Dabang Mumbai H.C stun Uttar Pradesh Wizards
6th February 2016; Lucknow: Major Dhyanchand Stadium, Lucknow today witnessed another loss for its home team Uttar Pradesh Wizards against Dabang Mumbai H.C. The visitors who won their second consecutive match after a series of losses defeated Uttar Pradesh Wizards 2-1 in the 19th match of the 4th Coal India Hockey India League.
Visitors, Dabang Mumbai H.C. fresh from their stunning win in their last game, started their campaign on an attacking note. Dabang Mumbai played with a lot of confidence and their attacking game soon yielded results through a stunning field goal from Johan Bjorkman in the 8th minute giving the visitors an early lead of 2-0 over Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Wizards who have so far lost all their home games, came back strongly after this early jolt with a series of well-planned attacks but David Harte made no mistakes in foiling all attempts from the hosts to score. Hosts, Uttar Pradesh Wizards kept pressing hard and were rewarded with a penalty corner in the 14th minute, which was duly converted by Argentine Gonzalo Peillat, helping Uttar Pradesh Wizard earn a much needed goal in the match. The Wizards now trailed Dabang Mumbai HC by a goal with the score board reading 1-2 in the visitors favour. The second quarter saw some spectacular moves from the forwards of both the teams but some extremely crucial saves from the goal keepers at both the ends ensure that the first half got over with the score board remaining unchanged at 1-2 in the favour of Dabang Mumbai HC.
The second half began with Dabang Mumbai HC pressing hard to capitalise on their lead, but some brilliant interceptions from the Wizards defensive line coupled with some outstanding saves from PR Sreejesh foiled all attempts from the visitors to score. In return today Dabang Mumbai HC showcased top class defence as some strong attacks from the hosts were successfully defended by the visitors. The rest of the match saw a lot of close chances but the goal keepers at both ends were in their top form denying either sides of a goal. This is the fourth consecutive loss for the Uttar Pradesh Wizards on their home turf.
With this win the Dabang Mumbai H.C. now have 14 points in their kitty from six matches, and are currently placed at the bottom of the points tally for the 4th Coal Indioa Hockey India League.
The Coal India Goal of the Match award of INR 50,000 was presented by Mr. J Bagchi, Chief Manager Finance, Coal India Limited to Johan Bjorkman from Dabang Mumbai H.C., while his team mate Affan Yousuf walked away with the Most Entertaining Player of the Match award. Matthew Swann from Dabang Mumbai H.C. won the Man of the Match award of INR 50,000 and his team mate Gurjant Singh won the INR 25,000 Hero Emerging Player of the Match award.
The next match of the 4th Coal India Hockey India League will be played between Kalinga Lancers and Jaypee Punjab Warriors at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneshwar on 7th February, 2016. The six team annual franchise based hockey league, the flagship event of Hockey India – the apex body governing the sport in the country and sanctioned by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is being played across six venues in India from 18th January – 21st February 2016.
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| President reviews International parade of fleet of the coast at Visakhapatnam |
Feb 6, 5:54 PM
International Fleet Review (IFR) gets under in Vishakhapatnam Saturday morning with President Pranab Mukherjee given 21-gun salute and the ceremonial Guard of Honour by 150 Navy personnel at the Naval Jetty.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the three Service Chiefs, Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, President Pranab Mukherjee said the fleet review signifies our common desire to use the seas to promote peace and co-operation.
The President also reviewed the Air Arm of the Indian Navy in full display with spectacular fly-past by several fixed wing and rotary aircraft comprising 15 formations of 45 aircraft including two formations from the Indian Coast Guard.
This also includes the latest acquisitions of the Indian Navy such as Carrier Borne Strike Fighter MIG 29K, Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft, Illusion-38, Sea Harriers, P8I, Advanced Jet Trainer, Hawks and the AEW Helicopter KM-31, besides live demonstrations by Navy personnel.
The enthralling waterfront activities, a display by Marine Commandos and Helicopter demonstrations enthralled the viewers.
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Sania-Martina team named 2015 World Champions
The formidable pairing of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis was named as Womens Doubles World Champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in recognition of their stupendous success in season 2015.
Hingis is an ITF World Champion 15 years after last being named World Champion in singles in 2000.
Sania and Martina joined forces in March this year but proved a force to be reckoned with in 2015, winning two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, and seven further tournaments.
They won their last 22 matches from the start of the US Open through wins in Asia at Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and the WTA Finals, ending the year with a 55-7 record.
“I am very honoured to receive this award from the ITF after what has been a great year for me and Martina. It is incredible that we have achieved so much in such a short time playing together. I am grateful to everyone that has helped me throughout my career and I hope that my success can inspire other girls in India,” Sania said.
Martina said “It is a great honour to be named ITF Womens Doubles World Champions. Sania and I have enjoyed every minute of the season and we hope to continue in 2016 in the same fashion. We are set to join a long list of champions and it is a privilege to be recognised alongside them.”
The ITF also announced American Serena Williams and Serbian Novak Djokovic as the 2015 ITF World Champions.
Williams is named Womens World Champion for the sixth time, while this is the fifth occasion that Djokovic has received the honour.
IPL Auction 2016:
Indian Premier Legue Cricket (IPL) auction 2016 in Bengaluru, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for nine and a half crore rupees today. Watson received the highest bid in the auction. Yuvraj Singh was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for seven crore rupees. Sunrisers Hyderabad also bought Ashish Nehra for 5.50 crore. Ishant Sharma went to Pune Super Giants for 3.8 crore. Kevin Pietersen, the first player in the auction, was sold for 3.5 crore rupees to Pune Super Giants.
>Australian all-rounder Shane Watson became the first million-dollar buy.
The burly Australian was snapped up by Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping Rs 9.5 crore in the auction after an intense bidding war.
>Australian all-rounder Shane Watson became the first million-dollar buy.
The burly Australian was snapped up by Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping Rs 9.5 crore in the auction after an intense bidding war.
Yuvraj Singh had quite a climbdown from being last year’s most expensive buy but Sunrisers Hyderabad entered late into the fray to still shell out Rs 7 crore for the Indian all-rounder.
Sunrisers Hyderabad also bought veteran pacer Ashish Nehra for Rs 5.50 crore pipping Kings XI Punjab and Gujarat Lions.
Debutants Pune Supergiants got Kevin Pietersen for Rs 3.5 crore, the first player to go under the hammer, even though Gujarat Lions also bid intensely for the dashing England batsman.
Pune also got Ishant Sharma Rs 3.8 crore. Gujarat Lions got South African Dale Steyn and West Indian Dwayne Smith for Rs 2.3 crore each.
Further details from media agencies are
Kevin Pietersen (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 3.5 crores
Dwayne Smith (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Gujarat Lions INR 2.3 crores
Ishant Sharma (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 3.8 crores
Shane Watson (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 9.5 crores
Ashish Nehra (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 5.5 crores
Yuvraj Singh (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 7 crores
Dale Steyn (Base price INR 1.5 crores) – sold to Gujarat Lions INR 2.3 crores
Sanju Samson (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Delhi Daredevils INR 4.2 crores
Jos Buttler (Base price INR 1.5 crores) – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.8 crores
Dinesh Karthik (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 2.3 crores
Irfan Pathan (Base price INR 1 crore) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 1 crore
Chris Morris (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 7 crores
Colin Munro (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakhs
Stuart Binny (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 2 crores
Mitchell Marsh (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 4.8 crores
Dhawal Kulkarni (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 2 crores
John Hastings (Base price INR 1 crores) – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1.3 crores
Praveen Kumar (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 3.5 crores
Tim Southee (Base price INR 1 crore) – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2.5 crores
Mohit Sharma (Base price INR 1.5 crores) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 6.5 crore
Carlos Brathwaite (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 4.2 crores
Marcus Stoinis (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 55 lakhs
Mustafizur Rahman (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.4 crores
Jaydev Unadkat (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1.6 crores
Kyle Abbott (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 2.1 crores
Barinder Sran (Base price INR 50 lakh) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.2 crores
Abhimanyu Mithun (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 lakhs
RP Singh (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 30 lakhs
Travis Head (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 50 lakhs
Sachin Baby (Base price INt 10 lakh) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 Lakh
Karun Nair (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 4 crore
Paras Dogra (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Ishan Kishan (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 35 lakh
Rishabh Pant (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 1.9 crore
Eklavya Dwivedi (Base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 1 crore
Aditya Tare (Base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.2 crore
Iqbal Abdulla (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 lakh
Deepak Hooda (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 4.2 crore
Ankit Sharma (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Pawan Negi (base price INR 30 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 8.5 crore
Rajat Bhatia (base price INR 30 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants INR 60 lakh
Pradeep Sangwan (Base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lakh
Nathu Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.2 crores
Ishwar Pandey (Base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 20 lakh
Ankit Rajpoot (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1.5 crore
Pravin Tambe (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lakh
Shivil Kaushik (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Sarabjit Ladda (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
M Ashwin (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 4.5 crore
KC Cariappa (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 80 lakh
Aaron Finch (Base price INR 1 crore) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 1 crore (second round)
Sam Billings (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 30 lakh(second round)
T Suman (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakh(second round)
Ankush Bains (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh(second round)
Umang Sharma (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh(second round)
Peter Handscomb – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 30 lakh (second round)
Jitesh Sharma (Base price INR 10 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lakh (second round)
Armaan Jaffer (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 10 lakh(second round)
Jason Holder (Base price INR 50 lakhs) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 70 lakh(second round)
Thisara Perera (Base price INR 1 crore) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 1 crore(second round)
Ben Cutting (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 50 lakh(second round)
Andrew Tye (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 50 lakh (second round)
Praveen Dubey (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore at INR 35 lakh (second round)
R Sathish (base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakh
Vijay Shankar (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 35 lakh
Shadab Jakati (base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lakh
Akshay Karnewar (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 lakh
Akshdeep Nath (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Manan Sharma (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders at INR 10 lakh
Baba Aparajith (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Deepak Chahar (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supegiants for INR 10 lakh
Kishore Kamath (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 1.4 crores
Pardeep Sahu (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 10 lakh
Krunal Pandya (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crores
Deepak Punia (base price INR lakh) – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lakh
Swapnil Singh (base price 10 lakh) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 10 lakh
Khaleel Ahmed (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Jaydev Shah (base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lakh
Pratyush Singh (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Ashok Dinda (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 50 lakh
Kane Richardson (Base price INR 2 crores) – sold to Royal Challengers Banglore for INR 2 crore
Samuel Badree (Base price INR 50 lakhs) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 50 lakh
Joel Paris (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 30 lakh
Scott Boland (Base price INR 50 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 50 lakh
Vikramjeet Malik (Base price INR 20 lakh) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakh
Pawan Suyal (Base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Adam Zampa (Base price INR 30 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Super Giants for INR 30 lakh
Amit Mishra (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Jaskaran Singh (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Chama Milind (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Vikas Tokas (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore at INR 10 lakh
Farhaan Behardien (Base price INR 30 lakhs) – sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 30 lakh(round three)
Akhil Herwadkar (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Mahipal Lomror (base price INR 10 lakh) – sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
The List of Unsold players are as follows -:
Martin Guptill (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Rilee Rossouw (Base price INR 1 crore)
Cheteshwar Pujara (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Hashim Amla (Base price INR 1 crore)
George Bailey (Base price INR 1 crore)
S Badrinath (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Mahela Jayawardene (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Michael Hussey (Base price INR 2 crores)
Usman Khawaja (Base price INR 1 crore)
Shane Dowrich (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Mushfiqur Rahim (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Johnson Charles (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Brad Haddin (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Morne van Wyk (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Ben Dunk (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Cameron Bancroft (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Manoj Tiwary (Base price INR 1 crore)
Ravi Bopara (Base price INR 1 crore)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Darren Sammy (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Sachithra Senanayake (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Veerasammy Permaul (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Nathan Lyon (Base price INR 1 crore)
Devendra Bishoo (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Michael Beer (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Ajantha Mendis (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Sulieman Benn (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Rahul Sharma (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Cameron Boyce (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Pragyan Ojha (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Joe Burns (Base price INR 1 crore)
David Hussey (Base price INR 1 crore)
Darren Bravo (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Adam Voges (Base price INR 1 crore)
Nic Maddinson (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Owais Shah (Base price INR 1 crore)
Abhinav Mukund (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Doug Bracewell (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Chris Jordan (Base price INR 1 crore)
Wayne Parnell (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Grant Elliott (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
James Neesham (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Sean Abbott (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Abhishek Nayar (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Munaf Patel (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Beuran Hendricks (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Lahiru Thirimanne (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Richard Levi (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Cameron White (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Tamim Iqbal (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Marlon Samuels (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Dean Elgar (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Reeza Hendricks (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Nathan McCullum (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Jeevan Mendis (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Vernon Philander (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Rusty Theron (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Shehan Jayasuriya (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Rayad Emrit (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Anton Devcich (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Johan Botha (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Ashton Agar (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Robin Peterson (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Fidel Edwards (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Jerome Taylor (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Parvinder Awana (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Sudeep Tyagi (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Shaun Tait (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Pankaj Singh (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Nuwan Kulasekara (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Ben Laughlin (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Krishmar Santokie (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Isuru Udana (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Soumya Sarkar (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Dilruwan Perera (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Narsingh Deonarine (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Henry Davids (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Milinda Siriwardana (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Dilshan Munaweera (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Christopher Barnwell (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Seekuge Prasanna (Base price INR 30 lakh)
George Worker (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Dasun Shanaka (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Taskin Ahmed (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Shannon Gabriel (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Dushmantha Chameera (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Hardus Viljoen (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Mthokozisi Shezi (Base price INR 1 crore)
Tino Best (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Jackson Bird (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Mithun Manhas (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Ankit Bawne (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Himanshu Rana (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Debabrata Das (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Aiden Blizzard (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Pinal Shah (Base price INR 10 lakh)
CM Gautam (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Dishank Yagnik (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Manvinder Bisla (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Padmanabhan Prasanth (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Kevin O’Brien (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Kevon Cooper (Base price INR 30 lakh)
C Stephen (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Domnic Muthuswami (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Veer Pratap Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Harmeet Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Aswin Crist (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Rahul Shukla (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Siddharth Trivedi (Base price INR 10 lakh)
KK Jiyas (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Hardik Patel (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Rahil Shah (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Bharghav Bhatt (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Karanveer Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Arun Karthik (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Evin Lewis (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Alex Ross (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Apoorv Wankhade (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Prashant Gupta (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Rahul Tewatia (Base price INR 10 lakh)
Rohan Prem (base price INR 10 lakh)
Dinesh Salunkhe (base price INR 10 lakh)
Ravi Jangid (base price INR 10 lakh)
Gurinder Singh (base price INR 10 lakh)
James Pattinson (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Pankaj Jaswal (base price INR 10 lakh)
Navdeep Saini (base price INR 10 lakh)
Saurabh Kumar (base price INR 10 lakh
Rishi Arothe (INR 10 lakh)
Baltej Singh (base price INr 10 lakh)
Kshitiz Sharma (base price INR 10 lakh)
“Create your own experience and build your own path rather than following someone else’s.”- Pankaj Kapur at Director’s meets of 18th Bharat Rang Mahotsav
“Theatre is poor man’s weapon” – Jayant Pawar
New Delhi, 6th February 2016: The sixth day of Bharat Rang Mahotsav had a tremendous start with “Meet the Directors” interaction amongst the directors and the audience. The play productions that were presented yesterday were Rajrakto, Chitrapata, Dopehri and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Directors of these presentations were Debashish Dutta, Manjunath L.Badiger, Pankaj Kapur & Deepan Sivaraman.
Pankaj Kapur is an eminent actor of television serials, Bollywood and has been a veteran in theatre world. He has established a theatre society called “Theatron” in Mumbai. A graduate from National School of Drama himself, Pankaj Kapur has been associated with Bharat Rang Mahotsav.
Talking about his performance yesterday, Pankaj Kapur said, “My aim towards the production of Dopehri was to realise if I still can perform theatre on stage or not. Also, I wanted to know if my work has reached the audience and how they respond to it.”
It is noteworthy that on public demand Pankaj Kapur had to do an additional show ofDopehri.
Answering to a question why he chose a new style of direction in his production, Mr Kapur said,“ Whatever that is in the league, I prefer to do something dissimilar of it. “Dopehri” is not an ordinary production. It is a dramatic narration. So what if it doesn’t have the generally set aspects of theatre, that doesn’t declare it a non-theatrical production.”
Emphasising on the young theatre aspirants in the audience he mentioned, “ The method which has been going on since long time, if only that will be followed without any development or changes, then one day it will lead to the end of theatre. We need to understand why a certain performance has been done in a certain way rather than questioning why it hasn’t been done in the pre conceived settings of our mind.”
Director Deepak Sivaram mentioned, “Theatre is a hybrid form. It is not based on literature alone. It includes the importance of space, lighting, dance, music as well.”
The latest addition to Bharat Rang Mahotsav, “Emerging Trends” –a three day seminar begins from today with livewire energetic discussions on the emerging trends in field of Playwright. The speakers of session were well-known theatre playwrights -Asif Ali Haider Khan, Bratya Basu, Jayant Pawar and Manav Kaul.
The speakers presented their own experiences of discovering a playwright in themselves and the environmental factors that contributed in the writings. The importance of Indian theatre and playwrights and its globalisation was elaborately brought out in front of audiences. Playwright Bratya Basu stated, “The language of a playwright is always regional. It is always spoken in another language for films.”
Elaborating on the origin of playwrights and their globalisation, eminent Marathi Playwright Jayant Pawar mentioned, “Just like a tree, the roots of our playwriting are deep in our community and it needs to be strong, otherwise theatre may not survive.”
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Indian Hockey teams all set to shine at the 12th South Asian Games
6th February, Guwahati: Hockey is all set to make it count at the 12th South Asian Games. The South Asian Games are scheduled to be held between 5 – 16 February and will see the Women’s hockey team and Men’s team in action starting 7th February, 2016 at Moullana MD. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium, Bhetapara in Guwahati, Assam.
The women’s team will play their first match against Nepal on 7th February and will be the hot favourites to win the Gold Medal. The team which is led by marquee Captain Ritu Rani will be looking to make the most of these matches as it will act as the warm-up before the South African tour. On the tour the women’s team will be facing the South African, Scottish and German squads. The women’s group in the 12th South Asian Games consists of Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The men’s group consists of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India will be one of the favourites in the group but Pakistan will look to give the home team tough competition. India will open their account against Bangladesh on 7th February and India will be the hot favourites to win the match. The last edition of the South Asian Games saw the Indian men team winning the silver medal. The team led by forward Mandeep Antil.
The schedule of the South Asian Games is as follows:
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