Somewhere
there are events in my life that I try at times to come to terms
with..one such is my foray into dramatics and back. CAMPART was a
festival at Rec Cali cut where various student bodies take part and
resulting in my being forced to act in a play and basically make a
fool of myself. It was in 1985 Manjeet Singh Rekhi offered me and
forced me into a role at Campart..in the last scene I have to come as
a Doctor ..sit on a corner chair and laugh for some three
minutes..I did it but was not very good..and thereupon came the
determination to develop this activity. Rec Calicut helped me develop
myself in various dimensions..Dramatics being one such field the
other fields being Yoga, sports and body building.
hotel maharani Calicut
Many
of the youth festivals at REC were places where creativity flowed
abundantly..it must be seen to be believed. Some plays were just
impromptu narrations of some random kind extending for half an hour.
Such events would be full of humor largely coming from the
spontaneity rather than a well thought-of scripts.
Having
failed at my earlier attempt I was looking for a chance to perform
better and to some surprise a Kannada association of banks landed up
at REC requesting that we do some kind of play at Hotel Maharani at
Cali cut..and we rehearsed for it and did a very splendid job and I
was a key character in one of the plays. Needless to say REC
developed me and us in many ways and such exposures being one such
platform. At around 12 in the night we students found ourselves
returning from the event and many of the Kannada students..some
thirty five in all would remember this..coming to REC through the
medical college route.
At
the end of the day REC Cali cut of our times left on us some intense
impression and blend of skills that came from various quarters. Were
they all worth? I have no answer but circumstances of those times
swayed me more than anything else into such events..and some where I
found in them an opportunity for self development and growth.
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