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4 Frday, <strong>01</strong> <strong>April</strong> 2<strong>01</strong>6 |MuhurtNews<br />

O! Frida, A Marathi Play is heading towards Egypt!<br />

performance as Frida Kahlo has been an influential lady in the<br />

art fraternity for many years with her conception of surrealism”.<br />

Krutika Deo, graduate in Indian Classical Dance, holding the<br />

degree of ‘Visharad’, has been active in theatre since her school<br />

days. This young girl, appreciated with various awards, has<br />

been a part of many national and international festivals and<br />

stunned the stage by her outstanding performances.<br />

With her exceptional feats, she is now a budding talent in the<br />

Marathi as well as Hindi Cinemas’. We must say that she has<br />

given an absolute justice to Frida’s arty character.<br />

The key role has been taken to let the young talent fly to Egypt<br />

is AAIBA Formless, the design studio based in Mumbai. Having<br />

their core in advertising, the studio believes in living various art<br />

forms in supporting them. Saurabh and Rasika Chandekar, says,<br />

“Appreciation to motivate someone is very important, but, no<br />

one gives a financial hand to let them go high with their abilities.Everyone<br />

notices your performance but, we notice your<br />

hard work too. Exception to others, AAIBA is ready to welcome<br />

every budding talent”.It is a significant initiative taken by the<br />

studio and they have proved that they are spirits for every<br />

dreamer.<br />

We are happy to see that the generation is working hard for<br />

keeping theatre live across the universe. Our good wishes and<br />

support will always be there to boost them up. All the very best<br />

to team Frida! Stun the festival as you always do.<br />

O! Frida. A one act play outlining a Mexican revolutionary and<br />

the most prolific female Painter of her times have been selected<br />

for the renowned ‘Alexandria International Festivalfor Contemporary<br />

Theatre, Egypt’. Previously featured in ‘International<br />

Youth Theatre FestivalVreme 2<strong>01</strong>5 at Bulgaria’ this unique<br />

creation is Directed by Abhishek Deshmukh, Performed by Krutika<br />

Deo and Produced by AAIBA, a play is a proud moment<br />

for all Marathi theatre lovers. This is now being stated that the<br />

Marathi theatre is again proving itself of having a great future<br />

worldwide.<br />

A one act play defining a journey, a life or a biography of a<br />

woman artist named ‘Magdalena Carmen Frieda’ later became<br />

famous as ‘Frida Kahlo’. She painted her painful emotions<br />

through her self-portraits which were her identity. It is as if<br />

Kahlo’s spirit takes the stage and communicates with the audience<br />

– leading them through and internalized act of her life,<br />

like a kaleidoscope.<br />

Abhishek Deshmukh, written this play, keeping the various visuals<br />

in mind about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. He says, “Frida<br />

Kahlo’s art and her self -portraits excited me and finally it triggered<br />

me to write a play and I was thrilled by her paintings and<br />

her personal life when I looked at it. There were her paintings,<br />

which gave me exuberance to craft a drama about her. From<br />

the beginning I was very sure that I wanted to this act as a solo

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