Not long before, when the doors of creativity was made wide open, A college student in his early 19′s came running from the audience with a desire of doing theatre!
Hanging his side bag on his shoulders, he came into the scene when things were apart, he was then just a marketing executive, his eyes spoke of his dreams and passion towards music
Scattered hair, parallel thoughts, a completely unseen character sat silently in the rehearsal rooms of Ravindra kalakshetra watching the proceedings, all that he had to do was come on stage for a line which was not even part of the original script.
Today, the story is about 3 people who may not have hit the front page of any “Times” magazine! huh! but who cares! I believe they have hit the the headlines of their passion. Hanuram Sanjeev, Anup Shenoy and Dr.Sohan today depict what thousands believe with in themselves “to achieve”. Busy schedules, arduous examinations, baffling scenes at the ICU did not prevent these guys to attain what they always dreamt of!
“Life is a stage and we all are actors” echoed Shakespeare! indeed it is proved these three, I still remember the first meeting of all these three.
“Tensed, excited and panting, Hanuram Sanjeev a 19 year old diploma student at dayanandasagar college came to me
“I want to do theatre” he whispered with a sense of fear in his mind. The story from there is no lesser than a drama itself! from Production guy to a director, he essayed his presence everywhere. Amidst countless shouting from his directors and those countless hard jobs at Production, he stood there with a dream to be a director. I still remember that day when I was directing Malgudi daze! I asked Hanu to get out of the lighting console as he did not have the mind and concentration to do proper lighting! he quietly stepped outside the light room and waited outside until I met him outside right before the show, he looked at me as tears rolled out from eyes he bowed his head in silence! those tears made me see his passion towards WeMove and theatre! they told me that “One day I will be a director!” they cried to me seeking for help! I was defeated then not by his tears but by his passion towards WeMove.
Cool, Calm and Composed! May be a slight lack of confidence, what seemed like was, he lacked motivation! I met him with one of his friend who was pretty complacent having her meal! he mentioned “He could sing…” huh! I sighed! The man of few words and more emotions waited nearly 8 months to step on the stage! he came into WeMove when things were wide apart, confused! puzzled week after week Anup Shenoy used to drive from electronic city with a hope that he will find himself one day on stage! and when he went on stage! it seemed like a calm wave hitting the banks. I remember the scene when I finished the recording of the song for the play ‘Namma Metro’, I went to Anup and told him “I expected you to sing for Namma Metro track” he replied back with a sight right into my eyes as “I think you should give me a chance” he smiled only to resort to his acting, that’s when I realized that his smile then spoke of many words which had never touched my ears before! I felt the passion for WeMove and theatre in his smile!
He missed his family and yet he never missed a line in his role!
Scattered! rugged! Raw!, he sat there in one corner wondering “Where have I come?” he was there! just because he wanted to be there! With absolutely “no idea” as to where to put him, he just started acting odd roles. Somewhere in his heart he knew that he was more talented than this. He stood there for days watching the rehearsals with an anxiety, Well he was a doctor! to add to his woes he had to always attend to emergency’s be it girl “friends” or his patients but he decided to hang on! When Malgudi daze was supposed to be staged, there was a situation when we were short of our own guitarist! only to realize that Sohan had a hidden talent not only with guitars but with music in general. I had expressed a doubt within myself about his talents on guitar and “proudly” I thought it was a risk! I asked him in a tone which probably makes me laugh today “Can you play guitars” he promptly answered “I can try!” he sighed! that day his sigh also spoke a lot of words! he signed, may be to tell me that “I live on strings” he sighed me to tell that “I can play! I just need one chance” the next day as he put his guitars around his arms, rest was history! I still remember that memorable day after he played his guitars, amidst all the applause he turned and looked at me and probably questioned with his eyes “Can I play?” I sat there wondering what to answer!
These are the extraordinary stories of extra ordinary people! real people of WeMove who come week after week, these are the stories of people who make WeMove, who believe WeMove will do something good to them, who proudly “claim”, WeMove as theirs; These are the stories of people whom you find on the big screen, these are the stories of people who do not get lost with time but get lost amidst their search for better creativity and talent. These are the stories of people whom I spend time with and when in alone makes me think “DO I REALLY HAVE THE TALENT IN ME TO MATCH UP TO THESE PEOPLE/STRUGGLE”
Today Hanuram Sanjeev is directing his first play on October 2nd, Anup Shenoy is a lead singer of WeMove and no one can think of any song without his voice and Dr. Sohan is a magician guitarist, Together Sohan and anup recorded their first WeMove song which is a Theme song! for WeMove!
Cheers!
Abhishek Iyengar, No! Abhi
