About the play :- 30 days in september
A play about love and betrayal, 'Thirty Days' treats the sensitive and generally taboo issue of child sexual abuse. 'Thirty Days' endeavors to lift the veil of silence which surrounds child sexual abuse and addresses the issue unflinchingly. it builds on the trauma of Mala who lives with the haunting memories of her abused past. Her abuser - her uncle - subconsciously lives with her all the time, as part of her dirty reflections. He damages her natural growth, deters her from pursuing her love interests beyond the ominous 30-day period and scars her soul every now and then. As Mala withers under the psychological pressure exterted on her by the abuser, her mother watches silently, living her own pain - suffering mutely. Exploring the painful problem, Mahesh dattani Dattani raises valid concerns and structures a world of optimism where the wrongs can stand corrected and resurrection of brutalised faith is possible. But none of this happens without another man’s willingness to help the two women bury their traumatic past and find ways of rejuvenating their present. Deepak , Mala’s boyfriend, becomes the agent of change here. He dares to unmask the evil, even at the cost of his love. He hits the women hard until they hit the rock bottom. Finally, there is no way but to come up - face the wrongs and dare to correct them, notwithstanding the challenges the process of correction entails. By marking a daring departure from norm, the play ensures that we, as a society, no longer take comfort in the routine of uttering word “incest” in gutless undertones. The play also brings us closer to the reality of abused children -pleasure does form a part of their pain, but finally the consequence of dangerous games can only be dangerous. Our only way to fight danger is to recognise it and crush with generous doses of brutality lest we are ready to condemn innocence to lifelong death.
writer :- Mahesh Dattani
5 comments:
sensitive matter of child abuse dealt nicely, great job by girish
hye i am from malaysia..i read this play for one of the subjects taken for my course in university..i've longed to watch this play and i am eager to know how it is being performed on stage..hope to see more pictures of the play..
p/s:how do people in india accept this play?because if im not mistaken, sexual abuse n incest is a sensitive issue in ur cuntry rite?correct me if im wrong..thank u
hi anonymous ..
thnx tht u hv visited my blog and read abut d play ..
yes u r right tht child abuse is vry sensitive issue in our country not only in our country bt i think all ovr the world. and those who hv faced this issue mostly try to hide it. vry rarely girl or evn a boy tell any1 abut this abuse. let me tell u tht thr ws a girl in my class i will nt disclose her identity. she ws abused by her close reletive whn she ws in 9th class. and one dy we both met accidently at bus stop and on same dy i ws having d same shw so i invited her for the shw. aftr the shw she told me abut her trauma and shw also told me tht i m d 1st person to whom she told abut this. my name is girish bt she call me deepak nw coz i ws playing d character of deepak. and the audience response was outstanding, many ladies shared thr feelings, sum ppl were against of shwing this play. bt on the whole shw ws awesum. and ppl liked me in tht character alot. anythng else u wanna ask plz feel free to ask.
hi mr girish
first of all i must congratulate you as well as ur whole team for picking up such a sensitive issue in theatre.
im a research scholar n im doing my research on incest and girl child sexual abuse.im also using theatre(performance) in my study. im unable to find nay script relating to the topic.this script is a landmark in this regard.can u help me wid the script or jus lemme know where i can get this script from??it ll be a great help.
thanx n regards
juhie(jammu)
hi, even we performed this play....u can find the video on youtube.
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