Do You Know This Song?

Hindi, English Play with English Subtitles

Supported by Bajaj Beyond

This is a piece about loss and grief. This is also a piece about love, finding voice and singing. At one end lies the dark space of broken dreams, at the other, the slippery slope of happiness… in between, is a tale about a voice that once was beautiful, unforgettable… and now forgotten. In this play, Mallika Taneja collects a long-forgotten voice and its story through interviews collected over almost a year. She finds not only a story but dreams made and broken, and a voice aching to reach out.

Revisited. Reimagined. Restrung.

With her harmonium, a microphone, and some toys and objects from her childhood, the singer/performer returns as an adult to look for the person she lost – a singer and her songs, and much more besides. We now listen to songs through a story that seems all too familiar. As the performer ventures into the land of not- forgetting, we take a journey into the dark, and learn to travel, through song. As she moves between this tale of searching, singing and grief, Mallika invites audiences to join in.

Performance design and direction: Mallika Taneja
Stage and light design: Sangeet Shrivastava
Sound design: Chayan Adhikari, Bindhumalini N.
Script: Mallika Taneja
Songs rewritten: Rajesh Nirmal
Composition and lyrics: Mallika Taneja
Music arrangement and production: Chayan Adhikari

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