PALSHETCHI VIHIR

Director                              : Deepak Amonker

Writer                                 : Vijaykumar Naik

Group                                 : Rudreshwar Panaji, Goa

Language                            : Marathi

Duration                             : 105 mins.

Date                                    : 30 Jan. 2025

Play: Palshetchi Vihir

Palshetchi Vihir is a play based on the life of Marathi’s first female playwright, Heerabai Pednekar. The play depicts the hardship faced by Heerabai during her life. It also sheds light on a male-dominated theatre field, orthodox, conservative thoughts of the society in the 19^th Century and the reformative approach adopted by Heerabai in theatre for women empowerment. This play is a biopic of Heerabai Pednekar, who from a ‘kothewali’ background, struggled for education and a respectable life. The play is in a Docudrama format. The conventional Marathi Natya Sangeet was an integral part of her life; hence the use of it in the play elevates the performance. Her attempt to write a play and struggle to stage the same are showcased in the plot. This gives a dramatically shocking graph to the play, Palshetchi Vihir.