It is always encouraging to get to see a drama, which highlights the nuances of relationships in the internet world. “We take immense pride in saying that Mumbai’s iconic theatre company, Prithvi theatre invited us for their first season of Prithvi Festival at Dubai, in 2016. There were revolutionary artists like Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi in the audience and White Lilly and Night Rider was standing proudly in the middle of the festival,” she recalls. So, it is our responsibility to keep theatre alive and do whatever it takes to keep it going,” says Sonali. “Somewhere, we honestly believe that what drives people to the theatre is the content of the play. Apart from people, the faithful audience from the industry also catches the show whenever the duo perform. There is even a fan club for White Lilly and people still write to the makers about the play. Over the years, the play has earned itself a loyal audience and a huge fan following. This year the duo is planning to perform 3 Hinglish shows and 2 Marathi shows in Canada. Keeping in mind the changing taste of the audience, Milind has also adapted his own Marathi writing to Hinglish for wider outreach. In the span of almost a decade, Sonali took White Lilly to the global theatre with shows in Scotland, UK, and Thailand. Even though I have been working in films, the theatre will always be my first love.” Whatever I am earning today, I owe it to him. “Working with him helped me to shape the actor in me, my personality and career. When asked about her passion for theatre, Sonali says, her greatest inspiration is theatre legend Pandit Satyadev Dubey, from whom she got to learn every single day. Started in 1992, Sonali is also one of the founding members of prestigious theatre group Samanvay in Pune that has provided theatre space for passionate theatre activists. Keeping Theatre AliveĮven though most of us are only aware of Sonali’s Bollywood face, very few know that she has been actively involved in theatre since her college days. It is simply because to love is to care,” says Pathak.
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“ One cannot live with anyone if we don’t let go of certain things or adapt ourselves to the situations. The play underlines the fact that of all said and done, the human need of love remains constant and in order to gain something, you have to lose something as well in the process. “We are living in a society and an age where all of us are in desperate need of love, we want to fall in love and yet we are so scared to commit ourselves for the rest of our lives,” she adds.Įven after 10 years, the content of the play looks fresh and stays relevant when it comes to discussing the nuances of relationships in the fast pace world. This play is more of a window that gives a glimpse of relationships in the digital world where emojis replace emotions and bonding happens in online chat boxes. It is encouraging to get to see a drama, which highlights the nuances of relationships in a digital world. The idea that all of us are so wanting to fall in love, but we are absolutely scared to commit ourselves fascinated me.” I loved the way this play has been written by Rasika and Milind.
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Herself being a big fan of the play, Sonali says, “The basic reason behind doing this play was I could connect with it immensely. It was after the sad demise of Rasika in 2012, Sonali stepped in her shoes in 2014 as she took the challenge to prove that the show must go on. While the whole world got connected via social media platforms, real connections in life took a back seat,” narrates Pathak to LBN. People who shared long distance relationships had no other way but to use virtual mediums to connect with their partners.
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If we go back a decade, the internet revolution changed the whole concept of communication. “What triggered us to write the play was the changing dimensions of the concept of marriage. Based on their virtual bonding, when both decide to meet each other in person, they realize the stark difference between reality and virtual life expectations. With corny pseudonyms White Lilly (Kulkarni) and Night Rider (Phatak), they chat online and develop an interesting connection with each other. The story revolves around two singles in their late 30s, who carry a lot of emotional baggage from the past and yet on a mission to find love. Belonging to the romantic comedy genre, this play portrays the changing dynamics of relationships in the age of technology. Originally scripted in Marathi in 2009, the 150-minute play White Lilly and Night Rider was written, directed and acted by Marathi actress Rasika Joshi and Pathak.