Ep.42 Savitri Medhatul on: Creating the Experimental play Lavanyavati
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Savitri Medhatul is a Mumbai based Theatre Producer, Director andDocumentary filmmaker. She is co-founder & artistic director of Kali BilliProductions.She worked with Junoon and Arts organisation founded by Sanjna Kapoor andSameera Iyengar.Is currently a recipient of a multidisciplinary research fellowship fromUniversity of Edinburgh 2020-23. Savitri is one of the 5 member teams selectedfrom India for Voices from Soth, a project funded by Edinburgh festival fringe2022-23.An active member of Mumbai theatre circuit Savitri has worked with SunilShanbag, Akarsh Khurana, Vaman Kendre, and Geetanjali Kulkarni.In 2015 Savitri Medhatul (co producer Natale Tumchyasathi) designed a theatreproduction Sangeet Bari. This production is based on their research and the bookwritten by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Using the form of Documentary Theatre thisperformance explores the lives of Lavani artists associated with Sangeet Baritradition.Lavanyavati is the latest production designed by Savitri and produced byKali 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 thelens of Legacy, cast and intersectional feminism and understand what Lavanyavatirepresents in contemporary times. The performance includes family archives andvideo documentation and live performance by hereditary,non hereditary andqueer lavani performers.   Subscribe/Follow now to receive regular updates about the latest episodes You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at [email protected]. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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