| | Shaheen Parkar | | Making Sweet Music On The Stage: Mayuri Kango, Vinod Singh and Shweta Bhonsale in Black Market | A bunch of telly actors have been doing the rounds of the Black Market. Besides learning the ropes, they are also getting their deals right. Sampreet Theatre's play, called Black Market, opens in the city this weekend.
The cast of this musical comedy includes familiar faces of the small screen like Mayuri Kango (Kittie Party), Vinod Singh (Ayushmaan), Shweta Bhonsale (Tumhari Disha, Kkaanch, Kumkum), Sandip Bhansali (Ayushmaan), Aneesha Verma (Dekho Magar Pyar Se, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa) and Kamal Luthre.
Written and directed by debutant Sameer Satish, it is about a group of close-knit friends who are actors by profession. Their mentor disappears overnight, leaving them in the lurch. Unmoved, one of the friends plans to spice things up as a gameplan is devised which ends up being an emotional trip.
The erstwhile Ayushmaan, Vinod Singh, makes his debut in the theatre world with Black Market. "I began as a model, then did television. Theatre is a new medium for me but memorising lines comes easy to me," he says.
The actor has found the rehearsals smooth sailing, "but I will get the real experience only when I am on stage in front of the audience. That's when I will have to make on-the-spot improvisations."
Produced by Gurpreet Kaur, the play also has a medley of songs and instrumental pieces performed by the actors. "We break into a song which is situational so there are a lot of light moments," adds Singh, who finds doing theatre "amusing."
Shweta Bhonsale, who plays Kanchan in Tumhari Disha, has done a drama earlier called Just Mohabbat. "I would love to do more of theatre. It is great fun but on account of my television assignments there is not much time left."
Says director Sameer Satish, "The reason why I selected TV actors for this venture was because they are all good actors and have been wanting to do theatre for a long time. More importantly, the script is such that it involves actors, their aspirations and plight. Some thing which they could identify with easily."
Now, it is up to the audience to relate to the Black Market.
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