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| Tumultuous welcome to THE BLUE MUG at
Atlanta Story & photo by: Girish Modi The highly publicized and much acclaimed Hindi/English bilingual play “The Blue Mug” finally reached the Rialto Center in Atlanta on the evening of March 14th after meandering its way with many stopovers in major cities of USA. Needless to say, the event was a total sell-out - firstly because it was promoted by Atlanta’s well-known entertainer and social worker Mustafa Ajmeri and secondly because it was for the noble cause of supporting Operation ASHA raise funds to combat tuberculosis in rural India. The evening started with refreshment of delicious samosa and kachori. On stage .Paddy Sharma, MC of the show, introduced Dr Shelly Batra President of Operation Asha who had come along with Mr.Sandeep Ahuja from India to specifically attend this event. .Dr.Shelly Batra enlightened the audience about Operation Asha As we know, The Blue Mug is based on a novel entitled “Man who mistook his wife for a hat” by Dr. Oliver Sacks. The adaptation was adroitly crafted into a theatrical performance featuring popular Bollywood stars.  The Blue Mug is directed by Atul Kumar and Shruti Tiwari of Mediasphere is the national promoter. In this play, four actors -- Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Munish Bhardwaj and Sheeba Chaddha – ably reconstructed themselves relying on their memory of what they witnessed. The play dramatically recaptured the glory of India, its history and its people, its moments of joys and hours of turmoil. The play also depicted a story of a patient – played by Ranvir Shorey – who travels to Mumbai with his family and then is struck by amnesia. He is now 40 years old, but tends to remember all happenings only up to his 20th birthday. The doctor – played by famous Bollywood actress Konkana Sen Sharma – assiduously attempts to study the intricacies of the patient’s memory loss. Together they evaluate this sufferer’s journey from war-ridden Kashmir to Punjab to Mumbai. The entire narration is presented in a very comical and yet poignant manner. ‘The Blue Mug’ is indeed a huge success principally due to the diligent hard work and extraordinary capability of Mr.Ajmeri to pull together a host of sponsors - United Lex, Dr. Paddy Sharma & Dr.Chandler Sharma, Patel Brothers /Raja Foods, Global Mall , Legacy Jewels, DIJP CPA , GAPI ,Bhindi Jewllers ,Vemma Energy Drinks,Ashiana Restaurant & Banquet Halls, Oriental Designer Rugs, High Glow Jewelers,S.Cris Diam, JHM Hotels, Atlanta Express Transportation, K.B. Zaveree, Sami Ali CPA , The Palace Restaurant, Rajbhog, Star Importers and wholesalers,Lajawaab , Davis Printing,help from media members like Subash Razdan, Atlanta Dunia, Khabar Magazine, NRI Pulse , Kavita Chhibber from Kavitachibber.com , Raju Kotak from wownow.com,Narayana Swami of Wall Share Journal, Mustafa Ajmeri and his colleagues Kew Ray, SB Rath of Desi Roots, DJ Amit, Apruva Ghelani, Nili Shah, Gauri Melkote and Anita Gupta. There are several other individuals who worked indefatigably to make "The Blue Mug" a memorable event. |
| May-31-2010 |