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Indian Express Mumbai Review, September 2, 2006
“A Ratan Thiyam play is like group therapy. In his dialogue with the audience, he voices all your concerns about society—political
instability,
terrorism, communal hatred—and looks for solutions in the most aesthetic possible way with candlelight and silhouettes, lithe dancers and versatile props. But his
breathtaking visuals cannot take away from the gravity of the ideas they mask—a society in turmoil.”
Indian Express Mumbai Review {20KB PDF}
Mumbai Mirror Review, August 26, 2006
“Ratan Thiyam is in town with his latest production Chinglon Mapan Tampak Ama (Nine Hills One Valley), which he performed at the Nehru Centre
Festival on Thursday. Thiyam shot to fame with his Sanarambi-Chaisra in 1976, in which he sought to meaningfully connect traditional folk themes with modern-day
problems.”
Mumbai Mirror Review {40KB PDF}
The Hindu Review, January 20, 2006
“Ratan Thiyam’s play was a document of a restless society and political turmoil where the sufferers are only the poor people.”
Mumbai Mirror Review {132KB PDF}
Calcutta Telegraph Review, October 30, 2005
“‘If public response to a stage production in New Delhi this week is any indication, the day of reckoning for Manipuri theatre is
round the corner,’ says Anirban Das Mahapatra”
Calcutta Telegraph Review {96KB PDF}
Frontline Review, February 10, 2005
“The ticket holders had to cleave through the human wall of the hysterical optimists who thought they could somehow slide in, though tickets had
been sold out weeks earlier. Finally, the hall witnessed that phenomenon known as gate-crashing. Only this time it was not metaphorical but literal.”
Frontline Review {140KB PDF}
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