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Ik Kurhi Ik Sapna

(One Girl One Dream)

 Ajmer Rode

 

Darshan Mann, Surjeet Kalsey  in One Girl One Dream. 

Photo: Surinder Thind 

Time: 50 minutes; Characters: 6

 

A psychological play in Punjabi in which a young woman from rural Punjab dreams of beautiful life abroad but loses her mental balance as she endures a violent husband in Canada. A scene from the play was featured on the full title page of The Indo-Canadian Times and generated discussion on domestic violence in the community. The English translation of this play, One Girl One Dream, by Surjeet Kalsey was published in Toronto South Asian Review in early eighties. 

One Girl One Dream is the first Indo-Canadian play written on women's issues. Many women contributed to its success. For its first performance, produced by the Battered Women's Services, Vancouver,  Surjeet Kalsey helped modify its script to reflect the prevailing problems in Indo-Canadian community in the eighties. In its last performance produced by Samaanta in mid nineties, Darshan Mann suggested to modify the script to show family violence on the stage rather than in the background.    

"Our top directors and actors should try their artistic skills on this play." – Ajmer Aulakh, Punjabi playwright and director.

 

 

Darshan Mann in One Girl One Dream. 

Photo Surinder Thind 

 

  Director Ajmer Rode, Surjeet Kalsey 

on the set of One Girl One Dream. Photo Surinder Thind 

 

Karnail Mann, Darshan Mann 

in One Girl One Dream

 

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