By Ahi Karunaharan
The Milford Asset Management Season.
A new Silo commission.
Presented in collaboration with Q Theatre.
With support from The Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Welcome to the City of Dreams: Bombay, the height of the 1970s. Legendary Bollywood director Rakesh Ramsey has died in the middle of shooting his latest film, Dust of the Delhi Plains, an epic desi western with all the trappings: magnificent landscapes, gunfights on horseback, saloon bars and bounty-hunters.
Ramsey’s two children, Roshan and Kamala, are forced into the director’s chair. But they’ve inherited a disaster: the crew’s unhappy, the money’s all gone and the big Bollywood star is holding the production hostage. Can Roshan and Kamala bring their father’s dying dream to the big screen, or is Dust of the Delhi Plains as cursed as everyone says?
Created by visionary theatre-maker Ahi Karunaharan (A Fine Balance, Tea, Swabhoomi: Borrowed Earth), My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak is a joyous and immersive night at the theatre filled with sibling showdowns, divas, dancing and pure movie-making magic.
Suitable for ages 10 and over.
Mustaq Missouri and Rashmi Pilapitaya perform My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Shaan Kesha and Mustaq Missouri perform My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Sanaya Doctor performs My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Leon Radojkovic performs for My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Rashmi Pilapitaya and Mayen Mehta perform in My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
The cast dance during a performance of My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
The cast perform My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Sanaya Doctor, Mayen Mehta, Mustaq Missouri & Rashmi Pilapitiya perform My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Mustaq Missouri & Shaan Kesha perform in My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Mayen Mehta performs My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak at Rangatira, Q Theatre, 2019. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Performance
Sanaya Doctor
Shaan Kesha
Mayen Mehta
Mustaq Missouri
Rashmi Pilapitiya
Leon Radojkovic
Finn Scholes
Production
Ahi Karunaharan
Leon Radojkovic
Daniel Williams
Jennifer Lal
Padma Akula
Pamela Sidhu
