PUNE: Professors of a number of departments in Savitribai Phule Pune College (SPPU) who met on Monday strongly objected to Saturday’s arrest of 5 college students and head of the division of Lalit Kala Kendra, and defended their play as academic.
They mentioned that the division had accepted the script lengthy earlier than it was screened on Thursday in entrance of theatre and cinema specialists for his or her opinions.
Lectures within the division have remained suspended since Saturday following a protest and vandalism over the experimental play.
The professors mentioned an opinion was made primarily based on the primary three minutes of the recording as an alternative of watching your complete play as a result of it was additionally about what actors mustn’t do. They termed the arrest and launch of the HoD and the scholars as an assault on the autonomy of the college and its teaching-learning course of. Deepak Garud, a professor at Lalit Kala Kendra, mentioned it was a part of the scholars’ first-year examination and the script was accepted earlier than the efficiency in entrance of the viewers and screening.
“The specialists had no objection to it. The story was primarily based on a drama inside a drama and the set was designed such that one facet confirmed the stage and the opposite facet confirmed the make-up room of the actors. When they’re within the make-up room, they don’t seem to be characters, they’re actors chatting freely. The play was about what actors mustn’t do in life and by no means objectionable. The scholars confirmed what they see the actors do in society as soon as their act is over. Individuals ought to have seen the entire drama,” Garud added.
Chaitanya Kunte, one other professor from the division of performing arts at SPPU, mentioned the examination sample the place college students write the script and carry out the play has existed for years.
“What college students and a instructor do in their very own educational house is for the instructor or the college to analyze or choose. Outsiders needn’t get entangled. Violence shouldn’t be the best way for something. That is experimental artwork. It needs to be carried out in entrance of an viewers. This is part of our teaching-learning course of,” he mentioned.
Mahesh Deokar, a professor from the division of Pali and Buddhist research, mentioned that Maharashtra has screened controversial performs like Vastraharan. “Opinions can differ, however violence can’t be the reply,” he added.
Mihir Arjunwadkar, professor on the division of scientific computing, modelling and simulation, mentioned college students have carried out controversial performs earlier than too however no person has objected to it as they know that it’s an experimental play.
“If the opposite college students had objections, they may have waited for it to finish after which mentioned it with the actors. These are younger youngsters, merely 18 to 20-year-olds,” Arjun- wadkar added.
A bunch of scholars affiliated with ABVP had arrived on the amphitheatre on Friday night and objected to the play, arguing that it contained objectionable dialogues and scenes. The play was stalled after a conflict broke out between the scholars of Lalit Kala Kendra and ABVP resulting in the arrests. The arrested professor and the scholars, additionally charged with rioting after the conflict, have been granted bail by a Pune court docket on Saturday night.
They mentioned that the division had accepted the script lengthy earlier than it was screened on Thursday in entrance of theatre and cinema specialists for his or her opinions.
Lectures within the division have remained suspended since Saturday following a protest and vandalism over the experimental play.
The professors mentioned an opinion was made primarily based on the primary three minutes of the recording as an alternative of watching your complete play as a result of it was additionally about what actors mustn’t do. They termed the arrest and launch of the HoD and the scholars as an assault on the autonomy of the college and its teaching-learning course of. Deepak Garud, a professor at Lalit Kala Kendra, mentioned it was a part of the scholars’ first-year examination and the script was accepted earlier than the efficiency in entrance of the viewers and screening.
“The specialists had no objection to it. The story was primarily based on a drama inside a drama and the set was designed such that one facet confirmed the stage and the opposite facet confirmed the make-up room of the actors. When they’re within the make-up room, they don’t seem to be characters, they’re actors chatting freely. The play was about what actors mustn’t do in life and by no means objectionable. The scholars confirmed what they see the actors do in society as soon as their act is over. Individuals ought to have seen the entire drama,” Garud added.
Chaitanya Kunte, one other professor from the division of performing arts at SPPU, mentioned the examination sample the place college students write the script and carry out the play has existed for years.
“What college students and a instructor do in their very own educational house is for the instructor or the college to analyze or choose. Outsiders needn’t get entangled. Violence shouldn’t be the best way for something. That is experimental artwork. It needs to be carried out in entrance of an viewers. This is part of our teaching-learning course of,” he mentioned.
Mahesh Deokar, a professor from the division of Pali and Buddhist research, mentioned that Maharashtra has screened controversial performs like Vastraharan. “Opinions can differ, however violence can’t be the reply,” he added.
Mihir Arjunwadkar, professor on the division of scientific computing, modelling and simulation, mentioned college students have carried out controversial performs earlier than too however no person has objected to it as they know that it’s an experimental play.
“If the opposite college students had objections, they may have waited for it to finish after which mentioned it with the actors. These are younger youngsters, merely 18 to 20-year-olds,” Arjun- wadkar added.
A bunch of scholars affiliated with ABVP had arrived on the amphitheatre on Friday night and objected to the play, arguing that it contained objectionable dialogues and scenes. The play was stalled after a conflict broke out between the scholars of Lalit Kala Kendra and ABVP resulting in the arrests. The arrested professor and the scholars, additionally charged with rioting after the conflict, have been granted bail by a Pune court docket on Saturday night.
