05 August 2012, 05:30 am
HILLEY-LEY
Programme Type
Cultural

Annual festival of Kutumb Foundation

Saudagari (120 min)
A musical inspired by The Merchant of Venice
Adapted, directed and produced by Mohit and Sumit, peer leaders at Kutumb

Kutumb, which seeks to engage and enable young minds through creative art forms and active learning, presents an
adaptation of Shakespeare set in Delhi schools and colleges. Where everything is measured by money and "hip"-ness, and sacrifice is a fairly unknown phenomenon, where is the place for a friendship such as that of Antonio and Bassanio? What chance does a Portia have of standing up to the men in her world? And how can a Shylock come into his own with a caste tag around his neck?