Dramatics Society
Ankur - The Dramatics Society and Pratyaksh theatre-fest: Featuring among some of the best theatre societies in the campus, Ankur which was revived in 1995 with the efforts of Dr. Javed Malik is quite active in producing stage plays and street plays. Since its inception it has produced short plays, full-length productions and street plays. The team has won several awards including best play, best actor, best direction, etc. at many inter-college theatre competitions around the country. Actors at Ankur have been the recipient of Best Actors consecutively for over 7 years in a row. Aditya Jain, who was president of the group during the remarkable year '08-'09, received the Award for Best Actor for the play Jaayaz Hatyaare. In early 2008, Ankur was invited to Pakistan to represent the University of Delhi at the Second Pak-India Inter-varsity Theatre Festival at the Government College University, Lahore and was critically said to be among the best plays of the festival. Some of the other prestigious festivals where Ankur has performed are the B.V. Karanth Memorial Theatre Festival (NSD), Atelier Youth Theatre Week and the Old World Theatre Festival (India Habitat Center). Currently, the society is under the supervision of Kuljeet Singh (staff convener and teacher, Department of English) and Ayush Gupta (president).
In '08-'09, Ankur produced Bade Bhai Sahab (Premchand), Muaavze (Bhishma Sahni), Jaayaz Hatyaare (adaptation of Albert Camus' Just Assassins) and Aaj Bhi Kal Ke Jaisa Kyun Hai? (street play) and won several accolades over the country for their work. Blog-id—ankurdramsoc.blogspot.com.
The members are striving to keep the spirit alive with their bit of celebrating theatre with Pratyaksh-The Annual Theatre festival of the college. Pratyaksh which started in 2006 has already registered its name as an inter-college theatre festival in which colleges are keen to participate and showcase their brilliance.
| YEAR | NAME OF PRODUCTION | AUTHOR | TYPE OF PRODUCTION | TEACHER CONVENER | PRESIDENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | "Belpatra" | Geetanjali Shree | Stage Play | Dr. Jawed Malik | - |
| 1996-97 | "Toba Tek Singh" | Sahadat Manto | Stage Play | Dr. Jawed Malik | Alok Punjani |
| 1997-98 | "Muavze" | Bhishma Sahni | Stage Play | Dr. Jawed Malik | Lt. Shiromani Kaushik |
| 1998-99 | "Holi" | Mahesh Eklunchvar | Stage Play | Dr. Jawed Malik | Kuljeet Singh |
| 1999-00 | "Silences" | Harold Pinter | Stage Play | Dr. Jawed Malik | Vineet Arora |
| 2000-01 | "Saag Meeth" | Bhishma Sahni | Stage Play | Dr. Jawed Malik | Ritu Gupta & Siddharth |
| 2001-02 | "Macbeth.com" | Self-Scripted | Stage Play | Anuj Binodan | |
| 2002-03 | "Refund" | Fritze karinthi | Stage Play | Ashish singhal | |
| 2003-04 | "The Jewish Wife" | Bertolt Brecht | Stage Play | Nilima | |
| 2004-05 | "Mahalaxmi ka pul | Krishna Chander | Stage Play | Sadiq Fazal | |
| 2005-06 | "Adhure Vaayde" | - | Stage Play | Simrandeep Kaur | |
| 2006-07 | "Vatanparast"
"Bill" |
Self-Scripted
Self-Scripted |
Stage Play
Street Play |
Mr. Saikat Ghosh | Siddharth Gulati |
| 2007-08 | "Hatya Ek Aakar ki"
"Ghulaam-e-Aazadi" "Maut" "Sikke ke do pehlu" "Bade Bhaaisaab" |
Lalit Sehgal
Self Scripted Self Scripted Self-Scripted Munshi Premchand |
Stage Play
Stage Play Short Play Short Play Stage Play |
Mr. Saikat Ghosh | Gaurav Nagesh |
| 2008-09 | "Muaavze"
"Jaayaz Hatyaare" "Aaj bhi kal ke jaisa kyu hai" "Hak se maango" |
Bhishma Sahni
Adaptation of Albert Camus' 'The Just Assassins' Self-Scripted Self-Scripted |
Stage Play
Stage Play Street Play Street Play |
Mr. Saikat Ghosh | Aditya Jain |
| 2009-10 | "Antigone"
"Romeo Juliet aur Andhera" "T.R.P" "Aaj na Chorenge Tujhe" "Karu to Kya" |
Jean Anouilh
Based on Nirmal Verma's translation of Jan Otsenacek's novel, Romeo, Juliet and Darkness Self-Scripted Self-Scripted Self-Scripted |
Stage Play
Stage Play Street Play Street Play Street Play |
Mr. Saikat Ghosh | Trishant Srivastava |
| 2010-11 | "Khel Khel Mein"
"Dekh Mat! Kharid Le" "Bazaar" |
Self-Scripted
Self-Scripted Self-Scripted |
Street Play
Street Play Street Play |
Mr. Saikat Ghosh | Ullas Samrat |
| 2011-12 | "Present Sir!"
"Mahabhoj" "Dharm" "Park" |
Self Scripted
Manu Bhandari Self Scripted Manav Kaul |
Street Play
Stage Play Street Play Stage Play |
Mr. Kuljeet Singh | Simranjeet Singh Malhotra |
| 2012-13 | "Handicapped"
"MantoRang" "Reservation Leela" |
Self Scripted
Self Scripted (based on short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto) Self Scripted |
Street Play
Stage Play Street Play |
Mr. Kuljeet Singh | Ayush Gupta |
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