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Ep.42 Savitri Medhatul on: Creating the Experimental play Lavanyavati
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:23:18
Publish Date: 2023-02-04 09:32:23
Description:

Savitri Medhatul is a Mumbai based Theatre Producer, Director and
Documentary filmmaker. She is co-founder & artistic director of Kali Billi
Productions.
She worked with Junoon and Arts organisation founded by Sanjna Kapoor and
Sameera Iyengar.
Is currently a recipient of a multidisciplinary research fellowship from
University of Edinburgh 2020-23. Savitri is one of the 5 member teams selected
from India for Voices from Soth, a project funded by Edinburgh festival fringe
2022-23.
An active member of Mumbai theatre circuit Savitri has worked with Sunil
Shanbag, Akarsh Khurana, Vaman Kendre, and Geetanjali Kulkarni.
In 2015 Savitri Medhatul (co producer Natale Tumchyasathi) designed a theatre
production Sangeet Bari. This production is based on their research and the book
written by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Using the form of Documentary Theatre this
performance explores the lives of Lavani artists associated with Sangeet Bari
tradition.
Lavanyavati is the latest production designed by Savitri and produced by
Kali Billi Production which premieres at NCPA, Mumbai in Feb'23.

A production that explores the idea of Lavanyavati
(one who performs Lavani), the meaning of Lavani and Lavanyavati from the
lens of Legacy, cast and intersectional feminism and understand what Lavanyavati
represents in contemporary times. The performance includes family archives and
video documentation and live performance by hereditary,non hereditary and
queer lavani performers.

 

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