition is known for giving a stage to beginner entertainers, some of whom have become proficient entertainers, chiefs and dramatists.
“This year 50 universities took part and 49 introduced their plays following all the Covid standards. We held the Karandak following a hole of one year, however nothing could hose the soul and the energy of the undergrads taking part,” said legal administrator Mangesh Shinde, Maharashtriya Kalopasak, who arranges this opposition.
“We were anticipating that the understudies should check out a play on Covid, which nobody did, rather introduced a few extremely intriguing plays like, Manjamma Puranam (BMCC),Trip (Pemraj Sarda College, Ahmednagar) Bhag Dhanno Bhag – (Modern College), Complete Void (Abasaheb Garware College), Panipuri (Ganeshkhind Engineering College),Varat (IMCC), Safar ( Kaveri Mahavidyalaya), Art (Vasantdada Patil Institute of Technology), and Every Night in My Dreams (Kashibai Navale College of Engineering). There were nine finalists whose exhibition were decided by Chinmay Sumeet, Shailesh Deshmukh and Nitin Dhanduke,” he added.
The fundamental round of the Purushottam Karandak was held from January 3 to 17, 2022. Albeit this Karandak has been held starting around 1963, it was not held in 2021 because of Covid, said coordinators.
Manjamma Puranam, the triumphant play is composed and coordinated by Shantanu Joshi and Yogesh Sapre. “We as a whole were talking about what to perform for Purushottam Karandak, that is the point at which we ran over Padmashree B Manjamma Jogati’s meeting. She was the main transsexual lady to win Padmashree this year. Her biography was engaging and scaring. Likewise, we discovered some significance with folklore. Performing it alongside unrecorded music was a genuine errand yet additionally it added an extraordinary layer to the play,” said Sakshi Deshpande, SY BCom understudy and part of the group.
The Covid limitations added numerous obstructions to the entertainers yet they conquered them all to rehearse for the play with safety measures. “We made an honest effort to not allow these limitations to come in the manner and needed to rehearse the play with under 20 individuals all at once,” she added.
“Purushottam Karandak has forever been an esteemed rivalry for the show bunches in universities in Pune. Extraordinary entertainers, chiefs and authors have developed under this opposition and this inheritance and generosity makes it a regarded contest. This opposition assists us with focusing mostly on bearing, composing and acting. It is actually a test to frame a play with 16 individuals in the group,” said Yogesh Sapre.
The Purushottam Karandak grant capacity will occur on January 29 at 6pm, trailed by the exhibition of the triumphant play.
