National
School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. Initially it was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak
Akademi and
lately in 1975 it became an independent school for theatre studies.
I
started to perform different plays from a very young age. From that time itself
I wanted to visit NSD. In the year 2013 I joined Seagull Theatre under the
guidance of Bhagirathi bai Kadam and Baharul Islam. After a year I
got the most awaited opportunity to go to NSD and to perform a show in a Children
Theatre Festival ‘Jashne Bachpan’ . On 8thNovember 2014,I
along with my 24 batch mates and our director Bhagirathi, boarded the
train and unfortunately we reached Delhi 12hrs late on 10th November
at Anand Vihar Station. NSD provided us a beautiful hotel ‘USI Premises’, we
reached there, freshened up ourselves and left for NSD. The moment I stood in
front of the main gate of the institution, I found myself at my dreamland, a
place where I actually belong. It was a wonderful and proud moment for me.
After two stage rehearsals, we took our lunch and got ready for the final show
which was staged on ‘Abhimanch’ at 6pm.
Our show ‘Geete Gathe Milan Mala’ achieved to be one of the most appreciated and also a houseful show of National Children Theatre Festival Jashne Bachpan 2014. We were ecstatic and proud of our performance. Our ma’am took us for dinner to celebrate our success. The next day we went in sightseeing and
in the evening we went to watch a show performed by another theatre group.
It
was an amazing experience and a dream come true to perform a show in a nationally
acclaimed stage and in front of such well known personalities. It was a
lifetime opportunity for everyone of us. It will be unfair and unfortunate if I
fail to thank Baharul Islam and Bhagirathi of Seagull Theatre, who molded me into the
character and bought us into the limelight.
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